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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
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VOLUME LXXXVI } NO. 50
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
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EARLY COUNTY’S VOTE IN THE
PRIMARY WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1946
Arlington Blakely Sp’gs. Colomokee Damascls Freeman Hill Urquhart TOTALS
Cedar Cuba Jakin Lucile Rock
Governor:
Carmichael 101 450 66 VO H -4 h 62 OO lt*. 12 989
O’Kelley ___________ 18 14 4 / H CO © m O O 1 51
Rivers _________ 115 116 10 CO rH © VO © t- at 4h rH O K 5 418
Talmadge ______ 275 507 133 CO © t> CO OO h oo CO CD OO OO CO 111 1754
Lieut. Gov.:
Dennis __________ CO 26 7 7 4 6 at CD CO CO 2 75
Grayson _______ © 35 2 0 .1 3 © CD rH CT 8 64
Griffin __________ ____ 268 484 99 55 162 136 © 163 70 L— 71 1611
Gross -___________ _____ 20 97 51 1 4 10 oo oo O CO 8 to
Huff ___________ 56 113 19 tH C4 23 at o CD VO 10 CO
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Thompson _________ 122 269 19 O C t 75 co o ■n O 15 653
Sec. of State:
Burson 195 267 46 21 63 119 'T CD Ci a> to VO OO oo 58 942
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Fortson _________ 295 754 144 88 115 133 Ot -4 4^ co O CD CD to 58 1955
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Treasurer:
Hamilton ______ 307 752 146 00 4H CO © VO to CO 4— 4- O co OO 89 2070
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Tucker 161 264 40 to -4 I> VO tH at CO © CM oo T* 27 841
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Comp. General:
Cravey ________ 299 675 139 oo oo to to vo to CD CD OO CO 82 1892
Dykes 163 320 48 rH © © CO 00 at CO CD CO -rM to 32 972
Atty. General:
Cook _________________ 286 596 126 © 4~ 4H to oo © to 149 co 90 50 1802
/ 37 63 1137
Kirnzey ______________ 181 418 74 4^ at 00 00 © © © 72 co co
School Supt.:
Collins ----------- 336 680 157 © co 4^> © to co to to 177 o at OO Oi 87 2115
Manning ____________ 156 359 40 M t> -4 CD co co © o 62 ta cd CO oo 28 906
Com. Agriculture:
Linder ____________ 404 704 172 CD vo -4 to to to CD VO o o t—( 112 2365
Manning ........... 84 346 31 co at 4H CO to t C © to at CO ►A to OO 12 684
Com. of Labor:
Huiet ______ 367 704 130 oo © to vo 00 © at oo to l—^ CD CD CO 88 2013
Monroe _____________ 112 322 57 to 4H © oi © ot to to 00 OO 4^ CD <M 30 914
Pub. Serv. Com.:
Durant ____________ 17 “4 32 CM Ot L- to 4^ © ta VO Ot <M oo CO -r o CD <M 30 869
McDonald 28 -4 67 VO 1 © © -q to 4H 4^ OO VO 03 to CD © to OO O 65 1955
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Pub. Serv. Com.:
Allen 143 295 72 27 77 68 W © 72 MOW ox 36 902
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Chappell 192 464 72 62 80 123 CO CO 59 ^ 60 1255
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White ___________ 118 233 40 19 59 43 H CO 59 t-o 20 654
Sup. Court Justice:
Butler .... 164 287 51 29 75 75 <M at D— CD 27 UI 34 oo
Church 42 96 14 3 41 25 H o (M Ci 13 h* 8 to
MacIntyre _________ 241 564 116 76 88 136 CO oo GO 1 I— 83 OI 72 1546
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Congressman:
Cox ------------ co © © CO co oo © © -4 VO <n 155 t- ox «© 86 1772
Peacock ________ )—i t— CD VO CO to CO to at © 82 vo on Or 40 1194
Representative:
Bostwick ________ 487 566 116 58 172 108 © CO CO 65 VO CD 108 1832
Mosely 21 486 92 54 54 164 M CD OO 70 CD ^ 22 1329
NOTE: The vote of unopposed candidates is not included in the
above tabulation. These included R- C. Bell for chief justice of supreme
court; Grady Head and I. S. Candler for supreme court justice; I. H. Sut
ton for court of appeals; and C. W. Worrill for judge of superior court.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1946.
MR. G. M. SPARKS
SUCCUMBS TO i
HEART ATTACK
Succumbing to a heart attack,
George Marvin Sparks, 64, well
known and highly-esteemed citizen
|>f 10:30 Blakely, o’clock. died Sunday Sparks morning at
Mr. was
stricken while making a talk to the
Sunday School at the Blakely nr-iiiminted Meth
odist church and was ^ “
dead when he reached tre local hos
pital, where he was rushed following
his collapse. The news of his sudden
passing came as a shock and sadden
ed the hearts of a host of friends.
S „ , ^ . . Menlo, ,
>a iS ’ a na lve
m ■ North o Geoigia, came to Eaily
county in 1910, located m Aiding
ton, where he engaged in the bank
mg business and took an active m
terest in church and civic affairs,
being superintendent of the Sun
founded a large wholesale business,
which he actively operated until a
few years ago, when he retired be
cause of ill health, and also had
farming interests. steward
He was a member and
and past Sunday School Superin
tendent of the Blakely Methodist
church, a charter member and past
president of the Blakely Rotary
club, also a Mason, Shriner and
K. of P. In 1933 he served as
Ninth district state senator, repre
senting the counties of Early, Cal
houn and Baker. He was educated
at Piedmont Institute, Emory Uni
versify and the University of Ten
nessee and taught in the public
schools for ten years. He was chair
man of the board of directors of
the Bank of Early, Blakely.
Funeral services were held Mon-.
day afternoon at 6 o’clock at the
Methodist church, with the Rev. J.
Alton Davis officiating, assisted by
the Rev. W. E. Storey. Interment
followed in the city cemetery, with
the Minter Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements. Serving as ac
tive pall-bearers were A. J. Single
tary, William J. Grist, Dunbar
Grist, Richard Grist, Edward Sealy,
J with‘the E Chancy and James Murdock,
church Board of Stewards
forming an honorary escort. The
large concourse of friends attend
ing the last rites and the profuse
floral offerings attested the esteem
in which Mr. Sparks was held.
Survivors include his wife; one
daughter, Mrs. Raymond C. Single
tary, of Blakely; two step-daugh
ters, Mrs. Lawrence Cubbedge of
Albany and Mrs. J. P. Stratton of
Sullivan, Ind.; one brother, J. A.
Sparks, of Norfolk, Va.; and two
sisters, Mrs. E. F. Brim and Mrs.
George Carwile, both of Atlanta.
KOLOMOKI MOUND
TO BE ADVERTISED
ON THE AIR SATURDAY
A crew of engineers and radio
announcers, headed by Mark Tolson
of Station WSB, Atlanta, will come
to Blakely this (Thursday)
and will make a radio transcription
from atop Kolomoki Mounds,
will be broadcast over WSB
day evening at 6:15. This is one
a series of programs known as
cation Time in Georgia,”
vacationists where to go and
to see during the vacation
Secretary of Commerce R. C,
announced.
This is the second WSB
which has put Blakely and
county in the spotiignt. Tne
several months ago, was “Salute
Blakely,” in which the
Dean de Ovies spoke glowing
about Blakely and Early county,
Job stated.
SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY i
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
I
! Clippings from the Early County News of
! July 21, 1921.
A JOLLY PARTY of campers,
eluding Misses Sallie Jones, Cecilia
Milligan of Andalusia, Ala., Mildred
Abernathy, Marie Boyett and An
nette Alexander and Messrs. W’ister
Jay, Phil Talley, and Andrew Fra
zier, are "at Sheffield’s Mill this
week.
* * *
MR. AND MRS. Duncan Hall
went over to Albany last Thursday
and visited the family of Mr. C. H.
Hall for several days.
* * *
MR. AND MRS. Ashley Temples,
of Rock Hill, announce the birth of
a son on July 15th.
* * *
MESSRS. John Underwood and
E. Chancy spent Tuesday in Rich
land.
* * *
MISS Fleda Barksdale returned
i Monday fro ma trip to Atlanta.
DOUBLE-HEADER
WITH COLQUITT
HERE TODAY
A heavy downpour of rain, which
began about noon Sunday, caused
the game with Colquitt to be post
poned, and a double-header will be
played here this afternoon, the first
of which will begin at 2.30, Mana
ger Jack White has announced.
The first game will be a nine
inning affair with Joe Wilton Rad
ne y doing the pitching. Manager
White is negotiating for another
pitcher and expects to have him
eligible in time to pitch the second
game.
As this is the first double-header
this season, the first in the league
f or th a t ma tter, it is expected that
^ be largest crowd of the season
wi jj be p resen t.
Donalsonville shut out Bain-
7 to 0 Sunday to increase
their first-place lead to 4 1-2
gameS- Donalsonville also beat
Hr--™ fiii
The owing are the league
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Won Lost
Donalsonville 10 cm
BLAKELY 5 to
Colquitt 5 co
Bainbridge 3 oo
BLAKELY-UNION
F.F.A. CHAPTER
WINS PRIZE
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Information . received , , , last ,
was
week from Mr. T. G Walters, Ex
ecutive Secretary of the Georgia As
9°ciation of F. F. A. that the Blake
ly-Union Future Farmer Chapter
had been chosen as a winner in the
State Home Improvement Contest.
Sm Ce every member participated m
this cooperative contest which en
couraged the improvement of their
homes, the announcement was re
ceived with joy. There is a nice
cash award with this contest also.
Officers of the chapter during
this C0 J 1 .^ es ^ : w cre Tom Jones, Presi
dent; Sidney 1 Strickland, Vice Presi
dent; Bill Sammons, Secretary; Bil
LV Jordan, Treasurer; Fred Darden,
Reporter; and E. H. Cheek, Adviser.
Several members and prospective
members are now taking a Dairying J.
Judging class sponsored and by Mr. E. H.
F. Reid, County Agent
Cheek, Voc. Agr. Teacher.
class is for the purpose of prepar
ing members for the contest to be
held in Moultrie Aug. 13th.
At this contest a pure-bred Jersey
heifer will be given to the winner.
Tom Jones, Fred Darden, Jack Hall,
Donnell Hoover, Bill Sammons,
Horace Harrell, Eddie Hudspeth,
Walter Hodges, Tom Harris, Jimmy
Holman, David Chapman,
Brownlee, Hoover Chancy,
Sims and Tom Howard enrolled in
this class. There will be
class Saturday at 9 o’clock on the
courthouse square. Any FFA
ber desiring to take part in
contest is encouraged to be present.
WEEKLY MEETING
OF BLAKELY ROTARY
. CLUB HELD
The Blakely Rotary Club held
regular weekly meeting the past
day at noon, with President J.
Jones presiding.
A musical program featured
meeting, with Perry (Bam)
singing two numbers and Mrs.
Haisten and Virgil Oswald
ing several piano selections.
G. L. Houston, of Sylvester,
a guest of Rotarian Guy
and Rotarian Henry Spence of
Albany Club, made up his
ance here.
FIRE DESTROYED the store of
Mr. G. W. Watson and Mr. J. M.
Bryant, in Flowerstown, about four
o’clock Sunday morning.
* * *
REV. T. D. STRONG, of Savan
nah, is visiting relatives in Blakely.
* * *
MRS. J. B. JONES and little
daughter, Amzie, left last week for
a visit to relatives in Montezuma,
* * *
MASTER Guy Felton is
from Columbus, on a visit to his
uncles, Messrs. T. J. and W. G.
Jones,
* * *
MR. H. B. AINSWORTH has re
turned from a visit to Montezuma.
* *
MR. €. B. ELLIS, former chief of
police of Albany, has accepted a po
sition with the Blakely
Lumber Co.
$2.00 A YEAR
THREE CANDIDATES
FOR TWO POSITIONS
ON CITY COUNCIL
Dr. W. A. Fuqua, local livestock
an( t implement {dealer and farmer,
^thfcity C^undl^to^be
fyi ec ] ; n tbe election Tuesday, ’ Aug
ust 6, he announces in The News
% we e k
r F u qua , g fortheto?
aspirants to three places
to ' oe filled, and is the final entry,
since Monday was the deadline for
qualification for candidates. The
other two are Sevola Jones and
Robert Hall, who had previously
announced.
Two candidates are seeking the
position Grady of Mayor, these being
Holman, former mayor and
head of the Holman Mule Co., and
Mack Strickland, former city police
chief.
Registration books for the election
will be open through Saturday of
this week.
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OF
TWO TO FIVE YEARS
Releford Harris, Early county
farmer, „ found . , guilty of assault
was
with intent to murder by an Early
county jury Monday and was sen
tenced by Judge C. W. Worrill to
serve from two to five years in the
penitentiary. The case against Har
ris grew out of an argument be
tween himself and Charlie Lee Loy
less, . May, when Harris . shot Loy
in
j ess j n a ] oca j heer parlor.
a °e Alien, in egro, wno
charged with the muidei of another
Negro, was found not guiky.
Dourt adjourned for the term late
Monday , presentments Presentments of ot the the gid™ e-rahd
jury will be published in next week s
issue _
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1 JONS v LOSE 15-19
Tn 1 v F r. W •
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In a softball game played be
tween the members of the Lions
Club and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars here the past Friday night,
the Lions lost 16 to 19. Feature of
the game was the pitching of Mrs.
Mobley Howell for the Lions against
her husband, who was pitching for
the V. F. W. While she was on the
mound, not a run was scored,
DAMASCUS MAN RELEASED
FROM NAVY SERVICE
Jacksonville, Fla.—Lt. (jg) Ed
win R. Pullen, 24, of Damascus, who
served for 18 months as communi
cations officer for the Philippine
Sea Frontier, was released to inac
tive duty in the naval reserve Fri
day, July 19, at the Jacksonville
Naval Personnel Separation center.
Reporting for active duty in A,piil,
nated 1944, Lt. (jg) Pullen was indoctri
at Hollywood, Fla., and re
ceived communication training at
Boston, Mass. In November, 1944,
be was transferred overseas as com
munications of ship and shore Philippine activ
ities operating in the
area. ' Returned to the states in
April, 1946, he was assigned to the
PC until its deactivation in Detroit,
recently. '
POLICE COURT FINES
A total of $145.00 in fines was
assessed on lawbreakers by
J. E. Chancy in police court Mon
day. A majority of the cases were
for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct.
T rustworthy
We invite you to make full use of
the complete and friendly service
offered by this trustworthy insti
tution for every banking need. Our
modern banking facilities are al
ways at your disposal.
FIRST STATE BANK
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor
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WINNERS IN
STATE PRIMARY
HELD JULY 17
Final returns from last Wednes-
2,^ , , . show that. Eugene
s P rimar Y
ralmadge, although receiving “ a
Carmichael, won the nomination for
governor with 242 county unit
Y,T es > to Carmichael’s 148. E. D.
„vers received 20 unit votes, and
110 ° ey none.
~u J. ® popular , vote was:
Larmicnael, 314,421.
ialmadge,
n’K^n’ " iv ® ] ' le £’ 11 1 LoJU.
■. Thompson, state revenue
. nominated for
commissioner, was
the state s first lieutenant governor,
Zach D. Cravey defeated E. B.
blykes for comptroller general,
following incumbents were
all renominated:
Ben w - Fortson, secretary of
,
«• —• - -
urer.
Eugene Gook, attorney general.
M. D. Collins, state school super
intendent.
Tom Linder, commissioner of ag
^culture
Ben T. Huiet, commissioner of
labor,
Walter R. McDonald, public serv
ice commissioner.
Allen Chappell, public service
commissioner,
R. C. Bell, chief justice of su
preme court. *
T. S. Candler, supreme court
justice.
T. Grady Head, supreme court
justice.
j H . Sutton, court of appeals,
Hugh MacIntyre, court of appeals,
For Congressman, Second dis
trict, the incumbent, E. E. Cox, of
Camilla, defeated J. Neely Peacock,
of Albany> 2 7,066 fco 22,926.
p 0 r Early county Representative
j n the General Assembly, Wilton
Bostwick, of Arlington, defeated in
eumbent Glark Mosely, of Jakin,
l 832 to 1329.
The tabulation of the Early c-oun
ty vote in all the contested races is
’ another of The
p ul>lished in column
News ,
EARLY FARM BUREAU
MAKING EFFORT TO
OBTAIN PEANUT NAILS
The nail shortage which has had
contractors and home builders wor
ried for several months now seems
destined to affect peanut growers,
but the Early County Farm Bureau,
through its president, K. J. Hodges,
is making a sincere effort to obtain
enough nails for the harvesting of
this year’s peanut crop. The nails
are used for nailing strips to the
poles on which are stacked the pea
nuts. Georgia’s
Mr. Hodges has written
two enators, Walter F. George and
Dick Russell, and Second District
Congressman E. E. Cox, asking for
aid in securing nails for Early coun
ty farmers.
Senator Russell took the matter
up directly with the Steel Branch
Metals & Minerals Division of the
Civilian Production Administration,
who advised Senator Russell, who in
turn wrote Mr. Hodges that they
had conferred with various nail pro
ducers over the country and that
they announced they were again in
full production and had made plans of
to channel the greater portion
their output into the peanut grow
ing areas. Russell advtised Mr.
Senator
Hodges that everything possible ship- has
been done-in order to get nails
ped in time for this year’s crop.