Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, December 29, 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 ■)F A; AAO AND WHEELER COUNTY. Volume 27 Executive Committeemen Met Here Wed. Dec. 27th The Wheeler County Demo* cratic Executive Committee met on Wednesday, December 27th., 1939, at the Courthouse in Alamo at 10 o’clock A. M. to decide on rules and regulations for the County Primary. The following rules and regu lations were decided on by the committee: Closing date for qualification of candidates, January 17, 1940, at 12 o’clock noon, E. S T. Closing date for qualification of voters, February Ist, 1940. at 12 o’clock noon, E. S. 1 . Date for holding Democratic Primary, February 14th, 1940. Fees for candid ces 'm va: i<>us offices: Sheriff SSO 00 Cie k Sup i > C .. O.i li Coun y School Sop . 50 Ou Tax Gommissionei . — 50 00 Commissioner of Ro ids and R v nue — 50 00 Ordinal ....... ... Li 00 Treasure. ------ 35 00 Coroner 5 00 Surveyor 5.00 It was agreed that the candi dates receiving the highest num ber of votes in etch race will b' j declared the nominee. An Editor’s Reward A newspaper man knocked at; the Pearly gate, His face v. as scarred and old He stood b< for • dr man of fat< ' for adm ssion to the fold. “What have you d-.oSt P< t o asktd, “I’ve been a newsy. ‘ r man • sir’’, ne rt plied. “For many and many a year’’. The Pearly gates smgopir Wide and St Peter to^ci ed ; the bell, “Come in”, he said, “andchoo-e your harp, You’ve bad your taste of hell ft GOOD CITIZEN ipftSSESAT SHILOH Funeral services for Charltoi Mimbs, 64, Wheeler county re-i --dent, of the Shiloh com mun-ty, were held yesterday at Shi • h Methodist hur< h, the Rev C A Morrison officiating. Mr. Mimbs is survived ny his widow; two diughters, Mrs Truitt White, of the Shiloh community, and Mrs. Lee Whit son, Jr., of Atlanta; two sons. Wade Mimbs and Troy Mimbs. of the Shiloh community; one sister, Mrs Austin Wright, of Townsend, Georgia; three broth ers, Hobson Mimbs, Loftin Mimbs, of Townson, and Harris Mimbs, of Shiloh, and two grand children. Interment was at Shiloh Metho dist church cemetery. Those spending the holidays at home from college are: Sarah McDaniel,{Bonnell Couey, Robert Gross, Dwigwt Morrison, Coch ran; Millie Weitmon, Belle Hin-i son, Fred McDaniel, H. G. Sam-1 pies, Jr., R. A. Hartley, Jr , i University of Georgia; Lois and Elizabeth Pope, Milledgeville; Etheida Weitmon, Savannah! Louise Barlow and Josephine Pierce, Mt. Vernon. mkr dnuntu fcaak L. M. Daniel to Make Race for Tax Commissioner Mr. L. M. Daniel, former tax receiver of Wh eler county was in the Eagle office one day this week and stated to a representa tive of the Eagle that his ai - nouncement would be ready next week for tax commissioner of Wheeler county. Mr. Daniel was tax receive: until the office was merged and is now handled by Mr. C. L. Galbraith, former tax collector. GARDEN GOSSIP By HUBERT B. OWENS Head of the Department of Land scape Engineering, University of Georgia Garden books and maga zines made delightful gifts. I hate compiled a list which may prove helpful for present and future reference. "hie World Was My Gar den,” by David Fairchild, and "Flowering Earth,” by Don ald Culcross Peattie, are cer ta nly to be recommended. An other book just off the press which falls in the same cate gory as the two just mention ed is “Earth’s Green Mantle,” by Madden Albook. Il deals with the scientific botany of gardening in a simplified manner the whole book ha- a deep aesthetic quality which is very appealing. There Tia’s b‘een aY-cducliori in price of “Four Hedges,” by Clare Leighton, "Country Matters,” by Clare Le ghton, and “An Artist’s Herbal,” by Louis Bromfield, from $3 to $1 each. The beautiful “Gar den -n Color” by Louise Bee be Wilder, formerly priced at $7.50, can be had now for $2.95. The Gardener’s Almanac, Begonias. Herbs, the Lawn md the Vegetable Garden are all practical and helpful. For those who live in South Georgia, I recommend “Gar dening in the Lower South,” and “Azaleas and Camellias,” by Harold H. Hume, who is Director of the Florida Ex periment Station at Gaines ville, Fla. A little known, but excel lent book on garden design is “Design, a Notebook of Plans and Sketches,” by J. C. N. Forestier. It can be secured from Scribner’s for $7.50. Forestier was a French land scape architect who died re cently. He designed gardens and parks in France,- Spain and Cuba. The friend or relative inter ested in garden history would enjoy “A Short History of Gardening,” by Weathered, or “The Formal Garden in England,” by Bromfield. As to magazines, such na tional publications as Home and Garden, House Beautiful, Better Homes and Gardens, and American Home, are well known. There are some mag azines published in the South which are worthy of consider ation. One of the least known ones is Garden Gossip, the of ficial publication of the Gar- ' den Clubs in Virginia. It is undoubtedly one of the best magazines for th-- money. Tt is published monthly and sub scription rates are SI.OO the vear. Address: 1406 East Franklin St., Richmond, Va. Another magazine suitable as a gift to a gardener friend who is not a member of the Garden Club of Georgia is “Garden Gateways.” Miss Latimer Watson of Columbus, is the editor. Holland’s Magazine, Dallas, Texas, always carries timely garden articles. Southern Life, Raleigh, N. C., is a comparatively new magazine devoting consider- ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29,1939 BRASWELL DEEN CITES COMMODITY VALUES During the past twelve months Wheeler County received and distributed commodities and clothing having a total value of $20,248.90 according to figures released by Mr. Braswell Deen, State Director of the Welfare Department. This large volume of food and clothing was issued to and consumed by needy and deserving families of Wheeler County. The only expense to Wheeler County in connection With the operation of the Commodity Dis tribution Program consists of the furnishing of a suitable com modity depot for the storage and handling of the food and clothing, postage stamps to notify the recipients when to call at the U p.>t and a minimum charge ot 3ent per case per month io defray the packaging and trans portation cost. The WPA furni* she-and pays for all labor. The □ rplus commodities ar pur cu <1 and paid lor n.v 1e Fehr.;! Surplus Com-. i s L: por: ion and the supo vision ■ e-• • y to achi‘- ve <q ui doe nstribu on in all con es is jaid lor by the State of G> ■■ ■ > m- Some counties have rem - ized th • i >u, rt;nee of thi - r -I;.; i ’.Uii erecting s . ni. .b e car Lou-.- 1-. theexcL t e of comur.jdu.y dislrihuia u. T> < moderate eos^ involved ’ ; ... > ounty nilJy rental ; m- ip for a building andassmes adi - quite Lsedities where Commei < ia] prop- rty is not av ilab.t, Mostof tim postage required is used to notify eligible lamilbs to call for perishable commodities which are received during other han the regular monthly distri bution period. At small cost to thecoumies needy families ar? are given tin a< nourisnmg foods to round out poorly balanc d diets and improve the general health of their citizens. A current example is the trainload of fresh apples now in the process ol distribution to recipients and school children. Many’ staple commodities pur chased by the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation are -hipped into Georgia in bulk form requiring repackaging into smaller units for distribution. The counties share in the cost of tne necessary paper bags, tape etc., as well as in the operation if 24 State-owned trucks used in tiansporting commodities from various carload destinations to jutlying counties. Yet the slight contribution of three cents per case per month by the county is considered insignificant com pared to the total value of com modities distributed. Pho Surplus Commodity Divi sion, which operates in -very County In the State, giv •:> steady employment to about 400 pe .pie who are paid by WPA Thi pay roll averages close to $20,000 a month. Supervision of tins p ■ - ject is conducted by t'w Stale Welf’.i- Department i. only eleven persons. Last year the Division handled 55 million pound- of f ■ dstpffsand t <• to alj value ol surplus <omm dilLsi di.->tr touted .as more t an five million dollars. WANTED—-Two or thre; to of velvet Peans. B, A. Sikes, Alamo, Ga. able space to garden articles which shows great promise. B. W SALTER DIES IN MITO WRECK Funeral services for B. W. Salter, 23, were held at Trinity church in Telfair county Sunday afternoon, December 24th, Rev. Taylor, of Helena, Methodist church officiated. Mr. Salter with his wife, driv ing over to spend Christmas with his wife’s father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Billie Geigher, near Mt. Vernon, when their automo bile in which they were riding turned over when making a short turn in the streets of Mount Vernon, on account of some lock or other in the steering gear Mrs. Salter and a friend, Jake Ethridge, neither of whom re- Ceiveu injuries were riding in the Car at the time of the accident. Surviving the deceased are, h s father and step mother, M r an<> Mr-;. Ed Siitcr, of S nr rtOn; one sw-w , M ft T. Hi'.rvelle, Alamo, :r>< eipTt brothi-rs, Ve.e, H; .; Joe Sult' ■, of Be m.. ; \ 111 Ph enix A ,z ■ • : u n ■ ■ ; i. nt-, P p '■ . ..u i-.ari - Pdl' - r■ .s '. ■i‘ , '.Lty H 'i;/.। >es -i. , ' V. ’ t । Oi , C uidc .1 <• il ■ : I< :• pel t tnr. Lu'.h? Ur <1 < < . 1 -ite. :• nt i- m - . i ity church cmtic y. Bright L . s»ar HKinrkrey (.1 tg;l'ii.t' < . i. nemers n the anm U'im uh n'. of O’Rita Bright, old 'st daughter of Mr. a-d Mrs. LS Bright, of GLnwood,a-id Lamar Humphrey, of Thomaston. The marriage occurred Saturday morning inthe Me hodistchurch in Alamo. The pastor, the Rev. C. A. Morrison performed the car i mony. The bride was attired in a blue suit. She was a student in the senior class of Wheeler County High School of Alamo. The groom is a native of Thomaston, where he is in business and where they will make their home. ,-nyone Can Have Fickets to GWTW MACON, Dec. 28.—Sale of tickets to the brilliant first night showing of “Gone With the Wind,” honoring Susan Myrick, will be conducted on a first-come-first-served basis. A committee planning pre liminary arrangements for the special showing some time next month, voted yesterday to epen a public box office at the Macon auditorium about 10 days before the showing date of which has not definite ly been set. The box office will be open ed al 11 a. m., and will be kept, onen until the 1,000 first night reserved ticket” are sold at SLIO each. Na mV! orders will be accepted, but the . ale op?ninj r ' ews • ' ! co give out-of-towner- time to V, r.li ’H’.V •, Q .' l>. ’"111 Ln limited" to ‘ fw-'c ; ■ / ner ! person. The pmUire will be j -hown n the Grand T< eater. ■ E. B. Cok-man, represent- | my McD-o-CoW w n-Ma; -r t- 1 If.;, led tht corcmittee meeting : held in the Hotel Dempsey, I said he will send a colkrt on of properties used in actual film- j of the picture, for use by ■ a J merchants in GWTW I sales events. Mr. Coleman said the Macon i showing probably will be a week in advance of the show- ALL COUNTY SCHOOL BOOKS AUDITED The books in the office of the County School Superintendent, and District Treasurers of tl e Wheeler County school districts has just been audited and reports are that all books w r ere found in excellent condition. This audit waa made by Walter G. Allen, ol the State Department of Educa tion. L. A. JOHNSON SPEAKER JACKSOMAY DINNER ATLANTA, Ga. —Assistant Secretary of War, Louis A. Johnson, will be the prin cipal speaker at the Jackson Day Dinner for Georgia. Jan uary 8, in Atlanta, insuring the most brilliant Democratic Party - debration ever held in this Sia it was announced by Major Clark Howell, State Chairman of the Dinner. Georgia Democrats who contribute outstanding serv ic ■■ I- - pr-marut:: a: for ■' '.'nmer >.T be Irv t.hc '• ■ we C.n im’Lee, M- : w ID ea;.al as ph' re -■ b. M- f" ; , of j . ~4 J ’J with the ability to deliver a serious ri wye forcefully and Ihou htfully. Major IL.well said: “Col. Johnson’s a- < Mance alone insun ; the success of the un dertakim’.-, which will assem ble every imn.rt.mt figure in the Democratic Party of Geor gia. Everyone present will attend his words with real in terest, and the public interest will be great.” The keynote of the 1940 Jackson Day Dinner will be harmony. The occasion is es pecially significant as 1940 is election year and the Demo crats will be marshaling their forces to present a united front, seeking to keep the Party in power. Politics will be forgotten for the day in sofar as it relates t# factional or intra-party lines. Major Howell and his .asso ciates are highly pleased over the magnificent response so far by Democrats. Pledges of cooperation and support have come in from all sections of the State following announce ment of plans for the Dinner on the anniversary of Old Hickory’s victory in the Bat tle of New Orleans. Progress in obtaining ac ceptances of leading Demo crats of every section of Geor gia as uiunty chairmen or county committeemen has been encouraging. Party lead ers from ‘ Wahun Gap to Tv bee Light,” rallying to the Party’s e hl. Col. JG won is a native of Roanoke, Va. He began his practice of lav in Clark:;burg, kit XT.-, i t-'HO * Ct - „ ..z, ,rL. VV. V 3., ! ■ • <ll Ct •(J P? - hi " I ■ : * dAi/rno w T retary of War from the Stafa of West V WiSi in 1923. anc^ i pf!Pl*^* I P'' v w /‘‘nit pr’* t /so i hfi t , '!- r 1 , I. . ?' i,,, one of the m , 0 influential and popular members of the of ficial family m Washing:- .. , He served as captain of in fantry overseas for a year in ing in any other Georgia city with the exception of Atlanta, which had the film’s world premiere.—Macon Telegraph. Sample Copy 5c Number 43 DECEMBER PAY WILL • BE MAILED TO STATE TEACHERS ' $1,400,000 in Salaries, for Lift j Month Board Has Agreed, To i Be Sent Next Week 1 ** —- School teachers’ salaries for December, the fourth and last month which the state board of ■ drcation has guaranteed for the year, will be mailed next week, it was^announced yesterday at lie capitol. The salaries tota idout $1,400,000. B. E. Thrasher, Jr. assistant itate auditor, said there is ap>< proximatelp SBOO,OOO on hand in the general fund, and an ad* ditional $750,000 to $1,000,000 is xpt cted to come in this week >m county tax collectors who <. been collecting the general P operty tax. I'he anticipated revenue from in jperty tax will be more i enough to day the teachara’ Thrasher said. In ts months the governor i ii impounding highway meet the school pay oi bui Jh: asher said no such n s m rded to pay the De* ii : ?;. The impound* I than $3,000,000, tin; law must be re- I:, end of the fiscal year, June 30 1940. vghwciy Board 1 lira a Muddle Slate Highway Board mained in a tanglewhen < ’.. T; . day, Mr. W. L. Mil t listed by Gov. Rivers, red al the State High i.v office with his attorney, Tom Branch, Jr., with two court orders; one granting a quo warranto against Jim L. Gillis, entitling him to a place on the Board and the other granting mandamus against two board members, Herman R. Watson and L. L. Patten. Lieut. James H. Skelton told Mr. Miller and his at torney that he could not rec ognize ths quo warranto un der martial law and went to advise Watson and Patten that Mr. Miller desired a con ference with them, whereupon both Watson and Patten re tired from the office and left the building. Mr. Miller re mained in the building several hours and then left. A restraning order was granted by Judge Highsmith Wednesday against Miller and the case will, possibly, go to the higher courts for a de cision. None of the men in volved would make a state ment, Jim Gillis, recently ap pointed as Chairman by Gov. Rivers, was at his home in Soperton. York, Dec. 26.—The hoard Air Line railway to ported net operating ' ; ie, before fixed charges ■ ther income, for Novem -5490,431, compared " "109,453 in the same wbh in 1938. Id War and is a lieu- > n I of the infantry LY was decorated as ■i- of the Legion of lice. Col. John nber of the W. of Represent i ’ 17, and he was mander of the gion in 1932-’33. delegate to the v. National Conven tion in 1924. ivlr. and Mrs. Walter Martin, of Columbus, spent the weekend here as the guests of their sister, Mrs. F. R. Gilder. Local and Personal Neira That Will Interest and Inform You