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For all of our life, it seems, some
unkind fate has been dogging our
steps, wishing upon us unpleasant
ries and predicaments which we
hardly think we deserve.
For instance, last Thursday we
got stranded in Newton, Ga., the
capital of Baker county, for a solid
four hours. To understand our sit
uation more fully, we think we
should acquaint you with this unique,
and believe it or not, interesting lit
tle city, if one may he so hold as
to classify it as a city.
It is located right on the river.
And we mean right on the river.
At times, when the river gets a bit
unruly, one may take a swim in the
courthouse, provided one is so in
clined. Newton boasts that it has
no railroad or telegraph station.
But they do have a first-class tele
phone service. Newton, we believe,
is the only town in the United
States where one may catch a
string of fish and kill a covey of
quail within the confines of the city
limits. This is a fact we suspect
that the doting citizenry of Newton
have never thought to capitalize
on. But it’s a fact. One may catch
fish or kill quail, or do both, right
in the city limits.
It all came about like this: County
Agent Frank Reid and your corre
spondent went over to Camilla last
Thursday to attend a meeting of
County Agents and newspapermen
from the Second congressional dis
trict. The meeting was for the pur
pose of making plans to gather
scrap iron and other metals which
our government urgently needs to
carry on the war effort. Having dis
pensed with the business at hand and
taken on a very delightful lunch as
guests of W. T. Burson, hospitable
editor of the Camilla Enterprise, we
headed for home to finish out the
day’s work. But again that same
unkind fate stepped in, coming in
the masquerade of a flat tire. Aft
er laboring with the tire and finally
getting it fixed, we discovered that
it was too late to do any work and
too early to come home. So Mr.
Reid said something -about going fish
ing. All day we had thought we
detected a fish leaping in front
of the Isaac Walton eyes of the
genial Mr. Reid. Once when we
were looking out the window and
suddenly turned to ask him a ques
tion, we thought we saw him wind
ing an imaginary reel. He might
not have been. It might have been
our own imagination, but we could
almost swear we saw him doing it.
The conversation covered a multi
tude of things, but always that fish
subject came butting in. Mr. Reid
remarked as to the beauty of the
day. Then out of a clear sky and
catching us quite unawares, he re
marked, “Did you know that the
moon changed yesterday?” A good
fisherman, as you well know, always
consults his calendar before a fish
ing trip. We knew this was our
cue, so we said something about
going fishing, knowing full well
that we were lying, as lazy people
don’t care a hang about fishing. But
this type of person can eat more
fish than a covey of cranes. This is
not hearsay. We know whereof we
- speak. But the sly Mr. Reid would
not be caught napping. He said
something about, well, he didn’t
know, he really ought to get home
and get some rest, as he had -
heavy day tomorrow. had arrived at
By this time we
the Flint river. The waters were
particularly clear that day. The sun 1
had descended behind the trees on i
the river bank. A slight breeze was j
stirring to chase away the tempera
tures which had been raging high.
Oh, it was a day to delight and tan
talize the soul of all fishermen. Be
ing allergic to any fishing waters,
the genial Mr. Reid could stand it
no longer and he burst into poetic
raptures on the soul-satisfying pleas
ure of reeling in a trout and feeling
the line tighten in your hand, to see
the white belly of the fish as it
flashes in and out of the water.
So we went fishing. other
That is, Mr. Reid and two
gentlemen did. The boat looked a
‘bit too fragile to accommodate the
increasing avoirdupois which has
established a half dozen beachheads
around our middle section, so we
stayed behind and explored the city,
something of which we have
ready told you about.
■ After waking the sleeping pro
prietor of one of the stores, we
prevailed upon him to sell us one
•of those famous refreshing pauses.
He managed to stay awake long
enough to tell us to help ourself and
put the nickel on the counter. We
imagine it was in- Newton where the
writer got the inspiration to Country.’ compose
“It’s So Peaceful in the
We almost forgot to tell you that
Newton has another distinction. Aft
er the bus brings in the mail and
the mail clerks have succeeded in
putting up the mail, a messenger and
walks out on the postoffice steps flurry
rings a bell. This starts a
of excitement. Everybody rushes
over to the postoffee to see if Mr.
Sears and RoebVirk have gotten out
a supplement to their famous book,
TAX LEVY FOR 1942.
GEORGIA—Early By H. C. County:
Baughman, Fort, Chairman, L. H.
C. L. Cook, 0. H. King,
and C. B. Miller, constituting the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of Early County, Geor
gia, sitting for County purposes:
It is hereby ordered that two dol
lars and ten cents on the hundred
dollars, or twenty-one mills on the
dollar of taxable property of said
county, as shown by the tax digest
for the year 1942, be and the same
is hereby levied, and it is ordered
that the same be collected by the
tax commissioner of said county,
for the following purposes, to-wit:
1. To the legal Millage
pay indebt
edness of the county, due or
to become due _______________^____ .001250
2. To build or repair court
houses, jails, bridges, ferries
or other public improve
ments according to law .004820
_____
3. To pay sheriffs’, jailers
or other officers salaries and
fees __________________________________ .001660
5. To pay the expenses of
the county for bailiffs at
court, for non-resident wit
nesses in criminal cases, fuel,
employees wages, stationery
and the like __________________________ .001300
6. To pay jurors a per
diem compensation ________________ 000540
9. To pay other lawful
charges against the county.. .001200
10. To pay the expenses
of working and repairing
the public roads of the
county ... .004000
13. To pay for the collec
tion and preservation of rec
ords of birth, death, disease
and health ________1 _____ .000122
14. To pay County Agri
cultural Agent’s salary________ .000780
15. To provide for pay
ment of old age assistance
to aged persons in need and
for the payment of assist
ance to the needy blind, and
dependent children and other
welfare benefits _______-____________ .003000
SPECIAL: To pay salaries
of the following: Treasurer,
Tax Commissioner, Solicitor
General, Judge of the City
Court of Blakely ------------------ .002328
Total ______ 21.000000
In addition to the above and fore
going tax, upon the recommendation
of the Board of Education of Early
County, Georgia, there is hereby
levied upon all of the taxable
property of the county a tax of five
mills on the dollar for the purpose
of maintaining the public schools of
said county.
In addition to the above and fore
going, upon the recommendation of
the trustees and secretaries of the
Boards of Trustees of the several
and respective school districts of
Early County, Georgia, and certified
to by the County School Superin
tendent (Superintendent of the
Schools of Early County, Georgia),
there is levied the number of mills
upon the dollar upon the property
located in said school districts, as
shown by the tax digest for such dis
tricts, for maintenance and for the
payment of the bonded indebtedness
of said districts, which is stated op
posite the names of the said several
school districts hereunder:
Name of School Mills onHhe
District Dollar
Mainte
nance Bonds
1. Arlington ______ 5 7
2. Blakely-Union 5 0
3. Cedar Springs 5 4
4. Colomokee .... sy 2 4
5. Damascus ------ 5 10
6. Jakin 5 7
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7. Liberty Hill 4 6
__
8. New Hope —..... 5 7
9. Rock Hill, as consti
tuted July 20, 1939 5
10. Rock Hill, as consti
tuted July 22, 1939 5
11. iRowena ---------------- 5 3
12. Springfield ........—. 5 10
It is ordered that the above and
foregoing tax levies, in the amounts
and for the purposes stated, be, and
the same are hereby made, and that
the same he collected by the Tax
Commissioner of Ea*ly County,
Georgia. Ordered, further, that no
tice of the levy be published in the
Early County News, as required by
law. of
The foregoing resolution being
fered in the form of a motion the
same was adopted by the affirmative
vote of the members of the Board
of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Early County, Georgia,
whose names and signatures are
affixed hereto.
This September 1st, 1942.
H. C. FORT, Chairman,
C. L. COOK,
O. H. KING.
C. B. MILLER,
L. H. BAUGHMAN.
Attest: BERT TARVER, Clerk.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
GEORGIA—Early County:
All creditors of the estate of
Thomas Bynum, Sr., late of Early
county, deecased, are hereby notified
to render in their demands to the
undersigned according to law, and all
persons indebted to said estate are
required to make- immediate pay
ment. This August 12, 1942.
MRS. OLLIE BYNUM,
Administratrix of the Estate of
Thomas Bynum, Sr., deceased.
Following this excitement, things
normalcy again.
Not wishing to be different, we
drove back down to the river bank
and went to sleep, too.
Quite an interesting day. (And,
yes, if anybody in Newton or
Baker county reads this, we’re just .
Note: Mr. Reid . caught two fish.
returned home happy as a kid
a candy store.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY. GEORGIA
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*0 £ Metal and I Need It
m Now”--Uncle Sam
Yes, Uncle Sam needs every pound of scrap metal
in Early county to build planes and tanks and ships
and guns, and every man and woman, boy and girl
in Early county is asked to begin Monday morning
to gather this scrap metal and turn it over to Uncle
Sam to- use in his fight against the Axis. For detail
ed information, read page one of this issue. Are
you an American? Then help in this fight to save
America. “I need your scrap metal and I need i
now,” says Uncle Sam. What is our answer.
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METAL SALVAGE DRIVE—
War-hungry steel mills are still
on the verge of starvation, and
newspapers this week are taking
the leadership in sponsoring an in
tensive nation-wide metal salvage
drive. Boys and girls here will at
tack the shortage next week when
they become part of a National
Junior Army.
The government believes our
school kids can do a great job in
finding unexpected supplies of junk.
And the junior army here will prob
ably go over the town with a fine
tooth comb.
WPB is asking folks who own a
dead car to bury it with military
honors. Junk it right away, so its
metal may go from the junk yard
the steel mills and on into mili
uses.
SILVER LINING—
The U. S. Treasury is loaning all
“free” silver to war industries.
It’s going to replace copper as a
of electricity in airplanes
tanks—that’s how desperate the
shortage is now.
Too many folks are traveling on
ends, jamming trains and sag
the tires of overloaded busses,
ODT. One reason for the
is that soldiers get leaves
week ends. Civilians who can
on any day can help a lot
arranging their trips between
and Fridays.
GINNING—
OPA announces that a cotton gin
may charge extra for hauling
may seek adjustment of his
price by writing the regional
office in Atlanta, if the price
threaten to run him out of
The boys overseas are now hear
ing American radio broadcasts by
arrangements, and the Office
War Information is planning to
“pipe” commercial network programs
to troops in Alaska.
Under national gas rationing, mi
gratory workers, including farm la
borers who move with the harvest,
will be able to get extra gas.
The first and only detinning plant
in the South, except for one in
Texas, is being constructed at Birm
ingham. Transportation troubles
have made it impractical to salvage
tin cans except in a few cities, but
everyone may be asked to save
them when the plant is finished—
that won’t be very soon.
AID TO STORES—
During the depression business
was hard to 'get and stores started
such things as delivering goods on
approval and unlimited credit terms.
OPA is planning a program to help
stores reduce their costs by cutting
out these business frills. Goods are
now harder to get than customers.
Meat rationing has been definitely
set at 2 1-2 pounds per person 1 per
week, and it’s being rationed to the
butcher on that basis. Pork is scarc
er than lamb and mutton. Meat
will be rationed to the folks who
buy from the butcher later on.
Adolph, Benito and Hirohito
—the three blind mice. Make
them run with ten percent of
your income in War Bonds
every pay day.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
GEORGIA—Early County:
All creditors of the estate of
Vernon Lee Collins, late of Early
county, deceased, are hereby notified
to render in their demands to the
undersigned according to law, and all
persons indebted to said estate are
required to make immediate pay
ment. This August 17, 1942.
MRS. ANNETTA HIGHTOW
ER COLLINS, as Adminis
tratrix of the Estate of Ver
non Lee Collins, deceased.
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