Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, April 22, 1932, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVolume 20 UNIFORM PRIMARY RULE IS ADOPTED Atlanta, April 17—In any coun ty or state senatorial district which, in the county primary al ready held, a vote has been had on the nomination of a state senator, member of the house of representatives, or for judge or solicitor general of the superior court, that action in the county or district is null and void. That, in effect, is the meaning of a vote taken at the meeting of the state executive committee at Albany Friday, upon request of Chairman Lawrence S. Camp. The committee by vote directed the state chairman to construe the party rules strictly in con formity with the state election law, which detines what are “state offices,” and which pro vides that candidates for nomina tion to such offices shall be voted tor on one and the same day throughout the state. Futher action of the state com mittee seeks to bring about ac complishment of an unfinished piece of work which the late Senator W. Cecil Neill had in mind prior to his death, and on which he had made some effort recently in further perfecting the primary and election laws which he had been working on ever since 1930—that of bringing about uniformity in all county primaries throughout the state. The objective of the state com mittee, as it devoeloped under a discussion by Cruger West brook, of Douherty, is to have passed a law which will definitely fix all county primaries on tin same date, presumably that the county primary date will oe set at the same time as the stat< primary in years when both are to be held. At present, however, the im portance of the action Friday by the state committee Jies in the fact that the chairman has been directed to rule in such a manner as to hold that all candidates for state offices —including superior court judges and solicitors, state senators and members of the legislature —many enter the list of candidates up to noon on June 3, and that the vote for their no mination shall be at the same time and in the same place as all the balance of the state primary. In some counties in the state —one of them near Macon —at the same time the primary for county officers was held, voted the nomination of the state sena tor from the district. In some others the member of the lower house was nominated in the county primary. In a few of the judicial circuits the county com mittees have closed the entries for judges and solicitors of the superior court Section 129 of the state primary law provides that those who shall be voted on in the state primary include “gov ernor, state house officers, mem bers of congress, United States senators, judges of the superior court, justices of the court of ap peals and supreme court, solid tors general and members of the general assembly” and says that these shall “be voted for on one rand the same day throughout the rstate at such date as may be fixed by thestateexecutivecommittee.’’ Under the foregoing provison of law, and in conformity with the direction given oy the state committee Friday, notice is to be served on the party authority in each county in the state that all entries will remain open until June 3; that the names of al! can didates entered by that time in comformity with other rules of the committee will be placed on Whiter bounty Bayb Senior Class of W. C. H., Presents Play April 29 The graduateing class of 1932 will present the senior play, “Borrowed Money,” at the school auditorium, Friday night, April 29th, 8:15 o’clock. “Borrowed Money” is a royalty play from the pen of Oliver P. Parker. It is a four act play set in the bluegrass region of Ken tucky and in Wall Street, New York City. The play defies classi tication but smacks of a pervert ed tragedy abounding in comical situations. It is thoroughly enter taining and a capital example of elevated simplicity. Briefly, the story of a Kentucky family who becomes wealthy, and true to form, the wealth causes some member of the family to feel their importance. This family goes to New York. The mother tries to marry her daughter to a rich bachelor. Os course, this nessitates her showing off in N.Y. society. The girl, however, is in love with a boy back in old Ken tucky. The mother plans to announce the daughters engage ment to the bachelor. The daugh ter refuses to marry him. He threatens to ruin her father by manipulating the stock market in such away as to cause his banker to call his loan. Just as the market takes its nose dive, the young hero from Kentucky, who has made money on a young race horse, in connection with a friend, plays the market in such away as to force them to a new high level, thereby saving his sweetheart’s father from ruin. There is a real “Luv feast” in which the young hero gets his girl, and old Ben Sandeford and old Aunt Sally Vautrey, the black farce characters, unite and go back to old Kentucky where all of Ben’s friends are good poultry raisers where no hen he ever got was a rooster. Between the acts there will be i)U>ical choruses directed by Miss Dorothy Henderson and Miss Rebecca Williams. These choruses abound in pep, good music, and good looks. Th*, chorus girls are: Juanita Wind ham, Elizabeth Benton, Mae Hai ville, Alma Hartley, Mattie Rarlow, Margaret McDaniel, Nelde Couey,and Lorene Hartley Those students interpreting parts in the play are: Fanny Vautrey, Fanny Foster, Roland Street, Edwin Clem ents. Old Ben Sandeford, Comer Jenkins. Aunt Sally Vautrey, Mary Till man. Mrs. Charles C. Vautrey, Lena McAlum. Mr. Charles C. Vautrey, Cecil Scarborough. Claire Vautrey, Mary Irwin. Thadeus P. Ramer, Willis Hearn. Thomas S. Delmar, Zelma Hartley. Mrs. Morton, Alice Parvis. Miss Gray, Evelyn Wright. Mrs. Street, Elsie Shell. Mrs. Stone, Reubena Barlow. the ballot to be voted in the pri mary. This means of course, in those senatorial districts, or in counties, where a nominating' vote has been had in the county primary for any such offices, that shall not be conclusive or have any effect, nor will the fact that a vote has been had in the county primary serve now to bar entry of any candidate up to June 3. It means that all such candidates, for proper nomina tion, such as will be ratified by .the party, must be voted on in the September primary. ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1932 Georgia Democrats to Select Two Senators. Georgia Democrats will vote on candidates for two United Slates senatorships in the September 14 primary. Expiration of the term of Walter F. George,junior senator, next year and the death of Sen ator William J. Harris, make it necessary for the party to select two nominees instead of one in the fall. Chairman Lawrence Camp of the state Democratic executive committee, said today that the sub committee of the fu’l body would meet in Atlanta early next week to amend the rules adopted at Albany last week governing the primary, to provide for the closing of entries for the unex pired term of Senator Harris, on June 3. Mr. Camp said the sub commit tee also would amend the rules setting the regular primary date for the selection of the nominee for Senator Harris' unexpired term. June 3 is the closing date for entries for all state officers. The Democratic state chairman said it would be necessary for Gov. Russell to call a special gen eral election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Harris. He expressed the belief that this would be on the same date as the general election in November. Georgia law provides that the governor, in the event of death, appoint a successor to a senator to fill his post only until the next general election, when people would vote on their preference for the post. H. W. Nalley Invited On Yacht Trip. Col. H. W. Nalley, local attorney, is invited to be the guest this week end of Mr. M. 0. Dunning, collector of internal revenues, of Sa vannah. A few other friends from the First Congressional district and officials from Washington will also be guests of Mr. Dunning. The two days are to be spent aboard Miramar, the private yacht of Mr. Dunning. A trip to Ellis or Bermuda Islands is contemplated. The telegram to Mr. Nal ley follows: Savannah, Ga. April 20, 1932 H.W. Nalley, Alamo, Ga. Am delighted to have as my guest Friday and Satur day aboard Miramar. Will meet you at Savannah Hotel ten A. M. M. 0. Dunning. Minister Reveals Pastors’ Diseases. Chicago, April 19. —The Rev. Roy L. Smith, Minneapolis told his fellow Methodist ministers at a conference here that they were suffering from a number of “occupational diseases.” Among those he listed were: Over-influation of the ego. Parochial paralysis. Denominational dyspepsia. Hyperacidity of the sermon. Careless sermons have reacted to the detriment of all pronouncements from the pulpit, he said. Mrs. Harris, Annie Martin. Specks, Ernest Jenkins. The stage manager for the play is Elisie Shell, and the property manager is Alice Purvis who is assisted by Lena McAlum. The public is invited to attend this performance. Come and sup port your school and the Senior Class. High school auditorium, F day night, April 29, 8:15 o’clock. Admission 15 and 25 cents. END COMES TO SENATOR HARRIS Washington, April 18—Bed ridden for weeks following two operations for gall stones at Georgetown Hospital, Senator William J. Harris (Democrat), of Georgia, died this afternoon at his appartment. He was 64 years old. A resolution expressing “pro found sorrow and deep regret” at the death of Senator Harris was adopted by his colleagues in the Senate. Sponsored by Senator George, Democrat, of Georgia, the resolu tion authorized the vice president to appoint a committee of 15 Senators to attend the funeral. After adopting the resolution the Senate immediately adjourn ed until tomorrow in respect for the Georgian. Senator Harris is survived by his widow, Julia Knox Hull Wheeler, daughter of General Joseph Wheeler, of Civil War and Spanish American War fame, and a daughter, Julia Wheeler Harris. Senator George said: "Senator Harris” death is 8 great loss to the people of Geor gia and of the country. He was one'of thejmost diligent and ac tive Senators who, my memory, ever represented the state of Georgia in the Senate. He was devoted to the interests of the individual and his passing will bs universally mourned by the people of Georgia. ’ Georgia Senator was born at Cedartown, Februar 3, 1868, the son of Charles Hooks Harris, and Margaret Monk Harris, both from distinguished Southern families. His education was ob tained in the common schools at Cedartown and later at the Uni versity of Georgia, where he graduated in 1890. His first active entrance inti the public life of the state came in 1911 when he was elected to the State Senate from the Thirty Eight district withont opposition That same year he was mad< chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee. In 1913 he was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson as director of the United States Census Bureau, which office he held through 1914 His federal appointments included the posts of Acting Secretary of the De partment ot Commerce and chair man of the Federal Trade Com mission. Senator Harris resigned from the Trade Commission in 1918 to make the race for United States Senator. He received the support of President Wilson and carried 114 counties of the 152 in the state at that time. His opponents were Thomas. W. Hardwick and William Schley Howard. He was re elected in 19240ver Hardwick, and in 1930 over John M. Slaton, carrying all but one county. Harris had been in the Senate 14 years and was a member of the appropriations, commerce, immigration, and military affairs committees. He was one of the leading drys in the Senate and always took a prominent part in the debates on prohibitition. Senator Harris was a member of one of Georgia’s most distin guished families, four brothers, a niece and a nephew having achived renown in their chosen fields. The Senator, Dr. Seale Harris, Prof. James Coffee Har ris, Gen. Peter Charles Harris, the brothers, and George Sim mons Harris and Agnes Monk Harris, son and daughter of Mrs. Pearl Walker Dies at Florida Home. Mrs. Pearl Walker, daughter of the late Joe B. Avant of this county, died at her home in Jacksonville, Florida on Satur day of last week. The body was shipped to the home of her neice, Mrs. Cleon Brown, near Erick Monday, ac companied by her husband and Mrs. T. F. Williams, and inter ment was in the Erick cemetery Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Cason of Mcßae. Mrs. Walker is survived by her husband, mother, Mrs. Nan nie Avant, of Charleston, S. C, and four sisters, Mrs. 0. C. Mc- Michael, Mrs. George Brantley, of Charleston, S. C., and Mrs. T a F. Williams, of Trenton, Florida, and Mrs. Lollie Dixon, of Rocky Mount, N. C. Birthday Celeration. The occasion of the birth day of Mr. G.G. Horton was very much enjoyed at his home last Sunday. Their many friends and relatives met on this occasion with him. Gifts from relatives added to the pleasure of the day, and two cakes specially pre pared for him were beauti ful, and brought gladness to his heart, coming as they did from his friends and rel atives. After dinner songs of praise were engaged in, and a wonderful message delivered by Elder Mims, which was very much enjoy ed by all present. Those present and enjoyed this occasion were: Mr. and Mrs. E. Graham, of Rockledge; Mr. and Mrs. Z. 0. Thomas and sons; Mrs. Louisa Brown, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McCullar and daugh ter Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Heath and children; Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Waters and children; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Heath; M r. and Mrs. W. J. Horton and daughter;Alva LaFavor, Miss Lara Graham, of Rock ledge; Hubert Dent, Paul Horton, Miss Nell Horton, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Heath and daughter, and Malcom Thomas. A LOVED ONE. The first marcel wave ever given cost two cents and done by the inventor, Marcel Grateau, begged one of his clients to let him try something new. Professor Harris, all have been given genreously of space in “Who’s Who in America.” The youngest brother. Major Hunter Harris, is a widely known infan try officer, now on duty at Athens High school in Georgia. The careers of all the Harrises apparently were cut from the same pattern, success following years of deligent effort and con centration on their purpose. Professor Harris, school superin tendent at Marietta, Cedartown and Rome, became superinten dent of the State Deaf and Dumb Instutute at Cave Spring, where his administration won nation wide plaudits. Senator Harris was a member of the permanent board of vis itors to the United States mili Vary Academy and a member of the National Forest Reservation Commission. Number 9 EIGHTEEN CAUGHT IN WHISKY RAIDS Dublin, April 15. —Laurens county’s biggest round up of alleged violators of the state and federal prohibition laws, which began late last night and con tinued for several hours, resulted in 18 arrests. Only one had been able to furnish bond up to late tonight, it was ascertained. Federal officers announced that the raids had carried them into East Dublin, to Scott, Dexter and the Lowery district of the coun ty. Some liquor was said to have been obtained, but most of the arrests were said to have been made on warrants obtained after informers” had obtained what they said was evidence of pos session or sale of whisky. Thirteen cases had been turn ed over to the city court here for prosecutionjunder the state law, officers stated Friday night, while five cases will pass through the federal court. Federal officers claimed that they had men under arrest who gave the following names: Henry Kight, Dublin, and Edj; Carter, Scott, both>hite men, and the following whom they said were Negroes Leßoy Williams, Ellis Gray and Brosco Brisbon. The Negroes, they said, were from Dublin. State officers reported that their records showed that the following were being held for city court: Frank Hodges, Homer Rickerson, Henry Grier, Clyde Wynn, F. L. Kreutz, Walter Spivey, Bill Loyd and Sonny Robinson, all white, of Dublin; Lamar Lowery, of the Lowery district; J. L. Sears, of East Dublin, both also white, and the following whom they said were Negroes: Willie Armstrong and Andrew alias Slim Hutchinson. The arrests caused a surprise here. In connections with the round up it was ascertained that a 10- year old boy was taken before Commissioner L. Q. Stubbs Fri day morning, charged with sell ing aquartof whisky to a federal prohibition enforcement officer. The commissioner said that he released the boy on his own recognizance, believing that the parents were largely to blame. J. T. Crowder, federal prohi bition enforcement officer of Savannah, was’said to have dir ected the raids. He received aid from Chief of Police J. M. Pea cock and a number of other offi cers including Special Deputy E. C. Pierce, Deputy Sheriff Mack Singleton and a group of other federal officers. Most of those under arrest denied the charges. Efforts were being made to obtain bonds for them Friday night. Oak Grove School News. Dr. Crooks and Miss Aber Crombil held a clinic at Oak Grove School Wednesday, April 13th, and the re sponse was splendid. About 200 men, women and children were vaccinated fur typhoid fever and diphtheria. On Friday afternoon,at two o’clock, the closing day program was rendered at the school. There were about 125 visitors present enjoyed this program, whice closed a very successful year’s work. The house and yard were full. The people of this community see the need of a new and larger building. The enrollment this school year ex ceeds that of any year in a long time. The teachers were: Mrs. L.M. Pope, principal, and Miss Romie Clark, assistant, were unanimously elected for the ensuing year. Tax Notice. I am now prepared to pay your tax on real estate, large or Small, W. E. Currie.