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The Official Organ
Baker County
Established 1912
VOLUME 28. NUMBER 28.
REA CHANGES FARM
SHOW TO MOULTRIE
N. M. Kea d1 e Announces
Change In Plans For Show
This Week.
The Mammoth REA Farm Equip
ment Show, which was announced last
week to be held in Camilla, was un
expectedly switched to Moultrie by
REA officials in charge. Project Su
perintendent N. M. Keadle this week
announced that Grady, Colquitt and
Mitchell County cooperatives had been
combined for one showing and that
the site had been given to Moultrie,
although representatives from the
REA had negotiated plans for a show
ing in Camilla last week. No an
nouncement was given for the change.
Two big tents will be set up on
the Thomasville-Moultrie highway 4%
miles south of Moultrie, March 7-8
and open for the first meeting Thurs
day night at 7:30 p. m. The program
will run through the afternoon and
evening of the following day.
The power demonstration will show
shelling and grinding local grains and
feed crops hauled in from nearby
farms, in a graphic presentation of
the great advantages of automatic op
eration whereby smaller capacity mills
can be satisfactorily used. Farm peo
ple can see in actual operation at the
show, a much wider variety of elec
trically powered farm machinery,
pumps, mills, motors, and other farm
equipment, as well as a great variety
of convenient home appliances, than
they have ever been able to find any
where in local communities.
As rural lines have spread through
the country as a result of such com
munity efforts as those put forth by
the members of the Mitchell County
Electric Membership Corporation,
poultry raising has increased. Poul
try lights and running water alone
provide healthier birds, lower produc
tion costs, and aid in producing larger,
better eggs.
Hot dogs, electric fried ham
burgers, beans, pipin’ hot coffee, will
be available all day and evening at the
all-electric lunch stand under tlie di
rection of the home demonstration
agents. Members of the Womens
Club will use common home appliances
such as small electric hot plates, cof
fee makers, and electric roasters, to
get up hot dishes for tour visitors.
In Memoriam
In memory of my loving brother,
Cull Screws, who departed this life
one year and three months today,
January 22, today recalls sad mem
ories of a loved one gone to rest, and
those who think of him today are
those who loved him best; the blow
was hard, the shock severe. We little
thought his death so near. Only those
who have lost can tell the pain of part
ing without farewell.
MRS. SAM TAYLOR,
545 W. Oglethorpe Ave.
Savannah, Ga.
Novice At Bridge
Dealt 13 Spades
Edison.—Thirteen is lucky, says
Hubert Sanders, Edison. Especially
when that is the number of spades
you are dealt in a bridge game. Such
a stroke of luck, rarer in occurrence
than a hole in one, came to Sanders
recently, and so enthused the novice
that the game was broken up in his
jubilation.
U-Save- It
Prescription Shops
208 Pine Ave.
and
Errhange Bank Bldg.
Albany, Ga.
Save Here Every
Day in the Month
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City Council
Holds Meeting
The Mayor and City Council held
their regular meeting Friday night,
at which time Mr. V. T. Akridge was
elected City Clerk to fill the vacancy
existing by the resignation of Miss
Claire Fisk, who has been City Clerk
for several years. It is reported that
plans were discussed for the purchase
of a fire truck for the city, which
will add much to the protection of the
property and lives in Newton from
fire.
Pipeline Company
Wins Court Order
Bainbridge, Ga. (GNS) —The South
eastern Pipe Line Company of At
lanta has the authority from Superior
Court Judge B. C. Gardner, of Ca
milla, to go ahead with condemnation
proceedings to obtain right-of-way for
its Gulf-to-Tennessee gasoline pipe
line.
Judge Gardner held a 1937 Georgia
legislative act gave the company right
of eminent domain necessary for con
demnation action, and dissolved a tem
porary restraining order he had
granted on January 20 to Mrs. Ruth
B. Botts, G. S. McNair and Beulah
N. McNair, Decatur county land
owners, through whose property the
pipeline route will go.
Considered by transportation ex
perts to be the safest and most eco
nomical means of gasoline transpor
tation, there are now over 7,000 miles
of gasoline pine line in operation in
the United States. The Southeastern
pipe line is the first, however, to be
constructed in the Southeast. It will
run from Port St. Joe, Florida to the
Georgia Tennessee line, with terminals
at Bainbridge, Albany, Americus, Ma
con, Griffin, Atlanta, Rome and Look
out Mountain, Georgia.
Macon Woman Wants
To Pay More Taxes
Macon, Ga. (GNS) —Instead of com
plaining over the amount of her taxes,
a Macon woman voluntarily nearly
doubled the assessment against her
home here.
“We have your house listed at $350”
a tax assessor told the woman as he
aided her in filling out a form, “I
hope that’s right.”
“Oh, no,” said the taxpayer, “my
house is more valuable than that.
It should be listed at S6OO. I wouldn’t
want to pay taxes at so low a figure.”
Astounded Assessor Leroy Wall said
that the figures would verify the
story, but he refused to reveal the
lady’s name.
To Discuss U. C. A.
At Moultrie Meet
A public meeting at which all pro
visions of the Georgia Unemployment
Compensation Act will be discussed
will be held at the courthouse in Moul
trie, February Bth at 8 o’clock, the
Bureau of Unemployment Compensa
tion has announced.
Representatives of the state agency
will be present to explain the law and
to answer any questions.
New amendments to the Social Se
curity Act dealing with Old Age In
surance will be discussed by a repre
sentative of the Social Security Board,
which administers the Old Age In
surance law.
The meetings will be purely j in
formational in nature and everyone is
cordially invited to attend. It is one
of a series to be held throughout the
state to enable the people to obtain
full information regarding the two
programs.
The Bureau of Unemployment Com
pensation, under the law, performs
two important functions: finding jobs
for the unemployed and paying bene
fits to certain workers who have
worked, lost their jobs and are not
able to immediately find another job.
Electric Shock
Kills Youth, 8
Thomaston.—William Asbury Parks
8, was killed recently when, stepping
out of the bathtub, he became en
tangled in a shorted electric-heater
wire and was subjected to 110 volts
of electricity. When found by the
maid, the youth had fallen back into
the tub and was burned slightly by the
heater.
Snow May Change to Rain
Snow may melt and fall as rain,
but raindrops do not chahge into
snow which condenses from water
vapor. J
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1940.
Class Meeting
Monday Night
The Junior-Adult Bible Class of the
Baptist Church held it’s regular
monthly business meeting at the home
of the teacher, Mrs. R. L. Hall, Mon
day night.
' During the business hour Mrs.
Price Hall, Stewardship Vice-Presi
dent and Mrs. J. B. Hall, Membership
Vice-President, selected the commit
tees to work with them during the
year and plans for work of these com
mittees will be worked out by the
leaders. It is hoped by each member
of the class that 1940 will be an out
standing year for work done.
The hostesses, Mrs. Price Hall, Mrs.
J. B. Hall and Mrs. Cal Hall, Jr. served
delicious refreshments.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Hall,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hall, Mr. and
Mrs. Price Hall, Mrs. Robert Andrews,
Mrs. Byron Edwards, Edwin Hall,
Woodfin Hulme, Andy Durham, W. H.
Hall, Edna Fisk, Ellen Hall, Mrs. Vir
ginia Bowen, Alma Ellis, Nell Higgs,
Claire Fisk, Annie Ellis and Mrs. R. L.
Hall.
Lawrenceville Editor
Succumbs To Illness
Lawrenceville, Ga. (GNS) —Charles
M. Morcock, editor of the Gwinnett
Journal, died Friday afternoon, Janu
ary 26, of a heart attack. Mr. Mor
cock had been ill for several months.
Mr. Morcock, who was recognized
over the state of Georgia for his edi
torship, was born at Forsyth, Ga.,
and later moved to Elberton. Thirty
two years ago he moved to Lawrence
ville where he became associated with
the late Tyler M. Peeples in the op
eration of the Journal. After Mr.
People’s death he was full owner and
publisher of the paper.
Mr. Morcock was a member of the
Baptist church, a Mason and a Shriner,
a Spanish War Veteran, member of
the Oddfellows and other organiza
tions.
Polio Committee
In Lanier County
First Over Top
Lakeland, Ga. (GNS)—Lanier Coun
ty, home of State Chairman, E. D.
Rivers, of the Georgia Committee for
the Celebration of the President’s
Birthday, was the first of Georgia’s
159 counties to complete its quota in
the 1940 “Fight Infantile Paralysis
Drive.”
Mrs. L. L. Patten and Mrs. Lewis
Smith were co-chairmen of the La
nier County Committee.
In a telegram to state headquarters
they said they had little trouble in
rounding up their county’s share to
this worthy cause.
Arnall Releases
Crime Statistics
Atlanta, Ga. (GNS) —Seventy-four
per cent of all inmates of penal in
stitutions in this state, exclusive of
city prisoners, are under thirty years
of age, according to a compilation of
crime statistics released by Attorney
General Ellis Arnall.
Twenty-five per cent of the prison
population is under twenty years of
age; prisoners between the ages of
twenty and twenty-five constitute
thirty per cent and nineteen per cent
of our convicts are between the ages
of twenty-five and thirty, the Attor
ney General stated.
“These figures clearly indicate that
the crime problem in Georgia as it
relates to young men and young wo
men is serious and unfortunate,” Ar
nall stated.
Standard Dealers
Offer New Gasoline
Effective today, Standard Oil sta
tions and dealers throughout this ter
ritory are offering their customers
“Crown Extra” gasoline, the extra
product which has replaced the old
Crown Ethyl Gasoline.
“Crown Extra” is a descriptive
name for this motor-fuel, because in
addition to containing tetraethyl lead
fluid. Crown Extra Gasoline has been
specially made from a superior base
stock—extra fine in all its specifica
tions.
Made for those who want the best,
Crown Extra is an extra quality gaso
line, selling at the same price for
merly charged for Crown EthyL
Bill Norris Named
Officer In Society
Athens, Ga., Jan 31.—8i1l Norris,
of Newton, has been elected adultus
of Demosthenian Literary Society at
the University of Georgia. Other
new Officers of the nation’s oldest col
lege literary society are Ronald Ad
ams, of Hortense, president; T. L.
Wood, of Macon, vice-president; Hugh
Beasley, of Reidsville, secretary; Fred
Wickham, of Columbus, treasurer;
Ernest Hicks, of Lavonia, parlia
mentarian; Bob Norman, of Washing
ton, sergeant-at-arms.
Dean of Men William Tate, who
spoke to the society on Problems of
the Present Generation, was very op
timistic. He gave statistics to show
that 81 percent of the students who
graduated from the University three
years ago now have employment.
He stated that the greatest prob
lem in Georgia at the present time is
to raise money to carry out programs
which have already been endorsed.
However, he declared that Georgia
spends more per capita on education
than the state of New York, although
New York spends a larger amount per
student.
Over 700 Cases
Made By Rangers
In 5-Month Drive
Atlanta, Ga.—Over 700 cases have
been made against persons charged
with violating the game and fish laws
of Georgia during the last four months
of 1939 and the first three weeks of
January, according to Director Charles
N. Elliott of the Georgia Wild Life
Division.
Elliott said that nearly 200 cases
were filed in January, principally
against hunters shooting doves over
baited fields.
“This is one of the worst forms of
violation,” he said, “and is one of our
most qommon.”
He said that 22 persons will face
charges of shooting over a baited
field near Cochran and that 18 faced
similar charges over a shoot near
Eastman. These cases were made last
week .‘by Fred Brewer, chief of the
Plains District.
. Brewer and several wild life ranged
sifted the plowed ground at Cochran
shoot and found it heavily baited with
g’-ain. At Eastman corn had been
dropped, but the claim that it was
there for hogs didn’t halt Brewer’s
prosecution, Elliott declared.
“Such shoots are building up our
case total," the Wild Life chief said.
“W; don’t want to make cases—we
prefer not to—but when the laws are
being ■ broken we’ll go the limit to get
the violators.”
A great majority of cases have
come from two violations, according
to Elliott.
Hunting without licenses tops the
list with dove shooting over baited
fields next. Approximately 15 cases
have involved quail, from exceeding
the bag limit to selling.
There have been several fur cases
and hunting-out-of-season charges
field.
Receipts from hunting, fishing,
trapping and fish peddling licenses
totaled $141,540 for the last four
months of 1939. This is 62% per
cent more than the amount collected
for the same period in 1938.
Farmer Grows
Monster Turnip
Nahunta. — Growing gargantuan
turnips is the enviable skill of John
Highsmith of this vicinity. High
smith’s latest triumph is a 15-pound
monster, with greens reputedly two
feet in length. According to Farmer
Highsmith, his patch contains many
such giants.
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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BAKER COUNTY NEWS
Newton, Ga.
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See MRS. PRICE HALL
Newton
Services Sunday
At Baptist Church
Rev. R. H. Forrester, of Leesburg,
will fill his regular appointment at
the Baptist church Sunday, his sub
ject at the morning service will be
“The Unselfish Sermon” and at even
ing service, “The Most Mysterious
Word In Bible.” Everybody is cor
dially invited to attend these services.
Also come for Sunday School Sun
day morning at 10:00 o’clock.
Below Freezing 16
Consecutive Days
A moderation in the record-break
ing cold spell that has held sway over,
this section more than two weeks was |
felt here yesterday, when a maximum I
of 49 degrees brought the warmest
weather in ten days.
Still another new record was set,
however, as the thermometer regis
tered freezing last night for the six
teenth consecutive day, making the
present series of successive freezing
days twice as long as any previously
recorded one in Albany. Last night’s
minimum reading was 30.
Southwest Georgia basked today in
bright sunshine,’which promised still
further relief from the intense cold.
Compared to most of the last sixteen
days, today seemed like spring to the
long-shivering inhabitants of this sec
tion.
Bethany News
We were absent (from the paper)
last week due to cold weather; folks
didn’t go much, and the ones that did
were quiet about it, just hated to let
it be known they were out in such cold
weather.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Ray, of near
Albany, Vere guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Ray.
Miss Posey Hamill spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamill,
of Live Oak.
Little Miss Syble Middleton, of
Blakely, spent a few days -with Jjgr
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David
Jones.
Mrs. T. L. Gamble and Miss Ruth
Craft were visitors in Arlington Mon
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rooks made a
business trip to Donalsonville Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin Hall and chil
dren, of Leesburg, were guests Sun
day of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ray.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Palmer and
children, of Elmodel, visited Mrs. Eva
Mae Smith Saturday.
Visitors at the home of Mr. J. F.
Ray Sunday afternoon were: Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Pullen, of Damascus, Mrs.
J. B. Kelley, Mrs. Pat Parr, Mrs.
George Ray, Mrs. Watson Craft, Mr.
and Mrs. Will Rooks.
Mr. Charlie Ray and Mrs. George
Ray were visitors in Morgan Saturday,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Cul
breth.
Mrs. Frank Killebrew is with her
mother, Mrs. Emma Beard, of Mor
gan, who is sick.
Our girls and boys basketball teams
played Damascus Junior teams Friday
night in Damascus. The girls lost
and the boys won.
Federal Government
To Get List Os
State Salaries
Atlanta, Ga. (GNS) —All state de
partment heads have been instructed
by Gov. Rivers to furnish the federal
collector of internal revenue the names
and salaries of all state employees
who receive salaries of SI,OOO a year
or more.
This is the first year that state
employees have been compelled to pay
federal income tax. The Governor’s
office announced that the state, as
private businesses do, merely furnish
a list of the salaries and employees
to the government.
18 Pigs Are Born
To Carrollton Sow
Carrollton.—Carlos Jackson Ben
nett, pig-raiser, was astonished recent
ly when he looked into a stall and
saw 19 porkers where originally there
had been only one. The answer was
that an O. I. C. sow had been blessed
with a litter of 18 younguns—a record
for Carrollton county. The food prob
lem for the family was quite acute
until another sow was drafted to “fill
in.”
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schools,
Good Churches and
Good People.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
AAA Committeemen
Attend Albany Meet
County committeemen, community
committeemen and county office work
ers from Baker, Calhoun and Dough
erty counties attended a two day meet
ing at Albany, on January 24 and 25.
This and other similar meetings over
the state were arranged, for the pur
pose of training committeemen who
are to administer the 1940 AAA Pro
gram.
The meeting on January 24, was
under the direction of L. C. Walker,
former County Agent but now a rep
resentative of the AAA office in
Athens. On January 25, D. H. Harden,
a representative of the AAA office
in Athens, was in charge of the meet
ing and explained the execution of
forms which community committee
men will fill out for individual farm
ers at committee meetings in the var
ious counties. These forms are de
signed to assist the individual farm
operator to know how he may earn
the maximum payments under the
1940 AAA Program.
Baker County was represented by
D. G. Jones, Benton Odom and C. L.
Cross, county committeemen, C. C.
Irvin, C. Rhodes and W. J. Irvin of
the eastern community committeemen,
Mack George, Jette Craft and F. L.
Cross of the western community com
mitteemen. Also in attendance at the
meeting were N. D. Mcßainey, County
Agent and E. A. Twitty, AAA clerk.
Two Escape From
Mitchell Jail
Mitchell County authorities were
still searching today for two prisoners
who escaped from the Mitchell County
jail late Saturday evening, Dep
uty Sheriff Grover Jones stated.
The prisoners were Jabo Moore and
Istman Manitte, both colored. Moore
was being held in the Mitchell jail
under a $5,000 bond after having been
indicted recently by a special session
of the Mitchell County Grand Jury
for cow stealing. Manitte was also
charged with livestock stealing.
-. The Deputy Sheriff stated the pris
oners hit the jailer, Jirri Woods, ovir
the head with a broom handle and
after a scuffle between the three men
the prisoners got the jailer’s gun and
forced their escape. Wood and
Manitte were cut and bruised in the
scuffle Jbut Manitte was able to make
good his escape.
Number 11l With
Pneumonia And Flu
There are quite a number of people
in town who are in bed with flu and
pneumonia. Among those reported
at this time are: Jim Swann, Dr. B. P.
Short, Mrs. A. N. McLeod, Ronnie
Preston, Mrs. Joe Whitlock, Mrs. C.
W. Rumney, Ben Hill Flournoy and
Phillip Harris and Mrs. J. H. Smith.
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