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The Official Organ
Baker County
Established 1912
VOLUME 27. NUMBER 35.
COX STIRS HOUSE
WITH WPA PROBE
Measure Will Be Before House
-Next Week. Cox Says Only
40 Oppose.
Possibility of a congressional in
vestigation into the varied activities
of the Works Progress Administra
tion were increased this week by the
■approval of the house rules committee
of a resolution introduced by Con
gressman Cox, authorizing such an
inquiry.
If the resolution is approved, the
investigation will be made by the
house appropriations committee. The
committee is already wrestling with
the problem of whether to issue an
additional $150,000,000 for the WPA
which has been asked by President
Roosevelt.
The action of the rules committee
followed much criticism of the WPA
by many congressmen and repeated
demands for an investigation which
could form the basis of overhauling
the relief set-up.
Congressman Cox stated that he ex-
TpiWed not more than forty would op
pose the resolution in the house.
Debate continued this week over
the request for the additional $150,-
000,000 for relief, most congressmen
believing that $100,000,000 would be
sufficient. The money asked is to
cany on work through June 30. Ad
ministrators had stated that 400,000
would be laid off the first of April
if additional funds were not appro
priated.
David Lasser, president of the
Workers Alliance, said early this week
that his organization was prepared to
order' a 3,000,000 WPA workers march
on Washington if Congress refused to
authorize the additional funds.
Tuesday of this week, press reports
from Washington stated that Con
gressman Cox had slapped the face
of a representative from the Workers
Alliance after he had called Cox from
the floor and made several threaten
ing remarks. The incident as re
ported was as follows: *
“Washington, March 21 (AP)
Rep. Cox (D., Ga.) slapped the face
of a representative of the Workers
Alliance after an exchange of words
following a request to the congress
man to support an administration
asked $150,000,000 relief appropria
tion.
The Workers Alliance representa
tive, a white man whose name was not
learned, summoned Cox yesterday
from the floor of the House and told
him, eyewitnesses said, that two Ne
groes with him were constituents from
Georgia, and desired his backing of
the WPA fund.
Cox replied, it was reported, they
would be better off behind a plow,
and how he voted was his own de
termination.
“That isn’t satisfactory, and we’ll
remember it at the next election,” the
Alliance representative was reported
as saying.
Then, witnesses reported, Cox slap
ped the face of the Alliance repre
sentative and added, “Remember that,
too."
College Students
Return To Work
Among the students returning to
college after spending the Spring
holidays at home with their parents
are: Misses Ellen and Sara Hall,
Elizabeth Barnett, Ruth Norris and
Mr. Bill Norris, University at Athens;
Miss Eunice Odom, G. S. C. W.,
Milledgeville; Messrs. James Odom
and Weyman Rooks, Tifton; Messrs.
Bill West and Walter Swann, South
Georgia College, Douglas; Mr. Bill
Tom Reeves, Georgia Southwestern
College, Americus; Mr. Malcolm Mc-
Rainey, University at Athens, and Mr.
Tommie Maynard, Norman Junior
College, Norman Park.
Services At Milford
Methodist Church
Regular preaching services will be
at Milford Methodist Church Sun
day afternoon, March 26, at 3 o’clock.
We expect to observe the Holy Sac
rament Service Sunday. All our
friends and neighbors are cordially in
vited to come and worship with us.
J. W. M. STIPE, Pastor.
Luther’s Wittenberg
Visitors to Luther’s city of Witten
berg in Germany may see the fa
mous theses that he nailed on the
church door in 1517. The doors are
of metal and the text of his protest
is deeply inscribed in the metal.
labr bounty
W.M.U. Will Meet
Monday Afternoon
The Woman’s Missionary Society of
the Baptist Church will hold, its regu
lar meeting at the home of Mrs.
C. S. Adams, Monday afternoon, with
Miss Agnes Preston leader, who will
give “Mission Study.”
Every member is urged to be pres
ent at this meeting to make plans for
the revival services to.be held at the
Church the latter part of April.
Newton Children To
Star In Movie
All of Baker County will be inter
ested to know that Bobby Short and
Joe Simmons were both selected to
take parts in the Local Albany Gang
Comedy Picture which will be shown
at the Albany Theatre on Friday and
Saturday, April 7th and Bth. This
show will be given both afternoons
and nights of these two dates.
The Local Albany Gang Comedy is
similar to Our Gang of movie fame
and the show is being managed by
Mr. Barker of Milton Barker Produc
tion Co.
It is good to know that Bobby,
nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Short of Newton, and Joe, nine
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Simmons, of Newton, were chosen to
take part in the picture from among
several hundred boys and girls in and
around Albany. Joe has a speaking
part in the picture and is outstanding
in the gang. He is an attractive
youngster with bright, beautiful
brown eyes and it is no wonder that
he was given a prominent part.
Bobby Has Leading Part
Bobby, because of his unusual tal
ent and ability, won a leading part
and will do one of the nine specialty
numbers.
Betty, one of the gang youngsters
is kidnaped. A thousand dollar re
ward is offered to the one who finds
the kidnaper. The gang finds the
kidnaper and wins the reward, with
which they give a big party. At this
party there are nine specialty song
and dance numbers and it is for the
first number on this program that
Bobby Short was chosen. Bobby does
well anything assigned to him and
his combination of being a little boy,
yet so gifted and so well trained
makes him a real addition to any
show.
Support your Baker County boys.
Come and see them and the eighty
five other adorable children in their
first real picture show!
Elmodel Home
Economics News
A plot of grqund on the school cam
pus was given to the Home Demon
stration Department by Mr. Fort for
the Home Economics garden, and with
this small plot of ground the Home
Economics girls now have a vegetable
as well as a flower garden.
The plot given is only 20 feet wide
—much narrower than the average
garden, and the actual garden plot
is 52 X 18 feet. The soil, unfortu
nately, is poor, but with much time
and effort the Home Economics girls
have improved the soil and the garden
looks as though it has been cultivated
for several years.
Two girls were given a row to care
for, to weed, water and thin out, and
there exists among them a competi
tive spirit to see whose row looks the
best and whose plants grow the
most.
In this garden the girls planted,
radishes, beets, cucumbers, cabbage,
carrots, onions and leaf lettuce. In
the Home Economics room tomato
plants in boxes are being cared for
until time for transplanting. The
flowers that will soon be blooming are
pink and violet-blue petunias, mari
golds, zinnias, poppies and nastur
tiums.
It is hoped that an extra unit might
be carried on for a week during the
summer, for the purpose of canning
vegetables, so the Home Economics
Department can supply its own needs
next fall.
JERRY HUNTER,
Home Ec. Teacher
Sandy Loams
Sandy loams contain from 20 to
50 per cent of silt and clay, but do
not have over 20 per cent of clay.
Sandy loams are further subdivided
into coarse sandy loam, sandy loam,
fine sandy loam, and very fine sandy
loam. I
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1939.
This Week In Review
by
John Callaway Otwell
STATE
Tsk, Tsk—legislators will be legislators.
After engaging in fisticuffs in the heat of an argument about a sales
tax bill on the House floor last week, Lanham of Floyd and Lovett of Laurens
patched up their differences like gentlemen.
Legislatively speaking, our side won; no sales tax bill was passed.
Governor Rivers said in his radio address to the State Monday night
that “there are worse things than taxes.”
We know one: the failure to trim the cost of “non-essential” functions
of the State government.
The Governor now promises to reduce the cost of “non-essentials" (his
own phraseology); but why has he waited so long? Mr. Rivers is not eligible
to succeed himself as governor And it seems to this column that a well
managed State administration would be the very best boost toward the
United States Senate.
But even now, if the Governor will make ends meet with current reve
nue, we are perfectly willing to see him win SECOND place in the next race
for the United States Senate.
Mr. Rivers closed Monday night’s speech by saying he “ain’t mad at no
body.” Why should he be if we are not? But an extra session might make
us lose patience.
Unfortunately, it seems to us, the House and the Senate could not agree
on a joint committee for investigating all State government departments for
the purpose of making economy recommendations.
The House extended until June 1 the life and authority of its own
economy investigating committee, and the Senate voted to ask the Governor
to request the Georgia Banker’s Association to appoint a committee of
bankers and businessmen to make economy and efficiency recommendations
on governmental operations.
It is conceivable that the recommendations by the two committees will
fail to coincide on many points, and that little, if any, progress will be made.
There are some misgivings as to whether either the House or the Senate
independently could force a re-organization of the State’s government in
actual practice.
The school situation in Georgia is not a happy one, it is true, but by
next fall most county education boards will have learned to make up budgets
based on facts and probabilities rather than on promises, fancies and possi
bilities.
In the meantime, students who really wish to learn will continue to learn.
NATIONAL
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, and manager of an important
radio station in the West, says now that Vice President John Nance Garner
is “in the driver’s seat” in the bid for the Democratic nominaton for the
presidency.
That is good news to this column. Next to Hull, Garner is our choice.
Let us hope that left-wingers of the party will not insist on a radical
for vice president, in case either Hull or Garner is nominated. Probably no
vice president under either of these two genetiemen could do much damage;
but it must be remembered that they are advanced in age and must not be
succeeded by just anybody.
President Roosevelt nominated Chairman of the Securities Commission
William O. Douglas Monday to succeed Justice Louis D. Brandeis, who re
tired in February.
Mr. Douglas is considered very New Dealish, but at least he was born in
America.
The recently appointed Justice Felix Frankfurter was born in Austria.
For the next four years the navies of enemies of the United States—
if any nation is so rash as to become an enemy—will learn the Stark truth.
Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark, a Pennsylvanian, last week was ap
pointed as the new Chief of Operations of the U. S. Navy, assuming the rank
of full admiral. The appointment is effective June 1.
Until last week the editor of this column believed that he had at least
heard of all of the New Deal alphabet agencies and bureaus.
But here is a new one to us: the Federal Alley Dwelling Authority—
FADA.
Can this be the beginning of a more abundant life for cats ?
Since FADA employees number only nineteen, we refrain from criticism,
for, after all, the expense must be practically negligible.
Anyhow, we refrain as long as there are no “dead cats."
INTERNATIONAL
When British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addressed a political
meeting in Birmingham, England, last Friday night he gave every indica
tion that Great Britain had stiffened her spine and would offer strong oppo
sition to any more conquests by German’s Hitler.
Mr. Chambei4hin mentioned the mistakes made at the Treaty of Ver
sailles —“mistakes that ought to haVe been corrected long ago.”
The British leader expressed a “sincere” desire to settle the troubles of
Europe without war, if possible, but said he: “No greater mistake could be
made than to suppose that because it believes war to be a cruel and senseless
thing, this nation has so far lost its fibre that it will not take part, to the
utmost of its power, in resisting such a challenge (to dominate the world by
force) if it ever were made.”
At another point Mr. Chamberlain vaguely hinted of support from the
United States, though not my naming us.
(This column was immensely comforted just here, as the soda clerk from
whom we had bought a magazine and from whose radio set we listened, in
stantly said, “That’s us.” If a busy soda clerk can so thoroughly keep pace
with what goes on in the world, what chance would a dictator have in
America ? We need not worry while we have freedom of speech and freedom
of press.
Example of a dictator government’s propaganda: youthful Nazi troops
were amazed last week as they failed to get, a friendly welcome on entering
Prague, Czecho-Slovakia. The surprised soldiers thought they had been sent
to quell a revolution!)
Perhaps the American State Department’s condemnation of Hitler’s “law
less act” braced British morale.
Poor President Hacha of recently dismembered Czecho-Slovakia probably
does not feel so “hotcha.”
This unfortunate fellow, after being summoned to Berlin last week, was
forced to sign away practically all of the independence his little country had
enjoyed for twenty years. The provinces of Bohemia and Moravia were
Continued on Last Page
County Audit
Now In Progress
Mes rs. V. L. Stanton and Bill
Stanton, representatives of H. H. Bur
net and Compal, of Waycross, began
their work on the County Audit. It
will possibly take thirty days to com
plete this work, which includes a re
port of the Tax Collector, Sheriff,
Treasurer and County Commissioners.
—
Mrs. Carrie Swann
Buried At Ways
STELLAVILLE, Ga., March 14.—
Funeral services were conducted this
afternoon at the Ways Baptist Church
for Mrs. Carrie Swann, 78 years of
age, who died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. H. S. Johnson, here
Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock. The
Rev. T. A. Burrel and the Rev. C. H.
Schwall officiated and interment fol
lowed in the church yard cemetery.
Active pall bearers were the follow
ing grandsons of Mrs. Swann: Ray
Swann, Walter Swann, Jr., Gilbert
Johnson, Carlton Johnson, Rufus
Johnson and Roy Williams.
Honorary poll bearers were: O. B.
Brown, Sr., H. E. Smith, Evans Ot
well, Herbert King, Sam McCleskey,
Lynn Farmer, I. B. Davis, Dr. J. J.
Pilcher, R. M. Weeks, W. J. Swann,
A. L. Swann, D. H. Swann and W. R.
Tabb.
Mrs. Swann, who died on her birth-I
day, was from one of the oldest fami- i
lies in Jefferson County. She had j
been a member of the Ways Baptist ।
Church, which her grandfather found
ed in 1817, since childhood. She was
the wife of the late Bryant Swann,
and was a native of Jefferson County,
where she had spent her entire life.
Survivors include five sons, Clay
ton Swann of Stellaville, Jim Swann
of Newton, Lonnie Swann of Braden
ton, Fla., W. E. Swann of Augusta,
and Tom Swann of Gibson, Ga.; two
daughters, Mrs. H. S. Johnson of
Stellaville, and Mrs. Harmon Wil
liams of Avera, Ga., a number of [
grandchildren and several great I
grandchildren.
Friends of Mr. Jim Swann are sym
pathizing with him in the death of his J
mother. i 1
Newton Home
Economics News
Many of our boys and girls eat the
noon meal at school, hence it is their
responsibility to choose foods wisely.
Proof that all boys and girls do not
rise to their responsibility is found
in the increased sales of candy and
canned foods during the school year.
For the past two weeks the First
Year Home Economics girls have
studied, planned, prepared and packed
wholesome school lunches. Much time
was spent in finding new school lunch
recipes, and trying them.
Foods that are carried to school
every day by boys and girls were
made tempting and interesting, and
any school boy or girl would look for
ward ’to eating foods, when the ma
jority of them, eat their lunches be
cause its lunch time and not because
they are anxious to get to that new
sandwich, as they should be.
Friday climaxed the study of
lunches. Each girl planned a school
lunch, prepared it, and packed it neat
ly in a small box. The total cost of
the 12 lunches was 68c, and every
food requirement was met, including
a cookie and a piece of candy, made
by the girls.
It is hoped that through the study
of school lunches and their import
ance, that the Home Economics girls
will take greater interest in their
lunches and the lunches of their
brothers and sisters.
The Second Year Home Economics
girls are making their Easter dresses
—they are silks, shantungs, piques,
and linens in the most attractive
spring colors and patterns in the mak
ing.
JERRY HUNTER,
Home Ec. Teacher
Singing Convention
To Meet Sunday
The Mitchell County Singing Con
vention will hold regular quarterly
session Sunday, when it will meet at
the court house in Camilla.
The Atlanta Quartette will be here
to take part in program of the con
vention program and announcement is
made that the Quartette will give a
concert at the court house Saturday
night, to which a small admission
charge will prevail.
A County o* Good
Farms, Good Schools,
Good Churches and
Good People.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
BOARD DECIDES
ON SCHOOLS TODAY
All State Aid Cut Off. County
Schools Need Cash For Op
eration.
The Board of Education held a spe
cial meeting Thursday morning of
this week to determine if Baker
schools would remain open in the
present emergency, or follow the
course of numbers of other schools
throughout the state and close.
Little definite information was
forthcoming from the meeting Thurs
day, being more of a discussion of
conditions rather than a plan for ac
tion.
Each superintendent was asked to
contact their local faculty and see if
teachers would be willing to teach on
the possibility of getting furthei- aid
from the state. As some put it, would
the teachers be willing to teach on
supposition.”
Another meeting of the County
Board was called for Friday, today,
at which meeting definite plans will
be made for the operation of the
county schools.
School officials and patrons are
both anxious that schools be kept open
until the completion of the present
terms. Every effort is being made to
insure their operation.
jClub To Present
“Chocolate Wedding”
The Dramatic Club of Newton High
School will present a play, Chocolate
Wedding, Friday night at 7:30, March
31st.
The lovely bride, Lucinda Perkins,
Adonis Gamble, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Archabald Per
kins, Marco Parker and 0. C. Sinder
sine.
The groom, George Washington,
! Franklin Jones, Leon Vickers, is the
i tenth son of Mr. and Mrs. Ananias
jDu Precia Jones, Kathleen Salte
Dock Piice.
The small * lainty is Kavßf
as her»b«desmaids and maid of hono’
Tier Cotton Pickin’ friends. Her other
attendants are nieces and nephews of
the groom.
A beautiful, most consoling and in
vigorating musical program will be
rendered by the Parsons two charm
ing daughters, Georgia Mae and Katie
Lou Hawks, Austine Butler and
Janie Keown, Peter Bartow Cheatum,
Reid Rogers, will accompany the
songsters on his guitar.
After the wedding, Mr. and Mrs.
George Washington Franklin Jones
will reside at 1291, 2nd St., Park Ave.,
Swamp Hollow, Ga., where the groom
is engaged in a boot-blacking busi
ness.
The Honorable Brother, Rev. An
derson Kraft Hitchum, will do the
solemnizing.
We are counting on you to be there
with all your family, to laugh with us.
Albany Theatre
ALBANY, GA.
• FRIDAY AND SATURDAY •
"BROADWAY
AFTER DARK"
35 ARTISTS
of stage and screen in a dazzling
Revue
Featuring
THE SIX DECARDOS
Direct from Billy Rose’s Casa
Manana in New York
THREE SEIGFRIEDS
Sensational European Novelty
ROSE BOWL GIRLS
Hollywood Beauties at their lovely
rest.
JITTERBUG BAND
Swing Music from the Stage.
It’s Hot!
And many others in a stage show
you can’t afford to miss.
• SUNDAY and MONDAY •
VW In the screen’s Ist
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