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Important County News
That Will
Mean Money To You
Volume 27
COL W. 0. PURSER
DECLINESINVITATION
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Col. W. 0. Purser, unsuccess*
ful candidate in the last Septem
ber primary for the State senate
from this County, has been in
vited t) Atlanta to give his views
on certain proposed legislation.
However, he is being urged by
many of his friends to accept
the same. He has declined the
invitation, and commented some
of the proposed legislation will
be very unpopular, if passed.
Toombs County Singers
At Maritta Church Sunday
The Toombs County Singing
Convention will convene at Mar*
ietta Church the second Sunday
February 12.
We aave well advertised our
convention and have the promise
of a number of good singers.
Maritta Church is located on
the northeastern part of the
county on the Ohoopee-Oak Park
road one half mile above where
the Lyons-Cobbtown road cross.
Come spend the day with us
and enjoy a good time.
Mrs. Fred Johnson, Sect.
D. N. Moore, Pres.
Metro Theatre
Mount Vernon, Ga.
PROGRAM
Your Recreation and Entertainment
Centre
No show over 25 cents
Daily at 3:30 —7:45 —10 to 11:15
Saturday show begins at 3:00 p. m.
Shows, matinee, 10, 15, 20c. Night,
10-15-25 C
Mon. and Tues. Feb. 13 —14
“THE GREAT WALTZ”
Luise Rainer, Ferrand Grant
Miliza Korjus, Hugh Herbert
MGM’s greatest and most gor
geous musical show to date.
Also news and comedy.
WednesdaylfFeb. 15
“FOURS A CROWD”
Errol Flynn, Plivia DeHavilland
Rosaline Russell, Pat ic Kneel
ton. The funniest of all. Don’t
miss it. Also selected shorts.
Tburs. and Fri. Feb. 16 —17
“GIRLS SCHOOL”
Ann Shirley, Nan Grey, Ralph
Bellany, Gloria Hayden. Great
est college picture ever made.
Lit all school students attend.
Only 15c on mat. each day. Also
good comedies.
Saturday, Feb. 18
“WILD HORSE CANYON”
Jack Randall’s newest western
Gene Autry and “3 Stooges”
ESTABLISHED FOR THE WELFARE AND BEST INTEREST OF WHEELER COUNTY.
DR. W. A. RIVERS
IS IMPROVING
The many friends, throughout
the county of Wheeler especially,
as well as elsewhere, will be glad
t> learn that Dr. W. A. Rivers is
convalescing after several weeks
illness resulting from heart at*
tack on Dec. 24, 1938.
His condition, though never
having been regarded as serious,
will be improved by a “rest
cure”. He has lived an active and
useful life in Wheeler county
and his scores of friends are
eagerly awaiting his recovery as
he has made a place in their
hearts that can be replaced by
no one. The Eagle joins all in
wishing for Dr. Rivers a speedy
recovery.
Salesman Found Dead
in Car Near Douglas
Douglas, Ga., Feb. 7. —A man
identitied as Sam J. Walton,
Savannah salesman, was found
dead early Tuesday in an auto
mobile near Douglas, according
to Coroner John Rieketson, who
said investigations revealed a
hose from the exhaust pipe was
brought into the tightly sealed
car through a v indow. A coro*
ner’s jury returned a verdict he
came to “death at his own
hands.”
Tax-Exempt Application
Necessary Before April 1
Wheeler Tax Receiver L. M.
Daniel this week reminded
persons whose properties are
exempt that they are required
to make a return this year and
apply for the exemption.
Exemption applications will
not cost 50 cents, as they did last
year on original applications,
unless the property owners have
moved.
Deadline for filing exemption
claims for the $2,000 homestead
exemption and the S3OO personal
tax exemption is April 1.
See his rounds in this issue of
the Eagle.
New Attorney (Jenera! '
•n'
MR * Wi
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Ellis Arnall, 31, of Newnan, be
came the youngest Attorney Gen
eral in Georgia’s history when he
accepted the oath of office Febru
ary 2, to fill the unexpired term of
M. J. Yeomans, who resigned to
accept joint duties of attorney and
director of the newly created State
Hospital Authority.
Educated at Mercer University
and the University of Georgia; Ar
nall served two terms as Speaker
Pro-Tem of the House of Represen
tatives and at the time of his ap
pointment to the Attorney General
post was the senior Assistant At
torney General in the point of
service.
Given the oath of office by Gov
ernor Rivers, Arnall said, “My one
ambition is to make Georgia a good
Attorney General.”
Mrs. W. C, Riddle receives a
guest ticket to the Princess The.
atre, Mcßae, with this clipping
of the Eagle.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 101939
NISCELMOBS
SMI GIVEN
Mrs. L. W. Kent, of Glenwood,
entertained with a miscellaneous
shower Saturday afternoon, from
3:00 to 5:00 o’clock, in honor of
Mrs. Lowell Clark.
The living room, dining room,
and guest room were decorated
with fall flowers. Mrs. Kent in*
vited the guest in these assembl*
mg rooms. Mrs. D. J. Sears had
fiharge of the bride’s book and
each guest registered as follows:
Mrs. Joe B. Mercer, Mrs. J. I.
Giddings, Agnes Adams, Mrs,
W. J. Brooks, Mrs. Wade Mc-
Daniel, Lucy Hartley, Mildred
Sears, Mrs. Jerrell McDaniel,
Mrs. L. L. Clark, Willa Mae
Bridges, Mrs. Charlie Anderson,
Mrs. D. C. Colson, Mrs. Gene
Elton, Mrs. Hershel Kent, Eliza
beth Benton, Mrs. B R. Benton,
Mrs. Bernon Benton, Mrs. G. O.
Stone, Mrs. Robbie Murphy,
Mrs. E. O. Stone, Vinie Lee
Montford, Mrs. Darius Jenkins,
Elise Montford, Margaret Long,
Mrs. C. M. Reagan, Inez Brew*
ton, Mrs. Estelle Pope, Rosalee
Galbraith, Carolyn Jordan,
Elizabeth Adams, Mrs. A. F.
Beacham, Mrs. A. J. Grimes,
Eleanor Joiner and Mrs. Homer
Fussell.
At the opportune time the
guest were invited out on the
lawn where an interesting con
test was enjoyed. Mrs. Robbie
Murphy won the prize that was
offered. After the contest Little
Shirley Kent presented the many
lovely gifts, drawn in an express
wagon to the honor guest, Mrs.
Lowell Clark. After displaying
the gifts a delicious chicken salad
course, cookies and coffee were
served.
Home of Glenwood
Mail Garner Looted
Lawton Ryals, of Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, who was visiting
at the home of his brother, Mr.
W. A. Ryals in Glenwood, lost
$500.00 in cash, it is reported,
when his room was burglarized.
Sheriff Sears and county offi
cers are investigating the theft,
but so far ne clues have been
discovered.
Glenwood F. F. A.
Entering Contests
The Glenwood chapter of the
future farmers of America is
entering several contests this
year. Among these is a feed
demonstration contest, which is
sponsored by the Purina feed
mills. In this contest we will
hive two hogs of the same age
and parentage. These hogs will
be kept in a pen with petition in
the middle. One of the hogs will
b i fed as the average hog of the
community. The other will be
ted a ration which is prepared
by the Purina feed mills.
Another contest which we are
entering is a fertilizer demon*
atration crntest, which is spon*
sored by the Barrett Company.
Bill Keen will have charge of this
contest and demonstration. The
demrnstration consists of two
and one-half acres of cotton. Two
rcres will be sidehressed with
200 pounds of Chilean Nitrate of
Soda per acre. The other half
acre will be left without side
dressing.
Robert Joiner, Reporter.
Mrs. A. J. Grimes receives a
guest ticket to Metro Theatre
Mt. Vernon with this clipping of
the Eagle.
imilOl BJSOMI
tournament n
Wheeler County High is play*
ing host to an Invitational Bask*
etball Tournament in the gym
February 9,10, 11. Teams from
several counties have entered
both boys and girls teams, nine
schools being represented.
The teams playing tonight in
the simi-tinals are the victors in
the preliminary rounds of
Thursday. In the boys division,
Cedar Grove plays Hazelhurst at
eight o’clock, and Workmore
meets Alamo at ten. In the girl's
division, Workmore plays Cedar
Grove at seven o’clock and Alamo
engages Kibbee at nine.
The winners of this tourna
ment, decided in the finals
tomorrow night will receive
handsome trophies presented by
the sponsors of the tournament.
Ten girls to be selected by the
coaches and officials will receive
the honor of being named on the
"All Tournment” team. Indivi
dual gold basketballs will be
given these girls.
Eight boys to compose an “All
Tournament” team, selected in
the same manner as the girls,
will also receive basket balls.
Good attendance has marked
the first two seasons of the
tourney and even larger crowds
are expected to be in the gym
for the last rounds.
Nutrition Kitchen Project
The Wheeler County High
school has made great progress
with the nutrition kitchen.
On November 22, the kitchen
was established. First serving
daily an average of one hundred
forty pupils in the Home econo-j
mics kitchen.
Within a short space of time
there was a kitchen provided, in
which to serve the children hot
lunches. With little equipment
but interest of the P, T. A., there
was an increase of equipment
and commodities so there was
more food and more pupils
served.
By January 9, 1939. there was
an increase of sixty High school
pupils to eat, making an average
of two hundred pupils and
teachers being served each day.
A committee from the P. T. A.
working with the kitchen im
ployees have worked out real
nourishing and attractive menus;
with an average cost of a few
cents per person per meal.
How about that for economj?
This has saved parents the
trouble and continuos thinking
of what they will have to get to
fix school lunches. It means so
much to pupils to receive hot
soup or a plate lunch daily; as
the hours are so long between
breakfast and supper they really
need something hot and appetiz
ing. Why not keep the kitchen
progressing? To do this we need
food donated by the patrons of
the school. Even though thee P.-
T. A. is sponsoring this project
tnat does not mean that they
should have to pay for the food
not issued to us by the govern•
ment. It is true that the com
modities issued to us from the
commodity depot are not suffi
cient to feed two hundred pupils
twenty days.
So the P. T. A., through this
article, is making an appeal to
the patrons of this schoo to do..
na,te either food, any kind Os
food or money to insure the
continuation of this nutrition
health program.
Patrons stand back of the
FORMER CITIZEN DIES
IN BLECKLEY COUNTY
Funeral services for Mr. D. G.
Purser, were held last Sunday
afternoon near Cochran, and in*
terment was in Salem cemetery
in Bleckley county, he having
died suddenly late Saturday
afternoon on his way home from
Cochran.
Mr. Purser resided in this
County 2 years ago and moved
away. He is survived by his
wife, and several children, three
of whom reside in this County,
Mrs. J. K. Brantlep, Mrs. Alvah
Gaskin and Mrs. Felton Pittman.
He was 65 years of age at the
time of his death.
Wheeler Teachers To
Meet at Union Schoo)
The terchers of Wheeler county
are to meet at Union Consolidated
school on February 14th at 3
o’clock in the afternoon" All
teachers are required to attend
PRINCESS
Mcßae, Ga.
Billy Yarbrough, Mgr.
Matinee Daily 3:30 p. m.
10-20 cents
Night Shows, 7:45; 9:30
10-25 cents
PROGRAM
Mon, and Tues. Feb. 13 —14
"IF I WERE KING”
—with—
Ronald Colman
Wednesday February 15
“RACKET BUSTERS”
—with —
Humphrey Bogart
Thursday February 16
“STRAIGHT PLACE AND
SHOW”
—with—
Ethel Merman
Friday February 17
'THANKS FOR THE MEMORY’
—with —
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross
Saturday February 18
“PRIDE OF THE WEST”
—with —
Hopalong Cassidy
Also serial
“THE SPIDER WEC”
Late Show
"RIDE A CROCKED MILE”
ANNOUNCEMENT
On Saturday, February 11th,
‘‘The Yoedling Hillbillies,” of
Laurens county, composed of
High school students will be at
Metro Theatre, Mt. Vernon, on
the stago. Come have a good
time. Regular admission.
Wheeler Contributes
to Foundation Drive
Wheeler county people re
sponded liberally to the Warm
Springs Foundation fund, in the
fight against infantile paralysis.
A total of $132.23 were raised and
will be fowarded to headquarters.
Mrs. Guy O. Stone, of Glen
wood, was the county chairman
and was most active in her duties.
teachers and kitchen employee
to keep the project continually
growing.
Mrs. Eloise Giles,
M. D. Mcßae, Prin.
Local and Personal News
That Will
Interest and Inform You
Sample Copy c Number 48
H. S. HURWITZ
DIESJUDDENLY
Funeral services held Wednes
day afternoon for Mr. H. S. Hur
witz at 4 o’clock a t Sipple's
Mortuary, Savannah, burial in
Bonaventure cemetery with
Rabbi William Drazin and the
Rev. H. Geffen of B. B. Jacob
conducting the services.
Mr. Hurwitz was stricken
suddenly Tuesday evening en
route to Mcßae and succumbed
before reaching home. H e had
been in failing health tor some
time, but his sudden death was
a severe shock to his family and
friends. Mr. Hurwitz came to
Alamo about thirty years ago
from Russia and established
himself with the business life of
the community. He was sociable,
congenial and no one ever enjoy
ed the friendship and cooperation
of the people more than he. His
passing removes from our com*
munity one of its most congenial
and enterprising citizens.
He is survived by his wife,
Mis. lolly Hurwitz, the former
Miss Polly Miller, three daugh
ters, Mrs. Jack B. Gross, Alamo;
Miss Helen Hurwitz, of the
Macon hospital staff; Miss Sara
Hurwitz, two sons, Phillip and
Lamar .Hurwitz, Alamo; two
grand daughters, Hilda and
Floience Gross, Alamo; one
sister, Mrs. I. Jenner, New York
City.
True; But Why?
The speech of Senator Russell
in opposition to the wage differ
ential between Georgiaand other
states under the Work Progress
Administration was well pre
paired, well developed and con
tained facts that cannot be dis
puted, and it is a situation that
should not existand we commend
him for his fight against this
differential. We cannot agree
that his vote to cut the relief
appropiration added any weight
to his plea for the elimination of
this wage differential.
We seem to remember that in
the early years of the admiiss
tration there was a determined
light led by the Admistration in
the State of Georgia for the pay
ment of the prevailins wage scale
in the State of Georgia, and crit
icism was heaped upon the
National Administration for its
desire to increase the pay of the
laborers within the State of
Georgia. It was charged by the
State Administration that for
the relief workers to receive
wages paid in other sections of
the nation would cause workers
to leave their jobs in the factories
and laborers to quit their farms.
It was after a heated battle
between the Administration in
this State and the National Ad
ministration that the prevailing
wage scale within the State was
adopted as the wage scale under
the Works Progress Administra
tion, and tbe prevailing wage
scale within the State of Georgia
was much lower than that pre
vailing in most of tbe other
states.
Therefore, the differential
about which which Senator
Russell now complains was
brought about principally at the
request of Georgia. It seems
that the National Administration
has tried to please us and today
is in a position to say to us
—“Little boy, make up your
mind.”—The Georgia Horney
stead.