Newspaper Page Text
LOCALNEWS
Miss Annie Pope was the
charming guest of Mrs. L. M.
Pope last week end.
Mr. Truitt Sears, of St. Peters
burg, Florida, is visiting relatives
and friends in Alamo.
Mrs. Maude Calder is visiting
her sister, M rs. Norman Graham,
in Mcßae this week.
Miss Mattie Lee Sears returned
h >me last week from Canal Point,
Florida, where she visited for
s veral days.
Col. G. L. Hattaway is having
his new bungalow dressed up
with a coat of paint.
Miss Edna Pope, of Glenwood,
was the attractive guest of Lois
and Elizabeth Pope last week end.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Barineau
visited in Bainbridge last week
end. Mr. Barineau's mother, re
turned home with them.
Miss Leedie Ikner is spending
a few days at ber home above
Glenwood, called home on ac
c iunt of illness in her family-
Mrs. W. H. Harris and little
daughter, of Greenville, N, C.,
arrived this week, called here on
account of the serious illness of
the former’s brother. Mr. Jolin
11. Sears.
Mr. and Mrs. Belt Purvis and
son, Jack, will leave today for
their home in Akron, Ohio, after
spending some time here the
guests of relatives.
Mr. and Mrs, J. Mcßae Clem
ents and daughter, Miss Mary
Alice, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brown
son and children returned Mon
day from St. Simons Island,
where they spent several days.
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Foshee apd
little son, of Hilton, spent last
week end here the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. McDaniel. From
here they went to Statesboro to
spend some time.
Rev. J. D. MeCood will begin
preaching in a revival at Lands
burg Methodist church tonight,
assisting Rev. E. L. Pad rick, the
pastor.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Lord, of
Atlanta, are visiting here the
guests of Mrs. Leile Harvill. Mr.
Lord is the brother of Mrs.
Harvill.
Mrs. Jewel Pursley and daugh
ter, Jewel, of Jacksonville, Fiori
da, are spending some time here
the guests of Col. and Mrs. G. L.
Hattaway. Mrs Pursley is a
sister of Mrs. Hattaway.
Misses Pearl and Connie Lee
Cochran, of Savannah, are visit
ing here for several days, They
are here with their father, Prof.
Cochran, who is conducting the
singing class at the Baptist
church.
Mrs. L. M. Pope returned
home last week, after a very
instructive visit to the Century
of Progress Exposition, Chicago,
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky and
many other points of interest.
Mrs. Limar Sears and children
returned to their home at Cai al
Point, Florida, Tuesday, after
spending several days here with
relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Hulbert Gross,
of Orlando, Florida, spent last
week here with relatives and
friends. Masters Robert Gross
and Harry Pullen returned home
with them to spend some time.
The Epworth League enter
tained its members with a Social I
on the lawn of the church last;
night. Many interest games and !
contests were held. Delightful
punch and cake were served.
Tnere were twenty five young
people present and all voted this
a most enjoyable occasion
Miss Esther Godbee, home
demonstration agent, is attend
ing the Farm and Home Week in
Athens this week. She is ac
companied by Mrs. Hugh Mont
ford, Misses Edna Pope, Doris
Wynn, Carolyn Fowler, Virginia
Ryah, Clara Clark, Freida Wind j
ham and Bill Wynn.
Shivering
with Chills
Burnmg with Fever
Sure Relief for Malaria!
Don’t try. homemade treatments or
newfangled remedies! Take that good old
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. Soon you
will be yourself again, for Grove’s Taste
less Chill Tonic not only relieves the ;
symptoms of Malaria, but destroys the !
infection itself.
The tasteless quinine in Grove s Taste
less Chill Tonic kills the Malarial infec
tion in the blood while the iron it con
tains builds un the blood to overcome the
effects of the disease and fortify against
further attack. The twofold effect is ab
solutely necessary to the overcoming of
Malaria. Besides being a dependable rem
edy for Malaria, Grove’s Tasteless Chill
Tonic is also an excellent tonic of general
use. Pleasant to take and absolutely
harm).-". Safe to give children. Get a
bottle today at any store. Now two
sizes—soc and sl. The $1 size contains
2J4 times as much as the 50c size and
gives you 25% more for your money.
COLORED NEWS
Happenings among colored folks
The revival at the Alamo Chapel
Baptist church proved very hery
ful. R v. J L. Burney, of Bruns
wick,received twelve for baptism.
The revival services at the
Starlight Baptist church, a few
miles south of Alamo, is in prog
ress. Every body cordially invited
to attend.
Little Geanette Williams has
returned home. She has been
spending- some time with her
cousin, Little Annie Thomas.
Mrs. Lucy Pool spent Sunday
with her father at Mt. Vernon.
Mr. Booker T. Horne has re
turned to Lindenwald, New
Jersey, where he joined the CCC
c i m p.
We are glad to see 1 ittle Claudie
Smith up again, after being con
fined to her bed for some time.
Miss Gertrude Johnson has
returned home. She has been
spending some time with her
neice, Mrs. Leeoda Smith.
Miss Norma Blocker spent
Sunday in Lumber City with her
sister.
Miss Mary Lizzie Collins has
returned home after spending
some time with her aunt, Mrs.
Lilia Adams.
Mrs. Eluernea Troup has re
turned homeafter spending some
time with her aunt at Baxley.
The condition of Mr. John H-
Sears's reported as some im
proved, though his life had al
most been despaired of for sever
i) days. He has been lingering
between life and death for sever
1 days, suffering with pneu
monia, and his many friends are
delighted to learn that his con
dition is some better and hopes
ire entertained for his recovery.
Mr. H. K. Murchison, cashier
of the J. F. Darby Bank here,
happened to the misfortune of
disfiguring his forehead in an
automobile accident one morning
this week, enroute to Alamo from
Vidalia. He ran into another car
that came into him from a side
road, badly disfiguring his car
and narrowly escaping serious
injury to the occupants of the
two cars. He wears his hat pulled
down over the scars, and they
are not noticeable, but his many
local friends hope the scars will
soon disappear.
Misses Mildred Berryhill and
Annie Ruth Smith, of Cochran,
are visiting Misses Mattye and
Mary C. McDaniel this week.
Miss Smith is a former class
mate of Miss Mary C. McDaniel
They also attended summer
school together this year, at S.
G. T. C., in Statesboro.
Mr. W. G. Pullen received his
appointment this week as
sistant to th • Montgomery coun
ty agent and assumed bis duties.
This appointment is in keeping
with the provisions of the Bank
head bill. Mr. Whitaker is doing
clerical work in the office of the
County Agent. Mr. Lavender is
also assigned to Wheeler county
to assist Mr. Whitaker.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA
NATIONAL THESTER
McRAE, GEORGIA
PROGRAM.
Week of Monday—August 6th.
Showin Daily 4 and 8 to 11 P. M.
Saturday Shows, 3 to 6 & 8 to 11 p. tn.
Condiiioned air keeps you cool
Give us a chance to serve you.
MON.—TUES —August G-7
Robert Montgomery Elizabeth Allen
Lewis Stone in
“MYSTERY Os NR f
Great, Don’t Miss IT.
and good Comedy. Mat. 10 25 Nite 10
35c.
WEDNESDAY AUG. BTH.
‘'B GIRLS IN A BOAT”
: Dorothy Wilson-Doug Montgomery.
; M-G-M. Comedy Mai. <fc Nite 10-15 c
THURS. ERI. AUG. 9-10TH.
“I LIKE ITITHAT WAY“
Gloria Stuart-Roger Pryor
Also-Tarzan the Eearless and comedy
10 25c.
SATURDAY AUG. 11 th.
“WHARF ANGEL”
McGlaen- Dell Foster. Big western
Coast Picture “Tarzan and comedj —
10 25c.
NOBODY’S BUSINESS
By Gee McGee
| THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
1. Women wore as much cotton
in their bustles as they wear in
an entire ensemble today, plus
about 3 pounds.
2. Only about 2 percent of the
rural population had ever seeti
or tasted lightbread. Nearly all
of them eat it now . . , ’cause
their women folks are too tired
or too lazy to cook biscuits.
3. A young lady felt eternally
disgraced if she became the
victim of an accident that per
mitted even the lower edge of
■ her knees to be seen by a man.
Today modisty extends to a point
I barley within the law. The fewer
and thinner be her clothes, the
liner she is dressed.
4, If a man failed to pay a bank
note on the day of its maturity,
he was counted undependable by
his fellow men. Today if he pays
them at all, he waits a few days;
and sometimes —he forgets them
entirely .. . and thus becomes a
rather shrewd business man, so
he thinks.
5. It was customary and gen
erally necessary for the son to
get permission from the father
to use old “Pete" and the buggy
i once a week. No^ dear old father
has to beg darling sonny with
I tears in his eyes if he gets to ride
2 or 3 miles a week in his own
car.
6. A young damsel who saw fit
| to paint her cheeks and powder
j her nose (and incidentally wear
a split skirt) was looked down
upon, and shunned by everybody
except the other girl who went
with her and a few bad boys who:
j sneaked around occasionally in :
the night time. Now let a girl
risk getting out of her own
boudoir without being painted, i
plastered and dyed from Dan to
Beersheoa. Why. she wouldn’t
! think of such a thing.
7. Neighbors and kinfolks visit,
i ed one another and were welcome.
A corpse never had a chance to
get lonesome, as friends of the
family sat up with him or her all,
night. Doctors carried their soda
and pills and calomel with them. I
। and drug stores had to sell son e-1
thing for a living. It was safe to
■ loan a fellow a dollar. Nobody j
: knew how to drive a car or
answer a telephone or talk over;
; the radio. Yep, folks —times were I
[ like that 35 years ago, but they
are much better today . .. . be
j caused they have changed.
Manifold Ways in Which the
Banks Are Serving the Nation
Handling Millions of Transactions Daily for Individuals, Cor
porations and State .and National Governments—The
Structure Strengthened and Deserving of Public Faith
By FRANCIS MARION LAW,
President American Bankers Association
THE banks of the nation provide the
machinery through which pass
dally many millions of checks and
drafts, aggregat
ing hundreds of
millions of dol
lars.
The banks are
largely financing
the Federal Gov
ernment in its Re
coverey Program,
involving the
greatest peace
time expenditures
ever known.
Likewise the
banks are largely
financing the cur-
F. M. LAW
rent credit needs of states, counties,
cities, public schools and other polit
ical sub-divisions, all of which have in
timately to do with the daily affairs of
all of the people.
Each day banks throughout the coun
try are making hundreds of thousands
of new loans and they are renewing
and extending old loans for the accom
modation of a vast number of borrow
ers, these borrowers being individuals,
corporations and partnerships and
their loans being Incident to agricul
ture, industry and trade in every com
munity in the land.
The banks, through their trust de
partments. are continuing the work
which they have faithfully carried on
throughout the depression and are pro
tecting trust funds placed In their care
against the worst shrinkage of values
ever known. Included In this activity is
; the service the banks are performing
In connection with administering the
affairs of widows and orphans.
The banks, through the medium of
their savings and thrift deposit depart
ments, are furnishing safety for the
accumulations of many millions of
people and on this class of deposits
reasonable Interest Is paid.
Banks are providing a service for the
safe-deposit and safe-keeping of the
pccsessfons, papers and securities of a
very large number of people.
The officers of banks are unstintedly
and unselfishly giving advice and coun
! sei to the people cf their communities,
i thereby to a considerable extent guid- ,
I Ing their daily financial and fiscal as-
I fairs during this most difficult period
| of disturbance.
'Hie Banking Structure Strengthened
The banking structure as it is today
has been greatly strengthened and the
I process of strengthening still goes on.
! Banking Is not a closed science. The
। banking system which we have had
i was not good enough, and I earnestly
; believe that an able and non-partisan
; commission should be set up to make
a study of our numerous banking laws
; to the end that a properly correlated
banking system might be worked out
I and submitted for consideration to the
| next Congress.
A good system would Include rigid
I requirements as to management, in
telligent and Impartial supervision and,
In due time, unification of supervision.
Such a system, composed of banks
■ adequately capitalized, capably man
| aged and conscientiously supervised,
; would eliminate any possibility of a
; recurrence of what has happened in
' the past four years.
The temporary Federal deposit in
j surance plan under which deposits in
banks up to $2,500 for each account
are insured has been In effect for six
months and has proven a potent factor
In restoring confidence. Only two small
banks out of over fourteen thousand
holding membership in the fund have
failed during this six months’ period.
The temporary plan has been extended
very wisely for a year, and the amount
of the insured deposit has been In
creased to $5,000, thus Insuring in full
over 98% in number of the depositors
IB the country's banks.
Hoarded money is returning to the
banks and deposits are showing a vast
increase. Banks everywhere are super
liquid, meaning that they have an un
usually heavy proportion of their de
posits in cash. There are two kinds of
unemployment in this country—unem-
I ployment of men and unemployment of
; dollars. These men and these dollars
i must be put to work. Banks in strong
j and highly liquid condition are pre
i pared and determined to do their prop
' er part In putting money to work.
Requisites for Greats of Bunk Credit
That brings me to the all important
question of the granting of credit by
; banks. Two things are necessary to
: increase bank credit:
Ist. The banks must be liquid and
: confident in their own strength.
2nd. Business men must further lay
their fears and regain confidence to
the point where they will dare to think
I and plan ahead.
The first requisite is accomplished.
I The second is in process. Bank credits
' will increase and money will go to
; work as soon as business men get over
j their disinclination to borrow and this
I will be when they begin to see profits
I within their reach.
In past depressions the real move
: ment of the expansion in bank credit
has always come after general business
recovery got under way and not before.
The number of good credit risks is in
creasing dally. Not in my time have
| good borrowers been so warmly wel-
I come at banks as .hey are today. Nev
er before has there been such ccmpfr
Ition for good loans, nor has the in-
terest rate ever been so low. Every
sound business In the country today
can get what money it needs.
A Return of Normal Lending
Banks are badly needing loans for
revenue purposes, and now that confi
dence in banks has been largely re
stored they are naturally returning to
a more normal lending policy. Before
the bank holiday the confidence of the
people was shattered. The thought up
permost in the minds of depositors was
the safety of their funds. Withdrawals
from banks became increasingly heavy
and general. Under such circumstances
the banker, mindful of his primary re
sponsibility to his depositors, was more
concerned In the collection of loans
than in the making of new loans. The
result was a severe contraction of cred
it. For this the banker should not be
blamed. He simply performed his mani
fest duty.
Bankers at this time are very prop
erly viewing the credit needs of busi
ness with serious and sympathetic con
sideration. Applicants for loans are not
always familiar with the rules govern
ing bank credit and constructive and
interested help on the part of the bank
er will bring about the making of many
additional loans, without doing vio
lence to any principle of good banking.
Certainly no one would advocate the
making of unsound loans by banks. The
creation of a large volume of unsound
loans would not only weaken the banks
—it would prolong the depression and
wipe out some of the gains already
made. It Is to be earnestly hoped that
no banker will yield under the pres
sure of his desire for earnings, or for
any other reason, and make loans of
the wrong sort. John Ottley of Atlanta,
ku a recent address, said —“The plan of
lending freely and hoping for the best
has never proven wise.”
There are many needs for credit of
kinds which are not within the province
of commercial banks to meet. Likewise
there are many types of credit, but
there are also many types of credit fa
cilities available-enough, it would
seem, to meet the requirements of all
classee of worthy borrowers.
The Duty of Every Banker
■ It Is clearly the duty of every bank
er in the country to perform certain
services. The most Important are:
1. To afford perfect safety for de
posits.
2. To grant credit to those who de
serve IL
In the matter of credits the public
must in fairness remember that com
mercial banks are not lending their
own money, but the money of their de
positors, represented very largely by
the earnings and savings of the peo
ple. The 1 eople who own these deposits
have accumulated them through years
of labor and sacrifice, and in many
cases the deposit represents their all.
These depositors have the right to call
for their money at any time, or at most
on short notice. Deposits constitute a
sacred trust.
There are certain basic principles In
sound banking that must be held onto
even in this period of change, but the
progressive banker must be responsive
to changing conditions and he must be
active in seeking proper opportunities
to meet the sound needs of his cus
tomers.
In a recent message to Congress, the
President said —“I am greatly hoping
that repeated promises that private in
vestment and private Initiative to re
lieve the government In the immediate
future of much of the burden which it
has assumed will be fulfilled.”
Repeated assurance has been given
by the Administration that there is no
desire on its part to continue govern
ment lending a moment longer than is
necessary and that at the earliest pos
sible time the government will gladly
give way to the banks and other lend
ing Institutions. This, of course, is as
it should be and we are all earnestly
looking forward to the time when pri
vate initiative and enterprise shall have
recovered its vitality sufficiently to
throw government crutches away-.
Numerous bank failures have cre
ated in the minds of many a grossly ex
aggerated idea as to the losses of de
positors in closed banks. The record
indicates that depositors in banks
which closed in the past three years
will realize on an average about 65c
on the dollar. That would mean a loss
of 35%. It has been estimated that dur
ing the depression the average value
of investments in stocks lost about
90%; bonds similarly declined approxi
mately 60% and commodities 65%.
Deposits in sound banks continued
to be worth 100% throughout the de
pression and 90% of the bank deposits
of the country were not affected.
Bankers Deserve Confidence
The country can have full confidence
in the integrity and competence of the
bankers of the country. Out of the les
sons of the last tew years has come
experience that will be valuable to the
banker and to his community. He can
be counted on to show a proper appre
ciation of his responsibilities and ob
ligations and to take his place among
those who are making earnest and un
selfish effort to promote recovery. He
is not infallible, but with every power
that lies within him 1 believe he may
be depended upon to fulfill his duty as
a custodian of the people’s money, as
a dispenser of credit and as a God
tearing American Citizen imbued with
sincere regard for the common good
_ a i u—a —
NOTICE
STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY
OF WHEELER.
Pursurant to the authority vested
in the undersigned under and by
virtue of the powers set out and con
tained in a certain deed to secure debt,
made by J AMES J. HINSON, now
deceased, on or about the 20th day of
January, 1925, to the undersigned,
The Atlanta Joint Stock Land Bank
of Atlanta, and recorded on the 27th
day of January, 1925, in Deed Book
6, Pages 71-72, Wheeler County Re
cords. there will be sold before the
Court House door of said Wheeler
County on thefirstTuesday in August,
August, 7,1934, at public outcry, with
in the legal hours of sale, (10 A. M,
to 4 P. M). all of the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
The whole of Lot of Land No. Two
Hundred and Fifty (250) in the Tenth
(10th) Land District of Wheeler
County, Georgia, containing 207
acres, more or less, and also the
whole of Lot of Land No. Two Hund
red Fifty-one (251) in the Tenth (ICth)
Land District of Wheeler County,
Georgia, containing 207 acres, more
or less, making an aggregate of 414
acres, more or less, all lying in one
body and being bound on the North
east by other lands of J. J. Hinson and
S. W. Hughes; Northeast lot lines of
said Lots being the dividing line ;
Southeast by lands of S. H. McMillan;
Southwest by the lands of the estate
of F. L. Dyal, and Northwest by other
lands of J. J. Hinson, the Northwest
lot line of Lot No. Two Hundred Fifty
one (251) being the dividing line.
The property above described being
that conveyed by and described in
the deed to secure debt aforesaid.
Said sale will be made under and
| pursuant to the provisions of said
I deed and said property will be sold
I to the highest bidder for cash, default
having been made in the payment of
installments of principal and inte-est
which became due under jk pro
visions of said deed on the lint days
of April and October, 1932; teh first
days of April and October, 1933: and
the first day of April, 1934, and the
entire debt so secured having become
due by reason of said defaults.
Since the execution of the Deed to
Secure Debt above described, the
maker of said deed, James J. Hinson,
has departed this life, and the land
above described is being advertised
and will be sold as land belonging to
the estate of James J. Hinson, de
ceased.
The undersigned will make deed to
purchaser at such sale as is provided
for in the Deed to Secure Debt above
described.
THE ATLANTA JOINT STOCK
LAND BANK OF ATLANTA,
By F. W. ALLCORN, Jr.
President.
As Attorney-in-Fact for James J.
Hinson, Deceased.
Lamar Murdaugh,
Attorney,
Mcßae, Ga.
Provide Markets Eor
Farmers His Purpose
Si f ... I
U
COLUMBUS ROBERTS
Announcement
Columbus Roberts, farmer, dairy
man and manufacturer, seeks your
support for Commissioner of Agricul
ture in the Democratic primary, pro
posing to set up a system of marketing
that will enable Georgia farmers to
sell the products of their farms at a
profit, which will result in prosperity
for the state.
Valuable Home For Sale.
Anyone wishing purchase a
nice home, on reasonable terms,
; the opportunity is yours in pur
; chasing a 7 room dwelling, 2 lots,
; situated in one of the best resi
j dential sections of Alamo. Con
■ ditions are such that this proper
j by may be purchased through the
i Home Loan. See or write me if
you are interested.
HAMILTON BURCH,
Valdosta, Ga.
