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JUDGE W. W. LARSEN
CLAIMED BY DEAIH
Dublin, Jan.s—W. W. Larsen,
Sr., 66, former Congressman
from the Twelfth District and
director of the Unemployment
Insurance Division of the Geor
gia Department of Labor, died in
a Dublin hospital Wednesday
fallowing a heart attack.
Mr. Larsen, who at one time
served as Superior Court judge
of the Dublin Circuit and was
widely known as a leader in the
Georgia Bar Association, had
been in ill health for some time.
Several weeks ago he suffered
an attack of pleurisy. Pneumonia
developed, but it was believed he
had recovered and was taken to
his home. After a heart attacs
Tuesday he returned to the hos
pital but tailed to rally.
Governor Rivers expressed
sorrow at the passing of one ol
Georgia’s best known citizens
and extended sympathy to mem
bers of the family.
Born in Hagan, Evans County,
Mr. Larsen was of Norwegian
origin, his parents coming to
America about 1860 and settling
near Savannah. He was educated
at South Georgia Military Col
lege, Thomasville, and the Uni
versity of Georgia.
He began the practice of law
in Swainsboro and was appoint
ed city solicitor, serving for five
years. He became secretary of the
executive department of Georgia
in 1910, resigning in 1911.
From 1914-15 he served as Su
perior Court judge of the Dublin
Circuit Court. In 1916, he was
elected to Congress, serving for
16 years before retiring volun
tarily in 1932.
After his resignation, he re
turned to Dublin, where ha held
vast farming interest, but he was
not long out of public life.
During the growth and devel
opment of the Farm Credit Ad
ministration, Mr. Larsen was
named in 1936 regional manager
of the Crop and Seed Loan Sec
tion with offices in Columbia,
South Carolina.
In tne 1936 gubernatorial con
test, Mr. Larsen offered tor office,
but withdred before the cam
paign got under way.
Governor Rivers appointed him
to the directorship of the Un
employment Insurance Division
of the State Department of Labor
on April 1, 1937, a post he helu
at the time of his death.
Married to Miss Dovie Estill
Strange, of Swainsboro, in 1898, |
he had live children by this union,;
W. W. Larsen, Jr., state legisla- I
tor and Dublin attorney; Walter
D. Larsen, Mrs. Jim Landrum, j
Jens E. and Peter F. Larsen, all
of whom survive.
After the death ol his first wife,
Mr. Larsen was married in 1932
to Miss Margaret Van Dyke, of
Fairfax county, Virginia, who
also survives.
Active in civic and religious
circles during his life in Swains
boro, Dublin and Washington,
Mr. Larsen was a Mason, an Odd
Fellow and a member of the
Knights of Pythias and a Baptist.
Funeral services were held at
3:30 Thursday afternoon at the
First Baptist Church of Dunlin,
Dr. C. D. Graves officiating. Bur
ial was in Northview Cemetery
Loss to State, Says Rivers
Governor Rivers said Wednes
day that the death of Judge W.
W. Larsen, of Dublin, “was a
distinct loss to the state.”
He added;
Whrrkr lEaglr
BAPTIST WORKERS'
COUNCIL, TO MEET
The Workers’ Council of the
Daniell Baptist Association will
meet at the First Baptist church,
Vidalia, Wednesday, January 12,
beginning at 2:15 P. M.
Rev. Gower Latimer, pastor
of the Vidalia First Baptist
church, was reelected president
of the Council, and Col. W.
Reeves, Lyons, was reelected
secretary.
The membership of the Work
ers’ Council consists of the
members of the Executive Com
mittee of the Daniell association,
ill pastors serving churches in
this Association, the associa
tions! officers of the Sunday
School, the associational officers
of the Baptist Training Union,
the associational officers of the
Woman’s Missionary Union, and
one representative from each of
the churches in the Association.
All members are urged to be
present next Wednesday.
The following program will be
rendered:
2:15 P. M. Devotional—Rev. A.
D. Howard.
2:30 God’s Acre Plan —Col. G.
L. Hat taw ay.
2:45 Baptist Hundred Thousand
Club—Dr. J. W. Palmer.
3:00 Every Member Canvass—
Rev. R. L. Robinson.
3:15 Associational Sunday
Scheol Work —Col. W. Reeves
Lewis.
3:30 Business announcement.
3:45 Adjournment.
The Executive Committee of
the Association will meet im
mediately after the Workers’
Council adjourns.
Salesman Wanted
WANTED: Man for Rawleigh
Route. Route will be permanent
if you are a hustler. For parti
culars write Rawleigh’s Dept.)
GAA-5 103, Memphis, Tenn.
Victoria’, Wedding Dress
Pieces from Queen Victoria's wed
dins dress were shown In an old patch
work quilt exhibited at a fair at Mel
bourne Australia. The wedding took
Olaeo IR4O
NOTICE
We are again in
position to do your
Mattress
Work
Let us have your Orders
Faulk Dry Cleaner’
Alamo, Ga.
“In the passing of Judge Lar
sen Georgia has lost an out
standing citizen and public
leader.
“For years he has given un-
Istintedlyto the public service,
i He was a great and good man.
‘‘He occupied a strategic place
in the present administration,
and his place will be hard to fill-
His death is a distinct loss to the
administration and .o the
state.”
ALAMO, EORGIA, FRIDAY, January 7, 1953
HU ELECTED SENATOR
81 ALABAMA MRS
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 5.—
Democratic leaders throughout
the state today hailed the ap
parent victor of Representative
Lister Hill as Senatorial nominee
as a triumph for President
Roosevelt and the New Deal.
Hill, in a statement, termed his
victory a “victory for the great
cause of human welfare as em
bodied in the inspiring leader
-hipof Franklin D. Roosevelt.”
The overwhelming Hill major
ity downed the hopes of former
Senator J. Thomas Heflin, who
in a hospital at Lafayette remains
unaware of ’he results.
With more than 1,500 of the
state’s 2,200 boxes counted, the
unofficial tabulation stood:
Hill, 81,437.
Heflin, 42,975.
Charles W. Williams, a third
candidate, received slightly more
than 5,000 votes.
Miscellaneous Shower
Wednesdey Afternoon
Miss Ruth Morris gave a
shower for Mrs. Ray McNair,
formerly Miss Margaret Fowler,
at the former’s home Wednesday
afternoon, at 4:30. There were
about thirty present. Mrs. Mc-
Nair was presented with an array
of very useful and serviceable
gifts.
An entertainment, composed
of several very amusing
proved most enjoyable. The
refreshments were served di
rectly after the gifts were pre
sented to and opened by the
bride. The refreshments con
sisted of a delicious fruit con
yealed salad accompanied with
crackersand coffee. Everyone
seemed to enjoy the occasion and
reported having spent a delight
ful afternoon.
Metro Theater
Mount Vernon, Ga.
PROGRAM
Daily 4, 7:45 and 9:15 P. M.
Saturday Shows begin at 3 p.m
Mat. 10 15 20 Night 10 15 25
Monday—Tuesday
‘HIGH, WIDE and HANDSOME’
Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott,
Dorothy Lamorer, Ben Blue.
Chas. Bickford and other big
stars. Here’s the greatest show
on earth. See it.
Wednesday
Big Double Program.
“ROSE MARIE”
Jeanette MacDanald, Nelson
Eddy, Alim Jones.
Mysterious Pilot”
Frank Hawks and all star cast.
Here’s glorious entertainment
for all.
Thursday and Friday
“THE WOMEN MEN MARRY”
Josephine Hutchinson, George]
■ I Murphy and oig star cast, A
: g-and show, for all. See this also
glorious show subjects.
Saturday
> “THE OLD WYOMING TRAIL”
, Chas. Starrett, Barbara Weeks.
. Here’s a new and tj -illiog,
> snooting western £ ea: o.
» chapter 14 “Phantou Rider”
Buck Jones and good comedies J
fIBST QMNHUY
CONFERENCE BED
The first quarterly conference
for the Alamo charge of the New
Year was held with Alamo
church yesterday. A most
sumptous dinner was spread at
the noon hour and a most de
lightful time was had by all in
attendance.
The presiding elder was net
present and Rev.C. M. Ledbetter
preached the eleven o’clock
sermon.
All of the churches of the
charge, were represented except
Spring Hill church, and good
reports were received from all of
the churches,
Glenwood Y. W. A.
Held First Meeting
The Glenwood Y. W. A. held
its first meeting this year in the
Glenwood Baptist church, Jan
uary 4. An interesting program
was rendered as follows.
So: I —“ Ring The Bells of
Heaven.”
Song —“Tell It To Jesus.”
Devotional —Eloise Williams.
Groa Joy From Many Lands
was giv i by several girls.
China Louise Lowery.
South America—Mildred Sears,
' Europe—Elizabeth Colson.
Palestine, Syria —Hazel Stews
art.
North America—Elise Mont,
ford.
Al".('!■ the program and busi-
U' . ’’ii'g were concluded
the members adjourned until
their next meeting in February.
Annie Lourie Fowler
lie porter.
Hints to Gardeners
by Harold Coulter
Plant Expert
Ferry Seed Institute
I
Care in Planting
PLANTING and the immediate
preliminaries to planting demand
care as the first step toward a suc
cessful garden.
Though soil may be rich, a gar
dener will have indifferent success
if he does not prepare it thoroughly.
The ground should be worked deeply
and the top three or four inches
should be made as fine and loose as
possible. And the best time to whip
the weed enemy is while the soil is
being prepared, using rake and hoe,
A primary consideration in plant
ing is to have the soil favorably
moist, that is, damp but not wet. If
circumstances demand that you
plant when the ground is dry, mois
ten trenches or drills before drop
ping th? seed, using enough water
to wet the soil, but not enough to
cause caking.
To retain moisture after plant
ing, cover seeds with fine earth and
press down firmly. In small gardens,
the firming may be done by laying
a board over the row and walking
on it. Some have found it a back
saving practice to cover medium
sized seed by drawing a broom over
the top of the rows, pulling the dirt
onto the seed.
Consider temperature at the time
of planting. Too high a temperature
is often as detrimental to seed ger
mination as one too low. Generally,
a temperature between 65 and 75
degrees is most favorable.
Depth of planting is important
i and it varies, of course, with differ-
I ent seeds. Generally, seeds approxi
-1 mately the size of turnip seed should
be covered not more than half an
inch. Larger seeds, such as peas,
beans and corn may be planted one
to two and one-half inches deep.
Soil must be loose so that stems
of seedlings can push through and
roots will be able to find plant food.
Fine seed must not be planted when
the ground is wet. Where a heavy
crust docs form, however, it may
sometimes be broken sufficiently to
let seedlings through by gently
pricking the soli with a rake.
There are times when weati er
j conditima render it impossible for
I seedings to survive. In such cases,
< replanting is the only recourse.
OTHER STATES ME
NOW IMt NOTICE
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■
CONG. HUGH PETERSON
Much of a meritorious nature
is seen by the Florida Times-
Union in the bll introduced in
Congress by Representative
Hugh Peterson of the First
Georgia district to provide farm
homesteads, fiee of debt, to
actual farm families. The plan
aims at a readjustment that
would restore the ea ning power
of the farmers, which in turn
would increase their purchases
of manufactured products and
provide the soundest basis for
re-establishment of conditions
under whicn Americans first
won prosperity. Says the Times
Union.
The plan has fundamental merit
s because b is aimed at the very
foundation 6£ economics, involv
ing man’s primary efforts toward
self preservation, which it would
strengthen. It involves the idea
that man first must be a producer
before he can be profit taker; that
if he is to be gainfully employed,
he must produce more than he
consumes in order that he may
have a surplus left over to be
exchanged with his fellow man
for other things he needs. But if
his productive efforts are -made
on a farm, he should be required
to pay for the land, even if it re
quires a long period of years.
This nation would occupy a
much stronger economic position
than it does today had the ad
ministration adopted a more
liberal policy back in 1933 toward
settling farmers, who have
stayed from the rural sections
to urban communities in search
of an easier life, back on the soil
where they can at least provide
themselves with the foods es
sential to life. Had the multiplied
billions that have gone into pump
priming programs been expend
ed on programs more stable in
character, there would be less
talk today of business recessions.
Nature, as it is represented in
sunshine, soils, rainfalls and
fertility, sticks to its own busi
ness. It pays no attention to man
made booms and depressions.
Each year there is the usual
round of tilling the soil and har
vesting the crops. The corn
grows, is harvested and u^ed to
feed man and animals. So it is
with the £reat variety of other
crops —here in Florida, vegeta
bles and fruits, for example.
There are good years and others
that are not so good, but the
man with some degree of com s
mon sense can usually soarrange
that his program will be spread
out to take care of these irregu
larities by setting aside for the
proverbwi rainy day.
T" j Times-Uniun expresses
the O' him that Mr. P. ■/ -on’s
plan would have a stronger ap
peal to men who are worthy of
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Sample Copy 5c Number 45
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR GOOD CITIZEN
Funeral services for F. R. Gil
der, 67, of who died last Friday
afternoon in a Dublin hospital
from injuries received when he
was kicked by a mule at his farm
several days before, were held
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from Union Springs Church,
with Rev. R. W. Eubanks and
Dr. C. D. Graves officiating.
Interment was in the church
Cemetery.
Mr. Gilder, one of the most
prominent farmers of this sec
tion, was a native of Laurens
county, where be spent his entire
life. He was a member of the
Baptist Church.
Surviving are his second wife,
the former Miss Agnes White,
seven sons, R. T,, H. R., H. 0.,
Lamar, W. E, Herman and
Holland Gilder, all of Laurens
county, and two daughters, Mrs.
J. M. Lamb, Alamo, and Mrs.
Cordie Joiner, Dublin. His first
wife, the former Miss Missouri
White, died in 1929,
Active pallbearers were sons,
while honorary escorts were
Judged. E. Page, Judge J. E.
Burch. Dr. C. H. Kittrell, W. W.
Brinson, Carl Hilburn, Sheriff
I. F. Coleman, Judge R. Ear}
Camp, H. M. Currie, H. L. Sears,
C. W. Phillips, W. P. Roach, E.
L. Evans. W. L. Currie, Dr. R. S.
Benson and J. F. Sikes.
Members of the Cedar Grove
Masonic Lodge, of which he was
a member, ana the Dublin Lodge,
took part in the rites.
Mr. Gilder, with chestinjuries,
developed pneumonia after be
ing carried to a Dublin hospital.
What’s New in Radio?
By J. F. Witkowski >
Principal, School of Radio,
International Correspondence
Schools;
Associate Member,
Institute of Radio Engineers
rpWO-WAY, short wave radios in-
J. stalled in police department au
tomobiles, and a portable, two-way
station set up on the roof of a build
ing at Fiftieth Street and Fifth
Avenue, proved valuable aids to
the New York police in handling
the enormous crowd, estimated at
3,000,000 persons, that gathered to
view the recent American Legion
parade. Radio communication en
abled police officials to shift their
men from point to point along the
route of the parade, with a mini
mum of delay and confusion.
( * * * >
Miles of pipe line laid down In
Oklahoma and Texas during the oil
boom days, and long since forgot
ten, are being unearthed and sold
for salvage with the aid of a radio
detector which reveals the location
of the lost lines. The detector makes
, it possible to follow the route of
any pipe with a diameter of one
eighth inch oi' larger, ’even though
it runs through a maze of other
lines.
* ♦ *
An armored, radio-controlled mo
tor boat, recently completed for the
. British air force, provides a fast
moving, elusive target for bombing
and •machine gun practice. The
British Royal Corps of Signals has
i recently tested, with satisfactory
results, a field radio transmitting
and receiving set 'that operates
1 while strapped to a soldier's back.
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aiding if he would modify it so
the government eventually could
I be repaid. The Jacksonville paper
believes the terms of acquiring
land could be made extremely
easy, andyetnotshifttbe burden
on one man’s shoulders of pro
viding another with something
for nothing. —(Jacksonville)
1 Florida Times-Union.
1' ' ■
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jones, and
s little daughter, of Rochelle, spent
3 last week end with the latter’s
* mother, Mrs. H. S. Taylor and
I family
