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Volume 20
"MISS POPULARITY”
GONTESTIN FULL SWING
The promotor of "‘Miss Popu
l&rity” Contest in Alamo, Mr.
Sidney Ridley, tells us that the
contest has already caused quite
a stir of interest among the High
school students, their relatives
and friends. Judging from the
queries that we have recived, we
take this to be true.
The contest officially begins
today and runs for four weeks.
The contestants were elected last
Monday by popular vote of the
young men students and the
teachers in High school. They
are: Misses Millie Weitmon.
Frances Hinson, Helen Hartley,
Barnell Martin, Selma Sears,
Eleanor Martin, Jewell Brown,
and Oretta McDaniel. This mak
es two girls from each class in
the High school, and there will
be no other entrants. The young
lady polling the largest number
of votes is offered Ten Dollars in
cash, and class whose combined
votes are the greatest is also
offered Ten Dollars in cash.
Mr. Ridley states that he is
not connected with any other
contest in any way. This contest
js sponsored by this paper
and local merchants, only. The
merchants having the voting
tickets are: Durden’s Quality
Store, Peebles Pharmacy, Alamo
Hardware Company, Service
Motor Company, and the New
City Market. These merchants
have the best of merchandise at
low cost and are eager to coope
rate with the local students and
their friends at all times. Also
the wheeler County Eagle has an
attractive offer. Ask us about it.
Watch for lattr announce
ments.
Preaching Announcement.
Our regular monthly services
will be held at Stucky Baptist
church this week end as follows:
Satui day night, Preaching at
7:30. Text: "What has thou done"
Gen. 4: “10.”
Sunday morning: Sunday
school 10:30. Preaching 11:30fast
time. Text: "Come unto Me all ye
that labor and are heavy laden
and I will give you rest, Mat.
11:28.
Sunday evening7;oo devotional
7:30 preaching. Subject laugh.
Text : “Prepareto meet thy God' 1
Amos, 4:12.
The public is invited to come
and worship with us. You are
welcome. We are glad to see you.
Good gospel singing at each ser
vice
Choir Practice
It has peen planned to hold
choir practice and community
singing each week —holding
one week at the Baptist and one
week at the Methodist churches.
Beginning next Wednesday
evening, February 22nd, at 7:30
o’clock, first practice will be
held at Baptist church, at which
time we will be favored by L. H.
Peace and his boys, composing
good quartet. Yoy should hear
these singers and get some prac
tice yourself, so con e out and
meet with us.
CITIZEN
Mr. Jack Hinson is back home
from an extended trip, taking in
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and
other points of interest.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hinson,
accompanied by Mrs. Belle Hin
son, spent a few days in Tampa,
Florida this week.
Btokr County Sayk
CROP PRODUCTION
LONES SOON AVAILABLE
No doubt you are aware of the
fact that the Crop Production
Roans will be available to farmers
again this year. The bill has
been signed by the President
and the administration of the
funds is now in the hands of the
Secretary of Agriculture.
In the past, the loans have
been late to be of any advantage
to the farmer receiving loan.
This year it is our desire to
exted these loans at a much
earlier date than in the past. In
order to do this a preliminary
application has been prepared
for your convenience. This appli
cation must be filled out and re
turned to your county agent at
once. It is very necessary that
these applications be filled out
correctly. Errors in this preliml
nary will mean a delay in making
with your regular application.
Preliminary applications must
be certified to by three disinter
ested parties who are familiar
your farming operations.
Preliminary application blanks
will be found at the following
places:
The C. G. Starnes Bank, Glen
wood; The J. F. Darby Bank,
Alamo;’The Merchants & Citizens
Bank, Mcßae; The Bank of Milan,
Milan; Willcox Store, Jackson
ville; Smith-Wilcox Store Lum
ber City; E. D. Towns Store,
Towns; F. &F. Store, Scotland.
Please do not waste these
blanks. If you decide you cannot
use the blank, return to place
where you received it. Secure
the aid of anyone you wish in
filling out blanks.
All preliminary applications
should be in the hands of your
county agent not later than Feb
urary 20th. Rush them in to us
in order that you may be able to
get loan through as early as
possible.
County Committee will con
sider your preliminary appli
cation and vou will be notified if
you will be permitted to make a
regular application, This notifi
cation will specify place and date
you are to report for filling out
regular forms.
Wilsonian Society
Presents Program.
The Wilsonian Society, of Glen
wood Highschool, presented the
following program Thursday
afternoon, February 2nd:
Song—“ The Little Brown
Church in the Vale."
Scripture reading—C 1y de
Faulk
Poem —“Reunited” —A 1 e n e
Joiner.
Negro Sermon —Garrett Jones
Piano Solo —Hazel Rivers.
One Act Play, “Meeting of the
Ministers”
Characters:
Rastus —Foy Kent.
Sambo —Tillman Williams.
Pete —Garrett Jones.
Old Black Joe—Willard Mc-
Daniel.
George Washington Johnson-
Lee —Roy Clark.
Mollie —Primrose Palmer.
Lizzie — Julia Hart.
Emiline —Charlie Will Sikes.
Topsy —Muri Windham.
Dinah —Ollie Ennis.
DOROTHY RIVERS,
Reporter.
NOTICE.
Chicken truck will be in Alamo
each Tuesday, instead of Wed
nesday. Will pay local market
price for poultry.
H. K. MURCHISON.
ALAMO, GEORGIA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1933
AUTO TAG COMMITTEE
UNABLE TO AGREE.
The second conference com
mittee seeking to reach an agree
ment on the auto license tag bill,
failed to agree, asking to be dis.
charged. The conferees ended
their negotiations after a two
hour session.
Senator Homer Nelson, of Adel,
spokesman for the group, said
the three house, members stood
by their $3-to sls tag bill and
that the three senate members
stood by their $5.65 to sls bill.
Whether a new conference
committee will be named or an
effort made to have either house
as a whole accept the bill of the
the other house could not be
learned.
Improve Live Stock
For Best Prices
Satisfactory results have been
obtained with these high quality
swine under Wheeler county
conditions.
A system of hogging down
cropsand careful management
of the breeding herd aided in the
production of pork at a low cost.
The fat stuff has been selling at
a premium because of its high
quality and the fact that the
animals are ready to market
by the time they are 7 months
old.
The primary purpse of this
local swine project is to supply
local farmers with breeding
stock, with which they can grade
up their herds and produce the
quality pork that the market
demands.
Lately a group of 12 bred gilts
and 1 boar all registered stock
were sold to the County Agent of
Fulton county. These animals are
being used in Pig Club work in
the vicinity of Atlanta. It will be
demonstrated that it is practical
to use well bred stock in the
economical production of pork.
An interesting experiment has
just been completed at this farm
determining the difference in
value of the purebreds as com
pared to the crossed up stock. In
this case the value for home con
sumption only, was considered.
It is already proven by the prices
offered by packing houses that,
for selling, only the high quality
stuff can command a price that
justifies production.
Home butchering showed why.
The grades that had native blood
showed too much head and belly.
The higher grades had moie
hams sides and usable fat.
Checking up on the feed costs it
was evident that the belter ani
mals were cheaper to raise under
Wheeler county conditions.
Particular pains have been
taken with this strain of Durocs
to develop an early maturing,
easy fattening type. The Horse
Shoe Bend Farm animals belong
to the medium type. They are
neither the extreme long legged
rangy kind nor are they of the
shortest dumpy type.
It is believed that bogs from
this blood will do much to im
prove the quality of the pigs that
come from a native type or from
a graded up type cross breeding.
Noble W. Jones.
Help Wanted.
WANTED—Reliable men age
25 to 50 to supply established
demand for Rawieigh Products
in Wheeler County, also City of
Mcßae, Ga., other good Locali
ties available. Company furnishes
everything but the car. Good
profits for hustlers. Write the
I W. T. Rawleigh Company, Mem
-1 phis, Tenn.
DUROCS FARMERS
AND FEEDERS FRIEND
For many years, Durocs have
been the farmers and feeders
friend. They have been the true
mortgage lifter. Leading stock
yard men claim that 50 per cent
of the hogs going over the scales
at the leading markets, are
Durocs or have Duroc blood
predominating.
In 1930 Horse Shoe Bend Farm
of Glenwood, started a founda
tion herd of high class Durocs.
They selected sows from lowa
and Ohio and from leading herds
in that section of the country.
These sows farrowed litters sired
by the leading sires of the Duroc
breed. The gilts from this first
mating were saved and at thi s
time it was reported that Horse
Shoe Bend Farm had one of the
finest herds of Durocs in the
state.
The farm is owned by L. J.
Cullen, of Chicago, 111., who is an
enthusiastic live stock man and
takes a great interest in the suc
cess of his Duroc herd and in
the spreading of better livestock
throughout the state of Georgia.
This year, at the National
Swine Show, the grand champion
pen of barrows over all breeds
was Durocs, for the Duroc has
proven himself the farmers
practical hog.
B. R. Evans, Secy.
WARDEN HAYES
LAID TO REST
Funeral services for R. D.
Hayes, warden of this county for
the past ten years, was held from
the Methodist church here last
Sunday afternoon, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. J.N. Shell. Inter
ment followed in the Glenwood
cemetery, in charge of the Alamo
Masonic lodge, of which he was
a member, assisted by members
of the Glen wood lodge.
Captain Hayes’ tragic death cast
gloom over the entire county,
where he was wel^ and favorably
known. He was quiet and unas
suming in his daily life, and will
notonly be missed by his family,
but the county suffers a distinct
loss in his untimely death.
He is survived by his wife and
little daughter, mother, Mrs. R.
E. Hayes, of Pelham; four sisters,
Mrs. J. L. Thomas, Mrs. Will
Castleberry, of Pelham; Mrs. N.
E. Adams, of Albany; Mrs. Ruby
Jones, of Myai ka, Florida; one
brother, J. M. Hayes, of Pelham.
Murchison Undertaking Com
pany of Vidalia, in charge.
Red Cross Flour to be
Delivered in Alamo
Hereafter all Red Cross flour
and clothing for Alamo, Spring
Hill and Erick districts will be
delivered from the store in Ala
mo. Flour and clothing to be de
livered personally or by order-
Deliveries made on Saturdays.
Spring Hill from eleven to twelve
o’clock; Erick, one to two; Alamo,
two to three.
Remember the hours and be
prompt.
Congressman W. W. Larsen,
who retires as represntative
from the old Twelfth Georgia
district on March fourth, will
probably go to the Federal Crop
Production Loan office in Macon
after that date. His appointment
to the office comes as recognition
of his interest in agriculture and
close adcuaintance with federal
aid to farmers, and the appoint
ment is a source of pleasure to
his many friends here.
MRS. LAVONIA PRIDGEN
GOES TO REWARD.
Mrs- Lavonia Pridgen, 87,
widow of the late W.M. Pridgen,
died at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. H. Gross, here
yesterday morning about three
o’clock, after a short illness,
caused from infirmities of old
age. Hers was a long life, filled
with its joys and hardships,
through which she was never
known to complain, but always
meek and submissive to her lot
in life. She was a member of the
Primitive Baptist church and
was an active member until later
years, when she Was unable on
account of her advanced age, but
she never faltered from this
faith and lived her religion every
day. A great and good woman
has finised her work on earth
and now gone to her reward.
She is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. J. H. Gros's, of
Alamo; Mrs. Bertha O’Brien,
and Mrs. S. L. Hartz, of Macon;
three sons, W. W. and R H.
Pridgen, of Pavo, and J. S. Prid
gen, of Madison, Florida, and a
number of grand children.
I^uneral services were conduct
ed from the home this afternoon,
at 3 o’clock, Elder Eugene Sikes,
assisted by Rev. J.N. Shell, offic>
atlng. Interment was in the City
cemetery.
Oak Grove School News
The “twohundredth” birthday
of the State of Georgia has been
celebrated in our school. The
following program was rendered
and enjoyed'by all:
Song, Georgia Land—School.
History of Georgia—Principal.
Chorus—" The Red Old Hills of
Georgia”—Seven girls.
Original Poem on Georgia —
Fredia Clark.
Legend of the Cherokee Rose —
Lorene Clark.
Play—“Oglethore’s Coming to
Georgia” Charcters:
Oglethorpe—Walter Clark.
Tomoclichi—J. C. Livingston.
King George 11, Prisoners,
Settlers on good ship Anne, Mem
bers of committee, of Parliment,
Mary Musgrove and other parts
acted by fourth and fifth grade
history students.
Facts about Georgia —Mattie
Lee Parish.
Song —“Mightyi Lark a Rose”
Biographical sketch cf Famous
Georgians —Willie Strickland.
An Uncle Remus Story—Told by
Miss Romie Clark.
The Song of the Chattahoochee
—Helen McDaniel.
Talmadge Morrison Made
New County Warden
The many friends of Mr. Tal
madge Morrison over the county
will be glad to learn that he, has
been appointed warden of the
county, taking the place of the
late R. D. Hayes.
Mr. Morrison has been with
the county chaingang system for
several years and his experience
gained will serve him well in
taking hold of the work. His
promotion is well deserved and
came as a pleasant surprise to
bis many friends.
MAN WITH CAR WANTED
—For local tea and coffee route.
No experence needed. Must be
satisfied to make $32,50 a week at
start. Write Albert Mills, Route
mgr., 2297, Monmouth Cincin
nat, O.
Highest prices paid fob chick
ens, see us before you sell. We
buy shelled corn and syrup.
Durden's Quality Store.
Number 52
SENATE IWESTIGATION
Os HIGHWAY TABLED
Why can’t the state highway
board be investigated? It seems
that all the resolutions calling
for this boards investigation will
be tabled. The text book commis
sion can be investigated, the
department of agriculture, and
the board of health, and what
have you. But not the highway
board that spends more money
than all the other departments
combined. Is it a fact that they
have too much money, too many
chauffeurs, too many engineers,
too much neoptism, and booie to
let the tax payers know what
they do with their porridge. The
tax payer dose not know whether
they gobblejt up, or, just do a
slow yodel—like a yokel eating
soup. We can hardly tell which
way they dispose of this money
— thats what we want to know. If
everything is on the up and up,
why kick about a little old.in
vestigation.
We will not have to pay you
Senators and Representatives
but seven dollars per day for this
much needed work, and if this
work is energy uselessly expend
ed,we will not feel hurt,for it will
not be the first time that you
have put on a burlesque and a
comedy of errorsail for the same
price. You might issue licenses
to shoot doorkeepers the year
round (if you could get as many
hunters as you have doorkeepers)
and use the money; that would
be saved by this annihilation for
your investigation. It also might
be a good idea not to vote to
yourselves a theoretical mileage
trip.
Mr. Legislator, why all the
shh! when the highway board’s
name is mentioned? The taxpay
ers are not simply belly aching,
just to ache, but they want you
to try and find out what goes
with their money. We hope that
we have not incurred your
righteous indignation by asking
you, to find out where all the
money goes to that the Highway
board spends. Then we would
know how much our roads cost
us per mile, after getting these
facts, we may not be so road
minded.
George D. Sears.
Face Powder, Rouge
Or Lipstick May Be
Cause of Hay Fever.
Rawleigh, N. C., Feb. 9. —Face
powder, rouge or lipstick on a
woman or even dandruff in a
man’s hair may be the cause of
an attack of hay fever.
G. H. Satterfield, professor of
biochemistry at North Carolina
State College, advanced the idea
Thursday.
Satterfield related the story of
a young man suffering from a
very bad case of hay fever. The
cause was traced directly to the
face powder used by a girl friend.
Another ease he cited was
tracing the cause of a woman’s
hay fever directly to the dandruff
in the hair of a neighbor’s hus
band.
One five hundred millionth of a
germ of certain foods may be
sufficient to cause an indefinite
number of sneezes, Satterfield
said. Hay fever may be caused
by certain conditions and con
tents of any one of seventg seven
foods, he added.
WANTED—To buy several
coops of chickens each week. L.
M. Pope.
