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Volume 22
808 JONES
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Vsh HERE AHO
HEREAFTER.
Recently the editor, in corres
spondence with a young minister,
accused this minister of being a
modernist. The young man wrote,
“If you call one who tried to live
as God would have him live—to
preach that Jesus’ revelation or
humanity and God was sufficient
for the salvation of humanity and
of the world —then I am willing
for you to brand me as a modern
ist.’’ I brand him. He is a
modernist. I know that language.
Jesus came to this world to die
He said, “My father and I are
one.’’ He was a revelation of God.
He said, “He that hath seen me
hath seen the Father.'’ That is
all true but the salvation of this
world depended upon His death.
Tihe death of Jesus Christ was
.Vicarious and substitutional. He
•died on the account of the sinner.
He died in the placeof the sinner.
He came to this world to die. He
said so. When He was nearing
the end He said, “For this end
came I into the world.” Jesus
should know why He came. He
said He came to die.
Modernism talks about the
sermon on the mount and the
ethical teachings of Jesus.
Modernism uses high sounding
words about Jesus being the
revelation of humanity and God,
but modernism repudiates the
blood which Jesus Christ shed
on the cross. Modernism speaks
of Jesus as an example. Ortho
doxy says He is an example, but
He is a Savior. It is at the cross
where we get the power to live
the sermon on the mount. “With
out the shedding of blood there
is no remission for sin.”
Georgia at Chicago
Exposition.
Wheeler county’s quota is SIOO
toward Georgia’s part to have
the state represented at the Cen
tury of Progress Exposition in
Chicago. The exposition opens
next Saturday and Georgians will
be proud of her exhibit, but it
takes money, and Mr. W.E. Cur
rie, county chairman, is very
anxious to have this amount rais
ed, and all parties wishing to do
* to this fund will please see
h/m. The money is expected to
leave here by Saturday.
See Mr. Cu rrie at once and if
all will help some, the small
quota of SIOO for the county may
be raised without hurt to anyone.
Mr. Currie may be seen in Alamo
any day and will be glad to re
ceive the help and see that it is
dispatched to the proper parties
at once.
Grand Jurors Not to
Convene Friday.
Order from Judge Graham
postpones the reconvening of
the March grand jurors, which
body was scheduled to meet on
May 25th. No date wasannounced
when this body will be called
together, but the rescinding of
the March 25th, date gave no
indication of when they will be
called together.
Notice to the jurors were
mailed out by the clerk of the!
court, J. A. Pope. Recommen ■
dations of the body are tied up
indefinitely, which were made j
at the March term.
254 CROP LOANS
GRANTED WHEELER
Wheeler farmers w’ere grant
ed 254 Emergency Crop Loans in
1934, This compared to 435 in
1933, amount loaned in 1934, $20,-
730 00 as to amount loaned in
1933 which was approximately
$45,000.00. The reason of the re
j duced amount in 1934 is due to
j several reasons. Vidalia Produc
tion Loans to farmers with col
lateral, cotton rentals being paid
by the government and in im
provements in crops of 1933,
enabling some of the farmers to
finance themselves without bor
rowing money.
Quite a numoer of the rental
checks came in this w’eek,
which means much to th majority
of our farmers. Approximately
400 check s came in, which was
only part payment of their ren
tals, while there were some few
who did not get theirs, it is ex
pected that they will get theirs
before very long.
School Library
Books May be Used.
Alamo school library books of
fiction may be borrowed during
the summer, twice a week,- at
Mr. Sear’s ordinary’s offic, at
the court bouse.
Mr. C. H. Barineau, Mrs. J. S.
Ridley, Mrs. L.M. Pope and Miss
Mary Allice Clements are to have
charge of checking out the books.
In order to allow the people of
the community to have access to
all the books and insure the
greatest possible circulation, the
following rules have been worked
out:
The book case in the ordinary’s
office will be open for checking
in and out books on Monday and
Saturday afternoons from three
to six o’clock.
Books, and a few magazines
may be checked out for a week
by any person registering in the
book, provided for that purpose.
Books not returned on the
date due must be accompanied
by five cents fine the next time
the library is opened—each time
the book is not returned, there
after when the library is open
the fine will be increased five
cents.
Any book damaged while out,
will be paid for by borrower, a
reasonable sum to cover repair
cost, or a new book if necessary.
In an effort to serve as many
homes as possible and to make an
estimate of the number, at first,
only two books may be checked
uut by one family.
When any person registers and
accepts the privilege of reading
the three hundred and fifteen
books in Mr. Sear’s office that
person automatically accepts the
above rules by which to abide.
Your cooperation will be appre
ciated. Don’t forget Monday and
Saturday, from three to six o’-
clock.
Mr. H. H. Burch
Dublin, May 23.—Funeral services
for Mr. Henry Harrison Burch, 74,
were held at Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church Sunday afternoon. He is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Eliza Mont
ford Burch; a son, Bela Burch, of
Cadwell; a daughter, Mrs. John A.
Lowery, of Cadwell; four sisters, Mrs.
Lovdie Boyd, of Appalachee, Ga.:
Mrs. Emma Montford, of Glenwood;
Mrs. Ann : e E. Stafford, of Dublin,
and Mrs Lula Canady, of Dublin,
and a brother, O. B. Burch, of Jack
son.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934
COUNTY WIDE CANNING
DEMONSTRATION WORK
A County wide canning demon
stration will be held May 31st,
at the courthouse in Alamo. At
this time demonstrations on the
canning of acid and non acid
vegetables will be given, also
brining and drying of vegeta
bles and fruits will be given.
Miss Frances A. McLanahan,
from the College of Agriculture,
will be in charge of this demon
stration assisted by the local
Home Demonstration Agents,
Miss Lula Blitch and Miss Esther
Godbee. Miss McLanahan will be
pleasantly remembered by a
large number because of her
previous work in the county.
The people are urged to be
present at this meeting and bring
some of their canning problems
with them to be discussed so as
a result of this meeting we can
have more and better food
preservation work in the county
and more well filled pantries.
Don’t forget the meeting the
time or place.
Parker’s Candidacy
The formal announcement of
Homer C. Parker for reelection
to Congressappears in the papers
of the district this week.
The exact personnel of the op
position to Mr. Parker in the
coming election cannot at this
moment be foretold. There are
already two others definitely in
the race, Beach Edwards and
Albert Cobb, of Savannah, both
having qualified by the payment
of their entrance fees. Still
others are said to be practically
sure to be in the race before
entry closing date, which is Sat
urday of this week.
With this uncertainty as to the
final field, there is no accurate
basis on which to calculate the
final line up in the district.
Friends of Mr. Parker, how
ever, see very little danger to
him in the present lineup or that
which is promised. If you travel
over the district and listen to the
people talk, you will be impress
ed that Mr. Parker is easily
the outstanding candidate; you
will be impressed further, that
those already opposing him are
not coloring the situation to any
perceptible degree. Visitingin
two counties of the district dur
ing the week on matters not per
taining to politics, it was noticed
that those who spoke of the cam
paign were united in their belief
that Congressman Parker will
win easily.
And why shouldn’t he be re
elected? Mr. Parker has reached
that stage in Congress where he
can be of increasing usefulness
to his constituents. Having been
promoted to an important chair
manship, his status as a cong
ressman is definitely recognized
in a manner that reflects credit
to his district. These positions
are not reached instantly, nor
are they given merely as a re ward
for years of membership in
Congress. They come to a man
only because of his established
worth among his constituents,
and are proper recognition of
service for the nation worthily ■
rendered.
However excellent are those ,
others who have ambitions to ।
succeed him, there is little doubt ,
that Mr. Parker will be returned •
to succeed himself. —The Bulloch ,
Times. I'
Mr. M. Pope, of the Spring '
Hill section, was in Alamo Mon-1
day. «
STOW M IM
COUKM JUNE 13
A hearing has been set for
May 24th, fora settlmen of the
tax collector of Wheeler county,
before J. A. Mcßae, county com
missioner. The hearing has been
postponed from time to time,
but continued on account of the
audit of the county books not
having been completed. As the
audit is said to be still unfinished,
the hearing will very prbably be
continued again.
In this hearing the tax collec
tor is represented by W. 0. Pur
ser, local attorney, and W. S
Mann, of Mcßae. The commis
sioner is represented by G. L.
Hattaway, local attorney, and
Herman Milner, of Eastman.
The above stated case which
was to have been heard yesterday
morning before Jas. A. Mcßae,
county commissioner, was con
tinued until the 14th of June,
next, on account of the illness of
the tax collector. Council on
both sides have agreed to meet
on the 12th and 13th and com
pare the audit made by Chas. J.
Burke and Company and the
second audit made by E. B.
Wbitchard, employed by the tax
collector, the outcome of which
cannot be known, but the facts
in the case will be submitted
to the commissioner on the 14th.
Why Fewer Counties?
Some of tbe big daily news
papers are advocating the con
solidation of Georgia counties,
for the purpose of creating
bigger, better, and more iucra
live jobs for gerrymandering
politicians.
There can be no safe and sane
argument for the consolidation
of Georgia’s counties.
There is no argument for con
solidation except in the interest
of the politician.
The more counties a state has
the closer the government is to
the people, and the closer any
government is to the people the
happier the people are.
Consolidate the Georgia coun
ties, as some advocate, and you
not only move government
further from the people, but you
make it more difficult for them
to receive what little benefits are
even now available under the
corrupt, political scheme. When
we get rid of the devilish poli
tician, we’ll find that we haven’t
either too many or too few coun
ties —but that they are just right
in number.
We should let the “new
deal” idea destroy all of our
sense of the democratic? —News
and Views.
Geiger-Thompso n
Mrs. Malcolm Chesterfield an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Margaret Ann Geiger,
to Mr. Jamis Thompson, of
Vidalia, the date of the marriage
to be announced later.
The following announcement
appeared in the daily press last
Sunday, and came as a surprise
to the many friends of Miss
Geiger. She is the only daughter
of Mrs. Malcolm Chesterfied, of
this place, and a grand daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Benton.
The groom is quite well known
here, having been connected with
the Sims Store here for some
time, but is now located at
Vidalia.
SEARS IS CHOSEN
TO HEAD SCHOOL
Millen, May 22. —The trustees
of Lanier junior high school, in
the Jenkins county system, have
elected George D. Sears, who
will receive his A. B. degree at
Mercer university in June, as
principal for the coming school
year.
Mr. Sears has a number of
years' exerienca in the school
room. Other members of the
faculty elected are Billy Chancier
and Miss Ellene Gray from the
present faculty; Miss Ruby wil'
lianas, who taught at Perkins
this year; Miss Sarah Alaben, of
Millenj who will receive her de
gree at G. S. C. W., in June, and
Miss Ruth Belcher, of Brooklet.
Congress Session Called
To Order By Georgia Gavel
(BY GEORGIA NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE)
A gayel of wood from the
mulberry tree in J efferson, Geor
gia, under which Dr. Crawford
W. Long performed the first
operation with the aid of anaes
thesia was used by Speaker
Rainey when he called to order
the joint session of congress last
Sunday. The House and Senate
commemorated the 100th anni
versary of the death of General
Lafayett in this meeting.
The gavel was presented to
Speaker Rainey by Representa
tive John S. Wood of Canton in
whose congressional district Dr.
Long practiced his profession.
Following its use in Washington,
it was placed in the Georgia
exhibit at the World’s Fair in
Chicago.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for the
beautiful floral offering and kind
expressions of sympathy in the
death of our son and brother,
r. V. Atchison.
Mrs. Nettie Atchison and
family,
Mrs. M. C. Morrison and
family,
Mrs. Clara Thigpen and
family
R. L. Atchison and family.
B. W. M. S. Program
The B. W. M. S. circle No. I of the
Alamo Baptist church will meet with
Mrs. H. J. Whitfield next Monday
afternoon at four o’clock..
Circle No. 2 will meet with Mrs. E.
S. Hartley at the same hour. Each
member urged to be present and be on
time.
Hay For Sale
Choice Timothy hay for $1.25
per hundred, while it last.
Alamo Union Warehouse, Co.
W.E. Currie.
The joke on the federal Depart
mentof Agriculture is that for
years it has been spending many
millions of dollars to eradicate
the boll weevil when, had the
pest been left alone to reduce the
cotton crop and raise prices, it
might have the expenditure of
$163,000,000 to recompense cot
ton growers for plowing up some
of their cotton and the proposed
tax on production of over 10,000,-
000 bales unncessary.
The preachers of the Vidalia group,
Rev. Heisler, Vidalia, C. B. Herring
ton, Soperton; J. D. McCord, Alamo;
B. F. West, Mt Vernon; Rev. Taylor,
Uvalda; B. A. Pafford, Dublin, and
their families had a Bice picnic at
Oahwalkee yesterday.
Number 14
nn PAYMENT Os
MMOH
An injunction suit which has
created much interest in this
county has been filed at the in
stance of a number of tax payers
of the county which enjoins and
restrains J. A. Mcßae, sole com
missioner, and the superinten
dent of schools, Mrs. H. R. Hill,
of Wheeler county, and the Board
of Education of the county, en
joining them from paying to
Chas. J. Burke and Company,
public accountants, the sum of
sixty seven hundred dollars for
making an audit of the county
books, including in this audit the
school account of the tax col
lector.
Chas, J. Burke and Company
have audited the county books
for the past several years, but
in addition the school account of
the tax collector was included in
the audit this time. Mr. Burke
has been assisted in the audit by
two or more helpers for the past
several months, he coming here
last November, furnishing tbe
commissioner an advanced copy
of his audit a few weeks ago,
while they are still here and it
appears that the audit is not yet
completed.
The advance report to the
commissioner and the county
Board of Education is said to
have shown a shortage in the
state and school accounts, while
the county is shown to have been
overpaid, but in the whole a
shortage appears, the exact
amount we have not had a definite
report.
The tax collector not being
satisfied with the audit, exercis
ing bis rights in the matter, is
having the books reaudited by
another auditor, the result of
which will be made on com pletion
of the second audit.
A hearing on the injunction
has been set by Judge Graham
for May 25th, in Alamo.
The plaintiff is represented by
W. O. Purser, attorney, of Alamo.
Rhodes-Rhodes
The marriage of Miss Hazle
Rhodes daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Rhodes of Wheeler
County and Mr. Elder Rhodes
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Rhodes, also of Wheeler county
was solemnized at a beautiful
ceremony at Bay Springs Metho
dist Church, Sunday, May 13th
at high noon, the Rev. J. D. Mc-
Cord, pastor of the Alamo Metho
distchurch performing the cere
mony.
Palms and ferns were used to
decorate the church and tall floor
baskets tilled with pink roses
and fern were placed on either
side of the altar which was bank
ed with roses and trailing ivy.
Preceding the ceremony Mr.
Clyde Harbin and Mr, George
Clay Holland blue accessories.
They will reside with the
grooms parents for a few weeks
and will then go to Dundee Flori
da where they will reside.
Among the out of town guests
here for the wedding were Mr
and Mrs. Rupert Rhodes and
Mr. Lawrence Rhodes of Atlanta
and Mr. Archie Rhodes of Colum
bus. —Telfair Enterprise.
Notice to Tax Payers.
All Town of Alamo tax execution
for the years 1928-19x9 and 1930, will
be levied and property advertised
jor sale unless payment is made prior
to June first.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL,
Town of Alamo,
