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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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Take your choice when you heat your home
electrically! There are various methods. Two
of the most popular are:
THE BASEBOARD HEATER: Small, neat, it fits
snugly against the wall, blends with any
decor. It supplies plenty of uniform heat.
THE HEAT PUMP: Automatic control gives you
the best of both winter heat and summer
cooling. You can just set it and forget it.
OTHER SYSTEMS are available, too. All types
of electric heat are flameless, quiet, safe and
clean. Their economy will amaze you.
Why put up with inadequate or outdated
equipment another year? Have your favorite
style electric heating system installed now
before winter sets in. Call your electrical
contractor. He'll be glad to give you details.
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49 Negroes
Have Served
In Assembly
By SANDERS LAMONT
Some Georgians have been saying
that no Negroes have served in the
Georgia General Assembly since Re
construction days—it just isn’'t so.
In fact, 49 Negroes served from 1880
through 1907 in the Legislature, ac
cording to D. C. A, Bacot, professor
of history at Atlanta University.
Dr. Bacote, who, did his doctoral
dissertation at the University of Chi
cago on Negroes in Georgia politics
from 1880-1908, said recently that in
all 49 Negroes served between 1868
and 190746 in the House and three in
the Senate, ‘
There hasn’t been a Negro state |
senator since 1870 but in that year
Jefferson Long, a Negro from Macon,
did serve in Washington as congress- |
man from Georgia.
Georgia's last Negro rvprvsentativel
to the state House was W. H. Rogers,
from Mclntosh county, from 1902 to
1907, |
Most of the Negro representatives‘
came from Georgia's coastal counties.
During the 1880-1907 period, six were‘
from Liberly county, four from Mcln-i
tosh, two from Camden, and one each
from Lee and Dougherty. |
Dr. Bacote says that Henry McNeal
Turner from Bibb county who served
from 1868-1887. “was by far the most
‘loutstanding Negro representative, and
Beckwith, Of Auburn,
Addresses Touchdowners
The Blakely Touchdown Club held
one of its best meetings of the sea
son Tuesday night. Bill Beckwith. a
member of the athletic department at
Auburn University, gave a behind
the-scene description of how a big
university athletic department s
operated, speaking chiefly of the foot
ball team. Mr. Beckwith's talk was
entertaining, humorous and enlight
ning. He was introduced by Principal
Frank Buckner. Woodrow Houston,
vice-president, presided in the ab
sence of President “Booty” Cox.
one of the most outstanding of (all)
the legislators.”
Turner High School in Atlanta was
named for this legislator. He was the
first Negro to be appointed a chaplain
in the Union Army by President Lin
coln, was a member of the Georgia
constitutional convention in 1867-68.
iand later became a bishop in the
AME Church.
Madison Davis, a ‘representative
from Clarke County, later became
postmaster of Athens,
Jefferson Long, the Georgia con
gressman already mentioned, was the
father-in-law of Henry Ruckey, an In
ternal Revenue Collector in Georgia
from 1897 to 1909.
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replace your pres
ent home. Be sure
about FIRE IN
SURANCE.
Southern
Insurance
Agency
Blakely, Ga.
South Main St.
Phone 723-3463
Thursday, November 1, 1962
Vets Being Questioned
For Hospitalization
By Administration
The Veterans Administration has in
creased its questioning of veterans
seeking admission to VA hospitals for
treatment of non-service-connected
disabilities, Georgia Veterans Direc
tor Pete Wheeler said this week,
Purpose of the new counseling pro
cedure is to assure that the veteran is
unable to pay for the treatment in
other hospitals, according to the re
quirements of the law. As a vart of the
new procedure, the veteran will be
given an estimate of the cost of his
hospitalization.
‘ Veterans with service-connected ‘dis
abilities will continue to receive treat
ment for their service-connected dis
abilities without regard to their abil
ity to pay, and veterans receiving pen
sions based on their inability to do
gainful employment will be presumed
eligible for the treatment without
counseling.
Also veterans requiring emergency
treatment will be accented in the hos
pital prior to any determination of
thieir ability to pay.
At present there are waiting lists
for admission to all VA hospitals for
treatment of non-service connected
disabilities, since service-disabled vet
erans and emergency cases receive
priority for available beds.
The best and quickest procedure to
follow to secure admission to a VA
hospital in case of emergency is for
the patient’s physician to telephone the
admitting physician at the nearest
VA hospital.
The best procedure to secure admis
sion for routine treatment is to eall
at the nearest office of the Ggorgia
Department of Veterans Service for
advice and assistance. The nearest of
fice is located at Blakely. The office
manager is Tom Morgan.
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" NOTICE 3
Beginning Monday November 5, at
7:30 p. m, at the Blakely Vocational
Agriculture Department, Mr. Tony
A. Williams will conduct a Welding
Clinic for farmers in this school area.
This clinic will consist of ten meet
ings and will include instruction in
both electric and arc and oxy-acety
lene welding.
Some of the areas being taught in
the class will be cutting, welding in
flat, horizontal, vertical and over
head positions, bronze welding, silver
_soldering cast iron welding and hard
surfacing of metal.
Certificates will be awarded to those
individuals with 100% attendance.
Interested persons should contact
Mr. Williams because enrollment will
be limited,