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MR. GEORGE COX
GOESJ BEYORD
Funeral services for George
Cox, 57, were conducted from the
Alamo Baptist church Monday
morning at ten o’clock by Rey.
M. W. Panders of Alamo, and
Rev. L. B. Strickland, of Milan,
whos death ocurred at his home
hereon Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Cox, an industrious farmer ol
Wheeler county, had beer, in ill
health for some time, but not
until recently had his family and
friends despaired of his recov
ery. Il was a member of the
WOW, camp of Alamo.
He is survived by his widow,
five children, Audrey Cox, 21,
Cladie and Grady 17, M :ss Blloise
16 and Bill Cox 13; and the fol
lowing bro .hers and sisters: Mrs.
G. W. Croons, Cord eh ; Mrs. Lee
Bass, Spring Hill; Miss Julia
Messrs E id, Onio, and J ack
Alami and Mrs. Wade
Rowland, of Alamo
Active pallbearers were: C. C.
Hartley, W. 0. Purser, Lamar
Holmes. H. P. Holmes, E S.
Hartley and R. G. Jenkins.
Honorary pallbearerers were:
J. Mcßae Clements, R. A. Hart
ley, Judge H. L. Scars, Sheriff
H. N. Bears, Martin Johnson
and R. G. Perdue.
Interment was in the Scot
land cemetery. Currie Funeral
Company, Alamo, in charge.
Revival Services at
Shiloh Methodist Church
Revival services will begin at
Shiloh Metnodist church next
Sunday night and run through
the fifth Sunday. Rev. J.O. J,
Taylor, pastor of Trenity Metho
dist Church, Waycross, will as
sist the pastor in these services.
The people of the Alamo charge
remember Brother Taylor : a
former presiding elder of the I
Dublin District, and will be glad |
to hear him preach again. Every
body are cordiall envited to at
tend the the services which will
bo held nt 11 A. M , and at 8 in
the evening each day day next
week.
“Wilt thou not revive us again,
that thy people may rejoice in
in the?” Psalm 85; 6.
Glenwood Methodist Church to
Be Dedicated Sunday Sept. 27
The Glenwood Methodist;
church willbe formally dedicated 1
Sunday, Septemoer 27. Bishiop I
W. Ainsworth o f the South’
Georgia Methodist Conference i
will preach the dedicatory ser- j
mon. The church has been )
completed during the pastorate
of Rev. A. W. Quillian of the Mt.
Vernon Circut, but several for
mer pastors have contributed
to its progress. The movement
was begun during the pastorate
of Rev. A. B. A all, following the
destruction of the former church
by fire. It is a modern church
and is a credit ao the town and
section.
NOTICE BEFORE LEVY
To all whom it may concern:
All parties owing any advelorium
taxes to the Town of Alamo for the
years previous to 1935. Execution
will be issued and leavy made on
September Ist. You save aditional
cost by paying yeur taxes before levy
is made.
J. D. Peebles, Mayor
By W. O. Purser, City Atty.
’6 COONEY RALLY
PLANNED FOR 29TH
A mam mouth political rally
and Democratic celebration
honoring Senator Dick Russell
has been arranged for Warm
Springs on Saturday, August 29 1
with sixteen adjoining counties
as sponsors. The counties which
will be hosts for the day to the
people of the entire State of
Georgia are Butts, Carroll, Clay
ton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris,
Heard, Henry, Lamar, Meri
wether, M uscogee, Pike, Spald
ing, Talbot, Troup and Upson.
On this day caravans an d
motorcades from every section
of the State will move forward
toward the Mecca of Democracy
—the Georgia home of our great
President.
Many guests are expecting to
make a full day of picnicking and
outing on this date in order to
see the many beautiful and
wonderful sights in and around
Warm Springs, such as Georgia
Hall, Hie Little White House, the
U. S. Fish Hatcheries, the
“magic bill” and many others.
The program will start at 2:30
Central Standard Time (3:30
Eastern and Daylight Saving
Time), and will be broadcast over
WSB.
The achievements o f the
Democratic administration will
be featured in many ways, cli
maxed by an address by Ssrfator
Russell. The entire program and
refreshments are now being ar*:
ranged by a committee from
each county.
The occasion promises to as
semble the largest crowd ever
gathered in Georgia at a political
rally, and the speech by Dick
Russell is expected to be the
greatest ever delivered by the
distinguished young statesman
du ring his phenomenal career.
J. W. Mills Ordered
Held For Jury Action
The coroner’s jury investigat
ing the death of Mrs. Myrtice
Howard Mills, who was shot to
death al her home near Mcßae
last Friday night, completed
their duties Friday afternoon of
this week and recommended that
her husband J. W. Mills be held
in j ail here to await the action of
the October Grand jury. Mills is
i being held on evidence given by
his father, Bryon Mills, who was
ordered released from the jail
here where he lias been confined
i since the murder.
Glenwood B.W.M.S For
August
Hymn-
Devotional —Mrs. W.J. Futral.
Prayer—Mrs. W. A. Rivers.
A Summer Trip —Mrs. J. E.
Joiner.
Indian Frails—Miss Mary
Sim s.
Italians in Tampa —Mrs Mattie
Heart Ennis.
Mexicans in Bastrop—Mrs.
L. A. Rivers.
Friends of the French—Mrs.
J. J. McDaniel.
Among Many Nationalities —
' Mrs. A. I. Grimes.
Facing Facts —Mrs. Lois
■ Windham.
I Hymn.
>
Prayer.
'I
1 ;
J Mrs. G. G. Warren and child*
. ren of Clayton, Alabama, were
visitors here this week the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lee G.
Whitaker.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, August 21, 1936
BAPTIST WE MEET AT
PROVIDENCE CHURCH
The churches of the Daniel
Baptist Association will hold
their regular fifth Sunday meet*
ing at the Providence Baptist
Church on Sunday, August 30,
beginingat 10:30 A.M. Members
of the churches, Sunday schools,
Woman’s Missionary Societies
and you ng people’s organizations
are urged to attend this meet
ing. Dinner will be served by the
Providence church. Rev. W. R.
Brown is the pastor of this
church. A complete program will
be published next week.
Wheeler County Club
Women Go to Athens
Miss Esther Godcee, Home
Demonstration agent of Wheeler
County , takes the following club
members to Athens: Mrs. Olin
Thomas and Mrs. Joe Couey, of
Alamo. Misses Edna Burgess,
Rosa Livingston, Ollie Lee Mad
dox and Edna Pope of Glenwood.
The party left Alamo, Monday
morning about 9 o’clock, going
by Milledgeville, stoping to see
all places of interest. They arriv
ed in Athens on the Coordinate
College campus, about 3:30 o’-
clock, there they registered in
the old auditorium.
They had snpper in the Din*
ing Hall, where greetings were
extended by Dean Paul W. Chap
man, CMleg? of Agriculture,
Dean R. 11. Powel', Coordinate
College, Director Harry L.
Brown, Extension service.
The women assembled in the
old auditorium from 9 o’clock to
11 o’clock, every day for different
features of the program.
Misses Enola and Johnnie
Uaughn directed singing school
one hour each day. This was en*
joyed by all.
General Assembly was at 11
o’clock in the auditorium where
each <1 .y iMTurent program
was p.!. n f< ■ th<- inti r, st ol the
groupcol mop, w< m<n, boys and
gh'ls, which nomben d near a
thoi r <i. F-om 2to 6 the group
m■ ■ o rs < v I h cam pus and
ip.t‘ vi -i -■ tn v>«n on Friday
"v; i iii, ir 7:20 w Hie Ctr die
LLMing c/ "i n nn) in the Atn phi
Th ahr, this was Hie most
beautiful sigh'.
Saturday morning, Hie party
went to Stone Mountain, then to
Atlanta where ’hey visited the
Cap’tol, Grant* Park and S are
Roebuck. Fr< m Atlanta they
went to Indian Springs where
the annual cump meeting was in
session They left there and
arrived in Alamo about 6 o’clock
each one having had a very pies*
ant and profitable week.
The program was enjoyed by
four hundred and thirty farm
women of Georgia. Every county
was represented and we fell sure
the prosperity and happiness of
our people rest to a greater ex
tent on farming and its related
activities, and on the home life
of the citizens of our state. There
is no class of persons in Georgia
whos work is more important or
more essential then that which
is made by the farm homes, a
j great re sponsibility rests upon
the farm women of the State.
; Thej' are glad of the opportunity
t° improve and make happier the
conditions of the farm home of
the community, and of the State.
We wish to urge all farm
« women to make it your interest
> and aim to attend the Farm and
: Home week next year.
Reporter,
Edna Pope.
LETTER TOJEAGELE
Glenwood, Ga.
August 15, 1936.
Wheeler Ceunty Eagle
Alamo, Ga.
Dear Editor:-
Please allow me space in your
paper to say a few words to its
readers in regard to the coming
Senatorial campaign.
As I si i' it, it is not a question)
of whether you like Talmadge
best or Russell best, but it is
what each one happens to stand
for or advocate in this campaign.
Would you rather vote for the
man (whohas never done any
thing according to what some
would have you believe, of course
this is not true. He has stood for
some mighty good legislation and
worked hard for its passage.)
Who promises to do in my mind
the greatest thing that has ever
been done for the common man
and woman of any nation, and I
refer to the Old Age Pension and
Social Security Law, as one ol
the issues in this campaign. Or
had you rather vote for a man
who has done lots of things that
is at least questionable, (for
arguments sake granting that
all he did was all right, treating
Georgia as a little boy and he as
its father. The law of the land
says that a boy should obey his
father until he has become 21,
and that he is then his own man.
Tosa, tin: least of it, Georgia
has become 21 years old and
should be given the priviledge of
doing her own thinking and not
be dictated to by the rule of the
bayont) -and promises to try to
undo everything our party
stands for, recovery, old age
pension, social security and all.
I think that the greatest earth
ly words that were ever written
by politicions were written on
that day when the old age pension
bill and social security law was
introduced in Congress. This
law says to my old father and
mother and to yours, regardless
of race, that when they reach
the age of 65 and becomes dis
abled to make a living forthem
selves we have away by which
they will exist with out going
hungry, ragged, medical or pro
per attention for the rest their
lives, Now one of these candidates
say that if a man or woman at
the age of 65 lias not accumulated
any money or property that they
are no account, but I say to you
dear reader he is referring to a 1
large percent of our fathers and
mothers at this age by this re
mark, and as a rule they have
contributed all that there is in
them, to their children and to
society to help make Hus world )
a better place in which to live;!
and have not tried to make ngoney!
or accumulate great wealth.)
Talking about money, suppose
we were all rich we would all!
perish to death, for the like of
something to eat. Who would)
plow then and make the bread!
to feed us? The rich man does’nt
make his that way, he makes his
money by levying a tribute on
the poor man who can’t help
himself. But back to the subject.
We can’t keep from growingold,
old age is honorable, but this one
thing I know, if you live in this
world and pay your just and
honest debts and don’t have some
property willed to you and don’t
strike a mighty good streak of
luck, when you become 65 years
of age, you will find yourself in
the same place of many a dear
old people I know without any*
thing in life left, save honor, and
one of these candidates say by
his veto that he wants to take
that away from them and keep
them going around without the
4-H CLUB LEADERS
MEET AT ATHENS
Wheeler ceunty was repre
sented last week, August 10-15,
at the 4H club leaders confer
ence held at Camp Wilkins in
Athens by the following: the
girls were Ollie Lee Maddox of
Shiloh, and Edna Burgess of
Glenwood, the boys were Walden
Wilcher of Stuckey and Charles
Hughes of Union Point.
Each County was allowed to
send four delegates, two girls
and two boys. There were 175
girls and 179 boys represented
there from counties of the State
of Georgia.
Some of the interesting fea
tures of the week were, program
given by Mr. Mike Benton,presi
dent of the Southeastern Fair
Association, interesting talks on
organizing a discussion group,
news paper reporting, parliam
eetary practices, build and pro
tact your teeth projects.
In the climax Friday night
came the candle lighting cere*
mony.
Throughout all the programs
the 4-H Club motto was carried
out, “Make the Best Better.”
For Public Service
TO SUCCEED HIMSELF
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THOS. K. DAVIS
-He runs no bucket shop
-And sells no gold brick
Vote for him September 9, 1936
needed things of life and asking
to be put on the pauper list,
while from some of these dear
old people come the greatest
contributions to this life that
ever come to any people, who has
become unable to make a living
forthemselves, because of their
age, not of any fault of their own
but because they have lived in
many instanceslives exemplyfing
saying of our savior “lam made
poor that you might be rich.’’
God bless our old people, they
are the salt of the earth. lam
for the man who says that he
will support this legislation.
Yours truly,
11. B. MONTFORD
Sing at Alamo sth, Sunday
The midsummer session of the
Wheeler county singing conven*
tion will be held on stb, Sunday
in August at gymnasium here
Plenty of good singers expect
ed and plenty of books.
Public especially invited to
attend and enjoy the day.
Number 27
RUSSELL CLUB
F OR_WHEELER
Organization to back Senator
Richard B. Russell prefected
here Tuesday night with a large
number of farmers and business
men met at the court house. Col.
B. C Pierce, a local attorney, was
elected permanent chairman, and
Thomas Rivers, o f Glenwood,
was elected secretary. A vice
chairman was elected for each of
the six voteing precincts of the
county as follows: Dr. J. D.
Peebles, Alamo; H. B. Montford,
Glenwood; W. B. Harrelson,
Erick; Joe B. Clark, McArthur;
George Snelgrove, Lanbsburg;
Glenn Pittman, Spring Hill.
The officers elected will act as
an executive committee of the
county and will meet here today
to lay out plans to carry on the
campaign. Meetings of the club
will be held each week, which all
of the citizens are invited to at
tend. The meeting Tuesday
night attended by citizens from
practically every section of the
county and some from Telfair
county and Governor Talmadg’s
home town, Scotland, seven miles
from Alamo.
A number of enthuastic talks
were macle in behalf o f the
Democratic parly and setting
forth reasons for voting for
Senator Russell. l
ARRANGEMENTS MADE
FOR RUSSELL RALLY
At a call meeting-, representatives
from nine counties in this section,
including Wheeler, assembled at the
court house at Dublin at 11:00 A.M.,
Friday for the purpose of perfecting
arrangements for a Russell Rally,
sponsored by the above mentioned
nine counties,
The speaking will be at Dublin in
the near future. Senator Russell’s
speech will be broadcast, over Station
vvSB.
We were unable at the time of go
ing to press, to obtain the exaci date
the rally will be, owing to the fact
that Russell headquarters had not
advised us of the date Senator Rus
sell could be there.
Junior Got A Croud
To the Editor of the Telegrph:
“Junior” was not slipping in
at the backdoor much at Thom
son on August 14. An almost
solid motorcade from only one
direction reaching nearly as far
as the distance from Macon’s
limits to Forsyth marching in on
Hickory Hill was the forerunner
of one of the most significant
political gatherings ever as
sembled on Georgia soil. It signi
fied the tearing loose of the throt
tling hold of Talmadgeism with
its swords and staves and black
jacks and pistols and dictatorism
for the old Empire state. The
people are aroused.
|J. B. SMITH.
Jeffersonvill.
Services at The Alamo
Methodist Church
Regular services will be held
at the Methodist church next
Sunday morning but the evening
services will be called in, on
account of Revival services be
ginning at Shiloh. Every mem*
ber is urged to attend both Sun
day School and preaching ser
vices and bring your friends. All
visitors and non church members
are cordially invited. Our church
welcomes you at all services.
“Thou shalt worship the Lord
thy God and him only shalt thou
serve.” Mat., 4: 6.