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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE;
•1 50 a Year, In Advance
OFFICIAL ORGAN WHEELER CO.
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J. H. GROSS, Proprietor
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Entered at the Poat Office at Alamo,
Georgia, as second class mail matter, May
10th, 1013, under Act of Congress.
GEORGIA
NEWS
Happenings Over
the State
South Georgia farmers feel increas
ing concern over the appearance of a
small worm that feeds on the lower
leaves of tobacco plants with great
damage.
The convocation of the grand chap
ter of Georgia Royal Arch Masons and
the grand council of Royal and Se
lect Masters was held in Macon on
April 26.
The appointment of Mrs. F. P. Coop
er as postmistress at Tignall is the
first in Wilkes county under the
administration. Mrs. Cooper took
charge of the office on April 18.
Bulloch county saved $48,383 in op
erating expenses last year as com
pared with 1931, the annual audit
shows. The saving was made in the
face of a $23,719 decrease in income.
The Atlanta city school system has
recently received $22,090 as its share
of the discounted rentals of the Wes
tern & Atlantic railroad, according to
Superintendent of Schools M. I). Col
lins.
The two women members ot the
Georgia house ot representatives, Mrs,
Wheeler Tolbert, of Columbus, and
Mrs. Helen Williams Coxon, ot Lu
dowici, say the beer issue should ho
decided in this state by referendum.
Marvin Cox, ot Waynesboro, secre
tary to Representative Homer C. Par
ker, of the first Georgia congressional
district, has been elected president of
the District ot Columbia division of
the Young Democratic Clubs ot Amer
ica.
The Savannah Chapter ot Sons of
Confederate Veterans have drafted a
request to Governor Talmadge that
he include the question ot revenue tor
Confederate pensions in any call he
might make for a special session ot
the legislature.
Shades of the gay nineties! The
women and girls of Thomasville have
revived grandmother’s fad of riding
bicycle and they're at it with plenty
of vim, vigor and vitality. Most any
hour of the day groups can be seen
pedaling through the streets.
Greater and more widely distributed
refrigeration facilities in Georgia, in
order that markets may more satis
factorily use the increasing supply of
Georgia-grown beef, were urged at
Athens recently by W. T. Bonnett, of
the Georgia agricultural extension
service.
The 1933 graduating class of the
Elberton high school left April 19 for
a sight-seeing trip to Washington, ac
companied by members of the school
faculty and several patrons of the
school. This is to be an annual trip
as a part of the educational course
of the school.
Location of a new hosiery mill In
Galnesvillij which will employ ap
proximately 200, with a payroll of
more than SIOO,OOO annually, was as
sured recently when citizens of
Gainesville agreed to furnish a site
and erect a suitable building at an
estimated cost of $5,000.
Information as to the Indians that
were once residents of Chattooga
county, the first settlers ot the coun
ty, the founding ot the towns of Sum
merville, Lyerly, Trion and Menlo, and
much other information pertaining
to the county is being sought by Pro
fessor J. H. Cook, of Summerville.
Division of Georgia Into three dis
tricts as a means ot enlarging fores
try extension work has been announc
ed by the extension service of the
University of Georgia. Federal and
state forestry agencies suid the uni
versity extension service Is co-oper
ating t» make the new work a suc
cess, J. Phil Campbell, head of the
extension service, has said.
O. C. Skinner, Industrial superin
tendent of Berry College, has announc
ed that the Berry schools will oper
ate a cannery this summer to further
their program ot self-sustenance. He
said fruits and vegetables from orch
ards and gardens maintained by the
school will be preserved for winter
use, along with farm products given
by students in exchange for their tui
tion.
It would seem In the light of the
past history ot the schools of Geor
gia. that our greatest need is an en
tire reorganization of our state schools
that w'ould set up a statewide sfstem
having control over the policies and
regulations necessary to enforce the
statewide code and to equalize educa
tional opportunities throughout the
state," declared Ralph Newton, super
intendent of the Waycross public
schools.
National Topics Interpreted
by William Bruckart
Washington.—President Roosevelt is
seeing the start of a great national
project that Is for
Roosevelt’s him the realization
Dream ot 4 dream he has
nursed for years.
His Ideas tor reforestation of idle
lands have been enacted into law that
lumber requirements of future years
may be met. Thousands of rnen are
being drawn from the ranks of the
unemployed tn a score of cities and
are receiving their training that they
as the Civilian Conservation corps may
go Into designated areas to replant
the forests that have been devastated
by the ever-encroaching hands of in
dustry.
Mr. Roosevelt looks upon the pro
gram that may cost as much as $300,-
000,000 as work that Is made with a
definite purpose and a definite value to
the country. It Is possible to employ
250,000 men under the terms of the
blanket authority given the President
by congress. Each mnn will be paid
one dollar a day and his keep; he 1b
under disciplinary supervision of the
army and Is fed and clothed on the
same basis as the military man. The
theory Is that he can send most of his
pay back to his family, thus relieving
local charity of that charge.
In purpose, the reforestation move
ment is broader than just the plant
ing of new trees; It is to be a scien
tific job In that engineers will consider
the areas to be forested with a view to
prevention of floods and for the check
Ing of soil erosion or washing, and
for the utilization of lands the value
of which for crops Is doubted. The
several units, therefore, constitute a
gigantic move for conservation of re
sources of a national character and
the program ns a whole bears the
stamp of a relief measure for destitute
citizens.
The President is under no Illusions
about the project. In chats with news
paper correspondents he has made It
clear that he realizes the total of un
employed to be given work Is only a
drop in the bucket. But he contends
even that number gainfully employed
will have some effect on the general
situation and that they are doing a
useful work. Advocates of conserva
tion of national resources agree that
the work Is useful, yet among many
others there Is a doubt ns to the wis
dom of expending funds In this way.
In this connection, some of the ar
gument used In debate on the legis
lation may show the trend of thought.
It was declared, for example, that an
outstanding weakness of the plan,
from an unemployment standpoint, Is
the full time use of a limited number
rather than a part time or half time
use of double the number, accomplish
ing a distribution of the work. Such a
result obviously eould not be had If the
work was in the forests and the work
ers away from home without attendant
expenses of food and clothing for the
larger number. Hence, it was argued
that work should have been made In
the home communities of the men.
And the further question was asked
whether this type of work was worth
the price, since It constituted a bur
den upon the present taxpayers for
production of a future asset.
* • •
Considerable complaint Ims reached
Washington about the methods em
ployed in recruiting
Recruiting the men for service
Criticized ot th ® forestation
work. Officials
charged with supervision of the work
say, however, that objections and crit
icisms are to be expected and that
their Instructions to the recruiting
agencies naturally must leave some
discretionary powers to the subordi
nates.
In addition to the “red tape” so
usual In government affairs and not
lacking In administration of the for
estation program, reports here Indi
cate a tendency on the part of some
recruiting officers to be dictatorial and
to refuse to co-operate with local
charitable Institutions. Corps head
quarters here denies that local charit
able agencies have not been consulted
bo that the most deserving Individuals
may get a chance to Join the civilian
service if they desire.
At any rate, the picture of the great
program for restoring the country's
forests and providing work at the
same time holds forth indications of
trouble. In fairness. It ought to be
said, according to general opinion
here, that Mr. Roosevelt has promoted
a scheme of exceedingly high purpose
but that It is of the character that
permits extreme abuse exactly as do
so many idealistic plans. I have heard
some of the President's supporters In
congress express fear concerning the
eventual reaction of the country to
the plan. That, of course. Is a polit
ical phase, but It nevertheless points
out one of the possibilities.
• • •
A few years ago, It was quite the
thing to issue bonds to pay for public
1 m p rovements.
Bonds and States, counties,
Empty Treasuries cities, towns,
school districts,
road districts, levee districts, drainage
districts, Irrigation districts and every
other subdivision of government was
Issuing bonds with reckless abandon
and making Improvements galore. I
hare been unable to obtain from any
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO. GEORGIA
source an accurate figure as to the
total amount of such bonds, but with
out doubt they run Into a good many
billions of dollars.
But now the day of reckoning Is at
hand. Bonds must be paid off and re
tired by many communities, or If the
principal Is not due, there is yet the
Interest to be met. And the treasuries
are empty!
So It was only natural that the
theory of scaling down those debts
should be examined and in conse
quence of this, Representative Wilcox,
of Florida, has Introduced In the house
a bill providing for any subdivision of
government to declare Itself bankrupt
and ask the bankruptcy court to help
It arrange a composition with its cred
itors. There Is, of course, nothing new
or radical about that bill. It pre
sents the only way out, both for the
communities which sold the bonds dur
ing its wild orgy of spending, and for
the investors who acquired the bonds.
In the case of the community which
bonded Itself, the bankruptcy court
presents away by which a part of the
debts can be paid and the city’s
finances, or whatever subdivision it
may be, can be arranged to meet new
conditions. In the case of the bond
holder, it is either go along with the
community In a co-operative spirit,
share part of the loss and provide a
chance for the debtor to pay out, or
see the whole Investment go up in
thin air.
• • •
With reference to the Wilcox bill, I
was told by a representative whose
district lies within
Might Hurt the city of New
City’s Credit York tl |at enactment
of such legislation
would damage the credit of that great
city. People would fear that Its bonds
also would become worthless or that
they would have to accept a proposal
for composition of all claims, each
creditor taking a proportionate share.
My answer was that any person hold
ing a bond of a city or county or road
district school district or what not
cannot possibly be so blind as to avoid
seeing the true facts. If the city of
New York can meet its obligations. It
has nothing to fear; if It cannot do
so, why should it try to “kid” the
people?
I mention New York as an example,
and because there are a score of other
cities In the same situation. They
are not insolvent as long as the people
can pay the taxes laid upon them.
People are not paying taxes, however,
because they cannot do so, in many
scores of localities. So a thorough
study of the entire situation would
seem to force the conclusion that some
legislation such as the Wilcox bill Is
inevitable. Creditors must take half
a loaf as better than no bread at all.
The Wilcox bill proposes that when
a community Is In default on Its
bonds, It may seek the aid of the fed
eral court and negotiate an adjust
ment which, If It be acceptable to
three-fourths of the creditors, calcu
lated on the amount of the claims or
bonds they hold, the other one-fourth
becomes bound by the court decision
or affirmation of the agreement The
bill would compel the taxing dlctrict to
make preparation in advance for rais
ing revenue to pay off the revised debt
so that there could be some assurance
of final settlement.
• • •
But the Wilcox bill Is having its
troubles In getting onto the greased
runways of favored legislation. De
spite the fact that the theory of It is
precisely the same as the Roosevelt
theory about scaling down debts owed
by farmers and by owners of homes In
town, there has been no nod of Instruc
tion from the White House thus far ts
put the legislation through.
• « •
Few people In the country recog
nize how many cities, towns, town
ships and the vars-
Hundreds bus kinds of districts
in Default have defaulted on
the payment of In
terest or principal or both. It Is a
condition that now has affected more
than 300 communities, and May and
June will see enormous additions to
that total for In those months there
are numerous bond issues on which
either the Interest or principal ma
ture, and the issuing communities are
without funds to meet the obligations.
There are communities tn 41 states
right now where bond Issues are In
default, and this appalling condition
shows no signs of abatement.
Truly, the politicians who cam
paigned for such things and who
claimed to be promoting great Im
provements for the common good are
no longer in a position to serve their
communities.
From pure curiosity, I examined
some of the statistics for half a dozen
or more communities whose bonds are
In default, and they showed the amaz
ing result of total bond Issues In one
or two Instances that were as great
as the appraised value of the prop
erty in the whole community. Theo
retically, you know, a bond Issue of
that type constitutes a first lien (just
like a mortgage) on factories, stores,
residences and other property of the
community. It Is easy to see, there
fore, why the names of those com
munities have been omitted from thl»
analysis.
®. 1»33. Western Newspaper Batea.
POSTMASTERS MAY
KEEP THEIR JOBS
Won’t Be Ousted If Effi
cient, Says Mr. Farley.
Washington.—Notice was given Job
hungry Democrats by Postmaster Gen
eral Farley that efficient Republican
postmasters will not be supplanted.
Turning his back on the policy of
“to the victors belong the spoils,”
Farley said the party long had nur
tured the civil service system of com
petitive examinations and declared
“this administration will not abandon
that high ground."
To several thousand Republican
postmasters still In office and to many
times that number of Democrats who
want the Jobs, Farley gave this mes
sage :
“No Incumbent whose term has not
yet expired and who has been render
ing loyal and efficient service to the
government need have the slightest
fear of removal. It will be the policy
of the Post Office department to allow
every efficient postmaster to fill out
his term."
Farley, who also Is the administra
tion’s patronage dispenser, has not an
nounced the party’s policy as to other
federal offices such as district attor
neys, marshals, and collectors. They
are not under civil service.
The machinery for naming postmas
ters nevertheless is expected to be
thrown Into high gear before long.
There are approximately 2,500 vaca
cancles to be filled Immediately out
of a total of 15,032 positions. Post
masters are appointed for four years
and some Republicans thus will re
main in office until almost the close
of the Roosevelt administration. No
postmasters were confirmed, however,
at the lame duck session beginning
last December.
A study Is now being made In the
Post Office department under the di
rection of Joseph C. O'Mahoney, first
assistant postmaster general, ot the
manner In which postmaster examina
tions have been conducted.
“As soon ns this study has been
completed,” Farley said, “Its result
will be submitted to the civil service
commission with the request that the
regulations for the examinations be
promulgated at the earliest oppor
tunity."
Farley added that the department
“has no intention of abandoning the
historic custom of Inviting the advice
of members of congress with respect
to qualifications of eligible applicants
in the various congressional districts.”
WASHINGTON BRIEFS
John Collier of California was ap
pointed commissioner of Indian affairs
by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt was informed
that his inauguration celebration will
net approximately SOO,OOO for charity.
In the presence of Secretary of the
Navy Swanson and other high officials,
Percy Crosby, creator of “Skippy,”
was made a major in the marine corps
reserves.
President Roosevelt’s nomination ot
Mayor Frank Murphy of Detroit as
governor-general of the Philippines
was confirmed by the senate without
debate.
The District of Columbia Court ot
Appeals affirmed a sentence of 15 years
Imposed on Gaston B. Means on
charges ot stealing $104,000 from Mrs.
Evelyn Walsh McLean tn the Lind
bergh baby ransom hoax.
Falls to His Death
Fleeing Rum Charge
New York. —While Justice depart
ment agents and detectives rapped on
his door, Edward Horstman, alleged
wireless operator for a liquor syndi
cate in Charleston, S. C-, tumbled eight
stories to death trying to escape by a
window.
Apparently In preparation for un
welcome visitors, Horstman had knot
ted several sheets together and tied
one end of them to the radiator in
his hotel room. He hoped to lower
himself to the roof of an adjoining
building three stories below, to which
he already had tossed two pistols.
Just as the authorities broke down
his door, however, his Improvised rope
parted and he plunged to death be
tween the buildings.
Confederate Reunion
Called Off This Year
Petersburg, Va.—There will be no
reunion for the United Confederate
Veterans tn 1933. In making this an
nouncement Gen. Homer Atkinson,
commander In chief, said financial con
ditions have made it impossible for any
southern city or state to entertain the
survivors from the gray ranks.
—
Publisher Smith Is Dead
New York. —Ormond Gerald Smith,
seventy-two, founder of a host of pop
; ular magazines and “discoverer" of
many noted writers, died suddenly of
a stroke. He was president of the
Street A Smith Publishing company.
Milwaukee Fugitive Caught
Chicago.—Grover C. Rothgery. forty
one, who fled from Milwaukee several
months ago after embezzling $9,000
i from the Associated Wisconsin Con
j tractors, was arrested at the Hotel La
: Salle.
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SUNDAY I
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Lesson for May 7
JESUS FACES THE CROSS
LMSON TEXT—Mark 10:32-62.
GOLDEN TEXT—And It came to
pass, when the time was come that he
should be received up, he steadfaetly
set hU face to go to Jerusalem. Duke
>:tL
PRIMARY TOPIC — Doing Hard
Thing*.
JUNIOR TOPIC —Doing Hard Things.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—The Cost of True Greatness.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC —Greatness Through Sacrificial Serv
ice.
I. Jesus Foretells His Deat and
fteeurrectlon (vv. 32-34).
This Is the third time he makes this
prediction. This time It was while on
his way to Jerusalem.
1. Jesus going before the disciples
(v. 32). Jesus was going with the full
consciousness ot the awful tragedy of
the cross before him, the treachery of
Jadas, the fiery persecutions of the
priests and scribes, the unjust judg
ment, the delivery to Pontius Pilate,
the mocking, the scourging, the crown
of thorns, the cross between male
factors, the nails, the spear—all were
spread before him. The notion that
the death of Christ was Incidental to
his career Is most fallacious. The very
purpose of the incarnation was the
vicarious death (Heb. 2:14).
2. The amazed disciples (v. 32). His
utterances and demeanor filled their
minds with perplexity and their
hearts with awe.
3. The crowd followed In fear (v.
32, R. V.). The strange atmosphere
and happenings struck them with awe
and fear.
4. Jesus Instructed the twelve (vv.
33, 34). In this state of confusion
Jesus called them to himself and pa
tiently instructed them as to “what
things should happen unto him."
a. “Delivered unto the chief priests
and scribes.”
b. "They shall condemn him to
death and deliver him to the Gen-
e. “They shall mock, scourge, spit
open, and kill him."
d. “The third day he shall rise
again."
11. The Ambitious Request of James
and John (vv. 35-45).
1. What it was (vv. 35-37). It was
for a place of pre-eminence in the
Kingdom. According to Matthew, their
mother was the intercessor (Matt.
20:20). Christ had told them of the
awful agony of the cross and also of
the glory which should follow. It was
not entirely for their glory that they
made this request, but because of their
personal desire to be with their Lord.
2. Jesus' reply (vv. 38-40).
a. To James and John (vv. 38-40).
(1) Tbelr misconception rebuked.
“Ye know not what ye ask."
(2) Positions of glory in Christ’s
Kingdom are earned, not obtained
through favor or arbitrary assignment
The way to honor is through suffer
ing. The cup which they were to drink
was all that they were to suffer be
cause of his crucifixion.
b. To the ten disciples (vv. 41-45).
(1) Their displeasure (v. 41). They
were displeased with the request of
James and John, because they were
not free from selfish ambition.
(2) True greatness declared (vv.
42-45). To minister to others Is great
er than to be ministered unto (v. 43).
Among the Gentile nations greatness
was conceded to those who exercised
authority over others. The highest
standard of Christ's Kingdom is to for
get self in devoted service to others,
even to the giving of one’s life.
111. Jesus Cures Blind Bartimaeus
(vv. 46-52).
Though already bearing the weight
of his cross, he had time for gracious
deeds. Blind Bartimaeus received his
sight.
1. Bartimaeus’ request (vv. 40, 47).
As soon as he beard that Jesus was
passing by he cried to him for help.
The fact that he addressed him as the
Son of David showed that he recog
nized his Messiahship.
2. Rebuked by the multitude (v. 48).
This rebuke provoked even a more
earnest cry from Bartimaeus.
3. The blessing granted (vv. 49-52).
Though Jesus knew his desire, he
wished him definitely to commit him
self. Note the progress In the experi
ence of Bartimaeus.
a. A blind beggar (v. 46). b. His
cry for mercy (v. 47). c. The per
sistence In his cry (v. 48). d. His re
sponse to the call of Jesus (vv. 49,
50). e. His specific request (v. 51).
t. He immediately received his sight
(v. 52).
How quickly an earnest soul may
pass from sore need to jubilant dis
cipleship.
Hypocrisy
I saw about a peck of counterfeit
dollars once. Did I go to the window
and throw away all my good dollars?
No. Yet you reject Christianity be
cause there are hypocrites, or counter
feit Christians. —W. E. Biederwolf.
Show Them Christ
! Let every preacher show the peo
ple a Crucified Savior and may It nev
er be said by any who sit under your
j ministry, “Where are the prints of the
; nafts?"
Wise Mother Is
Firm With Child
By HELEN GREGG GREEN
l National Kindergarten Association.
HALF A MIND
A little school marm was speak
ing to the mother of a pupil about
her son’s poor work In school.
“Well,” sighed the mother, “I
really don’t know what to do. I’ve
told Ronald he’ll have to stay away
from the movies this week and
study, and I’ve half a mind to stick
to It.”
Half a mind I There Iles the trou
ble with many mothers.
When you're a half a-mlnd mother,
your children soon find it out and
when they discover the fact, how
your discipline will suffer!
I recently overheard two boys talk
ing.
“Come on, let’s go in swimming,”
James coaxed.
Eddie grinned, but shook his head.
“Can’t. Sorry! But Mom said, ‘Not
today!' ”
"Aw, shucks, Eddie, come on’. Your
mother’ll forget what she said. Mine
usually does. Half the time she
doesn’t mean ft.”
“No. my mother won’t,” Eddie an
swered firmly. “She doesn't lay down
the law very often, but believe me,
when she does, she means it!”
“Oh, well, I’m going. My mother
told me not to. Said she would spank
me If 1 did, but she won't. At least,"
hesitatingly, "I don’t think she will.
Sometimes she means what she says,
and sometimes she doesn't." And off
James shambled.
What a contrast between the
mothers of these two boys, and how
much better the effect of firmness!
I don’t believe in nagging children ;
and I don’t believe in giving perfunc
tory orders and rebukes every few
minutes. But I most firmly do helio
tn meaning what you say. and havii W
a good mind of your own.
Occasionally you will change your
mind about something. In that case
It is wise to explain to your boy or
girl just why you did so.
Your children will respect you
more, and you will be a more suc
cessful parent If you are not the
vacillating, half-a-mlnd type. And
the matter of discipline will be much
easier and pleasanter, and everybody
will be happier.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for
a laxative—three for a cathartic. —Adv.
Much in the Thought
If you don't always think that you
ought to be having n good time,
you’ll have a better one.
you have-
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Odd Indictment
We are very apt in blaming the
faults of others, but very slow in
making use of them to correct our
own. —La Rochefoucauld.
Found ANSWER
TO UGLY PIMPLES
al7 VEN when she
a-* that unsightly, blem
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her popularity she could
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e entire eliminative tract
id her system of poison
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