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Volume 17
Editor Bagle: Most liked our
item on chain storesin last week’s
Eagle—some did not.
As suggested in this item,
there was & small storm brewing
down in the Southwest, around
in Texas against the chain stores
last week, This week it is a na
tion- wide campaign against chain
stores and chain banks, which is
rapidly taking form. The move
ment is not confined to any par
ticular section, but apparently
up-to date, no attempt has been
made to perfect a central organ
ization. ;
A few days ago the state Bank
ers association of Wisconsin, by
a narrow vote, demanded legisla
tion to curb chain banks The
entire Northwest seems stirred
by the same sentiment. A simi
lar movement has assumed form
idable proportions in New York
state, Last week Texas granted
a charter to the "Texas Anti-
Chain Association for the avowed
purpose of ‘driving foreign chain
stores from Texas or making
them pay & heavy tax.”” This
Texas nwovement is sponsored by
95 wholesale merchants and
bankers, headed by A. A. Horne,
president of the Texas bankers
association. :
And thus the howl goes mer
rily on. Is the chain store a det
riment or a blessing to the peo
ple? The opposition to the chain
stores say that they fail to sup
port the community, by ot pay
gm wages, and that they
take nopartin the civiclife. They
say that the men who run these
gtores are largely transient;chain
stores drive out of business old
established concerns, whose pro
prietors played an important
part in civic and political life and
assisted in the upbuilding of the
community.
The situation is complicated by
the fact that the bankersand
business men who are now clam-|
oring for someone to save Lheml
from the chain store octopus
have in the past been the most
unreasonable in exacting profits
out of the multitude.
Oue of the best friends I have
is now engaged in the wholesale
grocery business and has been
for a number of years. He work
ed his way from the bottom toI
the top of this business, While]
shippingclerk for one of the large ‘
wholesale houses in Atlanta, du
ring and after war period, he has
told me that he had tochange
the price on goods, which he was
loading on his truck, as many as
three times before he could get
out of the house with the ship
ment. They were selling Irish
potatoes that cost them $3 perl
sack for above $9 per sack. These }
grafters have grown immensely
rich, fattening without a consciAt
ence on the maultitudes, 'Phere‘
was nothing to hold them in
check. They were masters of the
situation, because the retail mer
chants were not organized and
they played ‘‘halechalalie” with}
the patrons of the retail stores. |
But, alas, there has come now |
one greater than they, and tlxeira
hold up of the public and unseru- |
plous high price fixing must
come to an end; their outrageous |
profits must cease, and they are%
upin arms. |
The chain stores have cut out
the middle men who have been
fattening on both ends of human
society. They raked in the sheck
els from the producer by takingl
his products for nothing; they
raked in the sheckles from the
consumer of these products by
obtaining a monoply. |
MWheeler Cmnty fLagle
Death of Noah W. Harrison
Noah W. Harrison, 18 years of
age, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Harrison, of near Glenwood, died
at the home of his parents last
Monday morning, after a three
days’ illness. ! ;
He is survived by his parents,
Mr, and Mrs. J. M. Harrison,
two brothers, J, .. Harrison, of
Stuckey; V. M. Harrison, of Mt.
Vernon, and one sister, Mrs.\G.
C. Bhodes, of Oglethorpe.
He was a member of Beulah
Baptist church, where funeral
was held Tuesday morning, con
ducted by Rev. J. E. Howard,
his pastor. Interment was in
the Beulah cemetery.
Murchison Undertaking Com
pany, of Vidalia, in charge.
SHILOH 4-H CLUB
The Shiloh 4-H Club held its
regular meeting Thursday, Feb
ruary 13th,
After the meetiug was called
to order by the president, the
report was jnade by secretary,
and then a song. Immediately
afterwards the girls began their
work,
Our officers are as follows:
Haze! Elton—President.
Ila Clements—Vice-President
and Reporter. °
Bessie Blizzard=—Secc.-Treas
Twenty two members were
present, only one absent. The
remaining clob members since
rily hope that she will be able to
be with ns next meeting.
Most of the second year girls
are going into a bedroom or eith
era garden centest. This was
decided at our last meeting.
Qur next meeting will be held
March Brd. We urge all memb
ers to be present at next meet
ing.
ILA CLEMENTS, Reporter
Elder 1. W. Fairchild, of Tay
lorsville, Miss., a very able min
ister of the Primitive Baptist
faith, will preach in the Alamo
Methedist church Wednesday
night, February 26th, at 8 o’clock
The public is very cordially in
vited to attend.
Now it is all different. The
chain store goes direct to the
farmers, and the milkman and
the producers in general and the
manufacturing plants and takes
the whole output of the farm and
dairies and factories and hands
I it over to the consumer at a very
;small profit.
I getthe same goods from them
which I got from the other fellow
who has been in my community
all of his Isfe, who has never
thought of protecting his cus
tom rs from outrageous charges
and profits, by saying to the
wholesalers that you must call a
halt on your high prices. But
now the small retail merchant
can say tothese highwaymen,you
} must put your goods ‘‘down on a
party.” Thechain stores are sell
ing this article at such a price and
I have got to meet his prices, and
for the time in centuries we have
called the hands of the autocraiic
wholesalers in various lines of
trade.
1 glory in the chain stores, Let
tem come on. The bigger they
are the closer they sell and the
more they help the average con
sumer, on the farm and in tl’re!
workshop and in the mine, |
! I hold no brief for the whole
salers, and have nosympathy for
him now. Get in the fray, The
zEagle will give you your say, and
{it will be great fun for its many
| readers ;throughout this section,
} H. W. NALLEY.
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] Mrs. J. 0. Perdue and brother,
I Mr. J. P. Geiger, were called to
Macon last Saturday on account
’;of the illness of ther sister, Mrs.
W. M. Pope. 'They report her
condition some improved.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1930
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° CANNING POINTS
1. Have all equipment in readiness
before canning is started. ‘
2. Pack prod- |
uets in jars or ¢ang
that will seal air}
tight. Spoilage in }
canned foods I 8
frequently due to
imperfect = contain- |
ers. :
3, Pressurel
cookers are help
ful in the canning
of meat and all}
non-acid vegegta
bles. The high |
pressure obtainable
kills all spores,
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thus assuring perfect sterilization,
Pressure cookers also gave time and
fuel, e
4. If you live in the South, or in
very high altitudes, or in the west |
coast states, get the time-tables for
canning recommended by your state
college. In these sections it is recom-.
mended not to use hot water for the
canning of vegetables and meats but
the pressure cooker. TR,
OFFER $5,828 IN PRIZES IN §
NATIONAL CANNING CONTEST ;
To ward off a threatened surplus of farm
products in many sections and to impreds s
more housewives with the economy and
healthfulness of home canned foods, & Na
tional Canning Contest is now under way §
to find the best jar of canned frult, veges
tables and meat in the country. Two hun.
dred and twenty-two cash prizes totalling
$5,825 have been hung up by the Searse
Roebuck Agricultural Foundation, including §
a grand sweepstakes prize of $1,280 for
the best jar of canned food cntered in the
contest. Any woman or girl is eligible to ¥
enter the contest, but entries must be in not
" later than Octoker 1, 1929, Further informae.
tion » \ the contest and free jar and entry
blanks for sending in entrles may be had
by writing to Amme Willlams, dirpctor, Na. ¥
tional Canning Contest, 926 8. Homan
Avenue, Chicago, liL T
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MARTHA WASHINGTON.
The annual recurrence of
Wa hington’s Birthday on Feb
ruary 22 is always the inspira
tion of many editorials and arti
cles on the ‘‘father of his coun
try.” Occasionally sSome mention
is made of Martha Washington,
his devoted wife, but her perscn
ality is not as well known as it
deserves to be, .
Mrs. Washington was the
davghter of Col. Dandridge, a
planter of New Kent county, Vir
ginia, and was the widow of Dan
ie] Parke Custis at the time of
her marriage to Washington on
January 6, 1759, being the moth
er of four children by her first
husband.
Two of her children died in in
fancy, the others being Martha
Parke Custis and Col. John Parke
Custis, whose granddaughter be
came the wife of General Robert
E. Lee, famed Confederate leader
Mrs. Washington was short
and plump, with hazel eyes and
dark hair, her stature being in
marked contrast with that of
General Washington, who was
six feet two inches in height.
She inherited considerable
wealth from her first husband
and this added to General Wash
ington’s fortune made them one
of the wealthiest couples in Am
erica at the time, their estate be
ing valued at more than $5,000,000
George and Martha Washing
ton had no children. Their mar
| ried life extended over a period
of more than 40 years, during
| which in peace and war, a8 well
{as in the exacting duties of a
| President’s wiffe, she was his
| faithful companion and helpmeet.
As such spe is held in affec
|tionate remembrance by the na
| tion,—Ex.
§ Miss Allienora Hartley, of G.
8. C. W., Milledgeville, is spend
ling a few days at home with her
| parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Hartley; having been called home
lon account of the illness of her
mother,
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| 5. For exhibit and contest pur
| Poses always use glass jars,
|"6 Empty space In a jar will not
‘{ the keeping qualities of the
[ sod, but it detracts from the ap
{ pearance and is a waste of jar space.
| However, if a glags jar has lost liquid
| @ming processing, do not open to re
g" .Mo ean frult juices pasteurize
;‘ * from 25 to 30 minutes at 160 to
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Packing Chicken in Jars.
3@ degrees. Bofling fruit Juice de
| stroys the flavor.,
| 8 Canning does not change poor
_products into good products so use
18 products to put into jars. And
| do not spoil good products by half
| wey methods of canning. Use the
quickest, safest, and most efiicient
| method of canning, which is the pres
gure cooker method.
1 9. Before storing canned prod
‘ away in a cool dry airy place
‘j,wlnter use keep the jurs under
| observation at room temperature for
1 8 least one week.
Services at Methodist
Church Next Sunday.
ety
Sunday School, 10:00 o’clock;
preaching service, 11:00 o’clock;
preaching service in evening at
7:30 o'clock. Senior Epworth
League, 7:30 o’clock Tuesday
evening. Junior League 3 o’clock
Friday afternoon,
Come to church Sunday and
worship with us,
Honor Roll Glenwood High
School.
FIRST GRADE
Carlton Anderson, M.C. Eden:
field, Franklin Smith, Grace
Hurst, Sara Ellis Calboun, Marie
Reynolds, Reba Simpson, Estelle
Pope.
SECOND GRADE
Loisette Anderson, Cleon Ad
ams, Robert Screws, Mary Jeane
Grier, Elise O’Quinn, Nolan Hat.
taway, Orlando Stone, Harvey
Williams,
THIRD GRADE
Elizabeth Chambless, Bonnelle
Couey, Virginia Ryals.
FOURTH GRADE
Rachel Atchison, Mary Arde
lia Calhoun, Katie Mae Fowler,
Christine Joyce, Alma Mcßae,
Margaret Screws, Rubye Stew
art, Robbie Simpson, HKdna
Wilcher, Richard Holland.
HILDA HURST,
Ountlaw-Fowler
On Friday afternoon of last
week Mrs. Rosabelle Outlaw, of
Graniteville, S. C., and Mr. A. J.
Fowler, of Glenwood, were united
in marriage in Alamo, Judge H.
L. Bears officiating.
Mrs. Fowler will be pleasantly
remembered here by many ac
quaintauces, which she formed
during her several years’ resi
dence here, Mr. Fowler is one of
the leading business men and
planters of this county.
Many friends join in wishing
this popular couple much happi
ness and prosperity through life
POLITICALPOT TO |
BLOW OFF LID APR. 1
Georgia’s state democratic ex.
ecutive committee will meet
about Aprill, and the 1930 state
political lid will be lifted, G. E.
Maddox, of Rome, chairman of
the committee, has announced he
will call the committee together
socn to make arrangements for
holding the primary during the
summer,
Because of decision to estab
lish the majority rule, two prima
ries will be held in the race for
Governor and for the United
States Senate in the event there
arc more than two candidates for
those posts. A‘single primary
will be held to fill all other state
house offices, for which the plu
rality rule will prevail.
It is looked on as a certainty
that there will be more than two
candidates in the race for Gov
ernor, according to well informed
politiciane. There also is a pos
gibility that more than two can
didates will enter the race for
the place in the Senate now held
by United States Senator, Wil
liam J. Harris.
For the governorship, John N,
Holder, former chairman of the
state highway commission, is
virtnally certain to make the
race, according to his close
friends, He has made no an
nouncement of any kind ‘in this
connection, but his friends state
he is “ making preparations for
the battle.
James A, Perry, chairman of
bthe sstate public. sevvivz__;eom mis
sion, officially announced for this
post several weeks ago.
George H. Carswell, secretary
of state, is preparing to enter
the lists, while Richard B, Rus:
sell, Jr., speaker of the house of
representatives, and W. Cecil
Neill, president of the senate, are
giving serious consideration to
suggestions of friends that they
onter the fight, A dozen other
potential candidates are waith
ing the developments with inter
est.
Icis certain there will be many
candidates in the field for the
state house offices. If Secretary
of State. Carswell runs for gov
ernor, several will make the race
to succeed him in his present
position.
Among those will be Matt C.
Dennett, chief examiner of the
state securities commission; for
mer state senator, Carl N. Guess,
of Stone Mountain; John B. Wil
son, private secretary in the of
fice of the governor, and possibly
Judge J. J. Flynt, of Griffin, who
ran for the place in last primary.
It is expected there will be
candidates against the present
commissioner of agriculture,
among the names most frequent
ly mentioned being that of Rep
resentative Alf Taylor, of Rich
mond county,
Guy O. SBtone, of Glenwood,
will run against Perry T. Knight
for the post now held by the lat
ter on on the public service com
mission.
Former Governor Olifford
Walker, former Governor John
M. Slaton, and former Governor
and Senator Thomas W. Hard
wick are mentioned as candidates
for the United States senate
against Senator Harris.—Paul
Stevenson in Atlanta Georgian,
Threeor four handfuls of Port
-Iland cement put in a pailful of
whitewash will make a nice stone
colored cement for walls or out
buildings, that will look well and
not wash or rub off, Some will
prefer this to glaring whitewash,
Number 52
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MAN GIVES LIFE
T 0 SAVE FRIEND
Mcßae, Ga., Feb. 17.—Search
of more than 24 hours today hda
failed to produce the body of La
mar Booth, 24, of Lumber City,
who gave his life to save a com
panion when their beat capsized
near Lumber City Sunday aftere
noon,
Waters of the Ocmulgee river
and the surrounding swamps
have been combed by the searchs
ers seeking Booth, but no trace
had been found later today.
Booth, with three companions,
Leon Webb, Will Booker and
Lewis Sawyer, all of Lumber
City; were enjoying an outirg in
their boat equipped with an out
board motor yesterday afternoon
A short distance from Lumber
City the boat struck a snag and
overturned. Booker and Sawyer
made the shore safely, leaving
Boothé with Webb, who could
not swim.
It is believed that Boothe was
injured when the boat hit the
snag and when he attempted to
swim, he was unable to do so.
Boothe called out to Webb and
the two grasped a fioating log.
They held on until the log was a
short distance from shore and
Webb succeeded in landing safe
ly. Webb was foued by searchers
shortly before midnight Sunday.
Webb, cold and almost helpless,
could give no information con
cerning the fate of Bocthe.
Boy Accidentally :
Shot by Brother,
Dublin, Ga., Feb. 18.—Robert
Sawyer, 14, of Glenwood, is in
the hospital here suffering from
a serious wound received when a
shotgun in the hands of Frank
Sawyer, his ten year old brother,
was discharged and tore a hole
through his side.
Robert had just loaded the gun
for his father and put it down in
the Sawyer home and the small
er boy picked it up and it some
how was discharged, the load
tearing through the upper part
of the youth’s side. His condie
ion is said notto be fatal, but
the wound is considered seriouns,
Sugar Valley League Union
An enjoyable nccasion was the
meeting of the Sugar Valley
League Union held at Glenwood
last Friday night. About 200
young people were present, and
also many older people.
The Glenwood League ren
dered a good devotional service,
Then varirus matters of business
and discussions were taken up.
The Union banner was awarded
to Glenwood, having a total of 70
points. Shiloh and Bay Springs
came next with 67 points each,
A lively recreation hour was
directed by Rev, Roy Gardner.
Refreshments were served by the
Glenwood Union,
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Perdue
motored to Milledgeville Sunday
and spent the day with their
daughter, Miss Gladys, who ig
attending the G, 8. C. W,
We are head
| | quarters for plow
fixtures. Get our
prices before you
buy.
A. O. JOHNSON
& Co.
ALAMO, GEORGJA