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The Official Organ
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Baker County
Established 1912
VOLUME 28. NUMBER 11.
TALMADGE URGES
“NEW MONEY CROP”
Says Conservation Payments
Are State’s New Crop. “Won’t
Grow In The Sun.”
Speaking to a crowd of several
thousand gathered on the court house
lawn at noon Thursday for the Mitchell
County Fair and horse races, former
Governor Eugene Talmadge delivered
a broadside at the farm program of
the country and challenged America
to keep out of war.
Talmadge opened his address with
an attack on the soil conservation
and parity payment program of the
AAA and branded it as "Georgia’s
new crop.’’ He said it won’t grow in
the sun, it grew in the shade.”
Former Governor Talmadge was in
troduced to the gathering by Judge B.
C. Gardner, Judge of the Superior
Courts of Albany Circuit.
। The former Governor told the large
gathering of southwest Georgia farm
ers that he hated to urge them to take
advantage of a program that could
lead them only to slavery, but it was
the law and it was paying off. If
they didnt get it, somebody else would
and they would still have to pay for
it.
He urged farmers to study the con
servation plan and how to take ad
vantage of all the payments. Tal
madge said farmers had to apply
enough to “give that crowd in Wash
ington a belly full of farming.”
Commenting on the past session of
the legislature, Talmadge said they
were to be congratulated on “what
they didn’t do.” He said that no new
taxes were needed and the legislature
didn’t pass them.
Turning to other subjects, Tal
madge said he wanted to keep America
out of war. He said he had heard
President Roosevelt’s address and was
in accord with every word of the
speech. He favored the cash and carry
* plan. “Now,” said Talmadge, “they
are talking about ninety day credits.
Ninety days is a thousand years.
They’ve got the goods and we haven’t
the money.” He favored a cash on
the barrel head policy.
Talmadge said we had a war at
home to fight. We had to fight the
laws that were encircling the people.
Talmadge said the only person he’d
ever seen who had too much to eat
and too much to wear was Secretary
Henry Wallace. He said he’d tried
twice to get to Washington to “shake
the bully in his Seat” but had failed.
If he went to Washington it would
just be for a visit.
Talmadge advocated as the only
plan for national economy, the home
steading of ideal lands to farmers on
a five year plan.
Following Talmadge’s address, H.
B. Edwards, representative from
Lowndes county, took over the micro
phone for a one hour attack on the
present state administration. "Hell-
Bent” Edwards said the present ad
ministration was, “Most wasteful,
most extravagant, and had the most
people on the payroll since the state
was founded.” “The teachers and old
people elected Ed Rivers," said Ed
wards, “and he has betrayed them.”
Following the conclusion of the
speeches the crowd adjourned to the
Camilla Race Track to see Governor
Talmadge ride in harness races. Tal
madge was scheduled to drive Camilla
Boy, owned by Dan Palmer and one
of the fastest horses in the local
stables. Talmadge said, “I hope I
win this race.”
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Baptist W. M. S.
To Meet Monday
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Newton Baptist Church will
meet Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
at the home of Mrs. Price Hall, with
Mrs. J. H. Hall as leader. All mem
bers are especially urged to attend
this meeting, so plans may be made
for our society to attend the South
west Division Conference at the Ca
milla Baptist Church on October 11.
The members of the Newton So
ciety are asked to attend the South
west Division Conference which meets
at the Camilla Baptist Church at 10
o’clock A. M., on October 11. Mrs.
Frank Burney, State President of
B. W. U., Miss Janice Singleton, Ex
ecutive Secretary and Dr. John Lee
will be outstanding speakers on the
program. Mrs. C. A. Hautm^n, Vice-
President from Dawson, will preside
at the meeting,
Newton P.-T. A. *
Meets Wednesday
The P.-T. A. of the Newton School
met Wednesday afternoon in the
school auditorium at 3 o’clock. Mrs.
R. L. Hall, Sr. led the devotional.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and adopted, and the reports
of the different committees were
given:
The Lunch Room Project whs dis
cussed, and every one was very anx
ious to begin real soon. Miss Ellen
Hall, Home Economics teacher, gave
a report on her trip to Edison and
Morgan, to see their lunch rooms.
Mrs. Robert B. Short asked that we
have a dish and utensil shower at
her home this Friday afternoon for the
P.-T. A.
The Grade Mothers were named to
serve for three months as follows:
First Grade—Mrs. W. C. Musgrove
and Mrs. Frank Davis.
Second Grade—Mrs. Clark Edwards
and Mrs. T. A. Riley.
Third Grade—Mrs. Oris Musgrove
and Mrs. ’ Armand Eubanks.
.Fourth Grade—Mrs. Lillie Mans
field and Mrs. Lucy Davis.
Fifth Grade—Mrs. Robt. B. Short
and Mrs. Geo. Durham.
Sixth Grade—Mrs. E. Hatcher and
Mrs. E. H. Hainsley.
Seventh Grade—Mrs. R. H. Wat
son and Mrs. Cordelia Flournoy.
Eighth Grade—Mrs. Milledge Irvin
and Mrs. Guy Touchton.
Ninth Grade—Mrs. Jack Minter and
Mrs. H. T. Rentz.
Tenth Grade—Mrs. O. C. Sinder
sine and Mrs. S. F. Heard.
Eleventh Grade—Mrs. Miles Mans
field and Mrs. W. R. Baxter.
Mr. Leonard announced that the
school would sponsor a Hallowe’en
Carnival in the shell. The date to be
announced later.
Those present were: Mrs. Jack Sim
mons, Mrs. R. H. Watson, Mrs. J. H.
Jernigan, Mrs. Lois Reeves, Miss Mar
garet Hudson, Miss Ellen Hall, Mrs.
Keown, Mrs. Tom Boatwright, Mrs.
William Irvin, Mrs. Everett Hainsley,
Mrs. Byron Edwa/ds, Mrs. Ivy C.
Musgrove, Mrs. Roy Salter, Mrs. J.
W. Preston, Mrs. Sim Moore, Mrs. P.
L. Odom, Mrs. J. L. Butler, and
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Riley, Mrs.
E. M. Harris, Mrs. C. T. Williford,
Miss Agnes Preston, Mrs. R. L. Hall,
Sr., Miss Alma Ellis, Mrs. R. B. Short,
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Leonard, Mr.
Goodwin Hulme, Mrs. Charlie Adams,
Mrs. Fred Cross, Mrs. Oris Musgrove
and Mrs. H. T. Rentz.
Workmen Discover
25-Year-Old Scotch
Vidalia.—Workers razing a Vidalia
warehouse, discovered in the founda
tion, recently, a bottle of Scotch whis
key, which had been cached in the
walls of the old structure when the
plant was constructed some 25 years
ago. The laborers who discovered the
old-style “petticoat-covered” bottle of
spirits would no doubt advocate that
more such useful gifts be placed in
cornerstones of future buildings to
make razing of suqh edifices inter
esting.
Newton And Elmodel
To Play Double Header
Newton and Elmodel are playing a
double header on the Newton Court
next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
This is the first game of the season,
and everybody is urged to attend these
games, and show them you are work
ing for them.
Don’t forget this game—come!
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1939.
ELMODEL SCHOOL
NEWS
ELMODEL SENIOR
CLASS NEWS
The old school bell rang once more
Monday morning, September 18. It
will probably be the last time in High
School that we’ll hear it for we all
plan to graduate in June. Twenty
five students are enrolled. This is
the largest graduating class known in
the history of Elmodel School. We
regret losing quite a large number
of students to other schools.
We have our rings and are very
proud of them. They were in the Post
Office a week before school opened.
Those who didn’t order them last year
plan to do so at an early date.
A class meeting was held Thursday
for the purpose of electing officers.
The following were elected; Cecil
Strickland, President; Milton Shiver,
Vice President; Raleigh Johnson, Sec
retary; Doris Brunson, Treasurer. We
are well satisfied with them and hope
to make this a very successful year,
We are beginning the term with a
wonderful class spirit—everyone be
ing willing to cooperate. We are very
glad to have Mrs. J. M. Garrett, Ar
lington, Ga. as our sponsor.
Senior Class Reporter
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ELMODEL TENTH
GRADE NEWS
The Tenth Grade had a meeting
Friday with Mrs. Tolbert, our spon
sor, presiding, until the officers were
elected. The following officers were
elected: Marion Rooks, President;
Peyton Starr, Vice-President; Buford
Hilburn, Secretary; C. W. Craft,
Treasurer.
We are very proud of our new
members this year. We feel that they
are an asset to our Junior Class.
We, the Junior Class, have resolved
to make our school room more at
tractive by having suitable growing
plants and by keeping fresh flowers
on the teacher’s desk.
We are planning to serve refresh
ments at the ball games in order to
raise money to entertain the senior
class next spring. We ask our friends
to eat with us when attending our
ball games.
Junior Class Reporter.
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ELMODEL HOME ECONOMICS
NEWS
FOOD PLANNING
FOR THE FAMILY
Many women admit that while
cleaning takes a great deal of time,
still it is one of the tasks of the
home which can be glossed over, or
quite neglected in extreme need. But
the three meals a day problem seems
the one from which there is no es
cape. It is estimated that 70 per cent
of the total time spent on all house
work is devoted to meal planning,
cooking, serving, and dishwashing,
whether the family be rich or poor.
Cooking is all too frequently done
merely to feed the family, without
planning to nourish it. The all im
portant duty of the home maker her
self is to make a study of food values
and to supply her table with rightly
chosen foods, cooked intelligently.
The knowledge of foods is a study on
which the easier and better prepara
tion of meals depend.
A “balanced” meal is one in which
the various food principals are com
bined in proper amounts. The “bal
anced” meal must contain some pro
tein foods, some carbohydrate foods,
some mineral salts, some water and
bulk. This combination should be
present in all meals both for the needs
of the body and for good digestion.
The meal should not contain too much
starch or too much fat, but should be
well balanced.
Not only does the “balanced” meal
nourish, but it lessens the cost of
the menus. The home maker who un
derstands the principles of the bal
anced meal will not, for instance, have
an expensive egg dessert when the
first course is a substantial mes^t
dish for real economy. A most im
portant thing to remember in planning
meals is, to consider the taste and ap
petite as well as the nutritive values.
Even the best dinners, arranged on
the most nourishing plan, would not
necessarily be appetizing if certain
rules are not observed.
We should plan meals ahead of
time, by the day or week. Nothing
wastes time more or is more in
efficient than to let the choosing of
a meal go until an hour or two hours
before it is served.
Careful marketing saves money. It
is difficul to say just where to draw
the line between the saving made by ।
Total Pay Rolls On
Waterworks Project
Reach $5,436.34.
Pay rolls totaling $5,436.34 poured
from earned wages of workers on
the Newton Waterworks Project into
cash registers of merchants in the
metropolitan area of Newton, PWA
Resident Engineer, Hugh C. Wilson,
estimated today.
Private industry employed all the
men, Wilson said, and construction
was made possible by assistance of
the Public Works Administration.
The payrolls were spent for necessi
ties.
Over half of the workmen’s pay
went for food, clothing, and housing,
Wilson said.
The estimates were based on com
pleted findings of the United States
Department of Labor on how eavpjp^s
from PWA Projects WW spent in
business chswpd* of a community.
This is the first time such information
has been available. j.'
„ .Grocers received 32 cents out of
every dollar wages, landlords were
paid 15% cents, and clothiers deliv
ered nine and nine-tenths cents worth
of merchandise, the estimate showed.
Other items were 11% cenfff opt of
each payroll spent for household op
eration which included electricity,
water, coal, paint, house repairs and
other expenses necessary for the home.
Workers paid 10.8 cents of their
dollar for transportation, including up
keep, of the family automobile, and
bus, car and train fares.
"Hie average worker spent almost
as much for medical care as for furni
ture and equipment. He paid the doc
tor gnd druggist 4.22 cents and spent
4.6 cents with the furniture and home
equipment dealer.
Monies, sports events, lodge benefits
and dther forms of recreation, includ
ing a family trip to the circus or to
the f lir, gave the workmen an oppor
tunity to spend another 5.1 cents of
each dollar.
Applying these findings to the New
ton Waterworks project, Mr. Wilson
said (total sums spent by workmen
werb as follows:, -
For groceries $1,739.53; for rent
$854.42; for clothing $538.08; for
household expenses $625.17; for trans
portation $585.11; for furniture $250.-
01; for medical care $228.23; for rec
reation $277.25; and for savings and
insurance $348.34.
Ludowici Man, 79,
Claimed Oldest
Sunday School Goer
Ludowici.—Henry Fort Dunham of
this vicinity, who will round off his
eightieth year in March, believes that
he is the oldest regular Sunday School
goer in the state. Dunham started
his lengthy Sunday School career at
the age of 6, and according to the
octogenarian, he liked it so well that'
he has hardly missed a Sunday since. [
The Ludowician may be found at all
times with a lesson book in his pocket,
and is often consulted as to the next
week’s lesson.
Colors Not New With Season
The beautiful colors of autumn
foliage are not new at that season,
but are there all the time. Leaves
have three chief pigments—green,
yellow and orange. The most abun
dant color is green, which domi
nates and obscures the other tints
during the summer. Autumn weath
er causes the green pigment to dis
appear, leaving the others.
careful planning and by careful mar
keting. The idea of overlapping the
same material for two or more meals
and marketing with this in view re
sults in a big money-saving because
it forces the housewife to buy more
closely and less lavishly and less in
hit-or-miss way which is always more
costly.
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ELMODEL EIGHTH
GRADE NEWS
The eighth grade had its first busi
ness meeting Monday morning for the
purpose of electing class officers.
Mrs. Eugene Hall called the meeting
to order and the following officers
were elected:
Jesse Goodman, President of the
Bth Grade; Mary Frances Phillips,
Vice President; and Mabel Barnette,
Secretary and Treasurer of the class.
The newly elected President took
charge of the meeting and plans for
the year were discussed.
Jesse, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Goodman, is an outstanding stu
dent and a leader of his class. He was
unanimously elected by the class as
their president for the year.
City Os Camilla
Sells Bonds At 107
In a special called session of the
City Council, the $20,000 refunding
bond issue of the City of Camilla was
sold for $21,350 last Thursday night.
The bonds were sold to the firm of
Johnson, Lane and Space, of Atlanta.
The bid was six and one-half points
above par but since the bond firm
has assumed all expense in the trans
action, it is equivalent to a 107 bid.
The City will realize a net profit
of $1350 on the transaction.
Bidding was rather stiff Thursday
night with about six firms represented
and one bidder in contact with the
session by telephone from Atlanta.
The sale of the bonds, makes avail
able funds for the proposed plan of
city improvement!*, Approximately
$9,500 (s needed immediately to fi
nanee the City’s share in the water
main extension projects.
BETHANY NEWS
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P.-T. A. MEETS •
The first meeting of the new school
year was held at the school audi
torium Thursday afternobn of last
week, with Mrs. Theo Killebrew pre
siding over the business session.
New officers were elected.
President—Mrs. Will Rooks.
Vice President—Mrs. Nancy John
son.
I Secretary—Miss Howell Ethredge.
Treasurer—Miss Reba Craft.
Social Committee Chairman—Mrs.
P. G. Wilkerson, with Mrs. Theo Kil
lebrew and T. L. Gamble helpers.
Grounds Chairman — Mrs. Early
Craft, with Mrs. Will Rooks and Mrs.
Marvin Ethredge helpers.
Membership Chairman—Mrs. Irvin
Goolsby, with Mrs. Henry Killebrew
and Mrs. George Ray helpers.
Program Committee—Mrs. T. L.
Gamble and Mrs. Jones and Brooks
i and Misses Ethredge and Craft help
ers.
. Hostesses for the year were named.
Grade Mothers for each room were se
lected.
We were glad to have in o‘urP.-T.A.
meeting four of our trustees, Messrs.
L. D. Lawrence, Will Rooks, Ralph
Phillips and John Ethredge, and Mr.
W. W. Deßarry, one of the County
Board of Education members, and bus
drivers, Messrs. Frank Killebrew and
Early Craft.
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Among the shoppers in Albany Sat
urday were: Mrs. Edwin Jones, Mrs.
Will Rooks, Miss Reba Craft, Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Gamble, Mrs. Theo Kille
brew, Mrs. George Ray, Mrs. Kittie
Tyson, Mrs. Wyatt Brooks, Miss De
lores Rooks.
Mr. and Mrs. David Jones and Mrs.
Rye attended a Primitive Baptist As
sociation near Climax Sunday.
Mr. J. F. Killebrew, who has been in
Lakeland, Fla. for some time, is home
i on a visit with his parents, Mr. and
i Mrs. Frank Killebrew.
Misses Lorene Rooks and Ruby
Rigsby, who are members of the Pine
Hill School faculty in Decatur coun
ty, spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. Will Rooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Jones were
visitors in Edison Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamill, of Live
oak and Mrs. Bob Hamill were visitors
in Arlington Thursday afternono.
Mrs. Jinks Hudson and baby, of
Live Oak, spent the week-end with
Mrs. Charlie Ray and Mr. Ray.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lawrence, of
Leary, spent Monday with Mrs. Geo.
Ray and family.
Miss Posey Hamill came home Sun
day night after a week’s visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Walden and
family, of Arlington.
Pidcock Appointed
Receiver G. S. W.&C.
Judge B. C. Gardner issued an order
here Wednesday, appointing Mr. C.
W. Pidcock, Jr., of Moultrie, receiver
for the Albany Northern railroad,
known as G. S. W. & C. line, to suc
ceed the late Mr. W. M. Legg ,of
Albany. Mr. Legg died Monday at I
his home.
Mr. C. W. Pidcock will assume op
eration of the short line from Al
bany to Cordele. Mr. Pidcock is well
known in railroad circles, being the
operator of the G. A. S. & C. railroad,
one of the most successful short lines
in the country.
Sweet Limes
The honey usually served with
breakfast rolls and coffee in Czecho
slovakia has a unique fragrance:
that of the lime trees from which
Czech bees get the material for
their product
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schools,
Good Churches and
Good People.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
MITCHELL COUNTY
FAIR BIG SUCCESS
Hundreds Attend First Days
Os Fair. Horse Races Satur
day.
The Mitchell County Fair opened
this week in all its glory, ex
hibit tents crowded to the limits with
samples of the golden harvest, stock
pens with pure bred livestock, and a
gay mid-way to provide the fun and
merriment for a people anxious to
celebrate the harvest season.
There was no evidence of a short
crop year at the Mitchell county fair
this week and all agricultural exhibits
showed more than the usual quality
and perfection. There was no sour
note in the whole four days the fait
has been open, . ■
Located on the spacious grounds of
the Camilla Rave Track, the Mitchell
county fatl-, sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion, is one of the best pre
sented to the people of this section in
several years.
Today, Thursday, the fair program
was well under way and many events
had already taken place. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, still remain and
are the three largest days of the fair
The program for the last three days
is packed full of entertainment for
those who haven’t had a chance to
attend.
Friday is school' children’s day
and every child in the county is in
vited to come to the fair grounds
free of charge. There will be no
admission on the gate until after dark,
and all rides and shows will be half
price. A record crowd is expected
Friday.
Saturday is colored school children's
day and all colored children in the
county will be admitted to the grounds
free of charge. Rides will also be half
price.
The fair opened Monday night with
exhibit tents in place, but not open,
and the mid-way in full swing.
Tuesday was the day of the first
strife’s of Horse races and a luce crowd
turned out for the event. Work con
tinued on the exhibits.
Wednesday night was the official
opening night of the fair and the
largest crowd of the week swelled the
fair grounds. Exhibits were formally
opened and large crowds of people
flocked through to view the displays
KabDits Bunk Their Eyes
Many people insist that rabbits
never blink their eyes. The natur
alist Seton investigated this belief
and found that, while rabbits’ eyes
don’t wink nearly as often as those
of humans, they uo on occasion, re
ports the American Wildlife Insti
tute. After watching one rabbit for
about seven minutes, Seton says the
animal finally closed its eyelids
very slowly and deliberately a cou
ple of times, then went right back
to staring—without a single blink
for another comparatively long pe
riod of time.
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