Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, July 03, 1931, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVolume 19 uraii ms promise mak 10 MOTHER MW BIS 160. Atlanta, June 27—When Rich ard B. Russell, Jr., was a boy his neighbors in the north Georgia farming section though him a bit queer because he studied mili tary history and directed imagi' nary battle in a potato patch. Last fall Russell ran for gov ernor and his life long interest in military tactics put hint in good stead. He was then 32—a youngster in a Georgia gubernatorial con test. But he laid bis plans care fully, invaded strong enemy ter ritory and launched surprise battles for votes where liis op ponents least expected them. While some of the other candi dates chided him about his youth and his bachelorhood, he was dashiug about the state in a sec ond hand automobile, making fo ( ?r to eight speeches a day, and Carrying his theme of efficiency in government to every corner of Georgia. When the votes were counted he had won over a formidable field that included several men of wide experience in vote get ting. Previously, young Russell’s bid for votes had been confied to Barrow county, which he began serving as a representative in the state legislature shortly aft tr his graduation from the Un iversity of Georgia law school. His friends cited his record in the legislature, and his several terms in the speakership there as a sign of his ability. Today at 33, Russell became governor of Georgia, the young est chief executive of the 66 who preceded him in that office. He was sworn in by his father, Richard B. Russell, chief justice of the state supreme court, and father of 18 children, 13 of them living. In becoming governor young “Dick,” as he is known to every body in Georgia, attained an office thathis father sought unsuccess fully 24 years ago. On that elec tion night young “Dick” and his mother were at their home in Winder awaiting for the election news. When it appeared that Hoke Smith had been elected governor, Mrs. Russell wept and young “Dick” came to her and said: “Don't cry, mother. When I geb^ be a man I'll be governor and ^tou will be the first lady of Georgia. Aside from his keen interest in Georgia, Russell has three oth ers. One of them is the Russell family~his mother, the new first lady of Georgia and governor’s mansion hostess, his 70 year-old father, and his 12 brothers and sisters. He spends most of his evenings with his family. The other is military history and the third is hunting. He has a large collection of fire arms and is a crack shot. With a few of his cronies, he slips away occasion ally to hunt birds. Ordinarily, he is the first to get the bag limit. But when birds are scarce, his hunting companions groan, be cause he walks through the woods for mile after mile. His closest friends are numbered among the younger members of the legislature with whom he served, and young Democrats throughout the state. They join ed with him in his campaign plea for fewer state bureaus and de partments, economy and non partisan administration of state affairs. It is with the younger men, to a large extent, that Russell WhMrr (tanty lEagb Little Grand Lodge Meets With Helena Lodge. The Twelfth District Masonic Convention meets with Helena Lodge No. 536, at Helena, Geor gia, Wednesday, July 15, 1931. We have 51 Lodges in the Twelfth District that will be ex pected to send two or more mes sengers and all Master Masons are urged to attend. The public is invited to attend the forenoon session which meets at ten o’clock at the City park on the Fletcher Hill. The Civic Improvement Club, City of Helena and Helena Lodge No. 536 are all working to make this a grand and gala occasion. The speakers for the morn ing session will be Hon. H. C. MoOre and Grand Secretary F.F. Baker of the Grand Lodge of Georgia and the Masonic Home representative. We will be served with a bar becue and basket dinner. Dr. C. J. Maloy is the Secretary of Helena Lodge and will be on hand. The one that misSes this treat will be the loser. At 1:30 P.M. the Convention will convene at the Masonic Hall for the regular transaction of the business of the Convention. Plans are under way for the Marshal A. Weir Lodge of Macon to confer the Master’s Degree at eight o’clock P. M. It is expected this will be the greatest occasion ever held in any District-of Georgia. Fraternally yours, L.P. Smith, Secretary. Revival Services to Begin at Bay Springs Revival services will begin at Bay Springs Methodist Church on Wednesday night, July Bth. Rev. W. C. Bryant, of Abbeville, one of the outstanding evangelist of South Georgia, will do the preaching. He is an earnest and convene ing speaker, and is especially good as a personal worker. He and the pastor, Rev. Gardner, urge the people not to depend on the preacher for the revival, but upon God, and prepare their own hearts and to labor togather with God for a great revival. Good congregational singing will be led by the local talent. Morning ser vices will be at eleven o’clock and the evening at eight. The people of Alamo and other adjoining communities are cordially invited to come End take part in the revival. Preaching Service Next First Sunday There will be regular preaching service at Alamo Methodist Church on s Sunday morning, July sth, at eleven o’clock. At that hour the pastor will preach on the subject, “Your sins will find you out.” The Sunday School staff of workers has been reorgan ized for the summer work, and everyone is invited to come and be in class and enjoy the Sunday School. works and plans and bunts. They say he faces a real task, taking over the reins at this time with a heavy state debt and a state re organization program to deal with. ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, J^NE 3, 1931 W DICK” RUSSELL 69T« GOVERNOR BY PAULINE BRANYON When Richard B. Russell, Jr., 33 years old, was inaugurated sixty-ninth Governor of Georgia Satur day, he became Georgia’s youngest chief executive. There was one other young Governor—George Handley, 1788, w r ho was only 36 years old when elected. Richard Russell is one of only two bachelor Gov ernors to reign. The othre was Alexander Stephens. General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, and as Colonial Governor appointed by the king, also was a bachelor when he undertook the post, but was not elected to office. Nearly all Georgia’s chief executives have been lawyers, and before they were admitted to the bar, most of them taught school while studying law. Young “Dick” Russell upholds the tradition as far as the practice of law is concerned. One famous lawyer-Governor, George Walton, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was a carpenter and studied law by the light of a pine not. The other two signers of the Declaration were also Governors—Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett. There have been only three doctors elected dur ing the history of Georgia-they are: Dr. Nathan Brownson, 1781; Dr. Lyman Hall, 1783, a research worker, and Dr. L. G. Hardman, whose time expir ed Saturday. Governor James M. Smith, the first Governor to be elected by the people after the War Between the States, was a blacksmith before he studied law. Three Governors have been Republicans, but they were appointed by President Johnson: 'James Johnson, 1865; Rufus Bullock, 1868-71, and Benja man Conley, 1871-acting Governor. One Governor, Charles J. Jenkins, 1865, was “put out” of office by General Meade because he refused to pay expenses of the Reconstruction con stitution convention. He took the executive seal and all the state’s money. Afterward he presented them back to Governor John M. Smith in 1872. John A. Trutlen, the first state Governor, whose term began in 1777, was very active in the cause of independence. John Forsyth, Governor in 1827, held some kind of high office all his life. He alternated as Congress man and U. S- Senator. He was minister to Spain, and was Secretary of State under President Jack son and Vanßuren. George Crawford, Governor in 1843, was Sec retary of War under Prisident Taylor, and was president of the Secession Convention in 1861. John Milledge, Governor in 1803, was attorney general at 23, and was Congressman four times. He pre sented the state with 600 acres for the University of Georgia. Two lawyers became newspaper men-then went back into politics--Alexander Stephens and Hoke Smith. Governor Joseph E. Brown, called the War Governor, 1857-1865, and his son, Joseph M. Brown, Governor twice, 1909-11, and 1915, were the only father and son who held the state’s chair. Mathew Talbot, 1817; Janies Boynton, 1883, and John M. Slaton, 1915, were provisional Governors while they were the presidents of the Senate. John M Slaton was afterward elected to the Governship. Alexander Stephens, Governor in 1882, was also vice president of the Confederacy, and one of the greatest statesmen of the country. Since him. Georgia’s Governors have included: Henry McDaniel, James Boynton, Gen. John B. Gordon, noted Confederate soldier and statesman; W. J. Northen, W. Y. Atkinson, Allen Candler, Joseph M. Terrell, Hoke Smith, Joe Brown, Hoke Smith, John M. Slaton, Joe Brown, J. Slaton, Nat E. Harris, Hugh M. Dorsey, Tom'Hardwiek, Clifford Walker and L. G. Hardman. Bank to Close on Monday. On account of the Fourth coming on Saturdaj’, the J. F. Darby Bank will close on the fol lowing Monday July 6th. If you have any business at the bank make your arrangements on Sat urday, for Monday the bank will closed. For Sale One refrigerator in first-class-shape, will sell cheap for cash. For informa tion apply at Eagle office. CORN MEAL FOR SALE. I have at my Grist Mill in Glen wood, Georgia, corn meal at SI.OO per bushel, retail. Buy in any quantity at above price. S. A. SCREWS, Glenwood, Ga. A? an emblem of peace the dove is a fake, according to Dr. Funkhouser, professer of zoology iu the University of Kentucky, who declares that in their domes tic life doves are among the most quarrelsome of birds. Use of State Products Keep Large Sums in Channels. Atlanta, June 29. —Georgia’s road building program, estimat ed at $15,000,000 during the pres ent year—if state materials are used —is seen as a great factor in restoring prosperity, in the opinion of builders and business leaders here. While low bids out-of-state concerns haze resulted in con tract awards to outsiders in many instances, home concerns were said to be bringing strong pressure to bear on the state highway department to use state products altogether. Local dealers, while making close bids, said they were un able in a large number of cases to produce road building ma terials as cheaply as they were sold by outside competitors, crushed granite from Georgia mines being the highest class of material. Home patronage, how ever, despite the savingsof a few hundred or a few thousand to the state in awards to outsiders, has its greater compensations in providing jobs developing state industries and boosting tremen dously the local and state chan nels of trade, business leaders asserted. Road building now is being pushed with unusual speed, it was reported this week, with another large barge of contracts to be awarded in July. Mrs. Montford Hurt When Car Capsizes. oI— On last Sunday morning, en. route to Sunday School at Glen wood, Mrs. Henry Montford re ceived very painful bruises when the car sho, her hsuband and children were riding, t u rn e d over, pinning Mrs. Montford un derneath the car. It is said that the accident was caused by a goat running in the road before them and the goat and car be came entangled, and caused the car to turn over. All of the oc cupants were thrown out except a small boy, an infant being thrown some distance from the car in a ditch, but came out with out any serious injury. The accident occu red as they were driving down Pepper hill, aboutthree miles from Glenwood. Information from Mrs. Montford is that she is resting as well as could be expected and it is thought that she will be able to be out again soon. We can’t see why Orville Park, delegate from Bibb in the Geor gia Legislature, shouldn’t resign and let some able, influential man like the Hon. W. O. Cooper, Jr., delegate in the last session go there and help do something. Unless the members respect his “flop ears” he hasn’t a chance to ever say anything, for just gath ering from a number of the mem bers of the legislature they will laugh him down or down him in some other way. The Telegraph thought they were putting a man in who would run the state just as they and Park wanted it. But neither the Telegraph or Flop- Eared Park will be there only in correspondent and per son. —Thomasville Press. A certain group in England ad vocates the use of “Mrs.” in re ferring to women of mature age, whether they are married or not. Attempted explanations of the idea are not very clear. Drawing the line at which a nubile young woman becomes “mature” would perhaps be difficult if not danger ous. Number 19 GRADING PROJECT 76 TO BE LETJULYISTH The second section on project 76 from Alamo, to Glenwood, for grading will be let by the High way Bd on July 15th. The first section of eight milea from Glenwood to Ailey, in Mont gomery county, having been let for both grading and paving, and work has begun on this section. Due perhaps, to the fact that the section from Glenwood to Alamo will, with the exception of a short distance traverses a new survey, and will leave the old road bed some distance, a new right of way will be cut out and graded, hence the letting of only the contract for grading at this time. Work on the grading of this section will not begin until Sep tember and the contract will be let for the paving after this work has been completed and will mean that paving through Wheel er county cannot possibly be completed during the present year. Washington’s Only Fourth of July Address. The only 4th of July address ever made by George Wash ington was delivered at Lancast ed, Pennsylvania, on Indepen dance Day. 1791. This place, at that time, was the largest inland town in the United States- Washington, in his diary, thus describes the incident: “Monday, July 4, 1791. This being the anniversray of Ameri can Independance and bei n g kindly requested to do it, I agreed to halt here this day and partake of the entertainment which was prepared for the cele bration of it. In the fornoon I walked about the town —at half past 2 o’clock I received, and answered an address from the corporation and the compliments of the Clergy of different denom inations—dined between 3 and 4 o'clock —drank tea with Mrs. Hand.” Preacher Plans Long Tonr Afoot. ■ ii ■ mu ill ■ Gordan, June 29. —Rev. Tom E. Farmer, who lived in Gordon until recently announced that he will leave Milledgevill on July 1, and walk to Hoboken, N. J. From there he will sail to Alexandaia, Egypt, and walk directly across the northern part of Africa to Cairo, thence into Asia, then by way of Palestine into Constanti nople. Turkey, back across Europe to Calis, France, and to England, from whence he will sail to the States, having complet ed a recorded 100,000 miles on foot. M r. Farmer was born and rear ed in Wilkinson county, and has lived in Georgia all his life exept when he was on his walking ex peditions. He already has a re cord for having walked as far as from South America to Canada. Mr. Farmer in addition to keep ing a record of the miles he walks will keep a minute record of the entir journey. _ _ I “Every little helps” appears to be the motto of Mrs. Mary Bisb ing of Detroit, who has been awarded $5 a week temporary alimony from her third husband. She also receives S2O a week for support of a child from her first husband and a government pen* sion for the death of her second during the war.