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Wheeler County Eagle*
Official Organ Wheeler County.
Published Every Friday.
J. H. GROSS* Editor and Publisher
SI.OO Per Year in Advance.
The heaviest downpour of rain in a
long time fell here last week, perhaps
the steadiest this section has experi
enced in many days. The bridges across
streams have all been washed away and
the Oconee river was reported to have
been rising at the rate of a foot an
hour. Trains have been late on account
of washouts Passenger train known as
74 was nine hours late the other morn
ing and none of the south bound trains
have been running on time.
The farmers have been taking advant
age'of the rainy weather by hauling
their fertilizers and preparing them
selves for fair weather. The tracks
have been crowded with cars of guano
for several days and almost a steady
stream of wagons have been hauling
and t ose that could not get their ferti
lizers hauled have been storing it in the
warehouse.
It will be sometime before the fields
will be in condition to plow and it will
necessarily delay preparations for
planting. Some had prepared for plant*
ing before the heavy rains set in, but
as a rule many of oar farmers are very
anxious to have sunshine that they may
begin turning the soil.
We are glad to add to our list
of exchanges the Glenwood Spn- i
tinel, published at Glenwood.
It is edited by C. A. Cargi'e, and
is quite a newsy publication. It
is to be devoted to the interest
of G‘enwood and Wheeler county
Ladies, when you bny your
dry goods don’t forget to come
to see me for your shoes.
Wheeler County Shoe Store.
The Stillmore News is another
addition to our exchange list. It
—is being published in the interest
of the proposed new county of
Stonewall, with Stillmore the
county site. Dr. J R. Warren
of Stillmore, is its local manager
As announced in our last issue
that we are to put on a popu’arity
contest and that we would be
able to announce everything
in readiness for husness this
week, we have been advised by
advertising company that they
wou'd be on hand just as soon as
it is possible. We will likely bo
able to annmhee definitely next
week when the contest will begin
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WE ARE ALWAYS READY
•WITH THE GOODS
Anything in General Merchandise Line.
Graham & Hightower
ALAMO, GA
For The Sake of
Yourself Vole Blinds.
Fellow citizens, neighbors and
friends; in mercy sake, for your
self and mutual benefit to the
entire county of Wheeler, cast
your ballot for “bonds” when
the time comes.
In this connection I call your
attention to our adjoining county,
Dodge. .This county first voted
bonds down. The taxes levied,
^and after realizing that in many
( cases the man who had no capi-
I tai to back his investments will
ibe forced to dispose of his hard
| earned real estate in order to
meet his- taxes. Taxes instead
of bonds means misfortune to
j Wheeler.
Men of money, men of moder
ate circumstances think thrice
well before you cast your ballot
ask the people who have “been
through the mill.” Dodge county
citizens finally picked some flaw
in the first election and in the
second election for bonds, bonds
were carried overwhelmingly.
Help yourself neighbors and
friends J’y casting your ballot
i for BONDS on March 29th.
A Friend from Another Co.
‘ Rev. H. G. Everett of Wrights
ville, Was in town yesterday.
It is again reported that the peach
crop is safe.
City Barber Shop
and Pressing Club
Hair Cut, Any Style
All kinds of Barber Work you
may call for. Everything
Sanitary
Have your clothes
cleaned and
pressed
L. P. SMITH
PROPQIETOR
Look out for announcement of
i 94th anniversary of the indepen-
I dent order of Odd Fei ows, to be
i celebrated here on the 26th of
April.
'Mayor Sears Replies <
| To Glenwood Sentinel
The Glenwood Sentinel of March 18th
says that the people of Wheeler county
want to know when the $20,000 that
Alamo promised before they vote for
$50,000 bonds. The Sentinel seems to
think that the bond issue is one of
Alamo’s trick~ to get out of paying
what she promised. We people at
Alamo want the people of Wheeler
county to know that we are no! all the
tax payers that will be benefited by the
bona issue, if bonds are tarr ed, neither
wi 1 we be the only tax payers that will,
have to pay high taxes if the bands
fail to Be curried.
The people of Alamo have and will
comply with their promises to the peo
ple of Wheeler county in regard to pub
lie buildings foi the county. As for
what we promised the people of the
town of Glenwood, we did so in good
' faith. The people of Glenwood did not
keep the faith with us. from the fact
that they continued to fight the crea
tion of the new county; not only foughtl
1 it m the legislature, but even fought
' the ratification of same- -didn’t stop
there, but are still fighting everything
that is olfered by any one loi the
development of said county. Any citi
zen of aiiy county that would undertake
’ to hinder his county in any way from
1 building public buildings when the
people are completely out of doors, for
the life of us we cannot see how any
. one could do it honestly. That is the
case with a few of our Glenwood
friends
Solar as the court house for Wheeler
county and iocation~,for same is con
cerned, everydody in the county knows
tvai Alamo is the place by law, as it
should be Glenwood has no claim
whatever for the cmuty site; for
i several reasons, to-wil: Glenwood is
not at all convenient to the people of
. Wheeler county There are people in
Toombs county that live as near or
nearer to Glenwood than a great many
people in Wheeler coumy d>. The
claim that we had to make io the
Georgia legislature was that we wanted
our court house more cmiveniemly lo-
Cited than it was With Glenwood as
the county site, it would be no bitter,
only for a few at or near Glenwood.
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If the people of Glenwood have ever
done anything, either by spending or
being spent for the creation of Wh e e
county, we have failed, so far, to find
it out, only to the contrary; therefore
we cannot see how they can have the
gall to go out aid ask the people of
Wheeler couniy to consider a propo
sition to place the county site at Glen
wood.
They say that a conrt house to cost
$20,000 would be ample for the county
for one hundred years or more. That
within iGelf is enough lo convince
anybody that they are not a friend to
the county.
They say that Alamo offer., a bond
issue. Alamo does not ask the people
to vote for b nd: unless they think
■ that it would be best We will pay our
' part of the taxes just the same, bonds
or no bonds, that makes b it. little dif
ference with us. Wc think that the
, county ought to have a couri house and
jail built just as quickly as it can be
done, bonds or no bonds, and one that
will be a credit to the coun y. The
people of Alamo don’t want the people
of Wheeler county to think that we
want anything only what is right in
the premises, that we expect to get in
spite of the Glenwood folks.
As for Mr. J B Fordham certifying
that $20,000 was deposited in the Bank
of Alamo, he had a right te say so.
He knew better than anybody at Glen
wood did as to that, and when the
people at Glenwood failed and refused
to abandon their fight the people of ,
Alamo that put the m iney up had a
right to take it down, which they did. i
Tney put the money up on the premise I
made to the whole people.
H. L SEARS.
Lack or space.
Charles H. Taylor, Jr., one of the
owners of the Boston Globe, was very
busy in his office one morning when
there appeared before him Charles S.
Howard, the dramatic editor of the
paper, with a big kick about his criti
cisms having been cut down so that
they filled a very little space.
"Can’t help it,” said Taylor crisply.
"The paper is crowded with advertise
ments, and they mean money. We must
keep that dramatic stuff cut down ”
“Well, by thunder!” exploded How
ard. “I guess next year you’ll be or
dering me to write wordless criti
cisms.”
“Oh, no,” said Taylor lightly; “not
wordless—just spaceless.”
CLIFF DWELLINGS VERY OLD
Head of Surveying Party Says Those
of Utah Were Constructed Many
Centuries Ago.
Cliff dwellings more than 1,000
years old and buildings of even
greater age have been discovered in \
Utah, according to D. B. Miller, as
sistant supervisor of the general land
office, who has been at the head of
a surveying party in that state for
the last ten months.
“The cliff dwellings we found in
XTtah undoubtedly are many hundreds
of years old,” said Mr. Miller to a
Washington Post reporter. “They
were doubtless built by the Monte- j
zuma Indians. These Indians also
built on the mesa lands and many in
teresting structures were found be
neath the surface of these lands. In
Utah are three natural bridges that
are more wonderful than the natural
bridge of Virginia.
“All are wider and two considerably
higher than the Virginia bridge. One
of these bridges has a span of more
than 200 feet and the arch is more
than 100 feet from the ground. It
seems almost to have been made by
man. White persons rarely have
Visited these wonders of nature.
“The Navajo Indians in Utah are of
course well acquainted with all these
things. The Navajos are essentially
superstitious. They do not mingle
much with the whites, and few of
them speak English. When one is
found who can speak English it is
pretty certain he is a sharper.
"My party went into Utah to survey
the* public lands early last April and
remained there until October. During j
the entire time not a drop of rain |
fell* and it is curious that all the i
time we were in that country I
we were followed about by an I
old Navajo medicine woman, who
persisted in telling the Indians that
so long as we stayed there no rain
would come.
"We paid no attention to her of
course, but We had to give her a
thought when on the day we broke
camp, within a few hours after we left
the Indian lands a terrific storm
arose that deluged the whole country.
I suppose that the old medicine wom
an is looked upon by her companions
as a supernatural creature.”
ELECTRIC SLEEP THE LATEST
Berlin Scientist Claims to Have Found
Relief for Nerve Disorders in
Humanity.
Electric sleep is to be the great
boon of nerve-disordered humanity if
the expectations of Dr. F. Nagel
schmldt of the Berlin Finsen institute
are realized. Some years ago Doctor 1
Leduc produced sleep in animals by '
applying continuous electric currents ,
to the base of the brain, but the cur- ,
rents necessary were near the danger |
point, and the claim of Doctor Nagel- .
schmidt is an improved method, using [
a special alternating current giving |
narcotic effects without exceeding, or ’
even nearly approaching, the limit of .
safety. It appears that not only cat;
the number of volts, milliamperes and
alternations be fixed as needed, but
that the time the current will flow
can be predetermined as well. Un
consciousness is produced quickly,
awakening follows in a minute or two
after the current ceases, and the alter
nating current not only relieves in
somnia, but it has other useful effects,
speedily overcoming neuralgic pains,
and giving particularly a harmless ,
means of controlling the violent in- |
sane without the straitjacket. The
electric sleep can be deepened so as
to give painless execution of criminals
or slaughtering of animals.
—
Ancient Rome’s Manicures.
The fluffy haired girl that holds
your hand in a Broadway barber shop
for a half hour and puts your nails
in tip-top shape for a half-dollar is
practicing an art that antedates
Caesar himself. Excavations in old
Rome have disclosed that hot and
cold water service like that in a big
town -apartment house, manicuring
sets, razors, toothpicks and hooks
and eyes were as common in the first
century as graft investigations are
in New York today. The diggers found
that the old Romans even had a hot
air heating system, egg poachers and
safety pins and cake pans.—-New York
Press.
Rough on Reynolds.
When James B. Reynolds was as
sistant secretary of the treasury, Sen- I
ator Root sent for Mr. Reynolds one
day to discuss with him somo matters
concerning a trade conference in
Paris, which Mr. Reynolds had been
selected to attend.
“I suppose,” said Mr. Root, "you
speak French?”
"Well, yes,” reponded Mr. Reynolds.
“I know a little French. I have no
trouble to make the waiters and the
cab drivers understand me.”
“I see,” said Mr. Root. “But, Mr.
Reynolds, suppose there would be no
waiters and cab drivers in the con
ference?” —Judge.
PROUD OF HIS SELF-CONTROL
Mrs. Brown Could Agree With Her
Liege Lord, Too, That It Was
Something Uncommon.
^Mr. Brown was excitable by nature,
but he often prided himself audibly
upon bls self-control. One night while
the family were gathered at the tea
table the chimney began to roar; the
furnace draft had been opened and for
gotten. Straightway a panic ensued.
“Don’t lose your heads—keep cool!”
cried Mr. Brown. “It’s nothing seri
ous.”
He dashed up the stairs, discovered
that the metal cap over the only un
used stovepipe hole was already re'l
। hot, and dashed down again faster
than he went up.
“K-keep cool!” he gasped, as he
passed through the room where the
; family had gathered in nervous appre
hension. 'Til be back in a minute.”
He was back in less than that time,
having observed that the flames were
spouting several feet high from the
chimney, and that a shower of sparks
was falling upon the roof.
“Wh-where’s the step-ladder?” he
panted.
He was gone before anyone could
answer the question, and presently
was heard bellowing from the roof of
the woodshed. He presented an heroic
figure in the glare of the Mazing
chimney.
‘Tve got one end of the hose!” he
called. “Some one attach the othei
end and turn onthO water —quick!”
Two long minutes passed.
“Why doesn’t some one do as I or
dered?” he thundered. “Do you want
• the place to burn up?”
“We can’t, Henry!” called Mrs
■ Brown, tremblingly. “You haven't gol
i the hose—you’ve got the cow-rope. It
j was hanging next to the hose in the
shed. And any way, the roof is covered
with ice, and I don’t think there's any
great danger outside. You'd better go
and watch the chimney from the in
side.”
A half-hour later the family were
again at the tea table.
“If this had happened in some
homes,” remarked Mr. Brown, “the
family would have lost their heads
completely and sent in an alarm. Self
control is an excellent thing—and far
from common.”
“Indeed it is!” agreed Mrs. Brown,
emphatically.—Youth’s Companion.
Rose Culture In Bulgaria.
White and red roses are grown, the
former being easier to cultivate, but
/giving only about half as much oil of
an inferior quality. The, individual
growers distil their own oil. Twelve
to fifteen kilos of roses are distilled
with 60 kilos of water until 12
1 kilos of distillate are obtained; eight
■ to ten such lots are then united, and
redistilled Into long necked flasks, in
which the oil separates on standing.
I To produce one kilo of oil requires
■ 3,000 kilos of roses of 1,200,000 flow-
I ers. The roses are gathered in the
I early morning and distilled the same
day. The pure oil from the various
districts shows variations in odor and
physical properties, and is therefore
skillfully blended by the distributing
houses before sale. Adulteration is
very largely carried on by the peas
ants, who use ginger grass oil, palma
rosa oil, geranium oil, etc. The pro
duction for 1910 was 3,148 kilos—The
I Pharmaceutical Era.
Compliments of the Season.
Whether or not this story, sent to
the London Telegraph by its Paris
i correspondent, is fact or invention, it
has so delightful a flavor of the Orient
that every one will feel that it ought
to be true:
i When the sultan of Turkey gave or
ders for the mobilization of his troops
! he sent the king of Bulgaria a sack of
millet with the following Tetter:
“Ferdinand Effendi. Mobilize if you
like, but be assured that there arc as
many soldiers in Turkey as there are
grains of millet in this sack. Now, if
you wish, declare war.”
Ferdinand’s reply was in kind. He
sent a much smaller sack, filled with
tiny grains of the hottest red pepper
of the country. With it went the fol
lowing letter:
“Dear Sultan. Th» .lans are
not numerous, it is true, but be as
sured that to stick your nose into
their affairs is like sticking it into our
national condiment. Try it and see.
They will sting you so sharply that
the whole of Asia will not be able to
save you.”—Youth’s Companion. *
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I
-to-Dato Discretion.
Miss Jane Addams was condemning
at Hull House in Chicago a business
employing a great deal of sweated la
bor.
“But, Miss Addams,” said a reporf
er, mentioning a certain firm, “that
firm doesn’t go In for sweated labor,
does it?”
Miss Addams shrugged her shoul
ders.
"That firm,” she replied, “is gifted
with a great deal of discretion—and
discretion, you know, Is the gentle art
of not getting found ouL"
