LOCALNEWS
Mrs. Wm. B. Kent is visiting
relatives at Uvalda.
Mrs. Flanders and Miss Godbee, of
Soperton, werecallers in Alamo Wed
nesday afternoon.
Mrs. J. L. Sears, of Mt. Vernon,
was the guest of the family of Sheriff
H. N. Sears this week.
Mr. Joe Idelson, of Doerun
was a business visitor in Alamo
a short while this week.
Quite a number from Alamo
attended the trial of Delois Clem
ents at Mcßae this week.
Mr and Mrs. Harlon Sears and
Miss Marion Bullard spent last
week end in Atlanta.
Master Merrelle Gross has
been quite ill the past few days,
suffering with tonsilitis.
Mrs. W.L. Brogdon,of Cordele,
was the guest of Mrs. Kent Cur
rie several days this week.
Master S I. Bullard, who has
been spending some time in At
lanta with relatives has return
ed home.
Mr. Edwin Swain left Monday
for New York City, where be will
attend summer school at Colum
bia University.
Col. Lamar Murdaugh and Mr.
J. J. Hinson, of Mcßae, were
business visitors in Alamo Tues
day afternoon.
Many frinds of Mr. Hiram
Brett learn with regret of his ill
ness at his home a few miles
north of Alamo.
Mrs. G.C. Smith and children,
of Mt. Vernon, have been visit
ing the former’s parents here,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hinson.
Mr.M.C.McAllister and family,
after several months stay in
Ocilla have returned to their
farm in the Spring Hill section
Hon. R E. Rivers, of Glenwood
leftjthe first of the week for At
la ita, to be present at the open
ing of the legislature on Wedne*
day.
Miss Nina Mae McQuaig will
return Sunday, after spending a
week in P.nehurst. Miss Eunice
Bragg will return with her to
spend a few days.
Mrs. G. W. Westberry and
daughter, Miss Evelyn, of Tamp.
Florida, are the guests of Mrs.
T. N. Hartley and other relatives
near Alamo.
Mrs. J. C. Means and sons, Jame
and Fain, of Sycamore, were guests
of Mrs. L. M. Pope and family Wed
nesday. They surprised Burman
Thomas Pope on his seventh birthday
Watermelons of a very nice
sizi found their way into the lo
cal market this week. Thos*
we have seen are of the Stone
Mountain variety, one of the
s veetest and be^t melons we
raise.
Mr. W. A. K ng, of the Erick '
community, was in Alamo Tues
d ty. He and Mr. Guy Cox of the
same community are shipping
cantaloups, having had shipment
by express from here Tuesday.
SFRAYED—BIack and brown
spotted sow, weight about 90
pounds. Been at my place tot
days or more. Marked smoo h!
crop in right ear and over crop I
in.left. Has six young pigs Own
er may get same by calling at my
place and identifyng. HENRY
JOHNSON, Alamo, Ga.
Mrs. J. T. Mathews and two
sous, of Siloam, spent last wet k
end with the family of Mr. W.O
Brooks and also his mother, Mrs.
O'Neal, who has been quite lUJ
whose condition is some im
proved. Mrs. O-Neal haa been
making her home with her
daughter here,Mrs W.O. Brooks'
Mr. J. G. Braswell, residing
in the Eastern section of Alamo,
one of the champion cantaloupe
and melon growers of the coun
ty, began shipping cantaloups
this week. The dry weather has
been hard on melons and canta
loups so far this season, but the
recent showers revived them and
renewed hopes are entertained
for a fair crop.
We note in Wednesday’s At
lanta Georgian the picture of Hon.
R. E. [five rs, representative
from Wheeler, sitting in group
;f prominent figures in the state
legislature, which convenned
Wednesday. Representative Riv
era is on several important com
mittees and is in line to head
some of the most important com
mittees at this session of the legis
lature.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Mcßae Clem,
ents returned Wednesday from
Hagerstown, Maryland, where
they spent some time with their
daughters, Mrs. Bill Brownson
and Miss Mary Alice Clements.
Mr. Clements states that the
grain crops through the portions
of Maryland and Verg-inia that
he traveled are good and that
these sections have not suffered
from droughts.
MONEY LOST
In 1928 the public schools of our
state enrolled 711,394 pupils. There
was an average daily attendance ot
636,196, giving an absentee list ot
179,198 who were actually at one
time In school. The census of children
of school go was 867,995, giving us
in reality 332,799 children not in
school who should have been there
In round numbers we had 100,000 chil
dren who repeated their grades This,
it seems to us, furnishes plenty of
food for thought.
It is estimated by the State Board
of Health that about one-third of the
school children of the state are un
derweight. Another interesting thing
In a study of this situation .s the fact
that 182,426 children enter the first
grade each year, and that many of
them have physicia! defects, a large
percentage of these defects being cor
rectable and that should be corrected
prior to entrance to school. It is in
deed expensive from tho tax payer's
standpoint to attempt to teach chil
dren who from physical handicaps
cannot be taught, and perhaps in the
repeaters many of them mentally in
capacitated.
What is the remedy, will naturally
be tho question uppermost in your
mind. What can be done? One remedy
that naturally presents itself as first
is that every child can be given a
physical and mental examination
prior to school age and that the
remediable defects be corrected. This
is simply justice to the child first and
to the tax payer secondly. A survey
and an examination without correc
tions will not get us anywhere, but
provision should be made to have ev
ery child physicially fit.
Much of the undernourishment that
is found in our children is due to con
ditions that can be corrected. Intes
tinal parasites cause some ot it; bad
food habits also contribute. Bad teeth
may have their Influence and unhy
gienic surroundings may play their
part.
Our State Board of Health is al
ways glad io give its services, and in
vites your consultations regarding
sanitation and hygiene. In its labora
tory, examinations of water supplies
are made free of charge. Containers
are furnished for all specimens and
reports are made promptly. This lab
oratory of our state is second to none,
and so far as its appropriation per
mits, it employs the best personnel;
the only trouble is that they do not
have enough money to expand their
services as they should.
Our county should do its best to try
to make our school children fit; the
school grounds should be sanitary and
the hygienic conditions at each school
of the best. We should try to make our
school attendance full and regular,
and by doing our part we can cut
down to a minimum the now 332,799
absentees prevailing in our state.
The school buildings are there; the
teachers are on the job, but too
many of our children do not get the
advantage of the privileges we pay
for.
Renew Your Health
by Purification e
Any physician will tell you that
"Perfect Purification of the System
is Nature’s Foundation of Perfect
Health.” Why not rid yourself of
chronic ailments that are undermin
ing your vitality? Purify your en
tire system by taking a thorough
course of Calota’os, —once or twice t.
week for several weeks—and see how-
Nature rewards you with health. _
. Calotabs are. the greatest ”cf c’ 1
system purifiers. Get a family pack
age, containing full directions. Only
25 eta. At any drug store. _ (Adv.)
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
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A beautiful five-passenger car, with longer, wider body, and i
attractive, comfortable interior. The slanting windshield is made of
Triplex safety plate glass. You can now have the new Ford delivered
with safety glass in all windows and doors at slight additional cost.
The price of the new Ford Standard Sedan is $590, f. o. b. Detroit.
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F. 0.8. Detroit, plus freight and delivery. Bumpers and spare tire extra at low cost. Convenient, economical terms through the
Authorized Ford Finance Plans of the Universal Credit Company
$50,000.00 Cigarette
Contest Under Way
A contest offering $50,000.00 in
prizes has been announced by R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, makers
of Camel Cigarettes, with special
anjiouncementg in practically every
Newspaper in the United States.
Eight days are allowed for sub
mission of essays, the contest clos
ing at midnight on March 4th.
Prizes will be awarded for the
best answers to the question: What
significant change has recently been
made in the wrapping of the Camel
package, containing twenty cigar
ettes, and what axe its advantages
to the smoker? Answers are limit
ed to two hundred words in length,
must be written on one side of the
paper only and are to be mailed to
the contest editor, R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.
First prize is $25,000.00, with sec
ond and third prizes of $10,000.00
and $5,000.00. Numerous smaller
prizes will also be awarded. Judges
of the contest are Ray Long, Presi
dent of the International Magazine
Company and Editor of Cosmopoli
tan Magazine: Roy Howard, Chair
man of the Board of the Scripps-
Howard Newspapers, and Charles
Dana Gibson, internationally known
artist and Publisher of Life Maga
zine.
The contest is part of what ad
vertising experts declare is one of
the most intensive advertising cam
paigns ever staged. Practically ev
ery Daily and County Seat Weekly
Newspaper in the country will be
used as well as College Periodicals
and Financial Newspapers. This
campaign is to be followed by an
aggressive advertising drive through
Newspapers, Magazines, Radio and
outdoor display.
Renew Your Health
By Purification
Any physician will tell you that
“Perfect Purification of the Sys
tem is Nature’s Foundation of
Perfect Health.” Why not rid
yourself of chronic ailments that
are undermining your vitality?
Purify your entire system by tak
ing a thorough course of Calotabs,
—-once or twice a week for several
weeks—and see how Nature re
wards you with health.
. ..Calotabs are the greatest of all
system purifiers. Get a family
package with full directions. On
ly S 6 cis, at drugstores. (Advk
no M o RE Rats
or mice, after you use RAT-SNAP.
It's sure rodent killer. Try a pkg. and
prove it Rats killed with Rat-Snap
leave no smell. Cats or dogs won’t
touch it. Guaranteed.
35c size—l cake, enough for pantrv,
kitchen or cellar.
65c size—2 cakes for chicken house,
coops, or small buildings.
$1.25 size—s cakes, enough for all
farm and out-buildings, storage build
ings, or factory buildings.
Sold and guaratced by
Peebles Pharmacy.
Hints for Homemakers
By Jane Rogers
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140 bring ont the natural brll
. Hance of table glassware, give
a quick polish to each piece while
setting the table. Use a soft sub- j
stance that won’t scratch or leave
a fuzz. There is a new type ot
hemstitched square tissue, about
the size of a handkerchief, which is
ideal for polishing glassware be
cause of its soft but strong tex
ture.
Use needles to pin down the
pleats when pressing a pleated
skirt The needles will leave no
marks when you remove them.
The BEST Gray. Hair
Remedy is Home Made
To half pint of water add
oneounce bay rum,aamali
box of Barbo Compound
and one-fourth ounce of
glycerine. Any druggist
can put this up or you can
hmix it at home at very
r little cost. Apply to the ।
hair twice a week until
the desired shade is ob-
tafned. It will gradually darken ।
streaked, faded or gray hair and make it soft <
and glossy. Barba wig not color the scalp, .
it aw Miekj ar cmm; tad dew nw rak «&. i
Baked Beans For Brawn
THIS summer while Junior is
away in the country, you ex
pect him to grow at least an inch,
and come hack brown and
brawny with clear eyes and rosy
cheeks. It takes a he-boy to eat
enough food to grow that coveted
inch, and it takes he-food to make
a boy brawny. They do it with
beans in the United States Army,
so here are a couple of bean
recipes in which sufficient energy
is stored away for some good long
hikes, several swims, and a lot
of running.
Baked Beans Parmesan: Sautd
one small diced onion and one
diced canned pimiento in two ta
blespoons butter till golden
brown. Add the contents of a
No. 2 can of bean hole beans,
one-eighth teaspoon pepper and
three tablespoons grated Parme-
Pleading Eye*
In Georgia there are many pate ftices
of mothers looking up with pleading
eyes, fretting, feverish, drawn, wrin
kled skinned babies with big. hollow
eyes that cannot understand why but
know pain and anguish, loot; at you
with imploring eyes for relief— for
relief from sickness. They, in their
anguish, silently appeal to us. the citi
zens of oar commonwealth, for relief,
for attention, for hospitalization. Our
health officers ask: Why should they
die, mother and baby? If our State
Board of Health had the cold cash,
they could save hundreds of them.
Maybe not yours, but somebody's baby.
Oh, we rush for the doctor,
When in pain and distress—
(But a little precaution
Would coet^us wh les*.)
san cheese, and heat thoroughly.
Serve very hot, garnished
sweet gherkins. Serves four.jP’w
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Try 'Em With Sausage*
Baked Beans with Sausages:
Chop one small onion fine, dice
one small green pepper, add to
the contents of a No. 2 can of
tomatoes with one teaspoon sugar
and salt and pepper to taste.
Cook gently ten minutes, add the
contents of a one pound twelve
ounce can of New England oven
baked beans and pour into a but
tered flat, shallow baking dish.
Arrange twelve pork sausages
over the top and place in a hot
oven. When sausages brown on
top, turn over, reduce heat, and
co*k slowly forty-five minutes to
an hour. Serves six.*
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