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The Official Organ
Baker County
Established 1912
VOLUME 28. NUMBER 24.
PREFERENTIAL
PRIMARY ASKED
Mitchell Executive Committee
Calls On State Committee To
Hold Election.
Voicing their opinion that a presi
dential preferential primary should
be held, the Mitchell County Demo
cratic Executive Committee went on
record Thursday morning as favoring
a preferential priuary and sent a
notice of their resolution to the State
Democratic Executive Committee.
Mr. Fred B. Hand, member of the
county Democratic Executive commit
tee, introduced the resolution, which
was immediately seconded by Dr. R.
P. Jackson, Baconton member of the
committee.
Chairman Palmer called for a vote
and the resolution passed unani
mously. /
The resolution as passed and for
warded to the state committee is as
follows:
Recognizing that any true Demo
cratic form of Government is not only
a Government for the people but also
a Government by the people, we, the
Mitchell County Democratic Executive
Committee, respectfully insist that
these principles be carried out, and
that our State Democratic Executive
Committee do call a Presidential
Preferential Primary; thereby assur
ing us that the wishes of the ma
jority of the people will be carried
out.
That this resolution be signed by
the Chairman and Secretary and a
copy be forwarded to the Chairman of
the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
Considerable speculation has been
^ing back and forth across the state
concerning the holding of the pri
mary. Some forces have contended
that no primary was necessary and
that the State Executive Committee
should pick the state’s 96 delegates
to the national convention.
Recently there has been considerable
excitement about the state and News
paper stories have been published
both for and against the primary.
W. T. y Anderson, editor of the Macon
Telegraph, has been the most vigor
ous proponent of the preferential pri
mary and has been urging the people
to demand their rights in selection
of delegates to the national conven
tion.
The resolution by the County Exe
cutive Committee places Mitchell
County in the column favoring a pri
mary election of the matter.
W. M. S. To Meet
Monday Afternoon
On Monday afternoon, January 8,
Mrs. C. T. Williford will be hostess
to the Womans Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church at her home
here at 3:30. Every member of the
society is urged to be present for the
meeting.
Archer, an Occupational Name
Archer, of Teutonic origin, is an
occupation name which has endured
longer than the occupation—“a bow
man, or archer.” It is both a given
and surname.
Calf Roping
Calf roping originated because
cowboys had to rope and tie calves
on ranches in order to brand them.
The cowboy chased the calf on
horseback, caught it with his lasso,
dismounted and tied three of the
animal’s legs together, rendering it
helploss
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208 Pine Ave.
and
Exchange Bank Bldg.
Albany, Ga.
Save Here Every
Day in the Month
Bata dnuntu Neats
Mrs. E. M. Ellis
Passes Thursday
Bringing deep sadness to the en
tire community was the death of Mrs.
E. M. Ellis, widely beloved Newton
lady, who died at her home here
Thursday morning at six o’clock fol
lowing an illness of several days.
Mrs. Ellis was sixty five years of
age. She is survived by her husband;
three daughters, Misses Alma and An
nie Ellis, of Newton, and Mrs. R. E. L.
Rhodes, of Albany, and a son, E. M.
Ellis, Jr., of Newton.
Funeral services were announced to
take place at the home Friday after
noon at two-thirty o’clock, conducted
by Rev. R. H. Forrester, pastor of
Newton Baptist church. Interment
was to take place in the Newton ceme
tery.
NFLA Members To
Hold Annual Meet
A large attendance is expected at
ithe annual meeting of the Pelham Na
itional Farm Loan Association, one of
Ithe major cooperative institutions of
jthe county, which will be held on Janu
|ary 11, 1940 at the City Hall in Pel
ham, Georgia, according to J. G.
Knight, secretary-treasurer.
At this meeting, Mr. Knight said
that complete and detailed reports
will be submitted on the association’s
operations for the past year along
with a complete financial statement
of the organization. Two directors
will be elected.
The Pelham National Farm Loan
Association serves Mitchell and
Dougherty counties and has 257 mem
bers. Through it farmers obtain long
term farm loans from the Federal
Land Bank of Columbia. Central of
fices are located at the City Hall in
Camilla.
C. 0. Wilder is president of the as
sociation and the other directors are
T. L. Wilder, C. D. May, G. D. Kierce
and J. O. McElvey.
I Mr. Knight said yesterday that a
j very interesting program has been ar
• ranged for the annual meeting and
I that it is hoped that every member
I will be present. Visitors who are in
iterested in long-term farm loans are
also invited.
The meeting will begin at 10 o’clock
A. M., Central Standard Time.
Agricultural 1940
Outlook Compiled
Despite of the facts of the European
situation and of the surpluses which
are now in storage in America, the
outlook for agricultural products is
for stronger demand in 1940. Larger
volumes of marketing, and higher
average price of increased farm cash
income from marketing is in pros
pect. Government payments for pro
grams in 1940 will be about the same
as in 1939. Prices received by farm
ers probably will be higher relative
to the prices paid than during the
last two years. Farm wage rates and
other costs of production may average
somewhat higher than in 1939. But
receipts, less "expenditures, will be
larger. Agricultural production for
market in 1940 may be slightly larger
than in 1939, due primarily to the rain
in the southern parts of the United
States and the drought in the western
parts. Prospects are for increased
output of meats, animals, and vege
tables, and a smaller production of
tobacco. Productions of grains, such
as corn and wheat, ami cotton will de
pend largely on growing conditions,
which are unpredicted at this time.
The output of dairy and poultry
products wilj be affected by the rela
tion of feed prices to the prices of
livestock production. Little change in
feed prices is expected in view of
ample supplies. Meanwhile, there are
abundant supplies of food, feed, and
fibre to satisfy domestic and foreign
requirements.
According to a release just issued
from the office of the Agricultural
State Statistician* this report Shows
an increase of 4% in the 1939 fall
pig crop in Georgia, which is esti
mated at 974,000 head, or 4% greater
than the 940,000 estimated for the
fall of 1938. While the number of
sows farrowed fall pigs is 9% over the
previous fall farrowing, the average
number of pigs saved, per litter is
somewhat less than last fall, thus ac
counting for the smaller increase in
the number of fall pigs. The esti
mated number of sows farrowed in
the fall of 1939 was 177,000 compared
with 162,000 for the fall of 1938.
Sows farrowing in the spring of
1939 amounted to 212,000 with 1,187,-
Continued on Page 4
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY E
Run-Over Primary To i
Be Held January 10
The run-over primary to be held in
Baker County on January tenth, for
the nomination of an Ordinary, County
School Superintendent and a County
Commissioner from the Anna Dis
trict has been announced. These be
ing the only three cornered races
where a run-off primary was neces
sary following the primary held on
December 13th for the nomination of
all county officers.
In these races, the present Ordi
nary, W. E. Jones, is being opposed i
by R. M. Brunson, and R. L. Hall, 1
present County School Superintendent, |
is being opposed by Dr. C. W. Twitty, i
and N. H. Etheredge, present County |
Commissioner fro mthe Anna District, •
is being opposed by W. E. Rooks, i
These races were very closely con- j
l tested in the first primary and it is
expected that a great deal of enthu
siasm will develop before, the primary 1
next week. Elsewhere in this issue
you will find a copy of the official
ballot.
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New Growers Must
Apply New Allotments
Farm operators in Baker County
who will operate farms in 1940 on
which no Cotton Allotments and no
Peanut Allotments have been estab
lished are requested to communicate
with the County office in order that
allotments may be determined for
these farms.
Each year a small reserve Cotton
Acreage Allotment and a small re
serve Peanut Acreage Allotment has
been set up in the State Office, from
which new growers may receive allot
ments. It is necessary, however, that
farm operators that expect to receive
; allotments, must notify the County
office in order that allotments may
be set up for new farms. This is an
important request and it is hoped
that interested parties will act im
mediately since this information will
be needed in the near future.
Any farm on which cotton was not
produced in any of the years, 1937,
1938 and 1939, will be classed as a
new cotton farm and will receive an
(allotment for 1940 only upon appli
cation of the person who operates the
(farm this year. Likewise, a farm on
' which no peanuts were produced for
i harvest during any of the years 1937,
’ 1938, 1939 will be classed as a new
jfarm and will receive an allotment
I only upon application of the 1940 op
' erator.
Any farm operator who classifies as
'a new cotton grower or new peanut
I grower should furnish the County
| office information as to the size of
i farm to be operated in 1940, location
lof farm and other data necessary to
j establish new growers allotments
i for 1940. This information is re
; quested at once and certainly not
I later than February 1, 1940.
Wild Life Program
(Making Progress
।
To The Sportsmen Os Baker County:
At the beginning of this New Year
I wish to call to your attention the
encouraging progress made by the
Wild Life Division of Georgia during
the past few months. All previous
records have been excelled, both as
to sale of licenses and apprehension
of violators.
Our aim for 1940 is still higher,
particularly along the lines of or
ganization of game clubs and educa
tional publicity. To the end that
this area shall rank among the best
in the state, I am again begging your
full cooperation in the matter of
strict observance of all game laws,
and prompt reports of all violations
of same.
Wishing for all of you a pleasant
and profitable year, I am
Most sincerely,
JOE T. GLAWSON,
Wild Life Ranger.
Invented the Rocking Chair
Credit for the invention of the
rocking chair goes to Benjamin
Franklin, who is responsible for so
many of the things that make every
day life pleasanter. The story goes
that Franklin took a slat-back chair
and whittled out a pair of rockers
for it, so he could really 101 l in
leisure. Though, truth to tell, it’s
hard to believe that the versatile
Philadelphian rocked away much of
his life. This rocker was first made
about 1750, and by 1800 it was widely
used and continued to be a popular
American custom till recent years.
It has never been used much any
where but in America.
Baker ( ounty AAM
Committeemen iJeM
Baker County tarniXs, I ■ > jj/-
operated with the A. X A.
in 11)39, met in coiXnunityM / < .’.-J
meetings on December 20,
Conm.’.-Ity Commi'teemeti
gates ;he c.mm\ ( 'onvenßMHH
In tile Eastern CommnniM. \
Brook- was elected delegate^Mm
County Convention with C. C. M
alternate d. iemite. C..niniiinißH||
mittemnen were C. C. Irvin,
man; C. Rhodes, vice chairman^
Irvin, regular member; S. .I.M
Ist alternate committeeman aMMM
. Musgrove, Um; alternate <'vim^HM||
man. ■
In the Western ConimunFv M
W. Newberry was elected del AMVV
Ithe County Convention with
I Jones as alternate delegate. Com^
munity Committeemen elected were i
Mack George, chairman; F. L. Cross,!
vice chairman; Jette Craft, regular;
member; J. O. Ethredge, Ist alternate i
committeeman and S. S. Mathis, 2nd |
alternate committeeman.
On December 27, a County Conven
tion was held at Elmodel at which
the County Committee for 1940 was
elected. The entire 1939 County Com- I
mittee was re-elected and was com (
posed of D. G. Jones, chairman; Rob
ert B. Odom, vice chairman, and C. L.
Cross, regular member; Roy Brooks,
Ist Alternate Committeeman and John
W. Newberry 2nd Alternate Commit
teeman. Although, the alternate
County Committeemen for 1940 did
not serve in that capacity in 1939,
Mr. Brooks has had previous experi
ence as County Committeeman and
Mr. Newberry served in 1939 as Chair
man of the Western Community Com
mittee.
On December 30, the County Com
mitteemen held an organization meet
ing and elected N. D. Mcßainey as
Secretary to the County Committee,
with Paul C. Etheredge being retained
as Treasurer.
Many compliments have been paid
the Baker County Committees for the
careful and unbiased manner in which
they havj: administered the AAA Pro
gram an the past and they have the
best wishes for a continued success
in 1940.
Superior Court
Jury List Drawn
Grand and Traverse Jurors drawn
for January Term, 1940, by order of
B. C. Gardner, Judge of said Court,
on 28th day of December, 1939.
GRAND JURORS
Chambliss, Oliver Ethredge, Aldine
Touchton, Guy Hall, C. A. Jr.
Ellis, E. M., Jr. Rhodes, J. R.
Musgrove, W. C. Edwards, R. J.
Rooks, W. Z. Brunson, R. M.
Sheffield, A. E. Smith, W.,P.
Edmonds, A. B. Edwards, Cuffee
Hall, Price Ethredge, Hugh
Taylor, R. C. Hatcher, E.
Phillips, C. G. Sanders, A. L.
Lawrence, L. D. Edwards, J. I.
lAvra, H. D. Kirksey, W. E.
Ethredge, W. B. Brooks, Wyatt
Hall, W. H. Ray, Charlie
Rhodes, Claudie Durham, J. C. Sr.
Traverse Jurors—First Week—For
Tuesday 17 th, 1940
Barnett, C. F. Davis, Geo. L.
Rentz, B. Cross, Edwin
Palmer, B. A. Hall, C. Edwin
Edwards, Hoke Johnson, Lee W.
Heard, Vann White, Alex
Griffin, R. J. Sr. Shaw, Ed
Godfrey T. G. Wiley, J. L.
Nix, W. H. Tabb, Carey
Spurlock, J. L. Hall, C. O.
Hay, Alma T. Mason, W. M.
Rhodes, Grady Simmons, Jim
Hilburn, J. T. Tabb, Robert
Kidd, W. J. Irvin, Wm. J.
Tabb, Troupe Tabb, Calvin
Duke, B. E. Slocumb, J. L.
Newton, C. R. Collins Jesse
Griffin, W. B. Akridge, V. T.
Hall, M. L. Hudson, G. B.
Goolsby, Irwin Powell, D. 'W.
Starr, W. J. Hall, J. B.
Edwards, J. Cullen Odom, B. C.
Sanders, O. M. Suggs, C. H.
Kelley, Charlie Radford, H. H.
Stewart, Jim Ethredge, Lemuel
Traverse Jurors—Drawn for
Thursday, 19th.
Musgrove, Elias Edwards, Clark
Maynard, B. B. Griffin, Jesse
Eubanks, Loyd E. Craft, E. B. Jr.
Killebrew, Henry Davis, T. J.
Black, Buster Edwards, T. H.
Mansfield, Miles Sanders, H. R.
Hilburn, P. 8.. Taylor, J. E.
McGuirt, S. W. Sanders, Doster B.
Peterson, Idus Hudson, Herman
Suggs, W. M. Jr. Ethredge, W. A.
White, W. A. Scarbrough, O. J.
Ethredge Joe Peace, J. L.
Bethany NewST
Old 1939 has passed on by and a |
new year is here; every one seems
anxious to try again to make better
than they did last year the farmers
are making plans and working for a
better crop, and here’s hoping they
will be fully repaid for their hopes
and plans in 1940.
School resumed work on January
Ist. There has been some moving
around; some new ones will be in
school and some will be absent. The
lunch room is doing good, and on a
cold day something hot for the school
children is to be appreciated.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Gamble and
children were guests during the holi
days of relatives in Ozark, Ala. and
Sycamore, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Lawrence were
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Pierce, of Edison.
Mr. Herschel Hamill and Buddie
Rooks returned to Georgia Teachers
College, Statesboro, Monday to resume
their studies after spending the holi
days with their home folks.
Mr. Weyman Rooks returned to Ab
raham Baldwin College, Tifton, Tues
day, after visiting homefolks during
the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. John Killebrew were
hosts to a family dinner Christmas
Day. A large number of their chil
dren and grandchildren were present.
Miss Lorene Rooks returned to her
duties as teacher in the Pine Hill
School Monday afternoon, after spend
ing the holidays with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Beard and chil
dren and Mrs. Emma Beard, of Mor
gan were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Killebrew Thursday.
Mrs. Edwin Jones visited relatives
in Edison during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Maples and
daughter, Ruby Jean, of Columbus,
visited Mrs. Maples’ mother, Mrs.
Nannie Parr, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. P. G. Wilkerson and other rela
tives last week.
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Will Rooks
during the holidays were: Mrs. George
Bush, of Blakely, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Westbrook and Mrs. Alton Timmons,
of Rowena, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pullen
and family, of Damascus, Mr. and
Mrs. Monroe Stripling and children,
of Cordele, Misses Jewell and Bernice
Culbreth, of Colquitt, and Miss Eunice
Westbrook, of Shelby, N. C. Friends
of Miss Westbrook will be interested
to learn that she has learned to fly
or drive an airplane and has made a
solo flight about two months ago in
Shelby.
Miss Delores Rooks and Miss Mil
dred Waldon, of Leary, visited Miss
Quenelle Ray, in Atlanta last week.
Copy Os
RUN-OFF
OFFICIAL BALLOT ,
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TO
BE HELD IN BAKER
COUNTY ON
JANUARY 10, 1940
For
County School Superintendent
R. L. HALL, JR.
DR. C. W. TWITTY
For Ordinary
W. E, JONES
R. M. BRUNSON
For Commissioner From the
Anna District
N. H. ETHEREDGE
W. E. ROOKS
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schools,
Good Churches and
Good People.
MK A year in advance
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fgelMesoutces there wilt be a limi
S^Mt of Runner peanuts suitable
IW^Beed in 1940 and, knowing the
needs of farmers in Mitchell count*
for good sound peanuts for planting
purposes, growers should take steps
immediately to purchase his needs.
Mr. Roy E. Parrish, manager of the
local GF A Peanut Association, states
that the association has in storage
in warehouses in Alabama several
thousand tons of good sound Runner
peanuts which are suitable for seed.
These peanuts were harvested from
areas where they was not so much
rain during the growing and harvest
ing season and are sound peanuts.
Mr. Parrish also states that these
seed are recleaned removing all trash
and foreign matter as well as light
peanuts and are being packed in new
100 pound burlap bags. At this time
he is having germination tests run on
these seed, and no grower should be
afraid of purchasing peanuts from
this source for seed purposes,
Mr. Parrish states that they are re
i cleaning Georgia-grown Spanish pea
| nuts in the same manner and will dis
j tribute them in 100 pound cotton bags
! and that they will meet the various
seed laws of germination, purity, etc.,
; and stated that the same strict super-
I vision will be given in handling the
, Spanish peanuts as for the Runner.
!' Those inte'fesifd in placing orders
for seed may contact the local GFA
Peanut Association in Camilla or the
County Agent’s office. However, from
information received from the local
GFA office, there will be dealers to
handle these seed as early as they are
established. For further information
see or write your County Agent.
Services Sunday At
Baptist Church
Rev. R. H. Forrester, of Leesburg,
will fill his regular appointment at
the Baptist Church Sunday morning
and evening at the usual hour.
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend these services.
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