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ANOTHER SOLDIER
CALLED TO REWARD
In the death of Mr. S.M. Bland
at his home here last Sunday
morning reduced again the fast
diminishing line of the heroes of
the sixties, and makes it doubly
sad to think that in a very short
time the remaining number will
only linger in memory of friends
and loved ones.
Mr. Bland was 84 years of age,
having been born in Washington
county in 1846. He enlisted in
the Confederate army in Macon
in September 1863, Company D.
66th Georgia regiment, under
General Johnston. He went from
Dalton to Atlanta, and under
Hood, engaged in a battle at
Franklin, Tennessee on Novemb
er 16th, 1864. He also engaged
in battles at Nashville and
M afferSbAro, Tennessee, and was
captured December 2nd, 1864 in
Nashville, Tennessee and carried
to Camp Douglas, 111, where he
remained a prisoner for six long
monts, together with one thou
sand other prisoners. Two thou
sand prisoners that were cap
tured at the -ame time were sent
ot Camp Chase, Ohio.
He was married to Mattie Car
rie McMillan in 1886. His wife
preceded him to the grave only
six months. He had been a resi
dent of Wheeler county for thirty
five years, rearing a large family.
His children are all grown, filling
stations in life worthy of all good
citizens.
He is survived by the following
children: L. M. Bland, Winter
Haven, Florida; Emil S. Bland,
Los Angeles, California; L. A.
Bland, Dallas, Texas; E A. and
D. 0. Bland, Valdosta; Verlon
Bland, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. W. C.
Smith, Mrs. W. 0. Purser, and
Mrs. B. A. Irwin, Alamo; T. A,
Bland, Dublin, and a number of
grand children.
Six grand daughters served as
flower girls at his funeral, Ma
thilda Irwin, Carrie Bell Smith,
lone Smith, Sarah Irwin, Mattie
Lou Smith and Edith Bland.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the Christian Church in
Erick Monday morning by Rev.
Roy Gardner, pastor of the Ala
mo Methodist Church, and inter
ment was in the church ceme
tery.
The pall bearers were, W. S.
Sum*^*’ A. W. Bohannon, Tom
Built.- , Guy Cox, Cleon Brown
and Chas. Cooper. These pall
bearers served six months ago
at the funeral of bis wife.
Freshm anCiass Program.
The Freshman class, of the
Wheeler County High school’
•called a business meeting Wed
nesday morning, February 18th
for the purpose of electing of
ficers. The class was divided into
two sections, pink and green. The
following officers were elected:
President—Pauline Clark.
V-President —Lula Mae Hum
yhrey.
Secretary—Callie Mae Jones.
Treasurer —Mary Will Holmes
Callie Mae Jones, Pauline
Clark and Mary Will Holmes
were appointed to draw up a pro
gram for the green side for Fri
day, March 6th, and the follow
ing prog^m rendered:
Scripture —Susie White.
Prayer—Class.
Biography of Andrew Jackson
—Aileen Perdue.
Reading—Li’tle boys’ troubles
—Mary Will Holmes.
Reading —Doris Hinson.
Play —Mud pies.
Mother —Ruth White.
Georgie —Callie Mae Jones
Betty —Pauline Clark.
Father —Mary Will Holmes.
Aileen Perdue. Susie White,
and Lu a Mae Humphrey were
appointed as program committee
for March 13th program.
Callie Mae Jones, Secy.
WhMpr Cmatty lEaglr
HOOVER SIGNS
HOSPITAL BILL.
Washington, March 4—The
71st congress passed into history
to day with the tumult and con
tention of its two years’ exist
ance prevailing to the end.
President Hoover who took of
fice two years ago today came
back to the capitol to sign the
iastof the measure to get through
the filibuster bound senate and
the weary house.
He smiled broadly as the nine
months’ congressional reccss be
gan at noon and seemed unper
turbed that the senate filibuster
had refused to permit even the
appointment of the customary
committee to notify him formally
of the adjournment.
The $20,800,000 veterans hospi
tal construction measure with a
$5,000,000 appropriation to start
it was all the major legislation
that emerged from the closing
hours of congress. Mr. Hoover
quickly signed it.
In the senate, Thon as, Demo
crat, Oklahoma, stubbornly held
the floor in the last’:-three hours
of the senate session.
Thecheif legislative accom
plishment of the session—s6s,
000,000 in drought relief loans
and $500,000,000 in federal con
struction to aid employment —
long since had been enacted.
Death of Little W. T. Smith.
o
Little W. T. Smith, the ten
year old son of Mr, and Mrs.
Cecil Smith,’of near Glenwood,
passed from this wprld to his
eternal reward on Sunday,
March Ist. He was taken seri
ously ill with pneumonia about
lour weeks before his death,
He was the only son of Mr.
and Mrs. Smith, one most dear
to the harts of his parents, and
his passing leaves sadness in the
home.
He is survived by^his parents
and little sisters, Mildred and
Alberta.
His life was spent in service,
For happiness in his home,
But now his toils are over,
His resting time has come.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank all those who
so graciously came to our assist
ance in the illness and death of
our dear mother and wife. Words
are inadequate to express our
heart-felt gratitude to all.
J. I. Mitchell
Kathleen Mitchell
Adelia Clements
and Family.
Larsen Under Knife
Dublin, Ga., March 3. —W. W.
Larsen, representative in con
gress from the Twelfth Georgia
district, safely underwent a seri
ous operation at the Mayo clinic,
Rochester, Minn., this afternoon
local friends were advised to
night. Mr Larsen has been at
the clinic for several days.
A friend of the Georgia Bap
tist Orphans’ Home at Hapeville
has offered cash prizes of $25,00,
$20.00, $15.00, $lO 00, and $5 00,
respectfully, for the Ist, 2nd,
3rd, 4th, and sth, best acres of
corn cultivated for and donated
to the Georgia Baptist Orphans’
Home in 1931. This friend also
suggests that esch Baptist farm
er plant a patch of corn not less
than the size of his garden and
donate its yields to the Home.
Those who will do either are re
qusted to write B.J.W. Graham,
Hapeville, Georgia.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1931
Cow Has Triplets
at Florida Dairy;
Thomasville, Ga., March 3. —
Over in the adjoining county of
Jefferson, in Florida, a cow re
cently gave birth to triplets
calves, the last one born being
almost 24 hours yoenger than the
first.
On the dairy farm of W.W.Bas
sett one of his purebred Jersey
cows gave birth to calf about
noon one day last week. This
was satisfactory and not at all
unexpected. But on the next
day the animal surprised its own
er by producing another calf
early in the morning. In a short
time, a third was born.
Each of the offspring —two fe
males and one male —is reported
to be healthy and apparently nor
mal. The cow also 13 reported to
be doing well.
War Widows Os 1812
Ten women are still on the
pension rolls as a result of the
War of 1812, according to a re
port from Washington. Nine are
widows of veterans and one is a
daughter. Ages of the widows
range from 71 to 90 years, while
the daughter is 73. Their pen
sions average S4B a month. They
are:
Arminda Anderson, Cedar
Grove, Ga.; Marion Clark, lowa
City, Iowa; Mary Coleman.
Claudeville, Va.; Lydia Graham,
Brushy Run, Va.; Mary Isgrigg,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Caroline King,
East Aurora.N. Y.;Emma Mann;
Greenbrush, Mass.; Mary Wil
liams, Philadelphia, Pa.; Eliza
beth Huron, Indianapolis, Ind.,
widows, and Esther Morgan,
Independence, Ore., daughter.
Thus Uncle Sam is not quite
finished paying for a war that
ended more tban’l 16 years ago.
Actual veterans were on the pen
sion roll more than 90 years af
ter that war, the last one, Hiram
Cronk of Ava, N. Y , having died
in 1905 at the age of 105.
It is extremely probable that
pensions on account of the World
War will continue to be paid a
hundred years from now, reach
ing a total of no telling how
many billions jof dollars in the
meantime.
Begging for Bread
Washington, March 4.—From
a little town in Preside nt Hoovers
state (California) came in the
following vers s, which Senator
George W. Norris (Rep., Neb )
described as “beautiful lines’’
sent to him, when be read them
into the Congressional Record:
Begging for bread—-in a plenti
ful land!
Beggig for bread —with a traid
in his hand!
Sound as a dollar, in heart and
in head,
Ready for work, and yet—beg.
ging for bread!
Tax Receiver’s Second Round.
I will be at the following places on
dates named below for the purpose of
taking tax returns for the year 1931:
Monday, March 16, Spring Hill, 9
to 10; H. H. Heath, 11:30 to 12; Erick,
Sumner’s store, 12:30 to 1; Avant’s
siding, 1:30 to 2; Mount Olivetchurch,
2:30 to 3.
Tuesday, March 17, R. F. Jordan’s
store, 9to 9:30; B. Z. Swain’s store,
10 to 10:30; J. W, Clement’s store, 11
to 12: M. C. Guin’s store, 12:30 to one;
Stuckey, 1:30 to 2: Oak Grove school
house, 2:30 to 3.
Wednesday, March 18, Landsburg,
9 to 10; Honeycutt’s store, 10:30 to 11;
N. A. Wynn’s store, 11:30 to 12; Och
walkee, 12:30 to one; Glenwood, 1:30
to 4.
I will be at my office in court house
in Alamo each da during court.
W. T. BROWNING, T. R.
Georgia’s Oldest
Faster 93 Years Old.
Tennille, Ga , Feb. 21.—Still
active in the ministry, after 68
years of continuous service. Dr.
Thomas Jefferson Beck, of Ten
nelle, Georgia’s oldest minister
1 and the oldest living graduate of
Mercer university, observed the
93 anniversary of his birth on
Monday, Feb. 23. Heis the pas
tor of historic old Bethany Bap
tist church, where he has filled
every appointment during the
last 22 years of pastorate. Once
before he served this church for
a peroid of 15 years, and he was
atone time pastor of theTennille
church for 20 years.
Dr. Beck has never been known
to be ill during the 50 years he
has resided here. Perhaps this is
due to the fact that he has never
let the feverish rush of modern
times affect the even tenor of his
way, as he has exemplified the
philosophy of the simple life.
His counsel is sought in many
matters other than religious.
No one in this whole section is
more widely known than Dr.
Beck.
The Lenten Season
The 'observers of Lent, the
great fast preceding Easter, is a
custom which originated with the
early church, probably in the lat
ter part of the second century,
bit the number of days included
in the Lenten season has varied
widely at different times.
In the beginning, it appears
from the writtings of Irenaeus
and other early fathers of the
ennreh, only one or two days of
fasting were observed. By the
fourth century periods of three,
six even seven weeks were ob
served in various countries, with
widely different customs with re
spect to the continuity of the fast.
As at present observed, Lent
is a fast of forty days, not includ
ing Sundays, beginning with
Ash Wednesday—this year on
Febuary 18—and ending with the
Saturday before Easter.
During Lint it is considered
desirable by the churches ob
serving it that their members
abstain from food each fasting
day until evening; also that the
season be marked by frequent
attendance at worship and in
creased diligence in works of
chairty. Various degrees of
strictness in these observances
have prevailed from time to time,
and exceptions are made in ac
cordance with the physical needs
of certain individuals. Indulgence
in wordly amusements is con
sidered unsuitable to the Lenten
season.
Lent is observed by the Roman
Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran
churches.
Glenwood P. T. A. Meeting
The regular meeting of the
Glenwood P.T.A. will be held at
the School auditorium on Tues
day afternoon at 3:30. It is ex
pected that pretty weather will
aid the spring session in arous
ing interest. *
The following interesting pro
gram will be rendered under the
direction of Mi s Hilda Hurst
and Mrs. L. W. Kent, of the pro
gram committee:
Program March 10th, 1931.
The house that health built —
Six second grade boys and girls.
History of medicine—Helen
Reynolds.
A third grade boy’s composit
ion on breathing—Garrett Jones.
Play ground equipment—Miss
Hilda Hurst.
March is helth month and we
urge every mother to be present
at this meeting.
Mrs. L. W. Kent
Miss Hilda Hurst.
HOUSE PASSES
BOYKIN’S BILL
Atlanta, March 4—The Boykin
income tax bill, setting up a new
schedule of rates for Georgia,
passed the house today, 108 to
66.
Passage of the measure, esti
mated by its sponsors to raise
about $3,000,000 annually, ended
a tight that began in the house
two weeks ago today.
The day in the senate again
was devoted to the Western and
Atlantic rental discount bill, with
Senator Redwine of the Twenty
sixth district speaking against
the measure and Senator Myrick,
of the first, supporting it. The
senate continued the debate in
its second afternoon session, but
the house adjourned for the day
at 1 o’clock.
In.speaking today against the
house Western and Atlantic bill
to discount the railroad rentals
for ten years, Senator Redwine
declared Georgia was not bank
rupt but that half of the present
school deficit was due largely to
thejselling of the W. & A. rentals
in the past.
He said he had offered a com
promise proposal in a substitute
calling for a three-year discount
of the rentals, together'with the
use of §4,000,000 of highway
funds to pay the state’s depts.
Senator Myrick devoted bis
address in support of the origi
nalhousebill to the legal aspects
of the two substitutes proposed,
both of which include highway
diversion. He said neither of the
substitutes woujd stand in the
courts, and that they would en
danger the gasoline tax because
oil companies would not consent
to pay it if the funds were taken
from the highway department.
The afternoon debate in the
senate was started by Senator
Bird of the 49th district who
spoke in favor of his substitute
to the W. and A. bill which would
discount rentals for five years
and take $2,000,000 from the
highway department, payable
$200,000 per month.
W. M. U. Program.
Monday, March 9tb, at the
Alamo Baptist Church, at 3:30
P. M.
Topic—Forgotten Americans.
Hymn—Joy to the world.
Bible study —President.
Prayer.
Forgotten —Mrs. J.D. Peebles.
The Jews —Mrs.G.L.Hattaway
The Mountaineers —Mrs. W.C
Riddle.
The Indians —Mrs. Felton
Barlow.
A parable —The forgotten.
Flowers —Mrs. W.R.McDaniel
Hymn—Jesus saves,
Prayer.
Singing Covention
The Montgomery county sing
ing convention will meet March
Bth, at ten o’clock A. M., at
Ruth’s Chapel, six miles west of
Vidalia on old Kibbee road. We
are expecting some good sing
ers. Duets, male and ladie’s
quartets. All singers and lovers
of gospel songs are invited to at
tend.
J, T. Brack. President.
Attention Motorist
The time limit has expired, and you
must have a new tag. Policeman Long
does not wish to put you to any trou
ble, but he insists on a new tag at
once. It you fail to comply, don’t
blame him. He will only perform his
duty in the matter.
Number 2
GIRL’S FATHER
KILLS BRIDEGROOM
Hawkinsville, Ga., March 3.
—Believing he had effected a re
-onciliation with the father of
his secret bride of less than a
month, Delmar Cannon, 22, of
Macon, went to his death here
today as he stepped on the front
porch of his father-in-law’s
house.
The father-in-law, James T.
Barbee, 45, surrendered to Po
lice Chief E. 1 N. Cobb, who said
be readily admitted the killing.
Chief Cobb said Cannon and
Miss Maud Barbee, 18, were
married secretly here February
23 after a whirlwind courtship.
Cannon returned to Macon, the
bride intending to stay with her
parents until she "was ready to
announce the marriage and join
her' husband.
Yesterday Cannon received a
letter in Macon from his father
in-law, Chief Cobb said. Barbee
wrote that he had learned of the
marriage of his daughter and
that “everything is all right.” He
invited young Cannon to come to
Hawkinsville to visit.
The youth asked for a day off
and left this morning for Haw
kinsville. Arriving here he went
immediately to the Barbee home.
As he stepped on the porch he
was met by a hail of bullets from
a pistol in Barbee’s hands, Chief
Cobb said. The youth was shot
six times through the chest,
dying instantly.
How to Fight The Flu
Plain common sense is the main
ingredient of advice offered by
Surgeon General Hugh S. Cum
ming of the U. S. Health Service
for the treatment and prevention
of influenza, which has assumed
the proportions of the country.
He recommends plenty of sleep
and rest; simple diet, with large
amounts of water, fruit juices,
milk and hot soups; warm cloth
ing; avoidance of contact with
others who have colds; keeping
in the open air as much as pos
sible, and avoiding the use of al
cohol and stimulants of all sorts.
Most of the surgeon general’s
recommendations are merely
sound rules of health which
might well be observed at any
time, particulary in winter. He
also advises aginst the use of
any so-called preventives, such
as sera, vaccines and other ad
vertised nostrums, which seem
to have no value and mav be
harmful in this disease. A doc
tor’s care and common sense
health rules are the only proper
treatment.
Avoidance of alchol and stimu
lants of all kinds should include
elimination of the most common
of all, tea and coffee. This advice
is consistent wih the rest of the
national health officer’s suggest
ion for building up the vital re
serve power of the individual.
Public health services perform
oneof their most valuable functi
ons by pointing out to the public
that there is no royal road to
health, only the road we build by
schooling ourselves to follow the
laws of nature, which are avail
able to all of us.
School Trustee Election.
There will be an election held
for school trustees of every white
school in Wheeler county on
Thursday, March 12th.
It is very imporant that all citi
zens interested in schools take
an interest in this election. Don’t
forget the time.
R. A. EAKES, C. S. S.