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The Official Organ
Baker County
Established 1912
VOLUME 28. NUMBER 10.
PROGRAM PLANNING
COMMITTEE MEETS
W. S. Hamill Farm Visited By
Technical Group. Soil Prob
lems Studied.
By N. D. McRAINEY.
The Baker County Program Plan
ning Committee held a most interest
ing meeting on Friday, September 22.
Those participating in the meeting
visited the farm of W. S. Hamill
during the morning to determine the
nature of the problems of soil conser
vation and soil erosion control on the
farm. At noon the group was served
barbecue dinner on the school grounds
at Elmodel. In the afternoon a meet
ing was held in the Home Economics
room of the Elmodel School which was
in the nature of a panel discussion.
This discussion was led by Mr. Ken
neth Treanor, Extension Economist
in Farm Management, of Tifton, Ga.
Through a full discussion of the
problems confronting Mr. Hamill on
the farm and through suggestions as
possible solutions of these problems a
long time program was developed for
this farm, which included plans for
soil conservation, plans for soil ero
sion control, production of food and
feed crops for people and livestock
and necessary cash crops for main
tenance of the farm. A program of
this type must necessarily be a long
time program in which the most need
ed practices are put into effect first.
In addition to Mr. Treanor those
present at the meeting who took part
in the discussion were J. A. Johnson,
District Agent, Athens, Ga.; E. D.
Alexander, Extension Agronomist,
Athens, Ga.; J. Mack Jordan, Exten
sion Soil Conservationist, Athens, Ga.;
R. L. Carter, Soil Conservation Ser
vice, Tifton, Ga.; C. W. Chapman, Soil
Conservation Service, Tifton, Ga.; Mr.
Moore and Mr. Croft, of the Soil
Conservation Service, Tifton, Ga.;
County Agents J. C. Scarborough,
Camilla, Ga., J. C. Richardson, Albany,
Ga., R. E. Arline, Morgan, Ga., J. E.
Ledger, Blakely, Ga., and McArthur
Sloan, Colquitt, Ga., attended the
meeting.
Baker County farmers and farm wo
men participating in the meeting in
cluded W. S. Hamill, J. O. Irvin, P. B.
Hilburn, F. L. Cross, C. L. Cross,
C. E. Edwards, Mrs. C. L. Cross, D. G.
Jones, Riley Wooten, Mrs. W. J. Starr,
B. D. Ingram, Calhoun County, Mrs.
Eugene Hall, Home Ec. teacher, Prof.
Carlin, Vocational Agriculture teacher
and N. D. Mcßainey, County Agent.
Plans are under way to hold an
other meeting of this type in Baker
County in which we hope to have Ag
ricultural Specialists who will assist
in conducting the meeting.
Newton P.-T. A. To
Meet Wednesday
The P.-T. A. of Newton school will
hold its regular meeting next Wed
nesday afternoon at three o’clock in
the school auditorium. All patrons
are asked and urged to be present at
this meeting to complete plans for
the work to be done by this organiza
tion during the year.
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Whitewash Coat for Queen
Victoria, Queen of England from
1837 to 1901, was unaware of many
ceremonial gestures made in her
honor, one of which, says Collier’s
Weekly, was the whitewashing of
the coal for the engine of her pri
vate train “to make it fit for royal
use.”
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Parent-Teacher School
Os Instruction
A school of instruction for Zone 3
will be held in Albany at the Munici
pal Auditorium on Thursday, October
5, at 10 o’clock, CST.
Luncheon will be served at noon—
price 25 cents. Presidents are asked
to notify Mrs. H. H. Logan, 206 N.
Monroe St., Albany, the number that
will attend from your association.
All parent-teacher members of this
zone are urged to attend this meeting.
MRS. A. P. FAIN,
Publicity Chairman.
MITCHELL COUNTY
FAIR OPENS OCT. 2
Three Days Os Horse Racing.
Talmadge To Speak Thursday,
12:30, At Court House.
All eyes will be turned toward Ca
milla and all roads will lead to town
next week when the annual Mitchell
County Fair, sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion, opens on the race track
grounds Monday, October 2.
Fair grounds will open Monday
night at seven o’clock and will con
tinue until mid-night Saturday night.
Fair officials were confident this
week of one of the best shows ever
staged in the county and many inter
esting events crowded the week’s pro
gram.
Highlight of the week will be a
speech by former Governor Eugene
Talmadge on the court house square
at 12:30, Thursday, after which the
group will move to the fair grounds
and the program of racing. Arrange
ments were completed this week by
the Racing Association and The Fair
Committee to bring Mr. Talmadge to
the Mitchell County Fair and also to
have a part in the Thursday after
noon horse races at the fair. A rec
ord crowd is expected to hear former
Governor Talmadge here next Thurs
day and to attend the fair on that
day. * .»
Horse races have been planned for
three afternoons at the fair. Sched
uled races are Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday afternoons. In the event of
rain on any of the dates, the race
Will be held the following day. A
large program is planned each race
day and about forty horses are avail
able for the events..
Briefly, the program for the week
is as follows:
Monday the fair grounds open with
mid-way and fair concessions in oper
ation.
Tuesday will be race day with the
mid-way open.
Wednesday night will be the for
mal opening of the fair and exhibits
and agricultural displays will be
opened.
Thursday, former Governor Tal
madge will speak and a second pro
gram of races will be given.
Friday will be school children’s day,
with no admission to the grounds and
half-fares on all rides. The night will
be American Legion night.
Saturday will be colored school
children’s day, with no admission and
half fares on all rides. The third and
last program of horse racing will also
be given that day^
Cotton Payments
Are Being Made
Through Saturday, September 23,
cotton payments to Baker County
farmers had been received which to
taled $12,696.34. These payments
were on approximately 400 cotton
farms in the county.
Application for cotton payments
have been signed on approximately
600 farms. It is expected that most
of the payments on these farms will
be received in the next three weeks.
The Cotton Price Adjustment Pro
gram has been handled rapidly in
1939. In most cases checks have been
received within three weeks from the
time applications were submitted to
the State Office. Cotton farmers who
have not signed application for pay
ment on their farm are urged to call
at the office of the County Agent at
their earliest convenience so that this
phase of the Agricultural Adjustment
Program may be completed at the
earliest possible time.
Commissioners To Be
In Session Tuesday
The Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues will hold their
regular meeting next Tuesday. All
those having business to transact with
this Board may do so at this meeting.
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1939.
Mary Miller Sails For Home
After South American Trip
Reports For This Newspaper In
Her Fifth Travel Letter
At Sea —Aboard M. S. Astri
August 5, 1939.
The more I think of the Portuguese
language, the better I like it. The
words are not spelled like the Spanish,
but when pronounced you can’t tell
much difference. I’ve read a book
by Hugh Wilson, former American
Ambassador to Brazil, called “Rio”
and I’ve learned a lot about Brazil.
The fact that we couldn’t stop in
Rio on the way back will always be 1
a thorn in my flash. I wasn’t joking.
about the city’s being next door to
something heavenly. My ambition to j
get back there grows by the day. As'
I look back over the trip, I suppose'
Rio stands out as the biggest sight j
of the lot. Buenos Aires is too much !
like New York to be terribly inter- 1
esting, although I was charmed with '
it, too. I have much more respect ;
for our South American neighbors ■
than I ever had before.
We were in Santos on the return
trip from Wednesday morning until
Friday noon and I almost learned to
love the place. On the second day I
made another trip inland to Sao
Paulo again and this time by train.
The occasion of this extra visit was
to accompany Dr. Acuna from Buenos
Aires, the passenger we took on at
that port. He had a letter of intro
duction to a Doctor Oliveiras in Sao
Paulo who has a sanatorium there.
Dr. Acuna has one in Buenos Aires,
and being one of the two delegates
from the Argentine to that Hospital
Congress, or something of the kind, I
in Toronto from September 15 to 29,
he wanted to study the hospital situa
tion in Brazil. If anybody thinks Sao
Paulo is behind the times as far as
hospitals are concerned, they’re badly
mistaken. I even time to life and
wore myself out walking from the
basement to the seventh floor of that
hospital, into every room. I’ve never
seen one so well equipped, but then
I don’t know an awful lot about hos
pitals. Dr. Oliveiras proved to be a
most charming man. He and Dr.
Acuna carried on a rapid fire con
versation—the one in Portuguese and
the other in Spanish, and neither
missed a trick! I was able to take in
the greater part of it. It turned out
that before the day was over Dr.
Acuna had been asked to represent
Brazil also at the Congress, so every
body was satisfied.
I saw much more of Sao Paulo that
day. The trip over was simply breath
taking. Whoever constructed that
railroad accomplished a work of art.
That was my idea of it and then I,
read somewhere that it will become,
“when known by travelers, one of the
scenic marvels of the universe as it
is now by reputation an engineering
wonder.” It was like riding in an
airplane. When we went by car we
climbed one mountain and the rest
was just rolling country, no moun
tains, but it seemed to me we were
climbing for over an hour on the train.
For the hardest climb a cog road is
used, a cable traction being the form
of conveyance. Great skill and care
are necessary in handling the traf
fic since the trains are attached to
the cable in such away that the up
going and down-going trains can pass
each other only at “switches.” Sev
eral times I felt as if we were slip
ping! This railway is the main out
let of the great coffee growing dis
trict of Brazil, and the profits being
very great a lot of money has been
spent on the railroad to improve the
property. It seems that years ago a
concession to build this railroad was
granted to a foreign syndicate which
agreed to a provision that required
that any profits over a reasonable
percentage should revert to the state.
The trains are very good; the one on
which we returned was practically
luxurious. I was glad it was dark
and I couldn’t see below. I thought,
or had a feeling, I was suspended in
mid air a time or two. After we got
up the mountain (or mountains) we
saw plantations of bananas and they
were many. I wouldn’t have missed
that trip by train for anything. I like
Brazil anyway..
On this trip I had time to shop in
Sao Paulo, but I derived no satisfac
tion from the effort. I found prices
about as high as at home. There are
large department stores there and
anything I really wanted cost plenty.
Santos was better for shopping,
though there are no large stores there
I watched our crew load coffee till
it grew monotonous. Electric con
veyors were rolling it onto the boat—
big sacks dropping into the hatch
and half clad negroes in the hatch doz
ing as the sacks fell all around them.
I’m still at a loss to know why the
negroes ■were there. Santos’s port is
busy; I counted 16 boats docked there
as we left.
We are heavily loaded now, so heav
ily that we can’t do any rolling and
tossing about like we did coming
down. On the front of the boat, on
the open deck, there are piles of old
automobile radiators! Why should we
be carrying junk like that? We have
hides galore, ’canned meat (which
must irk any American!), coffee and
fertilizer. I asked the Captain what
we had and he DIDN’T KNOW! I
asked the chief engineer and he said,
“Go ask the first mate; I run the en
gines!” He did tell me that all that
scrap metal was for melting and mak
ing copper of it, which fact I sup
pose you could guess.
The boat is sailing very smoothly
now, but even if we haven’t been rock
ing, the waves have been splashing all
over the decks from time to time,
keeping us indoors too much. The
crew work all the time. Every pail
of this boat is being painted. It will
be bright and shiny for its return to
New York—and for the next passen
gers!
That thought rather sickens me.
I’ve grown to love this “place.” It’s
so difficult to recall life elsewhere
now.
I’h having the time of my life try
ing to teach the Doctor English. I
spend at least six hours daily working
with him. I’m learning more Spanish
at the same time. I can laugh all
the time now when I hear the Doctor
battling with his letters, trying to
adjust his tongue to our terrible lan
guage. He says “absolooply,” “of
course,” “unfortuNATEly,” “I dunno
and I dun’ car,’ ” “I don’ lak,’ and
many other things that are amusing.
I have all the sympathy in the world
for him, having been over all that
trouble myself He works so hard
that I think he will know a great deal
ere we reach New York.
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1939.
Today I was able to obtain from the
first mate an exact list of what we
have on board.
From Montevideo, Buenos Aires and
Santos we are bringing everything;
nothing from Rio. And I may add
that up to date I haven’t been able to
find out what we brought down to
South America. Maybe I can do that
too later.
Herewith the consist of the cargo
northbound:
From Montevideo—
Fertilizer, 100 tons —Philadelphia.
Fertilizer, 300 tons—New York.
Wool, 100 bales—Philadelphia.
Corned Beef, 17 tons—Philadelphia.
From Buenos Aires—
Fertilizer, 100 tons—Baltimore.
Fertilizer, 100 tons—New York.
Salted Hides, 13,943 pieces—New
York.
Goat skins, 46 bales—Philadelphia.
Canned Meat, 29 tons —Baltimore.
Wool, 78 bales—Philadelphia.
Canned Meat, 52 tons—Baltimore.
Mineral Sand, 610 bags—New York
Lead, 865 bags—New York.
Wheat flour, 150 tons —Baltimore.
Middlings, 25 tons —Baltimore.
Used radiators, 35 tons —Baltimore.
From Santos—
Coffee, 1750 bags—Philadelphia.
Coffee, 1750 bags—Baltimore.
Coffee, 32,427 bags—New York.
Total weight—3,sss tons.
The Following Gives The Exact Time Spent Enroute, At Ports, Etc.:
Ports Days Hours Miles Time in each port
N. Y. to Rio 17 10 4796 13 hours
Rio to Santos 16 214 2 days
Santos to Montevideo 3 4 899 1 day and 9 hours
Montevideo to B’Aires 10 128 4 days and 20 hours
(These are nautical miles—Bo2 feet.longer than the 5280 ft. statute mile).
As the time draws nearer we are all
beginning to feel that the parting of
the ways is upon us. One week from
tomorrow we will reach that stage.
And what a trip! So long as I live
I shall not forget it. I’ve been to
many places, I suppose, but this kind
of trip will stand out as the most
amazing and enlightening of any yet
attempted. I don’t believe anybody
could tempt me to board a passenger
P.-T. A. Sponsors
Benefit Bridge
The P.-T. A., Newton High School,
। under the direction of its President,
Mrs. R. L. Hall, Mrs. Robert B. Short
and Mrs. Price Hall, sponsored a bene
; fit bridge and bingo party Monday
night at the home of Mrs. R. L. Hall,
i Tables were placed for bridge,
I bingo, and Chinese checkers in the
library, hall, livingroom and dining
j room, and there was entertainment
for all who were present.
Punch and cookies were served by
the hostess.
The proceeds will go to the P.-T. A.
| school fund.
Rev. R. H. Forrester
Accepts Call As Pastor
Rev. R. H. Forrester, of Leesburg,
i who has been pastor of Newton Bap
i tist Church for the past ten years, has
! accepted the call as pastor for the
coming year.
Rev. Forrester was first called to
j serve as pastor of this Church in
' 1929 and since that time has served
■ the church, making one of the most
faithful pastors the church has ever
had, always striving to keep the in
terest of the church before the people.
In August of this year Rev. Forrester
tendered his resignation as pastor to
the church in conference, which resig
nation was not accepted by the church
and it was unanimously voted by the
church to ask Rev. Forrester to with
draw his resignation and accept the
call as pastor for the coming year,
at the same time pledging their whole
hearted cooperation and support to
the church. After due consideration
! Rev. Forrester accepted this call and
. will serve the church for another year.
! The church as a whole feel that they
■ are fortunate in being able to secure
: the services of this very able and ef
' ficient man, and it is hoped that their
' appreciation will be shown in the co
operation given to the church and its
, organizations.
Odom Family Enjdy
1 Reunior Sunday
A family reunion was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Purd Odom Sun
day. A delightful dinnep of bar
becue, Brunswick stew, cakes, salads,
sandwiches and other tasty foods were
served. The dinner was spread under
the pine trees out in front of the
house. Everyone reported a good
time.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
G. H. Howard and son, William Wal
ter and mother, Mrs. Howard, of Win
ter Haven, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Hughes and son, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Butler, Jr. and daughter, Mr. Dick
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Ezema Tay
lor and family and Cleveland Hughes,
all of Moultrie; Mrs. Marvin Mullis,
of Richland; Mrs. C. Irvin, Mrs.
Claudie Rhodes and family, Mrs. E.
Musgrove and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie Edwards and son, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Butler, Sr. and family, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Rhodes, Miss Mamie
Sue Irvin, Mr. Frank Parker Oliver
and Kent Jones, Eugene Irvin, Lyn
wood Parker and Marcelle Irvin, all
of Newton.
Board Os Education
Will Meet Tuesday
The County Board of Education will
held their regular monthly meeting
Tuesday, October 3rd. It is expected
to be a very busy day with these
Board members in making complete
arrangements for the operation of
county schools during the coming
term. All parties having business
with the Board should meet at this
time.
African Cobra Venom Deadly
Two grams of the neurotoxin from
the venom of the African cobra will
kill 1,000,006 mice.
boat again, ever. There's something
about it that “gets” you.
(This is the final Travel letter of
Miss Millers series for THE BAKER
COUNTY NEWS. This newspaper is
glad to have been able to present this
feature and hopes to receive some ex
pression from its readers as a guide
in the selection of other features
which we hope will provide variety.—
Ed.).
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schools,
Good Chiu . s and
Good People.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
REA INJUNCTION
HEARING FRIDAY
। Judge W. M. Harper To Pre
side Over Hearing At 10:00
O’clock Today.
From The Camilla Enterprise.
The hearing on the injunction filed
by Mr. C. B. Galloway, of Hopeful,
against the Mitchell County Electric
Membership Corporation, will be held
this morning, Friday, at the court
! house.
The hearing is scheduled to start
at 10 o’clock and will be public.
Judge W. M. Harper, of Americus,
will sit on the bench in the hearing
and rule on the injunction, on invita
tion from Judge B. C. Gardner, who
is disqualified. Judge Gardner dis
qualified himself, because REA lines
serve tenant houses on his farm in
Mitchell county.
Attorney’s Frank S. Twitty of this
city and the firm of Bennet and Pea
cock, of Albany, will represent the
plaintiff.
The Mitchell County Electric Mem
bership Corporation’s attorney, Robert
Culpepper, Jr., will represent the local
power company, and Attorney S. P.
Cain, of Cairo, from the Grady County
REA Corporation will assist Mr. Cul
pepper.
Mr. Culpepper stated Thursday
morning that no attorneys from
Washington were expected for the
hearing, although there might be a
representative present.
The petition filed by Mr. Gallo
way’s attorneys asked that the Mit
chell County REA be restrained from
lending the Community Cold Storage
Corporation $25,000 for the construc
tion of a freezer-locker cold storage
plant in Mitchell county , on the
grounds that the local REA was es
tablished to construct rural power
lines and had no authority to lend
money for other enterprises.
The answer to the injunction pe
tition had not been made public tit
date.
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Mrs. Hall Hostess
To W. M. S.
Mrs. J. H. Hall was hostess Mon
day afternoon to the Woman’s Mis
sionary Society of the Baptist church.
Mrs. Price Hall and Mrs. R. L. Hall,
Sr. had charge of the program and a
very interesting program was given.
The hostess served delicious re
freshments.
Those present were Mrs. J. W. Pres
ton, Mrs. Price Hall, Mrs. R. L. Hall,
Mrs. Keown, Mrs. C. O. Hall, Miss
Agnes Preston, Mrs. J. C. Odom, Jr.,
Mrs. C. Kidd, Miss Mattie Lee Hall,
Mrs. J. B. Hall and Mrs. J. H. Hall.
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