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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Early County News
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Ofticial Organ City of Blakely
and County of Early
Published Every Thursday
OFFICE IN NEWS BUILDING
South Main Street
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
W. H. FLEMING
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Blakely, Ga., November 22, 1962
By SID WILLIAMS
The election of Atlanta Negro Le-
Roy Johnson to the State Senate poses
various problems which a lot of peo
ple haven't considered in the light of
Georgia's segregation laws and cus
toms. For instance, Senator and Mrs.
Johnson (if he has a wife) will be
eligible to attend tht Governor's re
eeption for Members of the General
Assembly. Also, Johnson can attend
all dinners, parties, etc. given for the
legislators, such as the Municipal
Association dinner,
Johnson will have the right to ap
point one or more Negro pages and
assistant doorkeepers in the Senate.
He can order white secretaries and
stenographers to write his letters.
He can, obviously, use the Senate's
restroom for men.
And to cap the climax, he will be
eligible to eat in the State cafeteria,
and, unless the rules are changed so
as to bar guests, he can take any
number of Negroes with him.
Several State officials have discuss
ed the matter with Johnson, and at
least one has advised him not to take
advantage of all his rights as a Sena
tor. Johnson said that he recognized
the problems, and that he had no de
sire to flaunt his privileges in the
faces of whites' ‘But, he said, “if I
don't exercise these rights, my own
people will say that I am promoting
the continuance of segregation, and
will be down on me"”. He's probably
speaking the truth there, too.
Johnson, or some other member of
his race, could hardly help getting
elected every time in his Senatorial
District, if the election remained on
a District vote, as it was this year.
However, with passage on November
6 of the constitutional amendment re
quiring that candidates in multi-Sena
tor counties run on a countywide ba
sis, it will now be much harder for a
Negro to win a Senate seat. Johnson,
then, has a choice: (1) be discrete,
don’t break the color line ,and hope
the white vote will re-elect him in
1964, or (2) take all his rights as a
Senator, break the color line, and hope
enough Negroes and radical whites
will vote for him in '64.
I's going to be a hard decision for
Johnson to make.
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Rumor has it that Marvin Griffin
is to be named Manager, or Public Re
lations Directors of Atlanta's Henry
Grady Hotel.
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Newly-elected Democratic Congress
man from the Fifth District, Charles
Weltner, will be the only U. S. Rep
resentative from Georgia with a Press
Aide in Washington. He's taking with
him to handle the job Gregory Favre,
Atlanta Journal sports writer. Mr.
Weltner's law partner will be his
chief Aide.
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Recently we reported the rumor
that Garland Byrd might be a candi
date for Congress against E. L. For
rester. Mr. Byrd has advised us that
there is absolutely nothing to this ru
mor, that he has no intention, what
soever of running for Congress, We
are happy to put an end to that report.
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Governor Ernest Vandiver is still
receiving many invitations to make
speeches throughout the state. He has
them scheduled all through this month,
December and even beyond the time
he leaves office on January 15th, As
we wrote more than a year ago, Van
diver will go out of office a very
popular man,
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Herman Cofer, former Sergeant
with the Georgia State Patrol, and
more recently U. S. Deputy Marshal is
resigning the Federal job to become
Aide and driver for Lieutenant-Gover
nor Peter Zack Geer, when Mr. Geer
goes into office.
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An important political question
which will have to be settled by the
couris is whether the persons elected
State Senator by District vote are le
gally elected. What confuses the issue
is the constitutional amendment ap
proved by the people on November
6 to make moting for Senators county
wide. The Senators in Fulton and De-
Kalb were elected by District on that
same day. Are they, or are they not,
legally elected? Sounds like the old
riddle: “Which comes first, the chicken
or the egg?"
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State Democratic Party officials
hope ta have the biggest Jefferson
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From The News Files
Of 25 Years Ago
From Issue of November 18, 1937
MRS. SARA ANNE LEE, widow of
Mr. W. H. Lee, died at her home in the
northeastern section of the city Satur
day, had been in declinig health for
some time and seriously ill for about
ten days.
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MR. Sam L. Terry, formerly of Ma
con, has opened a funeral home in
Blakely, having rented the Mrs. C. T,
Alexander residence on South Main
Street, which will be used by Mr.
Terry and family as both residence
and funeral home.
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A MARBLE BUST of Miss Moina
Michael, “the lady who pinned the
poppy on the world,” will be unveil
ed at the state capitol on November
27th.
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PHIL BREWSTER, Georgia Com
missioner of Public Safety, announced
last week that Georgia's new highway
patrol will be increased to a maximum
of 120 troopers.
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AFTER an illness of ten days, Mrs.
Nancy Edna Glass, wife of Mr. W. T.
Glass, died at her home near Sow
hatchee last Sunday. She was 60 years
old.
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CARL, Pat Harry, Fiddling Bill and
Cowboy Sam will appear in person at
Colomokee school on Wednesday,
Jackson Day dinner ever held in Geor
gia on January 22nd at the Biltmore
Hotel in Atlanta. Both Ernest Vandi
ver and Carl Sanders will head the
speaking program, Tickets are SSO
each. Part of the proceeds remain in
Georgia, but a goodly portion goes
to the National Democratic Party.
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Governor Vandiver is being high
ly commended for his appointment of
William T. Boyd as Solicitor-General
of Fulton County to replace aliing
‘Paul Webb. Mr. Boyd is one of At
lanta’s ablest criminal lawyers, and a
'successful business man as well. He
iwill ably fill the shoes of the capable
Mr. Webb.
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~ Incoming Lieut-Governor Peter
Zack Gees has.announced that-he fh<
vors a simple majority rule among
Fulton and DeKalb legislators on bills
affecting Atlanta and Fulton. He said
hat unless this is done, “it is not
likely that chaos and confusion will
be the result.” Mr. Geer means that
if the old rule of legislative courtesy,
i. e, all members of a county's dele
gation having to agre on a bill before
it would be acted upon by the Assem
bly, isn't abolished for Fulion and
the City of Atlanta, practically no lo
cal legislation would ever be passed.
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North Church Street Phone 723-3530 Blakely, Ga.
November 24. |
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MRS. Felix Davis, Jr., and little
daughter, are now at home, having
returned Monday from the hospital
in Dothan. The little girl has been
named Patricia Anne,
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MESSRS. H. J. Middleton, Bill Gris:,
Raymond Singletary, Jr., Dick Rogers,
and Ralph Hobbs, Sr., enjoyed a deer
hunt near Fargo, Ga., Monday.
50 YEARS AGO
From Issue of November 14, 1912
MR. J. Henry Moye won the big doll
which was raffled by the ladies of
the Episcopal Church last week.
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JIM VICKERS, of Grimes, Ala., was
attracted to Blakely by the fair sex
Sunday.
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MRS. B. B. GODWIN left Monday to
vigit in Hartford, Ala., for sometime.
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MESSRS. Saxon Jernigan, Perry
Alexander and Murray Brunson spent
Sunday in Dothan.
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THE improved rice huller at Shef
field's Mill is now in operation and
will clean 10 hushels of rice per hour.
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MR. Will S. Strong met with an
accident at the depot Tuesday night
which cost his a portion of his left
leg.
75 YEARS AGO
From Issue of November 17, 1887
BLAKELY cotton market quo'es
at 9 cents.
DIAL OUR
NEW NUMBER
723-3030
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Old Dependable Service
WE APPREWBUSINESS.
Hyols) Yiarsmacy
A WEE young man arrived at the
ome of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Oliver
Ist Tuesday.
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HON. W. C. Sheffield, ex-Sheriff
J. 8. Moselly and Uncle Drew Roberts
were up from the 26th district this
week,
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DR, C. J. Mulligan and Mrs, Mam
mie Gay, of Miller County, visited
relatives in Blakely last Sunday.
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MRS. R. M. Jordan returned to her
home in Georgetown Monday, after a
visit to her son, Col. W. A, Jordan.
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MISS CLARA EWELL, of Balti
more, is the guest of her brother, Dr,
G. R. Ewell.
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DR. B. L. Mclntosh has recently
moved from Early county to Marietta,
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A FORCE of several hundred siart
ed to work on cutting the new road
from Blakely to Liberty Hill.
‘rom Blakely to Liberty Hill last Mon
day.
The luggage-laden husband stared
miserably down the platform at the
departing train. ‘lf you hadn’'t taken
so long getting ready,” he admonish
ed his wife, “we would have caught
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“Yes,” the little woman rejoined,
“but if you hadn’t hurried me so, we
wouldn't have so long to wait for the
next one.”
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WYNNE'S DEPARTMENT STORE
COURT SQUARE " BLAKELY, GA.
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JOHN SCARBOROUGH'S MARKET
U.S.D. A. Grade A—Cut and Wrapped Free
FRYERS —CutUpFree . . Lb.2B¢
Lean, Fresh
PORKROAST . . . . Lb. 39
Fresh, Half or Whole
PORKHAMS . . . . . Lb.49c
Dressed, Packed in Ice—Medium and Large
HENS—Fresh . . . . . Lb.39¢
Large Supply of Swift’s Butterball Turkeys,
Fresh Hams and Hens. All Cuts of Good Beef.
FREE Jumbo Bread with each purchase of Turkey
For Making Dressing.
Mayfield, Yellow Cream Style
CORN-No.3o3Can . . 2For29c
Colonial or Sunbeam, Full 13 0z Loaf
BREAD- . . Eachloc; or 3 For 29c¢
(Limit 3 to a Customer, Please)
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PRODUCE
APPLES —Red, . . . 4Lb.Cello Bag 39¢
ORANGES — Florida g . 5 Lbs. 39¢
GRAPEFRUIT — Florida . . 5 Lbs. 39¢
No. 1 White Eastern
POTATOES — A . ; y 10 Lbs. 39¢
ONIONS — Yellow . . ~ . 3 Lbs. 19¢
LETTUCE — Large ; 3 5 . Each 19c¢
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Thursday, November 22, 1962
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