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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE
11.50 A Year, in Advance
OFFICIAL ORGAN WHEELER CO
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
... J. h. GROSS, Propreton.
Enter at the Post Office at
Alamo, Georgia, as second class
u«U matter, May 16th, 1913, under
A Baltimore woman married
44 years asks for a divorce. Evi
dently she was not consoled by
the thought that the first fifty
years of married life are the
hardest.
On these bleak March morn
Ings when you are trying to get
the furnace to draw something
beside cold air, just remember
that the opening of the baseball
season is less than two months
away.
It is always popular, and never
out of fashion in Europe, toblarr.e
on to Uncle Sam everything
which goes wrong in the world
Although we did not start the
World War weare blamed by the
allies for not getting in, and
when we did get in and saved the
day for them we were blamed for
not coming to the rescue sooner
in a war which we had nothing to
do with bringing on.Then,in spite
of the fact that we demanded no
territory or other spoils of war,
we were blamed for asking re
payment of the money we loaned
to Europe. When we cancelled
part of the debt and tried to col
lect the rest Uncle Sam was
characterized as the world’s
greatest shy lock.
Georgia Grown Tung Nuts.
Tung nuts of high average oil
Content can be grown in Georgia,
according to the Georgia Experi
ment Station. Long time experi
ments at Experiment, Georgia,
leads the station authorities,
however, to say tpat the suspecti
bility of tung oil trees to cold in
jury has indicated that the crop
can only be profitably grown
further south in Georgia than
Griffin.
A report of analyses made by
the station chemical laboratory
as to the oil content of nuts
grown in Grady county, shows
58 to 68. per cent oil in the ker
nels.
Attention is called to the re
port of variations in oil content
of nuts from different trees, in
dicating, it is claimed, that it
would be worth while to select
nuts from high oil producing
trees, for planting. A series of
experiments are to be conducted
at the Costal Plains Experiment
Station at Tifton to see what can
be accomplished by plant breed
ing methods to obtain high yields
per tree of nuts with high oil
content.
Dividing A Herd
This story of dividing a herd
of cows is not new, but it may
interest those who have not heard
it. Anyway, it is a neat problem
in trick mathematics.
A farmer died possessed of a
herd of cows, of which he willed
his wife one-half, bis son one
third, and his daughter one
ninth. The executor of the Will
was stumped, butcalled a mathe
matical shark to his aid,with this
happy result.
A cow was borrowed from a
neighbor, making 18. The widow
was given 9, which was one half;
the son got 6, whicn was one
third:the daughter received 2,
or one-ninth. This totalled 17,
the number to be divided, while
the borrowed cow was left. She
was returned to her owner, and
every body was satisfied.
Newspaper Ads Far
Superior to Hand Bills
Cordele, March 10—Mrs.
Chas. E. Brown, editor of the
Cordele Daily Dispatch, cannot
understand, so she states, why
any merchant should think hand
bills or circulars would be more
effective than regular, consistent
advertising in the news papers
And, it might be added, neither
can other editors.
“Everybody reads the papers,
but few pay much heed to hand
bills or circulars which a breeze
can wafe away before they have
even been glanced over”, Mrs.
Brown said.
“Tidy housewives gather up
the hand bills or circulars as
quickly as they are scattered —
many of them only serve to star t
fires and to cause work for some
one else to do.
“The wise purchaser always
reads the ads in the newspapers
before expending his money. He
will then know where to go for
bargainsand quality merchan
dise. There is no comparison
between the value of newspapers
and circulars as a medium of
advertising —the newspapers al
ways proving their superiority
over circulars or hand bills in
any form.”
The old idea that a heavy jaw
and prominent chin indicate
strength of character i s not
necssarily true, according to
Dr. Wilkinson, a noted Austra
lian orthodontist. It is, however,
-tn indication that the individual
concerned did notsuck his thumb
when a baby.
Anyone who feels the urge t<
open a new filling station might
well consider the opportunities
in Ethiopia. We read that gaso
line is scarce and high over there,
selling for 91 cents a gallon.
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PHILOSOPHER' 1
By ALFRED BIGGS
Most doori open to sincerity.
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Don't talk a lot and say nothing.
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Look for trouble and you’ll find it.
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Justice is 0. K. —for the other fellow.
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Worry is another name for fear.
Fear not.
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No diamond can make an ugly hand
beautiful.
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No one can injure you more than you
can injure yourself.
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Kind thoughts unexpressed are like
kisses thrown in the dark.
Beer Brings Business
THE widespread sale of beer in
our larger cities has brought
with it a great improvement
in the food business, especially in
those foods which one tradition
ally associated with a taste for
beer. One of the dishes that goes
well with beer is a rarebit, the
recipe for which calls tor butter,
cheese, mustard, catsup, bread or
crackers, and a number of ether
ingredients, and there has been
an Improvement in many places
in the demand for all these foods.
Here are a couple of good recipes
for putting them together.
Two Rarebits
Red Rarebit: Melt two table
spoons butter, add two cups grated
cheese, one-half teaspoon mustard.
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PHILOSOPHER''
By ALFRED BIGGS
Think. Don’t think you think.
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Obstinacy Is first cousin to stupidity.
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Better to add life to your years than
years to your life.
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Believe all "they say" and you’ll go
to the bughouse.
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Fits of temper make us hot—they
leave others cold.
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Folks are always "down” on the
things they're not “up" on.
Nothing in the world is important
enough to worry about-not even death.
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Hints for Homemakers
By Jane Rogers
IF your kitchen table is worn or
warped, replace the top or cover
the old one with a sheet of pressed
wood which will not warp or splin
ter. Pressed wood can be ob
tained in convenient sizes from
your lumber dealer.
A few coffee grounds scattered
over the basement floor before
sweeping will keep down the dusL
Satisfactory wash cloths are
made by stitching four thicknesses
of cheesecloth together.
salt and paprika, and stir till just
melted. Add one-half cup milk or
cream and one-half cup catsup,
and stir till smooth and hot.
Avoid boiling, and serve at once
on toasted crackers or toast with
strips of bacon on top. Serves four.
Tomato Rarebit with Eggs;
Stew for five minutes the contents
of one No. 2's can tomatoes, one
fourth teaspoon soda, one and one
half teaspoons salt and one-fourth
teaspoon pepper and press through
a sieve. Add three tablespoons
flour and three tablespoons cold
water, smooth together and stir
until it thickens. Add one and
one-half cups grated cheese, and
stir till melted. Slice eight hard
cooked eggs over buttered toast,
and pour over the sauce. Serves
eight.*
Graduated Tax On Cigarettes Will
“Aid Greatly' 9 En Restoring Farm
W Buying Powers Official Declares
Anything that works for the betterment of the farmer appeals to me. I give my hearty endorsement to
the proposal that Congress at its present session shall make an equitable adjustment in the Federal
tax on cigarettes by adopting a tax graduated for the several classes of cigarettes according to price.
Such action undoubtedly will aid greatly the tremendous efforts of our president to restore a measure
of prosperity and moderate buying power to millions of citizens in desperately straitened circumstances
in the southeastern states which produce cigarette tobacco.
The application of a graduated tax on cigarettes based on the retail price of the package, replacing
the present flat-rate tax, will help materially to improve the economic condition of the tobacco farmer,
the tobacco worker and others, and will assure the federal government an increase in revenues from
this source.
Therefore I join the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation, the
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation and the Tobacco Workers’ International Union in urging Congress
to pass without unnecessary delay the legislation that would put in effect the graduated tax on cigarettes.
EUGENE FLOWERS
Commissioner of Agriculture
State of Kentucky
As a farmer of long experience in a
state where tobacco is the important
cash crop, Eugene Flowers is thor
oughly familiar with problems of the
tobacco grower. As Commissioner of
Agriculture in Kentucky, Mr. Flowers
has had an opportunity to study the
difficulties and opportunities of farm
ing in various sections.
Both as an individual farmer and
an agriculture department official,
Commissioner Flowers 13 vitally inter
ested in rescuing the farmer from the
plight which has resulted from econ
omic disorders. He has declared Ills
approval of any action which will ob
tain fair prices for farm products.
The proposal In Congress that the
federal tax on cigarettes be revised on
a more equitable basis was brought to
the attention of Commissioner Flow
ers as a matter involving the welfare
of the tobacco grower.
Mr. Flowers made an extensive study
of the situation, and it was not until
he had convinced liimself that to
bacco prices would be improved by
establishment of a graduated tax that
he gave his official endorsement to
the proposal for revision.
Danger to Industry
The agricult uml commissioner’s de
cision was based largely on the im
pending possibility that unless the
tax is revised, an industry which has
proved of supreme importance to to
bacco growers will be taxed out of
existence.
This is the IC-cent cigarette manu
faoturlng industry. During the two
years since the dime cigarette pack
age was introduced to smokers, value
of tills business to agriculture has
proved tremendous.
Filling tho needs of smokers to
whom 15-cent cigarettes are a luxury,
the 10-cent cigarette has been in
creasing in popularity and appears
certain to become oven more popular.
Manufacturers of these cigarettes
have been able to market their pro
duct at such a low price because they
have been content with a small profit;
because they use a comparatively
small amount of expensive foreign
tobacco, and because they have elimi
nated extravagant, ballyhoo adver
tising.
The major item of expense in cig
arettes is the federal tax which
amounts to 6 cents a package. This
tax was applied as awartimemeasure,
when 15-cents was the minimum price
for cigarettes. The tax is the same,
regardless of whether the cigarettes
•ell at 10 cents or 50 cents a package.
Naturally, this inequality has
.laced the makers of 10-cent cigar
rtes at a d'sadvantage in the relent
oss competition of the business,
’hese manufacturers were able to
erate successfully, however, until
.creasing costs cut their margin to
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"NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION"
Every farmer knows he must keep
h>s produce dry on the way to
market. But a good canvas cover
rosts money and Mr. J. T. Koonce
of Kinston. N. C,. has found
away to save this expense He
uses the moisture-proof bags tn
which Arcadian Nitrats of Soda it
an estimated amount of only two
tenths of a cent a package.
Manufacturers say it is impractical
for them to continue manufacturing
cigarettes on such a small margin.
Revision Necessary
With the 6-cent tax on one side, the
10-cent price on another side, and or
the third side a processing tax and
Increased costs under the NRA, the
makers of these cigarettes have found
themselves in a difficult position.
The retail price of the cigarette
cannot be raised, for that would im
pair the popularity of the cigarette
as an “even-dime" smoke.
The manufacturers cannot pay less
to the farmer for tobacco. They can
not cut the margin allowed, to dis
tributors. They cannot reduce manu
facturing costs.
The only alternative is to ask for a
reduction of the tax —the largest
element in the price of the cigarettes.
This reduction would be no more
than equitable. Formany years cigars
have been taxed in proportion to
their selling price. Other commodi
ties are taxed in proportion to their
values.
A proposal has been made, there
fore, that the tax on cigarettes be
graduated. Congress has been asked
to reduce the tax on 10-cent cigar
ettes by three-fifths of a cent ;to leave
the tax at 6 cents on 15-cent cigar
ettes—-the same as it is now —and to
Increase the tax on more expensive
cigarettes by three-fifths of a cent.
There is no attempt to hurt the 15-
cent cigarette and no one wishes to
hurt the manufacturers of those cig
arettes.
The proposal Is now under the con
sideration of the Ways and Means
Committee of the House of Repre
sentatives and a hearing on the sub
ject Is to bo given within the next
few weeks.
Importance to Farmers
The importance of the 10-cent cig
arette to the farmer should not be
under-estimated. The low-price smoke
was introduced to America at a time
when the tobacco market was in a
serious condition.
In Juno, 1931, the “Big Four” man
ufacturers of 15-cent cigarettes raised
their prices more than 12 cents a
pound for tobacco in cigarettes they
sold. The price of the 1931 hurley crop
dropped 8.63 cents from 15.59 cents.
They thus paid in 1931 the lowest
price for tobacco in thirty year s while
they were selling tobacco at 13 cents
a pound Increase in price.
The “Big Four” manufacturers of
15-cent cigarettes enjoyed practically
95 per cent of the cigarette business.
There was virtually no competition
between buyers on the market.
The next year buyers for 10-cent
cigarette manufacturers entered the
market, injecting competition and
packed to make a sturdy, protective
"canvas” as shown in the above
picture
He says: "In addition to getting
better crops from Arcadian Nitrate
of Soda, by using the bags. 1 get a
good, serviceable truck cover which
casts aw aocWg "
opening a new door for tobacco con
sumption. The price of burley rose to
12.60 cents.
The competition of buyers for the
independent manufacturers of low
priced cigarettes has continued to
stimulate the market, and if sales of
10-cent cigarettes continued to ex
pand, an increased demand for to
bacco is certain to result. Demand is
unquestionably the most indispen
sable element of the tobacco market.
Manufacturers of 10-cent cigarettes
pay practically the same amount for
American tobacco that the 15-cent
cigarette makers do. Leaf costs for
the more expensive cigarettes appear
higher because they include a larger
proportion of expensive tobacco esti
mated with duty to cost $1 a pound!
Ten-cent cigarettes, on the other
hand, contain a comparatively small
amount of this foreign tobacco.
They contain a larger percentage
of American tobacco than 15-cent
cigarettes do. The American farmer
is interested in the sale of American
tobacco, not in the sale of Turkish
tobacco.
Huge Saving to Smokers
It Is estimated that in one year, the
lowly 10-cent cigarette has saved
American smokers $150,000,000. This
saving was made possible not only by
the fact that the smoker could buy
twenty cigarettes for 10 cents but
also because the price of 15-cent cig
arettes had to be reduced to 14,13, 12
and even 11 cents to meet the compe
tition of the newcomer.
Cigarette consumption, which had
begun to decline when depression
flattened the purses of smokers, was
revived by this reduction of prices.
Employment in cigarette factories
was increased by thousands.
The promise of continued Increases
in cigarette consumption,gives assur
ance that revenues of the govern
ment from tobacco taxes will not
slump if the cigarette schedule is
graduated. This assurance is of su
preme importance at a time when the
United States government can taka
no chances on a failure of revenues.
Inspiteofthe fact that the
proposal calls for a reduction of the
tax on 10-cent cigarettes, experts have
declared that revision of the tax ac
tually will increase government
revenues from this source.
Their forecast is based partly on
the knowledge that if the 10-cent
cigarette disappeared from the mar
ket, many smokers would start using
“roll-your-own” tobacco.
This loose tobacc o yields a tax of
only 18-cents a pound in comparison
with the yield of SI.OO a pound on
cigarettes. .
From the standpoint of the go^jn
ment, the smoker, the farmer, the
the laborer and the manufacturer,
graduation of the cigarette tax would
be not only equitable but profitable.
Heavy and Light
Heavy heart, heavy hand. A light
heart, a light task.
Harpsichord Made in 1761
A five-octave harpsichord made in
1701 was sold tn Txmdon for $330.
Cloudy Nights Warmer
Cloudy nights are warmer th: ar
ones, especially in winter.
Women for Jury Duty
Women are eligible for jury duty In
23 states In the Union and the District
of Columbia.
Convenient, at Least
A beehive from which the honey is
extracted automatically through a
faucet without destroying the comb or
the bees has been patented.
Poultry
Can use some heavy hens
fryers and turkeys each week
H. K. Marcbison.
