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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
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939
From God’s Word
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh
my help.
My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved, he that keepeth thee
will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
‘ The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right
hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve
thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from
this time forth, and even for evermore.—Psalm 121.
It is a great honor to be elected as Governor of the great State
of Georgia ... It is a greater honor to go out of office and still
maintain the same confidence of the people of the State at the end
of the term as at the beginning.
North of the United States is Canada . . . South of the United
States is Mexico .. . And what a difference in the two countries ...
The difference, being probably the difference in the Governments.
The Mexicans have been poorly ruled . . . For Mexico with its cli
mate, size and resources should be a world power.
What should be the main interest of the people of the State
of Georgia at the beginning of the new year is the predicament
of the public schools of the state . . . They can not be operated
without funds . . . The Governor is unable to provide them . . .
Two wrongs have never made a right . . . Whatever the Governor
has done to arouse the antagonism in the Legislature can not be
undone . . . And unfortunately the personal ambitions of the poli
ticians of the state are to them the main interests . . . Georgia, the
great Empire State of the South is forgotten . . . The teachers
of the State, and the children of the State do not seem to be of any
interest.
The people of Russia continue to be exploited by their rulers
. . . They are no better now than when ruled by the Czars ... In
the World War the Russian soldiers were sent out to fight the
well-equipped German armies when they were practically defense
less themselves . . . And now, with from 40 to 60% of the Russian
officers killed off by Stalin, again the Russians are sent to battle
. . . Napoleon’s half starved army at Moscow seems to have been
in as good condition as some of the Russians who have been cap
tured in Finland. Many of them come from the south of Russia
and according to correspondent’s reports they are clad in quilted
cotton suits ... It is no wonder that Revolution came almost over
night in the previous war and if Finland can continue to hold out,
Revolution may come again to Russia.
He Is An American
He is an American.
He hears an airplane overhead, and if he looks up at all does
so in curiosity, neither in fear nor in the hope of seeing a protector.
His wife goes marketing, and her purchases are limited by her
needs, her tastes, her budget, but not by decree.
He comes home of an evening through streets which are well
lighted, not dimly in blue.
He reads his newspaper and knows that what it says is not
concocted by a bureau, but an honest, untrammeled effort to pre
sent the truth.
He has never had a gas mask on.
He has never been in a bomb-proof shelter.
His military training, an R. 0. T. C. course in college, he took
because it excused him from the gym course, and it was not com
pulsory.
He belongs to such fraternal organizations and clubs as he
wishes.
He adheres to a political party in the extent that he desires—
the dominant one, if that be his choice, but with the distinct
reservation that he may criticize any of its policies with all the
vigor which to him seems proper—any other as his convictions dic
tate, even, if it be his decision, one which holds that the theory
of government of the country is wrong and should be scrapped.
He does not believe, if his party is out of power, that the only
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way in which it can come into power is through a bloody revolu
tion.
He converses with friends, even with chance acquaintances,
expressing freely his opinion on any subject, without fear.
He does not expect his mail to be opened between posting and
receipt, nor his telephone to be tapped.
He changes his place of dwelling, and does not report so
doing to the police.
He has not registered with the police.
He carries an identification card only in case he should be
the victim of a traffic accident.
He thinks of his neighbors across international borders—of
those in the north as though they were across a state line, rather
than as foreigners—of those to the south more as strangers since
they speak a language different from his, and with the knowledge
that there are now matters of difference between his government
and theirs, but of neither with expectancy of war.
We worships God in the fashion of his choice, without let.
His children are with him in his home, neither removed to a
place of greater safety, if young, nor, if older, ordered ready to
serve the state with sacrifice of limb or life.
He has his problems, his troubles, his uncertainties, but all
others are not overshadowed by the imminence of battle and sud
den death.
He should struggle to preserve his Americanism with its
priceless privileges.
He is a fortunate man.
He is an American. —New York Sun.
When our early statesmen advised us against entangling
foreign alliances we were then in better position to live unto our
selves. But commerce is essential to the life of any nation . . .
At that time Russia was not dreamed of as a potential enemy . . .
And now although few people give it a thought, Russia is only
about fifty miles from Alaska . . . Submarine bases may now be
located along the coast of Alaska as part of the defense plan of the
nation . . . However, if the Russians do not improve as a fighting
power, no great nation need fear them.
People who listen to radio programs should be much better
informed now, geographically speaking, than they were before
Munich . . . Since that time we have been taken byway of the air
to many places that we knew little about ... Among the cities
visited in this manner are Prague, former capital of Czecho
slovakia. Budapest in Rumania, and Amsterdam . . . Daily we hear
from the Capital cities of the three nations at war—London, Paris
and Berlin . . . Then, Helsinki, the Finnish capitol, became the
center of interest . . . From here and other points we hear of the
courageous fight made by the brave Finns for their national lib
erty . . . And since then, the attention of the world was centered
on Montevideo ... All because of a battle there . . . And in this
battle Germany lost one of her three great warships . . . Superior
guns did not win this battle . . . The superiority of men on the
British boats were the deciding factor here.
Our Question Box
1. What constitutes a nation?
2. Has any nation an exclusive
property in the ocean?
3. What sea is noted for having
very little tide?
4. What are lakes called in Scot
land ?
5. What is another name given to
Hindustan ?
6. In what part of the earth are
volcanoes most numerous?
7. What are springs called that
contain iron?
8. What is vitrifaction ?
9. What do we feel in the absence
of heat?
10. Why are the tops of high
mountains perpetually covered with
snow ?
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calculations, the planet Jupiter is
covered with an ice sheet 16,000
miles thick.
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ANSWERS
1. A group of people who are
mostly of the same origin, speak the
same language, and live under a dis
tinct form of government.
2. No; it is the common property
of mankind, all being free to use it.
3. The Mediterranean, in conse
quence of the narrow inlet from the
ocean at the Straits of Gibraltar.
4. Lochs.
5. India.
6. In South America.
7. Chalybeate springs, from
chalybs, the Greek word for steel;
they are also called ferrugenous
springs, from ferrum, the Latin word
for iron.
8. The process of converting cer
tain materials into glass by fusing
them together by heat.
9. The sensation of cold.
10. Because the air is so thin at
these heights that it cannot retain the
heat; the consequence being snow and
glaciers.
Largest Kefrs;era:ing riant
The largest reirh’erating plant in
the world is in \i Pentina, serving
the frozen meat industry.
About Fields And Streams
By Dan C. Royal
GAME MANAGEMENT AND
CONSERVATION AIMS
Game management makes it pos
sible for the farmer to increase the
number of game birds and animals
on his property and in so doing pro
duce benefits and realize profits that
will reward his efforts and game con
servation is the wise usage of our
game birds and animals or the effi
cient utilization whereby the greatest
good for the greatest number and for
the longest time may be assured. One
without the other will not function
successfully, yet together, property
applied will, restore, rebuild and re
plenish our streams and fields and
bring us profit in more than monetary
terms and ways.
The aim of the Division of Wild Life
is to cooperate with the land owner,
farmer, sportsman, hunter and any
and all organizations promoting game,
not only and simply in apprehending
game violators, but in the task of
encouraging good sportsmanship, and
in gaining the confidence and esteem
of all the people and in returning to
these people something for their ef
forts.
To reach this aim, the State has
sent out technically trained men who
are willing and eager to work with
all along these lines. They realize
that the sportsman has no place to
go if the game is not managed, and
that if not managed it will go the
way of the passenger pidgeon. The
farmer will manage his game for
the benefit of all when he receives
some compensation for his efforts,
and when the hunter realizes that
through the efforts of his farmer
friend the game is there he will see
that the farmer does receive some
thing—bird food, half the kill, or
money for hunting rights, per day
or per bird. This true sportsmanship
and understanding and management,
and only these will bring our game
back.
Beginning next week we shall go
deeper into this and begin a series of
articles entitled, “Good Management
on the Farm,” in which management,
conservation, cooperation and solu
tions will be discussed.
I welcome any and all suggestions
from anyone. .
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Questions Os The Week
1. Q. By law, what hunters, in re
gard to age, are required to have li
censes.
A. Any one old enough to carry and
shoot a gun is required to have a 'li
cense. (A man and his sons can hunt
on property owned, rented or share
cropped by this man, but they must
have license to hunt elsewhere).
2. Q. Is there any game that can
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be taken without license.
No. This misconception, I believe
arises from the fact that there is no
bag limit and no closed season on
rabbit and fox.
3. Q. Are there any beaver left in
Georgia.
YeS. Three colonies —one in the
Okefenokee swamp, one in the Blue
Ridge Mountains of North Georgia,
and one in the Flint River above Al
bany. These w r ere planted by the Di
vision of Wild Life and are protected
at all times by law.
Send questions, letters, cards, opin
ions and suggestions to:
DAN C. ROYAL,
Wild Life Ranger,
Box 51, Moultrie, Ga.
‘Model T’ Saws Wood
For Carrollton Man
W. A. Strickland, Carrollton, has
found a new use for the 15-year-old
Model-T in the backyard. All day
long, it saws Strickland’s stove wood
at his wood yard, and when day is
done, the ingenious Carrolltonian puts
the tire back on the rim and treks
home in the same auto.
Norway’s Meat Dishes
In England it’s roast beef and in
Germany sausage; but in Norway
you’ll find reindeer steak and roast
willow-grouse are the national spe
cialties in meat dishes.
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