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From Our Congressman
Capitol Hill
Washington, D. C.
August 17, 19‘* , t )
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ways some members who want to
take advantage of every oppor
tunity to attack the Administra
tion and retard the progress of the
defense program with the idea
that they are thereby helping the
Republicans to win the coming
election. This practice has be
come so apparent that some of the
more patriotic and serious Repub
lican members have actually con
demned it.
We passed this week the
“Transportation Act of 1940” by
a vote of 146 to 74. The commit
tee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce has given this measure
more than a year of thought and
investigation, and it is believed
that this legislation will greatly
aid the solution of the transpor
tation problems of this country.
Under it, bus, truck, water and
rail transportation are to be
studied and regulated in connec
tion with each other, and for the
benefit of both the public and the
carriers.
Tuesday we had under consid
eration the Bill of Congressman
Hugh Peterson, of the First Geor
gia District, known as the Peter
son Homestead Bill. This is a very
important measure, one that wiil
require long investigation and de
bate. ’Mr. Peterson has given it
much thought and study and it
is believed that the bill will fin
ally be passed in some form. It
would establish a national land
policy and provide homesteads
free of debt for actual farm fam
ilies, and it provides that when
ever there are no available pub
lic lands out of which to grant
these homesteads, the government
will be authorized to buy lands for
the purpose, the homesteader to
pay the actual cost over a ppriod
of 40 years at a low rate of in
terest. The bill has great merit.
In the past history of this Re
public, all our unemployment
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problems have been solved by
“back to the farm” movements.
and today there are thousands of
families in the great industrial
centers out of work and on relief
who would be happy and secure
if placed back on the land from
whence they came.
For two days we debated the
bill which provides for the training
of our National Guard, and which
also empowers the President, as
Commander-in-Cbief of the Army,
to call them into federal duty
when and if needed. The pacifists
and the pro-Nazists bought this
bill. The majority of the mem
bers of the National Guard are
willing to take this training and
really feel the need of it. After
two days of debate the bill was
passed, only 31 members voting
against it.
We will take up the selective
military training bill next week.
Sincerely,
A. Sidney Camp.
Extension Service work in the
United States for 1939 was carried
on by 6.680 county Extension
agents and assistant agents. They
were assisted in the work by 1,272
full-time and 388 part-time sub
ject-matter specialists.
GEORGIA
GENEALOGY
l By Covington, FITZHUGH Georgia LEE
! BEBEE.
Note— this name is also spelled
as BEEBE— and possibly Beeby
In 1790, according to the U. S.
Census of S. C., Va., Md., and
Penn, no one by the name listed
In 1790, in-the town of Fayette
ville, N. C. Asa Bebee was living,
He had no family at the time.
In 1790, according to the U. S.
Census of S. C-, N, C., Va., and Md.
no one by the name listed.
But, in 1790, according to the
U. S. Census of Md. in Worcester
County James Beeby was living
with two sons under 16, three fe
males and some property.
In 1790, in the same County
Timothy Beebe was living with
out sons or daughters but with his
wife and some property.
In 1825, according to the Ga.
| general land lottery drawing Jus
tis Beebee drew one land lot in
Liverman’s district, Columbia
County, Ga.
In 1855. according to the New
ton County, Ga. deed books Win.
L. Bebee owned land in the
County.
In 1852, according to the Newton
County, Ga., marriage records
Mary E. Beebee married Mm. G.
Miller.
In 1852, Gilbert Bebee was a J.
P. of Newton County, Ga.
In 1858, in Ne.wton County,
Ga., Wm. L. Bebee married Eli
zabeth H. Hawkins.
In 1866, in Newton County,
Wm. L. Bebee was a minister of
a Primitive Baptist Church in
Newton County. Ga.
In 1859, in Newton County, Miss
P. L. Bebee married John T. High.
In 1859. according to the New
ton County records, Wm. L. Be
bee, guardian for Sion. W. A.
Hawkins, minor orphan child of
John T. Hawkins, late of Sumter
County, Ga., was given leave by
the court to sell some slaves from
the estate of John T. Hawkins.
. In 1859, in Newton County, Ga.,
the court appointed Wm. L. Be
bee as guardian for Sion W. A.
Hawkins, minor orphan child of
John T. Hawkins, late of Sum
ter County, Ga., but the said
minor then living in Newton
County. Ga.
Bond $6,000.00 — Double the
amount of the value of the prop
erty
Mrs. Eliza , H. T Bebee _ . bondsman. , , „
Note This was probably the
Hawkins wo was em °i o
Covington, a. ews in .
In 1881, accoi ing to ie e
ton County, a ” J* 1 °° ’
last will of Mrs. El.zah H BeBee,
deceased was proven and her est.
admin.
Note—Elizah H. Hawkins above
was probably a sister to John T.
Hawkins, dec. of Sumter County,
Ga.
In the Covington, Ga. cemetery,
newer part, north eastern corner,
near the Wm. M. Heard and the
Joseph Adger Stewart lots is the
lot of Hawkins. On this can be
found substantial monuments
bearing the following inscriptions.
Sion W. Hawkins, 1849-1898.
Beside him is his wife: Camilla
Callaway Hawkns 1854-1929. By
marriage she was related to the
Dearing family of Covington, Ga.
On this same lot is another mon
ument bearing the inscription:
Rev. J. N. Snow. 1865-1930. Mr.
Snow was a Methodist minister
and for a while was editor of the
Covington. Ga. News.
The next subject will be—
BECK.
Georgia farmers are becoming
more interested in various live
stock enterprises, since more of
the farm land i dvoted to growing
of feed crops.
18-22 Range As
Weed Mart Opens
Echoes from Georgia's far
famed Tobacco Belt can be heard
all over the state—and even far
ther. Auctioneers are doing their
stuff—chanting in 15 South Geor
gia marketing centers in an effort
to sell the wares of growers of
bright leaf tobacco.
Sales opened the Georgia-Flor
ida market centers after federal
farm officials had expressed in
tention of bolstering prices to
maintain at least a 15-cent level
if this action was needed. At the
opening some leaf sold for as low
as 4 cents a pound while better j
quality baskets brought 34 cents.!
The bulk of the buying, however, j
appeared to be concentrated in the;
18 to 22 cent range.
A year ago, opening day prices
fluctuated in a 20 to 30 cent range
with some baskets going as. high
as 40 cents and others as low as
5 cents a pound. Thereafter, prices
dipped as the better grade leaf was
taken and the season's average for
Georgia’s 98,000,000 pounds was
12.82 cents.
Early reports indicate this year’s
crop will be one of jhe finest in
the Georgia tobacco sector’s his
tory. A later market opening has
given growers ample time to pro
perly prepare their crop. Instead
of another 98,000,000-pound crop,
South Georgia growers are expect
ed to sell around 65,000,000 pounds
before the auctions end.
The shorter crop, due to sharp
ly reduced acreage under the fed
eral quota program, is considered
fortunate in view of the anticipat
ed reduction in sales for export
because of European and Far East
ern war situations. This handicap,
however, will be overcome to
some extent by Commodity Cred
it Corporation purchases, being
handled on some of the Georgia
markets by Imperial (British Ex
port) Tobacco Company buyers.
This is the twenty-third con
secutive year that Georgia’s to
bacco crop has been auctioned off
at scattered markets in the south
ern part of the state. Commercial
production of tobacco was intro
duced in South Georgia by the A.
B. and C. Railroad back in 1917.
The tobacco industry has come a
long way since then.
The 15 old-line Georgia mar- I
kets are at Adel, Baxley, Black
shear, Douglas, Hahira, Hazle
hurst, Metter, Nashville, Pelham,
Statesboro, Vidalia, Tifton, Moul
Valdosta and Waycross.
A search of patents showed that
y Qr mor ^ than 70 years before
1900 enough patents had been is
sued to provide a new style churn
10 or 12 days .
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national encampment of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from 15 countries
in the Western hemisphere which opened at Camp Andree, N. Y., on
August 14, to continue for t*vo weeks. Girl Scouts are shown en route
to 'he camp grounds. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, honorary president of
th* Girl Scouts, is shown In inset.
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NEWS FROM
ALMON
Mr. and Mrs. Prestley of Mi
ami, Fla. were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Chapman and
Mrs. Tunnie Chapman Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Owens and
Ray Moon spent Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday in Birmingham,
Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hammond
and their house guests, Mrs. Willie
Davis, and Mr. Willie Hammond
of Atlanta were spend-the-day
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
Hammond and son, in Porterdale
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Parker, and
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Crowell at
tended the Owens reunions at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Berry Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watson
and Miss Alice Webb of Logans
ville and Mr. and Mrs. Holland
Tuck of Covington were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Tuck Sun
day.
Friends of Mr. Otis Hammand
regret to learn of his illness for
the past week and hope for him
a speedy recovery.
Rev. G. C. Knowles of Salem
Charge was the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Dobbs and family
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hammond
and children of Atlanta spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. M. D.
Hammond.
Master Bobby Bowen returned
home Sunday after spending sev
eral weeks in North Carolina with
his father Mr. Bob Bowen.
The week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Pierce Hammond and fam
ily were Mrs. Ben Kitchens and
son Laban of Covington.
Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Letson
and children spent Sunday with
the latters parents Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Dempsey of Conyers.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Williams
and daughter Mary Foster visited
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Foster, in At
lanta, Sunday.
Mrs. Willie Davis of Chatta
n00 ga. Tenn. who is spending the
SU mmer with Mrs. C. P. Ham
m0 nd left Sunday for a visit with
relatives in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas
Wallace and neice Minnetta Let
son visited Mr. Duck Wallace
Sunday.
Miss Virginia Hammond spent
Monday in Atlanta shopping.
June Dobbs spent Saturday with
Mary and Rose Hammond.
Mrs. Pierce Hammond and
children spent last Tuesday in
Covington with Mrs. Ben Kit
chens and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wallace
spent Sunday in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Owens and
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Owens and
children attended the Owens re
union Sunday at the home of Mr.
C. H. Berry.
Georgia Boy Wins
FFA Contest
Henley Vansant, Douglasville
youth was awarded first place in
the Future Farmers of America
speaking contest held in Colum
bia, S. C.. last week. Vansant was
in competition with lads repre
senting nine states- >He represent
ed Florida, Georgia and Alabama
and will speak in the national con
test at the F. F. A convention in
Kansas City in November. #
The Pine Beetle.
At this time of year, many
farmers are reporting to Herbert
C. Carruth, Extension forester,
that their trees are dying from no
apparent cause. “What is happen
ing,” Mr. Carruth says, “is that
these trees are being killed by the
Southern pine beetle. This insect
does its damage under the bark by
girdling the trees, causing the
needles to turn brown. Attacks of
the beetle are usually caused by
some mechanical injury to the tree
during the late spring and early
summer months. Infestations can
be kept from spreading by cutting
and burning those trees which now
show si of being attacked .>’
Spalding Has
First Complete
Defense Group
State Defense Corps Headquar
ters reports that the first complete
unit to be organized in the State
was that of Spalding County.
Spalding County is in the district
commanded by Major A. K. Mad
dox, with Captain Quimby Melton
as County Commander.
At an enthusiastic meeting held
in Griffin, two complete units of
20 men each were formed. Similar |
meetings are being held all over
the State this week by more than
eighty County Commanders who
have been appointed.
Commander Ryburn G. Clay
said commanders for the other
counties would be announced as
soon as they can be selected. Those
for which commanders have been
picked were the first to become
organized. Some of the counties
have both a captain and a lieuten
ant. The reason for this, it was ex
plained, is that they have pro
gressed farther with organization.
Indications are that legislation
will be passed by Congress to
bring about organization of home
defense units in all states of the
Union. Georgia is out in front of
other states with her Home De
fense Corps more than halfway
toward completion.
If war comes Georgians will be
found organized and ready to de
fend their homes against invasion.
In the meantime, the State De
fense Corps is preparing defenses
against subversive activities and
sabotage by “fifth columnists”
within the state.
Rural Electricity Expands.
REA loan funds available for
the fiscal year will nermit con
struction 0/ 92,000 miles of rural
distribution lines in the nation. In
addit on to necessary power plant
construction and supplementary
loans for wiring, plumbing, and
additional service drops. Required
materials will include more than
200,000 miles of wire for conduct
ors, 230.000 transformers, and
nearly 1.850,000 poles. Over a per
iod of 17 months, transportation of
finished materials to this construc
tion job will require an average of
3.000 freight cars a month. Con
gress recently approved a $100.
000.000 program for construction
of rural power lines for the new
fiscal year.
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Aviation Day
For Augusta , Go.
August 19 has been proclaimed
“Aviation Day’’ in Augusta by
Mayor James M. Woodall. Ths
Mayor has called upon 'all. resi*
dents of this area to participate in
the celebration. The date is that
of the birth of Orville Wright, pio
neer of aviation and is to be ob
served nationally to commemorat*
the invention of the areoplane.
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Roy Leathers
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law ha* largely helped to make our cir
cuit known and respected for law enforce
ment. He deserves an endorsement tern*.
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