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Wheeler County Eagle
Vol. 3
Money Increases Fa ? t
if y ou employ it in a careful, yet
wide awake business manner,
and to do this you must have it
In a Sate Place
yet conven ’ ent to a mo *
ments notice.
Open an account here and you
Mg are offered every facility to do
' J _ business on a prompt basis.
Wheeler County Bank-
0. J. MAY, Cashier
Reserve Banks Open.
Plans for increasing the wealth
of cash and expanding the oper
ations of the 12 regional banks
tell of the successful opening of
the institutions. The hoard of
ficials have asked for reports of
the rediscount business done by
each bank, and observation of the
first week’s operation of the sys
tem may result in augmenting
the banks' cash by' more than
$10,000,000
Tne plan under consideration
is the transfer to the regional
banks of much of the loose cas h
in tiie treasury and most of the
loose cash in the treasury and
most of the government funds
deposited in national banks
Mr. J. P. Vi rd edoe from the
Enterprise fir n r about two miles
from town, brought us a
Cotton from Mr A-' 1 love,
grown on this farm d contain
ed 107 bolls, ever • bojnpen vhite
which presented alm i t a solid
sheet of white. M> Mov lants
the Cleveland big non cot out a- a
expects to go he alum -r a ..de
of cotton >o the am . ou h.s entire
crop. This is sonp. y-od t.irm
ming. The Enterprise farm in
cludes the dairy, w tich is me of
the best. One frnili. ’mure
that is always firs* t > > notim i
when visiting this farm is Bill.
Brodie, the ever cheerful mil .
cohimodating attache that Ims
been making this farm hi- home
for several months. Bill Ihs seen
a lot of the world, and times nev
er grow dull while he is around.
Everybody Plant Wheat
I will have in operation by the
time the wheat crop is readv, a
wheat thresher, connected to a
traction engine and the equip
ment will be carried from place
to place to accommodate every
body that has wheat to thresh.
There will be no trouble to get
your wheat threshed, for I am
preparing to accommodate you
all. Plant wheat and make your
flour at home. No need ot being
dependent on the west for your
flour when it can be made at
home just as good if not better.
For further particulars see or
write S- E. Mauney,
Alamo, Ga.
The teachers’ institute is in
session this week with a good
attendance and will adjourn to- j
day. The proceedings will ap
pear in our next issue.
A pair of ladies’ black kid
gloves was left in masonic hall
Wednesday evening. Owner can
procure them by calling at this
office.
I A Long Journey.
il Tom B. Turner, formerly of
- ■ Macon and who arrived in Alamo
5 ’ this week from Savannah on foot
pI over his route from San Frincisco
■to Havana, Cuba, met some of
‘ I his old friends, Dr. Horton at the
f, Alamo Drug Company being
r j among the number. Mr. Turner
j left San Francisco May first last
and is scheduled to reach Cuba
in February He says that he
’ has made good time and if no bad
i luck overtakes him will complete
[his journey by the 25th of De
jjcember. He has traveled over
I two thousand miles and has only
about seven hundred more to
1 travel. The attractive feature
J about the walk from California
i to Cuba is a purse of SISOOO when
h he completes his journey. The
money is to be paid him by the
management of the Panama Ex
position, which is to beheld next
i year The trip by Mr. Turner
, carries with it an advertising
feature new in its design, but
Will be found profitable to the ex
position He left his starting
• point with sc, designated in his
* j contract, and lie is not allowed to
I | ask for anything, but make his
. way through by chance, so to
speak Alamo was off his route,
1 however, and he spent a portion
' of two days nere, as he was about
q twenty days ahead of his time.
.J As soon as he makes himself
known in a town the boys gener
ally chip in and with this and
selling little articles be has made
Uhefip very successfully. He
। : left here Tuesday morning for
J Helena and will go by the way of
‘Eastman and on his route to Cu
oa. He is a jolly good fellow and
' : says th it tie never gets tired.
Tne ovster supper given under
j the auspices of the band proved
I to be a very enjoyable affair. Our
citizens showed their apprecia
tion of the efforts the boys are
making by giving them a good
I attendance While but few dol
> Mars will be realized after all ex
[ | penses are paid, yet it has served
1 1 to create a greater interest in the
. I band. The boys tried to show
, ■ the progress that they had made
. I in the two weeks’ practice, but
| were unable to do themselves jus
tice owing to the unavoidable ab
. sence of three of the most im
t portant instruments. The band I
. gives much credit for the success ,
. of their entertainment to the
young ladies who came so nobly
to their assistance, and returns
many thanks for same.
SECOND ROUND
I wiP be at the following places on
the dates named for the purpose of col-'
j lecting state and county taxes for the
: year 1914:
i Landsburg, Noy. 25, 8 to 10 a. m. .
Glenwood, Nov. 25, 1 to 3 p. m
McArthur. Nov. 27, 9 to 11 a. m.
Spring Hill, Nov. 27, 1:30 to 3:30 p m.
Erick, Nov. 28, 9 to 11 a. tn.
Alamo, Nov. 28. 1 to 4 p. tn.
M. Jenkins, T. C. W. U, Ga.
ALA MO. GEORGIA .NOVEMBER .20, 1914
No Evidence io indict Elkins
It is understood, that this grand jury
failed to indict G M. ElKins, bound
' over from the commit ment trial shortly
before court convened, charged with
embezlement. It is also understood
t that the case was. tabled and will be in
order for the noxt grand jury to han
dle. In the absence of the original
boons, which disappeared several weeks
ago, nothing was found to base an in
dictment cn, and,we understand that an
. auditor will be employed to check the
shortage, and that he must be in a po
-1 sition to swear to his work, which fact
seems to have been absent in the evi
dence introduced before the grand jury
at this term of court. The material
facts in the case seems to have been
covered up, and whether or not' thd
true facts will ever be known remains
a mystery. Noone wants an innocent
party to have this shortage to bear,
and in face of the facts that should rea
sonably be obtainable, the case should
I be more vigorously prosecuted than
ever before. The charge is a grave
one, and if Mr. Elkins is having to en
dure the embarassment of the charge
in shielding (he real embezzler, it is an
f outrage and the guilty party should be
j hunted down, and he be exonorated of
the charge. This fact is a matter of
court records that the state was una
* hie to, under the evidence, to get a
f bill against the party that had been ar
j rested, charged with the crime. No
r one doubts that the money has been
’ misappropriated, but who is responsi
-1 ble, remains a mvstery.
t
3 Infant's Death.
1
Last Tuesday night the five
months’old infant of Mr. and
r
j Mrs. C. C. Hartley passed away.
> It had been seriously ill for sev
eral days, but since its birth had
1 been in delicate health, and little
hope Was entertained for its re
j covery for some t ime The fun
■ eral was preached at the church
t Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 by
Rev Jessup of Vidalia, and the
’ interment was made in the cem
et,ery -The bereaved parents
r have the sympathy of a large
< circle of friends in the loss of
’ their only child.
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Shighiy hniveinion
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t
The next session at' the Wheeler Co.
, Singing Convention will meet with Bu
[ lah church about eight miles north of
' Glcnwpod >he fifth Sunday in Novem-
I ber. Everybody come and bring well
, filled baskets. The following leaders
' will be present: Prof. E L. Faircloth
' J. C. Linderman, J M. Spivie and
others. It will be the best session
f ever held in the county
1 Ryals Haises Big Potato.
W. A. Ryals, colored, presented us
this week with an eight pound potato.
" Os the many brought, to our office this
season, this is the largest, and we be
. lieue;that Ryals can ciaim the distinc
tion .oil raising the heaviest potato dug
in Wnqeßr this year R.als uas made
; a fine edmi of potatoes, but the mam
I trouble he will have with them will be
. to get them down to the size wh’ifre he
can get them in the stove oven jHe is
among our most industriouh oflored
I citizens and makes plenty to eat'lt his
■ home,
r — ..
Io the Public.
. 1 have opened tor business in the old
Fordham garage and will do autombile,
biCycle,'gun, and pistol repair work and
! । will appreciate the patronage of all
i I automobile owners. H. H Miller,
. Alamo, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clements
took their little son down to Sa
vannah Tuesday afternoon, ac
companied by Dr. Nelson to have
Dr. White perforin an operation-
The little fellow had been seri
lously ill since last Friday, and the
! attending physicians advised an
operation as the last resort to
। save its life. Dr. Nelson came
home Wednesday before the op
eration was performed, but stat
ed that it had developed pneumo
nia, and little hopes are enter
tained for its recovery.
Wtiat a Wheeler
■County Farmer Did
Wheeler county farmers have
within Vhe county a demonstra
tion of what can be done on ou r
soil. Mr. Thomas M. Clements
of the Spring Hill district is one
of our most progressive and up
to-date farmers. On a field of
thirty acres he sowed in oats last
fall, he cut 1200 bushels of oats
this spring. Half of those he has
sold for seed at ninety cents per
bushel; besides a good part of
the crop was sold in the straw
and a lot were fed to bis five
mules during the spring and
summer. Early in June this
thirty acres was sown in peas
from which he has cut one thou
sand and seventy-eight bales or
forty tons of as fine clear pea
vine hay as can be found any
where. He used only four and
। half bushels of Branham peas,
। sowing them in rows three feet
i apart.
He used no fertilizer on the
oats and plowed the peas one
। time. Besides this, Mr. Clein
[ ents has made forty bales of cot
[ j ton, much of which would aver
| age a bale to the acre. He has
corn enough to do him a year,
with peanuts to fatten a large
herd of imported stock of hogs
for his meat, potatoes and cattle
in plenty with turkeysand white
Leghorn poultry. His farm is an
| inspiration to any one who likes
1 to see scientific work.
Mr. Clements will sow wheat
to make his own flour. He has
pulled the fangs of the one crop
]>hantom; and hard times, whi e
they pinch, do not destroy this
farmer He has already con
quered Ijet,others*follow his
example J. E. Summer.
NOTICE.
I On account of the illness of J.
W. Dyson,‘l nave oeen engaged
ito look after his collections this
। Cail. As all of his customers
J know that the line of Watkins
i Medical goods that he sold, are
good and he uas been very lenient
I with you, and ask that those who
! owe him will please come forward
and settle their accounts, and
those that cannot meet me in Al
atno, I will arrange to go to see
tiiem. I will be at the Wheeler
County Bank on Friday and Sat
urday of eace week, but on any
■other day art-uigernents have
oeen made with he cashier to
give you credit with whatever
; amounts you may pay.
Miles Fielda,
2t Stuckey, Ga.
The municipal election is just
I a few days off. No one has kig
■ nified a willingness to serve .the
town of Alamo lor the ensuing
year. The date for the election
comes on Tuesday, the first day
of December.
Former arrangements for the
postoffice site has been abandon
ed and it will go to the Hartley
store, next door to the Alamo
Hardware Co. I’he permit for
the change has been grantedAhd
the front end of the building for
merly used by the Hardware
store will be cut off to accommo
date the postoffice.
Will Stewart, a colored man
living a few miles north of Ala
mo in Laurens county, was killed
by a north bound passenger train
on the Southern road in Helena
at an early hour Sunday morning
by having both legs severed from
the body below the hips.
Automobile for hire.
For the convenience of the public, I
have put on an automobile in Alamo to
accommodate the traveling public.—
Ready to go at any hour When you
wish to make a trip see me. Prices
reasonable. Good service, Fall Phone
No. 40 for Auto. Bland & Dean
Grand Jury Presentments
GEORGIA, Wheeler Countv.
Too the Hon. E. D. Graham, Judge S
uperior Court, Wheeler County:
We, the Grand Jury, chosen and
duly sworn to serve at the September
term, and adjourned term of Wheeler
County Superior Court beg leave to
submit the following General Present
ments:
After having examined the books of
the various Justices of the Peace and ~
Notary Publics find them to be correct
ly kept and in order.
Received report Os H. L. Sears and
W J. Clark, a committee appointed by ~
the Gcand Jury at March term 1914 to
examine the books of the various coun
ty officers, which report is hereto at
tached and marked exhibit A. Com
mittee is relieved. . ,
J, L. Hightower, S A. Lee and C. A.
Adams are appointed a committee to
examine the different county records
of various officers and submit their re
port to the next session of the Grand
Jury.
We have examined the Paupers list
and recommend that
Mrs. Annie Pittman be paid $5 per
month.
Mrs. Hooks be paid $5 per month.
Willis Little, colored, be paid $5 per
month.
Joe Jones, colored, be paid $4 per
month
We recommend that Wheeler county
pay for the driving of necessary piling
for the erection of a public bridge
across Gum Swamp Creek below Spring
Hill on new road to be cut leading
from Spring Hill (o Lumber City, Ga.
We also recommend that alb tele
ephone wires be kept on one side of
public roads and to be kept from over
the road bed Where it is necessary
for them to cross the road that they
be plaqpd above the road al least 30
feet high and that the i ost on either
side of road not be over 50 feet apart
and directly opposite each other,-
We further recommend that the var
ious District Road Commissioners have
the public roads put in good condition ,
as second-class roads, and that the
District Commissioners furnish each
Overseer with complete list of hand#
that are to work their respective sec
tions of road, and if necessary have
each overseer call out and work his
men the full number of days as pre
scribed by law, and see that the laws
> governing cases of defaulters are en
forced.
We recommend that the County Com
missioners have furnished to the coun
ty officers the necessary record books
and blanks by conferring with the dif
ferent county officers as to their needs,
in order that they may keep their of
fices and records in proper form.
We find the Ordinary has no test
weights and measures, and recommend
that, they be furnished him immediately
by the County Commissioners.
We further recommend that the
County Commissioners proceed and havs
built a County Jail as soon as possible.
We also recommend that the town of
Alamo be paid $25 for the use x>f their
Jail for the year 1914.
We recommend that the Secretary to
the Grand Jury be paid $1 per day for
extra services rendered.
We further recommend that th*
Wheeler County Eagle be paid the sum
oi $lO for publishing the General Pre
sentments.
In dispersing we wish to extend our
sincere thanks to Judge E. D. Graham
and io Solicitor W. A. Wooten for their*
courteous manner in assisting us in our
deliberations.
Respectfully submitted,
A A. GALBRAETH, Foreman.
JAS f. GEIGER, Secretary.
This November 13th, 1914, A. D.
Alamo, Ga., August 24> 1914.
To the Honorable Grand Jury Wheeler
County. September Term Super
ior Court:
We, the committee appointed to ex
amine the books of the various county
officers beg to submit the following re
port:
Ordinary’s office: We find in this
office all the necessary record books,
&e,, with the excep.ion »f a book of
blank warrants on treasurer, and a rec
ord book tor same.
We find the county officers bond rec
ord has not been kept, no bond having
been recorded therein.
We find the lunacy record has not
been kept up, only one case on record.
We find the subpoena docket has not
been kept up, only a few sabpoenas
having been recorded.
We find the guardian bond record ha*
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