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HEREAFTER.
This is the season when young,
people are thinking about going
oil to college. Going to college is
serious business. A boy’s or girl's
whole futurelife depends largely
upon the contacts made in col
lege. Many of my best friends
are the men and women whom I
met was a college boy. Most of
these friends have succeeded in
life. Os course, some have failed.
However, that is to be expected.
Jesus had twelve in His school.
One of the twelve wound up a
traitor and a suicide. Eleven of
the group turned the world up
side down.
About five years ago last March
! me: a little black eyed girl who
•was just finishing high school.
She was the valedictorian of her
lass. She had been given a free
scholarship in a great university.
Her mother didn’t like the idea
of sending her seventeen year
old daughter off to a large uni
versity. She wanted her daugh
ter to have personal attention. "I
want to put her in a school where
I know she will be safe. I am go
ing to send her to the Bob Jones
College,” her mother said. “It is
a long way from home, I know,"
>the woman continued. ‘‘What
does distance matter? What is a
thousand miles in this day and
time?” I asked the mother. The
girl traveled more than a thous
and miles and enrolled in the
Bob Jones College. The 11 rst year
this girl met an Alabama boy,
Since that time the Alabama boy
and the girl from a distance have
both been graduated from the
Bob Jones College. A few months
ago they were married. They
now live in Michigan. How little
this girl from a distance realized
that the first year in college she
would meet the man to whom in
less than five years she would be
happily married.
“We walk by faith and not by
sight.” It is far better to let God
do your seeing than to try to do
it yourself. But God wants us to
use common sense. I tell the boys
and girls in the Bob Jones Col
lege that God is not the author
if a foolish thing. One of our
L tdents in the college said
■■. time ago, “God is leading
80,11 x certain thing.” I said,
“J; tO .“ ’t a fool. What you are
Godi^n a foolish thing,
about to g . that Sod . g ba(jk
of that. God jyants us to
personahty. ^dy can
use good sense, t f ><3od Ifcis
see the future exc. '
wonderful to trust ' ,
, , , , r>Mt but
doesn’t only know the —
who knows the future. I.
I have surrendered my 1 ’* e t 0
Him who promised that if we
commitour way unto Him a
trust in Him that He will brin.V
it to pass.
Baptist Sunday School
Growing
All previous attendance re
cord were broken at the Alamo
Baptist Sunday school last Sun j
day. A goal of 125 was set, but.
when the final count was recorded I
by the secretary there was found
to be 135 present. This is an
unusual good record, and if this
interest can be maintained each
Sunday great things may be ac
complished for this organization. I
SALES M nm
ONJHE FARMERS
A great effort will be made in
the next Georgia legislature to
fasten a sales tax upon the state.
Those who argue for this say:
“A flat tax upon all articles
I sold at retail, would enable the
state to establish a system of
taxation with a base as broad as
its citizenship, and as just as a
tax can be.
“It will distribute the burden
of taxation according to the bene
fits received and the use made
of the services made of the gov
ernment.
They say:
“The income tax penalizes pro
ductive effort, individual initia
tive, thriftness, ability and
diligence, and rewards those
who possess the opposite
characteristics.”
They further claim:
“It is neither an equitable
method of taxation, nor is it con
ducive to good government.
Morever, “The income tax has
been misapplied toward the end
of redistributing wealth,” they
say.
These claims are commendable
for their frankness, for those
same people have for years been
great advocates and professed
devotion to the “ability-to-pay”
principle. This was for vote get
ting purposes. But the issue is
not. Shall we raise the necessary
revenue for government accord
ing to ability to pay or without
regard to it? The alternative pre
sented by the advocates of a
saes tax is rather that of raising
revenue in an inverse ratio to
pay.
The average millionaire saves
from 75 to 85 per cent of his in
come This is an exemption from
the sales tax. In addition he
spends large sums for services
—for maids, butlers, chauffeurs,
and the like
This is another exemption,
according to reliable budgetary
studies, only about 1 per cent of
the millionaire’s income is sub-
ject to a retail sales tax. On the
other hand a working man with
y only a SI,OOO a year income
j spends more thau 60 per cent of
0 it for merchandise taxable under
o a retail sales tax. Thus a sales
s tax is like a net income tax which
. starts at a rate of 60 per cent on
r the smallest incomes and grades
r up to one per cent on the highest
j incomes.
? Is there any reason to believe
that what a man spends for him
e self and his family in the pur
chase of merchandise is any
indication of the benefits which
1 j he receives from government?
0 The sales tax is usually con-
Q sidered as a consumers tax, but
s it is paid in the first instance by
0 ; merchants. And the effect of the
upon merchants is likely to
j ! be/^uite as unfair as that upon
J consumers. Particularly, the
i and independent merchant
stands 10 BU s er from 111683168
l tax The ^^eral Constitution
does not pern? 1 * » state to tax
^les made over a border.
’ Thus the sales tax w sl not reach
lons of the most important com
* petltors of the small merchant"
the mail order business. More
over, thenmall merchant does a
large credJ.t business. The sales
I tax, unlike the income tax, is
, based upon, sales and not upon
collections. It gives therefore a |
differential advantage to the '
merchant win J does business for
■cash only.
A sales tax is- a tax on the
i ffarmers niarke t. Sixty per cent
■Qfthe workingman’s budget is
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1934
CELEBRATES FOURTH
WITH BIG DINNER
Mr. W. E. Crawford, one of the
county’s best farmer and busi
ness men, had with him his
brother, Mr. George Crawford,
of Sparta, on the Fourth of July.
Asis custom with Mr. Crawford
each year at this time to cele
brate the day with a big dinnei'
and barbecue, to which he invites
all of his close friends and neigh
bors, and an occasion long to be
remembered is always enjoyed.
Mr. Crawford is only 73 years
young, while his brother George
is three years older, but to see
them you would not take them to
have passed this many mile
stones in life. Each are hale and
hearty and as full of life as one
much younger.
It is always a great treat to
attend these gatherings of Mr.
Crawford, as the hospitality ex
tended guests i s marvelous
and all are made to feel at home
and enjoy every minute of the
time spent in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Crawford.
Mr. Purvis Announces
For Tax Collector
Attention is called to the form
al announcementof Mr. L. Purvis
in this issue of the Eagle for the
office of Tax Collector to fill the
vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of Mr. J. L. Sumner. About
tow and one half years yet re
main on this term and Mr. Purvis
is asking the voters to give this
to him.
Mr. Purvis is well known to
the voters of the county; having
been connected with the office of
tax collector for several years in
the capacity of bailiff, and has
handled the tax fi fas for several
years. He feels that hs is more
familiar with the duties of the
office than anyone else, due to
his association with the duties
and solicits the support and in
fluence of the voters in the com
ing election, which will be held
on the third day of August, next.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
To The Citizens of Wheeler County:
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Tax Collector for Wheeler
county, to fill the unexpired term
made vacent by the resignation of
Mr. J. L. Sumner. I make this an
nouncement subject to any and all
rules and regulations that may be
made for this election. I have had
much experience in collecting taxes
and think I can handle the work satis
factory to all concerned.
Assuring you that your support will
be appreciated I am.
Respectfully,
L. PURVIS.
CARD OF THANKS
Through this medium we wish to
thank those who were so kind and
attentive to us during the illness and
death of our husband and father, Mr.
L. S. McDaniel. Words are inade
quate to express our appreciation of
the wonderful love and kindness show
ered upon us during the trying hours
of our great bereavement. We wish to
especially thank every one responsl
bel for the beautiful floral offerings.
Every word and deed helped us to
bear our burden, for which we shall
always feel very greatful to our
friends.
Mrs. L S. McDaniel and Children.
sp?ut for food. Certainly one of
the main reasons for the un
precedented low level of farm
prices is that the workingmen of
the cities are in no position to
buy. It will not improve the buy
ing power of the farmer’s best
customer to tax ever purchase
he makes.
H. W. NALLEY.
REVIVAL CLOSES AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Revival services at the Baptist
church came to a close after the
evening service last Sunday,
after a week’s series. Rev. L. B.
Strickland, the pastor did the
preaching, services at four o’-
clock in the afternoon and at 8:30
in the evening. Mr. H. B. Mont
ford, of Glenwood, directed the
choir services.
The meeting was a great suc
cess, many uniting with the
church, and the interest mani
fested was very encouraging.
Seating capacity at the night
services was exhausted, and
large crowds attended in the
afternoon. The pastor preached
very strong and convincing ser
monsand the spirit of the church
was greatly revived.
Thirty accessions were added
to the church roll, eleven asking
for baptism, the remaining unit
ing with the church by letter.
Baptismal services were held at
the church after the evening
services Sunday.
Procter and Gamble
To Give Many Prizes
This newspaper and over 1,800
other weeklies selected by Proc
ter and Gamble to announce new
contest.
A new and unprecedented
grand prize, guaranteed by the
sponsors of the contest to last
the winner’s lifetime, will be the
sustanding feature of a new
nationwide contest to be an
nounced shortly through news
paper advertisements in this
newspaper and over 1,800 other
leading weeklies throughout the
country by The Procter and
Gamble Company.it was learned
today.
The contest will run for ap
proximately three months. Its
purpose will be to emphasize to
the women of America the merits
of Camay Soap as a beauty agent
for the skin, according to execu
tives of of the company sponsor
ing the contest.
In addition to the unusual
grand prize, over five hundred
other prizes will be awarded, it
was stated. The contest will be
open to all women and no special
qualifications will be necessary
to compete, it was pointed out.
The advertising program in
weekly newspapers will be sup
ported by a campaign in hun
dredsof dailies throughout the
country and a nationwide radio
program, bringing a new star to
the jaded ears of America’s list
eners in, it was stated.
Notice of Special Election
GEORGlA—Wheeler County:
There being a yancancy in the office
of Tax Collector of said county,
caused by the resignation of J. L.
Sumner as Tax Collector, and it be
ing the duty of the Ordinary of said
county to call an election to fill said
vancancy.
It is hereby ordered that an elec
tion beheld in said county on the 3rd
day of August, 1934, for the purpose
of electing a Tax Coliector for the
unexpired term of the said J. L.
Sumner, resigned.
Said election is called and will be
held as provided by statute.
Said election will be held at each
voting precint in said county, polls
to open at 10 o’clock A. M. and to
close at 4 o’clock P. M. Except Alamo
pricinct which will open at 7 o’clock
A. M. and close at 5 o’clock P. M,
Said election will be held under the
same rules and regulations as elec
tions for members of the general as
sembly.
Given under my hand and official
seal. ’
This the 11th day of July, 1934.
YEOMANS FIXES
JOEING LIMIT
Georgia voters whose poll tax
es were paid by May 5, 1934, are
qualified to vote in the Septem
ber state primary without re
registering, Attorney General
M. J. Yeomans announced Sat
urday.
He suggested to county officials
that supplemental lists be made
up for those who have previously
registered, but who have become
disqualified for subsequent elec
tions.
A voter who has once regis
tered, taken the oath and signed
his name in the permanent quali
fication book remains permanent
ly registered, the official ruled.
Although he may be disqualified
to vote in a particular election
because of nonpayment of poll
taxes, their payment places him
on the eligible list again without
a second registration, Yeomans
said.
Time For Candidates to Qualify
Candidates anticipting enter
ing the election for tax collector,
to fill the unexpired term of J. L.
Sumner, resigned, must qualify
with the Ordinary fifteen days
before the date of the election.
If you wish to get into the run
ning you had best consult your
calendar and count off fifteen
days before A n gust 3rd, 1934.
The time is short and candi
dates will have to move about
lively if they see the voters be
fore election, hence the necessity
of registering with the ordinary
at once.
Mr. Windham Announces
For Tax Collector
In this issue of the Eagle we
carry the formal announcement
of Mr. R. W. Windham, of the
McArthur district, offering for
the office of tax collector of
Wheeler county, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of the present officer. Mr.
Windham is one of the best
known citizens of the county. He
is Justice of Peace of his district
and a very active worker in re
ligiousand civic activitities. He
is a hardworking farmer and has
the confidence of his people, all
of whom will no doubt rally to
his support in the coming elec
tion.
Read his announcement.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of tax collector of
Wheeler county, in the election to be
held the 3rd day of August, 1934, the
vacancy having occurred throug the
resignation of the present colleceor.
I earnestly solicit the votes and
influence of the people of the county.
I promise a faithful and impartial dis
charge of the duties of this office, if
elected.
R. W WINDAM.
Mr. Lamar Sears returned to
his home in Canal Point, Florida,
this morning, after spending
several days here with relatives.
Miss Mattie Lee and Hiram re
turned home with him to spend
some time. Miss Nell Sears, who
came up with her father will re
main here for some time.
Mr. J I. Mitchell, of the Me
Arthur district, was a business
visitor in Alamo yesterday morn
ing. He states that crops in his
community are looking fairly
well, having come out consider
ably, and that a nice shower
Wednesday came as a life saver
to many crops, as no rain had
fallen since our real wet spell.
Number 21
COLLECTOR SUMNER
TENDERSMSIGNATION
After being cited by a rule
nisi, issued by the commissioner
of roads and revenues of Wheeler
county, to show cause why his
bond should not be strengthened
or a new bond given, J. L.
Sumner, tax collector of this
county, resigned his position
Tuesday.
Immediately, an election was
called by the ordinary, H. L.
Sears, to fill the vanancy caused
by the resignation and the date
was set for August 3rd.
Insolvency of the New’ York
Indemnity company as the
surity firm brought the issua nee
of the rule nisi.
A judgement was rendered
against the resigned collector
for balance of an alleged short
age of $4,000 as the principal and
$2,800 as interest, by Com
missioner James Mcßae.
Mr. Galbraith Announces
For Tax Collector
o
In this issue of the Eagle Mr.
Charley L. Galbraith, of Glen
wood, announces his candidacy
for the office of tax collector of
Wheeler county, to fill the unex
pired term of J. L. Sumner, re
signed. Mr. Galbraith is well
known to the people of the coun
ty, having served the county in
different capacities, and is well
qualified for the place. He is ac
tive in religious and civic aclivi
ties of his home community and
one of the most outstanding
citizens of the county.
Read his announcement that
follows:
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
Subject to the rules of the next
August 3rd, 1934 election, I offer mj
sely a candidate for the office of tax
collector of Wheeler county. I f elected
I promise a faithful and unbiased
administation of said office. I feel
qualified to serve the people of my
county in this capacity, and respect
fully ask your vote and influence to
the end that I may have the pleasure
of serving you,
C. L. GALBRAITH.
farleypraises
CONGRESSMAN PARKER
Statesboro, July 11 —Congress-
man Homer C. Parker today re
ceived a letter from Postmaster
General James A. Farley thank
ing the Congressman for his aid
in enacting President Roosevelt’s
Recovery Program.
Postmaster General Farley
spoke of Congressman Parker’s
“fine spirit of cooperation” in
his relations with the Democratic
Administration. The Democratic
Chieftain said that members of
the 73rd Congress could “stand
on their record” and he voiced
the opinion that the record of the
recently adjourned Congress
would “go down in history as an
epoch making achievement”.
Mr. Farley stated that he -was
confident that Congressman
Parker, when he returns to the
74th Congress, would be “just
as helpful in the furtherance of
the new program of social legisla
tion which President Roosevelt
has put forward as the goal for
the next two years of his Ad
ministration”.
LOST —Black and tan hound
dog, about two years old, left
home about three weeks ago.
Reward for information leading
to recovery of same. JACK B.
GROSS, Alamo, Ga.
