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The Official Organ
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Baker County
Established 1912
VOLUME 28. NUMBER 31.
Culpepper, Swindle, Leading
Winners. Bullard To Contest
Election Resulits.
From The Camilla Enterprise.
Cloudy, overcast skies tempered by
icy blasts from the north, failed to
cool the interest of Mitchell County
voters Wednesday. when they marched
to the polls in the ten voting pre
cincts in record numbers to cast their
ballots for sixteen county officers to
be elected.
Indicated in advance by the largest
registration list in the history of the
county, the total vote in Wednesday
elections ran over 4325, despite ad
verse weather conditions and biting
cold weather.
Two offices in the court house were
changed—MecCulley Harris, of Pelham,
defeating Wade H. Baggs, of Camilla,
for Sheriff by a margin of 3 votes.
In the race for Tax Collector, El
wood Williams won out over John M.
Griner, incumbent, by the margin of
177 votes.
Sheriff Baggs had held the office
for two terms, being first elected in
1982. Tax Collector John M. Griner
had served the people for only one
term and was glected for the first
time in 1936.
Considerable interest was mani
fested in these races in all parts of
the county and balloting was ex
tremely close in most every precinct.
Incumbents returned to their post
for another term of four years were
Orson G. Swindle, veteran and ef
ficient clerk of the court who won
over his opponent L. R. Goff, by a
majority of 1,737 votes. Swindle has
served the people of Mitchell county
four terms as Clerk of the Court.
R. E. L. Culpepper, known as “Un
cle Bob,” led the ticket Wednesday
with a grand total of 3,416 votes,
defeating his opposition, J. C. “Sing
ing John” Moore for the office of
‘county ordinary. 1. Culpepper has
served sixteen years as ordinary of
the county. :
Walter Jackson, of Baconton, won
out in a three-cornered race for Tax
Receiver by a lead of 637 votes;
defeating Mrs. Mattie Palmer Barker,
of Camilla, and Miss Ilene NeSmith,
of Pelham. Jackson, incumbent, was
elected to the office of tax receiver in
1937, when it was re-organized after
the Tax Commissioners office was
abolished, and the collecting and re
ceiving offices were separated.
Judge M. A. “Mose” Warren won
in a three-cornered race by a lead of
531 votes, over Attorneys E. T.
Hughes, of Camilla, and A. J. “Buck”
Shirley, of Pelham. Judge Warren
has served one term as county Judge
and was elected without opposition in
1936. :
Edward B. Hilliard, incumbent, won
over J. R. Sloan, of Pelham, by a
majority of 196 votes in the race
for County Superintendent of Schools.
Hilliard defeated Slean for the office
in 1936 and has served the people of
the county one term in office.
J. W. Butler won over W. W. Bul
lard by a majority of 415 votes,
for County Commissioner from the
Camilla district. @~Mr. Butler has
served the people for a number of
terms on the county board, and is at
the present time Chairman of the
Board.
Charlie Williford won over C. C.
Bostwick, for County Commissioner
from the Eleventh and Twelfth dis
tricts, by a lead of 219 votes. Mr.
Williford has served a number of
U-Save-it
Prescription Shops
208 Pine Ave.
and
Exchange Bank Bldg.
Albany, Ga.
Save Here Every
Day in the Month
The Baker Connty News
Invitation Tourney
Planned At Newton
The Newton High School is spons
soring a Junior-Senior boy’s Bas
iketball Tournament to be held
February 28 through March 2. In
vitations have been extended to a
number of schools including: El
model, Bethany, Patmos, Mt. Pleas
ant, Hopeful, Arlington, Attapul
gus, West Bainbridge, Meigs, Sale
City, Baconton, Warwick, Morgan,
Climax, Pine Hill and Leary.
Come out and enjoy some good
games and good eats. Support your
school and teams. Admission 10c
and 20c.
’W. M. S. Holds
Regular Meet
The Newton Woman’s Missionary
Society held their regular meeting
with Mrs. H. H. Radford Monday af
ternoon at three o’clock. The week
of prayer program was given by Mrs.
R. L. Hall, Mrs. Cal Hall, Jr. and
Miss Alma Ellis.
A short business meeting was held
after which the hostess served sand
wiches and coca-colas.
Those members present were Mes
dames C. S. Adams, Emory Leonard,
Price Hall, Cal Hall, Jr., J. R. Rhodes,
J. H. Hall, J. B. Hall, C. O. Hall, B.
B. Edwards, C. 'W. Rumney, R. L.
Hall, Sr., Lemuel Screws, H. H. Rad
ford and Misses Agnes Preston and
Alma Ellis.
The meeting of March 4th will be
held at the home of Mrs. V. T. Ak
ridge, with Mrs. Harold McLeod as
leader.
Home Ec. Supervisor
Visits Elmodel Dept.
Miss Inez Wallace, Assistant Su
pervisor of Home Economics, visited
the Elmodel Home Ec. Department
Mgndu“ Vaemoen. . e
Miss Schmit, Home Economics in
structor at the University of Georgia,
accompanied Miss Wallace. Favorable
comments were expressed by both
ladies concerning the work done and
appearance of department.
Penny Money Order
Sold At Forsyth
G
Forsyth—Seven cents for a penny
money order! Such a transaction was
reported by Postmaster Phinazee, of
Forsyth, recently. The odd request
was that of I. John Bell of Bend, Or
egon, a money order collector, who
also sought historical information
about Monroe county.
terms on the Board of Commissioners.
Ellis Sharp, of Hopeful, defeated the
'incumbent, W. R. “Bill” Belk, of Pel
ham, for the position of County Treas
urer by a lead of 875 votes. Other
lcandidates in the race for Treasurer
were Medford Poore and T. G. Smith.
W. C. Allen, known as “Shine,” led
the field in a four-cornered race for
Coroner by a majority of 195 votes.
Others in the race were J. H. Mar
shall, J. J. White and W. R. Wynn.
Eddie L. Carter, of Pelham, defeated
Ambrose J. Everette, incumbent, for
County Surveyor, by a majority of
435 votes.
Official consolidation of votes will
be found elsewhere on the front page
of this issue.
The Mitchell County Democratic
Executive Committee in session late
Thursday afternoon to hear the pe
tition of Wade H. Baggs asking a
re-count of votes cast in the Sher
iff’s race Wednesday, voted unani
mously to deny the recount. At
torney Frank S. Twitty represented
Mr. Baggs before the committee
and Attorney Robert Culpepper
represented McCulley Harris the
victor in the election by three
votes.
The Committee voted to declare
Harris the party nominee on the
results reported by the individual
election managers in each precinct.
The results were Harris 2151 to
Baggs 2148. 1
It was the concensus of opinion
of the committee, expressed before
a crowded court room, that the
secrecy of the ballot should at all
times be preserved, and that can
didates had adequate methods to
petition election results through
the courts. >
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1940.
Editor Mclntesh
Tells Os Tornado
MR. McINTOSH SPEAKING i
A wide swath of tornado swept Al-%
bany. It still looks like those pictures ‘
we used to see of cities bombed in
Poland. And like those we still see!
of cities bombed in Finland. |
But the sound of the hammer and}
the saw are heard on the air. And the
people are planning. Mr. Henry Mec-
Intosh, the very able editor of the
very interesting newspaper, the Al
bany Herald, said of the problem: |
“We are trying to plan the things
we always wished had been done in
building Albany’s business section,
but it is difficult. Many business
men are out of business until their
buildings are restored. No one ean
blame them for wanting to hurry.
Everyone wants them back in busi
ness
“But we are getting wonderful co
operation. A central architectural
office with a government architect
to act as a clearing office will be
set up within a few days. Then we
will really try to make all building
conform to the plan. Everyone wants
to do it. It’s an opportunity to put
into stone and concrete and bricks
some of the things we all have wished
had been done in the beginning.”
| * * *
COURT ALLEY
There is, for instance, Court Alley.
It is a narrow alley way running off
the main street just across from the
courthouse. There is a plan proposed
to widen it. If the plan is put into
effect the alley will become a sort of
iparkwuy with grass and trees. No
vehicles would be permitted on it. It
will add immeasurably to the at
tractiveness of the city.
‘ Another plan would build a new
armory just at the end of Pine Street
‘at the Flint and thereby release much
!needed room in the city hall, where
ithe armory now is.
Businessmen are intrigued with the
idea of planning. Most persons in
}%’gresged‘ in their cities often have
‘Wished things could be done with
planned building. Albany, like Gaines
'ville, is busy with plans to make a
more attractive city rise from the
[wreckage of boards, bricks, stone and
glass which litter the path of the
storm.
The damage not yet has been esti
mated. It likely will run well over
the property damage done at Gaines
ville. Viewing the wreckage today one
still can but shudder and vainly at
itempt to imagine the velocity of the
‘wind which can do such damage and
!go whirling off into the heavens, un
‘explained and terrible in its power
\and mystery. 3
‘ * * * . .
A FEW ODDITIES &
‘ s o
i Mr. Mecllntosh’s Herald collected
some of the oddities of the storm. A
‘tornado does some of the most un
iusual things, some of which test
credulity.
On the day of the storm I saw a
large grocery store building blown
iaway, with boxcars turned over across
‘the street. Yet the fruit and vege
tables in the store still were in or
derly array.
In a candy store, one end of one
box of candy was blown off and a
spool of thread blown into the box.
In the Gordon hotel, which felt the
force of the storm, a traveling man
awoke to find his shirt blown out of
the room. As he stood groping around
by flash light, a cellophane-covered
package blew into the room. It was
a shirt from a haberdashery store
across the way. It was his size. Fan
tastic, yet true.
| In an upstairs office on Pine Street
rthe front wall was blown away and
’furnitune blown out. On a desk there
’was a loose file of papers. None was
[disturbed.
~ Chairs from the Elks’ Club were
blown across the street into the Gor
‘don hotel.
Os six palm trees on the courthouse
lawn, 'one was blown down, one blown
away, a third shattered and the three
remaining ones left undamaged.
In one store sharpened pencils left
on a desk were blown about, making
marks on the ceilings and walls which
looked like eccentric cracks in the
plaster.
These were some of the oddities.
The hospital still is filled. The scenes
of destruction still are left. No one
knows much about tornadoes except
they come and are gone, and no one
knows from whence they come mnor
where they go. The spirit of Albany
remains the dominant note of the
tragedy.
| The field trials for which Albany
Baker County On
Safety Honor Roll
This county was one of 25 in Geor- |
gia to make the traffic accident “no
death” honor roll last year, Major
Lon Sullivan, Department of Public
Safety commissioner, announced. |
He commended local citizens for
“this splendid record” and said the'
county helped Georgia achieve na-|
tional recognition for its 1939 safety|
record. Throughout the state, 711
persons were killed as compared to
823 in 1938 or a “saving” of 112
lives.
He urged civic leaders and officials |
to study accident reporting records to |
determine where prevention and en-|
gineering efforts are needed most in
the state to reduce the toll still fur
ther in 1940. |
Figures show that 13 counties ac-‘
counted for about a third of the
state toll, although several of theml
showed marked reductions in 1939.‘
They were Cobb with 13; Floyd, 11;
Fulton, 56; Bartow, 14; DeKalb, 14;{
Gwinnett, 10; Richmond, 25; Spalding,‘
10; Builoch, 15; Laurens, 14; Chatham,
33; Muscogee, 12 and Bibb, 23. |
Six of them are locations of the{
state’s largest metropolitan centers
and most of them are crossed by ma-‘
jor highways and thus receive ai
steady flow of traffic. |
The Commissioner said spectacular
reductions were made last year in
Fulton which cut its rate by 38;i
‘Twiggs, which dropped from 9 to
nothing; Dougherty, from 11 to 2;
Chatham, from 48 to 33 and Colquitt,
from 9 to 2. |
Supreme Court Rules
Ellis Deed Valid |
| The Supreme Court affirmed the
judgment of the Baker Superior Court
in the case of Mrs. Bertha D. Terry
'to cancel a deed which was executed
to Dwight W. Ellis. At the July Term
!of Baker Superior Court, 1939, the
jury returned the verdict in favor
of the deed as held by Dwight W.
Ellis and ‘the court passed the proper
decree and refused to cancel the deed.
Mrs. Bertha D. Terry filed motion
for new trial, which was refused;
she filed Bill of Exception, carrying
the case to the Supreme Court, and
on the 17th day of February, 1940,
the Supreme Court affirmed the judg
ment of the lower court and decided
the case in favor of Dwight W. Ellis,
which means that the deed was upheld
and is valid.
Col. W. H. Burt, of Albany, and
Col. Robert B. Short, of Newton, rep
resented-Dwight W. Ellis and Col. E.
L. Smith, of Albany, represented Mrs.
Terry.
River Is Climbing
’To Flood Stage
l The Flint river was one foot below
Iflood stage this morning at 7 o’clock
‘and was expected to reach two feet
above flood stage by Wednesday, Chief
D. W. Brosnon, official weather ob
server, said.
During the 24-hour period which
ended at 7 o’clock this morning, the
river rose 3.17 feet, reaching the 19-
foot mark. It is expected to reach 22
feet by Wednesday.
Townsendites Will
Meet In Bainbridge
The Second Congressional Town
send District Convention, composed of
about 60 clubs, will hold their Con
vention at Bainbridge, Ga. in the
Courthouse on Saturday, February
24, 1940, commencing at 10 o’clock,
Central Standard Time. Everybody
is invited to come and hear the Town
\send plan explained by several speak
ers that have been invited. The
famous Townsend string band
will furnish musiec, singing and danc
ing for the occasion. They are mem
)bers of the Adams Townsend club at
’Ellenton, Ga. It is a treat to hear
and see these young people perform.
| Among the Newton people going to
'Ochlocknee to see our boys play ball
Thursday and Friday night were Mr.
iand Mrs. Emory Leonard, Mr. and
Mrs. Price Hall, Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Rhodes, Mr. Arthur West, Mr. Her
schel Jernigan, Mr. Andy Durham,
‘Mr. Kent Jones, Mr. Oliver Jones,
Mr. Woodfin Hulme, Mrs. Virginia
‘Bowen, Misses Agnes Preston, Alma
Ellis and Ellen Hall.
is famous, are going on; life goes on.
People are planning for a better city,
}s better future.—Ralph McGill, in
Atlanta Constitution. ;
Stamps-Baxter Quartet
Coming Monday Night
The Stamps-Baxter friendly hour
quartet will present a very unusual
and interesting program Monday
night, Februamy 26, at the Newton
School Auditorium. The admission
will be ten and twenty-five cents.
Since this is for the benefit of our
lunch room, be sure to buy a ticket
when the girls ask you. Get the right
spirit—give a quarter or a dime for
the cause, even if you aren’t sure you
can come! 1
The Stamps-Baxter Quartet may be
heard over station WMGA every
morning at 6:15 and 5:45 in the af
ternoon. Tune in today and then I'm
sure you’ll come out to see and hear
them. We'll be looking for you!
Hoggard’s Mill Gifts
To Tornado Sufferers
)To The Editor of
The Baker County News
Kind Sir:
Will you allow space in your valu
able and widely circulated paper to
say just a few words.
I made a little effort to raise some-.
thing for the tornado sufferers at
Albany and would like to have you
publish the names of those who con
tributed
Donors from the Hoggard Mill com
munity:
Mr. Guy Touchton, white___.___s2.oo
Mrs. Guy Touchton, white______ 5.00
Little Calvin Touchton.._______ 5.60
Josh A. Williams, colored__.__.__ 5.00
OW, Mer. -o st e DI
Mrs. C. M. Sprathing._......... 2:60
Dan i Befden oo s o 100
Wilke ' BERY -o= oo o 0 100
Ichauway Lodge No. 238
Unmon Avß: oo o i .o 0 500
fEhankful 8 Si .t Ll 2,00
e B Presiey. .. . oo o 400
Oren Hawking . ... .o ol &0
Weillie-Hal .. aoaea oo o 6D
COTRDT Sy oITR e B E C 1
iWilhip damed, Iy .o oo oLI bl
ATTPeg Goline: .o Sl o taninl (80
fohniie Tevons - .o 0 L9h
Willie James, 5r..... ... .25
BeTHca SNGh o 0 T T
Johnmié-Robinson, ... _........._.. 10
DR R me.. os oo ia e b
juplov lawins ... . 020
Poshus Hawking .. ..o oo o 19h
Juliods-Milienr, Jr.. .- -6 o (10
MastopcHawians -0000 oo (10
gea N Hall: Loo - OB
I pray God’s blessings on all who
gave to this worthy cause
Josh A. Williams, Solicitor.
Mad Dog Killed
In Newton Sunday
A stray mad dog visited Newton
on Sunday and bit most of the dogs
in town. Sheriff M. C. Screws killed
the dog and has a report from the
State Department verifying the fact
that the dog was mad.
An order has been passed by the
city authorities that all dogs be muz
zled and given the treatment or kept
penned up and treated, or the authori
ties would be forced to kill all dogs
found without a muzzle on the streets
anywhere. If you have a dog, muzzle
him and have him treated for your
protection and the protection of your
neighbors. Whether your dog was
bitten or not have him treated for
safety.
Mr. Byron D. Hall
Passes In Florida
Mr. Byron D. Hall, of Key West,
Fla., passed away in a hospital there
in Tuesday of this week, after an ill
ness of several weeks.
Mr. Hall is a brother of Mr. Cal
Hall Sr., of this city, a brother of
the late R. L .Hall, John W. Hall,
C. H. Hzall and Warren H, Hall, of
this county.. ;
The family has many relatives and
friends here who will regret to learn
of his passing.
Funeral arrangements had not been
made at the time The News went to
press. .
Class Meeting ;
Tuesday Night |
The regular business meeting of the
Junior Adult Bible Class will be held
on Tuesday night, February 27th, at
the home of Mrs. R. L. Hall at 6:30.
Every member of the class is urged
to attend. |
Plans have been made for the regu
lar quarterly social at this timé and
for this reason all the members are
urged to be there on time. Remem
}ber, 6:80 Tuesday evening, February
197th, |
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schools,
Good Churches and
Good People.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
’Baker Sends Aid To
Tornado Victims
~ Citizens of Newton and Baker
County have evidenced their sym
pathy and genuine concern for their
nextdoor neighbors in Albany, who
have suffered from the disastrous tor
nado of February 10, by responding
liberally to the calls for relief.
List of contributions to the Albany
tornado from Newton, Ga. and Baker
County—February 21, 1940:
BakepGounty .. ... = = SEOQO
City of Newton~. -= . 9500
gk Bl o ... - OoKg(
Mrst Alva Keown. ... . = 95
A West ... ... 100
S Went. 00 0o 0 8 BD
Mr. and Mrs. C. Kidd__________ 2.00
A Rogerse oo 0 100
}Mrs, R.A Andrews: . > .50
Mrsc M Goxe- - . 500
LM!‘S. Cordelia Flournoy________ 1.00
[H. Hoßadfoyd: - > - . 500
B, B Hdwards....... . .50
Jernigan’s Pharmacy _________ 250
Mrs. W. B Bates.- ... .. . -1.00
MGy - " B
MeL . Hall o . -. . 85.00
gack Geifan: g .. . 95
!Woodrow WORL = o 000
@ecil Morgen:a =. . B 0
AA Bufler ... .. . - 100
Al Johnsone. ... . . 9F
Drs Pastowt... . i {OO
e G Serewst Lo 0 2400
Mrs. MG Serews oo o 100
Hdns hsle oo o 0 100
Re L Hallol % ... -0 10,00
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Mcßainey__ 5.00
Mrs. W, R Norris. . 0.0 = 10,00
an Miyler o 00 900
O R Rhodog:. 2. - - . 500
Hen Kanb 00.0 Lo o < 1000
Mys G Mo hall.. ... .. 95D
St W SRR 0L n . gk
Jaßs Haleoeond oo o 0 5 10,00
oA Halldne. .o . - 950
©..0 Walliforde =& ... . 500
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hall.____ 2.50
At Behea o s 0 9h
PoliOdom o s . 200
Benton Odom, Jr. ..___.._____ 10.00
Riley Wooten .ot ... - - B 0
Koy Brooks:.. .- . o 100
Kad Bros: kb oo o s o 1000
Papl Ethredge. — __.oo wi” 1,00
Bk, TN e 08
Je Qi Fopbate --. o 0 100
lFrances Raberta: . oooni i (e
‘Mrs. W. G- Tolbert_____.__.___ 100
Mrs. 0. MaGareett._ ... .. 40
‘Mrs. Ball Ranlain...o. .2 - 9b
Ol ot A
| Miss Pauline Goodman.________ 1.00
Jo i@ T o e e gO,
Jo W Summons. Lo oo aaen 0 8100
Price Bml -0 et O
Mllenaß{alle. o ;oo e 0200
Vaxgesmin Hall .00 00 Q 0
Wit Hulme. .o OoL c v 1000
(Bimory: Lenard - ... oo c o SIOO
Newton School Lunch Room____ .50
Miss Margaret Hudson_._..._____ I.OC
Miss Ante Bllis- .=" o 0 100
Mo W Bving oo o 29060
Mrs: Lois Reeves_ ... _.._._.. 1.00
IJ. Gilamee:. .- oo c o OGO
IC. S AtamE. o s 00
KGO A Hall 8r... .o o 9
(Robert B Shoyt. =-: = o 4 B
IJ. Wisrbpeston: --oo Lo an o TRO
Mrs. J. W Preston..._.. .. ..c . 80
Miss Agnes Preston___________ 1.0(
Voo ARMdpe. Looo ink o HOO
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Barnett____ 2.0 C
Miss Mattie Lee Hall_._________ 2.0
Miss Ina Maynard____________ 1,00
O Hall> = o 0 01500
Dr. and Mrs C. W. Twitty_.._._. 2.00
Mrs. A. Ni#McLeod: - -....-« 1,00
B, B Msaynard. -.o _2onoo 100
Jo O Lofin: 00l 2w 100
TOTAL. .. . .- .ii o u _5285.9C
Tift Hens Give ]
Variety In Eggs Lo
Tifton.—Variety is the key-word of
Tift county egg-layers. A four-ouncc
egg, measuring 7% inches by 6%
inches, was produced by a barred rocl
belonging to Mrs. J. R. Swain, of thi:
city; while the eight-pound hen o:
Woodrow Bishop has begun producing
specimens the size of marbles.
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