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HEREAFTER,
“My castor never preaches the
gospel and I would starve to
death if it were not for the gospel
I get over the radio’ - . That is
what I heard a lady say recently.
“The gospel is the power of God
unto salvation’’. People are not
hearing the gospel from all of the
pulpits in this country, but God
is raising up men to preach the
gospel over the radio. Millions
of people daily are hearing the
message.
It is the gospel which is the
power of God unto salvation. It
is not education. It is not ethical
teaching. It is not social service.
It is the gospel. What is the
gospel? The gospel is a good
news story. The good news is
that Jesus Christ died on the
cross for our sins. When a man
realizes he is a sinner the gospel
is the best news he ever heard.
Paul said he was glad to hav e
the gospel preached, whatever
might be the motive of the
preacher. I thank God for the
gospel whether it is preached
on the street corner, under a
brush arbor, in a tent, in the
pulpit, or over the radio. It is
not where the gospel is preached ।
that is the power of God unto>
salvation. I believe in credentials
and in decency and in order. But j
God didn’t say if somebody who)
has credentials preaches the
gospel it will save people. .He
said that it is the gospel which
does the business. The preacher
is human, but the gospel is di
vine. Men may resist a preacher,
but they cannot resist the gospel
without doing it at the peril of
their souls.
Successful Meeting at
Union Church
A very successful meeting
closed at the Union Primitive
Baptist church, a few miles west
of Alamo, Sunday evening. Elder
D.O. Lewis did the preaching.
He is one of the most outstand
ing ministers in the denomina
tion, and the interest manifested
in the services was very unusual.
The large church could hardly
accommodate the visitors at each
service, and the night services
vjere attended by great throngs
of people.
On Saturday dinner was
spread on the grounds, and just
such good eats that decorated
the tables cannot be fully de
scribed by those present. The
good ladies of the community
know how to prepare good eats,
and on this occasion they seemed
to have surpassed all previous
efforts.
Baptismal services were held
Sunday afternoon, when nine
teen members were added to
the church roll, one by letter
and the others on profession of
faith.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hall and
son, Rabon, W. H., and Burch
Graham spent last week end in
Jasper and Rayford, Florida,
visiPng Messrs W. H and W. T.
Lowery.
Dr.W. A. Rivers, of Glenwood,
was a business visitor in Alamo
yesterday.
i MULES KILLED IN
ELECTRIC STORM
j During an electric storm last
Saturday afternoon, a fine mule
and cow, belonging to Mr. Lee
Couey, near alamo, was killed by
lightning. The mule was in the
barn with another, when one was
killed and the other only stunned.
The same stroke killed a cow for
Mr. Couey, which was also in
the barn, Mr. Couey was attract
ed by the bolt of lightning, and
the safety of his stcck was at
first uppermost on his mind,
but after the rain had ceased
he thought no more about the
matter until a member of the
family noticed the animal lying
down, and on investigation found
that it was dead, its neck appear
ing to have been broken. The
cow was then discovered dead.
The mule killed was one of a
pair owned by Mr. Couey, and
entails quite a loss to him.
During the same afternoon
Mr. R. F.' lordan, in the Mc-
Arthur district, lost three fine
mules, the result of an electric
storm. The mules, together with
a number of others were in a
large barn and lightning struck
the building, killing three of the
mules outright, leaving the
others unharmed. There was no
sign where the bolt struck, but
it is supposed that the metal
roofing became charged with
electricity, as the three mules
killed were standing under the
shelter to the barn, where the
। roof is low and came in close con
i tact with the animals heads.
Also during the same after
| noon two tenant houses near
I Glenwood were blown down.
Mr. Purvis Appreciates
Support in Recent Election
It is through this medium that
I wish to express to the people
of Wheeler county my apprecia
tion for the loyal support given
me in my unsuccessful race for
Tax Collector. Although defeated,
I feel no ill will toward anyone. I
appreciate the loyal support of
■ those who voted for me, and feel
, greatful to them for what they
, did for me. I ran the race fairly
and have no regrets for anything
done wrongfully by me or in my
behalf. I expect to be a candi
date in the next primary, two
years hence, for Tax Collector,
and shall appreciate the support
of all. Again thanking one and
, all.
( L. PURVIS.
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County Wide Canning
Demonstration August 25
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A canning demonstration will
s be put on by Miss May Wood,
’ Saturday morning, August 25th,
, at 10:00 o’clock, at the court
1 house where a variety of pro
-1 ducts will be canned. The public
is invited and urged to be pre
sent at this demonstration as
they will receive something use
’ ful and worthwhile at this dem
onstration.
Don’t forget the time, or place
I of demonstration and be present,
i Miss Wood is from the Kerr
1 Glass Company.
1 Esther Godbee, C. H. D. A.
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Invitations have been received
in Alamo to the wedding of Miss
MargaretTurnerand Mr. George
Dewey Sears, which event will
’ । be solemnized at the home of the
’ ( bride in Statesboroon August2B.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST, 17 1934
Mfflf COMMITTEE
SET CLOSING DATE
The county democratic execu
tive committee meet at the court
house Wednesday and set the
closing date for entries for re
presentative in the primary to
be held on the twelfth of Sep
tember. The assesment for can
didates was set at $50.00 each.
12 o’clock at noonE. S.T. August
‘2sth, was named as the closing
date for entries.
Rules and regulations as set
forth by the state committee
were adopted, and other busi
ness that properly came before
the body was transacted.
The county committee is com
posed of the following:
R. F. Jordan, Chairman- Mon
roe Clements, J. T. Clark, J. G.
Snellgrove, A. J. Grimes, J. H.
Walker, Mr. Walker having been
appointed in the place of B. C.
Pierce, who resigned. Entrants
will qualify with J. H. Walker,
Secretary.
Mrs. N. T. Garnto
Dublin, Aug. 15.—Funeral
services for M rs. N. T. Garnto,
75, who passed away at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. H. L.
Holmes, on Jackson street, Mon
day night, were held this morn
ing in Condor Baptist church.
She is survived by six daugh
ters, Mrs. H. L. Holmes, Mrs.
Odis Faircloth, of Dublin; Mrs.
Tilman Coleman, of Glenwood:
Mrs. A. M. Adams, of Alamo;
Mrs. T. T. Gay, of Rentz; Mrs.
W. S. Scarborough, of New York
City ; two sons, Lewis and Mercer
Garnto, of Laurens county and a
number of grandchildren.
Mrs. Garnto was a member of
the Methodist church.
THE COTTON GINS
MR OVER COM
The cotton gins are humming
over the county, though several
weeks late this season. Gins in
Alamo started humming the
middle of the week and will from
now on be ready to handle this
season’s output.
The Carroll electric ginnery
is ready to take care of the trade.
New equiptment having been
put in, this will be one of the
best equipped electric ginneries
to be found.
Also in connection with the
ginnery, a large warehouse has
been made out of the old Fulford
stable building which will ac
commodate large quantities of
cotton.
For Representative
To the voters of Wheeler County:
I hereby announce tny Candidacy
for re-election to the General Assembly
of Georgia, subject to the rules and
regulations of the Democratic pri
mary to be held September the 12th.
If re-elected I shall earnestly en
deavor as I have in the past to pro
mote the best interest of the County
and State.
Thanking you for your past con
sideration and hoping for your cob
inued support, I remain.
Sincerely yours,
J. MoRAE CLEMENTS.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seabolt, of
Kannabolis, N. C., who have been
visiting the former parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. S. Seabolt, returned
to their home this week. Misses
Velma and Jessie Seabolt re
turned home with them to spend
some time.
^STATEMENT OF
J. E. WHITLEY
To the People of Georgia:
Mis-statements have appeared in
the press every day for the past two
months concerning my work as a con
tractor in Georgia.
Os course, everybody knows thes e
mis-statements were made for political
reasons only.
I have been in the contracting busi
ness 30 years.
1 started in the paving business in
Atlanta, on old Mitchell Street, as a
water boy. My next job was mixing
concrete on a board. They had no
mixers in those days,
I have several hands with me right
now that I used to work with when we
were employed by other contractors.
I have never had one minute’s
trouble, since I have been in the con
tracting business, in getting labor
and in keeping my labor satisfied.
I have always paid my labor as
much or more than any other con
tractor in the State of Georgia.
There are times when practically all
contractors do not have any jobs.
During these times Ido not let my
labor scatter. I hold them together
and carry my superintendents and
foremen back to LaGrange and pay
them one half time when they are not
at work.
I have a farm in Troup County and
1 put my negroes on this farm when I
do not have a job paving a road.
1 have numbers of hands with me
that 1 haye worked with and have had
working with me for 30 years.
Some of these men have passed the
day when they can work. Two of them
are blind. Although these men have
reached the point where they cannot
work they are still on the Whitley
Construction Company’s pay roll.
They are living in my houses in La-
Grange and do not pay any rent.
Every week they some up and get their
pay checks, not from the relief but
from John E. Whitley-
I have paved hundreds of miles of
roads in Georgia for the State High
way Department. I have also paved
the streets of over 75 cities and towns
in Georgia. I have done more paving
in Georgia than any other contractor
in the State.
The pavement I have laid in Geor
gia speaks for itself.
Not only do these roads speak for
themselves but the engineers and two
former Chairmen of the Highway
Board have said I did the best work
of any contractor in the State of Geor
gia. These statements were made by
Captain J. W. Barnett and John N.
Holder.
I did not join the NRA. I did not
ask for or receive any Blue Eagle. I
had no Blue Eagle to return.
I know of hundreds of business in
dustries in Georgia that fly the Blue
Eagle. They said they would abide by
it and yet they cut’their employees’
pay down. If Geiger or any Federal
authorities doubt this statement, come
to me and I will tell them exactly
what I know about it.
The enemies of Governor Talmadge
have prosecuted me.
They caused the hearing to beset
on November sth, after the State
Primary.
Not being satisfied with this prose
cution, these same enemies of Gover
nor Talmadge caused an injunction to
be filed against me and did stop me
from paving roads in Georgia. They
attempted to shut down the work, stop
building the roads and to lay off 700
satisfied working men.
lam the first and only contractor
in America who has been prosecuted
and enjoined for violation of the
NRA Coae, and I have never joined
the NRA.
It is not fair to pay forty cents an
hour, of state tax money, to common
negro labor, and let white men and
women work on adjoining farms and
see this and knowthatthey are hardly
making that much a day.
All my life I have tried to be an
honest man. I have paid my just and
honest debts. I believe in treating my
fellow man right and that is all 1 ask
of my fellow man—to treat me right.
John E. Whitley.
(Advertisement)
Mr. and Mrs. Orris Hinson
and little daughter, Pat, ol St.
Petersburg, Florida, spent sever
al days here this week the guests
of the former’s parents, Mr, and
Mrs. J. A Hinson and other rel
itiveSi
Congressman Homer C.
Parker Coming to Wheeler.
Hon. Homer C. Parker, candi
date for reelection to Congress
from the First Congressional
District of Georgia will spend
two days in Wheeler county, ar
riving here on Friday, August
24th, remaining through a por
tion of the day Saturday the
25th.
He hopes to meet the people of
the county and discuss with them
the issues of the campaign and
will deliver three speeches the
firstone at Avant’s Siding on Fri
day morning at eleven o’clock;
from there he will come to Alamo,
delivering his address at four
o’clock in the afternoon. On Sat
urday morning at eleven o’clock
he will address the people at
Glenwood.
Due to serious illness in his
family and also being confined
to his room for several weeks, he
has not been able to cover the
territory and meet the people as
he wished, but is utilizing the
short time as best he can, and is
very desirous of meeting the
people of Wheeler and learning
from personal contact what they
desire that he may serve them
Y. W. A. Program
The Y. W. A. of the Alamo
Baptist church will meet at the
church Monday night, August
20th, 1934 at 8:30 o’clock. The
following program will be given:
Topic. —“Walking Through
China.’’
Song—“ All Hail the Power of
Jesus Name.”
Devot —Matt. 14:16.
Prayer—President.
Business.
Song—" Help Somebody To
day.
Why Study China—Claudia
Mae Wicker.
A marvelous record in China
—Margaret McDaniel.
Prayei—Mrs. Wrye.
Keeping Hearts Aglow —Susie
Hartley.
Is Christ Advancing in China
Today?—Helen Hartley.
RN e i g h b o r s Curse —H e 1 e n
Hurwitz.
Give Ye Them to Eat —Mae
Harville.
Closing song—“ Where He
Leads Me I Will follow.”
Closing prayer—Mrs. C. C,
Hartley.
Y. W. A. Reporter.
HIGHWAYS NOW
LANESOF DEATH
Our Highways are fast becom
ing lanes of death. Almost every
Monday morning, and every
morning following a holiday,
sees compiled in newspaper
offices a list of dead and injured
from automebile accidents that
occurred in the preceding 24
hours.
The casualty list is becoming
too common and too serious not
to arouse the concern of the
people. The total of dead and in
jured from traffic accidents is
reaching figures of shocking
proportions. Streets and High
ways are becoming lanes of
death and the average citizen has
cause to worry about the safety
of his loved ones.
Thanks to the proper legisla
tion and perhaps somewhat to an
awakening of conscience on the
part of industry, the factory and
shop accident toll has been
materially decreased in recen 1
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best.
It is desired that every one
may avail themselves of the op
portunity of attending these
meetings, as he has a message
1 that he desires to convey person
ally to the people. He is one of
1 the hardest workers the First
district has had in Congress in a
long time, and due to bis untir
। ing efforts in Congress he has
accomplished what many other
congressmen would have taken
years to have reached. He is
chairman of the House Com
’ mittee on Elections No. 1, and
also a member of the Committee
on Rivers and Harbors and the
Committee on Flood controll. He
has reached this prominence in
in the space of a portion of an un
expired term and the present
term of which he is now serving.
Be sure and come out to hear
him on dates named above, and
hear him. His record in Congress
entitles him to another term and
if you are not familiar with what
he is doing and hopes to accom
plish, hear him on his visit to
Wheeler county next Friday.
years. Required safety devices,
workmen’s compensation law,
* requirements fought for by
! labor, improved standards,
L safety education of employes
and other factors have helped to
make the average industrial
1 establishement a safer place to
work than once was the case.
Unfortunately this safety
training does not always extend
to the most dangerious of modern
machines —the automobile. Men
would take no chances in the
shop, factory, or in riding up and
down the elevators to their offi
-1 ces, conduct themselves very
differently when handling an
1 automobile. Careful individuals
who take no chances of accident
in their day’s work slip behind
k
the wheel of a car and forget
caution in their zest to “step on
1 it.’’ Men who would never think
of taking chances elsewhere will
1 try to save five minutes on the
drive home by cutting curves
beating the light at intersections,
, or doing one of the many other
things that cause our national
annual automobile toll of more
than 30,000 dead and about a
million injured.
Too many auto drivers take
the attitude, consciously or not,
that it is up to the “other
driver,” to take precautions, and
the inevitable result of that at
titude is a soaring automobile
accident record.
Not all the automobile accidents
are the results of recklessess or
improper driving. Butthenum
ber that can’t be helped is com"
paratively few. If people used
ordinary common sense and
caution; if they realized that they
are risking more than their own
life and health and are endanger
' ing the lives of others, the toll of
life and limb could be apprecia
( bly cut down.
H. W. NALLEY
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