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Volume 18
GOV-ELECT RUSSELL
MADE 30,000 MILES
Atlanta, October 6—Georgia’s
new governor-elect is a bachelor,
is not engaged, has reached no
definite agreement of any with
any maiden in respect to placing
a new first lady of Georgia in the
governor’s mansion.
This is straight news and
comes indirectly from young
Richard B. Russell, Jr., who will
assume his duties as governor on
the last Saturday in June next
year.
“I probably will rentout rooms
in the governor's mansion to help
pay off the state's debts,’ the
governor elect remarked.
This possibility, however, is
remote, as it is probable that the
ramsion will be occupied by the
.Governor-elect Russell's parents,
Judge and Mrs. Richard B. Rus
sell Sr.
“I have not said that I will not
get married in the next two
years,” the Governor-elect said.
Russell will be the youngest
governor in Georgia’s history.
Governor R. B. Bußjch was 34
when he took office. Alexander
H. Stephens was the only other
governor of Georgia who was a
bachelor.
The governor-elect was born
and reared in Winder. He grad
uated in law in 1918 from the
University of Georgia and was
enrolled in its students’ military
training corps when the war end
ed. He began the practice of law
at Winder and soon after was
elected a member of the legisla
ture from his native county. He
has served ten y^ai s in the Geor
gia legislature and was twice
elected speaker of the House.
He is nominated to a position
his father once sought without
success. The distinguished ju
rist, Chief Justice Richard B.
Russell, of the Georgia Supreme
court, was one of the most ardent
supporters of his son during the
campaign.
One of the first things Govern
or elect Russell said he hoped to
do, with the cooperation o.f the
State Legislature, is to get the
state out of debt within the next
two years without an additional
tax lexy of any kind.
Another purpose he said he
JK ped to achieve is the consoli
dation of the present eighty odd
bureaus and departments into
twelve or fourteen departments.
Roughly speaking, Governor
elect Russell c jvered 30,000 miles
in his travels campaigning for
the gubernatorial nomination,
which was handed him on Octob
er 1 on so large a platter. This is
the estimate made by Mark Done
boo, youthful Winder friend of
the governor elect. Donehoo did
the driving.
Mr. Russell was chosen as
Georgia's next governor by a
landslide that carried 129 of the
state’s 161 counties. He piled up
a county unit vote of 338, one of
the heaviest in the history cf the [
state.
Alimony Due, Stenson
Shoots Self With Gun.
Dublin, October 3 —Cecil Sten- ■
son, 30, of Dublin, was near death ;
today after shooting himself last j
night with a shotgun.
Inability to find a job so that he
could pay past alimony due his
former wife was blamed.
This is Stenson’s second at
tempt to end his life. A month
’ago he swallowed poison, but re
covered.
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Wteler County fcagl?
; TO HAUL WORLD'S FASTEST TRAIN
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A Nt-DSON TV PE” locomotive, series No. 5700. has been, placed in service by the Canadian National .
.Cl Hallways to haul the world’s fastest train between Chicago and Montreal. To keep its schedule of 360
minutes for the 334 miles of this rm between Montreal and Toronto, this locomotive will be required to
operate frequently at a rate exceeding 80 miles per hour. This will not call for much effort as the driving
wheels of this engine, the largest and speediest in Canada, are 80 inches in diameter. The locomotive with
tender has an overall length of 92 feet. 5% inches and weighs more than 331 tons. The tender will carry
20 tons of coal and 14,000 Imperial gallons of water. The boiler pressure is 276 pounds and the tractive
power, without the booster, is 43.300 pounds. With the booster another 10 000 pounds is added. Beauty in
design has been accomplished by the concealment of practically all the piping ahove the running board and
the polishing of the jacket Five of these locomotives will be placed in service before the end of October.
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Professor Snider Warns
of Cold and Rainy Winter
GRIFFIN, Ga., Oct. 7.—Pro
fessor Albert Lee Snider is at it
again!
Georgia’s champion unofficial
weather prognosticator has gone
into a hnddle with bis secret
s'gns and informs residents of
the Empire State that its going
to be a long, hard winter.
It’s going to be mighty rainy
in Georgia during the whole win
ter, Professor Snider said espe
cially during October. He warns
football fans not to be without
their umbrellas and other wet
weather accessories.
The professor said Georgia
will have her first frost about
Nov. 7 and the weather will con
tinue snappy from then on until
the balmy days of spring. He
said that about Nov. 20, Geor
gians could expect freezing tem
peratures in North and Middle
sections of the state.
And Christmas —Professor
Snider said not to expect a nice
Yuletide. He said the day would
be ushered in with a misty rain
and continue disagreeable. He
said there might be some sleet
and probably snow the latter
part of December and that all in
dications point to a white New
Year’s Day.
sth District W. M. U. Rally.
The sth district W.M.U. rally
convenes with Stuckey Baptist
church Saturday, Oct. 18,1930.
2:30 —Opening hymn. Prayer
Devotional, Romans 10: 9-15 —
Mrs. Franklin.
2:45 —Recognition of pastors
and visitors.
3:00 —Talk by dist. secretary.
Roll call W. M. S. presidents.
3:15 —Watchword in unison.
Supt. message—Mrs. Stephens.
3:40 —Study of yers books. —
Mrs. Futral.
4:lo—Young peoples’ session.
| Hymn, “O Zion Haste’’ —Talk on
jG. A. watchword—Alamo girl.
4:20 —Conference on the stand
ard —Associational young peo
। pies leader.
4:40 —The tenement by Sun
■ beams, Ga’s, Ra’s and Y. W. A’s
I of different churches.
: s:lo—Hymn—“We’ve a Story
'to Tell.”
Benediction.
Mlle. Helle Nice, a French
woman, recently attained the
speed of 160 miles an hour in her
racing automobile, aid to be the
world's record for women driv
ers.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1930
Nine Newspaper men
Nominated in Primary
Atlanta, Ga. — The newspaper
men of Georgia who want to
serve their state in some capacity
fared very well in the recent
state-wide primary.
The returns to the Democratic
state committee on the result of
races for the house and senate in
Georgia show the following news
paper men nominated:
SENATE.
Ninth district —W. T. Atkins,
editor, Edison News.
' Fifteenth district—Hugh Petr.e
son, Jr., editor, Montgomery
County Monitor.
House of Representatives.
Brooks county —W. A. Walker,
editor, Quitman Advertiser.
Clayton county —J. E. Mundy,
associate editor, Clayton County
News.
Decatur county —E H. Griffin,
editor, Bainbridge Post Search-
Light.
Franklin county—Rush Bur
ton, editor, Lavonia Times.
Henry county —B. S. Eliott,
editor, Henry County Weekly.
Lee county —J. P, Horne, edi
tor, Lee County Journal.
Taliaferro county —B. R. Trot
ter, editor, Crawfordville Ad
vocate Democrat.
But the real choice of the peo
pie, so far as the office he sought
is concerned, is H. M. Stanley,
secretary of the Georgia Press
association and former news
paper editor, who has just been
renominated for another term as
commissioner of commerce and
labor. Mr. Stanley made the
heretofore unapproacbed record
of carrying every county in the
state.
Course For Teachers.
On Saturday, October 11, at
the court house, at 2:30 P. M.,
the University will begin a
course for the benefit of Wheeler I
County teachers. This course j
will count full college credit to-j
ward a Normal Certificate, A. B.:
degree or toward the renewal of I
a certificate. No teacher can as-1
ford to miss this opportunity of |
doing college work at home at
full credit. Last year over 2000
teachers over the state were en
rolled in these extension classes.
Any questions in regard to the
course, time of meeting, fees,
etc. Will be answered by the in
structor.
Government P. O. Guide 1
184$ Owned by Georgian 1
o
One of the earliest postal i
guides published by the govern
mentis the prized possession of ,
Charles E. Caine, postal inspector
in charge in the southeast, with
headquarters in Atlanta.
The little community of Mar
thasville, later known as Term
inus and still later known as the
city of Atlanta, empire city of
the southeast, is not listed, since
it did not exist Jat the time of
publication in January, 1842.
The fair city of Commerce,
, Ga.,-at that time had a far more
harmonious na m e —Harmony
Grove. On the other hand, the
thriving city of Vienna, Ga., was
known by a rather sinister name
—Outlaws Crossroad.
, Florida, as a state, did not ex
- ist then, although there were
fifty post offices listed in the ter-
, ritory. There was no railway
mail service—the hackbone of
the system —at that time.
Post offices are listed by names
and states, alone with the names
of the postmasters in office that
year and with distances as well
as can be ascertained, from the
national capitol and the various
state capitols.”
Until recently, the directory,
one of the few of its kind in ex
istence, was an heirloom of Mrs.
Mary Jarrett White, of Tugelo,
Ga. she was once postmaster at
Tugelo, as was her father before
her. Mrs. White’s vivid memoirs
of early life in Georgia appeared
last month in the Journal Sunday
Magazine.—Atlanta Journal.
Little Doyle Warnock.
Hubert Doyle Warnock, eight
months old son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. Warnock, of near Glen wood, '
died last Sunday. It suffered
greatly for several days with
malarial fever.
He is survived by its parents
and two brothers, Everett 6 and
Harris 3.
Funeral services were held .
from the Glenwood Methodist ‘
I church, conducted by Rev. A. W.
! Franklin, and interment was in
I _ 1
the Glenwood cemetery.
R.O. Suddath, V.M.D.
Licensed Graduate ।
Veterinarian
Phone 103 1
Mcßae, Georgia
COURT RECESSED
BY JUDGE DANIEL
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Judge J. Saxton Daniel, of the
Atlantic circuit, who presided
here last week for Judge Gra
ham, recessed court Thursday
afternoon. The grand jury com
pleted their deliberations on
Wednesday previous to recessing
the court.
Judge Graham will be over
Saturday and either adjourn the
court or call another session, the
former action is more likely, it
is understood, after calling the
appearance docket, drawing the
jury for the spring term of court
and transacting such other busi
ness that may properly come up.
U. S. ESTIMATE
ON COTTON UP.
WASHINGTON. D.C.,0ct.8-—
— U. S. Crop Reporting Board
of the U. S. Department of Agri
culture in a report issued today
estimated the cotton crop at 14,-
486,000 bales, of 500 pounds
gross weight, as of October 1,
last. This compares with an indi
cation of 14,340,000 bales a month
ago, a gain of 146,000 bales.
Oh, Mother of Mine.
The poet, with his metered line,
Has sought to commemorate your
memory,
Oh, mother mine.
The painter, as he delved in col
ors rare,
Has traced your smiling face
With utmost care.
But none can picture infinite love,
We feel its manifestations
Sent from above.
And God lent you, mother^ in His
divine plan
To prove His enduring love
For mortal man.
The fullness of such love, we only
see
When we stand in His presence
Together with thee;
And the sacred memory, we
cherish of thee,
Will only end as we meet
By Father’s crystal sea.
In loving memory of our moth
er, whom God called home two
years ago, August 19,1928.
M. M. MEEKS.
Poultry Sale Called Off
The poultry sale which was
scheduled for Friday, October
17th, has been called off, because
the buyers were not willing to
bid as heretofore.
They demanded a guaranteed
tonnage, which we were unable
to give, therefore it was necessa
ry to cancel the sale for the pres
ent. It is hoped this will be clear
up and in the near future a car
will operate our way.
Notice Tax Defaulters
We are requested by the sher
iff that all 1929 taxe fi fas not paid
by October 25th levies will be
made. The law requires that
when possible, personal prop
erty must levied upon, and same
will be observed in this case.
He regrets very much to have
this to do but the law requires
him to do so, and be cannot car
ry over taxes to the new year.
He has been very linient with
the people through the summer,
and the time has now arrived to
collect the taxes.
Number 33
NEXT CONVENTION
. GOES TOGLENWOOD
i A large crowd of visitors were
in Alamo last Sunday, gathered
here to sing and hear good sing
ing The Fortner family quar-
• tet, of Thomaston, was one
i of the main features of the occas
; ion. There were eight from.’th is
family, whose musicial talents
are gaining for them wide notor
iety, and justly so, for when they
i fail to entertain, no one else’need
< attempt.
s Singers from many counties
> were represented, and it is con
-1 ceded that the sing on last Sun
■ day was one of the most success
ful held .here. The weather
was good and all seemed to’have
enjoyed themselves.
The next session of the conven
tion will be held at Glenwood on
the,fifth Sunday in November,
when another.‘great occasion is
looked forward to by all lovers of
good music.
Ihe committee on entertain
ment serving last Sunday wish
to thank the people of Alamo for
their assistance in taking care of
the visiting singers and others.
Alamo homes are always open on
occasions like this, and all take a
great pride in caring for all they
can. The cooperation of all on oc
casions of this nature make this
, possible.
Tax Collector’s First Round.
I will be at the following named
places op dates named below, for
the purpose of collecting county,
state and school taxes for the
’ year 1930:
October 14, Alamo, 9 to 12;
Glenwood, 2 to 5.
1 October 15, W. O. Harrelson’s
home place, 9 to 9:30; Avant’s
siding, 10 to 10:40; Sumner’s
store, 11 to 11:40; Spring Hill, H.
H. Heath’s, 12 to 12:30; Clubhouse
1 to 1:30; Campground, 2 to 2:30.
October 16, McArthur, Win
ship’s, 9 to9:30; Browning’s store
; 10 to 10:30; R. F. Jordan’s, 10:45
to 11; J. W. Clements, 11:30 to
11:45; B. Z. Swain, 12 to 1; Glen
wood, 2 to 5.
October 17, Landsburg, Wynns
( store, 8:30 to 9; Honeycutt’s store
9:30 to 10; Claik’s store, 10:30 to
11; Alamo, 2 to 5.
The county treasury is run
ning low and itis earnestly urged
that all who possibly can do so to
arrange to meet the collector on
( this round.
J. L. SUMNER,
Tax Collector, Wheeler County.
Junior B. Y. P. U. Program
Senior B.Y.P.U. Sunday night
October 12, 7 o’clock.
Topic—How to study the Bibha
Scripture reading—G. L. Hat
taway.
Introduction—The necessity of
study —Okie Lee Wright.
Study systematically—Zelma
Hartley.
Study by books—Mr. Miller.
Study topics or subjects—W.
R. McDaniel.
Study independently—Madelle
Hartley.
Study persistently—O.P. Hart
ley.
Study believingly—F ana i •
Foster.
Study prayerfully —He 1e ■
Wicker.
Conclusion—Alma Hartley
Solo —Mrs. R. M. Walker.
। Preaching service.
Group No. 2.