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Wheeler County Eagle
Vol. 2
Money Increases Fa-t
Wheeler County Bank
fl. J. MAY, Cashier
Arrests Result From
Financial Statement
In this issue of the Eagle we
publish the financial statement
of the town of Alamo, which has
been expected for some time,and
the delay, it is said, was due to
the fact that the town records
had been kept in such a manner
that it took an unusual long time
to get the records together to find
out just wbat kind of a proposi
tion the town was up against,—
As will be seen by the statement
the town faces a shortage of
$799 12, and G. M. Elkins, town
clerk and member of the board
of council men, and J. O. Bailey,
town marshal, are charged with
the shortage, prorated as follows;
Elkins, $656.12, and Bailey 1142.
A warrant was sworn out for
Bailey several days ago and he
was arrested and gave bond.
Elkins was arrested yesterday
morning and demanded a prelim
inary hearing, but owing to cir
cumstances the hearing was put
off until this morning, during
which time he was in custody of
the sheriff. At the time of going
to press the case has not been
heard, and just what might hap
pen we are ui able to say. We
understand that defendants have
employed council and will, wage
a tight. In case Elkins is bound
over the case will be beard at the
next term of superior court,
which convenes on the second
Monday in November. At the
Sime time the town is without
this money, regardless of how
badly she ma.v need it.
Alamo’s New Postmistress
In the list of Georgia postmasters
named yesterday, Mrs. Mazie Brett
was named to succeed the present in
cumbent, Mrs. S E Swain, for several
years postmistress at this place. Five
aspirants st ol the examination in
August for this place, and the appoint
ment to fill has been looked to with a
great deal of interest. Mrs. Brett s
many friends will be pleased to learn
that she has been appointed. She is
well qualified for the place and will
make us a splendid postmistress.
Mr. J. G. Brown, one of our
valued subscribers out on route
one, was in to see ns this week
and marked up his subscription
for another year. Mr. Brown
says that he has made plenty to
eat on his farm this year.
The town council of Alamo has
passed an ordinance, prohibiting
whiskey from being delivered by
the express company at this of
fice from points in Georgia. Af
ter the fb’St of November it will
be a misdemeanor for this office
even to deliver whiskey shipped
in here from any point in the
state
if you employ it in a careful, yet
wide awake business manner,
and to do this you must have it
In a Sate Place
yet convenient to get at a mo
ments notice.
Open an account here and you
I are offered every facility to do
, business on a prompt basis.
Barn Burned Togetlier
With Much Cott on
Yesterday morning shortly af
ter one o’clock, Mr. J. A. Hinson
received a phone message from
Jiis plantation about six miles
from town, stating that his cow
barn was on fire, in which he had
stored a good portion of his cot
ton crop, besides hay, oats and
fertilizer. He had just left the
place the evening before and had
marked some cotton and placed
in the barn, locking the door be
fore he returned home. In the
barn he had 218 bales of cotton
which were burned and four
; bales on the outside which werb
only slightly damaged. The oats,
bay and fertilizer that was on the
inside were also destroyed. The
building which was completed
last summer, was one of the best
in the county. On 200 hales of
the cotton he carried insurance
with Mr Chas W. Lancaster of
this place, but the remainder of
the cotton, together with the
other contents, no insurance
was carried, neither was there
any insurance carried on the
building. The loss will reach
. several thousand dollars. The
i origin of the tire is unknown, as
the first Known of the fire the
building was almost, in alight
blaze, and had the appearance of
starting in the middle of the
- building, and as the floor is com
posed of cement and no way of
entering except through the door
it is possible that an incendiary
broke the lock and entered- Ev
ery precaution had been used
against fire, and this theory is
plausable, owing to the protection
thrown around it in guarding
against a probable disaster. The
' loss is heavy and they have the
sympathy of all.
Notice.
For the benefit of collections and to
; aid my customers in paying their ac
counts, I will make the liberal offer, soj
far as the account goes, delivered at
Alamo. Ga.
For Lint Cotton, 10c per pound on the
basis of good middling.
For Seed Cotton, 3c per pound.
For Cotton Seed SI.OO per ton above
market price.
For Corn $1 00 per bushel.
Full value for cows and hogs.
Shall have to require cash or part
cash payment on calls from this date,
owing to the fact that I have to pay
cash for my supplies. Please bear this
in mind when you call.
Yours to serve,
Dr. B. W, Yawn.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 30 1914
Dr. Hall Urges Voters
To Consider Well.
Mr. Editor: November the 3d
brings us to national, state and
county election, we are now call
ed on to ratify that which was
done in a county and state pri-
Imary as well as a state conven
tion We are face to face with
the duty we owe our country and
the responsibility resting upon
us as husbands and fathers in
the discharge of the duty at the
ballot box we are to approve or
condem the action of public ser
vants. Conditions in Wheeler
gives us but two candidates with
opposition They, the aspirants
for United States Senate. Smith
and Hardwick on the democratic
ticket with McClure and Hutch
ens opposing them on the pro
gressive ticket. These are the
men we must vote for, what are
the conditions confronting us,
and how must we proceed to rem
edy them? for indeed this indus
trial panic must soon result in
ruin to the cotton section. It is
not an over-production that is
bringing the people to want, it is
under consumption that makes
the people bare and hungry. To
vote intelligently it is necessary
that we know something of the
moral standing of candidates,
also their political record.
There is no two men in Geoi
gia with cleaner moral records
than McClure and Hutchens.
The former has no political rec
ord; the latter comes to vs with
a clean record. The Progres
sives present these men to the
voters of Georgia because they
are clean, Worthy of the people’s
Confidence.
But what does the Macon con
vention present? Smith and
Hardwick The latter with a rec
ord of an ingrate, gamblerand i
drunkard, with a political record
that shows him to have opposed
in congress virtually every meas
ure in the interest of the farmer.
Tue primary vote showed that
। lie voters no longer confidenced
Hardwick, but yet the Smith ele
ment in the convention forced
him on the people.
The other candidate needs no
introduction, his moral record,
like Hardwick’s, has been fully
exposed through the columns of
the Jeffersonian. Hoke’s polit
ical record is known to al[. It is |
known that he has been on all'
sides of every important ques
tion since be landed in the sen
ate Hoke Smith has promised
more and done less for the far
mers than any man in the senate.
His record on 12 l-2c cotton is
enough to convince any one that
he is only fooling the people- Ue
would not be Hoke if he should
redeem any of his pledges.
But to pass on. The adminis
tration with certain Senators and
and congressmen are responsi
ble for financial condition in the
South. Had congress done its
.-duty to the cotton farmer, the;
south would never have been so>
prosperous.
Reader, you know what you
needed and was promised bv the;
administration, and Hoke as its
spokesman.. Other pledges were
redeemed; other sections ai d in
terests found relief through con- .
gress. And why? Because
these sections by their ballots i
hold her administration respon- !
sibleand their congressmen to
strict account. The party deiiv- j
Killing- Frost Hit
Us Tuesday Night
Winter’s first warning touch was
felt in this section Tuesday night by a
light frost. Killing frosts is generally
predicted over a great portion of the
south during the week, reaching as far
as northern Florida. From a news
dispatch snow fell in Georgia last year
on the 23d of October and the farmers
were receiving 13 1-8 cents for their
cotton. Conditions have changed now
and we had frost the 28th of October
and the farmers are getting 6 1-2 cents
for their cotton,
ering the goods holds the confi
dence of the voters. Home and
its needs are more sacred to the
voters than forty affiliations. If
the administration wanted to
keep the faith with the people
why did the leaders in congress
draft a tariff bill and pass it up
to president Taft, and when Wil
son is inaugurated the same
committee spends four or five
months drawing another bill. If
the one vetoed by Taft was right
why not pass it up to Wilson?
See the duplicity.
Hoke Smith refused to indorse
a gentleman in this.place for gov
ernment job held by a negro, be
cause the indorsementof the par
ty over the negro would cause
him to lose his influence with
Wilson.
More perfidy, gentlemen.
Can’t help cotton planters, yet
they can find money to build
railroads in Alaska, send millions
of gold to Europe to help wealthy
tourists, plenty of money for
bonded whiskey men, no trouble
to get the government to buy sil
ver and store it up to help the
miners. Always money to help
Wall street, millions of money at
any time to National banks, not
even interest on it.
Reader, there is a cause for all
this indifference to the South’s
demands. The South for the
last 40 years has been a political
asset for the democratic party,
so much so the republican party
would do nothing for us and the
democratic party knew it did not
have it to do. For this and other
reasons the South has always
been neglected, and always will
be, unless the people rise in their
might and at the ballot box repu
diate. those who have refused
their rights.
On November 3d an opportu
nity presents itself to force an
accounting with Hoke and hisun
; redeemed pledges, Hardwick and
I his services to those who have
fought the interest of the cotton
growers
| Send these men down in a
_ meritorious defeat and say to the
public your families are nearer to
you than any ingrate of a poli
tician of any party.
Yours truly,
John F. Hall, M. D.
HOW ABOUT YOUR
SCHOOL SHOES ?
WE HAVE THEM
The time is getting short The weather
will soon be cold, school will soon open,
. and the little ones may take cold.
HURWITZ, The Shoe Man, Alamo, Ga.
Hold Mass Meeting to
Reduce Cotton acreage
At the call of Judge Win, B. Kent,
ordinary of Wheeler county, the farm
ers and business men of the county as
sembled in muss meeting and organized
by electing Wm. B. Kent, chairman
and W. J. Sanner, secretary. After
discussing the cotton situation at
length, they adopted the Lee county
plan of reducing the cotton acreage for
1915 to ten acres to the plow, and on
motion, the chair appointed the follow
ing committees:
Soliciting committee, Alamo district;
J. f. McDaniel, K. H. Jones andC. R;
Outlaw. Glenwood: J. L. Sumner,
John Whalan and Jim Geiger. Lands
burg: J. G. Sneilgrove, M.W. Day
and James L. Mcßae. Spring Hili: J.
T. Harben, W. J. Keen and W. A,
Braswell. McArthur: B. R. Benton,
S. Dixon.and L, S. Adams. Erick: L.
M. D. Nobles, W. B. Cox, Jerry John
son and W. Henry Clark,
Committee on Statistics: Will Sum
ner, Erick; J. B. Fordham, Alamo; W.
J. Futral, Glenwood; S. D. Pittman,
McArthur; E. B. Warnock, Spring
Hill; James W. Turner, Landsburg.
Committee on by-laws: J. A. Hin
son, Alamo; Prof. J. R. Auld, Erick;
S. J. Reynolds, Glenwood; Lucian Joyce
Landsburg; W. W. Tompkins, MdAr
thur; F. B. Keen, Spring Hill.
On motion the house passed a reso
lution asking his excellency, Gov, John
M. Slaton, to call an extra session of
the legislature, without delay, for the
purpose of enacting such laws on the
curtailment of the cotton production in
this slate as will rejjeve tne present
distressing financial condition of the
cotton situation, and also ask our sister
stales to enact similar laws immedi
ately. On motion ihe meeting ad
journed. Win. B. Kent, Chairman.
W. J. Sumner, Secretary.
School Opens Wiin
A Good Attendance
The fall term of the Alamo
Public School opened last ,Mon
dav morning after a week’s post
ponement on account of the death
of Prof. Burson’s father. A large
number of the patrons accom
panied the children on Monday
morning to witness the opening
exercises, which were in keeping
with a wide-awake school This
| was the first real opening the
i school at tins place has had, and
J tne interest manifested by the
patrons and friends is a guaran
tee of a successful term. 70
pupils were received on opening
day, A school with the co-oper
ation of the patrons is bound to
succeed, while on the contrary,
the teachers are helpless. We
have a splenfiid corpsfof teachers
and as soon as arrangements can
be made others will be added and
there is no excuse for any child
to stay away —provisions will be
made to take care of them all.
The school has a strong board of
trustees that will bend every ef
fort to make this school what it
deserves. The talks made by the
trustees, Messrs. H. H. Sears,
W. G. Hartley, Mayor Tomlinson
and others on the opening, dem
onstrated their interest in the
school, as did the large number
of visitors.
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