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DEVOTED TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY.
Volume 27
GLENWOOD GARDEN
CLUB MEETING
The Glenwood Garden club
held their June meeting in the
large assembly room of the
Methodist church, the room was
decorated with a profusion of
beautiful cut flowers. The hos
tesses for this delightful occasion
being Mrs. E. A. Pope and Mrs.
D. L. Stone.
The meeting was called to
order by the President, and the
members responded to roll call
by the uses of pines, paper from
wood leading in the uses of the
pines.
Mrs. Stone presented items to
be considered for another years
work and Mrs. W. J. Brooks, F.
E. Kent and L. W. Kent named
on committee to report at next
meeting on what they think of
“electing officers” for another
year. The finance committee re
port was given by Mrs. W. H.
Kent, and the club is anticipting
sponsoring an interesting and
unsual feature soon.
Mrs. C. P. Ennis was a new
addition to our club. We welcome
all new members.
Tne program for June was an
enjoyable one as Miss Dorothy
Rivers described, “Sky Garden
ing,’’ and concluded by relat ng
to us a “Trip to New York
World’s Fair.” She gave a beauti
ful and interesting description
of the fair, we felt like we had
almost been to the world fair
when she completed her talk.
“Garden Queries” by Miss
Elizabeth Chambliss, concluded
the program.
In arrangement of flowers on
display Mrs. A. J. Grimes, black
vaceof Red Zinnia’s was voted
most attractive. Visitors were:
Mesdames G. F. Irwin, H. Wilt,
Brady, Thompson, and Misses
Dorothy Rivers, Elizabeth
Colson, Elizabeth Chambliss, and
Miss Gillis.
The hostesses served a delici
ous iced drink with cookies.
Mrs. A. F. Beacham and Mrs.
F.E. Kentare hostesses for July,
and will meet at the home of
Mrs. Beacham.
Good Advice
Atlanta, June 13—(GPS) The
advice Stephen Mitchell, Atlanta
attorney, gave recently to the
graduating class of Marist Col
lege, in Atlanta, is worth passing
on to all young men in the state.
He said:
“Remain in Georgia and build
a better state.” Mr. Mitchell
cited the movement of southern
ers to other sections of the
country, and added: “Stay south
and help build your state to its
rightful heritage.”
Mr. Mitchell is father of
Margaret Mitchell, author of
“Gone With the Wind.”
Governor Rivers, in proclaim
ing last Sunday as a day of prayer
for peace, said: “The people of
the United States stand today as
the world’s most ardent advo
cates of peace. The peace of the
world should be and is one of the
highest objectives of true
Christianity.”
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Timmer
man, Mr. and Mrs Zelma Hartlev,
Mrs. J. T. Wicker and daughter,
Miss Claudia Mae, are spending
the week in Florida.
Wtolrr (tatitg lEagk
DR. JOHN BREWTON,
NOTED PASTOR AND
EDUCATOR, DIES
Funeral Services Were Held
Wednesday at Vidalia
Baptist Church
Vidalia, June 13—Dr. John C.
Brewton, founder of the Brew
, ton-Parker Institute and active
Baptist minister in southeast
Georgiachurches for sixty years,
died at his home here Monday
. night of a heart attack. He was
85 years old.
Last Sunday he preached both
morning and evening sermons at
the Vidalia Tabernacle, where he
last served a regular pastorate.
The Sunday before he bad
preached the commencement
sermon for the Brewton-Parker
seniors at Mt. Vernon-Ailey.
Born in Tattnall County on a
farm, Dr. Brewton attended the
Baptist Seminary at Louisville,
Ky., and entered the Baptist
ministry at the age of 20. lie
served churches over the south- ,
east Georgia area and sooa be
came a leader in the affairs of
that denomination.
In 1905 he became president of '
the Brewton-Parker Institute,
chartered then as the Union ‘
Baptist Instate. Later the name
was changed to honor Dr. Brew- '
ton and the late C. B. Parker of
Mcßae, a patron of the school.
I
Dr. Brewton continued as
presidentof the school until 1913,
served another term in 1916 and
was president emeritus at the
time of his death. He had retired ’
some twelve years age.
He was pastor of the Mt. Ver
non-Ailey First Baptist Church
about twenty years, and the
Vidalia church about ten years.
His Tabernacle assignment con
tinued about four years.
The school he founded offers a
regular junior college course. A.
M. Gates, present president, said
about 250 students are enrolled.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning, at 11 o’-
clock, at the Vidalia Baptist
Church.
Survivors besides his wife,
who was with him at the time of
his death, are two daughters,
Mrs. John Rabun, of Stapleton,
: and Mrs. T. B. Conner, ofSyl
. vester, and a son, J. B. Brewton,
। of Vidalia.
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G. A. House Party Held
The Girls Auxilary of the
। Daniel Baptist Association held
' a three day house party at Jay
! Bird Springs this week. This
' being the first house party of
1 this association’s every body
voted that it was a great success
■ and a great inspiration to all.
■ Those attending from Wheeler
County were: Mrs. C. E. Wrye,
young people district concelor v
Jean McDaniel, Yvonne Hartley,
Margaret Pierce, Grace and
. Doris Hattaway and Thelma
j Foster, from Alamo; Lynette
, Fowler and Hilda Sightier, from
. Stuckey. <7
1-
LOST—2 Sows, 1 black spotted
Poland china, marked swallow
fork in right ear; weighs about
250 pounts; 1 black sow marked;
left ear drop over; weight about
- 175 pounds; have been missing \
, about 4 weeks. Please notify C,
, M. Webster, Alamo, Ga., agd
j receive reward for recovery of
lame.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1939
Rep. J. Mcßae Clements
Appeals to The Tax Payers
v. A
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I am appealing to you through
this medium, our County Paper,
for your cooperation, in my effort
to secure tor you and me, the
homestead and personal exemp
tions, which you are entitled to
and which was accorded us under
the Constitutional amendment
ratified by the people of the
State in June 1937, and the En
abling act passed at the 1937.38
session of the legislature.
Having for a long time been ar.
advocate of home and personal
property exemptions, as the first
step in getting away from our
old advalorem taxation system
that had become so burdensome
to our people.
It was my pleasure to serve on
the committee on constitution
that drafted this and all other
amendments that were put before
the people at that time, and I
was also a member of a sub
committee of three from the
constitutional committee that
drafted the Enabling Act that
put the homestead and personal
property amendments into affect,
and having been one of the three
men that wrote the bill. I know
that it was not my intention or
the intention of the other two to
rix the final date for filing ex
emptions as of April Ist, and it
must of have been a typogra
phical error that was over looked,
as home and personal property
exepintions should be allowed as
Jong as tax officials receive re
turns.
Tbe Governor, the Tax Com
missioner, ol tbe State and
Legislators that I have contacted
realize the date should be
changed and it will be at the next
session of the legislature.
Now the Governor and the tax
commissioner of the State, to
gether with the legislature are
very anxious that the spirit of
the law be carried out so that
every citizen may be accorded
equal rights and that they be
given the exemptions that the
Legislature intended they should
j have, and that the time should be
extended for this purpose. They
tbe Governor of Georgia, and
the tax' commissioner of the
State, say they are willing to
Heave it up to the Tax Assesors
and Receivers of the varioua
counties to extend as much time
as they deem necessary so that
Ino injustice may be done to any
tax payer.
Attached to this article and
printed herewith you will find s
letter from the governor and one
from state tax commissioner
which bear out tbe above state
ment.
Why should the tax authorities
of Wheeler county wish to de
prived the citizens of their own
county of these exemptions when
under like circumstances they
are receiving them all over the
State.
Hundreds and hundreds of the
small personal property owners,
who do not own over three hun
dred dollars worth, thought that
when they received their exemp- 1
tions last year that was all they
would ever have to do, why take
advantage of their ignorance of
the law and deprive them of their
exemptions.
Copies of the letters published
herewith were filed with the tax
authorities at their last meeting
oat they refused to take action
lam therefore, asking you at
once see your Receiver, who
under the Jaw has full power
over the personal property ex
emptions and to contact your
assessors as regards your home
exemptions.
I sincerely hope that an ami
cable adjustment of this matter
can be worked out, as all of the
officials connected are my friends
and I hope they will remain.
J. Mcßae Clements,
Atlanta, Ga.
May 31, 1939
flon. J. Mcßae Clements
Alamo, Ga.
Dear Friend Clements:
I have taken your letter of
May 26 with Grady Head and he
has advised me that some time
ago he sent Outa statement to
all tax authorities in the state to
the effect that, although be had
no right to change the expiration
date for tiling applications fo r
home exemptions, if the counties
themselves wanted to grant ex
tensions of time the state would
offer no objection.
Grady told me he was going to
writ you in detail about this.
Very sincerely yours
E. D. Rivers,
Governor.
Atlanta, Ga.
■May 31, 1939
Hon. J. Mcßae Clements
Member of the General
Assembly of Georgia,
Alamo, Georgia.
Dear Mr. Clements:
Governor Rivers has brought
to my attention your communi
cation of May 26, with reference
to citizens of your county and
the homestead- and personal
property exemption. The writer
is of the ojiinion that it was un
fortunate when the General As
sembly provided that applica
tions for homestead and personal
property exemptions should be
made on or before April Ist. The
general law in this State has
been for many years that tax
returns must be made upto May
Ist, and naturally citizens all
over the State have been misled
by reason of this general pro
vision of the law.
An exemption should be allow
ed at any time a return for tax
ation can be made. Unfortunately
howe/er, the General Assembly
did not extend to m® in the pas
; sage of this Act any powers or
. privileges with reference co an
extension of time. Wedidex-
I press to the Tax Receivers of
i Georgia a desire that the people
J should receive this exemption
*and accordingly that there would
Miss Jordan Fiancee of
Dr. Ja mes B. Stewart
Couple to Speak Vows on June 27
At Historic Shiloh Church
The following announcement I
appeared in last Sunday’s At
linta Journal, and will be read
with interest in this County and i
and South Georgia.:
The wedding plans of Miss
Katherine Jordan, of Lumber 1
City and Atlanta, to Dr. James
Benham Stewart, of Atlanta and ■
Birmingham, are announced, the S
vowos to be taken on the evening t
of June 27. 1
Miss Jordan is the eldest I
laughter of Senator Reese F. t
Jordan,of tbe Fifteenth District,
a prominent naval stores opera- -
tor and extensive land owner of I
Wheeler County. Her mother is
the late Leila V. Burnett, daugh- t
ter of Mrs. Eula Stallworth I
Burnett and the late Mort I
Pinckney Burnett, of Wbheler i
County, formerly of South '
Carolina. Her paternal grand- i
parents were the late Eliza Me- 1
Arthur and Jacob Thomas 1
Jordan, of Wheeler, Moutgomeiy
and Tattnall Counties.
The sisters ot the bride-elect <
are Leila R. Jordan, graduate of ।
the University ot Georgia, Jane :
and Lucy Jordan, of Lumber
City.
Mrs. 0. T. Graham, of Atlanta,
FORMER ALAMO I
PHYSICIAN DIES
■ >
Dr. L. P. Fordham, of Pavo,
died Friday, June 9th. He bad
been seriously ill for more than
a year and was confined to his
bed all the time.
Dr. Fordham is survived by
his wife, and two daughters,
Miss Hazel Fordham, of Pavo;
and Miss Jewell Fordham, Os
fifton, and two sisters, Mrs. E
C, Pierce, Dublin, and Mrs. S.
A. Lee, of Alamo, and one
brother, J. B. Fordham, of
Beauford, South Carolina, and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Dr. Fordham is well known
here having practiced medicine
hereabout fifteen years.
The funeral was conducted in
Pavo, at 11 a. m., June 10, con
ducted by Rev. Swain and inter
ment was in Moultrie.
Mr. and Mrs. Radcliff, of
Brunswick, visited their daugh
ter, Mrs. J. F. Nicholson and
family this week. They were in
route to Athens, and were joined
by Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson,
where they attended graduation
exercises at the University of
Georgia.
be no objection on the part of the
State if the time was extended
to April 15 and notices thereof
properly published in the county.
In a great many counties this
was done. Where it was not done
and the Board of Tax Assessors
feel that an injustice has arisen
thereby, a limited time should be
allowed, in our opinion, to cor
rect the situation.
There is no more that I am
authorized to say.
With kindness persona) re
gards, I am
Sincerely,
, T. Grady Head,
t Commissioner.
‘ McKinley Wright, student at
S. G. T. C., Collegeboro, spent
the week end with his parents,
* Mr, and Mrs. W. R. Wright.
Sample Copy 5c Number 15
is the bride-elect’s aunt.
Miss Jordan received her A.
b. degree from Wesleyan College
in Macon, and while residing in
Atlanta continued her education
'ith graduate work at Emory
University.
The bridegroom-elect is the
eldei son of Mr. and Mrs. David
Slewart, of Birmingham. His
mothe- is the former Tillie Ben
ham, of Birmingham, and his
lather a native of Scotland. Tbe
only brother of the bridegroom
lect is Cuthel Stewart, and his
sister, Miss Rosa Stewart, of
Birmingham.
Dr. Stewart received his early
education from Soulliwestern in
Memphis, his B. S. degree from
Birmingham-Southern, and his
M. D. degree from Emory Uni
versity. The past year be has
interned at Emory University
Hospital, He is a member of tbe
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity.
The wedding ceremony will be
solemnized in the historic Shiloh
Country Church in Wheeler
County. The reception immedi
ately following will be held at
the old Walter T. McArthur
j home, now owned by the bride-
| elect’s unde and father.
Metro Theatre
Mount Vernon, Ga.
The Friendly Theatre
program
V our 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
Monday—Tuesday, June 19—20
“THE COWBOY AND THE
LADY”
Gary Cooper, Merle Oberton
and all star cast. Palm Beach
and the west of today in a glori
ous romance. See it. Also comedy
and news.
Wednesday June 21
“HERE'S FLASH CASEY”
Eric Linden, Boots Mallory,
Cully Richards. Not a draggy
movement in all this show. Also
‘The Super Snooper.” Come all
shows only 10 and 15.
Thursday—Friday, June 22-23
“HUCKLEBERRY FINN”
Mickey Rooney, Walter Con
nolly, Lynne Carver, Wm, Fraw
ley, Mark Twin’s imortal classic.
Mickey Rooney at hie best. See
this. Also good comedy. Serial
Friday.
Saturday, June 24
“RIDE’EM COWGIRL”
Dorothy Page, and all star
cast “Fighting With Kit Carson”
gang comedy.
Monday—Tuesday, June 26—27
Nelson Eddy in
“LET FREEDOM RING”
Lice are more of a problem to
the poultryman who keeps large
flocks in semi-continement than
to the farmer with a small flock
on free range. Sodium fluoride
still remains the best remedy
for lice.
1 Fred Coleman receives a
- ticket to the Princess Theater,
> Mcßae, with this clipping of the
Eagle.
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