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Volume 22
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“The Jesus philosophy will not
work in the modern world”, is
what a man said to me sometime
ago. ‘‘How do you know’"? I ask
ed. “Have you ever tried it?” He
looked impressed and said, ‘‘l
don’t believe I have”.
Jesus said that if someone
smites you on one cheek to turn
the other one. Personally, I have
never tried that but I believe it
would work In the first place, I
do not believe that if we turned
the other cheek we would often
find the man mean enough to
strike the second blow. If a man
smites us on one cheek and we
do not turn the other, but smite
'back, we may get killed.
There are many men sleeping in
the cemetaries of the world who
would have lived if they had
turned the other cheek. It would
not hurt us to try what Jesus
said. I’m sure it would work. We
have tried all kinds and theories
of government. The world is in
a turmoil. Everything is unsettl
ed. and uncertain. Why don’t we
tryout the theories of Jesus —
“Put God first”. “If thine enemy
hungry feed him”. “If a man
asks for your cloak give him your
coat also”. “If a man smites you
on one cheek turn the other
one”.
Jesus knew life. He was the
author of life. He came not only
to give men life, but to give them
abundant life. He knew men. It
is a pity the world will not heed
what Jesus says about how men
ought to live.
One time the writer dropped
into an office and asked a man a
very civil question. The man was
abrupt and irritated. The writer
decided he would try kindness
and counrtesy, so he spoke in the
most gracious way he knew how.
The man who was uncouth and
impolite softened and become
most courteous himself. “A soft
answer turneth away wrath, but
grievous words stir up anger”.
LP. T. SOPHOMORES
PRESENT RECORD PLAY
Second Childhood, a three-act farce
that holds the record for having been
played more times by professionals
(over 5,000 times) than any other
modern play, well be presented at,
the Glenwood High School Auditorium
Wednesday evening, May 23 by the
College Sophatnore class of Brewton-
Parker.
The royalty on this play is $25.00
plus $5,25 for books. This assures it
of being a first class production, not
to emphasise the facts that it holds a
record and is to be staged by college
performers.
There Is only one set: hence, there
shall be on long waits between acts.
There are only nine in the cast; hence,
a greater degree of perfection can be
attained. Since work has been going
on for six weeks on this play, the
audience may feel assured of finished
work.
The price of admission will be
fifteen and twenty-five cents, proceeds
to be divided between Glenwood and
Brewton-Parker schools. Performance
will begin at 8:30.
The play will be repeated at Brew
ton-Parker auditorium May 25, be
ginning at 8:30.
Dr. and Mrs. Jno. F. Hall spent
several days in Atlanta the past
week.
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
FUJISES MG. PARKER
Reports from the First District
indicate that three or four candi
dates will oppose Congressman
Homer C. Parker, the incumbent,
in the primary of September 12.
The larger the number that op
pose Mr. Parker, however, per
haps the better it will be for
him.
We sincerely hope that the
voters of the First Congressional
District will recognize the very
fine work Congressman Parker
is doing for that district and the
remarkable ability he possesses,
and will return him to Congress,
for the longer a congressman re
mains in Washington the more
useful he becomes, provided he
stays on the job and has the
interest of his constituents at
heart, which we know is the case
with Mr. Parker.
Congressman Carl Vinson rep
resented the Tenth District in
the House of Representatives
for nearly twenty years and now
he is Dean of the Georgia dele
gation, a man whose power and
influence is felt throughout Con
gressional circles and Govern
mental departments. If the Tenth
District had been changing cong
ressmen every few years, cert
ainly the city of Augusta would
have never gotton the things we
have received from the Govern
ment, nor could other portions
of the district have been so much
benefited.
Mr. Parker has been a friend
of the Savannah River and every
thing pertaining to the welfare
of the entire district. Chatham,
Effingham, Screven and Burke
counties and the counties bord
ering the Savannah River and
each of these will be immensly
benefitted by the channel im
provements. Mr. Parker has
worked with great zeal on this
project and we appreciate what
he has done for us. He has
worked for the deepening of the
Savannah harbor and many other
improvementsfor Chatham coun
ty, as well as the other counties
in the district.
In our judgement he deserves
to be returned to Congress with
out opposition. We hope and be
lieve that if be does have opposi
tion he will be reelected any way
by a large majority. The obvious
lesson that many congressional
districts in this country have
learned is that when they have a
good man in Congress, they
should keep him there as long as
possible.—The Augusta Chroni
cle.
Y- W. A. ic Meet.
The Y. W. A., will meet at the
Baptist church Tuesday evening,
May 22, 1934 at 8:00 o’clock. The
following program will be given:
Topic —Untarnished Ideals.
Song—“ Jesus Keep Me Near
The Cross.”
Scripture —Second Chron., 12
9-10.
Prayer—President-
Amusements that soil- Madelle
Hartley.
Special music, The legend of
(the skylark feathers —Susie
Hartley.
Playlet—Two Y. W. A. girls.
Closing prayer —Mrs. C. E.
Wrye.
As to why a man who claims to
be honest thinks that it is not
necessary to pay his subscription
to bis newspaper, is one of the
mysteries of our life.—Lanier
County News.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1934
CAN HOLD LOAN
COTTON LONGER
Cotton on which the govern
| ment loaned 10 cents a pound
last year will be carried on,
where the farmer-owners desire
it, until February 1, 1935, the
government has announced.
Originally this cotton was to
have been sold on July 31,1934.
There are approximately a
thousand bales of this cotton be
longing to Wheeler county
farmers are stored here.
Any farmer who desires can
sell his cotton, but the govern
ment will carry it on tor him un
til next February, or until a
price of 15 cents a pound is
reached if the owner desires it
is understood.
The government loaned ten
cents a pound on the cotton at a
time when the staple was selling
for about 9 cents. It was to be
held, with no cost to the farmers
so long as the price did not climb
above 10 cents a pound.
Caroline Rides in Oxcart as
Homefoiks Welcome Her
Baxley, May 14. —Caroline
Miller, returned triumphantly
today to her little green bunga
low home here, riding in an ox
cart similar to the one used by
the heroine of her Pulitzer prize
winning novel, “Lamb In His
Bosom.”
Overwhelmed by the surprise
! celebration arranged by tire
home folks, Mrs. Miller barley
had time to greet her husband,
little Bill and the twins, Nip and
Tuck, before she was bundled
into the ancient conveyance and
trundled away to her home.
“I’m simply overcome,” mur
mured the author, stepping from
the train after her trip to New
York to received the Pulitzer
award.
Most of the town —numbering
some 2,soo—joined the parade
which formed as Mrs. Miller
stepped from the train into the
squeaky, oxdrawn cart. Down
Main street plodded the yoke of
oxen, preceded by a delegation
from the American Legion.
Following close behind the cart
in which the writer and her
family rode, was another rickety
oxcart carrying “Lonzo” and
“Cean” principal characters of
“Lamb In His Bosom.”
Then came Mayor W. D. Branch
and a truckload of youngsters
from Baxley schools, of which
Mr. Miller is superintendent.
Those who couldn’t find a place
in the parade waved and shouted
from points of vantage —and Mrs.
Miller waved and bowed in re
turn.
Little Bill, oldest of the Miller
brood and a practical lad, spoke
up and asked as the procession
neared the bungalow “where’s
the thousand dollars, mama.”
“What’s a thousand dollars,”
shrilled Nip, thoroughly enjoy
ing the greatest excitement he
!or Baxley had ever seen. The
boys heard about the cash award
which goes with the Pulitzer
prize before their famous mother
reached home.
As the parade left the pave
ment on Main street, made hot
by the midafternoon sun, and
entered the cool, shaded street
on which the Millers live, out
came “Daily,” longhaired
mongrel, whohas been a member
of the family for 10 years to bark
a greeting to his distinguished
mistress. •
“For once I simply can’t make
a speech,” said Mrs. Miller as
the oxcart creaked to a stop un-
WHEAT PRODUCTION
IN SOUTH GROWING
Valdosta, May 13. —Wheat
growing in Lowndes county is
coming again into favor, quite a
number of farmers planting
small areas from which to pro
duce flour for their own use. In
this they are following a lead of
J. T. Boyett of the Cat Creek
district, who has been growing
his own for several years.
During reconstruction days
Lowndes county raised wheat for
all the flour used here, and there
were numerous mills where
wheat was ground into flour.
As time passed, the custom died
and farmers were satisfied to
buy flour made from wheat grown
in the northwest. During the
World War, answering an appeal
from the government Lowndes
county farmers again planted
wheat and it was found that the
average yield per acre was con
siderably in excess of that in the
wheat belt, but in the days of
wild prosperity which followed,
farmers ceased to plant wheat
and bought flour made from the
wheat of the northwest.
With the return of the need for
thrift and economy, farmers are
turningagain to their own land
to furnish their bread and at the
present rate of increase in the
wheat planting, it will not be a
great while before farmers of
this section will truly be “living
at home and boarding at the
same place.”
An Editor’s Lament
o
The editor of a rural weeklj
unbosoms himself in the follow
ing way:
Getting out a high class family
journal is no picnic. If I print
jokes folks say lam silly; If I
don’t, they say I’m too serious.
If I publish original matter, they
say I lack variety; if I publish
things from other papers, they
say I’m too lazy to write. If 1
don’t go to church they say I’m
heathen; if I do go I’m a hypo
crite. If I stay in the office, I
ought to be out rustling up the
news; if I rustle for news, I am
not attending to business at the
office. If I wear old clothes they
say I’m a sloven; if I wear new
ones, they say I must be making
a pile of money or the clothes
aren’t paid for.
What in thunderation is a poor
editor to do anyhow? Like as not
somebody will say I swiped this
article from some other paper.
So I did.” —Hartwell Sun.
Wheeler County Tax
Assessors at Work
The tax assessors. T.M. Moses,
J. L. Morrison and M. B. Adams,
are in session this week, having
convened Monday morning. Mr.
J. F. Sikes is clerk of the body.
Cucumbers are now beginning
to bloom—and along with this
is the suggested slogan for Evans
county, “We can bellyache the
nation.”—Claxton Enterprise.
der the tall pines in the Miller
yard. “You all know me too well
for me to be making a speech to
you.”
She stopped to talk with friends
before going into the house to
find numerous bouquets of flow
ers and a silver service presented
by seniorsof Baxley High school.
Cakes baked by neighbors, were
stacked on a table and jars of
fruits and preserves were piled
high.
MELON GROWERS
HOLD MEETING
Watermelons farmers of Geor
gia, North and South Carolina
and Florida, 150 strong gathered
Monday at the Hotei Savannah
to consider a proposed market
ing agreement for growers and
shippers designed to stabilize
and improve melon prices.
T. G. Futch, Leesburg Florida,
and William G. Knowles, Eustis,
Florida, opposed the adoption of
the agreement, but the majority
of those present, led by Roy E.
Parrish, of Adel, representative
of the strong Souwega Associa
tion, favored the proposals and
the agreement was adopted.
James A. Kennedy, Washing
ton, of the Agricultural Adjust,
ment Administration, and three
other officials of the administra
tion, W. G. Meal, C. Krevisky
and Charles Candle, were in
charge of the meeting, which
was held in the Jung room of the
Hotel.
Mr. Kennedy said the reason
the Leesburg, Florida, group
was opposed to the agreement
was because their melons were
smaller than the standard size
and sold at lower prices. The
Leesburg group conteded that
their earlier crop did not com
pete with the melons grown in
other sections.
A state committee and a gen
eral control committee will be
appointed to administer the
agreement.
Another matter of interest to
people of this section was an ad
dress by Frank M. Oliver, presi
dent of the Oglethorpe Highwaj
Association, made at the Ex
change Club meeting Monday at
the Hotel Savannah, telling of
the big motorcade to, and cele
bration at Hinesville, Thursday,
for the opening of the highway
at which Governor Talmadge of
Georgia is to speak.
Carl Herbert Wooten Is
Shot by Hobson Mimbs
Carl Herbert Wooten of Lum
ber City was shot Friday morn
ing by Hobson Mimbs also of
Lumber City, and is in the Cor
de-lois Hospital in Hazlehurst
where he was carried shortly
after he was shot.
According to Mr. Ed Brown,
an eye witness, Mr. Wooten who
was thought to have been under
the influence of liquor, came up
to his car which was stopped
near the filling station this side
of The Red River Tea Room, and
started cursing Mr. Mimbs who
was engaged with him in a con
versation. It is said that he
reached into his pocket for a gun
but before he could shoot, was
shot by Mr. Mimbs. It is said
that the two men had previous
trouble.
Mr. Mimbs is out under $500.00
bond pending a hearing.
Mr. Wooten is reported as do
ing fine and will soon be able to
leave the hospital.—The Telfair
Enterprise.
We do not question a man hav
ing a legal right to keej away
from religious services, but we
do question his moral right to do
so. Regardless of what he may
think about church attendance,
he is setting a mighty good ex
ample when he attends. And,
by the way, a personal feeling
should never enter into this.
Regardless of what you may
think of some of the members or
the preacher—go to church.—
Lanier County News.
Number 13
T. V- ATCHINSON
DIESSUDDENLY
Mr. T, V. Atchinson, 30 years
of age, died suddenly at the hotel
in Lumber City last night about
eleven o’clock. He was an em
ployee of the Love Lumber Com
pany, of Lumber City. He took
suddenly ill and died before his
family could reach him.
He is a son of Mrs. Dave
Atchinson, of Glenwood. He was
before taking a position with the
Love Lumber Company, connect
ed with the Glenwood Drug Com
pany.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Dave Atchinson, three
brothers, Robert, A. 8., and
Walter Atchinson, of Glenwood;
three sisters, Mrs. M. C. Morri
son, of Rochelle; Mrs. Clara
Thigpen and Miss Lucile Atchin
son, of Glenwood.
Funeral arrangements have
not been made.
Infant’s Death
The ninth months old infant of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hartley died
at the home of the former’s
parents, Mr. and, Mrs. J. M.
Hartley, Monday morning at
eleven o’clock. It had been ill
with pneumonia for some time.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the Baptist church here
Tuesday morning, by the pastor,
Rev. Strickland, and interment
was in the Alamo cemetery.
The New Fronties
Editor Eagle:
In the Old day the dissatisfied and
depressed population could go west
and find new lands on which to build
their homes out there they found a
frontier with idle land which they
could take up and make a sort of a
living from it.
Those days are gone never to return.
The still remaining idle land is no
good. Besides its hard enough to
make a living on good land now
days. The old frontier is gone, and
no such outlet exists for the unem
ployed and the downtrodden.
The problem has got to be solved
some other way now. A new frontier
confronts us. It is not measured in
acres nor quarter sections. You can’t
mosey over it and find a place to
‘‘squat.” This new frontier is the
borderland between present social
conditions, and those which are to
come. And the exhustion of the old
frontier makes the new one an abso
lute necessity. For lack of a western
borderland to which they could
migrate, the discontented victims of
injustice must migrate into a new
social order It is the only way of
escape that is left to the. The other
alternative is merely to stew in their
present misery.
It took a good of courage to pull
up stakes and go west. It now will re
quire common sense and the logical
use of one’s noodleto pull up decayed
mental stakes and set out for the new
frontier. Yet the pioneers of the old
fronties were the most advanced and
stimulating part of our population,
So will be the new pioneers.
It will have to be done by voting
and putting men in office who know
what they are about and who dare go
about the job for you.. Just last week
we were ylsited by a candidate for
Congress and during the couple of
hours he remained in onr midst not
one time did he mention a national
problem or undertake to discuss in
any conversation a national issue
with which you are confronted at this
time, and yet he is asking your suf
frage. Are you ape enough to give
him your help while you and your
family travel onward toward a catas
trophe of poverty and bankruptcy?
I wish you to answer. Just smiles
are not worth a “Tinker’s JDam” in
these days of trying ordeal.
H. W. NALLEY.
J. W. Adams, Jr., of Canal
Point, Florida, is visiting in the
county.
