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Volume 19
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
COMMUTE CALLED
TO MEET JAN. 30
Members of the Wheeler
County Democratic Execu
tive Committee are hereby
called to meet at the court
house in Alamo on Saturday,
January 30th, 1932, at ten
o’clock a.m.
The purpose of the meet
ing is to arrange for the
county primary and other
business that may properly
come before said body.
It is urged that each
member be present.
R. F. JORDAN,
Chm. Wheeler County Dem
ocratic Executive Com.
Funeral of J. W. Monfort
Was Held at Erick.
Funeral services for Mr, J. W.
Monford, 74, who died at his
home in Helena Wednesday .af
ternoon, were held yesterday
afternoon at three o’clock at
Erick, interment being made in
the Erick cemetery.
Mr. Monford was fora number
of years one of the leading plant
ers of the Erick section. He was
a consistent member of the
Methodist church, and lived a
long and useful life, being a
member of Bay Springs church
at the time of his death.
Surviving him are his wife,
four daughters, Mrs. George
LaFavors, Mrs. J. H. Sanders,
Misses Grace and Lois Monfort;
five sons, Hugh, Pierce, Olins and
Louis Monfort, and eleven grand
children.
Funeral services were con
ducted from the church in Erick
by his pastor, Rev. J.E. Summer,
of Helena, assisted by Rev. J. N.
Shell, pastor of the Alamo Meth
odist church, and interment was
.n the Erick cemetery.
First Quarterly Conference Held
The first quarterly conference
of the Alamo charge was held
with the Alamo church last Tues
day. A good report from all the
churches of the circuit was re
ceived. All of the churches were
represented, and a very pleasant
day was spent. Dinner was serv
ed on the church lawn at the
noon hour. Presiding Elder, J.O.
J Taylor was here and preached
at the eleven o’clock hour. The;
second quarterly conference will
be held, with Shiloh church.
Getting New Business.
The progressive business firm
finds ttfit it needs to be constant
ly making new friends and cre
ating a new qircle of customers.
If it just depends on satisfying
those who have previously bought
its goods, ft is likely to see its
trade diminishing. Population
changes more rapidly now than
formerly, and if a firm has a
certain list of customers this
year, it can expect, as a result
of all the changes that naturally
occur, that a considerable pro
portion of those customers
will not be on the list in a year
or two.
Also people are changeable in
their habits, and unless a' very
energetic effort is made to hold
old customers by advertising, a
lot of them will go elsewhere, at
tracted by the various induce
ments that are offered them.
WtaUrCimnty Eagk
MISSISSIPPI DELTA IS
SWEPT BY FLOOD.
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 17. —A
vast section of the Mississippi
Delta region was swept by surg
ing flood waters today, endanger
ing the lives of thousands of per
sons.
Fresh breaks in levees sent ad
ditional avalanches of water over
the countryside as the "Father
of Waters” and many of his tribu
taries continued to rise.
The newest break was in the
Patterson Bayou levee, eight
miles south of Charleston, Miss.,
where a wall of water 15 feet
high hurtled through a giant
gap in the dam.
Having already inundated
some 100,000 acres, the delgue
was characterized by pioneer resi
dents as the worst in the history
of the region. A new levee break
was expected today one mile
south of Charleston, where the
where the dam was rapidly
crumbling before the force of the
rising water. This break would
inundate an additional 50,000
acres.
Rescue work, meanwhile, con
tinued apace in the stricken Mis
sissppi counties of Tallahatchee,
Sunflower and Leflore, whose
lowlands were swept by an eight
foot layer o f water rushing
through abreak in the main levee
of the Tallahatcnee River. Red
Cross and Food Commission
workers were laboring feverish
ly to evacuate some 5,000 inhabi
tants of this region from the
Hooded area. Boats of all descript
ions were pressed into service.
The vicinity of Swan Lake also
suffered from the flood’s depre
dation when an eight-foot water
wall thundered through a fresh
break in the Grassy Lake levee.
At Greenwood, Miss., the Yalo
busha River overflowed its banks
and water raged through the
streets of the town. Thousands
of acres of the rich farming
country in that section was in
undated.
Glenwood Citizen
Passes to Beyond.
Mr. John M Browning, lead
ing merchant and planter o f
Glenwood, died at his home in
that place last Tuesday morning.
Mr. Browning has been in de
clining health for several years.
For many years he was a lead
ing spirit in his community, and
was an outstanding business
man.
Surviving him are his widow
and four sons, all grown. They
are: J. O„ W. R., R. L., and Pal
mer Browning, all of this county.
One sister, Mrs. J.R. Swain, of
Alamo, and a host of relatives
and friends.
Funeral services were held
from the Glenwood Methodist
church Wednesday afternoon,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. B.
F. West, a sisted by Rey. L. W.
Walker, of Hazlehurst, and Rev.
J. N. Shell, of Alamo Methodist
church.
Interment was in the Glenwood
cemetery.
Preachers’ Meering at
Almo Methodist Church.
A prachers’ meeting was held
at the Alamo Methodist church
last Monday. The guests of the
local pastor, Rev. J. N. Sheil,
, were Rev. B. F. West, of Mount
[Vernon; Rev. J.O.J. Taylor, pre
siding elder of the district; Long
; Loise, of Soperton; Rev. W. E.
, Hightower, of Vidalia; and Jiev.
! Loving.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1932
TOWNS MAN IS JAILED
AFTER FATAL WRECK
Savannah, Jan. 19. —Floyd
Britt, 26, Towns Ga., was in jail
charged with driving while in
toxicated and with a possible
murder charge following a fatal
automobile accident near here.
Mrs. James Bird, 51, Claxton,
Ga., was killed instantly and five
persons with her were injured.
They were, Inez Bird, 21; Edith
Biid, 11; Mamie Bird, 11, Mrs.
Herman Ray, 23, and Lynette
Ray, infant daughter of Mrs.
Rae.
Roused from an alleged drunk
en stupor early today Britt dis
claimed any knowledge of the
accident. James Bird, 16, driver
of the car, unhurt, charged Britt
was approaching at a rapid rate
of speed, zig zagged from one
sine of the road to the other and
crashed broadside into the Bird
auto.
Police said they found Britt
asleep immediately after the col
lision.
Manning-Miller.
The following announcement
appearing in last Sunday’s pap
ers was of much interest to a
large number of friends:
’’Mr. W. L. Manning, of Dal
ton, announces the engagement
of his daughter, Hattie Marie, to
Mr. Clarence W. Miller, of Junc
tion City, the marriage to be sol
emnized at an early date.”
Miss Manning and Mr. Miller
are teachers in the Wheel er
County High school, and are very
popular among a large circle of
friends. Mr. Miller is principal
of the school.
Motors Not Used
Subject to Fees.
Atlanta, Jan. 16.—G eor gi a
mortorists who owned automo
biles in 1931 can not avoid pay
ment of half of 1932’s licens fee
by storing their cars for the first
six months of the current year
Chairman Paul H. Doyal, of
the state revenue commission,
today pointed out an amendment
to the motor vehicle license law
prohibiting such procedure to
avoid payment of tax.
He said the belief was common
through! the state that non-use
of the automobile voided payment
of the license fee, but that the
law says otherwise.
He declared automobile owners
who store their cars expecting
to pay only half the fee for the
last half of the year will find
they are not only liable for the
full fee but for the penalty as
well.
Mr. Doyal also pointed out
that the 1932 license fee must be
paid during the months of Jan
uary to avoid penalties.
Loans in Georgia
Are Being Repaid.
I Washington, Jan. 19.—Collect
I ions on federal feed and seed
loans in Georgia during 1931
; amounted on Dec. 31, to 42.4 per
: cent, well above the average of
I the states, it was shown in figurs
■ released today.
Georgia loans during the yeir
totaled 82,529,714.24. Os th a t
i amount $221,622.46 was repaid
in cash. Warehouse receipts on
; agricultural products amounting
jto $658,852.40 were applied on
! payments.
Repayments from other states
i were lifted as follows: Florida,
1 11 3 per cent; Illnois, 33.5; Indi
ana, 27; Kansas, 21.7; Missouri,
41.3; Pennsylvania, 3.2; South
i Carolina 46.3, Tennessee, 37.9
and Texas 52.7.
RUSSELL SAVES
$4,000^ INTEREST
Atlanta, Jan. 15 —Governor
Russell today paid $1,000,000 on
the state’s school dept more than
a month before it was due, saving
about $4,000 in interest.
He said the early payment was
in line with his policy of economy,
and that any other depts of the
state would be paid off as soon as
funds were available, to save in
terest charges.
List month he save about SIOO
by paying ahead of time $700,000
due late in the month. The re
maining $300,000 of the $1,000,-
000 due at that time was paid off
on the due date.
The original school loans was
$3,500,000, of which $1,500,000
ren ains to be paid on time with
no. difficulty.
Death of Mrs. Dicy Young.
Mrs. Dicy Young, widow of
the late W.Y. Young of thi*
county, died very suddenly at
her home near Cedar Grove, in
Laurens county, last S u n d a y
morning. She retired Saturday
night in her usual health, and
she was found dead in bed Sun
day morning by members of the
family. Mrs. Young made her
home near Alamo until her hus
band died about two years ago,
when she moved near Cedar
Grove. She was a daughter of the
late Rev. and Mrs. J, W. Pope,of
Laui ens county.
She is survived by nine child
rem eight sons and one daughter,
tin ee brother s, M. Pope, of
Spring Hill, in this county; W.
B. and I. L. Pope, of Alma; her
sisters are: Mrs. Mary Ray, of
Towns; Mrs. Jennie Wiggles
worth, of Perry Florida.
Funeral services were held at
Little Rock, in this county, Mon
day morning, conducted by Rev.
Dock Gay and interment was in
the Little Rock cemetery.
CARD OF THANKS.
Through this medium we wish
to express our thanks and heart
felt appreciation to those who
were so kind and thoughtful in
our sad hours of bereavement,
when our loved one was so tragi
cally taken from us. Words fail
to express ou r deep appreciation.
Words of consolation, beautiful
wreaths of flowers, acts of kind
ness, all helped us to bear the
great burden of grief. May the
kind Providence smile graciously
upon each and every one, and
that these burdens, though they
seem unbearable, may reunite us
all in closer friendship, one to
waid another, is our prayer.
Mrs. Millie Patterson,
H.L. Searsand family.
Motorist Warned
About License Tags.
Motorists are warned that no
extension ofime w ill be granted
beyond February Ist for the
purchase of 1932 license plates.
Sheriff Sears explains that under
the law he is without authority
।to extend the time. A penalty of
20 per cent and $1 fee must be
| paid the county after February
11st, he pointed out. If you are
’ caught without your tag, you
lonly have yourself to blame. This
j is final notice, and Sheriff Sears
wishes us to state that it will not
be his desire to exact this pen
laity of any one, but this is law,
and he is bound under the law to
1 have it enforced.
JOE PAFFORD,
WRECKJCTIM, DIES
Joe Pafford, one of the victims
of the automobile wreck that oc
curred nerr Adel, in Cookcounty,
the tenth of January, died from
injuries sustained at the Valdosta
hospital Saturday. Funeral ser
vices and interment was in Lake
land.
Like that of Miss Winona. Pat
terson, one of the victims, whose
funeral was held here on Friday
afternoon of last week, scores of
friends and relatives attended
this funeral. It is said that fifty
counties were represented at
Miss Patterson's funeral.
Cuok county superior court
will convene the first of Feb
ruary, it is understood, when the
two Atlanta policeman, charged
with murder, in the death of
Miss Patterson and Joe Pafford,
victims of the automobile ac
cident near Adel will face trial.
Assets Not Concealed
Dublin, Jan. 20. —Following a
directed verdict of not guilty to
charges of concealing assets in a
bankruptcy case in Wheeler
county against William B. Kent,
Alamo attorney, and Ernest and
D. S. Seabolt, Wheeler farmers,
federal court was adjourned here
this afternoon.
The not guilty verdict was
directed by Judge W. H. Barret
after United States Attorney
Charles Redding and Assistant-
Attorney G. B. Everett had
decided that there was Insuffi
cient evidence to convict.
Death of Mr. J. G. Brown.
Mr. Jesse G. Brown, 72, one
of the best known farmers and
business men, living about five
miles north of Alamo, passed
away Wednesday,after sustaning
a stroke of parlysis. Mr. Brown
had been in failing health for
some time. His wife preceded
him in death about two years.
Funeral services were held at
the Clark cemetery by Rev. J.N.
Shell, pastor of the Alamo
Methodist church,and interment
was in Clark cemetery, near his
home. He is survived by one
brother, Mr. Raiford Brown,and
scors of other relatives.
Crisp Proposes
To Aid Veterans
Washington, D. C., Jan. 16,—
Representative Crisp, following
up ideas which he has had for
sometime that the World war
veterans act of 1924 needs many
important amendments, has
drawn up, and submitted a bill
which he believes will benefit
many veterans.
The proposed amendment pro
vides that any honorably dis
charged exservice man who en
tered the service prior to Nov.ll,
1918, and served 30 days or more
during the World war, and who
is or may hereafter be suffering
from a25 per centum or more
permanent disability, not the re
suit of his own wilful misconduct,
which was not acquired in the
service during the World war,
or for which compensation is not
payable, “shall be entitled to re
ceive a disability allowance at the
following rates: Twenty five per
centum permanent disability,sl2
per month; 50 per centum per
manentdisability, slßper month;
75 per centum permanent dis
ability, $24 per month; total per
manent disability, S4O per
month.”. *
Number 48
SEED LOAN BILL IS
ASSURED^PASSAOE.
Washington D. C.
January 21, 1932
Wheeler County Eagle
Alamo, Ga.
A telegram from Senator
Walter George, is as follows:
Bill providing for loans to
farmers has been agreed up
on and will be passed today
or tomorrow. Fifty million
dollars are set aside for pur
pose of making loans to
farmers in all states where
Secretary of Agriculture
finds that emergency exists
as results of which farmers
are unable to obtain loans
for 1932. Preference given
to farmers who suffered
from crop failures in 1931.
Loans to be made by Secre
tary of Agriculture through
same machinery and gener
ally on same terms and con
ditions as seed feed fertiliz
er loans of previous years.
Bill also provides for gener
al loans to agricultural cred
it corporations, Joint Stock
Land Banks and other finan
cial institutions.
Walter F. George.
A Card to Tax Payers.
Again I am asking you to
please come up and pay your 1930
taxes, as the county has some
very pressing obligations to meet,
in tuning the county, some out
standing debts, and as a matter
of fact, any county could not
operate without the revenue de
rived from taxes, and it is
earnestly asked that all those
who possibly can, settle their
1930 taxes at once.
1 do not wish to put any extra
cost on any tax payer in the
county. I know money is hard
to get hold of, but your county
government is pressing for the
tax money, so that obligations
can b satisfied without embar
rassment to the county.
J. L. Sumner, T. C.
Baby's First Birthday.
Mr. and. Mrs. W. G. Horton,
out on route A, were delighted
to have their grandaughter, lit
tle Miss Inez Horton, spend her
first birthday with them on Jan
uary 17th.
Her grandmother had baked
her a nice cake, which she enjoy
ed so much. In the afternoon she
accompanied them to church,and
she missed her noon fun, but
she took a long peaceful sleep on
her return from church. When
we reached home several snap
shots were made of her and
family, also of two little friends,
little Miss Bonwell and Master
Curtis Heath, also “Aunt Nell,”
a Police puppy, her favorite.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
G. Horton, enjoyed the day very
much.
When Mrs. Sophie Catherine
' Theresa Mary Pierce Evans Elli
ott-Lynn was married in London
the entry of her name broke all
known records for length.
LOST —One red speckled male
hound, three years old, named
Morgan. Finder pleas notify Ben
'To’er, Glenwood, Ga. Rt. 3.
