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THE BAKER COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Baker County
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Entered as second-class matter June 7th, 1912, at the postoffice at
Newton, Georgia, under the Act of March 3rd, 1879.
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MRS. J. IE MILWARD, Editor and Publisher
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1939
2=================================:
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but
thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest
observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then
thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have
good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of
a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the
Lord, thy God is with thee withersoever thou goest.—Joshua 1,
vs. 8-9.
The War Department has awarded contracts for approxi
mately $100,000,000 worth of airplanes . . . This is said to be the
largest aircraft order in history . . . This is part of a program to
bring the number from 2,000 to 5,500 planes by July, 1941 . . .
Some $53,000,000 is being spent to strengthen the Panama Canal
defenses. All of which is vital and necessary. A War Resource
Board has been organized. Their immediate duties will be a
general survey of the nation’s resources and plants which would
be utilized in case of war . . .
The money of the world is being spent for the sinews of
war . . . Our country is spending staggering sums for this cause
. . . And the whole of Europe is now engaged in the making and
collecting together cannons, tanks, warships, airplanes and other
materials of war ... If. and when these are used it will be to des
troy lives of men, women and children, homes, institutions, towns
and cities .. . Our nation wants to prevent war ... To do so is just
as expensive as far as material is concerned as war itself . . .
The threat of war requires preparation. None of the money put
in war material will ever produce anything . . . Factories make
implements, other than implements of war . . . Farming tools, for
example, bring returns to the farmer . . . War brings destruction
and desolation.
That the United States has an army of refugees is not gen
erally known . . . That they are not in this section of the country
is something to be grateful for as they have become a great prob
lem in some states . . . Most of these people are said to have been
farmers, before the dust winds came along and buried their homes
and crops. They gave up in despair and have become a wander
ing army . . . Starvation is ever before them ... In California they
get seasonal work of cotton picking, and fruit gathering. Whole
families travel together and their worn out cars use up part of
their earnings as they move on to other fields ... A ragged tent
is their home and a few clothes, bedding and a stove, are their
earthly possessions . . . F. S. A. Camps which have been built and
are now being built in seven states will only take care of about
8,000 of these refugees . . . The tractor is also held responsible
for the plight of many of these people . . . One man with a tractor
can do the work of 12 families . . . And so the family goes and
the tractor stays . . . Other states which have this refugee problem
are Texas, Washington. Oregon, New Jersey and Florida.
Elliott Roosevelt in a recent radio address mentioned that
it might again be necessary for this country’ to police Mexico as
in 1915. He spoke of the unrest in that country . . . The govern
ment already keeps the Coast Guard Border Patrol Air Detach
ment on duty there ... The Coast Guard is usually associated with
the sea. but a permanent Air Patrol has been established at El
Paso. Texas, over eight hundred miles inland. They are on the
lookout for smuggled gold and heroin, the two chief articles which
are smuggled. They also watch cattle, herded too near the border,
pack animals on trails that are seldom used, and smoke that might
come from fires of illicit distilleries . . .
They 7 sometimes bring in injured people from the mining
regions to city hospitals. They search for lost people or lost planes
in the desert land. They warn the people of floods by’ dropping
messages in both English and Spanish as many of these people do
not speak English. Our country is immense. The problems of
the sections are different. And it must be comforting to people
who live on the Mexican border to know that the Border Patrol
is on duty and that they have better protection than ever before.
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Home And Family Life
BY MOTHER
WHY GO TO COLLEGE?
Note: In about two weeks, or soon
er, literally hundreds of thousands of
sun-tanned boys and girls will turn
their eager faces in the direction of
school. Daddies will spend hundreds
of dollars for books and supplies;
mothers will scrimp and scrape, and
scrub and sacrifice to send boys and
girls ‘off to school’ with clean bodies
and open minds; teachers will study
and sweat (and want to swear, may
be) over lessons and assignments.
Why all this quickened interest
and effort in the midst of a peaceful
summer? Because schools and col
leges are beginning the “fiscal year”
and nobody wants to be left out of
this ‘march of progress’ on the road
to learning.
For that reason I am writing a se
ries of three articles on schools and
colleges for this and the next two is
sued of The Baker County News. They
are:
1. Why Go To College?
2. Common Schools.
3. The Toddler Learns.
Why go to college? I have had
the privilege of living, most of my
life in a college town. In earlier
years, I have watched train loads of
boys and girls disgorge, and trudge
up the hill from the station with anx
ious and eager faces and heavy suit
cases. (Now they come in cars, but
the picture is the same). I have seen
them hesitate at the open door, then
with a bit of a shrug shake off the
fear and enter. I have seen these
same boys and girls at the end of
four years—walk out to receive de
grees, with confidence and poise. I
have seen them by the hundreds tak
ing their places in society, well ad
justed emotionally, fit physically,
equipped mentally, alert and ready for
life at its worst and best. That to
me, is what college does for boys and
girls—it gets them ready to live while
they are living. I am optimistic
enough to believe that all colleges
do this to a large or "small degree but
I am pessimistic enough to regret that
Expense Account For Baker County For Month
Os July, 1939
PAUPERS FUND
Newton WPA Library—WPA Library s 5.00
Elmodel WPA Library—WPA Library 5.00
M. W. Irvin, Treas.—9 Paupers 9.00
BRIDGE AND BUILDING FUND
C. S. Adams—Winding Clock $ 5.00
Eatman Plumbing Co.—Court House Supplies 2.90
C. C. Merritt—Repair Work—J: 2.53
W. L. Thompson—Building Cab on Tractor ~~ 10.00
Leonard Farkas—Fees in School Matter > 250.00
W. O. Lunsford & Sons—Lumber and Nails 28.25
Jernigan’s Pharmacy—Supplies for Courthouse 1.95
J. H. Hall, Agent—Fire Insurance for Courthouse 40.00
OTHER LAWFUL CHARGES FUND
W. R. Carswell, Agt.—Upkeep 4-H Club Camp $ 6.00
J. H. Cotton—Reg. Vital Sta 2.50
P. B. Hilburn—Reg. Vital Sta 1.50
R. B. Phillips—Reg. Vital Sta 1.00
T. A. Riley—Reg. Vital Sta 1.50
O. M. Sanders—Reg. Vital Sta .50
City of Newton—Water bill for Courthouse 24.83
AGRICULTURAL FUND
N. D. Mcßainey—County Agent, 1 Mo $50.00
BAILIFF AND NON-RES. WITNESSES
Camilla Enterprise—Supplies for Welfare Dept $17.93
A. L. Seely Co.—Office Supplies 8.00
SOCIAL SECURITY
Baker Co. Welfare Dept.—WPA General Relief $ 51.00
Baker Co. Welfare Dept.—August Budget 142.90
ROAD FUND
Baker County News—Publishing Expense Account $ 8.00
J. H. Hall—Com., 1 day’s Sen-ice 5.00
J. L. Goodman—Com., 1 day’s Service 5.00
H. T. Rentz—Com., 1 day’s Service 5.00
C.L. Griffin—Com., 1 day’s service 5.00
N. H. Ethridge—Com.. 1 day’s Service 5.00
Bootie Reese—l Month Janitor 12.00
Southern Bell Telephone Co.—Sheriffs and Clerk’s Bill I 13.85
Ga. Power Company—Lights for Courthouse and Jail 6.40
E. L. Bailey—26o hours Road Work 52.00
W. B. Frazier—26o hours Truck Driver 52.00
J. M. Swann—26o hours Road Work 52.00
M. W. Eubanks—2so hours Tractor Driver 50.00
Grady Wills—26o hours Road Work 52.00
Clark Edwards—24s hours Road Work „; 49.00
William Irvin—24o hours Road Work 48.00
Andrew Wills—2so hours Truck Driver 50.00
W. B. Bates—Road Supt 85.00
W. B. Bates—Cash Paid Out 1.85
Yancy Tractor Co.—Tractor Parts 18.45
F. L. Cross—394 Posts 49.25
L. & L. Service Co.—Gas and Oil 318.95
W. B. Bates—Cash paid out to Keenan 13.29
W. O. Lunsford—Lumber & Nails 183.60
H. W\ Clark Co.—Parts for Tractor 1.75
C. T. Williford—Services Rendered 32.15
Benton Odom, Jr.—Services County Atty 52.46
Hugh Bryant—Gas and Oil for W. P. A • 9.60
J. D. Gardner—Gas and Oil for W. P. A 53.93
OFFICERS FUND
W. E. Jones, Ord.—Services Rendered $ 1.70
M. C. Screws—Services and Supplies 1 110.20
C. T. Williford—Services Rendered 57.00
Benton Odom, Jr.—Fee in School Board Suit 250.00
M. C. Screws—Tax Deeds and Service 17.12
TOTAL $2,715.20
not all students get all that is com
ing to them. This I regret to say is
often times the fault of parents and
students because they do not know
what they want before they start
after it. In the August 1939 issue of
Mademoiselle, “a magazine for smart
young women” is an article by David
Mack, Director of Test Admiration,
Human Engineering Laboratory en
titled, ‘What to be, or not to be?’ I
wish every boy and girl, and every
parent of every boy and girl—and all
the teachers in all the colleges every
where would read it. Look at the
kind of Laboratory he works in—“ H
uman Engineering”—Don't you wish
someone had helped you engineer
your life—or maybe some one did—
but ail too often I see boys and girls
floundering about all four years not
knowing what or why they came to
college. Just because Mary Jones and
John Smith go, is not reason enough
for Susan and Bob to go. Keeping
up with the Joneses may be alright
in getting a 1940 model car but it
may not work so well with going to
college. Study what the college has
to give in the intelligent and open
light of your needs, and go to the
one which offers what you want at
a cost you can pay. (It is difficult
I know, to decide today, when one
is confused by the high pressure sales
manship of college advertising and
canvassing. One would think we were
buying Fuller brushes!
Do you know the names of the col
leges in South Georgia and what they
each have to offer? If you have not
much money but a liberal ahiount of
ambition and stickability do you know
that a college education is well with
in your reach—with the helps col
leges now have to offer worthy boys
and girls?
If you have already made your
choice of college—and I hope your
choice was based on your needs and
not the football eleven—then the next
step is to get ready to go—and there
isn’t any too much time left.
Again, if you are a girl (I seem to
know more about girls) a copy of
August 1939 Mademoiselle will help
you. It is the College number and it
tells all about what to wear, how to
fix up your room, how to get along
with your room-mate —really, there
isn’t anything the college girl needs
to know that isn’t discussed. I hope
1 you will read it. But let me sound
a word of warning to the wise: Don’t
think you have to buy a lot of clothes
and new gadgets to take to college.
I find that the happiest Freshmen are
those who sort of feel their way into
college. They start off with one or
two outfits and add to the wardrobe
as they see what “goes over big” on
their campus—for after all campuses
do have an individuality and style,
all their own and you do want to fit
into it, or at least harmonize./
If you can know your room-mate
I you can plan your room together be
। fore going—but if you are going in
for all-the experiences and excitement
college offers and are willing to risk
your life with a new pal, then you
must wait until you reach college to
plan your room. After all, she may
have as decided likes and dislikes as
| you and half the room will be hers!
i How exciting it is the first week
hanging curtains and getting ac
quainted and that’s as much of col
lege and the reason for going as ge
ometry or English Lit. I’m not
at all sure it isn’t the thing you will
remember most vividly in the years
that lie beyond college.
Don’t let the first week at college
“throw” you. It is all so bewilder
ing! There are the psychological
tests to take—all colleges give them
now—and I hear they are bad, but
no worse than Dr. Quiz program on
the radio—which we all try to an
swer. Take them seriously, yes, and
do your best at them but fearing them
will not bring out your best.
Some students are so afraid the
college will not know they have ar
rived, they over-do self-advertising.
They raise their voices higher; wear
their make-up brighter; make their
skirts shorter; chew their gum louder;
and criticize their food stronger than
any one else. This kind of advertis
ing isn’t so good. At the end of
Freshman week this over-ambitious
one has found her place, and calmed
down without startling the faculty
and fellow students too much or gone
home to mamma where she can get all
the attention she wants.
Then, there are those who break
; into college gently and happily—
; entering into everything with spirit
and cooperation but waiting to see
how it is done, taking the cue from
' the older class-men who are always
on campus the first week to verse
I you in college traditions and show
I you the ropes. You don't have to
lose your personality by conforming,
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See us at once if you want to buy or trade.
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MULE COMPANY
ALBANY, GEORGIA
BLAKELY, GA. MOULTRIE, GA.
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but one is happier to conform at
first. If you have personality it will
save and don’t worry, it will blossom
forth eventually.
Some of us lay too much blame on
the college if at the end of four years
we don’t get a job. The purpose of
the college is not primarily vocational
training—that sort of thing is best
learned in special trade schools and
apprenticeship jobs. One goes to col
lege to get a broadening outlook on
life, an appreciation of art and science
and literature, a historical background
of the things that have made us what
we are and a vision and outlook to
see where we are going. Incidentally,
a college graduate may get a better
job than the person who does not go
to college, but he may not know as
much about a particular trade or busi
ness as the boy or girl who grows up
with it. For example, the potter’s
skill in molding clay is apt to be
handed down from father to son, and
i the son may make a perfect pitcher
just like father’sr-but to create a
pitcher of rare and distinct beauty of
line and color and decoration as well
as usefulness requires more than mere
skill. Into this pitcher goes the art
and literature and science—which is
most easily learned in organized study
most often found on our college cam
puses.
Therefore, in answer to the ques
tion, Why go to college—my answer
would be:
To learn to live and let live;
To learn to do and let do;
To learn to be and let be—tolerance,
creativeness, temperance.
I know a great many people who
have not learned this at college—and
I know a great many people who
have. So it would seem that some
thing depends on—YOU, the indi
vidual!
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