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Hie Official Organ
Baker County
Established 1912
VOLUME 28. NUMBER 21.
ODOM, HALL, SCREWS, BRUNSON LEAD RACE
For Commissioners Hall, Goodman,
Griffin, Rooks, Rentz High Men
RUN-OFF FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTEND
ENT, ORDINARY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER
JANUARY 10. HEAVY VOTING IN PRIMARY.
A sheriff, a tax collector and five
county commissioners were nominated
in the Baker county primary Wednes
day, with five voting districts being
open in the county.
Run-offs in the primary for the
posts of county school superintendent,
ordinary and one county commission
post are slated for January 10.
The following were nominated:
Claude Screws, incumbent, for
sheriff.
P. L. Odom, incumbent, for tax col
lector.
J. H. Hall, incumbent; Charles Grif
fin, incumbent; H. T. Rentz, incumb
ent, and J. L. Goodman, incumbent,
for county commissioners.
Sheriff Screws, who will serve his
second term, received 798 votes. His
opponents, R. J. Griffin and P. G.
Wilkerson, received 218 and 407, re
spectively. There will be no run-off
for this post.
Tax Collector P. L. Odom received
876 votes to 505 for his opponent, Har
old McLeod.
Following are the results in the
races for county commission posts.
T. B. Christmas Seal
Posters Distributed
Posters for the coining Christinas
Seal drive of the Baker Tuberculosis
Association are being distributed this
week. The help of schools has been
enlisted, said Mrs. Twitty, general
chairman of the local committee.
“Throughout the country tubercu
losis associations are gradually do
ing away with the billboard type of
poster, particularly along open high
ways. This is in deference to the
thousands of contributors who have
asked our cooperation in abolishing
this type of display.
“However, smaller posters, carry
ing our slogan, ‘Protect Your Home
From Tuberculosis,’ are being set up
in store windows in the schools and
libraries. They remind people that
tuberculosis is still in our midst; that
it takes too many lives each year;
that if we subscribe generously to this
campaign we will do our share to
bring about a wonderful achievement
—the gradual eradication of the di
sease.”
Baker Farmers Vote
Marketing Quota
Baker County cotton producers vote
overwhelmingly for cotton marketing
quotas in 1940. In the referendum on
cotton marketing quota for 1940, 234
cotton producers voted for market
ing quotas and 13 cotton producers
voted against marketing quotas for
1940.
Voting places were open in Newton,
Hoggard Mill, Anna, Milford and El
model. In each of these communities
cotton producers voted favorably to
ward continuation of the cotton mar
keting quota for 1940.
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J. H. Hall, incumbent, 952 votes
to 402“f0r Dr. E. M. Harris; Charles
Griffin, incumbent, 935 votes to 459
for J. H. Cotton; H. T. Rentz, in
cumbent, 737 votes to 662 for J. T.
Hilburn; J. L. Goodman, incumbent,
770 votes to 623 for Charles Hay.
In the race for county school su
perintendent, R. L. Hall, incumbent,
received 616 votes, Dr. C. W. Twitty,
437, and T. L. Gamble, 271. There will
be a run-off between Hall and Doc
tor Twitty.
In the race for ordinary, W. E.
Jones, incumbent, received 504 votes,
R. M. Brunson received 639 and Bob
Slocumb received 153. There will be
a run-off between Jones and Brun
son.
In the race for a county commis
sioner’s post, N. H. Ethredge, incumb
ent, received 427 votes, W. E. Rooks
received 567 and E. L. Peace 356.
There will be a run-off between Eth
redge and Rooks.
Voting districts open for the pri
mary included Elmodel, Hoggard’s
Mill, Milford, Newton and Anna.
Elmodel P.-T. A.
Meets December 5
The Elmodel Parent Teachers’ As
sociation met in regular session Tues
day, December sth, in the Home Eco
nomics department.
Mrs. James Hudgins presided over
the business meeting. Mrs. J. C. Odom,
Jr. read the minutes of the last meet
ing and they were adopted.
I Definite, plans for the Christmas
i bazaar were made for December 21st.
This night will be given over to the
grammar school for their Xmas pro
gram, and as an added attraction the
1 P.-T. A. will have Xmas exhibits.
Work at the lunch room was dis
cussed and the lunch room committee
reported the cost of the Sun-Ray cloth
that closes in the room.
Those present were: Supt. and Mrs.
J. O. Fort, Mrs. Charlie Hay, Mrs.
Toy Atkins, Mrs. N. D. Mcßainey,
Mrs. Angus Mcßainey, Mrs. H. H.
Carlan, Mrs. J. L. Spurlock, Mrs. Eu
gene Hall, Mrs. J. C. Odom, Jr., Mrs.
C. O. Hall, Miss Frances Roberts,
Miss Ina Maynard, Mrs. Tyler God
frey, Mrs. Grace Twitty and Mrs.
James Hudgins.
Annual Colored
Farm Meet Dec. 16
—
The second annual Farmers’ Con
ference for Negroes in Baker County
will be held Saturday, December 16,
at 10:30 o’clock at the Court House.
Speakers on the program will be
Mr. N. D. Mcßainey, who will discuss
the farm outlook for 1940; Mr. Alex
ander Hurse, State 4-H Club Leader,
whose topic will be “The Live At
Home Program;” Prof. H. R. Harris
of the Georgia Baptist College and
Camilla Weems, State Home Demon
stration Agent for Negroes. A re
sume of some of the achievements in
the county will be given by Polly
Anne Miller and Harrison Hawkins
who will represent the farm families
throughout the county.
An exhibit of farm and home prod
ucts wil Ibe on display both Friday and
Saturday at the Newton Methodist
Church.
Spirituals and club songs will be
sung by the 4-H Clubs.
Cash prizes amounting to $25 will
be awarded to winners in the exhibit.
Monkey Potato Grown
By Thomaston Farmer
THOMASTON—A bit of “monkey
business” was reported recently in the
potato patch of one G. R. Glanton of
Thomaston. This farmer has pro
duced a sweet potato that has strik
ing chimpanezee characteristics, with
realistic' buldges for ears, a plow
grazed scratch for mouth, and roots
growing out the surface where eyes
and nose would ordinarily be.
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1939.
Bethany Hews
Our school resumed regular work
Thursday, after being closed a week
due to scarlet fever. No new cases
have developed, and all that did have
it have gotten well with no bad ef
fects.
We also opened our school lunch
room Friday, and with everyone co
operating we hope to make it a big
success. Mr. Gamble has let the NY A
boys make some tables and benchs
to use which we appreciate very much.
Rev. Robert Taylor, of Arlington,
filled the pulpit at Bethany Saturday
morning and Sunday afternoon for
Brother Blalock who is still unable to
| come out and preach. We enjoy hav
ing Brother Taylor preach for us, but
hope Bro Blalock will soon regain
his health.
Miss Lorene Rooks returned to her
duties as teacher in the Pine Hill
School Monday, after being at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Will Rooks last week sick with flu.
Mr. Alec Smith has purchased the
Sheffield Mill and he and his family
will move there to reside next year.
We regret to lose them very much
from our community.
Miss Posey Hamill has returned
from a visit with Miss Quenelle Ray in
Atlanta.
Mrs. Edwin Jones visited her
mother, Mrs. Rogers, in Edison, Sat
urday.
Mr. Alec Smith and Mrs. Mittie
McLendon were business visitors in
Newton Monday.
Mr. T. L. Gamble and Mr. P. G.
Wilkerson were visitors in Newton
Saturday.
Mr. Pat Ethredge, Mrs. Luke Eth
redge and Mr. Warren Deßarry
made a business trip to Bainbridge
Wednesday.
Mrs. David and Mrs. Edwin Jones
were shopping in Albany Wednesday,
i Our folks are proud to see and have
the REA lines being put through our
county. Who said we would stay far
i behind our city neighbors all our
lives ?
Baptist W. M. S. To
Meet Next Monday
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Newton Baptist Church will
hold their regular meeting Monday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Cal
Hall, Jr.. All members are urged to
be present.
Soul Scales
On the tower of Glastonbury Tor,
in England, is a sculptured group
showing a human soul being
weighed in an angel’s scales while
a chubby little devil slyly puts one
foot on the other end to make the
soul seem underweight.
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AAA Committeemen
To Be Elected
The County Committee of the Baker
County Agricultural Conservation As
sociation has set December 19th as the
day on which Baker County farmers
will vote for Community Committee
men to serve in 1940. At this Com
mittee election delegates will be
elected who will meet in the County
Convention later in the month to elect
the County Committeemen which will
serve in 1940.
Two communities have been desig
nated in Baker County. The Eastern
community consists of that area east
of Chickasawhatchee creek and east
of Notchuaway creek below the point
where Chickasawhatchee creek emp
ties into Notchuaway creek. The
Western community is that part of
the County west of Chickasawhatchee
creek and west of Notchuaway creek
below the point where Chichasaw
hatchee creek empties into Notchua
way creek.
Those people residing in the Eastern
community who cooperated with the
1939 Agricultural program will vote
in Newton. The election will be held
at 11:00 o’clock on Tuesday morn
ing, December 19th. Those people
residing in the Western community
will vote at P. G. Wilkerson’s Gin at
9:00 o’clock on Tuesday morning, De
cember 19th.
The County Committee is anxious
that a large number of eligible voters
will participate in these elections in
order that the results may be repre
sentative of the will of the people.
Services Sunday
At Baptist Church
Regular preaching services will be
held at the Newton Baptist Church
Sunday. The pastor, Rev. R. H. For
rester, of Leesburg, will deliver the
messages. The public is cordially in
vited to attend both services. Morn
ing services will be at 11 o’clock and
evening services at 6:45 o’clock.
Poet Killed by Grape Seed
According to Pliny. Anacreon, the
lyric poet of Greece, met his death
by choking on a grape seed.
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ROY STRIPLING DIES
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
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Last Rites For Prominent
Mitchell Farmer Thursday
Afternoon.
i From The Camilla Enterprise.
Coming as a sad shock to legions
J of friends in this county and section
was the death of Mr. Roy Stripling,
prominent and beloved citizen, which
occurred at Putney Memorial Hospital
in Albany at ten-fifteen o’clock Tues
day night following a ten days illness.
Mr. Stripling’s wife and daughter,
j Miss Nancy Stripling, and several
other relatives and friends were at
his bedside when the end came.
Mr. Stripling lay critically ill at
i his home two miles out on the Albany
I road from Thursday to Sunday with
! pneumonia and seemed to be much
! better Sunday, when complications
j arose Monday and he was carried to
। the hospital in Albany Monday night,
where he was given several blood
transfusions. He rallied Tuesday for
a time, only to become worse during
the day and to the end. During his
illness numbers of friends were con
stant in their visits to his home with
every kindly attention and sympa
thetic ministry, and a number of
friends went with him to the hospital
in Albany to offer their blood for
the transfusions. In the sad hour of
bereavement his family again had the
warm comfort of the friends who re
mained with them.
Funeral services took place on
Thursday afternoon at three o’clock at
the Baptist church, of which Mr. Strip
ling was a devoted and life long
member, with a large company of sor
rowing friends attending. Rev. S. H.
Bennett, ‘p astor the church, con
ducted the service and was assisted
by Rev. Roy C. Sampley.
Active- pall, bearers were J, R. Car
ter, of Albany; A. E. Crow, E. G. Wil
liford, Woodrow Brooks, Lamar Win
gate, U. U. Campbell, J. C. Robinson
and W. C. Holton.
Honorary pall bearers were C. 0.
Hall, Newton; J. B. Jenkins, Put
ney; E. L. Hilliard, Will Sullivan, Jul
ian Rivers, J .E. Brooks, E. J. Vann,
Jr., Carroll Spence, C. W. Hand, O.
G. Swindle, Robert Culpepper, Jr.,
B. F. Manry, W. B. Fry, John Haynes,
J. G. Johnston, E. Hackett, Jr., T. G.
Brooks, T. G. Tyson, M. A. Warren,
J. E. Brooks, Jr., J. C. Scarborough,
W. E. Holton, Frank Holton, Cecil
Ivey, C. A. Stevenson, D. P. Luke,
M. W. Williams, I. Macey, J. C. Mer
ritt, of Morgan; W. M. Van Cise, Al
bany; S. M. Gunter, Sylvester; C. E.
Martin, Hilton; E. B. Beasley, N. M.
Keadle, J. D. Ledbetter and S. H.
Floyd. The Camilla Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Interment was in the family lot in
Oakview cemetery.
Few men in the ordinary walks of
life have more friends than had Roy]
Stripling. The large number of people
who showed anxiety during his ill
ness and sought in every way to lend
any assistance, the great company
gathered for the funeral service and
the numerous lovely floral pieces,
were visible demonstrations of love
and regard of his friends with whom
he had been associated through the
years of an active and unselfish life,
during which he had been closely
identified with civic, church and social
life of Camilla and Mitchell county, j
He was constant in every good work]
and in ministry to the sick and be-|
reaved and had drawn about him num- j
bers of warm friends.
The deceased was a lifetime resi- j
dent of this county. He was born
April 4, 1886 and was the youngest]
son of the late George J. Stripling ]
and Elizabeth Cochran Stripling. Hei
grew up on the farm and learning the
profession as a boy, he experienced
many years of success as farmer and
was one of the most prominent farm
ers of this section.
He rendered valuable assistance to
the farmers o fthe county in the set
ting up and operation of the many
farm programs that have been car
ried out since 1933. He first begun
service as a county committeeman in
that year and continued until 1936.
In 1936 he was elected a director in
the Albany Production Credit Asso
ciation and continued his service un
til the time of his death. He was a
member of the county committee set
ting up the first farm tenant program
and served as such until this year,
Continued on Last Page
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schools,
Good Churches and
Good People.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
MR. F. E. TUCKER
PASSES TO BEYOND
Funeral Services Held At Live
Oak Church Thursday After
noon at 3:00 O’clock.
On last Wednesday afternoon, De
cember 6th, Mr. F. E. Tucker passed
away at his home in the Live Oak
community. He had been in declining
health for several years, but was only
confined to his home and bed a short
time. Many of his friends did not
realize the seriousness of his condi
tion.
Mr. Tucker had been a leading citi
zen of the Live Oak community all
his life, during which time he hau
been engaged in the farming busi
ness. He will be greatly missed in his
home and community. He was one
of the oldest men of the county and
at the time of his death he was 79
years of age. His wife preceded him
in death in 1931 at which time they
had completed 46 years of married
life together.
He was a man of quiet disposition,
conservative, honest and upright, and
by his business-like manner many of
his friends were at all times seeking
his advice. He was a man to know
was to love, to be with a pleasure,
being at all times ready to offer a
helping hand to his neighbors and
friends.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. J. H. Fort at Live Oak Baptist
Church where he was laid to rest in
the Live Oak cemetery. The many
floral offerings showed the love and
esteem that his friends and relatives
had for him.
Mr. Tucker is survived by five
daughters, Mrs. J. O. Etheredge, Mrs
M. B. Burch, Mrs. Willie Hilburn,
Mrs. J. U. Brunson, Miss Clyde Tuck
er and one son, W. E. Tucker, and a
host of ^'andfhildren, all of this
county.
Pall bearers were J. R. Rhodes, W.
E. Jones, C. T. Williford, V. T. Ak
ridge, M. C. Screws and Roy Salter.
Baker Schools To
Close December 22
The schools of Baker County will
close on Friday, December 22, for the
Christmas holidays, and remain closed
for one week, as was announced by
the Board of Education. All schools
will re-convene on Monday, January
1, 1940.
Flamingo an Odd Bird
The flamingo is said to be the
only bird that turns its head down
ward to eat.
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