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Tlie Official Orga*
Baker County
Established 1912
VOLUME 28. NUMBER 5.
LAGRANGE BAND
SECURED FOR RACES
State Champion Drum And
Bugle Corp Will Play At Labor
Day Horse Races.
From The Camilla Enterprise.
Mr. E. J. Vann, secretary of the
Camilla Racing Association, announc
ed this week that Georgia's State
Champion Junior musical organiza
tion, of LaGrange, Georgia, would
play for the full day program of
horse races here on Labor Day, Sep
tember 4th.
Races Have Rain
Insurance For 4th
Officials of the Camilla Race
Track are taking no chances this
time on rain, remembering the wet
4th of July track, and have taken
|9OO worth of insurance for the
day. The two policies require two
tenths of an inch in the morning
or afternoon for collection.
Weatherman C. F. Brimberry,
Jr. said Thursday morning that if
rain came on the 4th, it would
probably be more than two-tenths
of an inch because September
rains were generally very heavy.
He said it would depend on the
weather on the Gulf and a predic
tion could not be made at this date.
Brimberry will install rain gauges
at the track for official observa
tions.
The securing of the band will add
plenty of color to the program for the
day and provide entertainment dur
ing the lull between the many races.
The LaGrange Drum and Bugle
Corp were state champions this year
and will compete in the contest in
Chicago at the National convention
of the American Legion in Septem
ber. The band has about forty mem
bers and is led by three drum majors,
one girl and two,boys. The band has
some very smart uniforms. ■ -a .
Other plans for the races are pro
gressing nicely and interest mounts
daily as Labor Day approaches. The
programs, which will be used at the
races, will carry write-ups of all
the horses along with pictures of the
horses and the owners. This program
will probably be released the end of
next week.
Services of a group of trick motor
cycle rides have also been secured to
put on a performance during part of
the full day program. A full program
of trick riding, races and stunts that
will provide a thrill a minute will be
given.
A record crowd is expected for the
races and plans are being made to
accommodate the influx of people.
Most business firms in town will take
a half holiday, closing at noon and
opening again after the close of the
races.
Race track officials expect to ex
ceed the number who attend the races
of the Fourth of July. Work at the
track is progressing nicely and will
be in splendid condition by the day
of the races.
Grape-Vine Apple
Found In Bowdon
Bowdon.—Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bar
row of this city have discovered a
fruit upon their grape vine, which
might well be called a “grapple.” The
curious specimen is obviously a com
bination apple and grape, formed
when pollen from an apple blossom
was accidentally combined with a
nearby grape bloom. Barrow has dis
covered one genuine apple growing
upon the same grape vine.
Camilla Horses Win Places At
Races On Myrtle Beach Track
Camilla horses won three places in
' the races at Myrtle Beach last week,
when a group of Camilla sportsmen
decided to enter in races for a day or
so.
Bthyldale, owned by Dan Palmer,
and driven by Carroll Spence won first
place in the pacers of her class.
Samracand, owned by Dan Palmer
and driven by Mr. Seamore, of Grove
land, Florida, won a second place in
trotting race.
Retsae, also owned by Dan Palmer,
and driven by W. G. Pierson, of Ca
milla, won third place in a trotting
race.
In the group going up to Myrtle
Beach last week were, Mr. Dan Pal
mer, Mr. W. G. Pierson, Mr. Carroll
Baker bounty Nms
Baptist W. M. S.
Will Meet Monday
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church will hold it’s
regular meeting Monday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. R. B. Short with
Mrs. Virginia Bowen as leader. All
members are asked to please be pres
ent at this meeting.
Cox Family In
Auto Accident
Congressman and Mrs. E. E. Cox,
Mrs. Cheney Robinson, Miss Gene Cox
and Miss Grace Smith, of Sylvester,
narrowly escaped serious injury Tues
day afternoon when the car in which
they were making a tour of the Flor
ida coast was struck from behind by
another car driven at high speed.
Judge Cox and his family were
starting a short tour of the Florida
east coast to Miami, where they were
to take a boat to Cuba for a few
days, when the accident occurred.
Judge Cox slowed down about two
miles south of Madison, Florida, to
allow a covey of quail to cross the
road, when a car driven by a woman
from Texas crashed into the rear of
his automobile. The rear of the car
was badly smashed in and occupants
of the back seat received minor cuts
and bruises. Mrs. Robinson suffered
a scalp wound, and Gene Cox and
Grace Smith received minor cuts and
bruises. The injured were given first
aid treatment in Madison before re
turning to Camilla.
Lovely Social Affair
Thursday Morning
One of the loveliest social affairs
of the summer season was given on
Thursday morning when Mrs. R. L.
Hall, Jr. and Mrs. Virginia Bowen
were joint hostesses at three tables
of bridge. The tables were arranged
in the living room. Beautiful summer
flowers were gracefully arranged
throughout the house. Mrs. W. B.
Fry, of Camilla, won high score, Miss
Evelyn Whitlock, low score and Mrs.
•H.- C. Jernigan won the consolation
prize. A lovely luncheon course was
served.
The hostesses were assisted in en
tertaining and serving by Miss Sarah
Hall and Mrs. James Forrester.
Those playing were Mrs. C. H.
Hall, Mrs. H. C. Jernigan, Mrs. J. B.
Hall, Miss Margaret Hudson, Mrs.
Benton Odom, Mrs. Eugene Hall, Mrs.
R. B. Short, Miss Evelyn Whitlock,
Mrs. W. B. Fry, Mrs. W. F. Norris,
Mrs. Jack Simmons and Mrs. J. H.
Hall. Coming in for lunch were Mrs.
I. M. Cox, Mrs. J. R. Rhodes, Mrs.
James Forrester, Mrs. Dan Miller,
Mrs. Lester Miller and Helen Hall.
Miss Harris Honored
On 13th Birthday
Miss Lena Harris was honored on
her thirteenth birthday on August
23rd, with a delightful party at her
home here.
She received lots of lovely and use
ful gifts. The guests gathered in the
room where the gifts were displayed
and during the hour enjoyed games.
During the social hour sandwiches and
punch were served.
Those enjoying this delightful party
were: Dorothy Jones, Florine Moore,
Marion Ellis, Ruby M. Davis, Carrie
Lue Swann, Mary Ellen Ellis, Jim
Mae Swann, Joe Simmons, Bobby
Short, Jack Price, Mary Katherine
Jeffories, Foye Hainsley, Lanton Ir
vin, Pearl Harris.
‘Foreclose’ From Latin
The word “foreclose” comes from
two Latin words meaning “outside”
and “to shut.”
Spence, Mr. E. M. Davis, Jr., Mr.
Brazier Holton, Mr. Weyman IJolton,
Randolph Holton, Jr. and Dan Palmer,
Jr.
Mr. Palmer had recently traded
Symbol Charles and Symbol Lucy for
the two new horses mentioned above,
Samracand and Retsae.
Another new horse has been added
to the Palmer stables, named Prince
Withers. All three of these new horses
will arrive in Camilla, Sunday, August
27. The horses will race at Myrtle
Beach the day before they arrive here.
A number of fine blooded horses are
housed at the Camilla track stables
now and large crowds come out in
the afternoons to watch theiri exer
cise.
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1939.
Jacob B. Levy
Dies In Cairo
CAIRO, Ga.—Mr. Jacob B. Levy,
45, Cairo merchant and prominent in
American Legion activities, was found
dead in his apartment here this morn
ing about 10 o'clock.
Coroner P. H. Blackman empaneled
a jury which returned a verdict that
he came to his death “from natural
causes, probably a coronary occlu
sion.’*
Testimony was that he had been
in his usual health and good spirits
shortly before he retired Monday
night.
A native of Savannah, and a for
mer resident of Sylvester and Thom
asville, Mr. Levy operated a clothing
business here. He was a veteran of
the World War and was wounded and
gassed at Chateou-Thierry.
Surviving are his mother, who lives
in Savannah, two brothers and two
sisters. Burial will be in Savannah.—
Albany Herald.
Mr. Levy formerly lived in Newton
and was managed of a dry goods store.
He had many friends here that will
regret to hear of his death.
Edmonds Family
Hold Reunion
The Edmonds family reunion was
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Byron Edwards Sunday. The guests
assembled at the home and at lunch
they were invited to the creek where
a barbecue lunch was served by Mr.
and Mrs. Edwards.
Those enjoying this were: Mr. and
Mrs. T. G. Godfrey and children, El
model ; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Steadhouse
and children, of Elmodel; Mr. and
Mrs. W. N. Edmonds and children,
of Damascus; Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Ed
monds, of Colquitt; Mr. and Mrs. T.
L. Edmonds and children; Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Martin and children, Mr.
Roy Cassell and children, Mr. Frank
Edmonds, and Miss Mary Frances
Edmonds, all of Cairo; Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Campbell and children, Mrs. S.
N. Campbell and mother, of Elmodel;
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Edmonds, Mrs.
Irehe Irvin and Mr. A. B. Edmonds
and son, of Newton.
Leesburg Man ‘Totes’
Same Knife 35 Years
Leesburg.—Citizens of this town
concede to A. W. Godwin the all-time
championship when it comes to “knife
toting.” Godwin has carried around
in his pocket the same badly-worn
4-blade whittler for 35 years. He pur
chased the knife in 1904 from a gen
eral store where he was employed.
The knife has been lost nine times,
Godwin states, but it has managed
to find its way back to the owner
each time. Godwin is a retired mail
carrier and has spent his entire life
in Lee County.
Negro Boy Bitten
By Rattle Snake
Willie Davis, colored and two years
old, was bitten by a rattiesnake Wed
nesday afternoon while playing under
the house of his parents on the Will
West place near Sale City.
The negro boy was brought to Ca
milla for treatment and Wednesday
night was reported getting along very
well. The deadly affects of the rat
tler’s bite was apparently counter
acted by first-aid treatment.
For Sit Down Strike
Mule Chooses Well
Abbeville.—When a mule belonging
to one H. Mashburn of this vicinity
decided to ape his WPA co-workers
and do a “sit down” strike, the out
come was rather disastrous, for Maud
had chosen an abandoned well as the
site for her “sit.” It took aH of
Mashburn’s farm hands and a heavy
tractor to hoist the amazed animal
out of the hole, but the laborers were
rewarded with a boisterous bray of
thanks.
High, Low Places in California
In California the highest point is
Mount Whitney, elevation 14,496 feet
and the lowest is Death valley, 276
feet below sea level. In New York
the highest point is Mount Marcy,
elevation 5,344 feet, and the lowest
,point is sea level on the shore line.
Fir Balsam, Pitch, From Trees
Fir balsam or fir pitch is obtained
from fir trees in the form of a clear
yellowish liquid by tapping much
as maple sap is taken. It is usually
found in places where the tree has
been injured and the pitch collects
in a pocket at that place. >
Baker 4-H Club Boys
Attend Conference
Two Baker County boys, Raleigh
Johnson of the Bethany Community
and Turner Rentz of the Providence
Community, attended the State 4-H
Club Conference in Athens during the
week of August 7th through 12th.
The trip to and from Camp was made
with County Agent N. D. Mcßainey,
who remained in Athens during the
week with the club members.
Approximately 350 4-H Club mem
bers representing counties all over
Georgia attended the 4-H Club Con
ference.
While in Athens the 4-H Club boys
and County Agents stayed at Camp
Wilkins. The 4-H Club girls stayed
at Soule Hall and at Mary Lyndon
Hall, all these buildings are located
on the Campus of the State College
of Agriculture.
One high light of the week for the
Baker County boys was the State con
test to determine winners in the Ru
ral Recreation Program. Five teams
competed in this contest and part of
the program was broadcast over Sta
tion WSB on Tuesday afternoon, Aug
ust Bth. Besides a full program dur
ing the week the 4-H candle lighting
ceremony, a masquerade party, a
swimming party at the South’s larg
est tile pool, the horse and mule show
and a tour of the University of Geor
gia Campus and points of interest in
Athens were features of the week that
stand out in the memory of those who
were present.
The return trip was made byway
of Stone Mountain and Atlanta. The
Baker County boys along with De
catur and Seminole County 4-H Club
members climbed Stone Mountain and
looked down on clouds which were
flying below the top of the mountain.
This was a most unusual sight for
the boys and will be remembered by
them for a long time. In many in
stances the 1939 4-H Club Conference
was the best that have been held and
those members most beneficial and
pleasant occasion.
Cotton Men Must
Keep Sales Record
Cotton buyers, farmers, merchants,
or others who buy remnant or seed
cotton are required to keep a record
which shows who produced the seed
cotton.
Forms for keeping the necessary
record are available at the County
Agent’s office. Please call for these
forms and get an explanation of how
the record should be kept.
This is an important request and
it is urgent that buyers of remnant
cotton comply with it.
Mythical Ad Offers
$5 For 4-Leaf Clover
Cornelia.—The editor of the North
east Georgian, weekly paper of this
city, was dumbfounded recently when
a four-leaf clover was brought to his
desk, and $5 requested in exchange.
The purveyor of the cloverleaf re
marked that he made the search for
the good luck plant in answer to an
ad in the paper which offered 5 dol
lars reward if he should produce one.
The newspaperman could recall no
such ad, although two persons had
telephoned to find out if the ad in
his paper was authentic!
Trunk Slayer Is
Lodged In Jail
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Henry Moreland, escaped trunk
slayer, is now lodged safely in the
Mitchell county jail here awaiting
trial in October term of court.
Sheriff W. H. Baggs and Mr. O. H.
Tompkins went up to Philadelphia
last week for the prisoner on receiv
ing message from officials there,
stating that they had arrested More
land and he was being held for Mit
chell County officers. They reached
Camilla Saturday with their prisoner.
Sheriff Baggs and Mr. Tompkins
were accompanied on the trip by
Wade H. Baggs, Jr .and Mr. W. M.
Connell. While away, they made a
short trip to the World’s Fair in New
York, stopping over in Washington
on the way up.
Junior Bible Class
Will Meet Monday
The regular meeting of the Junior-
Adult Bible Class will be held Monday
evening at 7 o’clock at the home of
Mrs. R. L. Hall. All members , are
asked to be present.
Regular Services At
Baptist Church Sunday
Regular preaching services will be
held at the Baptist Church here Sun
day. Rev. R. H. Forrester, pastor,
will do the preaching at morning and
evening services. Everybody is cor
dially invited to attend these services,
and also the Sunday School hour at
10 o’clock.
Applications For
Payments Being Made
Baker County farmers are now
calling at the County Agent’s Office
to execute applications for Cotton
Price Adjustment Payments. It is
necessary that the farm operators and
all interested share-croppers sign the
applications.
These payments will be made rap
idly, but at least four or five hun
dred must be submitted from Baker
County before the State Office will
audit them. All cotton producers who
have not executed C. A. P. applications
are urged to call at the County Ag
ent’s office at once and sign up the
necessary forms.
For the convenience of farm operat
ors, Cotton Marketing Cards will be
issued and work-sheets will be signed
at the time applications for C. A. P.
payments are executed.
Don’t neglect to do this promptly,
you may not need the money now but
doubtless some of your neighbors
would like to have theirs.
Sleeping Sickness
In Mitchell Stock
Dr. B. E. Carlisle, this week, cau
tioned Mitchell county farmers to be
on the watch out for incephalomye
litis .better known as sleeping sick
ness, in horses and mules in the
county as several cases had made their
appearance in .he county.
Dr. Carlisle stated that the notice
was not to be taken as an alarm, as
only one or two cases had been found,
but wished to serve notice to farmers
throughout the county in order that
care could be taken of the stock. No
epidemic was in view, but precaution
was taken in giving notice of the
disease. Several counties in the state
have experienced epidemics this year
and epidemics have also occurred in
all the adjoining states.
Carlisle said that symptoms of the
disease are similar to the Blind Stag
gers, which most everyone is familiar
with. The disease causes the same
results in mules and horses that polio
does in human beings. The sleeping
sickness can also be contracted by
people.
Dr. Carlisle stated that he would
be at the court house Saturday after
noon at three o’clock and would talk
with any farmer who needed in
formation about the disease. Carlisle
said he would also give information
on Pink Eye which is prevalent in the
county at the present.
Statesboro Starlings
Receive ‘Shower Bath’
At Hands Os Firemen
Statesboro.—An untimely shower
bath by the town fire department
failed to faze a courthouse square full
of starlings recently, as the irate
citizenry of Statesboro pulled another
futile attempt to shoo away the
feathered pests. The firemen suc
ceeded only in wetting the already
soaked trees and yard, while the star
lings looked on in fiendish glee. City
officials, after going into conference,
have decided to repeat the trick until
the birds become “worn out,” or until
they get a better suggestion.
Hopeful Church Calls
Pastor Another Year
At a church conference held at
Hopeful Baptist church Sunday, Rev.
E. R. Broadwell, was called to serve
the church another year. Rev. Broad
well has been pastor of the church
for the past two years. L. F. Taylor
was elected superintendent of the Sun
day School.
mrone Survives
Insofar as records are available,
the beautifully carved mahogany
woodwork in the cathedral at Santo
Domingo is the oldest in existence.
The bishop’s throne and the altar
are in perfect condition after 400
years in the tropics which are no
toriously destructive to wood.
Home, a Deiignaui Spot
Home—lt can be a delightful spot
if we all try our best to make it atk.
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schools,
Good Churches and
Good People.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
4-H CLUB MEMBERS
VISIT CAMP SAWYER
Third Annual Encampment
Enjoyed By Baker County
Group, With County Agent.
During the week beginning August
14th, Baker county 4-H Club girls and
boys visited Camp Sawyer for their
third annual Camp. The girls were
at Camp Sawyer from Monday morn
ing through Wednesday. The boys
were at Camp from Wednesday morn
ing through Friday.
Mrs. Stella Jarvis and Mrs. W. T.
Maynard chaperoned the 4-H Club
girls while on the trip. This makes
the third year Mrs. Jarvis has at
tended Camp Sawyer with the Baker
County girls. The splendid coopera
tion of Baker County women in mak
ing the Annual encampment at Camp
Sawyer such a success is genuinely
appreciated by 4-H Club members,
their parents and County Agent N. D.
Mcßainey.
The stay at Camp Sawyer was an
enjoyable experience to each boy and
girl. Exercise from swimming, out
door games and indoor games, whetted
the appetites of the boys and girls
so that meal time was a welcome
event. “Shorty,” the good natured
negro cook, was equal to the occasion
and felt that he would lose his pro
fessional standing if he failed to cook
more than the crowd could eat.
Sleeping facilities at the Camp were
much improved over previous years.
There are now mattresses for the cots,
pillows and blankets. Those attending
Camp Sawyer in the future will be as
sured of comfortable sleeping quar
ters while there.
As usual, the Club boys and girls
got a lot of pleasure from swimming
in Spring Creek. Near the Camp is
one of the best swimming holes one
ever saw. A smooth sand bottom, and
sparkling clear spring water of
variable depth makes this swimming
place so popular that people for miles
around go there regularly during the
summer.
Camp Sawyer is becoming more
popular" aacM* year. During the past
five weeks, the camp has been in con
stant use. Visitors from Baker County
have suggested arranging for a group
of farm women to visit the camp in
1940. If sufficient interest is ex
pressed along this line, such a camp
may be arranged.
County Agent Mcßainey wishes to
express his appreciation to those mak
ing the camp possible, to the Baker
County Board of Education for use of
school bus in transporting boys and
girls to and from camp; to A. L. San
ders who drove the school bus; to
E. H. Cheek who helped manage the
camp; to Dr. Godwin, who talked to
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