Volume 18
ELECTED 3RD BISHOP
Dallas, Tex., May 21.—Dr. A.
Frank Smith of Houston, was
elected the third new bishop of
the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, at the general conference
here. His election was made on
the ninth ballot.
The vote was reported officially
as 240 for De. Smith and 129 for
Dr. T. D. Eilis, of Louisville,
Dr. Smith is even younger than
the two bishops named yester
day, having just passed his for
tieth birthday. He isa son of
Texas, his forbears having fought
at San Jacinty. |
Dr. Smith was reared in Tay
lor, Texas. the home of Govemor'
Dan Moody, He attended South
western university at George
town and Vanderbilt university.
He married Miss Bess Crutch
field, a niece and Foster daught
" er of John R. Allen, professor of
philosophy of Southwestern and
known as the Nestor of South
ern Methodism.
The report of the Episcopacy
committee dividing the church
into 16 Episcopal districts was
adopted as presented by the com
mittee on Episcopacy. The dist
ricts include:
1, Baltimore, Vieginia confer
ences,
2 North Carolina, western
North Carolina, Cuba, Latin-
Florida.
3. South Carolina, upper South |
Carolina.
4. North Georgia, south Geor
&& Alabamaand north Alabama
Services at Alamo ML.E, Churchl
Sunday school, 10 o'cloce a. m. |
No preaching service Sundays
morning, on account of school
closing. i
Preaching Sunday night 8:15:
Epworth Leagre Tuesday night|
8:15. i
Junior League Friday p.m. 3:00}
Prayer service Thursday night |
8:15. \
Mrs. Ernest Goldman and|
children, who have been vislting!
here for some time as the guests
of the former’s mother, Mrs, A.
M. Anderson. returned to their|
whome in Augusta yesterday. Mr.
oldman came over and accom
panied them home. Mrs. Gold
man, before her marriage, was
Miss Liucile Anderson of Alamo.
' Vidalia Tobacco Flue Co.
P F. PHILLIPS, Manager
You can secure repair
. parts for your flues at J.F. .
. Darby Bank, Alamo. Stock
: on hand. Also furnish pric
. es on complete flue sets.
Get our prices before
. buying elsewhere. *
W.m
Wheeler Cminty Lagle
- Methodist Church.
The series of revival services
at the Alamo Methedist Church
closed Wednesday night. The
attendance and interest through
out the meeting were good.
Rev. Tom Tinsley ¢id some of
the best gospel preaching that
has ever been heard in Alamo,
and he made many friends while
here.
The spiritual life of the church
and of the town was deepened
and strengthened. T'wenty-three
applied for membership, and
with few exceptions, all of these
were received into the church at
the last service; KFour came by
letter and transfer.
The meeting has ended, but
may the revival spirit go on.
New School Superintendent
Elected
Prof. F. W. Ellarbe, new super
intendent, now of the Parrot High
school, has been elected to the
superintendency of the loecal
school for the coming year,
Mr. Ellarbe is & young man of
vision in school affairs and has
accomplished mueh success in
his past work,
He and his family will move
here about the middle of the
summer and take up the work.
National Theatre, Mcßae
Program.
. Week of Friday, May 28rd to
{Friday, Mdy 80th. Showing daily
4and 8:15t0 11:15 p. m. Satur
day show begins at 2:30 p. m.
Friday-Saturday
William Fox presents, ‘Rom
ance of the Rio Grande’ with
Warner Baxter, Mary Duucan,
| Antonio Moreno. An all talking
[Fox Movitone with music.
‘ Monday-Tuesday
! “Phantom of the Opera,’” with
italking, singing, dancing, and
itecbnicolor sequences, Trans
|formed mightily by its appeal to
the ear as well as to the eye. Its
power to thrill has never been
ehallenged —and now, with the
taddition of sound, perhaps never
will be equalled.
Wednésday-Thursday
“The Unholy Night'—A per
fectly done mystery thriller
comes now, to the talking screen.
Sequence, terror, blended with
romance—here is entertainment
|you’ve been waiting for.
Friday-Saturday
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1930
_ The Senior Class |
fi o t
| WHEELER COUNTY HiGHScHOOL
f ' will present |
l “Castles In The Air”’
| A THREE ACT COMEDY-DRAMA
! Friday evening, May 23rd
| Nineteen Hundred Thirty
' School Auditorium
i - 8:30 p. m.
; Catchy Songs
_ Lively Choruses
! Admission : 20c and 35¢
Rev. Gardner to Preach
Commencement Sermon
Rev. Roy Gardner, pastor of
the local Methodist Church, will
‘ _dmm“ m""fi-he« wehothadatild
next Sunday morning, beginning
at eleven o’clock, ‘
In Memory Mr. A.F. Murphy
On Sunday, May 4th, 1930, the
grim reaper, death, visited the
little town of Glenwood and tock
from our midst our beloved'
friend and neighbor, Augustus
Franklin Murphy.
His was an humble life of
christian service, always willing
and ready to render service to
render service to his fellow man.
Being a semi-invalid for quite a
long time, he was unable to at
tend church regularly, but when
ever permitted to do so his pewl
was filled. He was a member of
Glenwood Baptist church.
Mr. Murphy was born in Wash
ington County October 9th, 1863,
and was marriéd to Anna Ophe
lia Wicker October 21ts, 1888,
He leaves his wife and seven
children to mourn his death,
Mrs. C. C. Joyce, Mrs. Otis But
ler, Miss Ruby Murphy and J.
D. Murphy, of Glenwood; Mrs,
John B. Holton, Dublin; Mrs. H.
H. Carpenter,-Ailey, and O. E.
Murphy, Vidalia.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of Mr. Davis, of Hazle
hurst. Services were held from
the Methodist Ckurch in Glen-]
wood, conductéd by Reyv. Z. E.,
Barron, of Macon, assisted by|
Rev, L. A. Kelley, Lumber City.;
and Rev. L. W. Walker, Mount|
Vernon. Interment in Glenwoodg
{cemetery. {
RELIABLE man 25 to 50 to|
sell Watkins products to estab»‘
lished customers in Dodge or
.Jeff Davis counties. Average
iearnings $40.00 to $50.00 a week. |
Liberal credit extended to those,
who qualify. Write W.R. Purnell,
Dept, 437, The J.R. Watkins
Company, Memphis, Tenn,
Forty volumes of missing laws,
have been found in Siam. It
seems that the Orient has more
than_its share of national dis
lasters,
| Prof. Kibler Resigns
? Schoo!l Superintendent
vs. 0. C. Kibler, superinten
|dent of the Wheeler County High
|SO col so " the fi%&;fl"f@"{ years,
Ihas tendered his resignation to
the local board. He has accept
ed the superintendency of the
{Chapin High school, Chapin,
South Carolina, a place where he
taught some years ago.
Under his leadership and with
]the cooperation of the members
of the board and the patrons of
the school, the high school has
been placed on the accredited
list with a number one rating and
the gremmar school has been
raised to grade A. The only ac
crediting to be accomplished is
the southern rating.
lCourt Holds Ban on
Texas Hoovercrats Invalid
Austir, Texas, May 17.—State
Senator Thos. B. Love, of Dallas,
a Hoover democratin 1928, Sat
urday won his right to have his
name placed on the democratic
primary ballots as a candidate
for governor.
The state supreme court grant
ed his application for an order to
compel the state democratic ex
ecutive committee to give him a
place on the democratic ticket
despite efforts to bar him be
cause of his opposition to Alfred
iE. Smith in the last presidential
%cam paign,
] At the same time the court re
iversed the district court and
{courb of civil appeals and dis
| missed a case from Wichita coun- l
Ity, contesting the right of the
lcounby democratic executive
‘commibtce to oust 13 persons
from membership on the com-|
mittee because they failed to.
support the democratic prseiden
tial nominee in 1928.
The state executive committee
was specifically commanded by
the supreme court ‘‘to desist
and refrain from enforcing’’ re
|solutions adopted at Austin Feb
!ruary 1, barring as candidates
|for state office, persons who
|failed to support the party stand
ard bearer in 1928, | ’
| 1
COTTON GINNING IS
Washington, May 20.-—Cobton|
production in 1929 was placed at
14,828,000 bales of 500 pounds
gross weight by the department
of agriculcure today in its revis
ed estimates of the crop. That
compares with an estimate of
14,919,000 bales made in Decem
ber last year and the census
burean’s final ginning figures of
14,821,499 bales of 500 pounds
gross weight, made March 20,
this year. The 1928 crop was
14,477,877 bales.
The area in cultivation July 1,
last year was 47,067,00 acres,
compared with an estimate of
47,569,000 acres made on Auvg, 1,
and the areapicked was 45,793,000
acres, compared with an estimate
of 45,981,000 acres, made in De
cember.
The yield of lint cotton picked
per acre was placed at 155.0
pounds, compared with 155.8
pounds, estimate,in December,
and with 1529 pounds, the final
yield of the 1928 crop.
The production in 1929 by
states, bales rounded to thou
sands and allowances made for
cross-state ginnings, was:
Virginia, 48,000,
North Carolina, 747,000.
South Carolina, 830,000,
Georgia, 1,343,000,
Florida, 29,000.
Missouri, 220,000,
Tennessee, 515,000,
Alabama, 1,342,000.
Mississippi, 1,915,000,
| Louisiana, 809,000. . .
| Texas, 8,940,000. RITRIUES
| Oklahoma, 1,143,000,
| Arkansas, 1,435,000,
New Mexica, 90,000,
Arizona, 153,000,
| California, 260,000,
All other states, 9,000,
Lower California, old Mexico,
I notineluded in California figures,
{nor United States total, 75,000,
Independent Banks
Defended by Bankers
Macon, May 17.—The indepen
dent banks meet the need of the
small community and are not ‘‘a
thing of the past’’ as was indi
cated in their report of city bank
ers made to the banking and fi
nance committee of Congress,
was the gist of a resolution adopt
ed by the county bankers’ asso
ciation in session, held at Hotel
Dempsey, which came to a close
| Friday afternoon,
| Facts to substantiate the chains
for independent banks will be as
sembled by the association and
| presented to the committee.
| Inareport made by the secre
tary of the association, it was
Ishown that while 85 per cent of
|failures are among banks with
capital of less than $50,000, it is
also a fact that of all the banks
{in the state, 85 per cent have a
capital of less than $50,000,
Alexander W. Bmith, general
counsel, in Bpeaking on the sub
ject, said that the independent
'ihank would increase in power
land 11 wealth in the future, but
’t would probably decrease in
| numbers.
i The problem in this field. he
| said, is to recognize the changes
‘so£ the presentand grow with
them, In former fimes a small
commupity had no choice in
‘| banking as the residents could
| not get far over the muddy roads
Itis true that there were too
many country banks, but it is
{equally certain that there isa
| place for independent banks,
which cannot be usurped by
branch or group banks,
Number 13
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iCLOSING OFN\;VHEELER
1 The commencement exercises
of the Wheeler County High
school will begin tonight, after
bringing toa close a successful
year’s work,
The senior class play, “‘Castles
in the Air,” a three act comedy=
drama, will be presented tonight
in the school auditorinm, all
members of the class being in
the play and the choruses.
On Sunday morning at eleven
o’clock the commencement ser
mon will be preaceed in the aun
ditorium, the choice-of the speak
er being left to Mr. R, A, Eakes.
The graduating exercises will
be held on Monday evening at
8:30 o’clock. The address of the
occasion will be delivered by
Judge Eschol Graham, of Mcßae,
The graduating class consists
of the following students: Marion
Bullard, Willie Mae Carter,
Romie Clark, Alma Currie, Mil
dred Frost, Ollie Joe Graham,
Beulah Holmes, Juanita Hinson,
Julian Hartley, Lucy Ellen Hart
ley, Madell Hartley, Murias
Hartley, Billie Kent, Mary Sue
Kibler, Wade McDaniel, Rosa
Lbee Smith, Emily Tillman, and
Okie Lee Wright. This is the sec
ond largest class in the history
of the school,
The public is cordially invited
to attend all of the above exers
cises. ;
T 4
A Farmer’s Time
Worth $1.17 an Hour
A successful Southern farmer
figures that he has approximate
ly 3000 working hours per year,
and plans his crops so that these
hours can be divided into 300
days of ten hours each. His rec
|ords for an average year show
| that each of the 9,000 man hours
put in on his 200-acre, diversi
tied farm brought him $1.17,
| Wasting time worth $1.17 an hour
is throwing money away too fast,
but there are a lot of one-crop
farmers here in the South who
don't seem to realize it.
. O. Masten, of Collingsworth
county, Texas, hasn’t wasted
any time and he has the money
to prove it. Back in 1908, when
he was 18 years old, he started
working for himself as a hired
hand on a farm. Three years
|later he made his first crop on
{rented land, and continued to
| rent for the next five years.
| During that time he saved
lenough to make the first pay
ment on 213 acres of farm land,
| The 533 acres that he owns now,
lat the ageof 39, together with
; his livestock, poultry and farm
| equipment, run his complete
| farm werth up to nearly SIOO,OOO
|And every cent of it is netas
hlthere are no debts of any kind
‘ against it.
; T P i o i
l Russell-Peterson.
;I Chief Justiceand Mrs, Richard
| B. Russell, of Russell, announce
| the engagement of ther daught
|er, Patience Elizabeth, to Mr.
;j Hugh Peterson, of Ailey, the
| wedding to take place in June,
| The above announcement ap
| pearing in last Sunday’s papers
|and is of interest to the people of
[ this section. Miss Russell is a
| danghter of Judge R. B. Russell
|who has been active in Georgia
| politics for a long time. Mr.
Peterson is a member of one
of the oldest and most prominent
families in Montgomery county
