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Ent< at the Post Office at
AUmo, Georgia, as second class
mail matter, May 16th, 1913, under
of March 3rd, 1879.
St. Patrick’s Day
Irishmen throughout the world
celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on
March 17, in honor of the Emer
ald Isle’s patron saint, whole life
is surrounded by so many
strange traditions and legends
that little of historical fact can
be obtained concerning it.
He is thought to have been
born about the year 373, but his
birthplace is not known. Some
say it was in England, but claims
are also made by Italy, Scotland
and France. The first important
event in his career is said to be
his capture and sale into slavery
by bandits. After six years he
escaped and made his way to
France, where he found refuge
with the Bishop of Tours.
He became a monk and return
ed to Ireland as a missionary,
pursuing his labors as such with
extraordinary success. It is said
of him that “he found Ireland all
heathen and left it all Christian.”
He died about the year 463.
Among the popular legends
associated with St. Patrick is
that he drove all the snakes oui
of Ireland, and many other
miraculous eats are ascribed to’
him. But whatever his true hist
ory may be, the anniversary of
this pioneer of Christianity is still
celebrated with enthusiasm aftei
a lapse of fifteen centuries.
March Birthdays
Birthday anniversaries of
many famous Americans occur
during March, among them four
Presidents —M ad Ison, Jack son,
Tyler and Cleveland, Sam Hous
ton, first president of the repub
lie of Texas, and later United
States senator; DeWitt Clinton,
J.C. Calhoun andThomasH.Ben
ton are other noted statesmen
born in March.
This month also marks the
birthday of Alexander Graham
Bell and Luther Barbank,
scientists; William Dean Howells,
editor and author; Philip H.
Sheridian, Union general; Char
les W. Eliot, for 40 years presi
dent of Harvard; Augustus
Saint Gaudens, sculptor, and
many scarcely less famous.
Other outstanding world fig
ures of the past who were born
in March include Bach, Haydn,
Chopn, and Rimsky-Korsakov,
composers; Michaelangelo, Van
Dyck, de Goya, Landseer and
Kosa Bonheur, painters; Popes
Gregory I and Leo XIII; Saints
B nedictand Thomas Aquinas;
Torquato Tasso and Elizabeth
Barrett Browning, poets; Victor
Emmanuel II of Italy: Wilhelm I
of Germany; Livingstone and
Mackezie, explorers; Joseph;
Priestly, the Unitarian clergy
man and chemist who oiscovored
oxygen; Roentgen, discoverer of
of the X ray; Descartes, French
philosopher, and Isben, Nor
wegian dramatist.
Perhaps the most f imous liv
ing Americans born in March
are Justice Oliver Wendell Hol
mes of the United Slates Su
preme Court, who is still active;
at the age of 90, and Robert A.
Millikan, world renowed phy
sicist and winner of the Nobel
prize in physics in 1923 ,
A few of the many bar'
gai ns to be found at
A.O.JOfINSONBCO.
ALAMO, GA.
Dan-E Flour, 24 lbs 70c
Dan-2 Flour, 12 lbs 35c
Jersey Cream,24 lbs 80c
Blue Bird, 24 lbs 80c
16 oz. peanut
butter, Pleasing-""^
Laying mash
pound
Best Gree 1
Coffee, lb 1
Best sliced BreakoC
sass bac-cn, lb. __OOC
& 22c
Golden dent* n 1 n
corn, quart*"
Charmer coffee 20c
Grandma wash Q e
powder, 3 for_._"<^C
3 bars Export irx
soap for 1 VC
Oysters o e
2 for ZOC
Blue Ribbon -i q
pure coffee, lb * *aC
50csizre Palmolive Q -
shampoo for vuC
Razor free
Old style hickory qq
rund chairs Oi/C
Bent foot ^9 9^
plow stpeks
Rib bellies 1 g
lb.. 1 OC
a, e L._54.69
Mens dress O qq
suits, $lB 4>1Z.C70
value for
24 lb. sack Blue q e _
Bird flour CoC
Lemo-ns e
Baby scratch q i
feed, lb I“ZC
Plow lines
Traces, heavy >7O
and long, pair __ •
6 in. corn o Q
shovels, each.-.^^C
White enamel Q*J_
slop jars OOC
Stockeley’s corn i /?
can *
Cran berry sauce 99r*
15 oz. seedless 10 1 O
raisins, box __ iZ 1“"
Mapp grade £1 A A
overalls, pr *
We carry bulk, garden
seed.
Plate meat, lb. 12 l-2c
Rib Ldiks. lb 15c
New line hats, dresses
and shoes for Easter.
Flour a 1 ways fresh. We
have Flour leaving mill
every Monday
' WHEELER COUNTY CAGLE. ALAMO. GEORGIA.
•All quotations are from the formal re
port on the Georgia Power Company
made by an official investigator of the
Federal Trade Commission in Washing
ton, in the Commission’s intensive in
quiry into operations of die light and
power industry in the United States —
aa ordered by the U. S. Senate Reso
lution 83.
A CITIZEN WHEREVER WE SERVE
Oil’s Secret I nknwn.
It may be surprising to many
to be told that the origin of pet
roleum is one of the major scienti
fic mysteries of today. Although
scientist can analyze it and de
ter mine its chemical composition
they do not know whether its
substance was originally animal,
vegetable or imorganic matter.
One scientist puts the question
this way: “la our gasoline distil
led essence from former vegeta
tion such as that which made our
coal, or from the bodies of mil
lions upon millions of animals of
past age, or is it from mere com
binalions of carbon and hydro
gen that never were alive?’’ The
answer has not yet been found.
On one point, however, there
is general agreement, and that is
on the fact that like old violins
and old wine, old oil is best. This
is said to account for the superi :
ority of the product of certain
oil fields, notably those of the
Pennsylvania district, whose de
posits have been purified by
nature during millions of years.
Pennsylvania crude, because of
its adaptability to the production
of the highest class of lubricants,
brings a higher price than any
other in the world.
And oil is only one of many
things that need the purifying
tuch of time to achieve the sup I
reme development of their I
cba- acter.
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Quoting
formal reports to the
Federal Trade Commission
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by its investigating engineer
Governor John Hammill of lowa (left) and Walter Ferrell, executive secretary of the lowa chapter of the American
Automobile Association (extreme right), congratulating the Davis brothers on the establishment of a new world’*
non-motor, ncn-whecl stop automobile endurance record.
IOW A state officials and civic leaders witnessed the
establishment of a new world’s ncn-motor, non-wheel
stop automobile endurance record recently, when
Ralph and Rolland Davis, brothers, brought their Model A
Ford to a halt at the east entrance of the state capitol in
Des Moines after 2,775 hoars and 46 minutes of continuous
driving. ■,
When Governor Hammill, standing with Walter Fen-ell.
executive secretary of the lowa Chapter of the American
Automobile Association, gave the signal to stop, the Ford
had traveled a total of 47,138.3 miles over all sorts of roads
in all sorts of weather and had exceeded by 33,680 miles
JNO. S. STAMPS
INSURANCE
Mcßae, Ga,
lowa Brothers Set New World’s Record in Ford
“Inspection of the physical properties and operating
personnel and studies of the operating results indicate that
an active, generally efficient management is in charge of
well designed and constructed equipment which is serv
ing a vast area of approximately 45,000 square miles.”
". .. . All the important load centers are fed from
two or more adequate sources of power or by duplicate
or loop transmission lines.”
“.... Six modem, high-class, hydro electric plants
. . . In the opinion of this examiner, these plants exhibit
evidence of solid construction, convenient arrangement,
efficient equipment, and pleasing appearance without ex
travagance. They are first-class plants, built for perma
nance and economical operation .. . Lightning arresters
and automatic oil circuit breakers of good type were
liberally used. The newer substations are models of good
construction.”
“.... Rates in recent years have been closely super
vised by the Georgia Public Service Commission. Rates
have been generally reduced and made uniform through
out the territory served by the Company.”
* * *
Following a detailed analysis of the rates of this
Company, the report states:
“From these calculations, it may be seen that
the average price to ultimate consumers has con
sistently declined and that the domestic consumers
have more than proportionately shared in this de
crease.”
Georgia
POWER Mg/) COMPANY
After a separation of 35 years James Eldeman of Lost Nation,,
S^R^? 'Tu la., won a bet by eating 45 eggs
Calvin Swartz and Mrs. Maud ' .
Bashford were married at Mar- and a half a loaf of bread in 17
ion, O. minutes.
and more than 2,335 hours the American non-stop endur
ance record which, theretofore officially recognized, was
made by a much heavier car under almost ideal condi
tions on the Indianapolis speedway last year. In the course
of the endurance run, the car, known as "The City of Dea
Moines," covered practically the entire state of lowa.
Engineers who examined the Ford at the conclusion of
the run asserted that neither engine nor chassis shewed
evidence of the gruelhag strains to which they were sub
jected during the 116 days of continuous driving. Both
apparently, according to the engineers, would have been,
good for another 50,000 miles or more. *
