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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’'S COUNTRY
VOLUME 93 } NO. 13
Five Held In Jail Here Following
Early Saturday Night Slaying
A Phenix City, Ala., man was shot
to death here Saturday night in a
residence on Fort Gaines street, and
four men and a woman are being
held as the sheriff’s office attempts
to unravel the cause of the crime. |
The dead man, James G. Bush, 37,
shot six times in the head and neck,
according to Sheriff C. C. Swann,
was killed in the home of Henry A.
Crawford, who recently moved here
from Phenix City. The trigger work,
according to Sheriff Swann, was done
by Harold Griggs, another Phenix
City character, who is said to have
admitted the killing. |
These two men are being held in
an undisclosed jail along with C. C.
Griggs, also of Phenix City, and who
is an uncle of Harold Griggs. Also
being held are T. H. Smith and a
companion, Mrs. Bertha Chadwick,
who claimed they just “happened” to
be at the scene of the slaying.
Investigating officers reconstructed
the crime and events leading up to
it as follows: Crawford phoned the
sheriff’s office and told that he de
sired protection, as he had learned
that “somebody” from Phenix City
was- coming to get him. Deputy
Sheriff Julian Freeman and Police
Officer Ed Nix, after learning the
approximate arrival time of the
Phenix City visitor, went to the
Crawford home, arriving there about
7480 about the same time a man got
out of an automobile and walked
into the house. A volley of
walked into the house. A volley of
shots were heard by the officers, two
men jumped from the car and ran,
and when the officers reached the
home, a man identified as James G,
Bush was found lying in a poel of
blood with five bullets pumped inta,
his head.
Crawford and Griggs claimed that
Bush came in the house and jumped
on Crawford, a small, hunch-back
man, and was threatening him. Then
Griggs fired the six fatal shots, they
claim. Officers are still trying to
discern if Bush went to the Crawford
home “to get” Crawford or if he
had been lured there.
The crime took a new angle Sun
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day when it was learned there #as a
recent burglary in Fitzgerald, where
a* sum of several thousand dollars
was rifled from a safe, and that all
the participants in the killing here
Saturday night were being linked
with that burglary. Police theorize
that Bush, Crawford, Griggs and
several others were involved in this
crime and had a dispute about the
division of the loot. The Fitzgerald
burglary is said to have occurred on
October 31,
A hearing before justice of peace
court for Griggs and Crawford will
be held as soon as Solicitor R. A,
Patterson, who is tied up in another
court now, can come to Blakely,
Sheriff Swann said.
All those involved with the killing
are reported to have police records.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
AT METHODIST CHURCH
~ NEXT THURSDAY BA. M.
' A union Thanksgiving service will
be held at the Blakely Methodist
Church next Thursday morning, No
‘n-ht 26, beginning at 8 o'clock,
'it has been announced by the Rev.
C. R. McKibben, pastor.
The Thanksgiving message will be
brought by the Rev. W. E. Storey,
Baptist pastor, and the public is cor
|dially invited to attend this service
|—a service in which thanks will be
im to God for the blessings enjoy
|ed by our people during the past
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'BLAKELY AND COLQUITT
- OES CHAPTERS TO HOLD
g JOINT MEETING HERE
i s
| Mrs. Ethel Moncrief, Worthy
Pn-d Matron of the Grand Chapter
lof Georgia 0. E. 8 will make an of
ficial visit to Blakely Chapter No.
‘282 and Cappi Chapter No. 348 of
Colquitt in a joint meeting to be
‘held in the Masonic Hall at Blakely
on Tuesday evening, November 24,
at § o'clock. Immediately following
the meeting a reeeption honoring
the Worthy Grand Matron and other
%’Gnod Officers will be held in the
dining room.
[I;M} TINCT Pranr
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOV, 19, 1953,
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
Methodist Revival
Meeting Scheduled
For December 7-11
~ Plans are now complete and com
mittees are at work in preparation
for revival services to be held at the
Blakely Methodist Church December
7-11, with Dr. Charles L. Allen, pop
ular Atlanta pastor, radio and tele
vision preacher and author, doing the
preaching, according to the an
‘nouncement of the Rev. C. R. McKib
ben, Pastor of the Church.
‘ The people of this sections are, in
deed, fortunate to have the oppor
tunity to hear this outstanding and
successful preacher who has drawn
’overflw crowds wherever he has
preached.
\ The committees at work preparing
for the services and to function dur
ing the meeting are:
Planning: Philip Sheffield, Rev, C.
R. McKibben, W, Mobley Howell,
Roscoe H , Paschal Jenkins,
Mr. Dscas Whitchard. Mrs. R C.
Singletary.
’ Publicity: James Murdock, Jr., D.
L. Maxwell,
~ Parking: Homer Bush, Sr., Lester
Shoemaker, Homer Bush, Jr.
Ushers: A, L. Joiner, A. J. Sin
gletary, Dunbar Grlstwmuefl' Clar
dy, Paschal Jenkins, William S. Liv
ingston, C. W, Pullen, J. O. ¥Brown.
Church Decoration: Mrs. J. W.
Bonner, Mrs Bert Tarver, Mrs, Mar
garet Boyett, Mrs. Charles Tabb,
Mrs. Dunbar Grist. |
' Auditorium Preparation: Mrs, P.
H. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Grady Holman,
Sr., Mrs. Mobley Howell, Mrs. Ber
iurd Herring.
List for Visitation: Chipstead
Grubbs, Mrs. W. R, Stewart,
Visitation Supervision: Mrs. W, J.
Grist, Mrs. C. A. Grubbs, Roscoe
Hodges.
Entertainment: Mrs. J. H. Moye,
Mrs. J. E. Freeman,
Music: Thomas Jenkins, J. J. Hew
itt, Sr., Jack Paul.
Public Address System: D. D.
Knighton, John Holman, Walton
Knighton, Gilbert Plowden, R. C.
Sineletary.
Auditorium Supervision: Richard
Grist, W, C. Cook, Bert Tarver.
FOOTBALL
Last week's score, game played on
Thursday night in Sylvester:
Sylvester 43, Blakely 0.
Friday night the Bobeats close out
the 1953 season, going down to
Bainbridge to play the Bearcats.
TRAFFIC NOTICE
It is permissible to turn RIGHT
on a red light after first coming to
a complete stop. It is never permis
sible to turn LEFT on a red light.
Some drivers have been guilty of the
latter, If detected, they will be
charged with “running a red light”
DALLAS LISENRY,
Chief of Police.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank each of my friends
the comfort and cheer extended
me through letters, cards, flow
ers, wists and visits while in the
hospital and at home. May God
bless each and every one of you is
my prayer,
MRS, T. W, JENKINS,
THE BOBCATS defeated Donal
sonville 12 to €in Donalsonville the
past FPriday,
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ABIT NIX, of Athens, distriet gov
ernor, 39th distriet Rotary Interna-
LMW* Blakely Rotary
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C REV. W. 0 KETCHUM s the
new pastor of the Blakely Methodist
ehurch, coming here from the chureh
ot Hawhineville, He succceds the
Rev. Guyton Pisher, whe goes 1o the
. 4 A
2D WILLIAMS hes been 1o
elected county warden by the Boasrd
fmunm,m i
stiending G. &C. W, st Milledge
ville, spent the week end at home.
SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clippings from the hr!y County News of
November 15, 1928
Samuel E. Kelly
Passes Following
Protracted lliness
Samuel Edgar Kelly, Sr., 76, well
known and highly esteemed Early
countian, died at his home near the
city at 5:30 o'clock the past Friday
morning. Mr. Kelly had been in de
clining health for several months,
but had recently shown some im
provement until again stricken a
few days prior to his death.
Born in Ball Ground, Ga., on
July 22, 1877, Mr. Kelly had been
a resident of Early county since
1911 and was engaged in farming.
He had a host of friends who are
saddened by his passing.
He was a member of the Blakely
Baptist Church, where his funeral
was held Saturday afternoon after
noon at 3 o'clock, with the pastor,
the Rev. W. E. Storey, officiating.
Interment was in the city cemetery
beside his wife, the late Mrs. Eleanor
Spier Kelly, who preceded him in
death in 1920, with the Minter Fu
neral Home in charge and the fol
lowing friends serving as pall-bear
ers: Robert H. Stuckey, Joe Owen,
A. J. Singletary, A. D. Harriss, Hall
Swann, Sevola Jones, Oscar Whitch
ard, Jeff Clinkscales, and S. G.
Maddox. An honorary escort com
prised the following: T. T. Swann,
Jack White, Edwin Swann, John L.
Underwood. J. E. Houston, Grady
Smith, C. P. Gay., Sr., Raymond Sin
gletary, Jr.,, F. A, Barham, Dewey
Jones, Alfred Felder, A. L. Pritch
ett, D. H. McDowell, J. B. Jones, C.
C. Swann. T. H. Owen, W. L. Stone,
J. G, Standifer, George Pickle, W.
R. Alexander, R. O. Waters, Sr., and
J. L. MeArthur,
Surviving Mr. Kelly are a daugh
ter, Mrs. Margaret K. Kelly, of Jeff
‘erson, Ga.; three sons, 5. E. Kelly,
Jdr.,, of Columbus, William H. and
Frank 8. Kelly of Atlanta; three
sisters, Mrs. 8. L. Wilbanks of De
catur, Ga., Mrs. Ida Arthur of Dal
ton, Ga., Mrs. R. L. Spears of Can
ton, Ga.; and three brothers, Wy
man Kelly of Ball Ground, Ga., Hir
am Kelly of Decatur, Ga., and E. R.
Kelly of Atlanta, Ga.
CITY COURT IN
SESSION THIS WEEK
Only two cases were tried by jury
in City Court held here this week.
The remainder were all pleas of
guilty for violations of traffic or
liquor laws,
The case of Wessie Dell Wiley
versus The Family Fund Life Insur
ance Company resulted in a verdict
in favor of the plaintif. This trial
took most of Monday alterncon for
trial. Madison Swmith, a Negro, was
tried Tuesday morning and convicted
of pomessing liquor. He was sen
tenced by Judge J. W. Bonner to 17
months on the public works, a sen
tence which can be served under pro
bation by payment of a fine of
$400.00,
A BURGLAR visiled the store of
Mr. Murray Brunson Tuesday night,
taking some ten dollars in cnsh and
& small quantity of tobacco, candy,
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MISS ELAINE BERMAN returned
last Friday from an extended trip to
Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and
lw;-l:u.d.bm
MR LOWREY STONE delivered
the address at the Armistice Day
celebration ot Damasews Bunday
erehing
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THE atiendance is good ot the
Early County Pair, which i in
m‘h-‘fi. .
7.720 BALEER of cotton had been
gnned in Barly county prier to Ne
vember | as compared to 5,728 bales
1o the same date in 1927,
BLAKELY THIRD PRIZE
WINNER IN CHAMPION
HOME TOWN CONTEST
Blakely has been named third
prize winner in the 3,000 to 20,000
population group in the 19563 Cham
pion Home Town Contest, it was an
nounced today by Harllee Branch,
Jr., president of the Georgia Power
Company. This victory carries with
it a cash award of $5600 and a
bronze plague. These awards will
be made at a dinner to be held in
Blakely early in 1954,
Cleveland, Monticello and Man
chester were named first mu win
ners in the contest and tesbhoro
was named winner of the special
Sweepstakes competition open only to
first prize winners in the 1952 and
19563 contests. Each of these four
towns. will receive a cash award of
SI,OOO and a bronze plaque. Total
awards in the contest amount to
$8.950,
' An extremely well-rounded pro
gram touching all phases of com
munity life was the strong .nlnt of
the report submitted by Bi y in
its bid for the championship title.
In the beautification field, Blakely
launched its year-long clean-up, fix
up drive with a downtown parade.
‘This was followed with the beauti
fication of the court house, che paint
ing of benches in the business area,
wholesale planting of flowers and
shrubs, the panting and inmvi'n:i
of more than 100 homes at a to
cost of more than $98,000, the
straightening and improving of street
markers and improvements in the
business district costing more than a
half million doliars.
Health and sanitation was boosted
:‘n improved water suppiy, the
ition of a sewage disposal plant,
ll new health center and required
health examinations gfor persons
lw jobs include the handling of
o
quest was existing
tourist sccommodations were air
conditioned and one new restaurant
Municipal development, too |
unies . PO
ceived a substantial boost. The
swimming pool was improved. Five
miles of water mains were com
pleted and a new ity well was
opened. A mechanical diwh.‘finr
and a new police ear were to
city equipment and the fire engine
was improved and painted. Fire pro
tection was increased by the addit.on
of 34 fire hydrants and more than
two miles of gutlers were added 0
e o
! industrial committee complet
od a labor survey and published »
brochure on indusirial opportunitios
in the Blakely area. The Agricul
ture committee reported the purchase
of two cotion picking machines and
10 peanut havesting machines, 26
storage bulidings were added to
farms at a cost of $52,000 and more
than 2,000 acres of pastures were
added to Blakely's grazing lands
%rur.
addition to the eVen new
bmmmm in
1953, Many improvements were
u‘o}ucfi:finmufiu public
buildings, two housing projecis
were rompleted,
THE HIGHWAY TO HAPPINESS
—A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
It may not be paved with wealth,
but a substantial savings reserve in
the bank gives you a mighty com
fortable feeling. Build your sav
ings regularly at our neighborly,
friendly bank,
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First State Bank
Blakely, Georgia
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
'52.00 A YEAR
~ Swainsboro won second prize of
‘3750 in the 3,000 to 20,000 popula
tion group. First prize winners in
the 1,000 to 3,000 group, in addition
to Monticello, are Lithonia, second
prize of $750; and Alma, third prize
of S6OO. In the under 1,000 group,
in addition to Cleveland, prize win
ners are Doraville, second prize of
$760; and Tia, thied: srien ot 3500,
hoTh. lj)lo tio -‘:'dl d ‘l‘g
nora mention an
‘for certificates of achievement in
each population group. The honora
ble mention winners will receive a
:;’33“ plaque and a cash award of
Ht;uonble mention tnrl‘ io to
Ellaville, Cohutta, Bll'dhi holls,
Sylvester, Dnluonm m
Lavonia, Toccoa, lia,
and Thomson.
Certificates of achievement win
ners are Dawsonville, Woodbine
Yatesville, Preston, Menlo, Locust
Grove, Metter, Austell uhlrbul.
Lawrenceville, Buena thh Tifton,
St. Marys, Pelham, Gainesville, Gris
fin, Perry and Sandersville,
Judges for the contest were Mrs.
Agnes Reasor Olmstead, home eco
ngmics director, Colonial Stores, Inec.,
Atlanta: Miss Iris Davenport, wom
an's editor, Farm and Ranch Mag
azine, Nashville, Tenn.; Joe Jennings,
superintendent, Cherokee Indian Res
ervation, Cherokee, N, C.; Howard
K. Menhinick, professor of city
planning, Georgia Institute of Tech
nology, Atlanta; and . Clarence N.
Walker, executive staff representa
tive, The Coca<Cola Co., Atlanta.
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Baptists Campaign
For Funds To Beautify
Church Auditorium
e 1 Ty
YTHE mlniers of the Blakely Bap
tist Church began this week & cam
paign to raise $30,000 for the com
plete renovation of the chureh audi
wrium.
If the campaign to raise the nee
essary funds is successful, plans cail
for beautifying the auditorium, add
g & complete reconditioning unit,
% new roof, and rearrangement of
the pulpit, choir loft and baptistry,
The church, in conference on Sun
day, November §, voted for the proj
ect in an enthusiastic manner,
Chairman of the finance commit
tee is 8. G, Maddox, and serving on
this committee with him are Sevels
Jones, vice chairman, H. A. Waltea,
M. T. B. McDowell, Mr.. J. K.
Chancy, and Mrs. W, R. Alexander.
Tn-unduudtbgirmn.d
workers have been named and have
begun a canvas of the church mew~
bership to raise the funds with which
it is hoped the church building may
be made one of the most beantiful
udn.twufl.uh;o‘h“ any
where