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Volume 28
MRS. If. I. M
IS IND ID KI
Funeral services for Mrs. W.
T. Clark, 70, was held at the
home of her son, W. L. Clark,
with whom she has made her
home for some time Wednesday
morning at eleven o'clock, con
ducted by he pastor, Rev. W. P.
Spivey, of the Glenwood Baptist
church. Mrs. Clark had been aj
member of this church for the
past 58 years. She had been a
resident of this county all of her
life and was a good Christian
hearted lady showing this by the
kindness she had show her family
and neighbors.
Interment was in the Clark
cemetery in this county.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. J, L. Sammons, of the
Spring Hill community and Mrs. |
Julian O’Neal; one son, Willie
Lee Clark, of Glenwood.
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42 Carloads of
Rice for Relief
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Rice—carloads of it —will be ,
distributed to Georgians on relief
by the Federal Surplus Com
modities Corporation, State Wel
fare Director Braswell Deen an
nounced Tuesday.
Each car contains -10,000 (
pounds of rice. And the total '
value of the 42 carloads was esti
mated at $134,400, Mr. Deen J
said.
Mr. Frank C. Shirley, head of
the Welfare Department Surplus
Commodity Di/ision, said the ,
rice w’ould be distributed except
those having the food stamp i
plan.
Georgia CCC
Quota 3,639
Atlanta, June 15 —Georgia has
been assigned an enlistment
quota of 3,639 of the 100,000 to
be enrolled in the Civilian Con
servation Corps throughout the
nation beginning July ],
Os the number to be recruited
in this state, 3000 will be white,
500 colored, while 139 will enter
veterans’ camps.
Ihe eight states comprising
the Fourth Corps Area have been '
alloted a quotaof 22,511, of which
19,800 will be whites, 2,100
nogroes and (ill veterans.
notice
The Seniors of the Glenwood
High School will sponsor the Red
River Rangers, from Macon, at
the school auditorium next Wed
nesday night, June 26th, at 8:30
o clock. Be sure to see and hear
them, yon will enjoy their show,
and also help these boys and girls
of Glenwood make an educational
trip to Washington, D. C. next
June.
Admission 15 and 25 cents.
Plains District Rangers
Smash Over 100 Traps
Swainsboro, J une 15-Ap
proximately 100 traps, 21 j
nets and other illegal fishing
apparatus were taken from the ‘
Ogeechee River in Emanuel
Cjunty and destroyed hereby
Wildlife Ranger Harry B. Butner
and E. L. Scott. From these!
traps and nets more than 300:
pounds of bream, pass and other
nsh were released.
All rangers in the Plains Dis
trict are cooperating to seize
trapping devices in streams of
this section.
Wheeler county eagle
COMPULSORY SERVICE I
FOR YOUTH NEARS
President to Ask Congress for
Program Embracing Youth
of Both Sexes
Washington, June 18—Presi
dent Roosevelt said today he
soon will propose to congress
। some form of universal compul
sory government service lor all
American young men and he in
dicated the program may be
broadened to include young
women.
He said that in view of a rapidly
changing world the United States
is undoubtedly going to come to
some form of government service
for every young person, no mat
ter what his position in life may
be, and that the plan he now has
under study will be sent to
congress'in letter or message
form within the next few weeks.
Mr. Roosevelt disclosed the
program at his semisweekly
press conference. Service would
be military only in its broadest
terms, he said, and probably
represent a year’s compulsory
training for all youth —young
women as well as men.
He said lie believes such train
ing would have a salutary effect
on the national morale and ob
served, in this connection, that
young Americans are patriotic
enough but their idealism tends ,
to drift toward the ’isms. (
The idea, he said, does not
necessarily mean training for
combat duty. It means more ।
specifically training in the|follow
ing categories:
1. Combat service.
2. For duties in uniform behind
fighting lines such as communi
cation technicians and airfield
mechanics.
3. Non uniform tecnieal train
ing for work in industrial pro
duction units necessary for the
support of a fighting army.
4. Conservation units trained
to conserve natural resources of
the nation in time of war to pre
vent waste caused by plowing up
the prairies or denuding of the
forests,
The idea, he said, is to subject
| all young Americans —men and
i women of every class of life —to
some form of discipline for about
a one year period.
He said he thinks the United
States undoubtedly is going to
come to some form of govern
ment service for every person,
no matter what his position in
life may.be.
Mr. Roosevelt said his indorse
ment of an editorial in the New
York Times a few weeks ago
advocating compulsory military
training was generally misinter
preted. He said he looked upon
the word “military - ’ in its broad
est connotation.
He added that compulsory
training does not necessarily
mean that boys are to be trained
to become fiontline infrantry
men, -fighting aviators or artill
erymen on the battle line.
It means, he said, training of i
I all young Americans in technical
skills under compulsory govern
' ment service in a wide program
to gear the economy of the nation
.to problems of the present-day
‘world.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Scar
borough, of the Landsburg
community, announce the birth
of a ten pound daughter Monday,
June 17th. Mother and daughter
are doing niceiy. The young
lady will be called Allie Frances.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 21,1940
LINGERS TO MEET
AT BETHEL CHURCH
The Wheeler County Singing
Convention will meet at Bethel
Baptist Church the sth Sunday
in June for an all day session.
We have arranged with the Wal)
Sisters, of Willocoochee and
possibly the August Quartet, of
Augusta, to be with us along
with many singers, leaders,
quartets, etc., from this and
adjoining counties. Everybody
invited to come out and enjoy the
day.
W. E. Currie.
Revival Services to
Begin Glenwood
Baptist Church Soon
You are cordially invited to at
tend the revival services to be
held at the Glenwood Baptist
church, beginning Sunday, June
30th Hours of worship will be at
8:30 A. M. and 8:30 P. M.. Dr. R.
D. Hodges, of Hartwell, will do
the preaching. Rev. W. P
Spivey, pastor of the, church is
expecting a great meeting.
AAA Provides Wheat
Acreage For Home Use
A change in AAA regulations
to permit increased production
of wheat for home use on farms
from which no wheat will be sold
in 1941, has been announced by
C. M. Anderson, chai man of the
Wheeler county AAA committee.
Under this new provision, a
farm from which no wheat is
marketed may seed a total of 3
acres for each family on the farm,
without incurring deductions
from AAA payments. For exam
ple, a farm operated by five
families may plant up to 15 acres
of wheat for home use without
receiving deductions.
Formerly, a non-wheat-allot
ment farm incurred deductions
from AAA payments if the acre
age planted to wheat exceeded
the “usual wheat acreage’’ for
the farm, or 10 acres, whichever
amount was greater. This provi
sion still applies to farms oper
ated by Jess than four families.
“The new provision was in
serted in the AAA regulations in
an effort to meet more nearly the
food needs of farm families,”
Mr. Anderson said. “In the past,
many such families have had to
depend upon home grown wheat,
milled locally, for their flour,
because they were financially
unable to buy wheat or flour.
Under the new provision, the ad
ditional wheat for home use mean
the difference between a good
bread supply and an inadequate
diet.”
N OTICE
The regular session o f the
Treutlen County Singing Con
vention will be held with Oriana i
i Baptist church the Ist, Sunday'
in July 1940.
Ail lovers of good music are!
invited.
G. W. Sammons
Vice-Pres.
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Jones and
daughters, Vanette and Patsy,
of Douglas, Mrs. E. W. Fortune
and daughter, Nina Mae were
visitors last Saturday of their
cousins Mr. and Mrs J. Moran.
Mrs. Jones and daughters stayed
over for the week.
Alamo F. F. A.
Gather Oat Crop
Last week we thrashed the
grain from our demonstration.
This demonstration was con
ducted by Walter Riddle one of
our members. It was made
possible through the kindness of
’The Barrett Company makers of
Arcadian Nitrate of Soda.
In figuring the cost per bushel
to produce the oats, we used
$1.25 rent on the land, $1,25 for
cutting; $1.25 for seed oats; $2.00
for labor, 10 cents for threshing,
$2.50 per sack for 12-4-4, and
$3.30 per sack for the nitrate of
soda. Half of the rent on the
land was left to be charged to
the hay crop following the grain.
Walter kept accurate records in
his project record book of the
number of hours it took him on
this crop.
The plot receiving no fall ferti
lizer and no nitrate of soda made
18 bushels at a cost of 42 cents
per bushel. The second plot re
ceiving 200 pounds of 12-4 1 and
no nitrate of soda made 40
bushels at a cost of 305.0 cents
per bushel. On the third plot we
pul, 200 pounds of 12 4-4 and l()0
pounds of soda and made 54
bushels at a cost of 26 ls 2 cents
per bushel. The fourth plot re
ceiving 200 pounds of 12 4 4 and
200 pounds of nitrate of soda
made 60 bushels at a cost of
29 1-4 cents per bushel. The last
plot received 200 pounds of 12 4 4
and 300 pounds of nitrate of soda
and made 70 bushels at a cost of
28 6-7 cents per bushel.
If we value oats at 50 cents
per bushel we would have made a
profit ot only 8 cents per bushel
on the oats from the no fertilizer
plot. This profit increases, with
the use of fertilizer, to 23 1-2
cents per bm.hel or 3hree times
as much. The rent on the land
cutting per acre, labor, and cost
of seed oats will be the same ie
gardlessof whether we fertilize
or not. Why not, with the use of
fertilizer increase our yield and
reduce our cost of producing a
bushel of oats.
In the guessing contest Mr. T.
C. Berryman won two prizes, J.
Manus, D. H McNeal, and How
ard Morris were the other wins
ners. The prize money as well as
the fertilizer was given to us by
Barret Company.
May we again express our
appreciation to the Barrett
Company and each of you that
helped make this demonstration
a success.
Vacation Bible School in
Progress at Glenwood
Baptist Church Daily
Rev. W. P. Spivey, pastor of
the Glenwood Baptist Church
announces that a good Vacation
Bible School is in progress at his
Church this week under the di
rection of Mrs. R. K. Stovall, of
the Baptist Sunday School Board,
assisted by Misses Dorothy
Rivers, Hazel and Ranita Stew
art, Ebzibeth Colson, Elise
I Montford, Mrs. W. P. Spivey and
Mrs. De Leon Stone. About 40
pupils have been enrolled in the
I school.
Friday evening, at 8 o'clock,
I commencement exercises will be
held at the church and the public
s cordially invited to attend the
exercises. Certificates will be
presented by the pastor at this
time to those who have attended
the school and a lovely display
of the handword will be given.
Sample Copy 5c Number 12
Report From Committees On
Red Cross in Wheeler Co
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Peach Promotion Com.
Georgia J unior Chamber
of Commerce
Macon, Ga.
J une 14, 1940
J. P. Morrison, Jr., Pres.
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Glenwood, Ga,
Dear Jaycee:
You have been selected by
the State President, Wiley
Moore, Jr., and myself as Peach
Promotion Chairman in your city
and in that connection I will be
writing you often in the very
near future.
Enclosed is a copy o f the
Governor’s proclamation, official,
ly opening the Georgia Peach
Season for 1940,0 n Sunday, June
16th. Kindly give a release of
this to your local paper.
Very truly yours,
Warren 11. Oliver, State Chm.
Peach Promotion Committee
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas: There are approximat
ely seven million peach trees
under cultivation in the State of
Georgia, which in 1939 produced
more than 5 million buhels bl
peaches; and
Whereas: Peaches constitute one
of the nine major crops produced
in Georgia; and
Whereas: The State of Georgia
leads the entire nation in the
production of peaches and is ap
propriately known as “The Peach
State"; and
Whereas: The Georgia peach each
year is the source oj employment
of thousands of persons, produc
es millions of dollars of revenue,
and is a healthful fruit, rich in
carbohydrates and vitamins; and
Whereas: It is highly desirable
that the peopleof Georgia receive
the full advantage and benefit
of their 1940 peach crop through
proper marketing and through
home consumption and elimina
tion of waste; and
Whereas: The public welfare
would be served by designating
a day for the inauguration of the
approaching peach season i n
Georgia; now therefore it is
Ordered: That Sunday, June
16th, be and it is hereby pro
claimed as the beginning of the
1940 Georgia Peach Season; and
it is further
Ordered: That all of the people
’ of this State buy and use Geor
gia peaches in preference to all
. others; and it is further
Ordered: That all hotels and
। resturants in the State of Geor
; gia feature Georgia grown
• peaches on their menus through
' out the summer of 1910; and it is
, further
Ordered: That each housewife in
the State be urged to can and
' preserve enough Georgia peaches
to last her household until the
1 advent of the 1941 season.
And it is so Ordered on this
7th day of June, 1940.
i E. D. Rivers
' Governor
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1 Quite a number of the young
folks of the community enjoyed
a picnic at Jay Bird Springs last
Tuesday evening.
Local and Personal News
That Will
Interest and Inform You
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The local Red Cross Chapter of
Wheeler county are still work
ing. We are being faced with
such heart breaking problems,
we hope that for the sake of
humanity the community in each
district will continue their effort
and do everything possible to
releave suffering humanity. We
should be thankful that we live
in America and lets give thanks
by giving to American Red
Cross.
The Alamo community, Mrs.
L. G. Whitaker and Mrs. C. E.
Wrye reports $11.25 this week
making a total of $65.00.
Glenwood community, Mrs.
Walter Ryals and Mrs. Kate
Rivers $6.65.
No report from other coms
munities.
Over 200 Ailens Face
Loss of Fish Licenses
Atlanta, June 15 —Over 200
aliens, most of them Portuguese
and Greeks, face loss of com
mercial fishing privileges off the
coast of Georgia under the state
wide anti fifth column campaign.
The director of coastal fisheriee
has been advised to cancel all
commercial fishing privileges in
the coastal waters to those other
than citizens of the United States.
Approximately 400 men are
engaged in shrimp and oyster
trawling off the Georgia coast
' and it is estimated that at least
1 60 per cent of them are Portu
guese and Greeks.
Thieves Open
Mcßae Safe
Mcßae—R obb er s obtained
about SSOO in two safe crackings
at the Coca-Cola and Nehi Bottl
ing Company here over the week
end, managers of the two offices
reported Sunday afternoon.
The Coca-Cola theft was dis
covered yesterday morning and
amounted to more than S3OO and
the Nehi was disclosed in th a
afternoon when S2OO was miss^
ing. Both safes were opened by
a heavy instrument that was used
to break off the combination
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officers said.
Fingerprint experts have been
called into determine whether
' or not the two robberies are re
lated. The Nehi was the third of
the type here within a month.
( Deputy Sheriff Leroy Clements
said one suspect has been ar-
। rested.
t US PEOPLE
By G. C. Barnhill
It has taken a big thing- to do it,
but this war over on the other
’ side, has brought relief to some
of our people, for instance, the
se county committees that have
been making our allotments are
J not being- discussed, we have even
5 quit mentioning the county ag
-3 ents. One thing may be the cause
of this, we do not know what we
are going to do with what is al-
S loted, should the market fail to
ask for it. Looks like that Jhe
idea some had, if we could have
a war kill lots of people, we could
get good prices? is going to turn
back on us.
Miss Annie Bridges, of Law
renceburg, Tennessee, is the
; guest of her brother, Mr. W. M«
Bridges and family.
