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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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FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1940.
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; Praise
Him in his firmament of His power. Praise Him for His mighty
acts: Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.—Psalm 150.
An unhappy year, with more important world events than any
year since 1918 has ended . . . Battles were fought . . . death at
sea . . . marching armies . . . earthquakes . . . 1939 is gone . . .
1940 has begun.
i
Some one has taken the trouble to add up the population of
the warring nations and found that out of the 2,000,000,000 es
timated population of the world that 1,600,000,000 are now en
gaged in war. This included the uncounted millions of Chinese
and the vast Dominions of the British Empire . . .
History is again repeating itself ... It seems only a few years
to the older people when they read in the papers that the British
Tommie were at the front with the French. Familiar sounding
too, is the news that the Canadians are landing in Britain . . . And
then the Australians . . . Old news and new . . . We hope that we
shall never again see or hear that American men and boys are
being transported across.
The news of the past year is now being reviewed over the
nation . . . One remark which was made by John Masaryk, son of
the founder of Czecho-Slovakia at the time of the gobbling up of j
that country by Germany is being borne out by facts ... He re->
marked that Germany was gobbling up the most indigestible i
people in the world . . . This was done in March and they are still j
undigested . . . They accepted their fate with sobs and clenched |
I
fists . . . They are the same people now . . . And in every conceiv-1
able way they harrass the Germans.
One of the last issues of Life shows the activities of the;
“Revenooers” in North Georgia . . . The article which accompanies
the picture tells how a Coast Guard plane was used. It flew low
over the leafless trees and located the stills ... A map with many
dots shows the number located. The Federal men also used the
radio in directing the agents to the locations . . . Several North
Georgia counties in the mountains were raided. The use of the
plane and the radio will no doubt be used more in the future . . .
In 1939, according to their figures, the stills destroyed in Geor
gia had a capacity of 650,000 gallons per day . . . The Coast Guard
planes have been in use on the Texas-Mexico border for some time.
“The Stars in their courses fought against Sisera.” So
Deborah, the prophetess of Israel sang in her victory song . . . The!
sun in its course also aided the British Navy in their victory
against the German Graf Spee at Montevideo on Dec. 13th . . .
In the morning the British boats maneuvered themselves so that a i
glaring sun was behind them making them a harder target to aim
at.. .In the late afternoon as the sun went down again the British
boats craftily managed to put the enemy ship where the setting
sun reflected it clearly, while they were nearer the dark shore
line . . . And while in this position they must have done serious
damage, for it was then the Graf Spee started to seek shelter.
Thomas Jefferson has been quoted as saying, “Those who
labor in the are the chosen people of God.”
At the beginning of a new year it is predicted that this 1940,
will be a good year for the southern farmer . . . However, the an
nual income for the Georgia farmer is SIOO.OO per year lower than
the national average . . . One of the reasons for this is that too
many Georgia families do not live at home . . . There are 71,000
Georgia farms without a cow, 73,000 without a hog, 30,000 with
out a chicken, 18,000 without a garden and 100,000 without a home
orchard ... If this situation could be changed so that these farms
had this extra source of food, what a difference it would make . . .
This is one o fthe chief obstacles to rural incomes which has been
listed by the Citizen's Fact Finding Committee ... In all there
were ten obstacles listed . . . One not listed and which will even
tually do more to satisfy the tenant farmer, whether he be white
or negro, is better housing .. . Better farm homes will make better
satisfied tenants.
The Newton School Bulletin
VOLUME 1.
Editor-in-Chief Woodfin Mansfield
AssL Editor Carolyn Mansfield
Asst. Editor Freddie Mae Kelley
Reporters:—
Mamie Toy West
O. C. Sindersine
W. B. Rentz
Janie Keown
Mary Ellen Swann
Carey Adams, Jr.
Mayo Watson
Franklin Sindersine
What were all the ohs and ahs
about that were heard around the
lunch room Monday ? The WPA work
ers had spent the holidays while there
were no lunches to prepare making
improvements on the lunch room.
With the help of Elward Matthews,
one of our NYA boys, they made
shelves in the cabinet for dishes, win
dows, shelves for flowers and made
one corner of the room into a cloak
room for the worker’s wraps. The
ladies painted the shelves, light jars
for vases, and a work table a bright
red. One side of the cabinet does not
have a door so they appliqued a cur
tain for it in bright colors. A table
and chairs were added to keep the
students from being so crowded while
eating. The workers also made thirty
dish towels and embroidered “Lunch
Room” in colors in each one.
We do appreciate the work of these
ladies so much and wish to thank them
for everything they have done to make
our lunch room bright, cheerful, and
comfortable.
An Open Letter To The
People Os Baker County
'By R. L. HALL, Coounty School Supt. ।
During my campaign soliciting Vot-,
ers of Baker County to support me J
as your County School Superintendentl
of Schools I have endeavored to keep I
my politics on a high scale. It has i
not been my policy to criticize my:
opponents or cast any reflection on
them in any way. I might say that ।
if any voter in Baker County has:
heard me personally make any ma- *
licious statement against my oppon- ■
ents, then I do not deserve your sup- I
j poll. Nevertheless, since I seem to I
|be the target for some remarks, 1 I
I think that should I not make somel
j statement concerning these, I would
Ibe silently admitting some or all of I
I these inferences to be true. 1 would ■
like to impress upon all of our Baker j
I County Citizens that I am NOT the'
‘ author of this kind of politics, as to;
;the type, you must form your own I
opinion.
As to planks in a certain platform
; published in our County Paper, De-।
‘cember 22, 1939, or what-ever the pur
pose was. I would like first to take j
up as a comment on,
(1) As to having textbooks available
at the opening of school. I wonder
if everybody agrees with me that
Baker County Schools need a standard ,
curriculum, meaning every school j
should teach as near as possible the
same subjects in different grades.
This I think should be done due to
Baker County being an Agricultural
County and as you know we have
numerous families moving from one
school district to another, therefore,
allowing children changing school to
be able in the middle of a school
year to take up the same course as
he or she discontinued at some other
school. With all this to work out,
| ask yourself if your children have not,
■ had books at the opening of schools.
In my last race about three years
ago I offered to the people free school
books in all grades—you remember,
Ido we have these free school books?
Yes!
(2) As to the distribution of rec
ord blanks to all teachers or any I
other forms of what so ever nature
needs no reply as all have been fur- 1
nished. I might add that w’hen I
took office I had to order at least;
90% of all forms or blanks requiredl
by law to be kept by the County
School Superintendent. If there were
any they were not turned over to me.
You will recall my predecessor in of
fice was my present opponent.
(3) I intend to keep my records in
'' order and present to the State De
. partment any information necessary
or that they desire as I have done
here-before, in the past. This state
। ment can be confirmed by the State
I Department of Education. My books
have been audited regularly by State
’ Auditors, and on each occasion I have
, received an unconditional praise for
the order kept and all monies account
’ ed for. I have these audits in my
, office and they are available for the
( public to examine. Since you all are
taxpayers and pay for money ex
! pended by the Board of Education and
myself, I welcome you to come in and
examine them at any time.
1 (4) I intend to make my regular
• visits to the schools and offer what
ever assistance I can at any time.
(5) I will continue to keep only
NEWTON, GA., JANUARY 5, 1939.
Since we feel that we have one of
the most attractive lunch rooms to be
found, we would like to invite you to
come up and see it at your most con
venient time.
* * *
WHAT NEXT?
We all realize if Carolyn Mansfield
doesn’t hurry back to school Dock will
have to stop. What about the great
Bill Butler?
Charles M. should come to school
more often so that he could see the
new friendship between Earline Heard
and Elward Matthews.
Here’s hoping Mary Ellen Swann
will eventually find away to go to
see Turner Rentz. She tried hard
enough during the holidays.
Johnnie Kelley is happy that Carl
Joiner recovered his health during the
holidays.
Mary Paul hopes the Elmodel ball
teams will bring Marion Rooks along
Thursday night.
Laverne Powell spent last week
with Kathleen Heard.
Pearl Harris is glad school has
started again. She can now see “Pa”
every day.
Elward Matthews is a star football
। textbooks in the schools of Baker
I County as are adopted and approved
| by the State Department of Education,
j These we have had since my adminis
j tration.
In conclusion I want to take issue
I with any person making a statement
i that the schools of Baker County
i were developed to their present stand-
I ard three years ago and have made no
i progress since that time. To this
| crude statement I would like to lay
i facts before the people of Baker
County which cannot be denied and
' which you all know about. I will just
touch on these briefly as follows:
i (A) We all know practically every
school in Baker County has better
j play grounds and facilities for phy- ।
■ sical training during the last three
I years than ever before. Make a can-;
vass of the schools.
i (B) We all know we have more
N. Y. A. aid than we have had pre-'
> viously.
(C) We all know that even though
| the State of Georgia met only approxi
mately half of their obligations to the |
I schools of Georgia, Baker County,
Schools operated the full nine months
in the two High Schools.
(D) We all know that we have a
Negro Home Demonstration Agent
helping to teach our colored people
' how to preserve foods, etc., which in
| reality helps the white people, who
otherwise would have to help them
were it not for the foods they have
I already learned to preserve. The ma
jority of this teacher’s salary is paid
out of Federal Funds which we would
not get otherwise. This good work
has been done only since I took office.
(E) We all know we have a Jean’s
teacher. This as well as the colored
Home Demonstration Agent has to be
a colored woman to receive the Fed
' eral Aid paid by the government.
This Jean’s teacher supervises the
; class room teachers of our colored
I schools, which we all know some of
I the schools need badly. This teacher
has to have special training as di
rected by the State Department of
Education. This vital work was not
1 being done four or five years ago.
; (F) We all know, that before I took
office we did nor never have had but
; one Vocational Agricultural Teacher
; —we now have two. Baker County be
ing entirely rural it is easy to com
prehend the good this work is doing.
(G) We all know, we now have two
I Home Economics Teachers. In this
1 work our High School girls are taught
how to cook and sew. This work I
। think is one of the most important
'developments in our school. It trains
। the girls in practical cooking and
needle work which they need most.
These two departments were put in
lour school system since my term of
office and were not in the schools
before.
All of the above departments added
in whole or in part has come about
in the past three years or during my
term of office and all are principally
financed by the State and Federal
I Governments. The Federal Govern
ment thinks enough of these depart
ments to offer financial aid as an in
icentive to put them in our schools,
iwhy should we not be proud of them
and consider this progress?
I With these as concrete and un
j deniable facts of developments in our
player. He makes a touchdown near
ly every time . (He touches the
ground).
Watch Raleigh Jones. You’ll find
out what the judges voted him to be.
Did P. E. un-nerve a visiting army
boy so badly that he ran into a car?
Why did Mr. Hulme look so sleepy
Monday ?
Mrs. Bowen’s spelling class is glad
to see Mr. Heard’s bus come late.
Miss Preston’s Science class has
started the new year off in a bad
way.*
Why does L. E. look for H. F. every
Sunday night? He must be a regular
visitor.
We miss Millard Edwards from
classes.
A number of students are absent
on account of illness. ,
Did Janie Keown ever give him that
Christmas present?
Behind the News, our Senior play
has to be postponed again on account
of illness. We plan to have it Fri
day, January 12. Everybody is ex
pected. Admission, 10c and 15c.
school system during my term of of
fice and with a known fact that I have
been unquestionably impartial to all
schools, and with the above record
which can not be truthfully challenged
I ask your indorsement and support.
Sincerely,
R. L. HALL, Superintendent
Adv. Baker County Schools.
Where Bees Find Honey
Honey has always been prized as
a most delectable sweet and de
rives its sweetness and flavor from
nectar, a liquid secreted by flowers.
The flavor of honey depends on the
particular flowers from which the
bees gather nectar. Most honey is
made from a mixture of nectars.
, However, honey may have a pre
dominant flavor as basswood honey,
i buckwheat honey, clover honey, and
; others
No Mahogany Forests
I No mahogany forests exist since
mahogany trees grow scattered
‘ throughout the jungle with an aver
age, usually, of one or two trees to
the acre in virgin forests.
Buried in Ue.-. ~ ...u yd bey
The first king bmiel Westmin
ster abbey was Edwpr.i the Confes
i sor, who was inK'ncd ->t> January 6,
1066.
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