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HON. CHAS. BEACH EDWARDS
Hon. Obas. Beach Edwards,
son of the late C. G. Edwards,
representative in Congress from
the First District for many
years, states that he has reached
a definite decision to make the
race for Congress in the First
District in the coming Demo
j itic primary.
Air. Edwards was born in Sa
vannoh in 1904, and is the only
son of Mrs. Ora Beach Edwards,
who is from Waycross, and the
late Congressman Edwards. He
graduated from the Savannah
High school. In 1927 he was
graduated with the degree of
Bachelor of Laws from the Uni
versity of Georgia, and began
the practice of law in association
with his father.
He is a brilliant young man
and will no doubt have a large
following in the district should
he entei' the race.
Jr. B. Y. P U. Program.
March 25, 1943.
John Paton —Margaret Pierce.
The South Sea Islands —Mar-
jorie Pullen.
Paton Sets up aPrintingPress
—Doris Hattaway.
The Old Chief —Yvonne Hart
ley.
The Book Finished —Ellis Whit
field.
The New Eyes —Jean McDan
iel.
Paton Teaches the Chief to
Read —Joe Pierce.
He Teaches Others—Avis Bar
low.
Story from Patons Life—
Louise Barlow.
Read your Bible daily.
Young People’ Program
at Methodist Church
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There will be preaching serv
ices ar. the Alamo Methodist
church next Sunday morning at
eleven o’clock by the pastor. At
the evening hour there will be
presented a young peoples’ day
program. There will be a number
of young people and several men
and women of the church to ap
pear on the program. The theme
of the program is “success.” This
should be a worth while meeting.
Come.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank each and
every one that were so kind to
us during the recent death of
our little daughter, Nelle Avery.
Especially Brother Cox, for the
prayer he offered; also the beau
tiful flowers. May God’s richest
blessings rest on each and every
one. We cannot ever thank them
enough.
Mr. and Mrs R. L. Avery.
Btelpr CHomtty
FINAL ESTIMATES
ON COTTON GIVEN
Washington, March 20. —Final
figures on the 1933 cotton crop an
nounced today by the census bureau
showed 12,659,953 running bales, oi
ls, 043,110 equivalent 500-pound bales
were ginned, exclusive of linters. The
1932 crop was 12,709,647 running bales,
or 13,001,508 equivalent 500-nound
bales, and the 1931 crop, 16,628,875
running, or 17,095,594 equivalent
bales.
The average gross weight of the
bale for the crop, counting round as
half bales and excluding linters, was
515.1 pounds, compared with 511.5
pounds for the 1932 crop and 514.0
pounds for the 1931 crop.
The final ginnings report by states
in running bales and equivalent 500-
pound bales were:
Alabama, 951,245 and 972,762; Ari
zona, 92,764 and 95,457; Arkansas,
1,014,201 ana 1,49,310; California,
210,106 and 216,457; Florida, 23,b05
and 23,627; Georgia, 1,093,242 ami 1,-
104,381: Louisiana 469,321 and 476,-
709; Mississippi 1,131,743 and 1.158,-
815; Missouri 237,911 and 244,525;
New Mexico 86,102 and 89,922; North
Carolina 689,183 and 685,661; Okla
homa 1,235,792 and 1,265,686; South
Carolina 728,028 and 735,103: Ten
nessee 428,893 and 444,573; Texas 4,-
220,096 and 4,431,765; Virginia 34,386
and 34,366; all other states 13,435
and 13.497.
Alamo Schoo! News
Three programs have been
given in chapel by the seventh,
sixth and fifth grades. Each was
thoroughly enjoyed. The pro
grams consisted of poems, plays,
stunts and songs, Facts about
St. Patrick’s Day were presented
in an interesting manner by the
fifth grade. Come to chapel each
Wednesday at 10:30.
The third and ninth grades
were honored by a visit from
Mrs. Hattaway, Mrs. McDaniel,
Mrs. H. R. Clark and Mrs.
Whitaker. Both grades were
served fruit, cakes, candy and
punch. "Three cheers for grade
mothers who know about spring
appetites,” say the lucky grades.
Mr. Ingram sponsored a mar
ble tournament last week in the
grammar grades. Ten fourth
grade boys participated, with
John Page winning. Jerold Us
sery was champion of the eight
fifth grade boys. Julius Purvis
was winner of the eight sixth
grade boys, and Jesse Braswell
won from eleven of his class
mates. In the semi finals Jerold
Ussery defeated John Page and
Julius Purvis defeated Jesse
Braswell. In the finals Julius
Purvis was victorious over Jerold
Ussery —thereby becoming
champion marble player of the
Alamo grammar school. He is to
be awarded a prize. Who knows
what undiscovered powers lie in
the Alamo student body? Pro
bably awaiting recognition from
you.
Slowly but surely the library
grows. Fourteen new books were
bought with the money from
Mrs. Ridley’s play. Some of these
| are Ben Hur, Quo Vadis, The
। Rosary, Ibsen’s play. The Light
lof the Western Stai s, The Blue
Window, etc. Miss Morris has
contributed two books pertain
ing to elocution, and Louise Smith
gave a novel last week. Come
borrow a book.
Some one suggested that the
gymnasium is beginning to look
■‘housey’’. Come and see it.
Singing Convention
The regular session of the
I Treutlen county singing convent
ion will be held with the Oriana
Baptis church the first Sunday
in April. Every body invited,
G. W. SAMMONS', Secy.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1934
THE REAL TROUBLE
By Dr. Thornwell Jacobs
President Oglethorpe University
In all the welter of discussion from
coast to coast and from Canada to
Mexican, there is one opinion univer
sally held to by the American people
as a deep and abiding conviction, and
that is that the President of the Unit
ed States is doing the very best pos
sible under all the circumstances
which confront him.
Without going into details in the
matter, it may be said that such mis
takes as have been made by the ad
ministration are not believed to be
lite fault, of our President, but ir
every case they are mistakes made by
his advisors or by the administrators
of the measures which he lias caused
to lie effected. Os course, the out
standing illustration of this fact, is
the cancellation of the air-mail con
tracts. This would never have been
done had not the President, bad infor
mation in writing that tlie Army was
amply able, fully equipped and com
petently qualified to carry the mail.
Doubtless tlie high oflicial who furn
ished him this information was, in
turn, fully advised by his suborinat.es
to the same effect.
Considering the newness of the en
tire cabinet, group in their Work of
administration, this must have been
inevitably the case. Even the Presi
dent of the United States is dependent,
in his action upon information fur
nished him through the various chan
nels of government, and if that infor
mation is inaccurate or partial or
saltish, and particularly if it is tinged
with greed and political chicanery, it
SUPERIOR COURT TO
CONVENEMONDAY
The spring term of Wheeler
Superior Court will convene next
Monday morning.
The civil calendar will be dis
posed of through the week and
the second week will be consum
ed in disposing of the criminal
cases.
New seats for the auditorium
have been installed, replacing
the old ones, which were in bad
repair.
Only a few days will be con
sumed, it is thought, for tho busi
ness of both civil and criminal
business.
Little Frances Hill Improving
Little Frances Hill, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hill, who
has been quite ill in the Macon
hospital for some few days, is
reported improving. She con
tracted flu and later han an at
tack of appendicitis, when she
was taken to the hospital, and her
condition was considered quite
serious, and the many friends of
the family are glad to learn that
her condition is much improved.
Poll Tax Must be Paid.
If you desire to participate in
the electons this year it is neces
sary that vour poll tax be paid
by May first. This is the only re
quirement now to be eligible to
vote. Whether able to pay all
other taxes you should look after
your poll tax by May first. This
is the dead line to be eligible to
vote in this year’s elections.
Last Gin Report
The tabulation of the cotton
report shows that there were
5,214 bales of cotton, counting
round as half bales, ginned and
to be ginned in Wheeler county
from the crop of 1933, as com
pared with 3,537 bales from the
crop of 1932. This leaves a differ
ence of 1,677 bales ginned in 1933
than in 1932.
Heavy and Light
Heavy heart, heavy hand. A light
heart, a light task.
is impossible even for a man as ex
perienced and wise as President
Roosevelt to always judge righteous
judgment.
I have an idea that similar failures
of which the public is daily taking
note are all due to the same causes.
Here is the CW A, for example, which
has been the most roughly criticized
of all of tlie administrative measures,'
and whose failure is due largely to its
administrators, mostly political, who
constantly strove to make it their
personal meal ticket.
I have an idea that the mostdifficult
things before President Roosevelt at.
the present time are not decisions
having to do with vast projects or
revolutionary measures. He probably
is not greatly perplexed by the two
and seventy jarring sects of political
and economic creeds. The thing that,
is worrying the President and which
will age him as all his predecessors
have been aged is worry and anxiety
over the difficulty of finding men who
are square and fair and honest and
unselfish, who have no axes to grind,
who desire to pul Ino political strings,
but whose sole purpose is to serve the
American people in the hour of its
great need.
The real trouble with America today
is just that. It is not a lack of educat
ion nor a lack of money nor a lack of
opportunity nor a lack of economic
skill nor a lack of markets. It is
simply and only a lack of persona)
character in its citizenship.
New Dublin Theater
Destroyed by Fire.
Dublin, Ga., March 19. —Dam-
age estimated at $50,000 was
caused by fire which destroyed
the new Theater Ritz here last
night.
The building was insured but
no insurance was carried on
$15,000 wort of theater equip
ment. The ritz was opened March
5 th.
Notice to Farmers
AU farmers interested in the
Crop Production Loan are re
quested to come to the office of
W. O. Purser, to see him in re
gard to your taxes, This matter
should be looked after at once,
so that all loans may be closed as
soon as possible.
Mr. J. A. Pope Improving
After undergoing an operation
at the Macon Hospital last week
for appendicitis, the many
friends of Mr. J. A. Pope, are
glad to learn that he is improving
and is expected to be able to
come home soon.
During his absence, his
brother, L. M. Pope, is acting as
deputy clerk, and will act in his
stead as clerk of the superior
court.
Get Your Rat Trap
I have on hand a good many
government rat traps and 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.
Seed for Sale
Poultry feed, Gipsy wheat, 10c
per pound.
H. K. MURCHISON,
Alamo, Ga.
Poultry
Can use some heavy hens,
fryers and turkeys each week.
H. K. Murchison.
Honored Himself
William Penn first Intended to call
I his new dominion Carolina Instead of
Pennsylvania.
HOUSE PASSES
BANKHEAD BILL
Washington, March 19 —A
rigid limitation of ten million
ba’es for this year’s cotton crop
was set by the house today in
passing by the top heavy vote of
259 to 114 a bill that would im
pose a tax of 50 per cent of its
value upon all additional lint
ginned.
A warning that Speaker Rainey
was compilingalistof Democrats
who had voted against admini
stration wishes had a withering
effect upon opposition. Many
members who previously had
said they would oppose the mea
sure voted for it when the final
roll call was forced by Repre
sentative Snell of New York, the
Republican leader.
The bill was sent to the senate
where ad vocates said they ex
pected early favorable action. It
has the approval both of the
administration and of the senate
agriculture committee.
Senator Bankhead (D., Ala.),
a co-author, said the house bill
was acceptable to him and indi
cated it would be substituted for
the senate measure.
Even the most ardent propon
ents were surprised at the big
majority that rolled up on the
record vote. Chairman Jones (D.,
Tex.), of the agriculture com
mittee, said he had been afraid
of the probable outcome in view
of the bitter debate it aroused
last week.
Twenty-eight Democrats and
86 Republican voted against the
bill, while 238 Democrats, eight
Republicans and the five Farmer
Laborites answered “aye."
Speaker Rainey cast his vote for
the bill. Two Democrats, Dough
ton of North Carolina and Gray
of Indiana, voted prsent.
The bill had been before the
house a week. Amendments ad
opted include one striking out a
section to authorize the president
to enter trade agreements with
foreign cotton producing coun
tries on how much of the staple
could be exported.
The measure is designed to
prevent an increase in production
by fertilizing and other methods
under the voluntary acreage re
duction program.
Representative Bankhead (D.,
Ala.), co-author with his brother,
Senator Bankhead, said that 95
per cent of the cotton farmers
favored the legislation.
The Georgia house delegation
voted its full strength behind the
Bankhead cotton bill as the com
pulsory baleage control measure
passed the house today.
The ten representatives from
the Cracker State thus disre
garded the opposition to Gov
ernor Talmadge who had sent a
telegram t o Representative
Parker expressing his opposition.
The bill, called an emergency
measure, has a two year life, but
power is granted the president
to continue it for a third crop
year if necessary.
Upon the approval of two thirds
of the growers, the secretary of
agriculture is authorized to fix
the limit of production in the
second and third years.
A tax of 50 per cent of the
market value is levied on cotton
produced in excess of quotas al
located to farmers. These quotas
are fixed according to the average
production of the farmer over
the last five years. The bill was
amended to fix the average on
four years in case a section had
been hit by drought, flood, or
simillar disaster.
Senator Bankhead said he
Number 5
ARE HE NEW
BEALFAILACIES?
By Dr. Glenn Frank
Yesterday I listed eleven charges
that William McaDonald makes
against the New Deal in his recent
volume on “The Menace of Re
covery,’’ in which he makes a sweep
ing attack on the whole round of
Roosevelt policies.
Today I list twelve principles which
Mr. MacDonald considers fallacies
underlying the New Deal program.
1. It is a fallacy to assume that the
law of supply ana demand can be
repealed by legislation.
2. It is a fallacy to assume that the
depression can be dissipated by
artificial and forcible attempts to
raise the general price level.
3. It is .% fallacy to assume that
wage increases will increase purchas
ing power if commodity prices are al
so jacked up.
4. It is a fallacy to assume that
business and industrial revival can
be achieved by compelling employers
to pay more wages for less work or
to take on more employes than they
actually need.
5. It is a fallacy to assume that
debt and economic order can be coped
with constructively by spending more
money, piling up more debt,, and
raising more taxes.
6. It is a fallacy to assume that the
production problem can be solved by
paying farmers to produce less.
7. It is a fallacy to assume that the
consumption of food can be incrased
by taxing food products for the farm
er’s benefit.
8. It is a fallacy to assume that
social justice can be advanced by
restricting production while millions
are in want.
9. It is a fallacy to assume that
disaster can be avoided if we put the
whole problem of the use of new
capital and new machinery at the
mercy of political decision.
10. It is a fallacy to assume that
anything is to be gained by flooding
the banks with money and credit for
which there is no sound use.
11. It is a fallacy to assume that
we can build a stable and effective
economic structure with tax-free gov
erment agencies thrown into com
petition with private enterprise.
12. It is a fallacy to assume that
political price-fixing is a workable
policy.
Mr. MacDonald calls these fallacies.
As he states them they do sound
fallacious. But it is not all quite as
simple as Mr. MacDonald makes it
seem. I shall latter consider these
alleged fallacies.
Marriage Licenses
Void Out of State
Atlanta, March 15. —Boys and
girls who get Georgia marriage
licenses must be married in
Georgia.
That’s the unofficial ruling of
Attorney General M. J. Yeomans.
The attorney general gave the
opinion on request of the Rev. H.
0. Hughes, of Jasper, Florida.
Georgia marriage licenses, the
attorney general said, have no
extra territorial privileges. In
other words they are not good in
any other state.
Persons who get a Georgia
license and marry in some other
state by using that license are
married under common law, the
attorney general said, but not
under the statutes of this state.
Mr. Hughes obtained a similar
ruling from the Florida attorney
general that folks married in
Florida must have a Florida
license.
might propose an increase in the
tax to make it more effective and
to keep production down.
The tax is not applicable until
the excess cotton is sold, that
portion stored being exempt.
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For Sale
Genuine Covipgtpn wilt resist
ant cotton seed —Also choice bay.
Alamo Union Warehouse Co.
W. E. Currie
