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Volume 18
LOW VS. HIGH YIELDS
FOR BEST COTTON.
Two fertilizer demonstrations
with cotton on the farms of Joe
B. Clark of Glenwood and W. C.
Brown of Alamo, again show
that it pays to use Nitrate of
Soda in dry as well as in normal
seasons. At the time the cotton
was planted, Mr. Brown and Mr.
Clark each selected two acres of
land that were plowed, seeded
and fertilized alike. Mr. Clark
fertilized his plots with 300 lbs.
of 9 3 5 per acre, and Mr. Brown
used 400 lbs. of 9 3 5 per acre
On one of his acres, each farmer
applied 100 lbs. of Chilean Nit
rate of soda as a side-dressing at
the first cultivation after chop
ping-
Mr. Clark’s check acre, which
received only the fertilizer ap
plication at planting, produced
980 pounds of seed cotton, while
Mr. Brown’s check acre pro
duced 900 pounds seed cotton.
Mr. Clark's acre that was side
dressed with 100 fbs. of Chilean
Nitrate of Soda produced 1,275
pounds seed cotton per acre,
while Mr. Brown's side dressed
plot produced 1,200 pounds seed
cotton per acre. The averag in
crease for the 100 lbs. of soda for
the two farmers was 297 1 2 lbs
Valuing seed cotton at 3 1 2 cents
per pound, these men made an
average of $lO 41 more per acre
where the side-dressing, of soda
was used than op the land with
out the side dressing, and did it
at a cost of $2 50 for the Soda.
.-Both Mr. B own
state that they are 'fully con
vinced that side dressing pays,
even when the price of cotton is
low.
These demonstrations were
conducted under the supervision
•of County Agent L, G. Whitaker,
and the Nitrate of Soda was con
tributed by the Chilean Nitrate
of Soda Educational Bureau.
Toombs County
Singers to Meet.
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The next session of the Toombs
county singing convention will
be held on Sunday,January 11 th,
in the court house in Lyons. We
extend an invitation to the public
to attend. Some of the very best
talent is always with us; Singers
from several south east Georgia
counties are to be with us.
W.H.Morris, Pres.
LUMBER FOR SALE.
Forquick sale I’m offering lumber
at $15.00 and down. You can build
and repair at low cost
Several one, two, three and four
horse farms for rent.
No. one and two pine shingles at
$3.00 and $5.00 per thousand.
Most any kind of place for sale on
long or short terms. SEE ME.
W. E. CURRIE
ALAMO, GEORGIA
WtoUr bounty Eagb
CHRISTMAS TRADE
IS SATISFACTORY
Alamo merchants reporta very
satisfactory business through
Christmas,. Christmas-eve day
proved to be the heaviest selling
day of the season. One merchant
stated that his business almost
doubled that of a year ago. An
unusual amount of fruit was
bought for the occasion, but
every place of business had dis
posed of their line before night,
and trucks coming in Christmas
day found ready sale for their
fruit.
The unusual amount of fruit
sold this season was due, per
haps to the price, which ranged
from five to ten cents a dozen for
oranges, as also apples sold very
cheap, and other fruits in pro
portion.
One of the quietest Christ
mases in the history of the tow:
was experienced. Few fireworks
were in evidence, and all were in
good humor, and satisfied to
spend the time quietly.
New Year Greetings
Due to a severe illness during
the summer months, I have been
unable to return to my business
at Glenwood for the fall and win
ter seasons. My store has been
closed since June 21st. I have
spent the time with my sister,
Mrs.T. J. Chaffin, near Mans
field, and at McDonough.
I am thankful to say that I am
now very much improved in
he’a'iCmhff expect to return to
Glenwood for the early spring
business. I want to thank every
one in Glenwood that so kindly
remembered me since I have
been away by sending letters,
cards and other tokens of friend
ship. Though many are unanswe
red, all were highly appreciated.
I am wishing every reader of
the Eagle a bright and happy
New Year, and hope to see all
my South Georgia customers
again pefore long.
NTTYE HAYS, McDonough, Ga.
Billy Sunday (commenting on
Demon Rum): "And if I had my
way, I’d throw all the liquor and
whiskey in this town into the
river. We will now sing the con
cluding hymn."
Choirmaster: “The congrega
tion will please rise and sing No
76, “Shall We Gather at the
River."
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 193<
THE HOUSEWIFE FIGHTS
WITH SUGAR BOWL TO
KEEP LABOR EMPLOYED
H FILL IT OUT A
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The American housewife, always on
the firing line to help in time of trou
ble, is again called upon to assist in
keeping American labor employed and
to overcome the increasing hardship
brought about by unemployment.
This time her help is most vital—
comes at a Hmti tvhen moat needed —
and comes without cons dr penalty to
her.
Her weapons are tho sugar bowl
and spoon. Her fight is based on
keeping her sugar bowl filled with su
gar refined in the United States,
American labor, and under sanitary
conditions, supervised by the laws
governing the manufacture of pure
foods, known throughout the world
to be the best
This clarion call tor cc-vperaUon is
sent out on account of the unfair ad
vantage given to the Cuban refiners
over the American refiners in the
Tariff Bill just recently passed. In
this bill a subsidy la given to the
Cuban refiner of three cents a hun
dred pounds, as he can export and
enter into the United States 100
pounds of granulated sugar tor three
cents less duty than the American
refiner has to pay when importing raw
sugar and manufacturing it into re
fined. This saving, unfortunately, its
not passed on to the American house
wife. She usually pays tho same price
whether the sugar is refined in this
country or abroad.
This un-American and unsatisfactory
situation brought about by the 'Tariff
Bill which was passed last summer,
ajnountfl to hundreds of thousands of
dollars to the United States refiner,
when one considers the hundreds of
thousands of tons of refined bukui
Imported, because of this two cents
preferential given to the Cuban re
finers, but when this differential Is
reduced to the per pound price to
the housewife, It Is so fractional that
it is lost to her.
The loss to the refiners in the
|United States of hundreds of thou
sands of tons of sugar to refine, due
.to the influx of foreign refined su
gars, causes the refiners in this
country to lay-off labor and add to
Death of Mrs. J. G. Brown
Mrs. Jesse Brown, 87, died at
her home about ten miles north
of Alamo on Friday of la«t week.
Due to her advanced age, she had ;
been in feeble health for some I
time. She is suivived by her;
husband. Interment was in the I
family cemetery Saturday.
A correction
In a recent issue of the Eagle,
in publishing alist of the council-1
pnen elected to serve the town of
Glenwood for the ensuing year,
the name of Mr. E. M. Browning
was published, when it should
have been Mr. G. O. Stone, as
Mr. Browning’s name did not
appear on the ticket. In justice
to both Mr. Browning and Mr.
Stone we cheerfully make the
correction.
Mr. Stone has been serving on
the council for a number of
years, and has also served as
mayor, and the error was due
unemployment without any gain or
saving on the part of the American
housewife.
Tho tariff law charges a duty of
two cents per pound on the raw
spgar imported from Cuba to be re
fined in this country. The same law
puts a duty of $2.12 an hundred
। pounds on sugar refined in Cuba
and Imported into this country. But,
i;i>. r the most favorable condi
tions, it requires 107 pounds of
ra. sugar to be refined Into 100
jK.di of refined sugar in the
I'A" 1 Statoe, which means to got
oiie hundred pounds of refined «u
--■lr in the United States, there Is a
il,t cost of $2.14, or 2 cents a
hundred pounds more than the cost
o a Cuban refiner.
In 1925 only 25,000 tons of for
eign sugars were sold in this coun
try, but in 1929 it had jumped up
to approximately one-half million
tons, and come state that, over one
million tons will be sold In this
country the next two years without
one cent of saving to the American
housewife and with the additional
penalty or reducing tho output of
refiners in the United States, which
in turn will cause thousands of la
borers to become Idle.
Over 80,000 workers and their
.families are dependent on the re
fineries in the United States for a
livelihood, and if the output of their
employers is reduced, either their
wages will be reduced, or their
number will bo reduced, without
any benefit to the housewife.
By demanding that her sugar
come from refineries located in the
United States, employing American
labor, and refined under sanitary
conditions in this country, unem
ployment can be avoided and con
ditions returned to normal in thia
industry.
Many have pointed out the fact
that the United States is appro
priating hundreds of millions of
dollars on one hand to aid the un
employment situation, and on the
other give foreign competition a
subsidy which will permit an in
road into established industries that
will beget increased unemployment.
Services at Alamo
M. E. Church.
Sunday school —Every Sunday
AM. 10:30.
Preaching services — Fourth
Sunday, 11A.M., and First Sun
day 7:30 P.M.'
Epworth League —Friday P.M.
7:30.
Prayer service — Thursday
P.M.,7:30.
Epworte Juniors — Friday
P.M .3:30.
Woman’s Missionary Society
meets at the home of Mrs. Kent
on Monday after first Sunday,
3:00. P.M.
Miss Gladys Perdue, after
spending the holidays with relati
ves here, will return today to
Milledgeville, where she will re
sume her studies at G.S.C.W.
possibly to the fact that he and
Mr. Browning have filled this
place on the city council for a
number of years.
Methodist Church
at Glenwood Burns
At an early hour on Tuesday
evening of last week the Metho
dist church at Glenwood burned,
together with pews and furnish
ings. It is understood that the
sexton went to the church in ad
vance and built fires, so that the
building might be warm and
comfortable when a party of
young folks arrived to rehearse
a play. After the sexton had left
the building, and before anyone
had arrived the flames coming
from the rear of the building
was noticed, but too late to res
cue any of the furnishings from
the building. There was no in
surance carried on the building.
It is thought that the fire origi
nated in the ceiling of the Sun
day school room, possibly caused
from a defectice stove flue, but
the fire remains a mystery, as
there were no one near enough
when the flames broke out to
draw an accurate idea of the
origin.
The building was one of the
most modern wooden churches
in this section, having been built
about fifteen yearsago, replacing
one that burned. Recently a large
annex had been added for Sun
day school rooms, and was nicely
arranged throughout.
It is understood . that steps
will be taken at once to replace
the building. At the present the
school auditorium will be used
both for preaching services and
Sunday school.
Alamo Masons (gleet
Officers for The Year
At a special meeting of Alamo
Lodge No. 585 last Saturday
evening officers for the ensuing
year were elected as follows:
R. G. Jenkins, W. M.
C. C. Hartley, S. W.
H. J. Whitfield, J. W.
Harry Berman, Treasurer.
R, A. Hartley, Secretary.
Officers appointed were as fol
lows:
G. C. Jones, S. D.
R. G. Perdue, J. D.
J. H. Gross, S. S.
J. D. Peebles, J. S.
E. C. Horton, Tyler.
Number of Lights in
Town Discontinued.
Due to the fact that the Town
of Alamo is laboring under, and
has been carrying a burden in
its overhead expence, the pres
ent administration feels that to
discontinue a portion of the
lights, and thereby eliminating
an expense, is advisable at this
time. It may cause some dissatis
faction,but due to the locationthe
lights were placed to begin wtih,
which makes it impossible, with
out extra expense, to balence the
lights the number retained will
accommodate.
Every effort will be used to
give the very best service pos
sible, which will necessitate the
changing of some of the locations
of the present lights, and swing
across streets where attached to
p > es. The only object is to cur
tad expense, and will mean a
saving of several dollars each
year.
In the past two years the run
ning expenses of the town has
been lessened and is now more
on an equal wth the revenue
received than in a long time.
The a object of the admin
ist at n -to econom’ze and also
io s;- v to the best advantage
unde, tne circums ances, which
is quite necessary at this time.
Number 49
MR. C. D. MORRISON
PASSES IN FLORIDA
Mr.C.D.Morrison of Mt Ver
non, died in Bartow, Fla., Mon»
day morning at ten o’clock as a
result of a poisonous dose which
he had mistaken for headache
tablets. Mr. Morrison was thirty
nine years old. He was the yon pl
the late Dr. M. Morrison and
Mrs C.D. Ewing of this place.
He is survived by his wife and
one son, Theron Morrison, his
mother, Mrs. C. D. Ewing, two
sisters, Mrs, Elenor Miller of
Port Tampa, .Fla.. M^krs. Ben
Powell of Chicamauga, Ga., and
one brother, Mr. C. M. Morrison
of this place.
Mr. Morrison was reared in Ml.
Vernon, later moving to Glen
wood where he was engaged in
business. He later moved to
Florida, where he bad been
making his home for several
years. He was a member of
one of the oldest and largest
familes in this section at
the state and a young man of keen
intellectual abilities.
Funeral services were held in
the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian
church Wednesday morning at
ten o'clock with Rev. R. H. Orr
of the Vidalia Presbyterian
church officiating. Interment
was in the Mt. Vernon cemetery.
—Montgomery Monitor. .
Notice to The Public.
To the cities of Alamo:
After due consideration, toe
Mayor and Councilmen of the
Town of Alamo, make the follow
ing changes in the elleciion of
water bills:
All residents; barber shop and
drug store water bills are to re
main the same before, but allow
a fifty cent reduction each month,
if paid by the tenth of the month.
That is where your water bill is
$2 per month, if paid by the
tenth, will only be 11.60, How
ever, if you fail to pay by the
tenth of the month, the fifty cent
reduction is added to the bill*
when all unpaid water bills are
turned over to the town marshal
with specific instructions to col
lect the full amount by the
fifteenth of each month ,or eat
the water off. In this event, when
cut on again a service charge of
$1 will be added.
All filling station water bills
are reduced to $3 per month If
paid by the tenth of the month,
and if not paid; by this time
fifty cents will be added, and
turned over to the marshal with
instructions to cut water off It
not paid by the fifteenth.
All water bills are payable at
the J. F. Darby Bank, Alamo an
til the tenth of each month, after
which thay are payable to the
marshal, as stated above. The
Mayor and Council kindly re
quest that each one pay their
bills promptly, saving >mbar»
rassment to all concerned.
Mayor and Council,
Town of Alamo
By R. M. Walker, Clerk.
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Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our many
friends and neignbors for their
loving kindness and sympathy
shown us during the illness and
death of our presious boy. We
especially thank the doctors and
their nurses for their untiring
efforts in every way. We pray
that each one may be endowed
with God’s richest blessings.
Mr.and Mrs. B.A.lrwin and
Family,
Mrs.T.J. Irwin.
