LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brooks and
daugh er, Virginia, and Mr, W.
O. Brooks spent Sunday in
Siiom.
Dr. and Mrs. Kusnitz spent
Tuesday in Macon.
Mrs. T. H, Nelson was a visitor
in Alamo this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hartley
spent this past weekend visiting
relatlves^in Atlanta.
Mrs. J. T. Suinner was a visitor
in Alamo Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Barnes, of
Royster, were the guest of the
atter’s sister, Mrs. Nicholson
this past weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Mcßae
Were visiting friends here this
week.
Mrs. G. F. Hartley is visiting
friends and relatives here tins
week.
Miss Margaret McDaniglspent
this past weekend visiting friends
in Macon.
Mrs. Al Grooubner, of Clear*-
water Beach, Florida, is the guest
of Mr. and Mr,B. R. W. Stephens
this week. •
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Perdue
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Vaughn Smith of Patterson.
Mr. Max Segall, of Glenwood,
was a business visitir in Alamo
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cluster Gilbert
has returned to their home here
where they are both members of
the school faculty.
Mrs. W. M. Bridges has res
turned home after visiting rela
tives in the Carolinas and Vir
ginia. Misses Hawlyn and
Shirely Jenkins, of Mullen-,
South Carolina, returned home
with her,
Mrs. Dalton Wright? has re
turned from the Coleman Hos
pital and is at the home of her
Mater, Mys., M. C. Hartley.
Latest report is that she is im
proving.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Lie were
visiting in Dublin this week.
Mrs. D. H. Durden, of Glen
wood, was a visitor here Wed
nesday.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend the B. T. U. study
course to be held at the Alamo
Baptist Church, beginning Aug
nsl27th. The study is to he
tiught by Mrs. R. K. Stovall., of
Waycross.
Mr. and M,rs. M. D. Mcßae
visited, friends in. Alamo this
w.eefu Tney were called to Atlan
ta Thursday morning. Mr- Mc-
Rae being clio&on one of the four
District Game Protectors in .
Georgia.
Mrs. Jack Simmons and child-'
ran are spending some time with
relatives at Brunswick. Their
little son, Jack, was stricken
very suddenly with appendicitis
and underwentan operation. His .
little friends here will be glad to
learn that he is getting along
nicely.
Many friends of Mr. A. W.
Bohannon will be glad to learn
that he is improving from recent
illness.
Glad to see Mr. T. M. Clements
out again after being confined to
his bed for some time. Mr.
Clements is one of the best
farmers in the Spring Hill com
munity, and a champion waters
melon grower.
Erick Loses Colored Citizen
Ressie Highsmith, one of the
reliable and industrious co’ored
farmers of the Erick community
passed away at his home on Fri
day of last week. Ressie was
well and favorably known as a>
upwright asd trustworthy citi
zan. He had been ia declining
health for some time.
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State of Michigan
Department of Labor
and Industry i
The Michigan State Accident
Fund Commission, reviewing a.
case involving Chiropractic,
services in 1938, said:
“In the field of th© relief of
human suffering. Chiropractic is
a comparatively new science, it ।
is undisputed that the treatment
given was such as comes entirely
within the recognized field of
Chiropractic. Therefore, the val
ue of the services and the cor
reatness as the diagnosis cannot
be questioned.
“It.is the personal knowledge
of this commission, and our re
cords shows, that the employers
and insurance companies have
seldom refused to recognize
their responsibility to pay for
services of Chiropractors whose
services have been rendered in
fields within their scope of
practice.
“It is conceded that many
conditions resultin g from injured
nerves, back strains, limitations
of motion of members after Ira
ture, etc., are permanently aided
md corrected by, Chiropractic.
It is therefore m the be* t inter
ests of employee and employer,
and certainly the earnest desire
of the comwsfien, that, such
relief be made available to the
victim of an industrial accident.”
Keep weUl. with Chiropractic!
Dr. Geo. C. Paulk
CHIROPRACTOR
Mcßae, Ga.
EDUCATION
PLEASE ! |
By RALPH K RAiMSEY
TYPICAL LETTER
‘T am nm® forty-seven years
old ami ha\e. been teaching for
more than years. I have Icon
economic^,, 'have cut expenses
here eWere, have livpd in a
home with' out modern conveni-
a* d have denied myself
msmy cultural advantages. Now,
after J,U the struggle, I am in
‘debt,’* says depressed and (worried
Mrs,. Hurrison, widowed mother, j
sM® support of her only son.
*‘My son wants to go to Emory
next year. 1 still hope to see him
graduate, and to see the day when
I shall own a small home with all
conveniences.”
STATEMENT OF DESPAIR
This statement of despair, end
ing on a note of hope, is typical of
hundreds that come to the desks
of secretaries of educational as
sociations in the South. And for
’ many the hope expressed is vain.
It is a mistaken idea held by many
people that women teachers have
‘ no family responsibilities. Over
one-third of the single women
teachers have one or more depend
ents, anil fifty per cent of the
single women contribute at least
half the expense of supporting
- some relative. The single women
teachers support more dependents
than the single men.
HEAVIEST BURDEN
Os course the heaviest burden of
caring for dependents .falls upon
married men, about four-fifths of
whom have someone to support.
It is hard to see how a man of
ability who wishes to rear a fami
ly’ can choose an occupation which
pays the average worker in Geor
gia less than the cost of room
and board for 12 months. One
of the tragedies of the situation is
that 95 per cent of our rural bench
ers are in need of medical and
dental attention which they can
not afford. What a travesty on edu
cation it is for a teacher to advise
her children bo “visit a dentist
twice a year” when she has been
needing to make such a trip for
herself for the past three years.
TEACHERS—CAREFUL
SPENDERS
Teachers as a rule are careful
spenders. The small si»« of Hieir
income compels them to be. How
ever ,tke greatest ecoaomy does
not. permit the average rural tea
cher much more than the barest
necessities of life. Forty-nine per
1 cent—almost half— of the annual
Wheeler County Eagle. Alam Georgia Aug. 25, 1939
| Vindictive State
Politics Assailed
SPARTA, Ga., Aug. 16.—The
Lions club heard today that “par
tisan and vindictive politics will
not solve our state’s problems, but
thejr solution demands an intelli
i gent, courageous and unselfish
approach.”
This statement was made by at
torney General Ellis Arnall, guest
speaker.
He said there was no excuse for
Georgia’s “eternal chaotic, dis
rupted, prejudiced political squab
i bles .. . Georgia is suffering from
d the squalor of factionalism and
prejudice.”
Turning to scripture, Arnall
said if the legislature convened in
extra session many patriotic Geor
■ gians hoped members would re
call tha exhortations of the psalm
. ist:
“How good and how pleasant it
is for brethren to dwell together
! in unity.”
1 Oreita Drew has two most at
! tractive visitors. They are none
• other than the beautifu Pope twins
of Alamo. They were cellmates
in the Mansion Dormitory at G.
S. C. W., last year, and I can’t re
‘ sist quoting the words to their
song which I could hear one of
them singing every time I went to
see them, to the tune: In My Cabin i
of Draams. Here ’tis:
When I enter the door,
I’m in room eighty-four;
With the girls I adore,
In my mansion of dreams.
(ain’t it party?)
—Milan Correspondent in The
Telfair Free Press.
News reached here today that
Mr. M. D. Mcßae had been
stationed in Macon —having been
assigned 38 counties
man teacher goes for food and
clothing and shelter for himself
and immediate family.
But what shall we say about
such near-necessities as cars, re
frigerators, and money for self
improvement. In the country dis
tricts of Georgia, a teacher must
visit her patrons—would a car in
such cases be a luxury? Teachers
are virtually forced by our school
traditions to continually better
their educational talents. It takes
money to do this, and this has
put many teashers in the hands of
the money-lenders. So we note
that evil is piled upon evil, and
that all phases of community and
individual life are affected by the
one rotten apple of inadequately
financed schools.
WIDOW WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
In Georgia we have a social phe
nomenon that appears to an extent
not prevalent in the bulk of other
states. In almost every communi
ty in the state there are families
whose existence depends on the
running of a boarding house. In
a typical family of this nature,
the father is dead, the family is
large, and the children are not
old enough to contribute to house
hold expenses. Very often, they
have a small garden that the chil
dren attend to, but their cash
money comes from the board
money paid by school marms.
When the teachers are hit, they
are hit at the same time. Actu
ally, many of them are worse off
than the teachers because they
have no borrowing power at all—
and no place to go to live with
relatives. If they give the teach
ers credit, their own children will
suffer. If they don’t extend
credit, they are criticized by the
community. In our opinion, in
such cases the responsibility
should not be on the shoulders of
these widows. I don’t think they
are to blame. It is the community
that must assume the responsibili
ty of feeding and rooming teach
ers—because they are servants of
the community rather than the
miniature business represented in
the typical Georgia boarding
house. We should not be too hasty
in criticizing those who cannot af
ford to extend credit.
THE HOPE OF
THE COUNTRY
Believing that the backbone of
Georgia is the rural community,
we must recognize that with the
present centralization of govern
ment in the state capitol, the rural
schools are at the mercy of legis
lators and the legislature. The
cities do not have any great cause
for worry, and except in a few
notable instances even a large
town will not come to the assist
ance of the rural schools in their
efforts to be adequately financed.
But the rural community is a
strong weapon in the ballot used
to elect these legislators. When
this weapon is used effectively,
the rural child will get a “break”
—for a change.
Metro Theatre
Mount Vernon, Ga.
The Friendly Theatre
PROGRAM
Daily at 4 — 7:45 to 11 P. M.
Saturday show begins at 3:00 p. m. i
Adin. 10 15c till 6 P. M.
Shows, matinee, 10, 15, 20c. Night,
10-15-25 C
Youths 12 to 15 —l5 c all shows
Wed. Adm. — 10-15c~- Maninee
and Night.
Monday, Tuesday Aug. 28-29
“IT’S A WONDDRFUL WORLD
Claudett Colbert, James Stewart
Guy Kibbee, Nat Pendleton,
Frances Drake. A marvelous
show of fun and romance. Also
“New Roadways” and news.
Wednesday August 03
“TELL NO TALES”
Melvyn Douglas, Louise Platt,
Gene Lockhart, Douglas Drums
brille. Compare this one to “The
Man.” It’s great. Also good
comedy.
i
j Thursday—Friday, Aug. 31—j
Sept. 1
,“I’M FROM MISSOURI”
Bob Burns, George, Judith
| Barrett, Patrica Morrison, Gene
Lockhart. None but Bob Burns ;
has the droll humor of Will I
Rogers. See this. Also “Oregon
Trail” and comedy.
Saturday, September 2
“ALIAS JOHN LAW”
Bob Steele’s new western.
“Oregon Trail” and comedy.
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Mrs. Moon Honored With
Picnic at Jay Bird Springs
The many friends of Mrs.
Boyd Moon. formerly Miss
Francis Jenkins, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Jenkins,
treated her tc a very great sur
prise with an entertainment at
Jay Bird Springs last week. Mr.
and Mrs. Moun were here on a
visit to Mrs. Moon’s parents at
the time from Lumpkin. Mrs.?'
Moon prior to her marriage was .
one of the most popular member j
of the younger set here in Alamo, ‘
and is still a great favorite among i
them when she returns on these i
visits to her old home.
Bill Coleman, tha attractive I
yaung son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm,
R. Coleman spent a few days!
with his grand parents, Mr. and j.
Mrs. W. C. Coleman this week, ii
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THE jAPHNINGS OF ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT
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WEDNESDAY AUG. 30 rHI’ RS “ AUG . 31
: GST JOdiU
Notice of Divorce Proceedings
1 Mrs. Arthur Tarpley.
Vs.
Arthur Tarpley.
Petition f< r diverge,
alimony, injunction,
etc.
in Superior Court,
| Wheeler County,
September Term,
1939.
To the defendant Arthur Tarpley:
The plaintiff Mrs. Arthur Tarpley,
having filed her petition for divorce,
eta against Arthur Tarpley, in this
court returnable to the Septemle
Term, and it being made to appear :
that Arthur Tarpley, is not a resident.
of said County, and also that he does
not reside in said State, an truer
having been made for service on him :
ArthurTarpley. by publicaatton, this, j
therefore, is to notify’ you. Arthur]
Tarpley to be and appear at the next;
term of the Superior Court, to be held
on the4th Monday in September, 1939
to answer said complaint.
This 25th day of August, 1939.
J. A. POPE,
Clerk.
Pc. piz? Creo
Ages ago Peiping was known ss j
Cambulac. Later it became the |
"“Purple Imperial City,” or Pekin:’. I
which means “northern capital.”
j The latter name hung on longest
I But in 1928, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek’s
[ Nationalist hordes swept up from
i. the south, not only captured Peking.
; but took the seat of the govern- .
1 merit back to Nanking, says the j
i Washington Post. So, as Peking |
; "was no longer the “northern capi- I
I tab” the city’s name was changed,
time to Peiping. The meaning I
> of that is ironic. For Peiping ‘
means “city of northern peace!”
More Static
Telephone systems of the world
tare In use more than 100,000.0*>0
. tnlles of copy sr wire. Telegraph com- '
panlee have about 5.000.000
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Hints for Homemakers
By Jane Rogers
in
1] TO
POT
TWO large, sour apples, pared and
grated plus the juice and Had
of 1 lemon and 1 cup of sugar
cooked for five minutes with too*
stant stirring makes a delicious fflk
ing for two layers of spice or gin
ger cake. Cool filling before spread*
ing, dust top of cake with powdered
sugar instead 6f frosting.' Serve -
cake soon after filling is placed
between layers.
Kumquats and apples — both*
season now—make a delicious salad
combination. Prepare the fruit this
way: Wash and wipe 1 box of kum
quats or enough to make % cup
when sliced very thin, discarding the
center seed part. Pare 2 large tart
apples or enough to make 1 and
% cup when cut in inch strips. K
kumquats are sour sprinkle with B
little powdered sugar. Make a
salad dressing of % teaspoon pap
rika,- 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoon*
sugar, 2 tablespoons lemon juice
and 6 tablespoons olive oil. Pour
over fruits which have been mixed
together. Serve from a salad bowl
with a few lettuce leaves or creed >
tips for garnish.
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