Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, August 05, 1932, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVolume 20 TALMADGE«HIS [■NlPllim Editor Eagle: I offer for serious consider avion a few paragraps on the performances of the commission er of agriculture of Georgia, the Hon. Eugene Talmadge during his short stay in that office. Since he seems now about to shed huge crocodile tears for those whom he has failed to serve. These paragraphs are as follows: "Eight years ago the Depart meat of Agriculture, then a top' heavy political machine with two hundred or more oil inspectors, was operated at a cost of sub stantially $530,000.00, but since then we have taken away from it the oil inspecting part of the machine at a reduction in ex pences of $145,000 00per annum, and yet in his estimates to the Budget Bureau just before the last session of the General As sembly, the present Commis sioner of Agriculture recom mended for the support and maintenance of the department the sum of $425,600.00, and stub bornly opposed its reduction by the Budget Commission to $365,- 000.00, and when the General Assembly at its last session still further reduced its appropriation to $300,000.00, it only did so after a stubborn tight with the Com missioner of Agriculture, which lasted practically all night long on the last night of the session. “Yet we find this same Com missioner of Agriculture, with , brazen effrontery, claiming credit in his speech at Mcßae for the reduction and retrench ment that he opposed, and pro claiming himself a candidate for Governor on an economy plat form. We find this same Commis sioner of Agriculture, who testi tied before the state Senate Com mittee in August, 1931, that he and two members of his family had in three years drawn in salary and expences from the State and its poverty stricken tax payers the sum of $40,748.14, in thre years, speaking at his opening meeting at Mcßae, hav ing the effrontery to announce himself as a candidate for Gov ernor on an economy platform. “The personal expense account of former Commissioner Brown for the year 1926 was $615,48, while the personal expense ac count of the present Commis sioner during the year 1928 was $3370.06, and for 1929 $3867.62, and how much higher since, Heaven only knows. Those ex pense acconnts include two or : three trips to the horse race at Louisville, called the Kentucky Derby, one trip to the Magnolia flowershow at Charleston, S. C., and thiee or four trips to Wash' ington, D. C., to lobby for sugar protection in the iniquitous Re publican tariff bill, all at the ex pense of the tax payer. “And yet the present Commis sioner of Agriculture is a candi date for Governor of Georgia on a platform of economy and re trenchment, with sobs in bis voice and tears in his eyes over the plight of the overburdened and long suffering tax payer of Georgia.” H. W. Nalley. The average person in this country spends $5.50 a year for drugs and medicines, it is reported by the com mittee on the costs of medical care. A chicken owned by Miles Willis of Richmond, Va., had five toes on each claw. Wtohr bounty lEagU Wasteful Extravagence Told in List of Salaries- Washington, August, 1st —The manner in which the taxpayers have been exploited through Mr. Hoover’s Federal Form Board by exorbitant salaries to officials of cooperatives and subsidaries was set forth in a recent speech by Senator King (Dem., Utah). Sena tor King said: “The Farm Board has been extravagant and wasteful in the matter of salaries. Immediately after its organization it provided a salary list of nearly $1,000,000 a year for Washington alone. It created a field service, so-called, and a temporary field service, the annual salaries of which ag gregated more than $115,000. It provided an agency for propa ganda and also a press relations agency at a cost of $36,000 a year, and a so called information service at an annual cost of more than $25,000. It set apart $50,000 for printing and $250,000 for traveling expenses. Os its salary list $234,000 was to meet the compensation of employes in the cooperating marketing di vison. More than $133,000 was provided for the economic di vision and $69,000 for the so-call ed business analysis section.” After naming the number of organizations, copperative or otherwise, set up by the Board, Senator King continued: “The Grain Stabilization Corpo ration provided a salary list total ing more than $408,000 per annum, and the monthly payroll of the Farmers’ National Grain Corporation and its subsidiaries, ammounted to $196,000 or ap proximately $2,349,000 per an num. The American Cotton Co operative Association provided a salary list of more than $1,000,000 per annum, and various State Cotton Cooperative Associations had a salary list, I am advised,of more than $120,000 per annum. “According to a hasty com putotion, salaries of the Farm Board, and its subsidaries, not including the State Cotton Co operatives or a number of other cooperatives, is nearly $5,000,000 annually. “ Mr. Creekmore, Manager of the American Cotton Cooperative Association, receives a salary of $75,000; Mr. H. D. Safford, Sales Manager, $35,000, and Mr. C. O. Moser, Director of Publicity sls, 000. Some of the employes of the Farmers’ National Gran Corpora tion are: George S. Milner, Gen eral Manager, $50,000; J. M. Chilton, Assistant Manager, $32, 000; Walter I Beam, Treasurer, $30,000; William Mangel, Vice President, $7,000; C. E. Huff, President, $15,000; W. B. Joyce, District Manager, $20,000; Otis Smith, District Manager, $15,000; H.W. Collins, Portland Manager, $25,000; N.E. Carptener, Kansas City Office, $15,000; F. W. Lake Kansas City Office, $25,000; F. J. Thatcher, CbicagoOffice,sls,ooo; Stanley Reed, $20,000.” Senator King also quoted Con gressman Woodrum, Chairman 'of the House Appropriations ! Subcommittee in charge of the I Independent Offices Supply Bill, • which carried the Farm Board I appropriation for the fiscal year, I in which Congressman Woodrum said: “Although the Farm Board represents the most impoverish edindustry, yet it has been ex orbitant about spending money and has been liberal with other people’s money.” A. J. Page of Glencoe, 111., recently received SSO from a resident of India to whom he lent the sum 31 yearsago. ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1932 HUNT SEEKS FUND TO PAY PENSIONS Atlanta, July 29—More than 200 claims for last illiness and funeral expenses of Confederate veterans, amounting to $20,000, are unpaid, Commissioner of Pensions J. J Hunt said Friday in announcing that he had sent a requisition to Governor Russell for August- pensions. Phe situation was disclosed when Commissioner Hunt made public a copy of a letter he had sent all ordinaries of the state when figures released by R. E. xMatheson, head of the cigar and cigarette stamp tax division of the state revenue department, showed receipts for the first six months of 1932 as compared with the last half of 1931 showed a slump of $347,530 58. The commissioner’s letter calling attention to the unpaid claims read: "More than 200 claims for ex penses and last illness and fu neral of deceased pensioners, which under the law, must be paidoutof the cigar and cigarette tax fund, are on file in the pen sion department. “To pay them would lessen the pension funds about $20,000 and further delay the monthly pay ments to the living pensioners, many of whom are in poverty. My first duty is to pay the living pensioners and the situation now is that if the cigar and cigarette tax does not considerably in crease the funds will not be suf ficient to pay these claims this year.” Commissioner Hunt said his requisition to the governor called for $128,500 to pay the August pensions to 4,286 soldiers and widows at the rate S3O a month Because of the falling off of to bacco stamp receipts, the com missioner said, pension pay ments have been made later and later each month and that he did not know when the August money would be availiable, but the checks would be made out as soon as his office received the funds. Highway Grading Progressing Under County Supervision The two miles of grading on route from Alamo to Mcßae, under supervision of Warden Hays, is progressing rapidly, and with favorable weather condi tions,the two miles stretch will soon be ready for grading. The stumps through Mill branch only remains to be pulled and burned, which with the outfit used, rapid progress is being made. Looks Like Russel'. You know, this senaiorship fight is getting us all balled up. First thought it would be a wrlk away for Congressman Crisp, but now Governor Russell is making a grand showing, and friends are popping up all over the state, from Nickajack to Montiac and from Hartwell to the Liver pudding district of De catur county. There is no telling at this time what all might hap pen in the race.—Willachoochee Sun-Times. Preaching Notice. Rev. H.M. Lankous, of Worth en, Georgia, will begin a series of meetings at the Erick Chris tian church on Sunday, August 7th. Every one is invited to at tend these services. RED CROSS PREPARES TO DISTRIBUTE COTTON Washington, July 31 —Forma- tion of the central cotton distri bution office to handle the dis posal of 500,000 bales of govern ment cotton voted by congress for relief purposes, is announced today by Judge John Barto,n Payne, national chairman of the American Red Cross. Headquarters are in Washing ton, under the general direction of James L. Fieser, vice chair man. Robert E. Bondy, national director of disaster relief, is administrative assistant. Or ganization measures and a study of the types and quantities of garments are now under way so that operations may be started in the near future. “The American Red Cross will initiate its cotton distribution program by procuring piec< goods to be made into children’t clothing by Red Cross chapter production units and house wives,” says Judge Payne. The decision is the result ol first compilations of answers t< questionnaires sent to the 3,60 C chapters. These answers indi cated possible use of prints, out ing flannel, sateen, muslin, hickory shirting, nainsook and bird’s eye for making a wide variety of boys’ and girls’ gar ments. "It is the intention of the Reo Cross to deal only with primary producers and all transactions must be without profit under the act of congress approved July 5, 1932,” the chairman points out. “Merchandise will be bought from stock or be made up at prices which represent cost oi market, whichever is lower. Pay ment will be made in raw cotton.’ Requisitions on the central distribution office will be cleared through the branch offices of the Red Cross in Washington. St. Louis and San Francisco, and will be made on the basis of needs as ascertained by local chapters. Federal officers Complete Round-lp Dublin, Aug. 2.—Seven men ire in jail here and three were released on bond by U. S. Com missioner L. Q. St u b bs, on charges of either making and possession of whisky, or both. Monday. The prisoners were brought to Dublin from Jeff Davis and Toombs counties by Prohibition Agents Jack Hicks ind H.V. Colley 146 and Deputy U.S. Marshal A.W. Stewart. B.F. Brown, Toombs county, was relesed on bond, Isaiah Lowery, Jeff Davis, is out on bond, and Jim Brown of Toombs, also made bond. John George, W. R. Wilson, Coleman Land, Walter Walker and Arthur Crosby, of Jeff Davis, are still in jail, as are Asa Mose ley and Romie Blount, of Toombs county. Shoe Orders Increase. New England boot and shoe factori es turning out lower cost lines are generally well supplid with orders, reports the July 30 issue of“ Dun's Review.” The bulk of demand is for women’s lines to retail at around sl.- 50 to $2, but is said that lines at up to $2.50 show a good volume this sea son. It is stated that a sameness pre vails in patterns and ideas in all grades up to about s3.sopair. Variety is secured largely by using suede leathers from three different raw ma terials; splits, calf, kid, with a sprink ling of sheep noted. Plants turning out men’s footwear have not had the volume enjoyed by those producing women’s lines, but there has been a noticeable pick-up in the men’s trade over former dullness. Clayton A. Adams, Jr. Receives Medical License. Among the ninety eight men granted licenses to practice medicine in Georgia, following the successful passing of the ex amination given recently by the State Medical Board, announced Wednesday by R. C. Coleman, joint secretary of the examining boards, were Clayton A. Adams, Jr., of Glenwood. Dr. Adams is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Adams, of Glenwood, aad is a young man of sterling worth, and his many friends congratulate him on successfully passing the Medical examination. We have not learned whether Dr. Adams has selected a location to hang out his “shingle,” but wherever it may be, best wishes for a long and successful career. In Memory of Frank Holland. On June 24th, 1932, the death angel came to this earth and took from us my dear brother, Frank Holland, and gently bore him to that home above, there to dwell forever. It is indeed sad, almost more than we can bear, to realize that never more in this life will we behold his sweet smiling face again, never hear his kind and gentle voice. But God doeth all things well. He is too wise to err, too good to be unkind. May we be submissive to Hit will, feeling that He will never leave nor forsake us. I will nevei forget that last look. I can see that smiling face now. He’s only sleeping with that smile. He left behind him a darling boy, olny two years old, a wife, mother, two sisters and four brothers. We feel that all loving hands could not stay the hand of death, that our loss is heaven’s eternal gain. May we never forget his brotherly counsel; may we profit by his example and so soon, oh soon, we may join him in that great beyond, where parting will be no more. We miss you from the home brother dear, we miss you from your place, a shadow on our life is cast; we miss the sunshine of your face. The home is dark without you brother dear, we miss you everywhere. Amid his shining band God needed one more angel and He bent with loving smiles and clasped our brother’s hand. Heaven retaineth now our treas ure, earth the lonely casket keeps, and the sunbeams love to linger where our darling brother sleeps. His hands are placed by his side, I have kissed his lovely brow, and my aching heart I know we have no brother Frank now. His sister, Mrs. M. O. Currie, Dade City, Fla. Alamo Defeats Waycross Fast Team 7; to 5. The game Wednesday after noon between Alamo and Way cross resulted in a score of seven to five in favor of Alamo. The feature of Wednesdays game was the home run by Wade Johnson and field work of Dick Osborn of the home team. Hughes and Morrison pitched and Johnson caught for home team and Pridgen and Odom pitched for the visiting team. Prom a college entrance examina tionpaper: “Justices of the Supreme Conrt are subject to good behavior, and if found guilty they are impeach ed,” Numbr *24 PAVING CONTRACT TO BELET AUGUST 16. The Georgia highway board Tuesday made public a list of road projects, in which was included the paving project be tween Alamo and Glenwood, on which contracts will be awarded August 16th, bringing $2,000,000 in federal funds to the relief of the unemployed in this state. Before the end of the year an other $3,000,000, also federal money, will be similarly expend ed, the contracts to be awarded under present plans at the rate of about $1,000,000 a month. Assurance that all possible employment relief project# is provided in a section of the feder al law making the funds available, which specifies that men and not machines shall be given the work when hand labor can be economically employed. Another federal requirement is that the contractor must select his men “as far as it is possible’’ from lists furnished by county employment committees, giving preference to ex service men where qualified. Should county committees fail to provide such lists, the contractor may employ whom he wishes, but still must give preference to ex service men. He is given the right to discharge incompetents. The only conditions under which the county emplyment lists may be disregarded is a satisfactory showing that the lists are prepared in “unfair and discriminatory” fashon. Minimum wage scales of 20 cents an hour for unskilled labor ano 30 cents for skilled workers, and a maximum work week of 30 hours a man are required. The contractor may work as many shifts as he likes, so long as no man works more than the prescribed 30 hours. A charge of more than 50 cents a day for food and lodging in construction camps will be construed as a violation of the wage scale re quirement. Sworn copies of pay rolls must be submitted to the state highway board. The majority of the 20 projects on which were asked are on crunk highways, connecting up important links. The project to be let August 16th, including in this county, follows: Wheeler county —6.908 miles of paved road on the Alamo Mount Vernon road, beginning at Alamo and ending at Glen wood. Mid-Summer Sing Held Here Sunday The mid-summer sing' was held at the Baptist church here last Sunday. The attendance was not as large as formerly, while a large crowd was here during theday. A goodly number came after the noon hour. The sing was a great success, how ever, and all attending spent a most pleasant day. Homes of the town pre pared dinner for the singers, and while many of the homes failed to have them as their guests, some did, and all were taken care of. The next session of the Convention will be held at Mount Olivet chuich on the fifth Sunday in October. The surest way to reduce taxes and cut expenses is to require every oflical, county or city, to publish a monthly statement of every dollar of public funds he has handled or expended, where he got it, and for what he paid it. Pitiless Publicity, providing penalties prevents private specu lations.—Carroll County Times,