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The Official Organ
Baker County
Established 1912
VOLUME 28. NUMBER 23.
Young Musicians
Offered NYA Tour
Georgia youth musicians under 25
years of age will be given a chance to
apply for the 109 positions in Leopold
Stokawski’s all-American youth or
chestra, to be organized this winter
for a good-will tour of South and Cen
tral America, it was announced today
by D. B. Lasseter, state administra
tor of the National Youth Administra
tion, through which agency the young
musicians will be recruited.
N. Y. A. Administrator Aubrey
Williams arranged with the noted or
chestra conductor for the state offices
of the National Youth Administration
to receive and pass on preliminary
applications of accomplished young
musicians. Both NYA workers and
non-NYA people under 25 will be eli
gible, Mr. Williams said. Experience
and some indication of high ability
will be primary requirements. The
try-outs will be open to all young
people, irrespective of sex, color, or
race.
The tour is being planned with the
cooperation of the Pan-American
Union and Mr. Stokowski has said
that a special ship may be chartered
for the trip. Preliminary auditions
will be arranged by Mr. Stokowski
and the NYA in six or eight central
cities if enough satisfactory applica
tions are received. Mr. Stokowski
plans to arrange transportation to
New York or some other central point
for those who are recommended fol
lowing the regional auditions.
This is a worthy and patriotic en
terprise,” Mr. Williams said in an
nouncing the arrangement. “I am
hopeful that selecting these youth
through our state offices all over the
country will extend this wonderful
opportunity equally to all of our tal
ented young musicians, and develop
a musical group that will represent
the very best of its kind that can be
assembled.”
Any young person, in Georgia in
terested may make application by let
ter directly to D. B. Lasseter, N. Y. A.
state administrator, Ten Forsyth
Street Building, Atlanta, Ga. The
letter should show the name *of ,tj|a
applicant, his age, instrument played,
experience, education, and qualifica
tions, together with any pertinent ad
ditional information. Applications
will be received up to February 1.
Mrs. Griffin Entertains
With Christmas Dinner
Mrs. R. J. Griffin entertained at her
home here with a turkey dinner on
Christmas Day honoring her father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Mose
ley. of Blakely, Ga.
Invited to this delightful holiday
feast were all of Mrs. Griffin’s sisters
and families. Those present were
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wingate, of Elli
jay; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Piggott, Ar
ron, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Cham
bers, Colquitt; Mrs. B. F. Fuller, Ja
kin; Mr. and Mrs. Charles During,
Blakely; Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Johnson,
Donalsonville, and Mrs. Griffin’s fam-
Junior-Adult Bible
Class To Meet Monday
The regular monthly meeting of the
Junior-Adult Bible Class will be held
at the home of the teacher, Mrs. R. L.
Hall, on Monday night, January 1,
1940. Every member of the class is
urged to be present. At this meet
ing all business for 1939 will be closed
and new officers elected to serve for
1940.
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County Boards
To Meet Tuesday
The Board of County Commission
ers of Roads and Revenues of Baker
County will hold their regular monthly
meeting Tuesday, January 2, 1940,
and all parties having business be
fore closing 1939 business should
meet with them at this time.
The Board of Education of Baker
County will hold their regular- monthly
meeting on Tuesday, January 2nd.
Perhaps some definite plans for the
operation of the county schools may
be discussed at this time. All par
ties having business to transact with
the Board should meet them at this
time.
Driving Pledges Are
Urged For New Year
Atlanta, Ga.—Major Lon Sullivan,
commissioner of the Department of
Public Safety, today urged drivers
to include safe driving pledges in their
New Year’s resolutions.
He said it is too early yet to give
a complete report on 1939 fatalities
but estimated they will exceed 680.
In 1938, 823 persons were killed and
in the preceding year, 944.
The Commissioner called on drivers
to visualize “these 2,442 or more vic
tims who have been slaughtered on
Georgia streets or highways in the
last 36 months, each a victim of care
lessness on someone’s part.”
“In the name of these needless sac
rifices, the Department of Public
Safety is asking every citizen of this
state to pledge that he will not take
even one chance when he is driving,”
Commissioner Sullivan said “Make
your motto, ‘drive safely; help save
human life’. ”
He urged specifically that they:
(1) Never drive while drinking or
drink while driving.
(2) Do not go faster than they can
stop in the clear space ahead.
(3) Never pass others on hills or
curves.
(4) Share the road fairly with other
motorists and pedestrians and keep to
the right of the center line (half.bf
the fatal accidents are caused by driv
ers who go beyond the center line).
(5) Operate cars only when brakes,
tires and lights are in excellent con
dition and dim the latter for passing
motorists.
Major Sullivan reminded pedestrians
they too, have a responsibility in
Georgia’s safety crusade and asked
them to shoulder it.
He said through the middle of De
cember a total of 127 persons had
been “saved” as compared with the
same period of last year and 233 as
compared with 1937.
Dogs Guard Bone
From Garbage Man
Old Mother Hubbard went to the
Cupboard
And threw her doggie a bone.
Along came the garbage man
To put it in the garbage can
But lo and behold it was gone!
There is a large bone on a Moultrie
sidewalk, that no one has dared to
molest, not even the garbage man.
For hovering around it for the past
few days have been one large police
dog and two small pooches. The
canines treasure the delicacy so much
that when they spied the city sani
tary department coming down the
street recently, in a body they hid
the bone behind a shrub.
‘Elephant-Faced’ Boy
Preaches At Dawson
Dawsonites listened to an “elephant
faced” preacher recently, when they
were visited by “the Reverend Fuller,
a colored preacher, born part human
and part elephant, and known
throughout the world.” Fuller is said
to be the only of 13 children in his
family born in his condition. He has
a formation of an elephant ear that
hangs 17 inches, two normal ears and
three eyes, but can see out of only
one. An elephant trunk formation
hangs 24 inches.
Mrs. R. L. Hall Host
To Sunday School Class
Mrs. R. L. Hall entertained the
members of her Sunday School class
with a barbecue at her home here
on Thursday night. The guests as
sembled in the living room and were
■invited into the dining room where the
delicious .barbecue and all the fixings
were arranged on the table.
About forty five guest? enjoyed
this delicious holiday entertainment.
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939.
“1940” Marches In
Forward March, America, and keep time with this new
drum-major—a wink in his eye, a lively, long stride, and
a smile for what 1940 promises. We know it’s going to
be a good year, and that our country will be just so much
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further ahead in its record of progress. It is fitting that
the drum-major of 1940 should be the very spirit of free,
unfettered youth; that he should expect only the best
things in life; that he should march-in full of confidence,
sparkling with optimism, and happy to represent so
auspicious a New Year. 1940 marches in—and with it
comes all the hope of all the people that it will be a year
as joyous as the jolly tune which is to be heard as the
band strikes up and 1940 answers the call to “forward
march ...”
Happy New Year One And All.
Preferential
Primary?
Effort was made in the last Legis
lature to have the presidential pri
mary law amended so as to compel
the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee to hold a primary, to name
delegates to the national convention.
-> But reply was made to petitioners
that “word had come down from on
high” that nothing was to be done
about the law as it stood and stands
—which provides that the state com
mittee appointed by the governor has
authority to decide for a primary and
let the people pass upon this matter,
or the Governor’s committee can ap
point the delegates and let the people
go hang.
Now rumor has it that Governor
Rivers and his committee intends to
name the 96 delegates to the na
tional convention—so of them to be
Rivers men to the manner born, and
the other 46 to be from the “oppo
sition.”
This would work out to the effect
that the delegates when selected will
be called into solemn session for or
ganization. And heretofore organiza
tion has consisted of naming chairman
and secretary of delegation and adopt
ing unit rule—and unit rule means
that any question arising is submitted
to the entire delegation, and the ma
jority controls. With a “packed” and
“picked” delegation of 96 votes, 50
Rivers and New Deal, and 46 other
wise, maybe, there would be small
chance of defeating the Rivers group,
which undoubtedly would mean Geor
gia backing Roosevelt for a third
term, and anything else that Roose
velt and Rivers might want.
And as Rivers gave his blessing to
the Walter George purging show
inaugurated by Roosevelt at Barnes
ville that time, it follows that what
ever Roosevelt might still have up his
sleeve in the way of a dagger for
Walter George and his 241,000 sup
porters would find easy mark in the
vitals of these Georgians who fought
the valiant fight against dictatorship
when Roosevelt attempted to estab
lish it in Georgia.
And don’t think Roosevelt of the
big New Deal or Rivers of the little
New Deal have abandoned their ob
jectives in any particular. How was
it that recently Walter George failed
to be in the congressional group from
Georgia that called at the little White
House at Warm Springs? Walter
George was elected by 241,000 Geor
gia votes, not counting the 103,000
Talmadge votes; and despite this great
majority of Georgia sentiment, Law
rence Camp with 70,000 votes has j>een
the main consultant of the president
in regard to Georgia affairs.
If Georgians have any stamina and
intestinal fortitude they will begin
raising Cain in this state about the
Georgia delegation to the national
convention being framed and hog tied
before it is named. They will insist
on a primary in which the 241,000
Walter George and the 103,000 Tal
madge followers may make themselves
heard and understood. They will not
submit to the dictation of President
Roosevelt through Rivers and Law
rence Camp with their minority of
71,000 voters—against an aggregate
of 344,000.
Jim Gillis, recently promoted to the
chairmanship of the highway board,
is Rivers’ committee chairman to se
lect the Georgia delegation. Write
to Rivers and Gillis and beg them to
have a primary and let you exercise
your American privilege of voting
for men of your choice, instead of hav
ing your delegates hand-picked and
rammed down your throat—and then
hog-tied.
Petitions should be circulated in
every county in Georgia asking and
begging Rivers and Gillis for this
primary. The newspapers of the state
ought to declare themselves on the
matter, and if petitions and public
demand do not get results, mass meet
ings should be held later all over
Georgia to name delegates to the na
tional convention and go there as a
contesting delegation.
We ask for a Square Deal from the
New Deal—something the New Deal
doesn’t know anything about, but
something it should learn about if it
is to stay in power. Let’s start it at
home—this square deal.
—From Macon Telegraph.
Farmers Favor
Cotton Quotas
State AAA Committee officials an
nounced this week that Georgia Cot
ton Farmers had endorsed quotas
again for 1940 by a heavy majority.
Official vote in Georgia was 73,427
for quotas as compared to 7,483
against. More than 88 per cent fav
ored quotas for the 1940 crop.
In Baker County the vote was 234
in favor of quotas, to 13 against
quotas. In some of the neighboring
counties the vote was, Mitchell county
1,341 for to 41 against, Colquitt county
814 for to 154 against, Decatur county
274 for to 73 against, Grady county
270 for to 71 against, and Thomas
county 389 for to 95 against.
Colquitt Gander
Turns Ferdinand
A Colquitt county gander has taken
up bull fighting—well, cow-fighting,
anyhow. Henry Greenwood, owner of
this belligerent fowl, was milking
Bossy one day when “Jim” the gan
der decided to grab a bite of the
bovine’s dinner. Bossy objected
rather strenuously, so “Jim*’ threw
a half nelson on the cow’s neck; and,
when finally slung off, grasped her
by the tail for a wild ride around the
barnyard. And with the gander still
hanging on, Greenwood, somewhat
dazed, continued his milking.
Baker County Schools
Will Open Monday
The schools of the County will open
Monday morning following a week’s
vacation to enjoy the Christmas holi
days. It is hoped that health condi
tions will be much improved and the
children will all be able to resume
their school work.
It is understood that no definite
plans have been made for the con
tinued operation of the schools, but
it is hoped the financial situation will
clear up with the coming of the new
year and that all the schools may be
able to continue through the full
length term.
Camilla Scouts Off
To Holiday Camp
Camilla Boy Scout Troop, number
51, was off early Thursday morning
for a short two day holiday camp.
The camp is being held at Graves
Springs, which is nine miles north of
Albany, in Dougherty county.
Twelve boys were included in the
camping party that left via trailer
Thursday morning. The local troop
travels in a bright blue and red trail
er which the boys built themselves
during the summer.
Coach Ernest Young drove the boys
to the camp.
Scout Executive Compton will be ill
charge of the camp and a number of
other troops will have representatives
in camp. Groups are expected from
Albany, Pelham, Sylvester, Cordele
and Americus. Scout Charles Tay
lor is leader of the Camilla group,
and will be assisted by William Ad
ams. In charge of meals and supplies
are Scouts Cecil Gore and William
Dobbs. The troop will camp as a
unit, with each boy assigned a portion
of the work to be done.
Local Boys Make
Forced Landing
Richard and Clyde Stevenson, sons
of Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Stevenson, of
Camilla, escaped injury Tuesday
when they had to make a forced
landing in Baker County while flying
in a small sport plane.
The boys had flown down from Al
bany and were caught in the heavy
rain Tuesday. Unable to see and forc
ed to fly at a very low altitude, the
boys finally landed their plane safely
in an oat field on the Potter Planta
tion in Baker County. Neither one
was hurt in the landing but the land
ing gear was damaged slightly.
Richard Stevenson has been a local
flying enthusiast for several years
and is well on the way to obtaining
his private pilots license. He soloed
some time ago and has been flying
constantly since that date. He is a
student at Davidson College. Clyde
Stevenson is a student at Southern
Dental College, Atlanta, and was en
joying the ride with his brother. Both
boys were home for the Christmas
holidays with Dr. and Mrs. Stevenson.
Second Area Legion
Meeting At Blakely
On January seventh the Second Area
of the American Legion, Department
of Georgia, will have its mid-winter
meeting at Blakely.
In recognition of the fine work of
the Area, Department Commander
Hoyt C. Brown will make his official
visit at this time, and Honorable
Hamilton Holt, District Governor
Kiwanis, will be the principal speaker.
Program starts with church at 11:00
A. M. Central Time followed by lunch
at noon, and the business session gets
under way at 1:00 P. M. Baker
County Legionaires are urged to at
tend the Blakely meeting if possible.
Mr. E. M. Ellis, Sr.
Birthday Honoree
A turkey dinner honoring E. M.
Ellis, Sr. on his 80th birthday anni
versary was enjoyed at his home on
the Elmodel highway on Wednesday,
December 27th. Nine of his ten chil
dren were present.
Those enjoying this celebration were
Mr. S. C. Ellis, Dalton; Mr. W. C.
Ellis, of Eton; Mr. Harold Ellis, of
LaFayette; Mr. and Mrs. Noah Powell,
of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Powell
and girls, Lyrlene and Carolyn, Mr.
J. H. Ellis, of Albany; Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Kidd, Doerun; Mr. and Mrs. E.
M. Ellis, Jr. and children, Maryellen
and Marion, Mrs. R. L. E. Rhodes and
son, Bobby, of Albany, and the family.
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schools*
Good Churches and
Good People.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Lynchings Decline
During Past Year
According to the reports compiled
in the Department of Records and
Research, there were 3 persons
lynched in 1939. This is 3 less than
the number 6 for the year 1938; 5
less than the number 8 for each of
the years 1937 and 1936; and 17 less
than the number 20 for the year 1935.
Two of the persons lynched were
taken from the hands of the law—
one from the jail and the other from
an officer of the law' outside of jail.
There were 18 reports of instances
in which officers of the law prevented
lynchings. All of these instances re
ported were in southern states. In all
instances, the persons were removed
or the guards augmented or other pre
cautions taken. A total number of
25 persons, 5 white men and 20 ne
gro men, were thus saved from the
hands of mobs.
Os the persons lynched, 2 were ne
groes and 1 was white. The offense.-
charged were: murder, 1; fatal injury
to boy in automobile accident, 1; al
tercation with man, 1.
The states in which lynchings oc
curred and the number in each state
are as follows: Florida, 2; Mississippi,
1.
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Workers Council
Meets In Pelham
The General Worker’s Council at
the Tucker Baptist Association will
meet in the Pelham church Tuesday,
January 2nd, at 2:30 Central Stand
ard Time.
This Council includes, the Execu
tive Committee of the Association.
The Executive Committee of the Wo
man’s Missionary Union, The Asso
ciational Sunday School Officers, The
Associational B. T. U. Leaders and
the pastors of the Association. All
members are urged to attend.
Appamatox Veteran
Visits West Point
The city of West Point was honored
recently by the visit of a genuine Civil
War vet, Miho was on hand at the
famous Surrender of Appamattox.
According to The News, J. B. Billings
ley—that’s the 107-year old Newnan -
ite’s name—is “well preserved” and
feels as young as a mere youth of
87.
CARD OF THANKS
To The Voters of Baker County:
I wish to take this method to thank
the voters for their support in the
election of December 13th. I have no
ill feeling toward anyone and wish
to assure everyone that I will put
forth every effort to the duties of
the office to which I was elected.
I will appreciate your cooperation.
Sincerely,
H. T. RENTZ.
ALBANY THEATRE
Albany, - Georgia
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