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Volume 19
REP. RIVERS PRAISED
FOR SECURING FIRN
As far back as we remember
there has been more or less agi
tation for the state to purchase
a productive farm in South Geor
gia, and with the growing neces
sity of providing room for the
crowded conditions at Milledge
ville, appropriate legislation was
enacted at the recent extra ses
sion that will soon bring this talk
to a reality.
To Representative R.E. Rivers,
of Wheeler county, goes the bulk
of the praise for securing the
passage of the resolution. As
chairman of the penitentiary
committee, he successfully
got it favorably reported,
and by his able, quiet and
untiring efforts brought to the
support of the bill leaders from
all sections of the state. It was a
case of having confidence in a
member who had ne axe
to grind, but a sincere desire to
do something for his state and to
relieve the acute situation at the
present site.
Governor-elct Russell showed
splendid judgment in selecting
the committee from the house to
act with a senate committee in
the purchase of the farm, and we
doubt if a more able or honest
committee of men could have
been found in Georgia. The follow
ing are those named by Mr Rus
sell: Rivers, of Wheeler county;
E.M. Davis, of Mitchell; Cochran,
of Thomas county; Kimbrough,
Harris county; Beasley, from
Tattnall, Bennett, from Clark,
Sloan from Hart. There will be
no gulleys and poor hills unloaded
on this committee, and the peo
ple of Georgia can count on a
square deal. —Calhoun County
News.
Mr. S. G. Elkins
Dies at Fitzgerald.
News reached here of the
death of Mr. Samuel G. Elkins,
which occurred at his home at
Fitzgerald last Saturdry. He was
80 years of age, and was original
ly from Washington county. Mr.
Elkins and family resided in
Wheeler county for a number of
years, moving from this county
to Fitzgerald in 1918. He was a
very industrious and debendable
character, and many who knew
him/vbile he resided here will
leant with regret of bis death.
His wife died about a month
ago. He is survived by seven sons
and one daughter.
Adams-Bush.
Last Sunday afternon at 6 o’clock,
in Alamo, Miss Emily Jo Adams,
of this place,and Mr. George L. Bush,
Jr., of Lake Wales, Florida, were
united in marriage, Judge H.L. Sears
officiating.
The bride is the attractive daughter
of Mr. and Mrs- John W. Adams. The
groom is the youngest son of Mr. and
Mrs. George L. Bush, Sr., of Lake
■Wales, Florida.
They left immediately after the cere
mony for a short trip south, and after
the 15, will be at home at Lake 'Wales,
where Mr. Bush holds a responsible
position with the Brice Printing Com
pany, of that city.
Notice to Tax Payers.
This is to notify the public
that the 1930 tax fi. fas have been
placed in my hands for collection.
I mav be found in Alamo at any
time, and anyone wishing to set
tle may come to see me. I have
the fi. fas far each district in the
-county, and when you come to
Alamo it may serve to your con
venience to pay while here.
L. PURVIS, L. C.
*
Wheeler Cminty Eagle
PEACOCK’S BODY
i FOUND IN RIVER
Milledgeville, Ga., April 14.—
■ The body of Leroy Peacock, G.
• M. C. cadet, who was drowned
> in the Oconee river March 28,
was found this afternoon by Bob
■ Smith, who was fishing near
: Pennington’s dairy, about two
miles from the point where the
i body disappeared nearly three
weeks ago.
The report came to Col. Geor
ge Roach, commandant, and in
company with an undertaker he
went to the scene and identified
the body, It was brought to the
parlors of Joe Moore where it
was prepared for funeral servi
ces that will be held in Eastman
Wednesday afternoon.
The body had brobably risen
some time during the night and
had floated down the river. It
was partly submerged and was
caught in undergrowth along the
banks when found.
Colonel Roach stated that the
cadet battalion would escort the
body to the outskirts of the city
and then present arms as a last
tribute. A squad of cadets will go
to Eastman when a military fnn
eral will be conducted. Rev. A.G-
Harris of the Presbyterian
church, and Rev. Frank Quillian,
of the Methodist church, will
also accompaty the body.
Cadet Peacock was a member
of the freshman class in the junior
college and the members of this
will act as an honorary escort.
In Memory.
Our dear brother, Columbus
Gillis, passed out of this life on
March 30th, 1931. It was hard to
give him up, but Jesus called
him away from us. He had lived
with bis family and loved ones as
long as seemed best to the ruler
of all things, so He plucked from
among us and left a vacancy in
his home and family.
We know that his place can
never be filled, but God help us
to be submissive to His will.
Columbus lived to be 49jyears 7
month and twelve days old.
He left to mourn his depart
ure, his widow and six children,
four sons and two daughters and
one brother, John M. Gillis,
Mrs. E. Y. Baldwin, Mrs. A. J.
Tootle, Mrs. E. Bridges, W. B.
Butler, Mrs. C. W. Clark, and a
host of friends.
The family thank each and
every one for the kindness and
help rendered during the death
and illness of our dear brother.
Words cannot expess our grreat
appreciation to Dr. Colson for
his faithfulness. We thank the
singers and every one.
Our brother is gone from us,
but we hope to meet him in a
better world, snme sweet day.
Mrs. C. W. Clark.
Officers Trap Burglars.
Burglars that broke into the
Glenwood Drug company cn
Thursday night of last week
were soon apprehended by Coun
ty Policeman Long and Sheriff
Sears. The car in which the par
ties were driving was traced to
Graham by the officers, distin
guishing the tread by some pecu
liarity of the tire tred.
The parties arrested were two
white men and one woman, who
were brought to Alamo and
placed in jail, later released on
bond.
The articles taken from the
drug store consisted of a quanti
ty of strychnine tablets, which
is supposed to have been mistak
en for “dope”
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1931
SENIORS ENTERTAINED
: IN SAVANNAH LOVEIY
o
The members of the senior class
[ of Wheeler County High School,
with their Superintendent, Mr.
, F.W. Elarbee, arrived in Savnnah
. at ten o’clock April 10 for the
( purpose of being introduced to
, “industrial Savannah.” They
( were met at the DeSoto Hotel by
Mr. C. J. Richards, President of
Richards’Business College and
t representative of the Savannah
, Chamber of Commerce.
[ Soon after their arrival they
were taken to station W.T.O.C.
; whqre they broadcasted their
Alma Mater and from there they
were taken to the roof garden
of the DeSoto Hotel where they
were shown a panorama of the
city of Savannah. From the roof
garden they were taken to the
beautiful dining room of the ho
tel where Mr. Kenneth sang a
special selection for their benefit.
Their next place of interest
was the City Hall, where they
heard a number of short interest
ing talks. Among them were
! talks by Mr. Tom Jones, Vice
president of the Chamber of
Commerce, and Mr. Bill Brady
of the Junior Chamber of com
merce.
The Telfair Academy of Arts
and Science was their next place
, of interest. There they saw
beautiful works arts in both
pictures and sculpture. Many of
the beautiful pictures were by
)id and famous artists. Among
the interesting things was a re
plica of an early American. They
( marched from the Arts Building
to the Savannah Morning News
( building where they were shown
! all the interesting details of pub
। lishing a paper.
After lunch they were shown
the beautiful estate of M. W.
Solomon. Mr. Solomon gave them
i short talk on his garden.
Wormslo Garden was a very
interesting and beautiful part of
their trip. They were shown
through the garden by a guide
who took them through the libra
ry where the first Georgia histo
ry is kept.
The next place of interest was
the airport where they saw the
large army and navy planes.
As the day was drawing to a
close the only places of interest
they had time to visit wereTybee
Island and Lucas Theatre. After
leaving the theatre they started
home, tired but full of praise for
the city of Savannah, and happy
in the knowledge they had gained
on the trip.
LUCILE ADAMS.
Member of Senior Class.
Mrs. Victoria McArthur
Lumber City April 16. —Mrs.
Victoria McArthur, 70, died this
morning at 10 o’clock at the home
of her daughter-in law, Mrs.
Douglas S. McArthur.
She is survived by one brother
Robert A. Ryder, of Atlanta; sev
eral nieces and nephews and the
following grand children; Walter
T. McArthur, of Mcßae, Stuart
McArthur of Macon, Mrs. Earl
Miller, Haynes City, Fla., Mrs.
Noeman Thomas and Miss Emily
McArthur, of Lumber City, and
Miss Sarah McArthur, of the
State University, and three great
grand children.
Mrs. McArthur - was the widow
of W. T. McArthur, of Lumber
City. The funeral services will
be conducted from the Method
ist church of which she was a
member and interment will be
at the family burial ground on
1 the McArthur plantation.
Three School
Trustees Elected
■ 4
In response toaall
Superintendet E^^^^
election was
house last Fri^.^ledKmMl
trustees for
district.
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fes^d,
the,,polish-^| .'
voteS'Allyhinfled ,
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votey butAeany jdl , . J
the&selves of . j .
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ilat’.aaay. R - .^
Gross. Five
the body, two
maining on, R. G.
J. M^he Clements,
Mr. W. R. Stephens.
M|^yilliam Riley Stephens,
88, dnftu the home othis step
son, MME Blankinsftl,.. a fev^
mile^P^h of Alam®w Mon
day. MK Stephens in
war ft ween the s^ss in the
sixtfl and was one or the few
remfting Confederate soldiers.
H*ft survived by his willow
and ft|ral child^, besides a
numftr of chiljapn by hik first
martjge, them being
B.L.ftHMjjftfttephens, prom
inen^^Mlßky Dublin.
H JKti ||||mhE£ st at the old
famiM iieimEßbi J o h n s on ]
cou nv
W«1 d News.^
Th»W°Ha^ - )t’bW ^o nor ^K
for <o)lqs6h
Annie Maud Sears,loo per cent
Lois Pope, 100 per cent.
Elizabeth Pope, 100 per cent.
Belle Hinson, 80 per cent.
Mary Elarbee, 100 per cent.
Josiephine Elarbee, 100 per
cent.
Glenwood P. T. A.
The regular meeting of the Glen
wood Parent-Teacher association was
held at the school auditorium Tues
day afternoon. Closing out the year
was discussed and it was planned to
have a call meeting on Tuesday before
the close of school, May stb. At this
time plans will be made for the Sum
mer “Round-up”.
“Ladies’ Night” is to be observed
Friday evening, April 24th, and ills
expected that the ladies will be enter
tained.
Chicken Car Coming.
Alamo is to have another chicken
car on Thursday, April 23rd. The fol
lowing prices will be paid:
All hens, 18 l-2c.
Fryers, 32c
Stags, 17c
Roosters, 08c.
Turkeys, 22c.
aeese, 08c.
Car scheduled to arrive at eight o’-
clock. A.M., and will remain during
the day.
Flanders to Get
U. S. Marshal’s Place
Washington, April 15. —Telegrams
were received here today from friends
of aeorge B. McLeod, United States
marshal for the Southern district of
Georgia, stating that they are appre
hensive thatF. G Flanders, of Swains
boro, would receive a “recess” ap
pointment from the president within
the next few days for the marshalship.
Efforts today to have this rumor
confirmed have so far proven unsuc
cessful, but Mr. McLeod’s friends
have asked others here to make in
vestigation of the matter and advise
himwhatthesituationis.lt will be
recalled that this matter has been be
fore the president and the department
of justice for several months, but Mr.
Flanders failed to get by just before
congress adjourned. Should Mr.
Flanders get this recess appointment
it would probably be due to the de
mands of Josiah T. Rose and other
Georgia Republican leaders in repay
ment for services rendered them at
the last convention held at Atlanta a
year ago.
PLANTER SHOK
MOKTAKB
a ^air
iSBKSBftKWBUand, near some
^y^donegbiL. ; we 11, which had
■■■la drilled near a swamp. His
W^ff^oned automobile was found
Thursday a mile west of Scotland.
He had been missing since he
closed his store at 8 o’clock Wed
nesday bight.
Officers from Telfair and
iWheeler county are on what ap
t^ares to be “hot clues.” They
Indicated that arrests would be
u^adeat any time.
The motive for the slaying of
Clegg appears to have been rob
bery. His pockets were turned
WTongside out, ^nd all of his mo
hey was gone. He was supposed
to have had between < S4OO and
#6OO when he left the store, ac-:
hording to L.A. Bush, an em+
; slbyer. >. 4
Mrs. Clegg collapsed an is ^ill^
Minder care of pwsicans. Hei
Sbwo daughters ar«Gth her ah
Khe Clegg home atSpottauL
Yegg’s ear'A be I^^ the
*tore is the theory upptw^WtdniK
the officers are working, they in
dicated. It is believed that he
was carried in his own automo
bile toward his home on Wednes
day night, and then his compan
ion is believed to have forced him
to turn around and drive in the
opposite direction.
The body was found a half mile
east of Scotland in a swamp
apout 100 yards from a run and
50 yards from an abandoned oil
well, and 200 yards from the
tracks of thn Southern railway
In the hands of the dead man
was a bill of lading for fertilizer.
Other papers, including other
fertilizer receipts and private
papers and accounts books were
scattered near the body, some
being left in the pockets.
Clifford Heath, a neighbore of
Mr Clegg, told of leaving Scot
land just ahead of Mr. Clegg. He
said Mr. Clegg told him he was
going home, too, “but his lights
never showed up” said Heath.
Two girls standing a short dis
tance outside of Scotland said
that Mr. Clegg’s car never pass
ed there.
It is the belief of the officers
that after the murder was com
mitted the slavers drove the car
through Sotland again, back to
the point where it was found and
that from there they fled. The
switchkey, firt missing, was
found at the side of the abandon
ed car, but there was no evidence
of a struggle in the machine.
Mrs. Clegg was alone at home,
waiting for her husband to re
turn. He telephoned her at 8 o’-
clock, she said, that he was com
ing. He asked her at the time if
there was anything that she
needed.
After walking the floor of her
home until 3 o’clock Thursday
morning, Mrs. Clegg finally call
ed a brother, and then awoke
tenants and farm hands on the
premises and a search began
which did not end until the body
was found
Mr. Clegg had resided in Scot
land for 25 years. He was a native
Number 8
THRONGS HONOR
/. SLAIN MERCHANT
jk, ■
April 12.—Fur
declare that they
the killing
MiißaliK ■
D.
and
the county pdnceof Telfair and
Wheeler counties are at work on
the case.
The funeral of Mr. Clegg was
held at the Baptist church here
this afternoon, drawing one of
the largest crowds ever assembl
ed for a funeral in this county.
The service was conducted by
Rev. G. G. Harrison, personal
friend of Mr. Clegg, who was so
deeply affected by the tragedy
that he had difficulty in proceed
with the service.
There was a choir from the'
Baptist church at Mcßae, which
sang, Asleep in jesus,‘«The Old
Bugged Cfoss, and God Be With
You Till We Meet Again, favorite
: hymns of Mr. Clegg. The body
• c^as buried in the family lot in
Scotland cemetery.
’ Mrs. Clegg, who collapsed on
Thursday, after walking the floor
j ofhome for hour^ before
the,ajar m,of hdr <usb*
and’s’disappearance, was jip to
day for the first time since her
. two daughters arrived from
Georgia State College for Wom
■ en at Milledgeville.
She said that she feared that
■ her husband was suffering some
where, when she collapsed after
hours of worry. She and her
daughters attended the funeral.
Among the pallbearers were
some of the most prominent men
of Telfair county, amoung them
Commissioner of Agriculture
Eugene Talmadge, State Rep
resentative John Henry Clements
and George P. Flanders, county
school superintendent.
Officers working on the case
say that they are satisfied that
the slayer of Mr. Clegg forced
him to drive to the point where
his body was found, and where
he was shot to death. Possibly
the shooting was done by a third
party after he was delivered at
the “spot,” they theorized.
Cotton Week at Tifton.
In connection with “Cotton
week” to be held at Tifton on
April 20 25, the students of the
Georgia State College for Men
are doing their share to assist
the farmers in their depression.
All the students, girls included,
are going to wear cotton clothes
exclusively. The feature of the
week at the college will be the
cotton dress dance given by the
agricultural club at the college
gym Friday, April 24. Only those
clad in cotton will be admitted.
The movement to wear cotton
clothes in order to assist the
farmers is gaining wide appoval.
Such a movement is to be com
mended and will, no doubt spread
at a rapid rate. A more general
support of this plan would work
wonders in utilizing the staple at
home.
of Greenwood.S.C.Heis servived
by his wife and two daughters,
Mary Lee and Eloise, both stud
ents of Georgia State College
Women at Milledgeville.