Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, August 25, 1939, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextImportant County News That Will Mean Money To You DEVOTED TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY. Volume 27 HUM MAMS towns COURSE ' / ■ We have just received » letter from Murray Adams, who is at tending the Reppart’s School of Auctioneering at Deea tu r, Indiana. He has a lot of natural talant for this profession and we feel that this and the additional training which he is now receiv ing at the Nationally known School he will make a great auctioneer. He expects to arrive borne August 28th ready to con duct sales. Mr. Adama states there are students from twenty-two diff erent states in the Union and that it is amazing to note the progress that these boys are making. The School is owned and con ducted by Col. Fred Rebbert, who is a National known Aucti aeer, and who is no stranger in these parts. He has a staff of twelve instructors, each of whom are auctioneers of national re putation. He also states that they have started their auction sales on the court house square Saturday afternoon and evening, where the boys conduct bonified auction sales to the large crowd of people who assemble to bear these em bryo auctioneers conduct their sales. The many friends of Mr. Adams are glad that he has chosen this splendid profession and are anxious to bear him con duct bis sales. Driver’s license Examination Schedule The State Patrols will be in Alamo on the second and the fourth Wednesday’s in each month, for the purpose of giving examination for driver’s license. If you haven’t got yours driv er's license yet, see them on the above days. "-—■"■t —■ — Mrs. Roxie Harrisoa Rest* inßeilah Cemetery Glenwood, Aug. 17—Funeral services for M rs. Roxie Harrison, bo, who died at her home near here Monday afternoon after a abort illness, were held at Beulah church Tuesday afternoon. A member of the Baptist church since early childhood, Mrs. Harrison was active in church work. She is survived by three child ren, Mrs. Annie Rhodes, of Glenwood, and Lanier and Vivian Harrison of near Glenwood. She alio leaves 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. CA*D OF THANKS. We wish to thank the many friends for their kindness and sympathy during the recent ill ness and bereavement of our busband, father and son«in-law, Mr (Jenk) Bridges, Mrs. Leroy Bridges and Family Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Clark. U. S. Marirre Corps Wants Mora Men During September 25 men will be accepted for enlistment in the United States Marine Corps from this area, of which Macon, Ga., is headquarters, it has been an nounced by Lt. Col. J. M. Tildsley, Officer in Charge. (Lrunty lEaglr Johnny Long to Make Term For Robbery Waycross, Ga., Aug. 19— 1 Johnny Long, 21, resident of : Hilliard, Florida, who was charged with armed robbery, ’ Saturday began a sentence of . 12 to 20 years imposed by Judge I M. D. Dickerson following Long's ( plea of guilty in a chambers ( sessionof Ware County Superior Court. Long was charged with the robbery of W. U. Gordon, of l Baxley. 1 The prisoner was carried to Douglas Friday by Deputy * Sheriff Ottis Parr and Cbiet of < Ware County Police T. L. Lee, after the former CCC enrollee had indicated he wanted to plead . guilty “and get it over with.” Judge Dickerson pointed out that only the defendant’s youth was responsible for ‘‘such a light sentence.” Under the Georgia 1 law a defendant may be punished by death for armed robbery. For Rent or Sale I J The Nelson Home will be ready ’ for rent or for sale by September 10th. This is a modern home. For further particulars see Sam Coleman, Alamo. Georgia. Aged Colored Man Dies Henry Burns, one of the oldest colored men in the county, died at his home here last Tuesday morning. Henry came here when turpentine operation was in its infancy, and worked for all of them. He was a very industrious worker and was considered honest and reliable. He came here from Effingham county and was respected by both white and colored. His passing removes from us another of the pioneer colored people of this community. Rivers Supports Air Progress Week Governor Rivers has called upon the people of Georgia to aid in the national celebration of Air > Progress Week September 11-24. ■ Exercises may be held during ; either week of the observance, the ( Governor said. “It is fit and proper that the people of Georgia join in the spirit “ and purpose of this observance • that they might keep pace with 1 the people of other states in contributing to the future prog , ress of aviation.” Agencies of the United States Government and the several states 1 are sponsoring the celebration, a 1 License Ruling Given By Arnall ATLANTA, Aug. .17.—Mem ers of hunting rights on lands in counties other than that in 7 which they live must buy a state 1 hunting license. Attorney Gener . al Ellis Arnall ruled today. The state hunting law exempts P a landowner, or his tenants and ’ their families, from paying license fees for hunting on his own land. The attorney general held per sons merely having hunting rights on a piece of land could not qual- ! ify as tenants because they have j only right to go on the land and i do not have possession of it. Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 28; 64 to 74 in ches tall; of good moral charac ter and in excellent physical con dition. At least one year of high school education or the equivalent is required. Full information concerning en listment may be had from the headquarters in Macon. ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1939 LEROY BRIDGES PASSESJ BEYOND Funeral services for Mr. Leroy (Jenk) Bridges, who dud at his home near Lumber City Thursday morning, August 10th, were held Friday afternoon, August 11, at the Shileh ceme tery, Rev. Lum Morrison, pastor of the Shiloh Methodist Church officiated. He is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Mozelle Clark; two daugh ters, Annie Mae and Margaret; four sons, Leroy, Jr., J. T., Douglas and Carl, all of Lumber City; one brother, Ossie Bridges, of Phoenix City, Alabama. Pall bearers were, Harvey Clark, Joe Edd Clark, E. C. Webster, Eschol Sears, Grady Thompson and L. D. Downs. The Wilson Undertaking Co., was in charge. Circle No. 2 Meets Monday Afternoon Circle No. 2 (Mrs. Walker’s Circle) will meet with Mrs. R. W. Stephen.® next Monday atter noon, at 4 o’clock. All members are urged to be present. Infantile Paralysis Foundation Charters Chapter In Georgia ATLANTA. — The National Foundation for Infantile Paralys is, Inc., last week awarded a , charter to the Georgia State Chapter, it was announced by Governor E. D. Rivers, state chairman of the group. H. T. Dobbs, prominent Atlan tan and executive vice-president of the Industrial Life and Health Insurance Co., was named vice chairman. Other executive com mitteemen are W. V. Crowley, vice-president of Fulton National Bank, Atlanta, treasurer; Lilyan Starr, secretary; Ralph McGill, ex ecutive editor of the Atlanta Con stitution, publicity director, and C. E. Smith, Jr., Gainesville, at torney. The Georgia organization will aid worthy individual victims of the dread disease and control the state’s share of funds raised from the annual President’s Birthday Celebrations. It will work in co operation with county committees throughout the state. In announcing the granting of the Charter, Basil O’Connor, of ■ New York, president of the Na tional Foundation, pointed out that the organization is non-po litical and non-sectarian, and shall “work constructively in har mony with all agencies whose aims are the betterment of com munity life.” Governor Rivers announced ap pointment of the following con gressional district trustees in the order named: Andrew A. Smith, Savannah; W. Fred Scott, Thom asville; Allen Chappell, Americus; Ellis Arnall, Newnan; Scott Can dler, Decatur; Cliff Olmstead, Macon; G. C. Byers, Rome; Tur ner Rockwell, Valdosta; W. J. An drews, Toccoa, and Abit Nix, Ath ens. Section trustees from the state at large are Ivan Allen, Atlanta, citizens; Dr. M. D. Collins, Atlan ta, schools; Cicero Kendrick, At lanta, labor; Logan H. Kelley, Bu ford, veterans; Mrs. Frank A. Dennis, Eatonton and Mrs. Robin Wood, Atlanta, women; J. J. Page, Jr., Atlanta, hotels; Walter Brown, J Athens, agriculture and Cason Callaway, LaGrange, industry. All applications for aid are to be I filed with the local county chair man, who, in turn, will forward them to the State Office in At lanta. Mr. and Mrs, W. C. Coleman are visiting in Hephzibah for a few days, Mrs. Coleman is tak ing alO days vacation from her duties as Welfare Director. ADDITIONAL STATEMENT BY WHEELER COUNTY BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS In a recent issue of the Eagle we clearly stated our position with ref erence to the administration of the homestead and personal property ex emption law explaining the require ments of the law as to when and how applications for exemptions must be made in order to secure benefits thereunder. We desire to state that these ar ticles are not written in an argument ative spirit or as an apology for any position heretofore taken by this ■board but rather in a spirit of coop eration and we trust that our fellow ’citizens will read them and discuss these, matters with one another to the end that all may understand the im portance of properly performing their duties with relation to tax matters so that the cost of administering the tax laws may be materially reduced thereby lessening the tax burden now resting so heavily on all of us. Delinquency on the. part of a large per cent of the taxpayers of our coun ty by failure to make proper tax re ■turns, filing them after the time re quired by law or failure to file any return at all is the principal cause of any excessive cost for the assessment ‘of property. Mr. Nalley, in the August 11th is sue of the Eagle, criticizes the equal ization law and one point of criticism ‘is based on the excessive cost of ad ministering this law. As Al Smith used to say, let’s look at the record. ' The aggregate amount of our; 1939 digest is approximately $1,50f1,000. The tax levy for the current year has not been made but for 1938 the levy averaged, for all purposes, 27 mills or $27.00 on each thousand dollars worth of property. On this basis the assessment cost figures 1.7 per cent or $1.70 for each SIOO.OO in taxes. We confess that this cost, though not grossly excessive, can be reduced We believe that if every taxpayer Would comply with the law with ref erence to filing tax returns the cost of assessment would not exceed one per cent of the amount of taxes col lected and that one per cent is cer tainly not excessive, in fact it is a very small item. For the current year we have 1686 taxpayers in our county. Under the law the time for filing a tax return expires May 1. Up until that date this year only 954 returns had been filed with the tax receiver. Subse quently 276 were filed and the tax assessors were forced to make as sessments against 456 who made no returns. If all returns were filed within the time required by law and delivered to the assessors the first day they are in session the cost of their work would be greatly reduced. There is absolutely no reason why any taxpayer cannot file his return as re quired and in future years we are go ing to assess the legal penalty against all that are delinquent. That seems the only remedy that will eliminate the evil that has crept into our sys tem of making returns and which is costing the taxpayers money they should not have to pay. Too many of our people have grown into the habit of waiting until the assessors meet and then go be fore the board to make their returns. That is all wrong. They meet to equalize and assess not to receive re turns and every time they are inter rupted in their work to receive a re turn it adds extra cost and it is cer tainly not just to the taxpayer that does make his return as the law re quires to take up any time with the delinquent. Please bear in mind that in future years no return will be ac cepted by the assessors after May 1, but instead an assessment will be made and the lawful penalty added to the tax, said penalty to defray the ex pense of making the assessment. Il you expect and receive indulgence the cost will be charged to you. We sin cerely trust all will comity with the law and save money. M. B. ADAMS, Chairman, S. W. HUGHES, T. M. MOSES. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS ANNOUNCED The United States. Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive eaxminations for the positions listed below. Applica tions must be on file in the Com > mission's office at Washington, CELEBRAIED 64TH BIRTHDAY SUNDAY Mrs. B. H. Brantley celebrated her 64th birthday, with her rela tives and friends with a large birthday dinner, at her home near Towns last Sunday, August 20th. Mrs. Brantley received many useful presents. In the afternoon all left wishing her many more happy birthdays. Talmadge Speaks On Labor Day Program At Milledgeville p > ILgC n IO- W Former Governor Eugene Tal madge will be the big attraction in a gala Labor Day program at Milledgeville, September 4. Tel fair county’s most famous citizen will speak at 3:00 o’clock at the Georgia Military College unless rain forces the program into the Baldwin county courthouse, where he would, in that event, speak. Other guests will be prominent veterans of the War Between the States, Spanish-American War and the World War, and widely known members of the state legis lature. The meeting is sponsored by the Veterans’ Club of Milledgeville, and the committee in charge of the celebration requests that each city or community notify it of the approximate number of visitors it expects to send to the meeting, and whether by motorcade. D. C., not later than September 18 if received from States east of Colorado, and not later than Sep tember 21 if received from Colo rado and States Westward. Junior engineer, $2,000 a year. Optional branches are aeronautic al, and naval architecture. Appli cants must not have passed their 35th birthday. Junior marketing specialist, $2,- 000 a year, various optional sub jects, in the Agricultural Market ing Service of the Department of Agriculture. Applicants must not have passed their 35th birthday. Psychologist, $3,800 a year, as sociate psychologist, $3,200 a year, and assistant psychologist, $2,600 a year. Employment is in the Children’s Bureau (Department of Labor), and U. S. Public Health Service (Federal Security Agen cy). Applicants for the psycholo gist grade must not have passed their 53rd, for the associate grade they must not haxe passed their 45th, and for the assistant grade, the ymust not have passed their 40th, birthday. Associate physical oceanograph er, $3,200 a year, Treasury De partment. Employment in this po sition includes service at sea for about 5 months each year. Com pletion of a 4-year college course including work in physics and cal culus, and professional experience ’ in physical science are required. Certain education may be substi tuted for the experience. Appli cants must not have passed their 35th birthday. The age limit will not be waived in any case. Full information may be obtain ed from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examiners at the post offiice or custom house in. any city which has a post office of .the first or second class, or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. Local and Personal News That Will Interest and Inform You Sample Copy 5c Number 25 MORE TYPHOID ’ IN THIS COUNTY I Wheeler County has a new case • of typhoid fever to report this ■ week. This is a black mark of which we all should be ashamed, because it is so needless. Both cases that we have had have been in the pre-school groups —children too small to come them selves for the typhoid shots, and their parents had neglected this excellent precau-> tion. The Wheeler County Health Department wishes to do all in its power to prevent similar occurrencs and urges every parent not to postpone this duty any longer. If you do, your child may be the next one to have it. US PEOPLE By G. C. Barnhill There is one more monument we should build and that is to whoever invented the public school, for parents to be able to transfer the responsibility of saying, quit that John, you can’t do that Mary, to the teachers for much of the time during the year is a big release from re sponsibility. The pay for this service is slowing up it seems, but our splendid ^system when it gets worked over will pay promptly. Pere is a glad hand to every teacher coming to our schcoi rooms. MANY PATENTS GRANTED FOREST PRODUCTS LAB. Many millions of dollars are saved each year to the wood indus try of the United States by pat ents granted to the employees of the U. S. Forest Products Labora tory, at Madison Wisconsin. During the 29 years that, the Laboratory has been engaged in finding new and better usesi for wood and its products it has been granted 82 U. S. patents. This is an average of nearly three pat ents a yoar. These patents cover everything from gas mask char coals to waterproof coatings for butchers’ wrapping paper. All branches of the wood industry, including paper and veneer man ufacturers, have shared in the benefits from these researches and patents. At the time the Laboratory was established in 1910, there was lit tle knowledge of the underlying principles of wood seasoning or of practical ways of drying wood, but the kiln drying and wood-sea soning methods worked out there have yielded an estimated saving of about $10,000,000 annually. Patents granted to Laboratory ex perts on wood pulping and paper making processes have been of great benefit to the paper indus try. Casein glue formulaes de veloped. there have resulted in lasge savings each year to the woodworking trades. One of the recent patents grant ed the Laboratory is the making of a plastic from wood waste. Saw dust, for instance, is mixed with chemicals and cooked, then ground into a fine powder and formed into various shapes by heat and pressue. Such articles as tile for floors and sidewalks, panels for automobiles, radio dabinets, elec trical control boards, dishes, and many others can be made from the material. . Employees whose, work has been patented have not received one cent in pay from the patents. | All patents are made free for pub lic use, but are patented to safe guard the public from individuals who might otherwise patent ideas worked out at the government’s expense. Miss Paitte Hall, who is patbo ogist for the Car rett laboratories of Charlotte, N. C . is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hogan- Miss Hill is a former student of Mrs. Hogan.