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Wheeler County Eagle
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DRAW A CHECK |
We pay interest on time deposits.
Bank of Alamo
“OUR BANK IS YOUR BANK”
Majority of Voters J
Oppose Slock Law.
In an election called by council to
Battle question of stock law, at their
meeting last week to find out how the
voters of the town stood on the ques
tion, and held at the usual voting place
last Tuesday, resulted in (he defeat of
the stock law by a vote of 19 to 43.
AU the citizens of the town were
given the privilige to vote, regardless
to whether they were r< gistered, and
the unusually light vote cast was due
to the lack of interest. Those most
interested were those who have stock,
and thinking that should the law pass
they wqyld be iorced to moye the
stock off the streets at once, which |
would have proved a hardship upon
them, This was not the intention,
however, and the opposition to the
liw voted strong. This was not the j
intention, and had it been onderstodd,
many would have taken a different
view .of the situation and the result
would have probably been different.
The ides of council was to give the
t eople owning stcck ample time todis
poseof them, or perhaps wait until the
first of the new year to inforce the
law.
The election has been held and the
result is in favor of not changing the .
law and we will have the stock with
us for a season, at least. The time is
coming when the stack must go off the
streets of Alamo and it is a safe bet
that it wont be a great while, and
We Deliver Groceries,
Hto your kitchen table.
Your order through
our order clerk, by
phone, or in person
will be car efully filled
and promptly deliy
ered.
To Serve You
our order and deliv
ery system was in
augurated. If you
can tell us how, we
will improve it. Our groceries are the best. We want
your business.
G. AI. ELKINS
OUR TELEPHONE NO. IS 36.
for the money you owe and note
how much more respectflly your j
creditors regard you. They like!
to do business wtth a man who
has an account at the Bunk of
Alamo. They know he is doing
business in a business like way
Better open such an account even
if your affairs are not large.
They will grow all right.
| those opposed to it should appreciate
i the action of council in giving them an
opportunity of expressing themselves
lon the question. The same question
will arise again, and it. wont be. long,
I and whether the people will be given
this opportunity again is an unknown
I quantity, and preparations should be |
I made to meet it, while ths time is
spared.
PEOPLE SLEEPING
OVLH THEIR SIGHTS.
Taking the people of Savannah to
task “lor calmly submitting to ever.,
thing that is detrimental io the city,
jaeob S» Cdliint, discussing n ion
joint committee at the C.ty Ha.l yr
terday the 'contemplate u removal of
the boutheni E n Telephone Com
j pany’s division headqUat u.i» io Jack-
Hvmili'. un .an .I that the lime has •
come whi'ti Savannah* must stand on ,
her nghi ■ if she is to keep pace with
other cities in the Southeast.
I “Tuere is not another city in toe
Southeast that would put up with ti.c
things that Savannah puts up with,”:,
said Mr. Coilins, ‘‘We get it in the ~
neck regularlg because it has come toi
be generally known that Savannah will |
not kick The corporations have the ।
idea—and there is reason for the belief ।
that they can do most anything they I .
please with Savannah
The above can be applied to Alamo I
in a great many instances. A pro I
gressive towm should hold to every- ,
thing, looking to the future. Alamo
•is no city but she deserves her rights
along public matters, as well as other
cities.
The above article was taken from
the Savannah News, of recent date,
which fits well, the condit.tions exist
ing in smaller towns.
ALAMO, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. 20. 1914
WE ENTER UPON
' OUR SECOND YEAR
With this Issue the Eagle Cele/
brates the First Year of
Its Existence
With this issue the Eagle enters up
on its second year, having visited its
many appreciated patrons each of the
past fifty-two weeks, and begins the
second year under circumstances more
favorable than we could have expect
ed at the beginning of the first year.
The management of the Eagle has ro
reason .to feel that it has not had the
co-oporation and liberal patronage of
the business people of the community.
We were not blind to many of the dif
ficulties that first confronted us in the
undertaking, and can say with a clear
conscience that we have not been dis-1
appointed for they came, but the fact |
that we were able to tide over them, I
is consolation that amply repays us for i
every effort spent the past year, and |
the prospects of continued co-operation j
of our people during the second year'
encourages greater effort to serve you
better in the future than we have been I
able to do in the past.
The idea is of some that a newspaper
is financed on the subscript ion received I
is evidence conclusive that they have,
never undertaken the job, and it. would I
only take a small amount, of experience .
to eonvnice them that the income tr< in
• the Mibscrip, ions would only pay a
i very small percentage of the ex per
so- of running a newspaper. To
obtain tho best, results, a newspaper!
j necesem I v-must have a liberal p l . 'ou- !
age from the business people of igl
; town ui tyhich it is published, and writ
tine . . । t oitge they are onh a ficderj
to an mtetprise that will ।eturn n!
hem two fold dividen for evt-r’ d< I
!«> mvested in it. The newspaper:
. hu-im os should not ba look'd upon S’
;. chair y institution, brought upon ti e
p ..: !e to support, without any hope < f
von ever pelting it back It should be.
l.n ked upon as an investmint, • town I
builder, a county builder, a necessary
factor in the progress of the com
munity in which it is located. It if a
medium through which you can com
municate with the outside world, met
cliants can use to increase their salis, |
by telling through its columns of 1
what they have to offer. The farmer!
can advertise his produce, the house-I
wife can advertise her chickens, eggs
and anything that she may want the
public to know. It goes direct in the
homes and conveys to them the mes
sage you have to tell.
We thank our many friends for the
liberal patronage given us, and in the
future hope to be able to give you
better service, and solicit your b usi
ness and influence, ‘with it we can be '
of great service to each other in ad
vancing one of the best counties in
Georgia.
Alamo Grocery Co.
Open For Business
The Alamo Grocery Company is the
name given the new business opened
up in the old post office building. Mr.
B. L. Dean is proprietor, and will
carry a full line of staple and fancy ।
groceries. In connect ion with the
business will be an up to date meat
market and quick lunch stand. The
{town is very fortunate to have Mr.
j Dean locate with us with his line. The
building has been equipped especially
and is an addition to the town that is
to be appreciated, and one that any
i town might feel froud of. AH modeon
( fixtures have been put in and it wi'|
Ibe convenient te get your meats, a
j quick lunth or anything in groceries.
| Notice ।
i I have on file in my office a com- j
plebe abstract of title from the j
; records of Montgomery County, to |
i every lot or fraction of lot of land in I
| Wheeler county, and am prepared to '
1 furnish an abstract of title on short
notice. Abstracting and perfecting
titles a specialty,
J. P. Tomlinson.
Macon lawyer to
Offer for the Senate
Atlanta, Feb. 16.—John R Cooper,
of Macon, who was in Atlanta tonight,
will be a candidate in the fall election
lor the place in U e United States
senate made vacant by the dgath of
Senator Bacon, it was learned tonight.
It is stated that he will not aSk ap
pointment at tho hands of Governor
Slaton which would last only until the
election. It was also stated that
in order to make his senate race he
has abandoned all idea of running 'for
congress in his district.
Kennedy Cels Change
cl Venue Frtm Emanuel
I
| Holding that the evidence adduced
i before B T. Rawlings in two affidavits
I supporting a petition by Lee Kennedy
. for change of venue from Emanuel
supepior court, was sufficient to war- !
rant the conclusion that Ket ne ly
could not get a fair trial in that court,
land holding further, that, the judge
I: houldhave granted his petition there
for, the stale supreme court on Wed-
। nesday reversed Judge Rawlings and
I directed that the change of venue be
granted,
«
Gfcw
Ao Need To Stand
and Watch.
While we weigh cut the gro
ceries you order. We are as
particular about our weighing as
we are about the character of
i«ur groceries and those who
। know us will tell you how high
I our standard is. Try us with an
order and learn for yourself.
W. H. Spell & Co.
ALAMO, GA.
Every Order of Material
You buy here means just that much good building. Your
wife cannot make good bread with poor flour, neither
can you build a good house unless you employ good ma
terial. For this material you will find it safe to come
here, as we handle only reliable building material. You
stand no chance of getting that you will be sorry for.
When you buy froh us you get
what you buy. We sell e e*ything
that goes into a house. Send us
your inquiries,
whether it is for one pair of sash or a car load, ali orders
receive our best personal attention. Our one aim is to
please our customers, and to do this there is but one thing
to do, that is give them good up-to-grade material.
Jenkins Lumber Go-
VIDALIA, GA.
“EVERYTHING IN BUILDING MATERIAL”.
Interesting Record
to Wheeler Citizens
From the Georgia Landmarks, Me
morialsand Leaders, received by Judge
Kent of this place from Compiler of
Records, Hon. Lucian Lamar Knight
of Atlants, appears an item which the
county should be especially interested.
It gives much of the local history of
each county and reproduces a great
deal of the hitherto unwritten history
of ourstate.
In part we reproduce the proclama
tion of the governor, November 14,
1912. The action of the Chief-Execu
tive was authorized by a constitutional
amendment to this effect, approved by
the voters of the state at a popular
election held November 5 1912, at
which time electors were chosen for
President and Vice-President of the
Uuited States. Alamo, the county
seat, named for the famous Spanish
mission, at San Antonio, Texas, which
witnessed the brutal massacre of 1836.
It says, Joseph Wheeler, for whom
the county was named, an illustrious
to'dier of two wars and a statesmen of
high rank, was born in Augusta, Ga.,
September 10, 1836, He graduated
from West Point on the eve of the Civil
War; and resigned his commission in
the United States army at the out
break of hostilities
On January Ist, 1913, the first elec
tion of county officers for the new
county of wheeler was held with fol
lowing results; Judge Wm.. B. Kant,
ordinary; John Brown, clerk of super
ior court; J. F. Wright, sheriff; J. A,
Martin, tax Collector; W. T. Hadden,
tax receiver; Daniel pope, treasurer;
E. Miller, surveyor; J. J. Brantley,
coroner; T. F. Williams, J R. Sumner
and Tom Kent, county commissioners,
Ho i. Douglas McArthur was chosen
1 the county’s first representative in the
I general assembly of Georgia,
R. F. Durden and W. L Story of
McArthur district were prominret
visitors to Alamo to-day.
Superior court convenes on the
first Monday in next month,
Bring me your shoe repair
work. lam prepared to do your
work. H. D. Burris, Alamo, Ga.
Seed Potatoes for Sale.
Nancy Hall sweet potatoes, grown
from vine, smoothe as an apple. Priee,
75 cents per bushel. S. W. Hughes
Scotland, Ga.
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