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The Official Organ
Baker County
Established 1912
VOLUME 27. NUMBER 38.
FOREST PROJECTS
OPEN TO CLUBBERS
County Agent Gives Club '
Members Requirements For
4-H Forest Rangers.
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Requirements for Baker county -
club members to become 4-H Forest
Rangers and compete for free trips to
the annual state-wide Wild Life Con
servation Camp were outlined this I
week by County Agent N. D. Mc-
Rainey.
“The project is open to all 4-H club
boys and girls, and consists of grow
ing a small nursery, collecting tree
seed, planting and thinning pine trees,
constructing fire breaks, improving
forests, and tree identification,’’ the
agent said.
“Club members must carry out at
least one of the outlined projects,
and then write an essay of 200 to 500
words on their selected project by
November 15,” Mr. Mcßainey con
tinued. “Credits for the project car
ried out will not be accepted until the
essay is submitted.”
Explaining the requirement for the
various types of projects that a mem
ber may choose, the county agent said
a minimum of one pound of seed must
be planted for the forest nursery, in
order to obtain credit.
“Any type of tree seed may be col
lected in the seed gathering project,
and can usually be sold from 75 cents
to $2.00 per pound,” he continued.
“There is no limit on the number of
seedlings over the minimum require
ment of 100 trees.
“Construction of fire breaks around
and through one or more acres of
woodland may be carried out. Other
forest improvements, such as clean
ing off all undergrowth or cutting
undesirable species of trees on a
minimum of one-half acre, are among
the projects.
“Minimum requirements necessary
to obtain credit for carrying out the
thinning and spacing project is one
fourth of an acre of trees. For the i
•tree identification project, the club;
member must collect and mow*. ex-’
least 10 species of trees '*
A number of trips to the annual;
Wild Life Conservation Camp will be j
given members who carry out the
best projects, but the time and place
of the camp has not been set, Mr. Mc-
Rainey said.
Easter Enjoyed
By Egg Hunts
On Friday afternoon Mary Ellen
and Marion Ellis entertained the mem
bers of their class in school with a
delightful egg hunt and marshmellow
roast at their home, which was en
. joyed by all.
Bobby Short entertained a number
of his friends Saturday afternoon with
an egg hunt, and all enjoying this de
lightful egg hunt reported a grand
time.
Sunday afternoon Miss Alma Ellis
entertained her Sunday School class
with an egg hunt at her home on the
Elmodel road. About twenty children
enjoyed this hunt and reported a good
time. ! , *
Several of the. teachers entertained
their pupils with egg hunts and other
delightful entertainment during the
Easter holidays.'
Venalyn i Eubanks entertained a
number of jher little friends with an
egg hunt Sunday morning.
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Use of Bullet Money
Bullet-shaped pieces of gold and
silver were used as money in Siam
during the reign of King Mongkut,
1851-1868, according to a Detroit
Coin club authority. They are almost
spherical In shape and have ap
parently been made by bending to
gether the ends of short, round in
gots, and stamping small incuse fig
ures on the back and sides. Tradi
tion tells us that bullet money was
designed for the convenience of Si
amese gamblers who used to squat
on the floor and roll it back and
forth as their luck changed.
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
The Pacific ocean covers 71,000,000
square miles; the Atlantic, 34,000,-
000. An idea of the immense size of
the Pacific may be had from the
fact that the combined area of Eu
rope, Asia, Africa, Australia, and
North and South America is only
initara milaa
Meaning of Perfume
One of the earliest uses of per
fumes was in religious ceremonies,
and the very word is derived from
the latin “per fumum,’’ meaning
“through smoke,” referring to the
smoke of incense and other burnt of
ferings In the temples of the gods.
She laker Cmmiy Nema
Patmos Hews
Mrs. J. L. Wiley and Miss Pauline
Sullivan shopped in Albany Saturday.
Andy Lanier, of Blakely, was a
week-end guest of Reuben Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Parrish and chil
dren visited relatives in Warwick dur
ing the week-end.
Mesdames Ollie Wiley, J. M. Lanier
and Miss Mattie Nesbit spent Tues
day in Blakely.
J. E. Griffin made a business trip
to Albany Saturday.
Miss Lois Wiley visited in Newton
Saturday.
Mrs. O. F. Starr and children, of
Arlington, spent the week-end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cot
ton.
Mesdames Oliver and Rondal Scar
borough are spending this week in
Columbus with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Duke and son,
Leon Bird, of Damascus, spent Sunday
here with relatives.
Mrs. J. E. Griffin, Mrs. R. R. La
nier and Miss Mattie Nesbit spent last
Wednesday in Arlington as guests of
Mrs. Fred Gleaton.
Mrs. Sallie Woodard visited her
son and family, Mr. Herbert Wood
ard, of Leary, last Friday and Satur
day.
Mr. Frank Glyson went to Colquitt
Sunday for his wife and baby who
have been with her parents for the
last two weeks.
Miss Margaret Parrish, of Ameri
cus, was a week-end visitor of Emma
Lee Wiley.
Mr. L. C. Parrish, Mr. and Mrs.
Rondal Scarborough, Mrs. Oliver
Scarborough, Mrs. Ralph Deberry,
Mrs. Wheeler Stewart, Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Starr, Mrs. J. E. Griffin, Miss
Lillie Linholm and Mrs. H. D. Avra
chaperoned about thirty-five of the
Patmos High School children on a
trip to Warm Springs last Friday.
Although we were all disappointed in
not seeing the President we had a
delightful day especially as we had the
i pleasure of hiking over Pine Moun
;tain, visiting at Ft. Benning, and see-,
’ ing so many other lnte»■esting thir~x.
[We were all a tired bunch when we
; reached honJe about 2 o'clock in
j morning.
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Thompson, of
Blakely, spent Sunday with her
mother and family, Mrs. Ollie Wiley.
The community club house was
opened to the young peope’s club on
Tuesday night. Chinese checkers and
other games were enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Alma Hay and baby
were guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. Hay, of Elmodel, Sunday.
J. M. Lanier, of Blakely, spent the
week-end with his family here.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Weathersby,
of Blakely, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Wiley Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Woodard are
receiving congratulations on the ar
rival of a baby son, on April 7.
Baptist W. M. S.
Meeting Monday
Mrs. J. E. Simmons entertained the
members of the Baptist Woman’s
Missionary Society at her home Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. Robert Short was in charge of
the program. Those taking part on
the program were Miss Agnes Pres
ton, Mrs. R. L. Hall, Mrs. Carey Ad
ams, Mrs. Price Hall and Mrs. J. H.
HiH. \
After the program a business ses
sion was held and further plan! were
made for the revival meeting. «
Delicious refreshments were served
by the hostess.
Those present were Mrs. R. L Hall,
Mrs. J. H. Hall, Mrs. J. W. Preston,
Mrs. Carey Adams, Mrs. J. B. Hall,
Mrs. C. T. Williford, Mrs. Price Hall,
Mrs. R. B. Short, Miss Agnes Preston,
and Mrs. J. R. Rhodes.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
J. B. Hall with Mrs. J. C. Odom, Jr.
as leader.
Panama’s History
Panama the republic is one of the
infants of the New world, both in
area and age, yet its history dates
back to the time of the earliest
European explorers of America. Co
lumbus cruised in Panamanian bays
on his fourth voyage in search of
a short cut from Europe to China.
Balboa crossed this narrow neck of
land to discover the Pacific ocean.
Sandy Loams
Sandy loams contain from 20 to
50 per cent of silt and clay, but do
not have over 20 per cent of elay.
Sandy loams are further subdivided
into coarse sandy loam, sandy loam,
fine sandy loam, and very fine sandy
loam.
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1939.
My Views Os The News
by
John Callaway Otwell
STATE
Last week, one week after Baker County’s Future Farmers of America
published an issue of THE BAKER COUNTY NEWS, an FFA youngster of
Richmond County, R. B. Boyd, Jr., won first place in the third annual Au
gusta Fat Cattle Show.
Fourteen-year-old Boyd’s prize-winning steer, a 915-pounder later was
auctioned and brought its owner $41*1.75.
The Augusta annual show is sponsored by the Twin States Livestock
Association composed of twenty-five counties in Georgia and South Carolina.
Also last week there was a livestock show in Candler County.
Interest shown in the livestock industry throughout Georgia and the
Southeast during the past five years is sufficient reason to hold great hope
for the future of farmers.
Laurens County’s Representative Hershel Lovett proposed Monday
that the Georgia Legislature reconvene itself “for the purpose of instituting
impeachment proceedings against. Governor Rivers who has tried to close
Georgia schools and is now attempting to crucify the aged and indigent.”
While this column believes the Governor certainly is NOT the type of
leader that Georgia now so sorely needs, there appears no justification for
Mr. Lovett’s charge concerning Mr. Rivers’ attitude toward aged and de
pendent citizens.
Mr. Rivers apparently was not able to see the approaching economy
trend, and for that he has lost and will continue to lose much influence in
politics.
We should prefer no more sessions of the Legislature before the regu
lar one in 1941. And there now seems to be a good reason in each of the
major legislative camps (Rivers’ rooters and economy urgers) for avoiding a
special session: if Administration supporters got the upper hand, there would
be a wild scramble for new taxes; if the Lovett followers should get a run
ning start, there might be more impeachment talk.
In lining up with Lovett this week, Lowndes County’s Representative
H. B. Edwards approved the recall idea “if necessary to stop Rivers.” Seems
to us that the turn of events has already stopped the Rivers program.
State Auditor Zach Arnold’s statement to the House Economy Investi -
gating Committee this week to the effect that the current program of prun
ing the budget will produce “little or no benefit."
Oh, yes it will. It will teach the greatly needed practice of pruning.
And, incidentally, it might also teach the art of thrift (defined in all good
dictionaries as a noun meaning “frugality; economical management; good
husbandry; increase of wealth” . . . ).
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NATIONAL
A Government estimate released this week indicates the national peach
crop for this season probably will be 73 percent norhihi, the estimate being
based on reports up to April 1.
This, following an announcement made by the Georgia Peach Growers
Exchange last week, makes good news for the growers of Georgia.
The GPGE was notified that railroads in the South and East had pro
posed voluntarily to reduce freight rates on peaches approximately $45.66 per
carload. If the Interstate Commerce Commission approves this proposal,
high quality Georgia peaches may be expected to make a profit this year.
The Interstate Commerce Commission now has a chance to help the
South act upon President Roosevelt’s admonition to us last week to “get out
of hock to the North.”
Some progress has been made in setting up a fruit and vegetable canning
industry in the South since 1923, we understand; but in the summer of that
year, certain cases in Macon, Georgia, were serving peaches which were pre
served in California and Baltimore.
If we canned enough native fruits for our own markets, we should not
need to be so much concerned -about the slow-motion performance of the ICC.
President Roosevelt, arriving in Washington Monday from a vacation at
Warm Springs, Georgia, was believed to have decided to recall his nomination
of Thomas R. Amlie to be an Interstate Commerce Commissioner.
Amlie, former Progressive member of Congress from Wisconsin, was
frowned upon by the Senate subcommittee holding hearings before deciding
whether to confirm the nomination.
Comrade Amlie professed a belief in “production for use and not for
profit.”
Obviously, many senators thought that as a Progressive, the Wisconsin
congressman-reject (in last fall’s elections) had progressed too far toward
one or more of the un-American “isms.”
; INTERNATIONAL
Watch for a revival of puns—some good, many not so good—as Greece
and Turkey rise to prominence in the daily news from Europe.
As a trader, Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain makes our own great
trader, Cordell Hull, appear a kindergartener. Chamberlain trades in nations;
Hull trades in commodity exports and imports.
This week, Chamberlain was said to have offered Italy’s Mussolini recog
nition of the recent conquest of Albania if Italy would guarantee the inde
pendence of Greece and the removal of Italian troops from Spain.
South Carolina’s United States Senator James Byrnes made the country
(and perhaps the European dictators) take notice this week by his proposal
to trade American cotton to England, Holland and Belgium for supplies of
robber and tin.
In case of war, America would need more rubber and tin; and the three
European countries would need more cotton.
Mr. Byrnes hopes to dispose of at least 2,000,000 of the 11,000,000 bales
surplus now held by the Government in loan contracts.
After 19 years of evile in Germany, Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, dodger
of Uncle Sam’s draft in the World War plans to return and serve a five-year
sentence imposed by an Army court martial for evading military service.
Is he afraid he can not dodge Hitler’s draft?
Death by Lightning
Some animals seem more suscep
tible to death by lightning than hu
man beings. In many cases on rec
ord, says Collier’s Weekly, a flash
has killed only one man in a crowd,
while other similar flashes have
killed all the animals in a targe
group. As examples, 288 sheep per
<ished from a single flash in an open
field in Germany, 150 pigs met their
death in Belgium and 340 sheep were
killed in France.
Giant Panda in Nebraska
The giant panda, live specimens
of which have been brought to the
United States from China and Tibet,
originated in western Nebraska 20
million years ago, paleontologists
believe.
Chinese Helped Found Japan
Chinese scientists helped to found
ancient Japan. An early expedition
left China Peeking the secret of im
mortality
Cancer Control Fight
Needs Your Help
The Woman’s Field Army of the
American Society for the Control of
Cancer needs your help in its nation
wide fight against cancer.
Do you know that Cancer is curable
in its early stage and that it is pos
sible to save approximately 60,000
lives each year.
Do you know that every year the
lives of over 145,000 American men
and women are sacrificed because of
this desire.
Do you know that over 100,000 in
dividual women have already enlisted
in the ranks of the Woman’s Field
Army ?
Do you know that through the work
of the Woman’s Field Army in Baker
County in 1938 three patients were
given free treatment and are now
well and helping with the work of the
Army in the County?
Will you help to carry on this fight
against Cancer in your county, your
state and Nation? Enlist in the Wo
man’s Field Army! See any of the
following officers to obtain literature
and pay your enlistment fee: Mrs.
Price Hall, Mrs. C. Kidd, Mrs. Cal
Hall, Jr., Miss Annie Ellis, Mrs. Fred
Cross, Mrs. Will Johnson, Mrs. Wheel
er Stewart, Mrs. H. G. Redmond, Miss
Edna Fisk and Mrs W. Z. Rooks.
Mr. J. E. McCaskill
Dies Here Monday
From The Camilla Enterprise.
Mr. J. E. McCaskill died Monday
afternoon at one o’clock at the resi
dence of his daughter, Mrs. W. C.
Allen, on South Scott street, after a
several days illness from pneumonia.
Funeral services were held at Mt.
Pleasant church Tuesday afternoon at
two o’clock, conducted by Rev. S. H.
Bennett, pastor of Camilla Baptist
church.
Pall bearers were Willie Everson,
J. C. Allen, Ellis Durham, M. A. Ever
son, W. M. Irvin and Wyatt Ariine.
The J. R. Bramlett Undertaking Co.
was in charge.
Mr. McCaskill was born in'Ker
shaw county, South Carolina, and has
spent the larger portion of his life
in Mitchell, Baker and Decatur coun
ties.
He is survived by his wife and five
children; three daughters are Mrs.
W. C. Allen, Camilla; Mrs. James
Cook, Camilla and Miss Jessie Mae
McCaskill, of Baker county, and two
sons, W. K. McCaskill, Camilla, and
Calvin McCaskill, of Baker county.
Two sisters, Mrs. Lois McGoughan
and Mrs. Kenny McKennon, of Be
thune, S. C., also survive.
The bereaved family have the sym
pathy of many friends of the entire
community in their loss.
Indians Expert Tanners
Few animals have escaped the ex
perimenting itch of the tanner.
North American Indians are report
ed to have preserved the skins of
150 different species of animals.
Even the skins of the seal, walrus,
ostrich, alligator, snake, frog and
shark have been tanned commer
cially. Bird and rodent skins are
usually too small and fragile for
wear. A morbid historical refer
enoe also excludes human skin from
commercial terming, although there
is evidence that the weird ritu
al has been performed. In 1829
th* skin of the murderer William
Burke was preserved after his exe
cution in Scotland.
The Stethoscope
Contrary to popular belief, the
stethoscope that the doctor uses to
listen to your heart does not«am
plify sound. The stethoscope is
merely a convenience, for it per
mits the use of both ears, and what
is mure important, permits the
doctor to examine a smaller area
than otherwise possible. Definite
sounds accompany each stage of the
heart action. In trie normal heart
there is a deep pitched booming
note lasting about a fourth of a
second, immediately followed by a
short, sharp, higher-pitched note
Then there is a pause for about half
a second, and a repetition.
Scotland’s Finest City
Edwin is not a Scottish name but
Scotland’s finest city is Edwin’s
Burgh, or Edinburgh as it is called
today. It was established in the
year 617, when Edwin, king of Nor
thumbria in England, built his fort
ress on the rock where Edinburgh
castle stands.
Lithium From Lithia
Lithium, the lightest metal known,
is obtained from an alkaline sub
stance called lithia. It was discov
ered in 1817.
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schools,
Good Churches and
Good People.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
FIDDLERS MEET IN
ARLINGTON FRIDAY
Sixteenth Anniversary of Con
vention Promises Gala Occa
sion. Fine Program.
ARLINGTON, Ga.—The plans for
the 16th anniversary meeting of the
Southwest Georgia Fiddler’s Conven
tion to be held in the Arlington school
auditorium on the evening of April
14th are rapidly growing and promise
to be the gala occasion that has been
promised by the sponsors, was an
nounced today by M. W. Branch who
is to be Master of Ceremonies for
the contest. The sponsors are the
Junior and Senior classes and the
Parent-Teachers Associations of the
Arlington High School.
The unique feature of this conven
tion will be the family contests.
There will be awards made for the
four best family entertainers. The
contestants may consist of husband
and wife, either or both parents and
children. It is believed that this is
the first time that this special attrac
tion has been offered in Southwest
Georgia.
The program for the day will con
sist of a baseball game between the
Arlington and Morgan high schools,
barbecue, and the convention which
begins at 8 o’clock. In this there will
be fiddling, family entertainers, child
entertainers, and dancing which will
run the gamut from “Buck and Wing’’
to a “Jitterbug” demonstration.
The committee in charge has al
ready had acceptances from: Bill
Crosby and Company, Sale City;
Janies Dunance and his Rusty Rue
bens, Columbus; Howard Milner and
Sons, Shellman; E. M. Watson, Doe
run; Miss Miriam Abell, Ft. Gaines;
Miss Ida Few Bigbee, Coleman, Miss
Ula Nora Davis, Colquitt; Miss Anita
Dancer, Colquitt; Misses Dorothy and
Jean Griffin, Leary, Joe Salter, Jack
Lofton, Bill and Minnette Parker, Ar
lington.
Baptist Revival To
Begin April 23rd
Revival services will begin at the
Newton Baptist Church Sunday, April
23.
Rev. R. H. Forrester, pastor of the
church, announces that he has secured
the services of Rev. John R. Joyner,
pastor of the Central Baptist Church
of Americus, who will do the preach
ing. Rev. Joyner has been here be
fore and was considered a splendid
preacher and his sermons always
proved interesting and inspiring.
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend these series of meetings and hear
Rev. Joyner bring to you some inter
esting messages. Special music has
been planned. So don’t miss the ser
vices. i.
U. of Pavia Started in 825
The University of Pavia, in Italy,
was founded in 825
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