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808 JONES
*OMMENTS
ON
HERE and
< HEREAFTER,
Jesus was the loneliest person
in many ways the world ever
saw. He was always approach
able. Any one could get to Him.
Little children would leave their
mothers and nestle in His arms.
Wicked women would leave the
street and drop in on Him when
He went out to dinner. They
would bathe His feet with their
t ars and wipe them with their
hair. But Jesus was not under
stood. They said many things
about Him. They even accused
Him of being in league with the
devil.
“Man by wisdom knew not
God.” That is what the Bible
says. Man can know God only by
revelation. When Jesus was on
earth a very prominent religious
leader called on Him one night
and said in substance, “We have
come to the conclusion that you
are a teacher and you are such a
luerful teacher we have de
tided that you must have come
from God’’. The man could know
by reason that Jesus was a
teacher, but he had to guess that
He came from God. When some
one asked the neighbors of Jesus
who He was, no doubt they re
plied that He was the son of a
man next door whose name was
Joseph. They guessed wrong.
One day a man said, “Thou are
<jhrist, the son of the living
God”. Jesus replied, “Flesh and
blood has not revealed this unto
^ou, but my father which is in
heaven”. Christ is known as the
son of God only by revelation.
It is an awful reflection upon
human nature that the only abso
lately perfect person the world
ever saw was nailed to a cross.
The religious leaders of the day
of our Lord, the ones who should
have known and loved Him,
stirred up the hatred which
made the mob crucify Him. The
religious leaders had built up an
ecclesiastical machine. They
thought more of their machine
than they did of the souls of the
people. The ones who should have
taught men to love Jesus taught
them to hate Him.
Ecclesiastical hatred is the
most bitter hatred in the world.
Bootleggei s may turn against
you today, but tomorrow you can
convert them and they will love
jbl Politicians may be against
yc^ this year but next year they
ma • be on your side. Ecclesiasti
cal hatred is different from any
other hatred in the world.
Preachers who build ecclesiastial
political machines will never for
give those who refuse to bow to
their authority. I know nothing
which is doing more to lock the
wheels of the church than the
political machine which is being
built up in some of our denomi
nations. I am not talking about
the preacher who is interested
in the political welfare of hie
country. lam talking about the
preacher who tries to save his
skin and the skin of his eccle
siastical clique at the expense of
the spiritual welfare of the
people.
FOR SALE —Pure Cook's black
root resistant cotton seed,
straight from originator. See
Cleon Brown, Alamo, Ga
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PROJECTS APPROVED
FORWHEELER
The following civil works pro
jects were approved for Wheeler
county by the state commission
Tuesday:
Martin pond, Springhil dis
trict, on Alamo and Towns road,
$630.
B. Z. Swain, near which two
ponds are to be drained, Glen
wood Lumber City road. $6,720.
Brooks school, repair sidewalls,
ceiling overhead, install four
windows, building stove flue,
patch top of building, $l2O.
Union district school (colored),
rebuild building that burned
during the C. S. S. meeting in
Atlanta, $648.
This brings the total up to
$B,llB for projects in the county,
while it is understood that pro
jects already worked out and in
course of completion, have not
yet been approved, but will be
approved.
Tippling CWA Workers
Facing Loss of Jobs
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 31. —
Civil works employes who spend
their money for liquor are sub
ject to dismissal from their jobs.
Marcus C. Fagg, state execu
tive officer, in letters to county
councils notified them they could
“discharge, suspend or lay off
any employe on civil works pro
jects if the man is continuosusly
using the money that he earns
for purchasing liquor and getting
drunk.”
Fagg said, “I mean by “con
tinuosly,” more than one offense.
If a man does that thing two
weeks in succession, and his
family does not get the benefit of
the money that he earns, that
should first be suspended fora
week and definitely warned, then
if he repeats the offense, he
should be permanently dis
missed.”
The State Supreme Court up
held the City of Atlanta recently
in a legal dispute with R. E
Gormley, state superintendent
of banks, over delinquent taxes.
Gormley sought to enjoin the
enforcement of city tax fi fas
against property turned over to
the banking department by
creditors of a trust company now
in progress of liquidation by the
department. The supreme court
held that under the law a lien for
taxes is superior to any other
lien, and that this status is not
interfered with by the effort of
the state’ department to realize
as much as possible for the
claimants against a bank that is
being liquidated. A similar de
cision was handed down in a case
of the sheriff of Meriweather
county against Gormley.
Joyce-Bomar
On Saturday afternoon, Dec
cember 30th, at the home of
Mrs. D. H. Mcßae, in Mt.
Vernon, Miss Rita Joyce was
united in marriage to Mr. John
I P. Bomar, Rev. B. F. West per
forming the ceremony in the
i presence of relatives of the con
i trading parties and a few close
; friends.
The bride is the youngest
i daughter of Mr. Lucien Joyce,
j and the groom is eldest son of
i Mr. and Mrs J. E. Bomar, also
of Glenwood.
Mrs. Bomar wore an ensemble
of blue crepe with accessories to
harmonize, The bride and groom
will make their home in Glen
wood.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1934
SERVICES ARE HELD
FOR CUTTING VICTIM
Mount Vernon, Jan. 2 —Funeral
services for L. H. Reynolds, Jr.,
23, who died Sunday after being
slashed by a Negro here Satur
day night, were held in Lioerty
Grove cemetery near Wrights
ville yesterday.
Bill Brinson is being held as
the assailant. The argument is
said to have started after the
Negro had begun cursing. He
was captured by Standers by
after the fatal cutting.
Reynolds was badly cut in his
left side and the loss of blood
weakened him considerably be
fore medical attention could be
obtained.
Besides his father, Mr.
Reynolds is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Dessie Cox of
Fitzgerald and Miss Bernice
Reynolds and one brother, Her
schel Reynolds.
Hot Campaigns in Prospect
The long suffering, beleaguered
people of the state will have to
listen next summer to a lot of
line drawn technical arguments
by candidates seeking to prove
each other political racketeers,
and everybody else a bunch of
liars. It means a flock of candi
dates for the tw’O places on the
Public Service Commission that
are to be voted on, and in the
meantime some more bush
threshing to find a candidate to
run against “Gene” for the
govermoohip with war order*
and a penchant for firing people
out of jobs the big ballyhoo
issue.
Baptist Bible Class
Entertained
Wednesday afternoon Decem
ber 20th, Mrs. R. W. Foster
entertained the Alamo Baptist
Bible class in her home near
Alamo. Mrs. J. L. Geiger acted
joint hostess with Mrs. Foster.
The meeting was called to order
prompatly at 3:30 o’clock. After
roll call and minutes of last meet-1
ing read and approved, a brief
business meeting was held.
The class adjourned for a social
hour later in the afternoon, when
delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess. The next
meeting will be held with Mrs,
G. L. Hattaway on January Ith.
Help for the Orphans’
All the Methodists of the county
and friends of the Orphans’ Home are
requested to contribute to the big
truck load of groceries and produce
to be sent from Wheeler County next
week to the South Georgia Conference
Orphans’ Home in Macon. Syrup,
potatoes, corn, meat, lard, nuts,
pecans or walnuts, sugar rice, flour,
and canned goods of all kinds are
acceptable. Carry it to Sunday School
in your church next Sunday, or send
it to the committee in yourcommunity,
or bring it to the Parsonage in
Alamo.
Some in the Shiloh community and
at Bay Spring have already made
their donations. Let all who have not
done so already send in a liberal
donation at once.
Our Orphans’ Home is filled to
capacity with children at this time,
about one hundred and fifty, and it
has fifty more on the waiting list.
The Home cannot care for all these
children in these times of'depression
unless the people send great quanities
of provisions. The Good Book says,
“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto mo.
There will be a large box placed in
the front of the Methodist church in
Alamo to receive the donations from
the people of the Alamo community
Sunday. Let’s fill it to overflowing.
SUP. EAKES WOUNDED
SERIOUSLY FRIDAY
Seriously wounded in the eyes
while on a hunting trip on the
Hill farm on-Friday afternoon of
A - E^kes,
superintendent of schools of
Wheeler county, cue of the most
widely known school men of the
state, is confined in the Macon
hbspita'i, where be is reported to
be in quite a serious condition
Mr. Eakes was out hunting
with his son in law, H. R. Hill and
grandson, Hugh, Jr., when he
was accidently shot, it is said.
The Hills, father and son, it is
said, were walking ahead of Mr.
Eakesthrough thick underbrush
in a pine woods, it is explained.
A’covey of birds suddenly flew
oyer the head of young Hill, who
turned quickly and tired. Mr.
Eakes was out of sight in the
underbrush and the youth said
that he did not know that his
grandfather was inline of lire.
Dr. Nelson, the family physi
cian, was quickly summoned
from Alamo. After he had given
first aid Dr Nelson and several
relatives took Mr. Eakes to the
Macon hospital, where he re
mains in quitb a serious con
dition.
The latest reports from the
hospital are that he is resting as
well as could be expected, but
his condition is still listed as
serious. Whether Mr. Eakes will
lose the sight of both eyes has
not been determined, but it is
believed that one eye may have
to be removed, no operation is
contemplated for thenear future.
His many local friends are very
anxious about his condition, and
hope for him a speedy recovery.
He has been at the head of the
schools of the county for a num
ber of years and his absence
from his work is sorely missed.
His wife and daughter, Mrs
11. R. Hill, are with him at the
hospital, together with other rel
atives and friends, and news
from his bedside is eagerly
awaited by his many local
friends.
PARKER TO SPEAK
AT VALLEY FORGE
Washington, Jan. —Representative
Horner C. Parker, Democrat of Geor
gia, wrote Governor Talmadge of
Georgia today acceptinghis appoint
ment as speaker at the Washington
Memorial chapel, Valley Forge, Pa.,
on January 28, set aside as Georgia
Sunday.
Talmadge .made the appointment
at tire invitation of the secretary of
the chapel, who said annual memo
rial services were being held at the
vestry with one state having charge
each year, in the order in which they
entered the Union. Georgia was the
eleventh state of the original 13 to
join in the Union, and this is the
eleventii year.
Mercer-Clark Wedding.
Os interest to their many friends
was the marriage of Miss Eloise
Mercer to John Clark. Jr., which was
soleyainized Wednesday afternoon,
December twenty-seventh, at the home
of Mr. and Mrsl R. N. Wood, Rev.
Ralph W. Wood, of Atlanta, per
formed the ceremony.
The bride was becomingly dressed
in a beautiful model of dark blue
crepe, with accessories to match. She
is the eldest daughter of Mr. N. A.
Mercer. She is an attractive young
girl, possessing a charming manner
which has won for her scores of
friends.
The groom is the son Mr. John
Clark, Sr., of Jacksonville, Georgia.
He is a promising young business
man, being connected with the naval
stores business at Jacksonville.
Immediately after the ceremony the
happy young couple left for a short
wedding trip.
NEW HIGHWAY FOR
ALAMO ASSURED
Quite a number of Alamo citizens
went to Atlanta last week, and joined
a large delegation from Dublin and
Mcßae to meet the highway board,
which was in session. The Laurens
and Mcßae delegations were there in
4.he interest of the old Telfair road,
leading from Dublin to 'Mcßae, and
the Alamo delegation were interested
in a highway leading from the Telfair
road to intersect with highway unm
ber 30, at Alamo.
The highway commissioners in
formally agreed to take the Telfair
road into the system, it is underood.
The board also informally agreed to
make a good road from Alamo to the
Telfair road. The latter agreement
being made at the request, of the
Alamedelegation, which wished to be
connected with this state highway.
Tentative agreements to give right
qf ways for permanent grading of the
Telfair road to the highway depart
ment have been made by almost all
property holders along the Telfair
route through Laurens county, it is
understood.
President Roosevelt
Delivers Message
Washington, Jan. 3.—T h e
nation detinetly is in the process
of recovery, President Roosevelt
reported to congress today in a
vital message on the state of the
nation which he himself read
from the rostrum in the private
chamber of the house of repres
entatives.
His message was general in
terms and was regarded by the
President himself as an appeal
for real social and economic re
form rather than for recovery io
terms of older values.
Tiie President addressed a
joint assemply of house and sen
ate shortly after the two cham
bers convened separately for the
first regular session of the 73rd
congress.
Class Entertained
Mrs. A. J. Grimes enteratined
delightfully during the Christ
mas season her Sunday School
class of Junior girls atGlenwood.
The Christmas motif was car
ried out in decorations, holly be
ing used in profusion, besides
beautiful ent Howers and pot
plants.
After many interesting games
and contests, the guests were
served delicious refreshments.
Sixteen girls were present.
R Ivers -B is hop
A marriage of unusual intrest was
that of Miss Hazel Rivers of Glen
wood, to Louis Billie Bishop, of Sa
vannah, whicli happy event,took place
December 28th.
The ceremony was performed at the
Methodist parsonage in Mt. Vernon,
Rev. B. F. West, pastor, officiating
witnessed by only a few friends.
M cLau ghlin-Mercer
Miss Aunie McLaughlin and
Joe Brown Mercer, of Glenwood,
were united in marriage Decem
ber 24th, Rev. B. F. West, of
Mt. Vernon, performing the
ceremony.
The ceremony was performed
at the Methodist parsonage in
Mt. Vernon.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank each and
every one for their loving kind
ness and sympathy shown us
during the illness and death of
our dear wife and mother.
C. C. HOLMES,
and Family.
Number 46
CONTRACT TO CLARIFY
REDUCTION PLANS
Washington, Dec. 29.— The
Farm Administration Friday
issued interpretation of the corn
hog contract as it will be applied
in the approaching campaign to
‘obtaid production
control agreemems. * -■■“«<***
Known as administrative rul
ings, these interpretations are
part of the contract in such
instances as they apply to points
not made clear in the contract
itself.
They seek to clarify the >ap
plication of the reduction pro
gram to tenants and to protect
all farmers from loss due to
misunderstanding of the terms
of the contract or its application
to their farms.
• “No farmer need sign a con
tract without being clear in his
own mind regarding the obliga
tions to be assumed.” Secretary
Wallace said.
The ruling provide that each
contract must rcover only one
farming unit except in case
where a tenant rents land from
two or more landlords.
Under such conditions, if the
acreage contracted for reduction
is located on tracts rented from
two or more others, individual
contracts shall be drawn to coVer
all land in the farming unit.
If a farmer rents land during
1934, benefit payments made for
reducing acreage must be divided
between the landlord and tenants
on the same percentage basis as
the division of the corn crop for *
1934, *
In case of cash rental agree
ments in 1933 benefit payments
are to be distributed equally be
tween landlord and tenant.
Payments for hog reduction
contracts shall be divided in
proportion to the respective
contributions of the producer
and the landlord to the annual
average number of hogs produc
ed for market from 1932 and 1933
litters, the rulings stipulated.
In caculating the annual aver
ages of hogs produced for market
from 1932 and 19.33 litters, the
basis on which benefit payments
are to be made, allowance is pro
vided in the rulings for reduc
tions made in the emergency pig
buying campaign of last summer.
Producers who sold sows in the
emergency campaign will be
allowed to add four pigs to their
fall farrowing of 1933 for each
sow sold.
Hogs producers who do not
intend to continue raising hogs
in 1934 may transfer their eligi
bility for benefit payments to
other persons providing the lat
ter were not enganged in hog
production during the past two
years
The retiring producer will not
be eligible for corn or hog re
duction payments and the new
producer will receive only corn
reduction payments and will he
allowed to produce hogs up to 75
per cent of the average produced
on his farming unit for 1932 and
1933.
Singing Convention.
The next session of the Toombs
county singing convention will
convene Sunday, January 14tb,
1934 at Harden’s Chapel church,
ten miles south of Lyons, We
invite every one to take lunch
and spend the day. Singers cordi
ally invited and to bring song
books if they have them. A great
day in gospel singing is expected.
W. H. MORRIS, Pres.
