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THE BAKER COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Baker County
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Entered a* second-class matter June 7th, 1912, at the postoffice at
Newton, Georgia, under the Act of March 3rd, 1879.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1939
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The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He
that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And
he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even
a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of
the earth by clear shining after rain.—Samuel IL Vs. 3-4.
It seems that the day for setting the world on fire by a
European war is not far ahead . . . Yet no one wants war unless
it be Hitler ... And it may be that he is only bluffing. In a recent
article, written by Heywood Broun and headed, “It Can Be Avert
ed,” he said this: “If some astronomer of note and reputation were
to inform a waiting world that within a month an asteroid was
going to bump with us there would be a sudden cessation of
nationalistic enmities and ambitions. Quarrels over corridors and
tiny kingdoms possessing seaports would abate. We must come
together for the sake of our own lives. We would be one facing
the alien asteroid. Color and racial prejudice would die out. A
general war beginning in Europe would shake this old earth more
severely than any catapulting comet. Blood would run like spring
freshets in flood. And no corner of the earth could possibly be
spared.”
Until the middle of the last century the Amazon valley was
the only source of rubber. At that time a few hundred tons were
used annually by the United States and England. In 1935 this
country used half of the world’s supply, estimated at two billion
pounds. Most of this went in automobile tires, for the people of
this country, more than the rest of the world ride on rubber . . .
It was only in 1876 that an nEglishman took about 75,000
seeds from the most common variety of rubber trees to England.
When the trees had advanced sufficiently in size they were sent
to Ceylon ,then to Singapore and other points . . . Now there are
numerous rubber plantations, chiefly in British possessions. As
late as 1900, the world depended on wild rubber trees. Since then
the plantations of the British Empire which are located in tropical
countries furnish 98 per cent of the supply.
Rubber has become a necessity of modem civilization . . .
Efforts are continuing to find other sources of supply. The fact
that the British control the world’s main source means much to
that nation in time of war.
Stanley Baldwin, former British Prime Minister, was the
speaker at the Congress on Education for Democracy recently.
He had been invited to f his country to address this meeting.
He spoke of the perils within and without that are now fac
ing the Democracies of the world. Among other things he said
that the ideals of this country and his are the same, but the
problems are different... Our’s is a vest country .. . His is a small
island . . . For hundreds of years there has been no alien blood
absorbed in his country. In this country we are still absorbing
aliens. The industrial population of his country can be reached
in a few hours. While the industrial population of this country
is widely scattered.
Ideas, he said, laugh at boundaries . . . And so bolshevism,
fascism and other isms are spread, with no one knowing how they
will affect the future of the world.
He said also that our Bible reading ancestors have left a
mark on this country, and that each man has a human soul with
his own life to live ... Differences, honest differences will always
be.
Success in a democracy depends on every one ... It also calls
for education, so as to form judgment . . .
He urged that people work for and be prepared to die for
democracy ...
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Home And Family Life
BY MOTHER
COMMON SCHOOLS FOR
UNCOMMON BOYS AND GIRLS
There is something thrilling to me
about the opening of school. New
tablets full of unwritten pages; new
pencils, new books, (which is one rea
son I Was not in favor of state books);
clean eager faces; enthusiastic teach
ers and anxious parents! Is it not
thrilling ? This armyujf youth, armed
with curiosity and enthusiasm, march
ing confidently toward knowledge and
light and the more ‘abundant life.’
By contrast, I see in pictures, and
turn quickly away so I would not
see, the youth of other nations with
gas masks over their faces and I won
der if we parents and teachers and
boys and girls know or half under
stand what opportunities are ours!
Common Schools! Excellent, well
equipped buildings, trained and com
petent teachers, interested and co
operative parents, efficient and ef
fective examinations—all things in
common to all pupils alike—but the
boys and girls themselves, thank
heaven, are uncommon. No matter
how close together they sit or how
much they read from the same book
no two are alike! Each has possi
bilities and potentialities differing
from every other and the common
school’s business is to develop this
uncommon boy and girl to his highest
capacity. To do this requires diligent
and careful planning and cooperation
of homes, community and school.
Take the question of health—Here’s
a room full of children, forty-nine
feel pretty good, but one has the
sniffles and from all appearances of
red nose and droopy eyes it is easy
to tell is coming down with a cold.
“Just a cold, and I do hate for John
nie to miss,” says a thoughtless, self
ish mother, as she sends him off that
morning. A cold is bad enough to
pass on but suppose it should be
measles! Parents are largely to blame
for epidemics.
Take the question of discipline.
Forty nine boys and girls “conform.”
The fiftieth rebels; the teacher scolds;
the parents nag; the boy sulks; the
situation is tense! Only very careful
insight and tactful cooperation on the
part of parents and teachers can
bridge a situation like that. But the
child is worthy of our best effort of
understanding. He is the uncommon
boy in a common school.
Take the question of scholarship.
In the minds and hearts of most par
ents their own children loom large.
No child of their’s can bring home a
report card sprinkled with the al
phabet—it must be all A’s. Most of
them have forgotten their own check
ered scholastic careers. The child
knows what is expected of him—but
he can’t make the grade, becomes
discouraged—which leads to one or
several problems far greater. than a
low mark. I have known youngsters
to change report cards to fool parents
and avoid argument. I am confident
this over high standard leads some
pupils to cheat (steal); others run
away from school rather than dis
grace the family. Can’t you see,
parents and teachers, that there are
greater things than grades?
Whatever else we may have to re-
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THE BAKER COUNTY
NEWS
NEWTON, - GEORGIA
member or regret with Mr. Hoover’s
administration as President of the
United States we do have one thing
to be grateful for—The Children’s
Charter which every Parent-Teacher’s
Association would do well to read and
discuss together early in the year.
In this charter is set forth a Bill of
Rights for every child—and it is
something to thing about.
It is almost impossible for me to
write to you without adding a Do’s
and Don’t summary to every letter.
It is the easiest way I know to get
I a lot said in a small space, so . . .
Here are a few Do’s and Don’ts for
school and homes:
1. Parents, don’t send children off
to school without a good breakfast—
eggs, bacon, milk, cereal, fruit. It is
a long time till lunch and you can’t
learn on an empty stomach. Being
hungry makes children misbehave.
2. Teachers: Don’t you go to school
without breakfast either! Irritibility
and nagging are often the result of
hunger; contentment and good will are
by-products of good digestion. You
will need all this and more to see you
through a day at school.
3. Boys and girls—you can raise
your grades by eating the right kind
of food. Oh, yes! there’s a catch—
you have to study some, too.
4. Parents: Don’t send the boy or
girl off to school without a good
lunch. Breakfast, no matter how
good, won’t last all day. ,
5. Parents and Teachers Associa
tion: Maybe the school lunch would
provide an activity for your group.
Providing a hot dish for every child
at lunch would be quite a “project”
and it would repay 100% for the in
vestment. Ask your Home Economics
teacher to help you, but don’t let
“her” do it. You will miss the fun if
you do.
6. Parents: Don’t send your child
off to school cjirty. Nothing does
more to one’s self respect and poise
than a clean body and a clean shirt.
It may take moi;e washing and ironing
but it also makes better grades, and
personality. It gives one “oomph”
to be clean!
7. Parents and Teachers: Don’t
criticize each other! If parents don’t
like the way teachers teach or the
way school is run, gossiping about
town won’t help. Go spend a day at
school and you will come home a wiser
parent. If teachers don’t like the
way their pupils act and study don’t
blame the child until you have visited
his home and know his parents. The
hardest problems iron right out when
parents and teachers get together!
8. Members of the Board of Educa
tion: Don’t think your duties ended
as soon as all the contracts with
teachers were signed. They need your
co-operation and support and en
couragement all along the way. The
school does not belong to the superin
tendent or the teachers—it belongs
to the community and you represent
the community.
9. Boys and Girls: After all you
really make the common schools—un
common. It is you who determine
the spirit of your school. It is for
you the school exists. You can have
the kind of school you want because
you make it. If you like cleanliness,
order, and study you can have it
There will always be one or two in
dividuals who don’t play a square
game but it is not hard to manage
those few.- Get the old school spirit
into the class room as well as the
playground and let’s make your school
the best in Baker County.
Hurrah! Hurrah! It’s time to go to
school! /
It Was Ever Thus
“Young men,” said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, “inspire older
men with an ambition to really
know as much as youngsters think
they know.”
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To The Tax Defaulters
Os Baker County
I give you this notice once more to the 1
fact that the State and County Commis
sioners, as well as my Bondsmen, are request
ing me to collect all tax fi. fas. that have
been turned over to me within ninety days,
or my Bondsmen are liable for my action in
the matter. As all the fi. fas. I now hold in
my possession, the law only gives me ninety
days to collect them, therefore, to save em
barrassment and extra costs, please take
notice and come in and pay these taxes, since
I will be forced to make levies just as fast as
I can, following this issue of the paper.. This
does not apply only to land owners, but to the
ones having personal property.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE TO THIS.
M. C. SCREWS
Sheriff, Baker County, Georgia
4-H Club Members ’
Visit Camp Sawyer
Continued from First Page
the group on Control of Malaria and
hookworm, and of course to Mrs. Jar
vis and Mrs. Maynard who were men
tioned earlier as chaperones for the
girls. Finally the County Agent wishes
to thank the boys and girls who at
tended Camp for the splendid manner
in which they conducted themselves.
Such a fine group of boys and girls
is an inspiration and older people as
sociated with them are enriched by
the experience.