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The Official Organ
Baker County
Established 1912
VOLUME 28. NUMBER 32.
REA Farm Equipment Show
Will Be Held March 7th, Sth
N. M. KEADLE URGES ALL MITCHELL COUNTY
REA MEMBERS TO ATTEND SHOW. ONLY SHOW
ING IN THIS IMMEDIATE SECTION.
Last minute details preparatory to
holding the big Electric Farm Equip
ment Show for southwest Georgia,
were being rushed this week, it was
announced by project superintendent
N. M. Keadle, of Mitchell County
Electric Membership Corporation.
The mammoth show, scheduled to
be held March 7th and Bth, on a lot
just off the Thomasville highway, four
and one-half miles south of Moultrie,
is being sponsored jointly by the Mit
chell, Grady and Colquitt county co
operatives.
Mr. Keadle this week urged all the
members of the Mitchell county REA
to be sure and attend the show. He
stated that it was their show, as
much as any other cooperative, and
urged that the local cooperative be
represented by a large delegation.
As the big tents go up, the smaller
tents will be pitched—tents for the
lunch stand, for a workroom, tents to
hold manufacturer’s exhibits, house
trailers will pull into place, open ex
hibits prepare for demonstration, while
the tour’s feed mills, shelters, ele
vators, ensilage cutters, pumps and
motors, and other equipment is being
uncrated and put in readiness for op
eration.
The big Farm Electric Equipment
Show, with its tents and its truck
loads of equipment and its skilled per
sonnel, has followed the season from
North to South, with showings con
tinuous since early July. It is brought
to this area through the cooperation
of the Extension Service, the Rural
Electricfication Administration, farm
electric equipment manufacturers,
with the Mitchell Electric Cooperative
and neighboring cooperatives in Grady
and Colquitt Counties.
Since running water on the farm,
and modern plumbing for the farm
bathroom and farm kitchen, are the
foundations of modern living and per
haps the greatest single benefits
brought by electricity, a complete
automatic pressure water system and
farm bathroom have been built on
one trailer, and a complete farm
kitchen on another. The two can
back together, hook up to the tour’s
portable power cable, and hot and
cold running water will spurt from
the faucets in the traveling kitchen.
The water is carried in tanks on the
trailers and heated by a standard elec
tric water heater.
Demonstrations showing how run
ning water may be used to increase
poultry production, its value in the
dairy, in the pigyard, for fire protec
tion, for the effortless filling of stock
tanks, and for many other purposes
will be conducted.
Meals large enough for a half dozen
hungry harvest hands will be pre
pared in the exhibit kitchen as a part
of the evening program. Farm club
women will be on the job all day and
evening, serving up hot meals. The
whole family can come to the show
prepared to stay all day without
troubling to pack a lunch.
The first evening’s program in
cludes a cooking contest, discussions
of electrical costs, and a demonstra
tion of the new low-cost package light
ing fixtures, and discussions of var
ious electric-powered farm equipment.
Starting off at 1:30 the next after
noon and until late afternoon, the
men will see local grains, sorghums,
hay, and fodder ground, elevated, and
U - Save - It
Prescription Shops
208 Pine Ave.
and
Exchange Bank Bldg.
Albany, Ga.
Save Here Every
Day in the Month
Wta Gnunty Nms
Albany Letter Blows
To Dodge County
Eastman.—A rain-soaked tetter ar
rived here by air from Albany re
cently without the usual airmail post
mark affixed. The note, addressed to
J. C. Few at Albany, was blown the
hundred miles to Eastman by the re
cent Albanian tornado. W. D. Ne-
Smith, finder, is searching for the let
ter’s owner.
Class Entertains With
Chicken Supper
Group Two of the Junior-Adult
Bible Class of the Baptist Sunday
School, headed by Mrs. Harold Mc-
Leod, entertained with a chicken sup-,
per on Tuesday evening at six-thirty
at the home of Mrs. R. L. Hall,
teacher.
A most delicious feast was spread
on the table in the dining room where
the guests gathered to enjoy this de
lightful occasion. A number of mem
bers were absent on account of illness
of which regrets were expressed.
Those enjoying this occasion were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hall, Mr. and Mrs.
Price Hall, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rhodes,
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Hall, Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Em
ory Leonard, Mrs. Robert Andrews,
Mrs. Byron Edwards, Mrs. Harold Mc-
Leod and Joan, Mrs. C. S. Adams,
Mrs. V. T. Akridge and V. T. Jr.,
Andy Durham, Woodfin Hulme, Ed
win Hall, W. H. Hall, Margaret Hud
son, Ellen Hall, Edna Fisk, Virginia
Hall, Alma Ellis, Claire Fisk, Annie
Ellis, Nell Higgs and Mrs. R. L. Hall.
Sylvester “What’s-It”
Devours Many Pigs
Sylvester.—The Stewart county
“What’s-it” is on the loose again,
devouring a distressing number of
baby pigs. The elusive, phantom ani
mal has destroyed the family of twelve
sows to date. U. A. Protho believes
he has the answer to the enigma in
a litter of some undetermined breed
of pups (or kittens) he found re
cently in a hollow log near the site
of one of the pig massacres. Protho
is raising one of the cubs to determine
whether it is one of the pack of
coyotes believed to have been released
near Sylvester by a traveling circus
some years ago.
F.F.A. To Present
Negro Minstrel
The Newton FFA Club will present
a negro minstrel, “The Coonville Aris
tocrat,” at the High School Audi
torium, next Tuesday night, March
5, at 7:30.
The cast is composed of FFA boys
entirely; the girls parts, as well as
boys, being played by the boys.
Be sure to come out and see the
“Coons act.” We plan to have special
music along with the play.
Admission: 10 and 15 cents.
cut or chopped. Many of the new
smaller mills especially designed for
electric operation will be set up to run
automatically through a number of
processes.
The dairy section of the demonstra
tion will show various types of milk
ers, cream coolers ranging from small
five-gallon types that can be used
in conjunction with cream storage in
the household refrigerator to big
four-can coolers, sterilizers, and auto
matic drinking cups for the cattle.
The women, in the meantime, may
attend extensive programs in the big
tent, where there will be groups to
study kitchen planning, electric cook
ery with the range and with small
appliances, a laundry demonstration,
discussions of the farm refrigerator,
and points on the care and selection of
household appliances.
Late in the afternoon when all the
grain has been ground, all the ma
chinery operated, and the tanks or the
well pumped dry, the men join the
women in the tent for discussions of
water heating for stock and poultry,
and electric cookery contest, discus
sions of electrical dairy and farm
equipment
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1940.
RESTRAINING ORDER
GRANTED BULLARD
Gardner Issues Temporary Or
der Against County Executive
Committee.
A temporary injunction against the
Mitchell County Democratic Execu
tive Committee, to restrain them from
certifying the results of the Primary
election of February 21st to the State
Committee, was granted Monday by
Judge B. C. Gardner upon petition of
W. W. Bullard, contesting the results
of the election.
The action before Judge Gardner,
was brought by Mr. Bullard in addi
tion to a petition before the Demo
cratic Executive Committee, which
will be heard on Friday morning at
ten o’clock.
Judge Gardner issued a temporary
restraining order against the Demo
cratic Executive Committee, its chair
man, J. L. Palmer, Secretary Carl E.
Crow, and also R. E. L. Culpepper,
Ordinary, and Mr. J. W. Butter, Coun
ty Commissioner, were specifically
named defendants in the petition.
Baptist Church
Building?
The News Reporter has occasion to
refer to The Baker County News,
issue of February 26th, 1937, and the
following headlines caught my eyes:
“WORK TO BEGIN ON BAPTIST
CHURCH EARLY IN MARCH,” and
I just wondered in reading the article
if that meant 1937 or 1940. Nowhere
in the article did it mention the year,
only “the early part of March.”
In reading that article it just oc
curred to me that perhaps we let the
subject of building a new church in
Newton get away from us. The ar
ticle went on to state that plans and
specifications had already been made
and accepted for this building by the
building committee.
I am only referring to this article
to bring to our minds and perhaps the
building committee might decide to
take up where they left off three years
ago and surprise the people of New
ton with the announcement that WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE A NEW
CHURCH BUILDING, TO BEGIN
EARLY IN MARCH.
Tri-States Sing Set
For March 3 In Cairo
The first quarterly session for 1940
of the Tri-States (Alabama-Florida-
Georgia) Singing Convention will be
held jointly with the quarterly ses
sion of the Grady County Singing
Convention, at the Courthouse in
Cairo, on the first Sunday in March,
the 3rd.
Some of the outstanding quartets
of this part of the country will take
part in the program, including Dr.
Toole’s Jolly Four girls’ quartet, of
Gainesville, Fla.; that led by Sheriff
Davis, of Lake City, Fla.; the Oak
dale quartet, of Moultrie, Ga., and sev
eral others.
On the evening prior to the joint
convention at the Courthouse in Cairo,
or on Saturday, March 2nd, begin
ning at 7 o’clock, there will be a con
cert at the Legion Home in Cairo,
with several of the quartets and other
song leaders taking part.
Everyone has a cordial invitation
to attend the convention and the con
cert.
7-Year-Old Hen
Lays 2 Per Day
Sylvester.—Practically old enough
to receive her social security pension,
Mr. W. T. Lairscey’s 7-year old chicben
is producing eggs at the rate of two
per diem. The owner hesitates to
make an estimate on the number of
eggs the hen—a cross between the
Cornish, Warhawk, and Shaw game—
has laid in a life time, but agrees
heartily that “they would make a
heap.”
Social Briefs
The Tuesday afternoon bridge club
was entertained by Mrs. C. H. Hall,
who is always a lovely hostess.
* * *
Mrs. J. H. Hall was hostess to the
Wednesday Morning Sewing Club.
Several members were absent
* * *
Mrs. R. L. Hall, Jr. will entertain
on Thursday evening, honoring her
sister, Miss Lucas, of Albany, a bride
elect.
Why Not Attend
Church Sunday?
I don’t know of any subject which
has been thought of and talked of
more in the last several weeks than
the weather. It is true we have had
some real bad weather. All business,
educational and social life has suf
fered. However, I do not think any
phase of work has suffered as much
as God’s work.
Many have been sick and could not
attend church. Many had sick rela
ives and friends which made it neces
sary for them to miss church ser
vices. Many failed to attend church
because the weather conditions gave
them what, they thought, to be a good
excuse for not going. The first group
mentioned had reasons and are not
held responsible, but the last group
is held responsible. Other work was
going on. Men went to their busi
ness. Women went to their work.
Recreational and social life suffered
very little.
This all proves that people are not
putting God and His Kingdom first.
And when we fail to let God come
first, there is always a spiritual fam
ine. But if we give God first place
in our lives He will pour out His bless
ings upon us.
Now we don’t mean to neglect this
all important work, but it is done
because we fail to stop and think.
Now let’s do a little thinking, a
little doing, a whole lot of praying
and see if our religion won’t mean
more to us.
Next Sunday is our preaching day
at the Baptist Church, at eleven and
six forty-five. TPhe pastor will be
looking for a good congregation at
both services. Come out to church and
let’s fill our places and do our BEST
to make the church and the religious
work the most important work in
Newton.
THE REPORTER.
Fishing Licenses
On Sale March Ist
Atlanta, Ga.—Getting off to an
early start the State Division of Wild
Life will place 1940 fishing licenses
on sale March 1, it was announced
Saturday.
This is a month ahead of the cus
tomary date, it was revealed. Ben
Johnson, assistant wild life director,
announced that the new licenses would
be “entirely different from those used
in the past.”
He said that a blank space will be
devoted to catches and that fishermen
will be requested to file with the Wild
Life Division records of their catches
on or before the expiration date of the
license. Provision is made for trout,
bass, bream, musktes and other spe
cies commonly taken by hook and line.
Cost of the Licenses will be $1.25 in
accordance with the law. Last year
revenue from fishing licenses was ap
proximately $28,000. This year, what
with strict enforcement and growing
interest in the sport, this amount is
expected to be nearly doubted.
Receipts from hunting licenses in
creased over 60 per cent, and rangers
report that there have been many
more fishermen than hunters practic
ing their sport without licenses.
The new licenses will give persons
not already holding licenses a 30-day
jump and will afford 45 days of fish
ing before the season closes over the
state, April 15-June 1.
Licenses will be required of all
fishermen except those in their own
county, those under 16 years of age
or those fishing in their own private
pond. The law allows native county
fishing with worms, but not with ar
tificial bait or live minnows, without
a license.
The trout season in North Georgia
opens April 1, and many Georgians
already are oiling tackle for early in
vasions of the mountain streams.
E. O. Ennis Gets
Potato Valentine
Milledgeville.—A potato Valentine
was received recently by O. M. Ennis,
chairman of the Baldwin county board
of commissioners of roads and reve
nues. Last week, white opening a new
shipment of “spuds” at his store in
Midway, Mr. Ennis discovered a speci
men shaped like a perfect heart.
Library Notice
Biegnnin 123456 78905— 17 28 39 0
Beginning March Ist, the Library
at the Court House will be open the
following hours each day until fur
ther notice—from twelve to five P. M.
Newton P.-T. A. Will
Sponsor “Barn Dance”
The Newton P.-T. A. will sponsor
an old fashioned “Barn Dance” at
the Newton basketball shall on Friday
night, March Bth, at 8:00 o’clock for
benefit of the P.-T. A. lunch room.
The music for this dance will be
furnished by “The Oaks String Band
from Ashburn, Ga. It is not necessary
to tell the people about this splendid
band as I am sure almost every one
is familiar with their music.
Admission will be twenty-five cents
to dancers, spectators and all.
Everybody is invited to come and
bring your best dancing partner and
lets have lots of fun. As you will
remember, it has been a long time
since we have had a real old-fashioned
“Barn Dance” here.
When you read this announcement
tell your friends to meet you in New
ton at the basketball shell on Friday
night, March Bth.
Bethany News
RAY-COLLINS
Mrs. Charlie George Ray, of Ar
lington, announces the marriage of her
daughter, Quenelle, to Mr. Ernest
Eugene Collins on Friday, February
the sixteenth, nineteen hundred forty,
Atlanta, Ga.
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The above announcement is of in
terest throughout this section. The
bride is the daughter of the late Mr.
George Ray and Mrs. Ray. She was
a member of the Morgan High School
graduating in 1935; she later entered
the Georgia Baptist Hospital in At
lanta and graduated from there in the
spring of 1939. Since then she has
been practicing her profession in At
lanta.
The groom is engaged in the insur
ance business. The couple will make
their home in Atlanta.
* * *
Oui - community was saddened by
the death of Mrs. Katie Tabb on
Thursday. Her husband, Mr. John
Tabb, died several years ago. Mrs.
Tabb would have been eighty years
old in March. Survivors include Mrs.
Annie Harrison Ethredge, Messrs.
Troup, Calvin, Neal, Ivey and Karvil,
and several grand children.
Funeral and burial were at Tabb
Cemetery Friday morning.
* * ♦
Mrs. D. G. Jones has been on the
sick list for several days.
Mrs. L. W. Parr and little Elizabeth
Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
P. Smith, are both home from Bain
bridge hospital, where they were sick
for several days.
Mr. L. D. Lawrence was a visitor in
Bainbridge Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Rooks and daugh
ter, Betty Jean, were guests Sunday
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Westbrook, of
Rowena.
Mrs. Claude Lawrence and children
spent the week-end with Mrs. George
Ray and family.
Visitors to Albany Saturday were:
Mr. Warren Rooks, Mrs. J. F. Ray,
Mrs. Geo. Ray, Miss Posey Hamill and
Mrs. Robert Hamill, of Live Oak.
Mrs. Elmo Walden and Mrs. Ber
nard Walden, of Leary, were guests
Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ray.
Mcßae Hen Lays
Elephant Egg
Mcßae.—A Plymouth Rock hen
owned by Mattie Chambers, a colored
woman, knew this wasn’t circus week,
but she would have her little yolk.
In fact, the yolk of the egg she laid
recently formed the body, head, and
trunk of an elephant, and the white
made a perfect tail.
Newton P.-T. A. To
Meet Wednesday
The regular meeting of the Newton
P.-T. A. will be held on next Wed
nesday afternoon (March 6th) at
three o’clock at the school auditorium.
All members are urged to attend
this meeting.
Church Owns I,and in New York
The land on which Trinity church
in New York city stands is owned
and operated by the Trinity Parish
corporation, 72 Trinity place. New
York. N. Y.
Thirteen Birds Named Carolina
There are 13 bhJs which have as
their specific name Carolina or its
derivatives.
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schoola
Good Churches and
Good People.
81.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCI
HOUSING GROUPS
PLAN NEW MEETINGS
Rural Housing Leaders Pla
District Meetings To Furthe
Program.
Such tremendous response has bee
given the plans proposed at the Rur.
Housing meeting held at Macon, o
February 15th, that district meeting
are being arranged by the state ai
thorities.
Nearest meetings planned in th
section are Americus, March 4th, ar
Bainbridge, March sth. These mee
ings will be at the court houses
each of these towns and will be :
eleven o’clock.
State Chairman of the Housing A:
thority, George B. Hamilton, made tl
following statement concerning tl
district meetings this week.
“Since the first State-wide rur.
Housing conference held in Macon <
February 15th, there has been su<
a universal interest in the rural are.
of our State and I have been :
swamped with requests to speak
local meetings on this program, th
I have been sponsoring for som
time, until I have decided to hold di
trict meetings in various sections >
the State in order that the individu
farmers may know first hand all t’.
facts relative to the program.
At the Macon meeting which w.
sponsored by the Georgia Farme
Union, the Hon. R. M. Stites, Preside
of the United Georgia. Farmers, r
tended and made a statement to t.
conference pledging the unqualifii
support of his organization to t.
movement. It is with a great deal
gratification that I am able to a
nounce that the district meetin
which will be held are under t.
united sponsorship of the Georg
Farmers Union, the United Georg
Farmers and all local groups of <
ganizations in the rural areas. A
farmers, county commissioners, coun
agricultural agents, vocational teac
ers, bankers and others are invited
attend any one of this series of di
trict meetings. I am anxious that t.
facts relative to the program be la
before all farmers of Georgia and
am sincerely delighted and appreci
tive of the universal help and a
that is being rendered me in makii
this possible.
“I stated at the Macon meeting ai
I now restate to the farmers of Geo
gia that I expect to ask for and obta
seventy-five million dollars for t
building of houses on the farms
Georgia if pending legislation pass
the present Congress. I have sent
all county commissioners blank res
lutions of necessity necessary f
them to pass and already many cou
ties have formed County Housing A
thorities.
“I already have assurances of ma
farmers and leaders of organiz
groups that thousands of farmers w
attend these meetings so that th
may personally secure first hand t
information about how they may (
rive the benefits of the rural housi
program. Everybody interested in t
betterment of our state of Georgia
the rural sections is invited to atte
these meetings.”
W. M. S. To Meet
Monday Evening
The Womans Missionary Society
the Baptist Church will meet on M<
day afternoon at three o’clock at i
home of Mrs. V. T. Akridge with M
Harold McLeod as leader.
Every member of the society
urged to attend this meeting.
Calf Roping
Calf roping originated becau
cowboys had to rope and tie calv
on ranches in order to brand the:
The cowboy chased the calf
horseback, caught it with his las.'
dismounted and tied three of t
animal’s legs together, rendering
helpless
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