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The Official Organ
Baker County
Established 1912
VOL. 31. NUMBER 49.
Hearing For Retrial
Is Postponed Again
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(From The Camilla Enterprise)
For the second consecutive Satur
day a hearing on a motion for a re
trial in the case of J. Bennett Lewis,
convicted slayer of C. F. Brimberry,
Jw; has been postponed. Judge Carl
E. Crow had originally set the date
for hearing the motion for Saturday,
June 12, but at that time attorneys
for the defense asked that the mo
tion be continued over until the fol
lowing Saturday, June 19. Last Sat
urday attorneys for the defense asked
another postponement on the hearing
and Judge Crow has set the next
date for the hearing on June, 26.
Lewis was convicted by a Mitchell
County Superior Court jury for the
slaying of his friend and was sen
tenced to life imprisonment after the
jury gave a recommendation for mer
cy. He is being held in the Mitchell
County jail at Camilla.
Baker County
Soil Conservation News
By: E. P. Harrison
Farmers who have stands of young
pines which are ready for thinning,
can turn this woodland improvement
job to a profit by cutting the poorer,
crowded trees for pulpwood, which is
badly needed in the war effort; ac
cording to E. P. Harrison of the Ba
ker County Work Unit of the Flint
River Soil Conservation District.
The following signs, Mr. Harri
son said, indicate that young pines
are ready for and need thinning:
1. Dead lower branches due to in
creasing competition. This begins to
occur after the young trees have com
pletely covered the ground and the
lower branches become shaded. When
branches are dead up to about one
third of the total height of the trees,
it is a pretty good sign that thinning
is advisable.
2. As to age, normally when pines
having a spacing of about six feet or
less apart become 10 to 15 years of
age, depending chiefly upon varying
site cnnditaaas, they «re ready for
the first thinning. -
3. The presence of dead or dying
trees that have become overtopped in
their struggle for existence. This
is one of the easiest signs to see. It
means that if thinning is not done
to salvage these crowded-out trees,
usable material will be lost.
If selective cutting is used and
trees which are least desirable for
other uses are removed for pulpwood
,the stand actually will be improved
by the thinning operations and the
growth of thrifty trees of desirable
species will be promoted, Mr. Harri
son said.
Baptist W. M. S.
Met Monday
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The Woman’s Missionary Society
met Monday afternoon, June 21, at
the home of Mrs. C. O. Hall with Mrs.
J. C. Odom, Jr. as leader. The pro
gram was from the Mission Study
Book, and was “Pioneering With
Christ in Chile.” After the program
the hostess served iced blackberry
juice and pound cake. Those present
were: Mesdames H. E. Hall, V. T.
Akridge, H. H. Radford, Price Hall,
Alton Rogers, R/ L. Hall, Sr., J. C.
Odom, Jr., Miss Mattie Lee Hall and
the hostess. The next meeting will
meet at the home of Mrs. Price Hall
with Miss Alma Ellis as leader.
®ln Time
Os
WAR
It becomes the clear duty of
every American citizen to obtain
and preserve the best health
possible that he may, without
hindrance, shoulder hia full
share of our nation’s burdens.
Let each strive to avoid placing
on himself and on others the
handicap of sickness due to eare*
lessness and neglect.
U - Save - It
Prescription Shops
Exchange Bank Bldg, and
208 Pine Ave.
ALBANY, - GEORGIA
“Save Here Every Day In
The Month”
She Baker (Cnunty Nms
Warning Os Pinkeye
Outbreaks Issued By
Extension Agent
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During summer and fall months an
outbreak of pinkeye in cattle may
cause loss of weight, poor condition
and lower milk production, County
Agent N. D. Mcßainey warned this
week, in urging farmers to look out
for this trouble.
Minor injuiries to the eyes caused
by insects, strong sunlight, pollen, or
by contact with weeds, make eye tis
sues more susceptible to infection, Mr.
Mcßainey said.
“First symptom,” the county agent
pointed out, “is a flow of tears. The
animal avoids light by keeping the
eyes closed or by entering dark stable.
Eyelids become swollen and sensitive.
The discharge from the eyes soon be
comes mixed with pus and may be
streaked with blood. The eye gets
cloudy and may develop ulcers. Ex
treme cases cause complete destruc
tion of the eye.
Treatment consist of separating in
fected animals from the herd. “Place
them in other pastures,” he advised,
“and give them a darkened barn,
plenty of fresh water and soft, suc
culent feed. Give 1 to 1% pounds of
Epsom salts dissolved in water.”
Two solutions give good results as
an eye lotion. A .one-percent solu
tion of silver nitrate may be applied
every other day until there is improve
ment, then every three days or four
until all inflammation subsides. This
solution may be applied to the eyes
with a soft cotton swab.
The other treatment is mercuro
chrome in one to four-percent solu
tions dropped in the eyes several
times daily.
Newton Baptist Church
Has Revival Services
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A series of services began at the
Baptist Church Sunday with Rev. Bert
Joyner, Pastor of Hill Baptist Church,
Augusta, Georgia, assisting the pas
tor, Rev. R. H. Forrester. Large
congregations have been attending
these .services, and no one wiH want
to miss the closing days of this re
vival. Rev. Joyner has been bringing
to the people of Newton some very
inspiring sermons. He is one of the
leading ministers of the state. The
meeting will be brought to a close with
the Sunday evening service, June 27.
Vocational Agricultural
Notes
By W. Carlos Mills
The total number of fruits and veg
etables canned in the plant is stead
ily rising. To date 5000 cans have
been processed. Our aim for the
season is 20,000.
Several people have asked about
the best way to keep fresh vegetables 1
overnight for canning the next day.
The method used will depend on the
type vegetable. Small seed vegetables
such as peas and lima beans should
be spread thinly in a cool place. If re
frigerators are available, vegetables
should be placed in them in small
containers so that the cold can circu
late through them. Perhaps the best
method is to place ice and vegetables
in a large container and cover with
water, using plenty of ice. It is im
portant that special care be given
vegetables to be kept over night so
that they will not spoil by “going
through a heat.” The quality of some
vegetables have been impaired be
cause they were placed in a refrig
erator in a large container and there
fore cold could not penetrate the veg
etable in the middle of the container.
Tomatoes should be spread thinly
in a cool shady place.
Corn, one of the hardest vegetables
to process, should never be gathered
until the day it is to be canned. In
fact, it is best to have corn in the
Can two hours after it is gathered.
The sugar content rapidly changes in
to starch after being gathered and
the greater the starch content the
harder to process.
Those colored people desiring to
use the canning plant should contact
the manager so that plans can be
made for them to have one day per
week.
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The compressor for the Freezer
locker Plant has been delivered to
Albany. It is hoped that the other
equipment will soon arrive.
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Those who have pastures of a per
manent type should take a few days
off before peanut season starts and
cut the weeds and bushes.
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1943.
WHERE AND WHEN ?
Xf i We] VjV
Town and Farm In Wartime
(A Weekly News Digest Prepared By The Rural Press
Section, OWI News Bureau)
DON’T TRAVEL UNNECESSARILY
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To relieve crowded trains and bus
es, the public is asked not to make
unnecessary trips. ODT has defined
trips for the following purposes as
non-essential: To other cities to visit
friends; home for the week-end; sight
seeing; to the theatre, races, or other
places of amusement; any social trav
el or travel for pleasure, and travel
merely for the sake of going some
where.
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VICTORY TAX COLLECTIONS
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The victory tax, which to date has
been withheld from wages and salar
ies above exemptions at the rate of
5 percent will be included in the 20
percent withholding plan provided for
in the current tax payment act, on
or after July 1. Total victory tax
collections as of June 5 werd $682,-
382,523.20.
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STICKER FOR RATION
FREE SHOES
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Shoe dealers must put an official
OPA sticker on shoes that are to be
sold ration-free because of Ramage
by fire, water, steam, or othdr acci
dental cause. The purpose of the
sticker is to protect the customer
: against black markets in shoes.
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FROZEN FOODS PRICED
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Consumer coiling prices for frozen
snap beans, corn, peas, and spinach
of the 1943 pack will be about the
same as current maximum prices for
the 1942 pack, but frozen strawber
ries and asparagus will be increased,
OPA said recently. For asparagus,
the increase will be about one cent a
pound, and for strawberries between
three and four cents a pound.
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GAS AND TIRES FOR
FARM MACHINES
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To assist grain fanners in harvest
ing 1943 crops the War Food Admin
istration has made arrangements with
ODT and OPA to assure owners of
custom-operated machinery sufficient
gasoline and tires to run their equip
ment especially combine operators
who will soon be working in the wheat
harvest.
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TAX WORKERS WILL BE
NEEDED
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Between 10,000 and 15,000 new em
ployees will have to be added to the
Bureau of Internal Revenue as a re
sult of the new system for the pay-as
you-go income tax law which goes
into effect July 1. Most of these em
ployees will be placed in the various
field offices and the majority of them
will be women.
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TOOLS FOR FARMERS
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Wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers and
other mechanics’ hand service tools
should be more generally available
to farmers and home mechanics as a
result of an amendment of order E-6
■ by WPB. The amended order, which
is designed to bring about a better
. distribution of these tools among con
. sumers, sets aside from 20 to 25 per
| cent of the monthly production of
( specified tools for commercial dis
; tributors.
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APPLY FOR FUEL NOW
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I Occupants of oil heated homes
‘ should apply now to their ration
boards for next year’s fuel oil allow
ances to assure adequate supplies be
fore winter, declares, OPA. About
one-third of the coupons in each con-^
s sumet’s ration sheet will be valid on
- July 1 to enable householders to get
f deliveries, even months in advance of
) cold weather.
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1 CANNED GOODS FOR CIVILIANS
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Applesauce, blueberries, figs, beets,
carrots, pumpkins, and squash will be
available to civilians in cans as a re
sult of a curtailment in government
requirements. Under a previous or
der canners were permitted to pack
I these foods in cans only for govern
s ment needs.
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USED CAR GAS. RATION
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The purchaser of a used car may
qaalify for a gasoline ration to op
erate it, even though he is unable to
get a tire inspection record from the
previous owner, if he can satisfy the
1 local board that (1) no tire inspection
1 record ever was issued for the ve
■ hicle, or, (2) the buyer had been un
able to get the record from the pre
■ vious owner after diligent attempt.
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INCREASE IN FARM MACHINERY
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A new farm machinery and equip
ment order (WPB L-257) sets up
quotas based on the actual needs of
fanners for machinery and equipment
as determined by the War Food Ad
ministration. The order, which be
comes effective July 1, permits un
completed quotas under L-170 to be
produced in addition to quotas hereby
established.
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MORE FOREST FIRES IN ’42
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Forest fires last year burned over
a total of 31,854,124 acres of United
States woodlands, compared with 26,-
404,385 acres in 1941. The total num
ber of fires in the first war year was
208,218, an increase of 8,516 over 1941.
C. C. Merritt Is
New Mail Carrier
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Os the eleven applicants who stood
the examination in Camilla for Rural
Mail Carrier from the Newton Post
Office, Mr. C. C. Merritt received his
appointment and began his duties
June 14. Since Mr. Arthur West re
tired several months ago Mr. Price
Hall, his substitute, has been carry
ing the mail until Mr. Merritt as
sumed his duties.
Sweet Potatoes
Make Good Feed
Agent Suggests
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Feed shortages are becoming more
and more serious. County Agent N. D.
Mcßainey advised this week, pointing
out that farmers may not be able
to obtain normal shipments of grain
from the Midwest next winter, and
the prospects for corn throughout most
of the southern part of the state is
only fair.
It is too late to plant some food and
and feed crops, and seed supplies are
short on others, Mr. Mcßainey said,
but there is still time to set out al
ditional sweet potato acreages.
Sweet potatoes may be planted
within the next few weeks from slips
as cut or pulled from remaining beds
or vine cuttings taken from earlier
planted fields. Late plantings may
not yield as mtfch as the earlier plant
ings ,but can be very profitable even
at lower yields.
Plants should be set 12 to 16 inches
apart, and rows may be 2% to 3 feet
apart. A fertilizer high in potash
should be used and applied before
planting, if possible. Fertilizer should
analyze 4-8-8 for thin sort or 3-9-9 for
richer soil and should be used at the
rate of 500 to 800 pounds per acre.
Replanting should be done in about
three days after plants are set.
! PATMOS ’
j NEWS |
—By-
MRS. B. A. PALMER
| Correspondent |
The annual Griffin family reunion
was held June 10th at the home of
Mrs. Sallie Woodard. Friends and
relatives from far and near were pres
ent on this happy occasion, about 90
being present this year. In the" early
afternoon a number gathered at the
family cemetery and fnade beautiful
the graves of loved ones gone on be
fore and at the noon hour the tables
which were placed beneath the giant
oak tree in front of the Woodard
home were laden with good eats
which all present declared to be “fit
for a king.” After lunch the crowd
gathered in the spacious living room
where a number of old fashioned gos
pel songs were rendered with Messrs
Wallace Griffin, Wheeler Ethrelge and
Frank Lunsford leading the singing
with Mrs. Ethredge at the piano.
These tenth of june celebrations have
long been a custom with the Griffins
and are eagerly looked forward to by
their many friends and relatives.
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Mrs. E. A. McDonald and children
returned to their home in Americus
last Sunday afternoon after a two
weeks visit witth their mother and
grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Woolard.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sullivan, of Al
bany, were guests' of Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Wiley Sunday.
Misses Christine and Miriam Grif
fin and Leon Byrd Duke are attending
Bible Training School at Camp Saw
yer this week.
Mrs. Edwin Twitty and children, of
Thomasville spent last week with
Mrs. Leon Duke.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Palmer and chil
dren, Faye and J. D., Jr., spent Sun
day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
B. A. Palmer.
Sgt. M. G. Adams, Mrs. Mary Ad
ams and Mrs. Wheeler Ethredge visit
ed in Thomasville last Wednesday.
Mr. W. J. Starr and Mr. and Mrs.
B. A. Palmer were business visitors
to Albany last Friday.
Mrs. Ruby Maples, of Columbus, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wilmer
Holley this week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Woodard and
children, of Leary, visited relatives
hee Monday, afternoon.
Lt. E. W. Griffin, of Army Air
Corps stationed at Reno, Nev., is ex
pected home this week for a visit with
home folks.
Herman Avera, of U. S. Navy is
home on furlough visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Ms. H. D. Avera.
Recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. B.
A. Palmer were Mrs. Ike Newberry,
of Hill Side, Mrs. L. L. Thompson,
Ocala, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Clark
and children of Leary.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas Mathis, of Al
bany, were week-end visitors of their
mother, Mrs. Sallie Woodard.
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schools,
Good Churches and
Good People
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Madame Chiang Will
Visit Wesleyan
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MACON, June 24.—Madame Chiang
Kai-shek, wife o fthe Chinese gen
eralissimo, is returning Saturday to
Wesleyan College, where she spent
five years as a student nearly 25 years
ago.
President N. C. McPherson an
nounced last night that Madame
Chiang would be given an honorary
degree of doctor of laws at ceremon
ies in the college’s historic old con
servatory chapel.
She also will receive doctor of laws
degrees on behalf of her sisters. Ma
dame W. H. Kung and Madame Sun
Yat Sen, who also attended Wesleyan.
The student body, dressed in white,
will serve as honor’ guards for Wes
leyan’s illustrious alumnae.
The chapel built in 1860, seats only
900 and invitations to the convocation
have been limited to students, facul
ty and wives, Macon alumnae, and
city, county and state officials.
Heading officials will be Governor
and Mrs. Ellis Arnall, of Georgia.
Others invited are Senator and Mrs.
Walter F. George, Senator Richard
B. Russell, Rep. and Mrs. Carl Vin
son, Chancellor and Mrs. S. V. San
ford of the University System, Dr.
and Mrs. M. C. Huntley, the former
executive secretary of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Second
ary Schools and Dr. and Mrs. Harry
W. McPherson, executive secretary of
the division of educational institu
tions of the Methodist church.
Senator George aided in the ar
rangements for Madame Chiang’s vis
it to Georgia.
Cpl. Roy Daniel
Arrives In England
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Cpl. Roy Daniel, son of Mrs. Cora
Estes, of the U. S. Army has arrived
safely in England according to word
received here by his parents. Cpl.
Daniel graduated from the Elmodel
High School in 1940, and has many
friends in this county who are inter
ested in him. He writes that he has
enjoyed seeing many^ interesting
things and places in England. ■
Censorship regulations prevent Us
from printing Cpl. Daniel’s mailing ad
dress for the convenience of friends
who might like to drop him a card.
The censorship bureau claims that ev
ery letter and numeral on a boy’s
overseas address is important and in
formation which, if in the hands of
the enemy, might help them to de
cipher where our troops are stationed
and how many soldiers of a certain
unit are stationed at a certain place.
> Don’t spend your pay in
competition with your neigh
bors for scarce civilian
goods. Save, America, and
you will save America from
black markets and runaway
inflation. Buy more Bonds every
payday. How many bonds? Figure
it out yourself.
Saturday, June 26
Don Red Barry in
“Sombrero Kid”
also comedy “Ding Dong Daddy”
and chapter 9 of “G-Men vs The
Black Dragon”
10c and 15c all day
Saturday Night 10:30 P. M.
Craig Stevens and Julia Bishop in
“The Hidden Hand”
also short “Hitteras Honkers”
10c and 20c
Monday, June 28
Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor
“Across The Pacific”
also comedy “Tale of Two Kittens"
and latest News
Tuesday, June 29
James Cagney in return engage
ment of
“Captain Os The
Clouds”
Wednesday, June 30
Ellen Drew and Richard Denning
in
“Ice Capades Review”
also comedy “Tulips Shall Grow”
and chapter of r ‘Perils of Nyoka”
No. 12
10c and. 15c
Coming Thursday and Friday
“Andy Hardys Double
Life”