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EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY m < » VOLUME LXXXVI } NO. 50 Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.” « 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 _____ 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 ____________ ... Fortson _________ 295 754 144 88 115 133 Ot -4 4^ co O CD CD to 58 1955 ... Treasurer: Hamilton ______ 307 752 146 00 4H CO © VO to CO 4— 4- O co OO 89 2070 .... Tucker 161 264 40 to -4 I> VO tH at CO © CM oo T* 27 841 __________ .... 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 __________ Pub. Serv. Com.: Allen 143 295 72 27 77 68 W © 72 MOW ox 36 902 ... Chappell 192 464 72 62 80 123 CO CO 59 ^ 60 1255 __________ 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 , 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. Brighten up a summer-weary wardrobe •with Fresh Cool Dresses from our first floor economy department dSv % I Trim and cool CTm * / fj Pinafore Dresses florals or stripes $3.00 t 'A * c.-? - Stripe or check l Gingham Dresses m | VA $3.95 U $ g * f-4\ i. I M Attractive print y Spun Rayon Dresses •3J eyelet trim t $4.95 Bright cotton McCall Print Dresses 6434 $2.95 ft Charles E. Boyett s Blakely’s Fine Department Store ®Mlj 2 Count]) ^ett )0 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 „j " ‘ ‘ Won Lost Donalsonville 10 cm BLAKELY 5 to Colquitt 5 co Bainbridge 3 oo BLAKELY-UNION F.F.A. CHAPTER WINS PRIZE - 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. - 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 _ _ 1 JONS v LOSE 15-19 Tn 1 v F r. W • * . - 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 m PULL FOR —OR— BLAKELY J i PULL OUT 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.