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Volume 18
RUSSELL TO FILL
PHILLIPS’ PLACE
Atlanta, Feb. 14.—An? under
current of discussion is being
heard about the capital and hotel
lobbies about the possible select
ion of an appointee for the next
vacancy on the State Hghway
Board. Commissioner John R.
Phillips’ term expires the latter
part of this year, and it will fall
upon the next governor to make
an appointment to fill that place.
The rumination, in all probablity,
will be sent’to the senate early
during the regular session start
ing in June.
Names so far heard among the
talk about the possible appointee
includ Representative “Bob’'
Hightower, of Thomaston, whose
legislative service will conclude
with the end of the extra session;
Senator-elect J. P. Wilhoit, of
W >qton; Representative R. L
Buren, of Eastman; Neill Gillis,
the probability of a name to bi
presented from Pulaski county.
Undoubtedly other names also
will come under consideration as
the time draws nearer for the
matter to be passed upon.
It appear) to be somewhat
generally accepted that the se
lection, whenever it is made, will
be made from among the active
supporters of the incoming ad
ministration in the district in
which the vacancy is to occur,
and in all probability the select
ion will be made from the ranks
of young men who were aggres
sive in the last gubernatorial
fight.
Senior BY P U Program
Topic—Today in homemissions
Scripture—Mr. Miller.
Introduction—Alma Hartley.
The Field —Evangelistic—Zelma
Hartley.
The Field—Geographical—Sel
ma Sears.
The Field—Radical —Miss Yar
brough.
The Field — Enlistment —Mrs.
O.P.Partley.
The Field—Economic —Fannie
Foster.
The Field — Denominational —
Margaret McDaniel.
The Field —A Force —C.C.Har-
tley.
Group Captain No. 2.
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SPRINGOPENING!
I wish to announce that I now have
my store at Glenwood reopened, since
being closed through the fall and winter
seasons, on account of sickness.
I am opening up a beautiful line of
newest things in Millinery, Ladise’ Mis
ses and Children’s Ready-to-Wear Dres
ses, Underwear, Hosiery, Novelties, etc.,
and now ready for business again.
I sincerely thank the people for all
patronage given me the past four years,
and truly hope to serve you this season.
My prices shall be right to meet the
present financial conditions of the people
All patronage appreciated.
NETTYE HAYS,
Glenwood, Ga.
WhrrUr County Bayle
WOMAN STABBED
SUNDAY NIGHT.
Sunday night last was filled
with activities in many parts of
this community, it is learned.
Ross Bonner, colored, is in jail
here charged w ith having stab
bed his wife, while under the in
fluence of liquor. An operation
was necessary, but it is under
stood that she may recover. She
was stabbed in the abdomen, but
luckily no vital part came in con
tact with Bonner’s knife.
Bonner’s brother is also in jail,
having had some part in the af
fair, and having appropriated to
himself a pair of shoes and other
articles. Ross Bonner is said to
have gone toHenry Jeters house,
near where the stabbing took
place, and engaged in a fight
with Jeter.
Officers here learning of the
disturbance, County Policman
Long, Sheriff Sears and Police
man White went down and found
Bonner near bis home, where he
hao crawled under a bridge. He
would have eluded the officers
for the time being, but for the
fact that as they approached the
bridge they saw him crouched
beneath. He came out and ac
companied the offiicers to the
jail, where he is held pending
the outcome of the woman’s in
juries.
Profiting Through Service.
When merchants build new
stores,add additional sales space,
install new fixture, improve
their show windows, augment
their sales force, replenish their
stocks the best and newest, it is
for the public. Os course they
ate In business for the purpose
of making a living, but to make
that living they must first give
service, so that their first object
ive is always "to serve and
please.’’
“Fair exchange is a business
phrase which has been handed
down from generation to gene
ration and now seems to have ac
quired immortality. The laborer
exchanges his labor for his wage.
The capitalist exchanges his
money for his interest. The man
ufacturer exchange his products
for his cost of production plus
profit, the professional man ex
change his services for his fees
or his salary, the store keeper
exchanges his goods for cost
plu service charge. Everybody is
in business for himself by being
in business for somebody else.
Like the public official, the mer
chant is in business for society
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1931
Rural Press Holding Lead
According to a survey'made by Ernest"'H Cherrington, general
secretary of the World League Against Alcoholism, the rural press,
and the newspapers in the smaller cities, are holding a hard and fast
line for prohibition.
From the first beginnings of the fight against,the liquor traffic in
the United States, his statement says, the weekly newspapers have
been advocates of restriction, local option, state option and national
prohibition, successively, moving as fast as public opinion in their
communities advanced, and. intact, often creating public,opinion
and crystallizing it against the'.liquor traffic and its attendant evils.
With very few exceptions, he finds, this early attitude on the pat
of rural^editors has continued’until the present day. Recently, it is
learned, there have been efforts on’the part of foes of prohibition of
ample wealth to^buy up,* wholly or in part, rural newspaper proper
ties all over the United States.“A number of rural editors have sen
sed what was Jgoing on, and^.have revealed the plans of ;the liquor
proponents. As a general rule, the tenders of the 'purchasers have
been refused.
“In my opinion,” Dr.^Cherrington says, “The" rurul'press will
hold the line against any^attempts subsidizing or purchasing news
papers for wet propaganda purposes, and will stand firm for prohi
bition and its enforcement.
^^“The influence of some Is,OOOJrural newspaper editors is an influ
ence which the wets covet earnestly,|but whichjthey are'not likely to
be able to get, for the overwhelming£majority of rural editors are
dry.”
February Birthdays.
Although it is the shortest
month, February per
haps holds the birth anniversar
ies of more famous Americans
than any other. Among these,
Washington and Lincoln are
preeminent, but two other presi
dents, William Henry Harrison
Millard Fillmore, were also born
in February,
This month also marks the
birthdays of David Porter, naval
offlicer of the War of 1812; Zebul
on M.Pike, soldierand explorer,
for whom Pike’s Peak was nam
ed; General W. T. Sherman of
Civil War fame; Horace Greeley
and Waterson, noted editors;
Henry W. Longfeller and Sidney
Lanier, poets; Mark Hopkins,
the great educator who was
president of Williams College
for 36 years; Roger Williams,
pioneer of religious liberty and
founder of Rhode Island; Rich
ard Watson Gilder, poet, editor
and civic reformer; Dwight L.
Moody, evangelist; Peter Cooper
and George Peabody, philanthro
pists; Joseph Jefferson, actor;
Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor
of the reaper, and William F.
Cody, the colorful“ Buffalo Bill.”
The February list also includes
several famous American women
amoung them being Susan B. An
thony, pioneer suffragist, and
two noted woman educators,
Mary Lyon, founder of Mount
Holyoke Seminary, and Alice
Freeman Palmer, former presi
dent of Wellesley College.
Among living Americans born
inFeburary, the most famous
are Thomas A. Edison, Elihu
Root and Charles A. Lindbergh.
British lexicographers have
made a list of 43 words, which
they declared comprise one half
of the daily conversation one
hears. They are: And, as, at,
about, all, be, but, can, come,
day, dear, for, get, go, have,
hear, her, if, it, in, me, much’
not, on, of, one, say, she, so,
that, the, they,those,this,though,
time, to, we, will, with, write,
you, your. Over here such a list
would cetainly include “gimme.’
and therefore every member of
that society is his employer, his
boss.
One of the compensations of
business is that public recognit
ion and appreciation come to
none sooner than to the business
man who really serves. A flouri
shing trade is synonymous with
public trust and confidence. Ser
vice must ever precede success
in business.
Death of Mrs. Hightower.
The following written by cor
respondentof Telfair Enterprise,
published in Liberty news, in
Telfair county. Mrs. Hightower
had been a resident of Wheeler
county for some years, and was
making her home several miles
north of Alamo at her death:
“When the news of the death
of the Rev. Mrs. Eliza Hunicnt
Hightower reached us, our
hearts were made sad and the
day seemed darker to think that
never again in this world would
we hear her voice as it gave the
b/uttes of God to the world.
r'Mrs. Hightower came to ns
ini 1925 from Kings Mountain. N.
C.„ and served us the Pastor of
Liberty Church for four con
secutive years. She was loved
and respected by all whom she
came in contact with. She served
in the Ministry for a number of
years and, truly, we can say
“she served her work well.”
“She has gone to receive her
reward in Heaven although it is
hard to give her up, we must
remember,“in the midst of Life,
there is Death” She is survived
by her husband, Robert High
tower and five children, Roney,
Samuel, Fred, Ruth and Graham.
Also several brothers and sisters
of North Carolina. Her body was
sent to her home State(N.C,) for
burial. ”
“We loved her, yes we loved her
But angels loved her more,
And they have sweetly called her
To yonder Shining Shore.
A loving heart was broken,
An angel voice said, ‘Come,’
And with farewells unspoken
She calmly entered Home.”
Junior B.P.U. Program
Topic—Good soldiers.
Two great Americans —James
White,
A good soldier is not ashamed
of his uniform —Helen Hurwitz.
A good soldier is willing to
drill—Susie Hartley.
A good soldier listens to bis
captain’s command — Hiram
Sears.
Poem —Reading— Mary Elar
bee.
A good soldier is always ready
for inspection — Josephine Elar
bee.
A good soldier never deserts —
Vernon Hartley.
A good soldier gives his best —
Moena Perdue.
James White,
Groupe No. 2.
Carfare and the price of a meal
for relatives and friends who atl
tended his funeral were stipu
lated in the will of James B. Le
van of Philadelphia.
FUNDS FOR FARMS
ARE AGREED UPON
Washington, Feb. 16 . —The
conferees on the agricultural ap
propriation bill today agreed to
the following important items:
For seed, fertilizer and feed for
farmers in North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Florida $2,000,000; naval stores
experiment station, $40,000; for
grape experiments $10,000: for
experiments in blue berries $2,-
000; for Satsuma oranges investi
gation in Georgia and Florida
SIO,OOO, as announced by Sena
tor Harris.
Railway Tax Hike Said
to Affect all Citizens
The average citizen who thinks
that railway taxation is no con
cern as his is mistaken, warns
Dr. Julius H. Parmelee, direc
tor of the Bureau of Railway
Economics, in a statement made
public by railway executives in
Atlanta.
“Insurance companies and
saving banks are among the
heaviest investors in railroad
securities.” Dr. Parmlee said.
“Every citizen who has a policy
or such account is an indirect
stockholder.
“As well, railway taxes must
be aid for, and the sole medium
of income of the lines have it in
selling freight and passenger
transportation. If taxes are
everbitant the rates must go up.
Again the citizen pays the bill.
The logical plan is reasonable
taxation that permits of a fair
return, with money enough to
progress as the demand appears,
in Dr. Parmelee’s opinion. Every
citizen would benefit, directly or
indirectly, by this course of ac
tion, he pointed out.
The railroads.to which Dr.Par
melee called attenion and executi
ves here substantiated, are mak
ing no plea for exemption or
favoritism. If the citizenry can
be brought to demand more
economical expenditure by state
and local government, the bulk
of the benefit from reduced taxes
will go to the farmer, to the
merchant, to home owners, to
manufacturers, and in short, to
all owners of the real property
which is bearing the bulk of the
burden of state and local expen
ditures, it was shown both by
Dr. Parmelee and the heads of
railway systems in Atlanta.
Y.W.A. Organized
at Babtist Church.
A group of young people met
at Mrs. C.C.Hartley’s home on
Tuesday evening, February 17th,
to organize a certain phase of
which is sponsored by the W .M.
U. of Alamo Baptist Church. The
organization shall be called the
Y.W.A. of Alamo Baptist Church;
The program carried out at
this meeting was as follows:
Song, To the work—By all.
Prayer —Mrs. White.
Scripture reading — Tommie
Keen.
The following officers were
elected for the coming year:
President —Tommie Keen.
V-President—Rubye Sumner.
Secretary —Sible Sterling.
Treasurer— Lula Mae Hum
phrey.
The next meeting will be held
on Monday evening, February
23rd, at eight o’ clock at the
Alamo Baptist church. All young
people of the Y.W.A.age,Method
ist as well as Baptist, be sure and
come.
Number 52
TAX COLLECTORS’
COMMISSION CUT
Atlanta, Feb. 17.—The house
today passed two bills, one re
ducing commission paid to tax
collectiors and the other bring
ing revenue to the collectors
from another source, previously
in the bands of the comptroller
general.
The two measures, amending
the general tax act and the cor
poration tax act, were both
sponsored by Representative
Key, of Jasper, and were intro
duced to clarify and strengthen
existing tax laws. The house also
adopted several resolutions.
The senate, although devoting
most of a four hour session to
continuation of argument on bus
regulation measures, had less to
show for its efforts than the
house, as adjournment came be
fore a final vote on the bus bill
could be.taken.
With action completed on in
dividual clauses of the bill, Sena
tor Zellars of the Thirtieth dis
trict offered a substitute measure
which he was explaining when
the motion to adjourn was adopt
ed. The substitute thus will be
the first order of business tomor
row.
The first order of unfinished
business of the house calendar
today brought up the bill by
Key, of Jasper, amending the
general tax act so that certain
sections attacked in the courts
might be validated. The measure
was passed by 120 to 3 after the
various sections iiad been ap
proved seperately.
The principal debate on this
bill developed over two amend
ments seeking to fix the amount
of commissions to be allowed tax
collectors for collecting the spec
ial taxes under the act. The pre
sent practice of taking a 10 per
cent commission on the tax re
cently was held by the attorney
general to have no statutory au
thority.
One of the amendments pro
posed to give the tax collectors
10 per cent by law, while the oth
er set the rate at 5 percent. Aft
er considerable argument the 10
per cent proposal was voted
down by 73 to 62 and the five per
cent rate adopted by acclamation.
The chain store tax recently
was held unconstitutional by the
state supreame court as being
discriminatory, and the new
clause, levying a SSO tax on each
store over five in a chain, was
drafted to meet the court’s ob
jections.
The other general bill, passed
with no dissenting votes was to
amend the present corporation
tax act. In this measue collection
of the taxes on capital stock of
corporations is taken out of the
comptroller general and vested
in the county tax cilectors, who
would be allowed commission on
a graduated scale of Ito 5 per
cent of the tax.
Railroads under the new bill
would be assessed only on the
basis of their main track mileage,
omitting side tracks, while state
banks would be placed on a par
ity with national banks, which
are exempt from capital stock
taxation.
Resuming argument on the
bus bill, the senate struct from
it a section prohibiting counties
and municibalities from taxing
buses operating through them-
Another amendment giving the
public service commission au
thority to issue bus and truck
certificates for a seven year per
iod was adopted. Senator Wright
had suggested three years in a
previous amendment, but the
longer time was approved by a
margin of two votes.