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Wheeler County Eagle
Vol. 2
Money Increases Fa't
Wheeler County Bank.
0. J. MAY, Cashier
Teachers' Institute. 1
The annual institute of the I
teachers of Wheeler county was]
held here Nov. 16th to 20th. The]
institute this year was in charge •
of Prof. Martin, one of the State I
Supervisors. He is a man tlmr-,
oughly acquainted with his work '
having been superintendent of |
the schools of Newton county.
He brought the schools of this
County to be the banner county
of Georgia in education. Prof. 1
Martin is very practical and his
lectures were entertaining and '
highlyjnstructive
The teachers wish to express
through the Eagle theirapprecia- ।
tion of the courtesies shown them j
by the people of Alamo. Also we
wish to thank our Superintend
ent ,Prof. J.Ft Auld, for the many
little kindnesses shown us.
Those in attendance were.
Misses Nettie Sikes, Annette
Cromartie, Josie Baumgarlelle, i
Mattie Daniel, Dora Pettit, Theo ।
Brown, Mary Lee Yawn, Ka»yel
Auld, Nora Anderson, Mary
Fynn, Mattie Mcßride, Rosa Fos
ter, Janette Ryder, Jewel Hogan,
Magdahne Smith Willie Martin,
Elizabeth Underwood, Vergie
McEachern, M<L Knight, Lur
ene Pughstev Effi° B. Thomas,
Messis. Vv. i. vihuut, K H
BraßweU»J,L.K>veis, ika a. w.
Burson, aUlsb Aunaueiie Cuouur
ana Miss AHeue Pulnips ul me
Aiamo school.
it. E. Rivers, bee.
W. H. McQueen
tnds His Life
The people of Montgomery
county were greatly shocked last
Monday morning to Ivar® of the
death of Mr. VV. H McQueen at 5
Ml Vernon, by his o»u hand.
Mr, McQueen had been in ill /
health for some time, and wmle
Waiting for breakfast he went in
to another room and placing ap
shot gun against his forhead ;
blew the top of bis head off. 11l ’
health was apparently the cause ।
as his personal affairs are report
ed to be in good shape.
The deceased was born near
Higgston and had been in the
mercantile business at Mt. Ver
non for many years. His first (
wife was a Migs Powell, of Spring ;
Hili and his second a m iss Folsom ।
of Mt Vernon. A wile, seven (
children and two brothers sqr- ।
Vive him. His age was 54 years, ]
and was interred with Masonic j
honors Tuesday morning, i
A- 1
Cut Price Sale. ■
On my entire line of trimmed i
tend untrimmed hats I
Mrs. H. W. Stuckey, t
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 io get at a mo
ments notice.
Open an account here and you
are offered every facility to do
business on a prompt basis.
Arkansas Swept
By Forest Fires
1 Forest fires are raging over
। nearly the whole state of Ar
kansas and destroying thous
ands of acres of valuable timber.
[Farm buildings are being wiped
out, lives endangered and much
property destroyed, the inhabi
tants seeking safety in flight.
Little Rock and many smaller
I cities are in danger and state au-
I thorties are being called upon
| for the militia to help tight the
flames. Traffic both on the rail
. road and the river is being de
। layed by the heavy smoke that
* overhangs the whole state. Nor
; is it confined to the state entire
-1 iy, for it has extended as far east
:as Alamo, and Wednesday the
; smoke at times nearly obscured
i the sun, z
j Right here should be dropp^
a word of caution to all our citi-
Izens. We are nearly surrounded
by tall timber, and in the open
ings are high weeds that reach
nearly to our doors. There are
many hunters now invading both
the fields and woods, and the
danger from that source is very
great. Should a fire get once
started with a stiff wind to fan
it our little city would be wiped
off the map. Steps should at
’ once be taken to at least destroy
| the fields of tall weeds that sur
j round us, and for the appearance
iif nothing else would repay for
the trouble of doing it.
As a lazy slouthful farmer can
ibe picked out by riding past his
farm covered with weeds with
their seeds ripened to sow a m uch
larger crop the following year,
so can the spirit of a town be told
under like circumstances.
Let Alamo, the county seat of
Wheeler county, get a hustle on
and rid itself not only of much of
the danger from tire but of that
which prevents an attractive ap
pearance to visiting strangers.
Jury Disagree in
Montford Trial
The jury in the Montford mur
der trial at Dublin after delibei-.,
ating three days and failed toL
reach a verdict have been dis-|i
charged, as there was no po*si-1 1
bility of reaching an agreement I.
It appeared to be a question of
fact rather than of law that di <
vided the jury, but the fact still 1
remains that a foul murder has
been committed and "the oUthur
ities at Dublin should not let the t
matter rest until the guilty ones i
have been hunted down and made t
to pay the penalty. I
ALA'IO. GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 27 1914
Postof flee Moved Imo
lls New Quarters
Mrs. Mazie Brett, the new postmis
tress, assumed charge of the Alamo
post office last Monday evening, suc
ceeding Mrs. S. E. Swain, who has
held the office for the past twelve
years Mrs. Brett secur d a home for
the office in the Hartley building used
by the Alamo Hardware Company, who
gave her the front end of the building,
cutting it off by a wall and they will
continue using the remainder of the
1 building for their furniture and un
dertaker’s goods. The arrangement for
the post office is in keeping with towns
much larger than ours, and quite com
fortable. Arrangements have been
made to leave the front of the'offlce
open, and on Sunday patrons of the
office who rent boxes will not have to
get up so early in order to get their
mail before the office closes, as former
lv, but will have access to their boxes
all during the day. This is a very much
needed improvement in our postal ser
vice, and it is Urs, Brett’s intention to
add others as soon as circumstances
। will permit. She is as accommodating
as she is industrious, and the patrons
. of the office will find her equal to the
task of making us an ideal postmis
tress. As in anything else,she will have
to have the co-operation of the public,
to make of this office what it can be
made, and we feel sure tt.at she will
have it. A tile walk will be placed in
the front and every convenience added
for the convenience of the public.
Boxes will be placed on the opposite
side of the railroad for the accommo
dation of the patrons, and mail will be
taken up a few minutes before each
train.
RESOLD HO VS.
Georgia. Wheeler Co., Nov. 3. 1914.
Offices Board of Commissioners of
> Roads and Revenues:
■ Whereas, since the regular meeting
.his Board on the first Tuesday in
jtober last, our Heavenlv Father, in
। s infinite wisdom, has seen fit to take
from us a fellow member of this Board
whose absence is most acutely felt at
. this the first regular meeting since his
decease and the first time he has been
absent from the meetings of said Board
since his appointment and qualification:
Therefore, Be it resolved by the
Board of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Wheeler County compos
ed of J F Sikes, Thomas Kent and
W. E. Currie, that we herebv express
to the puohc our realization of a great
loss to the county in the death of our
fellow member, Hon J. A. Clegg who
was ever earnest and sincere in the
service of his county
That we commend his life 'o those
who wish to be of service to humanity
and their country. He gave full meas
ure of his ability and time to the dis
charge of the duties of the office with
which he had been honored and was
ever true to the confidence reposed in
him.
Resolved further, that we extend to
his wife and bereaved family our sin
cerest sympathy in their great misfor
tune. While the loss of the fainilv is
greatest theirs is not the role loss. The
county as a whole has lost the services
of an able and willing citizen and his
many friends will mourn his death with
the grief stricken family for the loss of
a friendship that was beautiful and
true.
Let these resolutions be spread upon
the minutes of this meeting, a copy
furnished the official gazette of the 1
county for publication and a copy de- !
livered to the beloved wife and chtl- I
dren of our friend and fellow member
Done by the Board of Commissioners
of Road 4 and Revenues in regular
meeting assembled, this the 3rd day of
November, 1914. J. F. Sikes,
Chairman.
Thomas Kent.
' W E Currie, Clerk.
i Board of Gomissioners of Roads
and Revenues of Wheeler County.
ENTERS CONTEST.
Miss Cleo Hall of this place, has en
tered the Vlacon Telegraph Grand Cap
ital Prize contest. She already has
several thousand votes, and if all who
renew their subscription or new sub
। scribers to the Telegraph would giv
। her the votes it would be worth a lot
Ito her. The prize that she is working
‘ for is an automobile, an.l with a little
effort on the part of her friends she
could win. Let i vervbody who can get
busy and help Miss Hall win the prize.
Mr, Jas. T. Geiger, who was stricken
with paralysis at nis home at Glen
wood last week is improving, and will '
be able to get out soon, we are glad to
learn. i
Ginnery Destroyed by
Fire Tuesday Morning
Tuesday morning about 2:30,
the ginnery of Messrs. Graham
& Hightower was discovered to
be on tire The fire was discov
ered bv some of the darkies liv
ing in the quarters, near the gin.
। and they gave the alarm by shoot
. ing off their arms and otherwise
alarming the whole neighbor
hood. When first discovered the
' building was enveloned in flames!
, and before the bucket brigade
> could get to work the fire had
> gained such headway that the
' attention of the tire fighters was!
turned to the Union warehouse, !
. only a short distance away, where
। several hundred bales of cotton
• were stored. The sparks from I
• the ginnery were endangering
! the cotton and some hard work
was done that checked the tire
. and no further damage was done.
Only a snort while since the gm
’inery of Mr. S. I. Bullard caugut
lon tire, and but for the heroic
b I
।, work ol the citizens of the town,
। it would also have been destroy
lied, and Alamo would now be
! without a gimiery to accummo
bl
j date the fanners that have been
, crowding around these two mod
i dem ginneries ail through the
season. Tue ginnery was par
tially covered oy insurance, but
Hie loss is heavy and t-ie amount
of insurance will not near replace
the damage done, i’ne origin of i
• ihe lire is unknown, but*rom the
FI
tact that there had been no fire
. in the engine since Saturday, it
। is thought to have been the work
! of an incendiary. Just whether
1 the ginnery will be replaced tins
, season, we have not learned, but 1
owing to me lateness of the sea-1
son it is probaoie that the One re
maining ginnery will do the re-!
mainder of ihe ginning this sea- |
son. Messrs Graham & High
tower have been me losers in
several fires of recent d ue, the
Alamo Manufacturing Company
burning out twice and the last
the ginnery on lasi Tuesday
night.
Justice Lamar Declines
Against Frank Hearing
Justice Lamar has refused to
issue a writ of error to bring to
the supreme Court, for review,
the conviction of Leo M Frank,
for the murder of Mary Phagan,
a factory girl, in Atlanta in 1913.
Attorneys applied to Justice
- Lamar for the writ on the ground
! that a right under toe federal
constitution nad been denied
Frank when the jury’s verdict
was returned during his absence
from the court room. ]
Henry Alexander, attorney for
Frank, stated he was unable to l
say Whether t,ne application for
the writ would be presented to 1
other justices or not, until he had
consulted with bis associate,
Henry Peoples, who was in the
suburbs of the city, Justice La- i
mar in denying the application
explained his action in a written '
informal opinion.
In event the o'her judges turn
down the application, the only
chance to save Frank’s neck will
be with Governor John M. Slaton
who has the authority to com
mute his sentence to life impris
onment.
Mr. A. A. Galbrath, postmaster at 1
Glenwood, has been here several days J
this week assisting Mrs. Brett in start
ing off with Uncle Sam’s affairs.
The City Election.
Next Tuesday, December Ist,
the town election comes off,when
a mayor and six councilmen will
be elected. Also at that time two
trustees will he elected to fill the
places of Messrs. H. L Sears and
J. Lee Hightower on the Alamo
Board of Education, the terms of
the above two expiring on the
first of December.
Unusual interest is being man
ifested in the selection of men to
fill these important places. Ala
mo has reached the stage where
it demands a business adminis-
I tration, or else the town will go
backward, for it will not stand
still —It will either go forward or
backward. No citizen of the
j town would like to see the latter
and now is the time for every
citizen to busy themselves to the
extent of placing in the front
ranks of the town’s administra
tion men that, will pull and push
for a bigger and better town. No
salary or any great amount of
honor is the reward for the ser
vice rendered a small town like
Alamo in the above capacities,
but when the town’s interest, the
people’s interest and all are cen
tered in the trust, a violation of
this trust is as great as though
great honor and compensation
were the reward, and it should
be demanded at the hands of
t hose who allow themselves to be
placed in this position.
Every town has its troubles,
Alamo is no exception, and with
a determined effort, on the part
of the now town officials that Wnl
be sworn in on the first Monday
night in December, business can
he adjusted and confidence re
stored. What the town needs
is men that will lay their person
' al business aside for a short time
when the town’s business needs
attention, and attend toil. Noth
ing short of increased interest in
the town’s administration will
ever bring it uo to where it be
or.gs, and where we all know it
belongs. It would be well for
everyone that allows their name
•on the ticket to be elected next
Tuesday to take into considera
ition the responsibility that will
i rest upon them, and if they Can-
I not comply withall the require
ments, it would be better for the
town that they do not begin.
Gentlemen, if you undertake the
job do wiihi vou can.
Thanksgiving was very appropriately
obiervid by exercises at the school
house which was enjoyed by all who
st'ended. Prof. Burson, in his usual
wide-awake style prepared a very in
teresting program which was carried
out wit-i credit to all who participated.
OBITUARY
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Darning is Dead
The ancient enemy of yous
Grandma has “croaked.”
Too much Buster
Brown Hose
has made darning a thing ol
the past. Made of the finest
materials
Buster Brown Hose
is guaranteed//^ prs 4 month*
and sold at 25c a pair.
SI.OO a boA'
lade
In
Ainarica
HURWITZ
THE SHOE MAN
No 41