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Volume 27
A NEW ELECTION LAW
WANTED BY ALAMO MAN
If you ladies will pull your veils
down and hold your nose we will
talk about politics just a little
bit. Wednesday’s tiascocame and
went simultaneously. Long be*
fore this election His Excellency,
the Governor and myself had
passed a little correspondence
relative to our election laws in
Georgia. We pointed out that he
held his convention in Macon
with almost a solid delegation
and he had made up his executive
committee for the State, butthat
the meanderings of the party
further down the line were not
of such character as would
guarantee an honest election, by
any means, and now Ex-Go/ernor
Talmadge agrees with us by fil
ing contests in more than thirty
counties as result of Wednes
day, September 14 primary. The
present governor has said that
the evil was a matter for the
legislative body to deal with and
not the Slate Democratic Exe
cutive committee. Maybe he is
correct in this proposition, and
we bone that ere this body meets
and adjourns again, we will have
one of the best election laws for
Georgia of all the states in the
union. We ought to have as we
have all the states to pattern
after in making us a new law.
The laws governing elections in
several states has been called to
the attention of the Governor and
maybe we can get something
done.
We find in our own election
that the ten commandmentshad
very little sway in the primary
of last Wednesday. They do not
seem to make a very good politi
cal platform, and I understand
the preacher candidate say she is
going to sell everything and
leave. Well brother, you need not
do this. We have been in four or
five counties in Georgia and poli
tics are just alike in practically
allot them. Perhaps the preacher
has discovered where the devil’s
abode is, and from this discovery
he ought to be in a position to
heap coals of fire on his back with
greater opportunity than ever
before. If it is undertaken how
ever, the whip cords will have to
be applied first down in bis own
tabernacle. Some folks say that
the preacher has no business in
politics. Well we differ with this
and believe that it is the duty of
the pulpit orator to discover error
wheie error is and tight the devil
straight from the shoulder.^Lots
of the big boys would not sit in
theamen corners if the cleansing
xorce should be applied in poli
tics. It is here that we seem to
get out right to plunder. Demo
cracy, like religion must be ap
plied to ever mart of life or there
can be no democracy. You say
you have religion at the church
house and to prove your assertion
this religion must go with you
every step of the way for the next
six days of the week. Your re
ligion must be exhibited by your
contact with your fellowman.
This worship cannot be cons
ducted in the skies —it must come
back to the earth to get its sus
tenance. So don’t leave us all
alone now preacher. Stay with
us andlet’sfight itout right here
where the devil is the biggest.
H. W. Nalley.
WANTED—CattIe, hogs and
chickens, highest market price
paid for same. Will pay 17 cents
per pound lor friers; 13 cents
for hens, W. L. Simmons, Alamo,
Georgia.
Whiter dnuntu Saak
FALL TERM SUPERIOR
I COURT CONVENED
’ The fall session of Wheeler
। superior court convened last
! Monday morning with Judge
। Eschol Graham presiding and
‘ Solicitor Bowyer in attendance
> upon the State’s interest.
1 The grand jury was organized
' by electing R. E. Rivers foreman
1 and C. C- Hartley clerk. Duncan
: Gillis was named bailiff.
1 The charge was delivered the
1 body, after which they entered
’ upon their deliberations, and re
-1 mained in session until Wednes
day morning. They will recon
' vene next week to complete their
1 work.
The civil business was con
cluded Tuesday, and the criminal
‘ docket will be taken up next
Monday’ morning.
W. 0. PURSER FILES
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES
, GEORGlA—Wheeler County.
1 In person appeared before the
i undersigned officer duly autho
: rized to administer oaths came
• W. 0. Purser, who after being
> duly sworn upon oath deposes
> and says: That the following
i itimized account consists of a
, true statement of his expenses
i in his campaign for State Senate
) from the 15th Senatorial District
l held September 11th, 1938.
: May 29, qualifying SSO 00
June 3, announcement $lO 00
। August, printing. $2.50
! Sapp’s Studio, picture SI.OO
Sept. 14, gasoline (friend)..s2 00
, Sept. 14, gasoline (friend) .SI.OO
. Sept. 14, gasoline (friend) .$1.05
[ From June 1, to September I4tb,
i gas and oil, and traveling ex
[ penses for personal car approxi
; inately $35.00
• TOTAL $102.55
, Sworn to and subscribed be*
r fore me, this 28th day of Sep*
• tember, 1938.
i W, O. Purser,
- D. N. Achord, J. P. 393rd
) District G. M., Wheeler
t County, Georgia.
Birthday Dinner in Honor
Os Mrs. S. E. Williams
i
t "
On last Sunday, September 25,
s the friends and relatives
j gathered at the home of Mrs. S.
. E. Williams, and about one o’*
I clock they quickly threw up a
( nice long table under shade of
t the old oak tree in the front
, yard, where on a bountiful supply
’ of goodies were spread, fit for a
, king.
But it happened not to be for
the king. It was in honor of Mrs.
> S. E. Williams’ G9th birthday.
■ “AuntGallie” as we caliber,
। has passed several mile stones,
। and seems as if she is good for
, several more, and here’s hoping
; she will have a good dinner ever
. time time she passes one and we
• can all be there. Those present
were:
. Mrs. S. E. Williams, Mr. J. W.
. K. Clarke, .Mrs. W. H. Gilder,
I Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Clarke, Mr.
[ and Mrs. Johnnie Gilder, Mr.
! : and Mrs. H. F. Williams. Mr. and
. Mrs. Columbus Coleman, Miss
Maggie Williams, Mr. A. R.
Johnson, Mr. Fred Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Crafton, Mrs.
H. S. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Clark, Mr. Can Brown, Mr.
1 and Mrs. Talmadge Williams,
11 Miss Margret Clarke.
U Six children and 16 grand
children.
A Friend,
ALAMO, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 1938
$150,000 FIREPROOF BUILDING
FOR NATIONAL LIVESTOCK SHOW
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The National Livestock Show, to be IrUd al the Southeastern Fair,
October 2nd through the 9th, will be housed in one of the $150,000 per
manent fire-proof exhibit buildings, according to Mike Benton, Presi
dent. In the 35,000 square feet of floor space. De Luxo "boudoir” equip
ment, of modern steel structure design, will be set to pen the prize
winning hogs, dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, horses, mules, brood mares
and 4-11 Club pigs and calves.
This feature of the 1938 Southeastern Fair has won (he support of
leading livestock men of the SoutlHast, who are loud in their praise of
the decision of Mr. Benton to foster the development of the livestock
industry in this section. Already many letters have been received from
nationally known livestock raisers expressing keen interest in exhibiting
their prize cattle at the show.
The importance of Livestock to the future development of the South
east is expressed in a letter to Mr. Benton from Dr. Milton P. Jarnngin,
head of the Animal Husbandry Department of the Stats College of
Agriculture. Dr. Jarnagin stated: "A Livestock industry of sufficient
size to meet, all the needs of Georgia, and a feed, forage and pasture
program sufficient to support such an enterprise, will cure most of the
agricultural ills confronting Georgia at the present time, and would keep
at least, forty million dollars annually within our borders that is now
being spent in outside territory. The Livestock industry offers more
hope for the future than any other possible agricultural undertaking at
the pre:< nt time. The officials of the Southeastern Fair acted wisely
in founding the National Livestock Show as the main attraction of the
annual exhibition to be held in Atlanta vach Fall.”
W. Tap Bennett, Director of Livestock for the Southeastern Fair, will
be in charge of the National Livestock Show, assisted by a committee
composed of Ralph K. Davis, Bedi Cattle Specialist of the State College
of Agriculture, Dr. Jarnagin, and Mr. L. S. Papy, President of the
White Provision Company.
NEW AAA PROGRAM TO
STRESS DIVERSIFICATION
The 1939 AAA farm program for
Georgia and the rest of the country
will be similar in most respects to the
1938 program, with continued em
phasis on a balanced, soil-conserving
type of farming and minor changes
intended to improve and simplify ad
ministration, Homer S. Durden, state
administrative officer, announced in
Athens this week.
Durden recently' attended a con
ference in Washington at which pro
posals for the new program were dis
cussed with AAA field representa
tives and farmer-committeeman from
the 48 States.. In the main the pro
gram tentatively approved follows
the recommendations of this confer
ence, he said:
The proposed new program, as it
applies to Georgia, calls for farm
acreage allotments for cotton, tobac
co, wheat, and, in designated com
mercial counties, potatoes. Each farm
on which feed crops or livestock
products are grown for sale also will
have an allotment of general soil
depleting crops, which will include
the acreage devoted to corn, but no
farm will have a separate corn allot
ment.
Payments will be based on com
pliance with allotments and the car
rying out of approved soil-building
practices as under the present pro
gram.
No definite decision has been
made as to the treatment of panuts
under tbp new program, Durde said.
Under this year’s program, special
acreage allotments are provided for
this crop. Proposals that the pea
nut allotments be discontinued and
that special provisions be included for
commercial vegetable crops were ta
ken under advisement by AAA of
ficials. Further conferences with
producers 11411 be held before final
action is taken on these proposals.
Under the 1939 program, a max
imum payment will be calculated for
each participating farm. The farmer
Mrs, H. G. Samples receives a,
guest ticket to the Princess
Theatre, Mcßae, with this clip*
ping of the Eaglej
• can earn this amount by keeping
within his soil-depleting crop allot
■ ments anil attaining the soil-building
goal established for the farm.
As under this year’s program, de
■ ductions are to be made for plantings
in excess of allotments and for fail
‘ ure to carry out the amount of sorl
i building practices needed to reach
the soil-building goal. Crop classi
fications and soil-building practices
will be similar to those approved for
this year's program.
A new feature will be the pro
-1 vision that land used for home gar
■ dens may be excluded in calculating
! soil-depleting crops for the farm.
■ This provision was suggested as a
means of encouraging better living
: standards for many farm families,
i The national acreage allotment for
■ cotton in 1939 will be about 27,500,-
■ 000 acres, or approximately the same
i as for 1938. This will be divided
i among the states, counties, and in-
I dividual farms according to the for
• inula provided in the farm act.
', The national wheat allotment of
• 155,000,000 acres has already been
established.
The allotments for tobacco and
■ potatoes will be determined upon tlye
• basis of the situation affecting these
I commodities. These allotments cannot
■ be determined accurately until the
1398 production is known more def
-1 initely.
; It is expected that cotton acre
• [ age allotments for individual farms
I l will be determined and announced be
'; fore producers vote in the cotton mar
• l keting quota referendum to be held
I late this fall.
' | The tentative rate of payment on
-1 cotton under the 1939 program is
1.8 to 2 cents per pound plus a price
। adjustment payment of 1.8 to 2 cents
per pound—a total of 3.6 to 4 cents
. per pound on the normal yield of
• each acre in the farm's cotton allot
'; ment.
Mrs. J. W. Clements receives
a guest ticket to the Princess
Theatre, Mcßae with this clip*
ping of the Eagle,
PRINCESS WILL START
VOX-POP WID, OCT. 5
______
Through the cooperation of Mr.
Millican, Superintendent of the Mc-
Rae-Helena High School, Mr. Billy
Yarbrough, Manager of the Princess
Theatre, will inaugurate VOX-POP
Night, Vox-Pop coming from the Lat
in meaning ‘voice of the 1 people’
Mr. Millican will select proper and
legitimate questions seht in by the
patrons of the theatre who in turn
will receive! a guest ticket to the
theatre if their question is used by
Mr. Millican.... The answerers will be
chosen by seat number in the audi
ence and if they answer the question
correctly, Mr. Yarbrough vviH at once
hand them a dollar but if they fail
two more will be given a chance at
the question and if the lattJr two and
the remainder of the audience fail.
Mr. Millican will give the answer
through the microphone from his
desk on the stage,. .
This novel and interesting arran
gement is receiving tremenduous at
tention over the radio and it is the
Princess] desire to offer the same en
tertainment to its patrons
Vox-Pop will start next Wednes
day night at the Princess following
the first feature of “Lord Jeff” star
ring Mickey Rooney and Freddie
Bartholomew which in itself prom
ises great enjoyment and entertain
ment
Vocational Students
Elect Officers for Year
The Vocitional Agriculture
class of the Glenwood High
school met and elected the
following F. F. A., officers for
the year 1938-39.
President —Murray Crawford
Ist. Vice pres id e n t—Guy
Orlando Stone, Jr.
2nd. Vice president—J. D.
Williams.
Secretary—Hilery Sightier.
Treasurer —Donald Atchison.
Reportei—Robert Joiner.
We are expecting to have a
pleasa.nt year of study under the
direction of our teacher, Mr. C.
M. Reagan.
Robert Joiner, Reporter.
Snow Hill 4-H Club
Met Wednesday
The Snow Hill 4-H club met at
the home of Jewell Browning
Wednesday afternoon, where we
played games, sang songs and
ask riddles. Afterwards we made
very attractive baskets from
pine needles. While we planned
o meet at the home of Alma and
Reba Smith, next Tuesday
evening, where we will make
different kind of candies.
—Reporter.
MERCHANTS THANK
PRINCESS MANAGER
Several Mcßae merchants have
voiced their thanks to Mr. Billy Yar
brough, manager of the Princess
Theatrd for his efforts towards in
creasing the trading in oui‘ city on
Saturdays Mr. Yarbrough has cre
ated the trade stimulate through his
Saturday presentation of String ban
ds which draw people into Mcßae
from the surrounding four or five
counties Some merchants tell us
it has almost doubled their trade on
Saturdays and as weekly bdsiness
isn't exactly on the “boom|’ theii' in
creased Saturday business is a life
saver
Mr. Yarbrough deserves commen
dable appreciation and credit for his
efforts and we hope he continues to
benefit the businessmen of our city.
In turn we are open for call to as
sist him * |
Telfair Free Press.
A young doctor told us of a
friend of his who was inclined to
be absent minded who. in courts
ing a girl friend, forgot and
charged her two dollars a visit.
Local and Personal News
That Will
Interest and Inform You
Sample Copy c Number 29
WHEELER COUNTY
1 WM MEH
On Saturday morning, October
, first, the first meeting of the
> Wheeler County Teachers’ As*
. sociation will be held at the
Wheeler County Gymnasium in
1 Alamo, at 10:00 a. m. The Alamo
school in charge of the program.
It is urged that all teachers be
present or furnish legal excuse
for absence. It is recommended
that all hostesses serve only
moderate refreshments.
MOTION PICTURE
REVIEW BY D A. R.
Mrs. W. H. Pitt JD. A R„
On October 3rd and 4th we will
see a melodrama at the Princess. “Al
giers.!' The search for the French
Jewel thief, Pepe Lee Mokas, is
highly dramatic, and scenes in Al
giers most interesting. With such
stars as Charles Boyer, who acted as
Napoleon, and Sigrid Gurie, was a
great success in Marco Polo — we
know that this picture is good.
Lord Jeff on Oeober sth is pro
nounced No. 1 by our Hollywood D.
A. R„ Guide.
Freddie Bartholomew is good in
this picture. Hope all school boys
in the county attend.
TOOMBS COUNTY’S
REPRESENTATIVE
IN UPPER HOUSE
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R. F. JORDAN
R. F. Jordan, prominent
Wheeler County citizen, and
widely known South Georgian,
was elected in the primary of
September 14, to represent
Toombs in the upper house of the
Georgia General Assembly. Mr.
Jordan i s state senator-elect
from the Fifteenth Senatorial
District, comprising the counties
of Toombs, Wheeler and Mont
gomery. He succeeds W. J.
Peter: on of Ailey.
Mr. Jordan has many friends
here and throughout the county
who are pleased over his success
ful victory,
The election of a state senator
from this senatorial district is
rotated, and under this plan of
representation, two years from
now it will be Toombs’ time to
name the senator. —Vidalia Ads
vance.
Trustee Election
The Wheeler County Board of
Education has called an election
at the Hope School district for
the purpose of electing two
trustees on Saturday, October 1,
from ten A. M. to two P. Mi
