Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, March 16, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVolume 22 008 IHEMPLOYMEMT PROBLEM CAUSES. Prepared at office ot Civil Works Administration for publication: In any unemployment situation there are two things which are of par ticular interest to us: 1, human losses and 2, economic losses. When unem ployment strikes at a family for any length of time, the standard of living of the family is considerably lowered. In New York City in 1930 one million less quarts of milk a day were sold. It was because the people could not buy that milk. We know that every child must have milk if it is going to be normal, healthy youngster. The children's Bureau made a study of living conditions among railroad, families in 1928 and then three years later made another similar study. They found that during these three years these families were existing on half of the amount that they lived on previously. As a result, vegetables—- and we know that vegetables are a necessary part of one's diet in order to avoid pellagra —were purchased, clothing was scarce and housing ac commodations had become worse and worse. Consequently, living stand ards dropped among these people. In Philadelphia 30,000 families lost their |vomes and were forced to move in wkh their friends or relatives or live in uninhabutable shacks This meant loss of privacy and showed a very marked influence upon health and morals. This is a very close connec tion between cime and unemploy ment. These were some of the human losses. In 1930 there was a loss of wages to wago earners amounting to four bill ion dollars. Yet, we aghast when we are told that our government has set aside so many billion dollars for the relief of the unemployed. This loss does not effect the wage earner alone; there is also the loss of markets to merchants. We are overwhelmed when we stop to think that one-tenth of the population of the United States is dependent upon taxes for existence. Yet, we have permitted the people to lose their homes and to live in unin habitable houses. They have suffered greatly, both in health and in their mental attitude. If we continue the starvation budget for our families, we are going to be answerable to the future. It is a blot on our civiliza tion. These are some of the economic losses. Unemployment is a disease. It starves bodies; it warps minds; it crucifies souls. RELIEF IS A TOLL-REQUIRING SKILL TO ADMINISTER. Since we are so far behiad, Federal aid is the only means we can use at this time to bring relief to those who are suffering for lack of funds. But relief is a dangerous tool to use when it is used unwisely. It is wise only when used by one who has had training, and preparation for the job. Social workers are not born; they are made. There are some, to be sure, who have certain gifts. But the idea is to equip women for the job, which they are doing. A trained social wortter has been taught and has de "4k< ued skill in handling her tools, and the gets as a result of her knowl edge an explanation, to some extent, of the problems of human beings. Their problems, although they may be identical, do not affect people in the same way. A trained social work er understands behavior and motives, the influence of heredity and environ ment, habits, mental-hygiene. She knows the results of tuberculosis in a family group. She understands the laws of the country and the effects of those laws on her community. She is famil ar with the divorce laws and how they apply to families, domestic relations, adoption of children, the legal interest on loans, vocational guidance labor problems, racial prob lems, religious problems, budget plan ning. The elementary essentials of nutrition and intimate knowledge of the resources of her community. As a result of this knowledge she devel ops a certain technique. It is a part of her whole make-up. She under stands people and knows how to handle them. They tell her what is their minds and she is able to eval uate it and consider it confidential. An interest on your part may help them to solve their problems and also help them to carry on. Judge H. L. Sears spent last Saturday in Savannah. Btokr County Bigl? TALMADGE’S FOES PLANNING OPPOSITION Atlanta, March 12. —It was be ing whispered about in some quarters of the state capitol to day that a meeting is scheduled in Atlanta Thursday of this week in an effort to decide on a candi date to oppose Governor Tai madge in the election this fall. The Journal says the following will be considered first among the anti Talmadge forces: J. J. Mangham of Bremen, for mer chairman of the highway board. William Schley Howard of Decautr, former congressman. William H. Key of Monticello, state senator, and lawyer. Abit Nix of Athens, runner up to Talmadge two years ago- Judge James Maddox of Rome. Judge Claude C. Pittman of Dalton. The Journal says efforts have been made to persuade Con gressman Carl Vinson and Con gressman John Wood to make the race for governor but neither has shown a willingness to do so Drinking No Crime Handling Unlawful BY GEORGIA NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE It is not unlawful to drink whisky, because it may be ad ministered as tnedicin, but act of holding whisky in hand in order to drink it is unlawful and punishable as possession, the Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled. The ruling was made in the case of an Atlanta woman who was arrested by a city policeman after, he testified, he had seen her with a glassful of whisky which she tossed away when the policeman made his appearance. The opinion, written by Judge John D. Guerry, said: “The drinking of whisky is not unlaw ful, for, as it was said by Justice George (now Senator):" Whisky may be administered by a physi cian, taken unawares, or taken from the hand of another for the purpose of drinking the whisky. Under the circumstances last supposed, act of taking whisky from the hand of another is merely incident to the act of drinking the whisky”. "It was held that a person who takes whisky in his possession for the purpose of drinking it, is guilty of possessing liquor”. The opinion ignored a previous ruling of the court that drinking of whisky did not make one guilty of possessing it. Glenwood Wilsonian Society The Glenwood Wilsonian So ciety rendered the following program last Thursday after noon, March Bth: Bible reading—R aym on d Brooks. Prayer, The Lord’s Prayer— Entire school. Poem. "The Lilace Lady”— Ollie Ennis. Piano solo —Miss Morgan. Dialog, “Just Making Talks” —Elmer Purvis and Garrett Jones. VENNIE LEE MONTFORD, Reporter. Get Your Rat Trap I have on band a good many government rattrapsand several pounds of squill poison. Anyone wishing to use either or both may get same by calling at my office. W. G. PULLEN, Dist. Supervisor. ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1934 SIX GEORGIANS VOTE FOR BONUS Washington, March 12.—Six of Georgia’s ten representatives today voted in favor of immediate cash payment of the soldier’s bonus with new money, three voted against it and one was not recorded. Those for tbe bonus were: Paul Brown of Elberton, Tenth district. Emmett Owen of Griffin, Fourth district. Homer C. Parker of Statesboro, First district. Robert Ramspeck of Decatur, Fifth district. Carl Vinson of Milledgeville, Sixth district. B. T. Castellow of Cuthbart, Third district. Against the bonus: E. E. Cox of Camilla, Second district. M. C.TarverofDalton, Seventh district. Not recorded: Braswell Deen of Alma, Eighth district. Y. W. A. Held Meeting On Monday evening, March 5, the Y. W. A. met in the home of Misses' Claudie Mayj and Helen Wicker. The following program was given: Scripture—Proverbs 22:1 12. Prayer—Mrs.W. R. McDaniel. Business —program for week of prayer arranged. Prayer—Mrs. C. E. Wrye. Reading—" What you wear in your heart you wear in your face” —Helen Wicker. Sentence prayer. After the business hour of the meeting the girls enjoyed asocial hour together. Contests were enjoyed by all. After the con tests were over, delightful re freshments consisting of a salad course and tea was served. A very pleasenttime was reported by all. The next meeting will be Mon day evening, March 19th, at the Alamo Baptist church. Every young lady from the age 16 to 25 is urged to come and help make this organization A 1. Death of Mr Jno. A. Crosbj. Mr. J. A. Crosby, brother of our fellow townsman, G. C. Crosby, died at his home in Bax ley last Sunday, after a few day’s illness with pneumonia. His brother here did not know of his illness until the message came that he had passed away. He i» survived by his mother, five sisters, Mrs. Etta. V. Bui lard, of Waycross; Mrs. Aaron Branch, Mrs. W. L. Woodard, of Baxley; Mrs. W. L. Lyons, of Brunswick; Mrs. Isabelle Smith, of Baxley; two brothers, Isom Crosby, of Baxley, and G. C. Crosby, of Alamo. Funeral services were held from the Baxley Methodist church Monday, conducted by Rev. Jones, of Waycross. Inter ment was in the old Baxley ceme tery. Seed for Sale Poultry feed, Gipsy wheat, 10c per pound. H. K. MURCHISON, Alamo, Ga. For Sale Genuine Covington wilt resist ant cotton se d —Also choice hay. Alamo Union Warehouse Co. W. E. Currie UnilON DEW 81 SEP BANKHEAD Washington, March 8. —Repre sentative William B. Bankhead, of Alabama, joint author with his brother, Senator John H. Bankhead, of the pending cotton control legislation, today denied reports from Georgia that the measure imposes any discrimina tion against cotton growers of the state. “Apparently,” he said, “such reports, which have been reach ing me every since my brother and lintroduced identical bills in the senate and house, are nothing more or less than inspired propa ganda designed to defeat any legislation looking to the rejuven ation of the cotton industry. For instance, it has come to my at tention that, if passed, my bill would give Texas 50 per cent of the southern crop and Texas and Oklahoma together 60 per cent of the crop. Nothing could be more ridiculous.” The Alabama representative explained that section 4 of his bill provides the allotment of cotton shall be apportioned among the states according to the average production of the states during the five crop years preceding passage of the act. "And,”hecontinued, "intesti mony given before the house committee on agriculture, Secre tary of Agriculture Wallace pre sented a table showing the rela tive amounts expressed in per centages produced by the various coUon producing states during the 10 year period, 1924-33, and the five year period, 1929-38, and the five year peroid, 1928-33.” Based upon the average pro duction figures for the past five crop years, Georgia, it was point ed out, would be entitled to 8.7 per cent of the total cotton crop for the nation, while Texas would be entitled to an allocation of 31 per cent and Oklahoma 7.8 per cent. For the 10 year period from 1924 to 1933, inclusive, Georgia’s cotton production averaged 8.2 per cent of the national total, and for the tive year period from 1928 to 1932, inclusive,the state’s percentage wasß.s, showing that there was little variation for the various periods. The following report from the department of agriculture shows the percentage of production by the other southern states during the 1929-33 period, which is the base called for under the Bank head bill: Virginia, two tenths of 1 per cent; North Carolina 5 per cent; South Carolina, 6 per cent; Mississippi, 10.4 per cent; Ala bama, 8 5 per cent; Arkansas, 9.2 per cent; Tennessee, 3.4 per cent; Florida, two tenths of 1 per cent. Phi Kappa Society Presents Play The Phi Kappa Society of Glenwood, presents the following program on Saint Patrick’s Day: Devotional—Juanita Smith. Song—“ Come Thou Almighty King”—High school- History of Ireland —Willa Mae Towns. Song, “Wearing of the Green” —High school. St. Patrick’s Day—Edd Bishop. Where the River Shannon Flows —Ruth Morrison, and La- Ritta Wright. Reading—Doris Montford. Song—“ Mother Mackree” — Helen Reynolds, Ruth Morrison, Willa Towns and Juanita Smith. DORIS MONTFORD, Reporter. SEED LOAN OFFICE OPENED IN ALAMO The Wheeler County Eagle has just received word that an emer gency crop loan office has been opened at office of W. O. Purser, Alamo, Wheeler County, 9 A. M, and 4 P. M. According to the regulations under which the crop loans are to be made this year, any farmer who secures a loan must obtain a statement from the county pro duction council, where one exists, that he does not intend to in crease his acreage or production in violation of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration pro gram. In counties where a countj production council has not beer set up, before any application foi a loan will be considered, the farmer who is applying will have to give satisfactory evidence that he is co operating with the pro duction control program of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration. The maximum amount of an emergency crop loan what may be obtained by any one individual is $250,00, the minium is $25.00. Applications for loans in any amount from $25.00 to $150.00 may be accepted by the emer gency crop loan office provided the farmer does not have suf ficient security to obtain a loan elsewhere A farmer applying for $150,00 or more must first make appli cation to the Production Credit Association for a loan from it. Rejection of this application by the Production Credit Associat ion will be considered sufficient evidence that other credit is not available and the applicant may then make application to the emergency crop loan office. Commission Must Approve All Claims Through Miss Gay B. Shepper son, Civil Works Administrator for Georgia and Charles A. Ross, State Supervisor of Compensa tion, the Eagle has been request edto publish the following notice relative to the policy of the ad ministration regarding com pensation to civil works em ployees: “No claim for legal services or other services rendered in re spect of aclaim for compensation shall be valid unless approved by the commission and the ac ceptance of any fee or other consideration or gratuity on account of services so rendered unless approved by the com mis sion and the solicitation of such business on behalf of a lawyer is expressly prohibited. Conviction of violation of this provision subjects the offender to punish ment by fine orimprisonment or both. Local administrators are requested to see that this pro vision of the law is given ap propriate publicity through the local press and otherwise and to report violations to the commis sion.” Through the County Relief Administration we have the splendid report that during the Civil Works period there have been no serious injuries to CWA workers in Wheeler county and only one minor accident. Many friends of Miss Anna White, of Macon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neal A. White of near Alamo, regret to learn of ner illness, and wish for her a speedy recovery. She is at the home of her parents. Number 4 KWARE OF SALES TAX WACANDA. Editor Eagle: There is an effort strongly put forth, even to the propagandazing our pub lic schools for the passage of a sales tax through our next Legislature. And this sales tax propaganda is spreading even further than this and is seeping into the country press. We might observe in passing that country editors who are careless about what they print to ‘‘fill space,” are just as guilty of misleading the public as the big subsidized dailies. Togetherwith sales tax propaganda, and as a counter part of it, comes a continual hammering away at trump ed-up failings of the income tax —the only just tax there is. The reason for some of the apparent weaknesses of the income tax, wereexposed by Sen ator McKeller, of Tennessee, in the United States Senate last week, when in a straight forward address, he told how the government had been depriv ed of hundreds of millions of dollars in income tax revenues, by artful and deliberate “doctoring” of tax laws during the years from 1921 to 1930. He said that this has been accomp lished by the treasury department under Messrs Mellon and Mills. Sen ator McKeller pinned down his in dictment with the following words: “We tax corporations only on an infinitesimal amount of their net earnings. During the Harding-Cool idge and Hoover administrations the provisions requiring a fair and just income tax, both of corporations and individuals were absolutely emascu lated. That is why we see published items in newspapers to the effect that the income tax has fallen down. That statement is hot true. “What has been done, is that we have yielded to the emissaries of the favored Interests, to the lobbyist, who come here every year —who are here now—seeking to change the income tax provisions in favor of the great industries they represent.” This ought to answer the sales tax advocates who have been trying to discredit the income tax. The admin istration of the Income tax has been in the hands of its worst enemies duringthe past years of the old guard regime, and it’s no wonder it has been hampered. Old Andy Mellon continually urged the slashing of income tax rates, and his successor, Ogden Mills, did like wise, until the staggering refunds to large corporations became a national scandal. And now, as efforts are being made by selfish interests to hoist a sales tax upon the people, let us not forget that it is merely another tax-dodging effort of the privileged class at the top—a scheme to tax the poor man as heavily, or heavier, than ever, by taking his hard-earned cash out of the other pocket. And this propaganda they are putting up to the public schools ought to be considered as a disgrace in a civilized community, H. W. NALLEY. C. C. C- Work Continued For Another Year The ECW projects, involving the employment of CCC workers on forest lands has been extended twelve months. The enlistment of men will, however, be for six months periods, as heretofore, In Georgia the number of camps will apparently be reduced as work is centered more on national forest and national parks. The southern states that obtained northern camps during the winter, will apparently find their quota reduced during the spring, summer and autumn. The reenlistmet of men every six months does not mean that the camps supervising personnel is reemployed at the end of six months. Their em ployment is continuous as long as their service is satisfactory. Much more work is expected from each unit in the coming six months periods, since experience has taught efficiency. Local Seed Loan Committee The seed loan committee ap pointed for Wheeler county is composed of the following: J. Hobson Walker, Chairman; L. W. Kent, J. C- Martin, Joe B. Elton, and F. A. Irwin. The ob ject of the committee is to pass on all applications.