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BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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One of Georgia's keenest poli
tical analysts — a man known
throughout the length and
breadth of the state—was in to
see the writer last week and
voiced some thoughts that make
sense. So much so that we feel
our readers should have the
beneiit of what he said.
He started by reminding us
that a great many of Herman
Talmadge's solid supporters (who
had &ll been together behind
Vandiver) are now split up
among the various gubernatorial
camps. Their principal motive,
he said, in going to this one or
thal one is to try to elect a man
for governor whoin they feel
sure will not run against the
Senator in 1968. These are peo
ple whose first love is Talmadge,
and they’ll support nobody whom
they think could be even a faint
threat to Hermar.
This man enumerated the can
didales and pointed out that NOT
A SINGLE ONE of them pose
any threat, whatsoever, to the
Senator. However, he said, the
danger lies in (riends of Tal
madge not all getting behind
the one gubernatorial candidate
who can beat Bo Callaway, for
sand we quote him word for
word) “Congressman Callaway
i§ almost a certainty to run
against Herman in 1968 if he is
elected governor.”
This columnist sees a lot of
sense in what our friend de
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clared. We remember what Cal
laway said when there was talk
of the Senator coming home to
run for governor, after Van
diver had to pull out. The erst
while-Democrat and GOP Con
gressman said flat out: *“‘Bring
on the king.” He said it sarcas
tically and as a definite chal
lenge.
Callaway has made the state
ment more than once that his
ultimate ambition is the United
States Senate. What, then, would
be more likely, if he is elected
governor—with his colossal con
ceit and pride—than he would
take on Talmadge in 1968.
As one who puts Talmadge
first in Georgia politics, we're
going to follow our friend’s ad
vice and vote for the Democratic
candidate who would have the
best chance to beat Callaway. We
urge other good and loyal friends
of the Senator to do likewise.
. * *
Sam Caldwell, candidate for
Laber Commissioner, has opened
headquarters in the Dinkler
Hotel, and has named John
Pierce Blanchard, a prominent
Columbia County school man and
politico, as his campaign man
ager. .
Recently, Mr. Caldwell made
a hit with -businessmen when he
scored his opponent, Ben T.
Huiet, with being too free with
unemployment compensation
payments.
If former Representative Mar
vin Moate wins re-election to
the House this year, he is likely
to seek his old job as Speaker.
» - *
The Enterprise, weekly news
paper at Donglas, has released
the figures on a recent poll in
that county. Kllis Arnall led the
fic'd on two questions: (1) who
wili cuiry Coffee County, and
(2) who will win the State Pri
mary? Mr. Arnall's percentage
on the first was 59 and on the
second 73. On both questions, the
other candidates placed as fol
lows: Gray, Maddox, Byrd, Car
ter and O’Kelley.
On a third question of who
could best beat Bo Callaway, Ar
nall again led with 58, of the
vote.
Peter Zack Geer led George
T. Smith for Lt.-Governor by a
lop sided vote of 85% to 15%.
And Bill Stuckey led incum
bent Russell Tuten for Congress
by a vote of 627 to 35%.
A poll of newspapers by the
Georgia Press Association shows
a majority of the state’s papers
unpledged at present, but of
those who have declared them
selves for either candidate for
governor, 64% are for Arnall,
24% for Callaway, 8% for Gray,
and 4% for Carter.
* . »
The Sylvester Local has re
cently endorsed James Gray for
governor, and the Forest Park
News has picked Ellis Arnall.
* . *
Malone Sharpe, of Lyons,
former State Jaycee President,
has gone to work actively in the
campaign of Lt.-Gov. Peter Zack
Geer.
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A political candidate has a
hazardous life. For instance:
When little Miss Carolyn Cocke,
22 month old daughter of Erle
Cocke, Jr., 3rd District Congres
sional candidate, saw her dad’s
first commercial on TV, she be
came so excited that in an ap
parent attempt to reach her
daddy through the tube, she
knocked the set off its stand and
smashed it. Add television sets
to the tires and shoe leather
which candidates can consider
expendable.
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25 Years Ago
(From Issue of July 31, 1941)
H. C. AND W. H. Haddock, of
Damascus, took the honors this
year for producing and ginning
Georgia's first bale of 1941 cot
ton. The bale was brought to the
Farmers Gin & Warehouse Com
pany about 4 o'clock Friday af
ternoon and ginned. It weighed
405 pounds.
* * *
FUNERAL services for Thomas
B. McDowell, 66, prominent citi
zen of Blakely, whose death oc
curred on Wednesday last, were
held Friday morning at 10:30
o'clock at the McDowell residence
on Cuthbert street.
* * .
MR. James M. Stewart, 83,
died suddenly at his home in Al
bany early Monday morning. He
had been active and in good
health and his death came as a
shock to his many friends.
* * *
THE many friends of Deputy
Sheriff C. C. (Tuck) Swann will
be pleased to learn that he is
showing signs of improvement
after being quite sick at his home
with Brills fever for the past
three weeks. Word from his home
yesterday was to the effect that
he is improving but yet too weak
to sit up.
. * »
ALEX HOWELL is at home this
week visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs, S. W. Howell. Alex is
now a member of the U, S. Navy
stationed at Norfolk, Va. He en
listed in May. (Note: When a
soon-to-be-released March of
Time News reel plays at your
favorite theatre watch for the
scenes concerning Navy life at
Norfolk. The little guy stepping
high, wide and handsome, to the
left of Lieutenant Gene Tunny,
former heavyweight boxing cham
pion, is non other than Alex
Howell, who is making his first
appearance as a movie actor, at
no increase in pay .
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MR. Willard Dußose, who has
been with the First State Bank
tor several years has recently ac
cepted a position with the Bank
of Early, where he is now assis
tant cashicer. Mr. C. L. Cook, of
Arlington has succeeded Mr. Du-
Rose at the First State Bank.
* - *
MR. Phillip Spence, of Atlanta,
spent the weck end at the home
ol his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Spence,
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MR, AND MRS. Robert Puckett
and daughter, were Sunday vis
itors in Panama City,
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MR. AND MRS. Byron Howell
and children, of Albany, were
week end guosts of Mrs. Howell's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Da
venport,
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FRIENDS of Little Miss Char
lotte Chandler, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Chandler, Jr.,
are glad to know that she is im
proving after a tonsil operation
at a local hospital Sunday.
50 Years Ago
(From Issue of July 27, 1916)
JUDGE Eugene E. Cox will
spend next week in Early coun
ty in the interest of his candidacy
for Congress.
* * *
I. D. Felder has announced
himself a candidate for Mayor in
the election to be held next week.
Announced candidates for coun
cilmen are: Charlie Stuckey,
C. R. Barksdale, L. B. Fryer,
W. N. West.
+ * *
OUR clever neighbor, Mr. Mar
cine Smith, is wearing the
“smile that won't rub off”. It's
a boy and he arrived on Sunday.
* * *
MR. AND MRS. W. L. Rhodes
left this morning for a visit to
Montgomery relatives and
friends.
* * *
MR. J. C. Loyless is now hunt
ing a new lullaby to sing to the
sweetest and daintiest little lady
the stork ever left at a home,
She arrived Saturday.
* * *
MRS. J. S. Sherman and chil
dren left Friday morning for At
lanta, from whence they will take
a trip to the Golden West.
* * *
MESSRS. J. C. Balkcom, of
Colomokee, C. W. Moseley of
Sowhatchee, H. J. Roberts, of
Cuba, J. W. Martin of Cedar
Springs, Willie Wiley of Damas
cus, and H. J. Cosby and J. Q.
Scarborough of the Lucile dis
trict, were in the city Tuesday
for the meeting of the executive
committee,
75 Years Ago
(From Issue of July 30, 1891)
MESSRS. A. G. Powell, A, L,
Jones. Jr., J. W. Wade, and B. R.
Dostor, Jr., visited Damascus
this week.
* * *
QUITE a fight was in progress
50 years ago as to the place to
to build the new school building.
One crowd wanted to keep it on
the old school ground on South
Main street, the other to move it
to a plot of land in front of
Judge H. C. Fryer's house. The
latter was finally selected, but
not without a wrangle.
* * *
DAMASCUS DOTS, By S. L W
says: "‘Misses Josie McClain and
Adna McNair returned with Dr.
John McClain to Mitchell County
this week.” “Mrs. Suda Webb
anl son, Ky, of Mitchell County,
are visiting Mrs. Stripling.” *“The
Misses Farr, of Bluffton, are
visiting here.”" “Miss Anna Had
dock has been visiting her cou
sin, Miss Susie Dykes.” “Mr. and
Mrs. Z. T. Webb now have re
turned ‘rom Mitchell County",
“Misses Anna Douglas and Wil
lie Haddock are visiting in Mor
gan." “Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Lay
ton, of Leary, are visiting here.”
“Mr. Joel Hightower was down
on a visit to home folks this
week."
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EARL (Tige) PICKLE
(Guest columnist Mrs.
Hubert Farr concludes an
account of her interesting
trip to Europe. “Tige”.)
Kll of the towns that we
went through and toured
on Sunday, Glenn and
Mary had been there pre
viously. As they were tell
ing me some facts about
these places, I was jotting
some of them in my Travel
Log that a good friend had
given me before I left. She
insisted that I must use it,
and if it were not for some
of these facts in by book,
I'm sure I would have for
gotten some of the things
that impressed me then.
The beautiful city of Man
eheim on the Rhine is a pe
troleum and industrial city,
and a river port. It was
bombed to the ground in
World War 11, because of
petroleum distillation,
Heidelberg on the Nac
kar river is a famous col
lege town. A large U. S.
‘Army Center is located
there. Heidelberg was not
harmed by War 11, because
of no special industry, We
saw many old bridges and
buildings.
We passed through the
wine growing center of
Germany. Some sections
are very hilly. Cultivation
of these vineyards extend
to the high hills. Farmers
in this section of our coun
try wouldn’t pretend to cul
tivate such land.
Along the road to Roth
enburg, many castles were
seen on the slopes high
above the town.
We ate lunch in a restau
rant in a small village be
fore we reached Rothen
burg. This is an old city of
the Middle Ages located on
the Tauber river. It has its
orifinal gates and high
walls of the city still stand
ing. The houses were gabl
ed, the streets very nar
row. The story is told that
during the 30 years of war
of 1631, the town fell to
Tilly. He ordered the town
to be destroyed and the
execution of four council
members. - While waiting
for the execution to take
place he was offered wine
in a huge 314 quart gob
let. Warmed by the wine,
and in a happier frame of
mind, he of&red full par
don to the men and a pro
mise to save the town if any
local citizen could drain the
huge measure in one drink.
A former mayor drained it
and the council members
and the town were thus
saved. This achievement
has been celebrated ever
since in the annual pageant,
At noon a great clock in
the town square strikes the
hour and adjoining win
dows open to show a re
enactment of the scene.
Tilly looks on as another
mechanical figures raises
the huge measure and
drains it. I have a kodak
picture of the goblet that
Is in the city museum in
Rothenburg, A fire watch
man rings the bell in the
town hall tower every 15
minutes to remind the peo
ple that he is on the job—a
tradition that has been car
ried down through the
year.
After about three hours of walk
ing in Rothenburg, we took the
autobahn for Munich,
We came to an U, B§, Army
post, so we stopped for something
to eat. Many places over tnere
sandwiches, pies, etc., were in
machines where you drop your
money in, open the door for
your selected eats. My selection
was a hamburger, but it was
frozen hard as a rock. In a sec
ond an American soldier showed
me a radar oven. I put it inside
the oven, still in the bag. Two
minutes or less it was ready to
eat. It was steaming hot, but
the bag was only slightly warm.
Most of us have read of the ra
dar stoves, but that was my first
experience. I hope some of the
appliance dealers will soon get
some for sale. I would surely
like to own one if the price is
right,
Mary drove after we left the
Army post until we arrived at
the hotel which was in the heart
of Munich. The main street which
is long and broad, glittered with
lights, signs and shop windows.
The traffic whizzed by and was
fast and thick. On our walk down
the streets that night we passed
by a typical beer garden and
heard Germans singing old Ger
man drinking songe, we saw the
old Rauthonse. which was the
city hall,
Early next morning after break
fast, Glenn and Mary were so
anxious to take us to the Deu
chsches Museum, the largest mu
seum of science and technology
in the world. We rushed to get
there by op:ning time, but when
we arrived a crowd of people
were out side waiting to enter
too. We waited a few minutes,
then Glenn noticcu a sign on the
door, o 1 course it was written in
German, It was closed for the
day such a crowa of disappointed
people. This was June 13.
Leaving Munich, the Bavarian
Capitol, with its twin towers, an
cient churches, towers, statues,
fountains and squares, we drove
through the Bavarian country
side where we saw men and wo
men cutting, pitching and stack
ing hay. We could see high
mountains ahead as we were on
our way to the famous Neuscha
wnstein, a 19th century realiza
tion of a fairy tale castle. The
castle is perched on a steep crag
near the German-Austrian bor
der. It was a long tiresome climb
up to the castle, but that wasn't
all—six flights of steps up—lss
steps up and that many down.
That was my most tiring day.
The others enjoyed kidding me
but I knew they were exhausted
too. So many things we saw in
the castle I can't begin to de
scribe. If you ever go to Europe
it must be included in your tour.
Young King Ludwig II built the
castle with one room a long Mu
sic Hall where Wagner's Con
certs were given. The King was
betrothed to a Princess, but the
engagement was broken. With
this disappointment and other
problems pertaining to his reign
he became despondent. He and
his doctor were found drowned in
a lake near the courtyard. It took
17 years to erect the castle. He
lived in it about half a year.
One of the most scenic views
was the drive through the Alps
and through Garmish-Partenkir
chen. This is a winter resort for
skiing, The winter Olympics were
held here in 1936 at the foot of
the Zugspitze, highest mountain
in Germany. This was the scene
of last year’s avalanche.
Oberammergau is known the
world over as the home of the
three-century old Passion Play.
The Passion Play is given every
ten years. The townsfolk re-enact
the story es Christ’s life from His
entry into Jerusalem to the As
cension. It will be given again in
1970. We stayed at the General
Patton Hotel. A life size portrait
of him was in the dining hall.
We went over the Alps—on to
Innsbruck, Austria and along the
Brenner Pass into Italy, .
As we traveled on in Italy,
we stopped at Verona at .an
Automobile Club to have our tour
mapped for a ten-day sight seeing
tour of the following cities and
places: Venice, Florence, Rome,
Naples, Pompeii, Sorento, Isle
of Capri, and Pisa. While we were
in these cities, a deluxe motor
coach with an English speaking
guide would pick us up at our
hotel and take us to the most
famous places, such as Cathe
drals, Chapels, art galleries, mu
seums, palaces and gardens.
We were in Rome, Italy, three
days and four nights. Our tour
carried us through St. Peters’
cathedrals. At 12:00 noon Sunday,
Pope Paul VI came to balcony,
and the benediction, blessing the
thousands of people standing in
the square. The tour of Vatican
City included: “The Sistine Cha
el, where we saw Michelan
gelo's paintings. Several hours
were spent in the old Roman
Forum where Julius Caesar was
assassinated in 44 B. C. We visit
ed the excavations of the ancient
Roman town of Pompeii, .
We spent a night and day in
Sorrento. While there we went
by boat to the Isle of Capri, 15
miles out and went through the
Blue Grotto.
At Pisa, the leaning tower,
which is one of the seven won
ders of the world. Our trip back
to Germany was through the
Swiss, almost a day's drive, at
an average speed of 15 to 20 miles
an hour, on the Gotthardpass,
the classical highway from Italy
to Switzerland. In 14 miles there
were 39 curves, The mountains,
lake and all the country was in
describably beautiful, but we had
enough of the mountain roads.
The drive by the lake for many
miles to Lucern, Switzerland,
was another picturesque scene.
We were glad to reach the Ger
man border, from here we had
a five hour drive before reaching
Glenn's post,
We arrived on Saturday night
after fourteen days of sightsee
ing, and since Glenn's vacation
was over, his wife and a friend
carried us to Frankfurt on Wed.
nesday. We left for home on
TWA at 1:00 p. m., and arrived
in New York at 4:30 Wednesday
alternoon (eight hours in the
air) and on to Atlanta by 9:30
p. m., where we spent the night
with my sister, Mrs. R, S. Caw
thon. We arrived in Blakely and
home at noon, Thursday, June 30,
Germans grow potatoes not
only for the table but also for
feeding to livestock,
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GA., THURS., WIIL.Y 98, 1944
ABOUT PEOPLE
AND THINGS
By MILTON BRYANT
“And in Hell he lifted up his
eyes.” My Bible does not say
Haydes or Pergatory, it plainly
says HELL and my Bible says
HELL is a lake of fire and brim
stone that queneth not. I would
that I was (ompetent to picture
the true awfulness of HELL.
It is said that a prominent
Texas minister had a dream, he
dreamed that two preachers
passed on from time into enter
nity, and when they reached the
Pearly Gates, Saint Peter kept
them waiting for more quesion
ing, while they waited a man
walked up to whom Saint Peter
gave immediate entrance with
out asking a single question, this
irked one of the preachers no
little bit so he inquired of Saint
Peter as to whe that man was
and why he got such immediate
entrance and they were kept
waiting. Saint Peter replied, that
man was a Taxi Driver and he
has scared HELL out of more peo
le than you two preachers put
together! ! ! !
Elaborating on his dream, the
good man said he believed God
caused him to have that dream
for his sermons had been too
smooth, he had failed to picture
to his hearers the true awfulness
of HELL and its surety unless
he had not scared HELL out of
anyone.
Strange as it may seem, peo
ple have to be made afraid of
things to put forth effort to a
void them. P:zople must be made
to be afraid of HELL and its
surety for them to put forth ear
nest efforts to avoid it.
I was shocked some time ago
when a fine young woman and
a faithful Sunday School teacher,
told me she did not believe there
was such a place as HELL. That
she did not believe a kind Hea
venly Father would send anyone
to a place like HELL. I said, my
dear child you are right, and you
are badly wrong, God does not
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send people to HELL, they senqd
themselves to HELL through re.
jecting Him and there surely jg
a HELL fur God’s word says so
in many places and it says there
shall be weeping, wailing anq
gnashing of teeth,
A teenage girl said recently
that she didn't know whether she
believed in a HELL or not, Do
you see what the theorist are
filling the minds of our youth
with today? Such as God is Dead,
there is no HELL, free love and
etc. ete. I would to God that an
army of Christian Soldiers would
go marching forth into the fields
of harvest with the Cross of Je.
sus going before,
* * *k
I have always approved the ac
tion of our City Fathers on mak
ing the Square a ONE WAY GO.
I would like to recommend to
them that a line be painted in the
middle of the street around the
square for there is room for two
cars going in the same direction
and a safety line is needed.
* * k
I wish to thank Mr, Jesse Mec-
Corkle, one of our better farm
ers, for the nice roasting corn he
brought me. When you live in
town and get hungry such things
as this is fine,
* * *
Josh Davis, the old dry clean
er and presser man who's bay
window you can see a half mile
down the strest before you ever
see him, wants to know what 1
am doing to keep mine down, 1
told him, I was not doing any
thing it was this HIGH and
HIGHER Food prices doing ths
trick. Man and Boy, every time
I go grocery shopping I wonder
how much higher food prices are
going.
M
BY THE NUMBERS
The young second lieutenant,
drilling his men for the first
time, forgot the command, *“To
the rear, march”, as his pla
toon neared a sheer precipice.
“Say something, sir,” implored
the platoon sergeant, “even if
it’s only ‘good bye’.”