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The Official Organ —a— 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. SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE Re-new Yours NOW @ Mail Check To BAKER COUNTY NEWS Newton, Ga. . —Or— See MRS. PRICE HALL Newton