Volume 20
PROBLEMS UNSOLVED
BY CONGRESS.
Washington, July 18. —The
seven and a half months’ session
of Congress, which ended Sat
urday night, left many import
ant problems of legislation hang
ing fire for consideration next
December.
The legislation of the session
was confined largely to strength
ening the nation’s financial and
credit structure to withstand the
strain.of present conditions.
Comparatively little progress
was made in solving the railroad,
bus, banking, power and agricul
tural problems, which were
prominently discussed.
Permanent banking legislation,
urged by the Treasury and Fed
eral Reserve Board, fell by the
wayside in the fight between the
Steagall deposits guaranty and
the Glass branch banking meas
ures.
Congress is still torn by dissen
sion over the question of branch
banking, urged in the Senate
measure. The Senate has nidi
cated it will have none of the
House proposal to guarantee
bank deposits.
Complete revision of the rail
road rate making power of the
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion and repeal of the recapture
clause, which placed a tentative
liability of §360,000,000 on the
railroads, was recommended by
the House interstate commerce
committee.
Fear of political consequences,
however, prevented action.
Regulation of interstate bus
traffic, which also involves the
railroad problem, also was left
unsettled and will be a question
for the next Congress.
The combination bill of the
three great farm organizations —
the National Grange, Farm Bu
reau and Farmers’ Union—-was
Heft for future action.
This measure combines the
(equalization fee, the export de
benture and a domestic allotment
plan of restricting production
and stiff ming prices.
For years the farm organiza
tions have boen at odds on legis
lation. They reached an agree
ment by includingall their plans,
and proposed to give the Farm
Board the option of using any
one or all of them.
LIGHTNING KILLS
FARMER AT PLOW
Statesboro, July 19.—Henry
Shurlin, 48, well known farmer,
was killed by lightning near here
late Monday.
He was plowing when the bolt
struck the top of his head, went
down his side and struck the
plow and killed the mule.
Hazlehurst Youth
Killed on R. R.
Macon, July 20. —The severed
body of a youth, tentatively
identified as Howard Hall, of
Hazlehurst, was found on the
Central of Georgia tracks near
the Second street overhead
bridge about 6 o’clock Wednes
day morning. An inquest is ex
iPected to be held during the day.
The identification was estab
Tished, it was reported, by a
young companion of the dead
youth who said he and Hall were
“hoboing” on a freight train
when Hall tell beneath the cars.
The name of the companion was
not learned.
Hall appeared to be about 20
years old and wore overalls.
Btokr County lEagh
BULLFROGS DEPART
AS POOL IS DRAINED
Seattle, July 19.—The deep
bass of the big frogs and the
second tenor of the little frogs
no mere lulls the Jay Harrin
gtons, of Juanita, near Seattle,
into restful slumber and because
of that fact the Harringtons filed
a suit against the city of Seattle
for $10,350.
The Harringtons operated a
frog farm. In their suit they al
leged city workers diverted
water from a stream into a gravel
pit, thereby drying up the pools,
where the large and small frogs
alike were wont to croon con
tentedly.
But it isn’t the crooning they
miss so much as the crooners,
the Harringtons setting forth
their frogs departed after the
water was d iverted. The damages
sought included $2,000 worth of
frogsand $2,000 said to be the
cost of building the pools.
Why Women Are Late
From time immemorial husb
ands have complained of the
long time it took their wives to
dress; men have observed that
women did not heed the flight of
time, butcarried on interminable
telephone conversations without
realizing how long they talked,
and soon.
This apparent lack of regard
for time by the fair sex has long
been the source of endless com
ment—often profane. But now it
has all been explained, thanks to
modern psychology.
Exhaustive tests conducted at
Johns Hopkins University show
that women just naturally can’t
help it. They don’t realize the
meaning of “tempus fugit.”
These tests developed the fact
that women on an average esti
mate the time it takes them to
perform a given task about one
half the actual time required. Dr.
Isabel Stewart, who conducted
the tests, which were made with
1,048 students, noth men and
women, said:
“Men estimate more accura
tely. The inaccuracies of women
imply that time really seems
shorter to women than to men.”
Which recalls the joke of a
paragrapher who wtote: Married
men do not live longer; it just
seems longer.”
Earl Layton.
Wrightsville, July 21. —Earl
Layton, well known young man
of this city, died Tuesday after
noon of malarial feaver. He was
stricken ill while on a fishing
trip on the Ogeechee river last
week.
He was 20 years of age, a
promising athlete, playing foot
ball and baseball. He had resided
in Johnson county practically all
his life and was a son of the late
J.M. Layton, a former coroner of
the county.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
J.M. Layton, and one brother,
Minton, and one sister, Ora Lee.
The funeral was held Wednes
day afternoon at Union Hill
church, Rev. D. R. Piper oftici
ating.
The pallbearers were: Fluker
Tarbuttoh, Delmar Lord, Marion
Melette, Luther Downs, J. W.
Claxton and Bluford Blount.
Revival at Oak Grove Church
Revival services will begin at
Oak Grove Methodist church
next Sunday afternoon and con ;
tinue through the week. The.
public is cordially inviten to at-1
tend.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1932
NEW USE FOUND
FOR WATERMELONS
Messrs G. M. Anderson and
Tom Evans, industrious farmers
lof the county, have found a new
use for watermelons, destined,
perhaps, to prove profitable and
thereby supplement our “long
sweetening.” Mr. Anderson
brought to our office this week a
sample of syrup made from
watermelons by these two gentle
men. The juice, Mr. Anderson
stated, was cooked on a kettle
just as cane juice, using the same
methods of cooking as that used
in cooking cane juice. When
cooked long enough it was taken
up, having a beautiful brown
coloi and a very pleasant flavor.
Mr. Anderson states that the
watermelon juice turns out one
gallon of syrup to ten gallons of
juice. They made about eighteen
gallons of syrup between them
selves. Mr. Anderson stated that
he divided his share among his
neighbors,and they all pronounc
ed the new experiment good, and
that it “sopped” like old time
molasses.
Pension Payments
Waiting on Russell
Atlanta, July 21.—J. J. Hunt,
state pension commissioner, said
Thursday payment of July pen
sions to Confederate veterans
awaited only the signing of the
warrant by Governor Russell
and the making out the checks
Mr. Hunt said that a falling off
of revenue derived from the sale
of cigar and cigarette tax stamps
since the first of the year has
resulted in a falling behind of the
monthly payments to the veter
ans.
The state legislature in 1931
made a provision that the pen
sioners were to get the entire
amount of money derived from
cigar and cigarett tax but made
no provision to take care of the
pensions in the event this fell
short.
Triplets Scaling 34 Pounds
Born to Georgia Wife
Metter, July 18—Judge E. A.
Patterson, registrar of vital
statistics, reports that triplets
were born to Mrs. Thelmon
Austin of Candler county last
week. They were three boys. One
weighed 12 pounds and the other
two eleven pounds each, in all
34 pounds of babies.
No doctor was with Mrs. Aus
tin, a midwife attending. Th"
boys were named Mathew, Mark
and Luke. The midwife reported
the mother and babies were do
ing well. The mother is 24 years
of age. She said that her motner
gave birth to quadruplets twice.
The Austins hail from North
Carolina.
Death of Mrs. Hariet Clark
Mrs. Hariet Clark, 85, died at
the home of her son, Mr. J. B.
Clark, about eight miles above
Alamo on Friday of last week.
She is survived by several child
ren, among them being J. B.
Clark, one of the best known
farmers of this county.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday morning by Rev. J.
N. Shell, pastor of the Methodist
church, and interment was in the
Clark cemetery.
Mr. H. J. Whitfield, section
foreman for the Seaboard here,
is taking a twelve day vacation.
Section Foreman Humphrey,
from Collins, is substituting for
him.
INJUNCTION SUSTAINED
IN GIN MATTER.
The Southern Cotton Oil Com
pany, through their attorney,
brought an injunction against
the Highway department, Wheel
er county and the Town of Ala
mo, asking damages as the result
of alleged damages to the gin
sight located in Alamo, through
the grading of the hightway
from Glenwood to Alamo. The
plea was sustained by Judge
Graham at Mcßae, this week.
The Highway department was
dissolved from any liability
through a signed agreement by
the town and county, which re
lieved them of any damage aris
ing through the operations in the
construction of the road. The
damages, if any, incumbent upon
the county and town, and negoti
ations are in progress at this
time to have the gin property
moved, so that it may be operated
this season.
The highway authorities have
refused to go further with the
work until this matter is settled.
The stretch from Glenwood t<
Alamo has already been graded
and turned over and the contrac
for paving will be in order to bi
let out sometime the comin^
month. If present plans worl
out the matter will be adjuster
in the next few days, opening
the way for paving contract t<
be let.
The understanding with tin
town and county was that th<
property in question would noi
be interfered with, and the road
could come throught the eighty
foot street, but it was claimed
that to make the proper curve ii
the road it would take a few feet
of the gin property, which did
not figuie in the first survey,
hence no deed was asked for
this property, which would havt
been secured, as others deeds
were secured, the failure of
which resulting in the injunction.
CONTRACTS AWARDED
ONAUGUSTTHEISTH.
Atlanta, July 19. —Federal aid
totaling §3,100,000 for Georgia
highways will be available under
the new Federal relief bill and
$2 000,000 in contracts will be
awarded about August 15, Chair
man J. W. Barnett of the State
Highway Board announced to
day.
With $2,000,000 in Federal
funds already available, a total of
$5,100,000 may be spent on the
state’s roads during the year,
Chairman Barnett said. After
the ini tai award of $2,000,000 the
b.iard plans to award contracts
at the rate of $1,000,000 a month
until the funds are exhausted.
The board is considering a
rotation system in the employ
ment of ordinary labor to provide
work for the greatest number of
unemployed.
Chief Engineer S.PMcWhorter
today conferred with district
engineers from throughout the
state regarding projects in their
respective territories.
State funds are practically ex
hausted, Chairman Barnett said,
but under the terms of the new
relief bill it is unneccessary to
match Federal funds with state
money, thereby making the Fed
eral funds immediately available.
When Joe Boop of Canton, 0.,
opened his barber shop one morn
ing he discovered that thieves
had stolen everything except two
chairs.
TUCKER QUITS RACE
FOR GOVERNOR
Atlanta, July 20 —Withdrawal
of Arlie D. Tucker, of Nashville,
speaker of the state house of
representatives, from the race
for the Democratic nomination
for governor Wednesday leaves
nine candidates in the field.
Tucker, in announcing hie de
cision, said that he was convinced
the “one candidate who repre
sents the heart beats of masses
of the people is Eugene Tai
m adge,”
Expressing his appreciation of
his loyalty, love and affection for
his friends in every section of
the stale who had supported
him, Tucker said he released
them from their pledge to vote
for him.
Sues Preacher For $1:
Hear Political Sermon
Beloit. Wis., July 16.—E. R.
Branigan, city councilman, an
nounced today that he would sue
the Rev. H. A. Studebaker for $1
—the sum Branigan put on the
collection plate last Sunday just
before the sermon in which the
minister “panned” the city gov
ernment.
1 One of the things I particular
ly didn’t like,” said Branigan,
“and the thing that was very
suspicious, was that he took up
the collection in advance.”
Branigan said he would base
his suit on the laws forbidding
the obtaining of money under
false pretenses.
“He made a political speech
when the congregation was led
to expect a sermon,” he said.
“When a minister of the gospel
pronounces himself the ambas
sador of God, inveigles me into
his church, whether by suave
voice or silvery tongue or allur
ing advertisements in the local
papers, to hear the word of God
preached which undoubtedly my
soul needs very much, and then
delivers a political ora.im in
stead, which I have heard many
times in the past and expect to
hear many times in the future, I
feel he has obtained my money
under false pretenses.
The councilman attended
church last Sunday, and cheer
fully put a dollar bill on the plate.
After the sermon he demanded
his money back, but the minister
told him the dollar was by that
time the property of the church
trustees.
Junior B.Y.P.U. Program.
Sunday afternoon, July 24th,
at 5:30 o’clock. President in
charge.
Silent Prayer.
Songs —Alas, and did my
Saviour bleed.
Prayer by leader.
Records and business.
Memory work drill.
Song —At the Cross.
Group Captain in charge.
First part —Earnest Jenkins.
Second part—Helen McDaniel.
Third part —H. J. Whitfield.
Fourth part —Margaret Hatta
way.
Fifth part —Joyce Ussery.
Sixth part-Four boys.
Leader in charge.
Review of lesson.
Quiet thought.
Song. Closing prayer.
ERNEST JENKINS,
Captain No. 2.
John McKay, a butcher of
Detroit, was fined SSO for spray
ing rouge paint on wieners to
make them look more tempting.
Numbr 22
FARM BOARD COTTON
TO BE GIVEN AWAY
Washington, July 19—Bene
ficiaries of congress’ gift of 500,-
000 bales of stabalization cotton
will relieve their first cloth and
garments within the month, John
Barton Payne, executive chair
man of the American Red Cross
said today.
The Red Cross has already
worked out its plan for distribut
ion. It soon will call on the federal
farm board for its share. The
cotton will be used in three ways.
In the first place the law allows
the Red Cross to buy finished
cotton garments with the raw
cotton the raw cotton to be valued
at the market price on the day of
the exchange. Thus the manu
facturer can either accept the
cotton or the proceeds of its sale.
“Friend of the Farmer”
Wherever he appears in this
campaign, Eugene Talmadge,
commissioner of agriculture, is
telling his audiences that he is
the friend of the farmer and that
when he gets into office, he is
going to use the “red pencil” to
cut down appropriations to save
the farmers money.
Since it may be presumed that
the farmers pay the money that
is supporting the department of
agriculture, it ought to be in
order to inquire how friendly Mr.
Talmadge was being to the farm
ers when he put his step son on
the pay roll of the agricultural
department and set aside a spe
cial fund as a “savings account”
for the boy? The money came, of
course, from the state.
It is in order to inquire what
particular ma nifestationof
friendship led Mr. Talmadge to
go to Washington to demand a
tariff on jute—after he had re
ceived §SOO “expense money”
from the tariff association which
was sponsoring it?
It is in order to ask Mr. Tal
madge how he was manifesting
his interest in the farmer when
he went to Louisville —by coinci
dence at the time of the Kentucky
Derby—and turned in an expense
account for it?
It may be that Mr. Talmadge
went up to Louisville to get the
latest quotation on farm animals
—such nags, for instance, as one
sees at the raoe tracks, nags that
are good for ploughing in Geor
gia. Mr. Talmadge might have
been buying up a car load or more
of those nags to bring back to
farmer friends in Georgia who
have lost theirs to the banks and
to the tax col’ectors, trying to
support his and other depart
ments.
It is in order to ask Mr. Tal
madge how it was possible for
him to be so friendly to the farm
er that he could help him doubly,
by being in Washinton. D.C., and
Milledgeville, Ga., on the same
day —as his expense accounts
show.
Mr. Talmadge has been th e
same sort of friend to the farm
er that most other politicians
have been —loud with the mouth
and generous with the taxpayers’
pocketbook. —Macon Telegraph.
Elijah Conklin, seaman of
Northport, L.L, rowed a 12 foot
skiff 40 miles in 50 hours seeking
a job, then learned he had estab
lished a record.
Because her husband spanked
her at a bridge game just because
she did’nt play the way he de'
sired, Mrs. Harry K. Bally of
Los Angeles, got a divorce.
