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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. H. MILWARD, Editor and Publisher
THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 1939.
No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret
place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which
come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye; there
fore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light;
but when thy eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.—St.
Luke, Chap. XL, vs. 33-34.
In the weeks and months preceding the outbreak of the Eu
ropean War there were few weeks when there was not some out
break in Jerusalem between the Jews and Arabs. Now with a
common foe they no longer seem to be fighting each other.
Spanish children, refugees from the Spanish Civil War who
are living in eight colonies in France have not been told that an
other war is on . . . Already these children have endured more
than two years of bombings in Spain ... It is feared that the chil
dren would become unmanageable if they knew that air raids are
again possible i ntheir young lives.
A former negro slave, George Washington Carver, is to a
great extent responsible for the fact that the peanut industry has
grown to be a $60,000,000 business in the south. This negro
scientist has made a study of the peanut and it is said that 200
uses for the crop have been developed . . . The great Thomas
Edison wanted Carver in his laboratory and made him an attract
ive offer, but the negro refused, believing he was needed by his
own race and section.
When we read of the division of the lands in Poland under
the Russians we realize what Communism means in real life . . .
Landowners are hunted . . . while their land is given to former
renters and tenants ... If and when found, the landowners will
likely face a firing squad . . . The same is true of factories . . .
Communism takes them from the owners and gives them to the
operators. And Communism has spread especially since the World
War. and the depression which always follows wars will cause this
Russian doctrine to be even further widespread.
New uses for cotton are predicted. One is the extensive use
of cotton for rug making . . . Another is the use of cotton seed
hulls to be used for insulation in buildings. It has been proved
that cotton seed hulls are as effective as other materials used for
this purpose. Any new use of cotton will be helpful to the
southern farmer . . . For the South can not easily get away from
cotton . . . One reason for this, and one not usually considered is,
that the making of the cotton crop is the chief occupation of
negroes throughout the South. Without cotton, they would be
without work.
Hitler .the most talked about man in the world is about to
take second place in the “Talk Parade.” giving place to Stalin,
Russia’s dictator .. . Had Stalin lived in the United States he would
probably have been public enemy number one . . . that is if he had
continued the criminal career which he is said to have begun . . .
Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty in Great Britain’s
war cabinet, says of these two men, “Instead of two powerful
minds, we have a couple of sets of rival gangsters joining forces
in a jam, trying to shoot their way out with any loot they can
carry through the G-men of civilization.”
Youth ,
Youth is not a time of life ... it is a state of mind. It is not
a matter of ripe cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a temper
of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions;
it is a freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over
timidity, of the appetite for adventure over love of ease. This
often exists in a man of fifty more than a boy of twenty.
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years; people
grow r old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin,
but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self
distrust, fear and despair . . . these are the long, long years that
bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every’ being’s heart
the love of wonder, the sweet amazement of the stars and star
like things and thoughts, the undaunted challenge of events, the
unfailing child-like appetite for what next, and the joy and game
of life.
You are as young as your faith, as old as your dobt; as young
as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope,
as old as your despair.
In the central place of your heart there is a wireless station;
so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage,
grandeur and power from the earth, from men and from the In
finite, so long are you young.
When the wires are all down and all the central place of your
heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of
cynicism, then are you grown old indeed and may God have mercy
on your soul. —Anonymous.
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE
Georgia, Baker County.
Will be sold before the Court House door
in the City of Newton on the first Tuesday
in October, 1939, in said County between the
legal hours of sale to the highest and best
bidder for cash, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
25 acres of land, on the North East Corner
of lot No. 137 in the 7th land district of
Baker County, Georgia, being in the shape
of a square and bounded as follows: On the
North and East by the land lot lines and on
the South and West by other lands of B. H.
Askew, Jr.
Levied on and to be sold as the property
of B. H. Askew, Jr. to satisfy a tax fi. fa.
issued by P. L. Odom, Tax Collector, of
Baker County, Georgia, for the year of 1988.
Said taxes being State, County and School
Tax.
Said fi. fa. in the hands of M. C. Screws,
Sheriff of Baker County, Georgia.
Tenant in possession notified as required by
law.
This sixth day of September, 1989.
M. C. SCREWS, Sheriff,
Baker County, Georgia.
TAX LEVY FOR 1939
Georgia, Baker County.
Office of Board of Commissioners
Os Roads and Revenues of Said
County.
At the regular meeting of the Board of
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said
County, held on the Ist day of August, 1939,
and adjourned over until August 8, 1939,
it was moved by N. H. Ethridge, seconded
by C. L. Griffin and unanimously carried,
it is hereby ordered that a County Tax of
Two Dollars and Twenty Cents ($2.20) ; or
22 Mills be. and the same is hereby levied
and assessed on all the taxable property of
said County, for the year 1939, for County
purposes, and the Tax Collector of said County
is hereby instructed and ordered to collect
said tax for said year accordingly.
Whereas, it is further ordered that the
amount of said taxes so levied and assessed
be prorated at the following rates, for the
following purposes, to-wit:
1. To repair Courthouse, Jail, Bridges and
other public buildings and improvements.
Forty (.40) cents on each one hundred dollars,
or 4.00 Mills
2. To pay Sheriffs, Jailers and other offi
cers that may be legally due by said County,
Fifteen (15) cents on each one hundred dol
lars, or __ 1.50 Mills
3. To pay expenses of County for Bailiffs,
non-resident witnesses in criminal cases, fuel,
servant hire, etc., Five (5) Cents on each one
hundred dollars, dr 0.50 Mills
4. To pay Jurors per diem compensations.
Twenty cents (20) on each one hundred dol
lars, or 2.00 Mills
5. To pay expenses in supporting the poor
of said County, Five (5) Cents on each one
hundred dollars, or 0.50 Mills
6. To pay expenses in working and keeping
up public roads and maintenance. Forty (40)
cents on each one hundred dollars, or 4.00 Mills
7. To pay other lawful charges against the
County, Twenty-five (251 cents on each one
hundred dollars, or 2.50 Mills
8. To pay old age assistance to aged per
sons in need, for payments of assistance to
the needy blind and dependent children ; or
other welfare benefits coming under Bill No.
10, page 1124 of the Acts of 1937 of tbe Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia, Twenty-five (25)
Cents on each one hundred dollars, or
9. To pay County Agent for the Agricul
tural purposes, coming under Acts of General
Expense Account Baker County For Month Os
August—Bills Paid September sth.
ROAD FUND
Baker County News—publishing expense account $ 8.00
Bootie Reese—janitor 15.00
J. H. Hall—2 days ser. Co. Com 10.00
N. H. Ethredge—2 days ser. Co. Com 10.00
J. L. Goodman— 2 days ser. Co. Com _ 10.00
C. L. Griffin—2 days ser. Co. Com 10.00
H. T. Rentz—2 days ser. Co. Com 10.00
W. B. Bates—Road Supt._.i 85.00
E. L. Bailey—24o hrs. road work 48.00
W. B. Frazier—27o hrs. road work 54.00
J. M. Swann—262 hrs. road work 52.40
M. W. Eubanks—247 hrs. road work 49.40
Grady Wills—27o hrs. road work 54.00
Clark Edwards—26o hrs. road work 52.00
William Irvin—27o hrs. road work 54.00
Andrew Wills—27o hrs. road work 54.00
W. B. Bates—cash paid out County 2.50
Georgia Power Company—lights, court house and jail 8.74
Crow Chevrolet Company—repair on trucks 177.15
Yancey Tractor Company—pipe 30.00
L. & L. Service Company—gas and oil 269.47
Albany Hardware Company—lawn mower and rake 15.69
F. L. Cross —343 post 42.87
Cecil Morgan—oil and tire repair 2 3.80
Martin’s Garage—repair work 5.25
Butler Grocery Co., nails and supplies 16.65
Keenan Auto Parts Co.—parts 7.00
C. T. Williford—services rendered 38.20
Southern Bell Telephone Co.—telephone bill 22.87
J. H. Hall—cash paid out trip to Atlanta, Rt. 91 12.00
Benton Odom, Co. Atty, and services 31.00
S. L. Ryals—parts WPA truck 3.65
W. Z. Rooks—damage mule hurt on bridge 150.00
J. D. Gardner—agent gas & oil WPA trucks 62.69
AGRICULTURAL FUND
N. D. Mcßainey—County Agent $50.00
OTHER LAWFUL CHARGES FUND
W. R. Carswell—upkeep Camp Sawyer $ 6.00
P. B. Hilburn—reg. vital sta 2.00
R. B. Phillips—reg. vital sta. - 2 .25
T. A. Riley—reg. vital sta _ 5.00
O. M. Sanders—reg. vital sta 1.00
Baker County News—legal advertising 47.00
PAUPER FUND
M. W. Irvin, Treas.—9 paupers $ 9.00
Newton WPA Library—books 5.00
Elmodel, WPA Library—books-- 5.00
BRIDGE & BUILDING FUND
C. S. Adams—winding clock $ 5.00
J. E. Simmons—repairs courthouse clinic 62.48
BAILIFF & NON RESIDENT WITNESS
The Camilla Enterprise—office supplies $ 6.00
Albany Typewriter Exchange—repair typewriter 1.50
L. D. Acker Printing Company—supplies 1.90
Roberts & Son—supplies 18.29
Marshall & Bruce Company—office supplies 76.90
SOCIAL SCEURITY FUND
State Board of Health—supplies for clinic $ 5.00
Baker County Dept. Public Welfare—Sept, budget 142.90
Baker County Dept. Public Welfare—August budget 51.00
OFFICER FUND
M. C. Screws—services $119.80
W. E. Jones—services ' 14.60
TOTAL— $2,110.95
Assembly of Georgia, 1938, on page 144, Five
(5) Cents on each one hundred dollars, or
10. To pay accumulated debts of Baker
County, Forty (40) cents on each one hun
dred dollars, or 4.00 Mills
Upon the recommendation of the Board of
Education of said County, it is further or
dered that a school tax of (5) Five Mills be
levied and assessed against all of the taxable
property in said county for County-wide Edu
cational purposes.
Upon the recommendation of the Board of
Trustees of the Newton Consolidated School
District, approved by the Board of Education
of said County, it is hereby ordered that for
the purpose of supplementing the public school
funds received from the State and County a
tax of (7) Seven Mills be levied and assessed
on the taxable property in said school district,
for the purpose of retiring and paying interest
on a certain bonds heretofore issued by said
school district and a tax of (5) Five Mills
be levied and assessed against all of the
taxable property in said school district for
the purpose of maintaining said school dis
trict, making a total of (12) Twelve Mills for
said school district.
Upon recommendation of the Board of
Trustees of the Elmodel Consolidated School
District, approved by the Board of Educa
tion of said County, it is ordered that a local
tax of (6) Six Mills be levied and assessed
against the taxable property in said School
district for the purpose of retiring and paying
interest on certain Bonds heretofore issued
by said school district and that a local tax
of (5) Mills be levied and assessed against
all of the taxable property in said school
district for the purpose of maintaining said
school district, making a total of (11) Eleven
Mills for said school district.
Upon recommendation of the Board of
Trustees of the Patmos Consolidated School
District, approved by the Board of Education
of said County, it is ordered that local tax
of (8) Eight Mills be levied and assessed
against the taxable property in said school
district for the purpose of retiring and pay
ing interest on certain bonded indebtedness
of said school district and that a local tax
of (5) Five Mills be levied and assessed against
all of the taxable property in said school
district for the purpose of maintaining said
school district, making a total of (13) thirteen
Mills for said school district.
Upon recommendation of the Board of
Trustees of the Bethany Consolidated School
District; approved by the Boarti of Education
of said County, it is ordered that a local tax
of (41 Four Mills be levied and assessed
against the taxable property in said school
district for the purpose of retiring and pay
ing interest on certain bonded indebtedness
of said school district and that a local tax
of (4) Four Mills be levied and assessed
against all of the taxable property in said
school district, for the purpose of maintaining
said school district, making a total of (8)
Eight Mills for said school district.
Upon recommendation of the Board of
Trustees of the Pine Hill School District, ap
proved by the Board of Education of said
County, it is ordered that a local tax of (2)
Two Mills be levied and assessed against all
of the taxable property in said school dis
trict for the purpose of supplementing the
public school funds received from the State
and County for the purpose of maintaining
said school, making a total of (2) Two Mills
for said school district.
Upon recommendation of the Board of
Trustees of the Providence Consolidated School
District of said County, and approved by the
Board of Education of said County, it is
ordered that a local tax of (7) Seven Mills
be levied and assessed against the taxable
property of said school district for the pur
pose of retiring and paying interest on the
bonded indebtedness of said school district
and that a local tax levy of (2) Two Mills
be levied and assessed against all of the tax
able property in said school district for the
purpose of maintaining said school district.
making a total of (9) Nine Mills for said
school district.
Upon recommendation of tbe Board of
Trustees of the Jackson Consolidated School
District, approved by the Board of Education
of said County, it is ordered that a local
tax of (Bi Five Mills be levied and assessed
against the taxable property in said school
district for the purpose of retiring and paying
interest on the bonded indebtedness in said
school district, no maintenance tax being recom
mended by said Trustees, making a total of
(5) Five Mills for said school district.
Upon the recommendation of the Board of
Trustees of the Stevens Consolidated School
District, approved by the Board of Education
of said County, it is ordered that a local tex
of (5) Five Mills be levied and assessed against
all of the taxable property in said school dis
trict for the purpose of retiring and paying
interest on the bonded indebtedness of said
school district and a local tax of (2) Two
Mills be levied and assessed against the tax
able property in said school district for the
purpose of maintaining said school district,
making a total of (7) Seven Mills for said
school district.
The above and foregoing levy made at this
the regular meeting adjourned over to this
date by proper resolution of the Board of
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said
County, held on this the 18th day of August.
1989, and the same is hereby placed and en
tered upon the minutes of the Board of Com
missioners of Roads and Revenues of said
County, and that said levy be advertised as is
required by law.
Done in open session, this the 18th day of
August, 1939.
J. H. HALL, Chairman.
H. T. RENTZ
J. L. GOODMAN
C. L. GRIFFIN
N. H. ETHREDGE
Members of the Board of
Commissioners of Roads
And Revenues of Baker
County, Ga.
Attest: C. T. WILLIFORD, Clerk.
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Newton, Ga., August 18, 1939.
Honorable Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues, Baker County, Ga.
Gentlemen:
The following tax levies for school purposes
are recommended for County-wide and for the
several districts, for the year 1989.
County Wide 5 Mills.
Districts Mills Mills
Bonds Maintenance Total
Newton 7 5
Elmodel 6 5 11
Patmos 8 5 13
Bethany 4 4 8
Pine Hill 0 2 2
Providence 7 2 9
Jackson 5 0 5
Stevens 527
The above districts levies are based upon
the recommendation of the Board of Trustees
of the several school districts.
R. L. HALL, Superintendent
Schools Baker County, Georgia.
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CERTIFICATE EXEMPLIFICATION OF
RECORD
State of Georgia. Baker County.
Clerk’s Office —ss.
I, C. T. Williford. Ex. off. Clerk Commis
sioners, of said County, do hereby certify that
I have compared the foregoing copy of four
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pages 1989 Tax Levy for Baker County with
the original record thereof, now remaining in
this office, and the same is a correct trans
cript therefrom, and of the whole of such
original record, and that this Court is a Court
of Record.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto Bet
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
this the 19th day of August, 1989.
C. T. WILLIFORD,
Ex. Off. Clerk Board Commissioners
of Roads and Revenues, Baker
County, Georgia.
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