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DEVOTED TO, THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY.
Volume 29r
OPENING TOBACCO
BRINGS M PRICE
Better-than-expected prices pre
vailed again in the second day of
Georgia-Florida tobacco auction
sales yesterday (Wednesday) with
some indication of averages a shade
above this opening day’s 22-26 cent
range.
The United States Department of
Agriculture report said buyers step
ped up their bids from $1 to $3 per
hundred for the better quality
cigarette grades. This reporting
service said average prices for other
grades remained around Tuesday’s
level with the exception of low
quality grades which were off from
$1 to $2.75.
The U. S. D. A. report indicated
that the quality of offerings was not
quite as good as opening day sales.
The amount of tobacco to marke
was reported as light by several of
the auction centers.
At Hahira in the heart of the
Georgia belt the highest bid was 54
cents and W. R. Slater, sales super
visor, said 241,336 pounds were sold
for $62,855.25, the average being
26.04.
From Washington, the Agricul
ture Department announced federal
tobacco inspection service would
operate this season in twelve flue
cured markets in Georgia, the Caro
linas and Virginia. They are at Ha
hira, Metter and Statesboro, Ga.;
Dillon, Loris and Timmonsville, S
C.; Reidsville, Robersonville, Wil
liamston, Carboro and Fuqua-
Springs-Varina, N. C., and Danville,
Va.
Second-day bright leaf auction;
at Pelham moved at about 25 cents,
Warehouseman J. D. Rogers saii
two cents better than opening sales.
At Nashville, Sales Supervistv-
Fr ank Park, Jr., reported a range of
36 cents, with most baskets bid in
at approximately 27 cents per
pound. Baxley reported the bulk of
sales at around 26, with a top of
37 cents.
The unofficial reports on Wednes
day’s sales included:
Blackshear —Prices ran from a 42-
cent top to as low as 3 cents. To set
an average of 23 cents. A total of
405,000 pounds sold for $91,000.
Waycross—Sales exceeded 200,-
000 pounds for an average of about
25 cents. The high was 40 cents
low one cent.
Baxley—Warehouseman Warren
rereported total sales of 240,000
pounds for $64,200, an average of
26.75. The high was 39 cents, low
1 cent and grade reported mostly
common.
Adel—Market opened as strong as
on Tuesday when 271,330 pounds
sold to establish an average of 25.51.
Valdosta—Good prices prevailed
- again after an opening day average
4 of 25.51.
Moultrie—Sales Supervisor C. E.
Isom pointed out that the average
of 22.35 in the initial trading ses
sion was a gain of almost five cents
a pound over the 1940 opening
average of 17.59. Wednesday’s mar
ket opened with about 1,000,000
pounds on the oorfls.
Tifton —Price range about same as
opening session’s 23.26. Robert
Herring reported it would require
two or three days to sell the leaf
that was on warehouse floors when
the auctions started.
Statesboro —Sales ranged from
36-cent top to 3 cent low, the bulk
traded at 22 cents. Sales totalled
230,0 00 pounds, cash $49,450, to
average 21% cents.
Vidalia—Range ran from ceiling
of 39 cents to floor of 5. The best
type; cigarette leaf sold for 35 cents,
second 30-33 and third 25-29. To
tal sales, 520,000 pounds, at a 21 lu
cent average, yielding $111,900.
Hazlehurst—Sales scaled from 50
cents down to 4, the bulk auctioned
for 28.
Rain is reported to be badly
needed, as pastu res ares offering.
The excessive rains of a few
weeks ago packed the earth and
then the hot sun struck with the
force that we have been experi
encing, the earth dried out fast
and now showers would be wel
come.
MONTHLY MEETING
AMERICAN LEGION
The Burns-Geiger Post of the
American Legion met for its
monthly meeting at Glenwood
Methodist Church Wednesday
evening, and a very interesting
meeting was held.
The Post voted to make a drive
for membership fees for its
September meeting. As the
Glenwood post has been honored
by having one of its members
elected as State Service Com
mander, we feel that we will have
no difficulty in keeping a high
interest in the membership and
exceeding our quota for 1941-42
year.
At a meeting of the Burns-
Geiger Post held Wednesday, a
resolution was offered and unani
mously passed to condemn the
work of Charles A. Lindbergh
and Senator Wheeler,of Montana,
as being un-American and as
wholly detrimental to the Am
erican Defense. This Post joins
with the other Legion Posts of
Georgia and Florida in their
condemnation of Lindbergh and
Wheeler as un-American in
spirit aud activity.
MR. HARTLEY LOSES
HISPEACH CitOP
B. H. Hartley, living a few
miles north of Alamo, would Jik<
to know who stripped his peach
orchard of its fruit'.’ one night
last week. It would appear that
he is the victim of many just
such stunts as was perpetrated
on his farm recently. It was last
year that his smoke house was
looted of a quantity of choice
hams, and other seleet portions
of the cured and ready for con
sumption meat supply.
The peaches that he had been
saving to can, were thought safj
from intruders, but some one
had an eye on them that Mr.
Hartley did not dream of. He
had canned quite a lot of other
products of the farm and was
saving the peaches for the last,
butitia hoped that he may yet
find some one that will divide
this choice fruit with him and
not altogether be deprived of this
very wholesome fruit.
G. A. House Party
Mesdames W. R. McDaniel, J.
F. Hattaway, J. O. Perdue and
D. N. Achord attended aG. A.
house party at Jay Bird Springs,
this week with a number of the
child: en from the Sunbeams aud
G. A. societies of the local Bap
tist church attended. The outing
was very much enjoyed by all
who al ended.
Revival Services to
Begin at Spring Hill
The annual revival at Spring
Hill Baptist church, will begin
the fourth Sunday morning at
eleven o’clock. Rev. C. J. Dyches,
will do the preaching during the
week. Services being held at
eleven o’clock in the morning,
and 8:30 P. M. The public is in
vited to all the services.
—Reporter.
Salesmen Wanted
MAN WANTED for 800 family
Rawleigh Route. Permanent if
you are a hustler, Write
Rawleigh’s, Dept. GAH 5 123,
Memphis, Tenn.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8,1941
EXCESS COTTON
PENALTY RATE SET
Washington, Aug. 6. —The
Agriculture Department an-,
nounced today a penalty rate of
seven cents a pound on cotton
marketed in excess of the farm
quota, an increase of lour cents
over the 1940 penalty rate.
Officials explained that cong
ress ordered a penalty rate of 50
per cent of the basic cotton loan
rate previously announced for
this season at 14.02 cents a pound
for 7 8-inch middling cotton.
They said that the penalty of
seven cents a pound would be a
flat rate on all 1941 excess cotton,
regardless of grade or staple.
The department announcement
pointed out that the new loan
rate was more than five cents
above loans on the 1940 crop
while the penalty rate increase
was four cents.
Colton growers who exceed
average allotments will be eligible
tor government loans at a rate of
60 pef cent of that offered io co
operators with the cotton pro
gram, but only on that portion
of the crop subject to penally,
the department announced.
Wheeler County Giris
To Attent State 4-H Meet
Catherine Mitchell, of the
Shiloh 4- H Club and Jackie Brown
of tire Union 4 H Club will rep
resent Wiieeler county at the
meeting of the State 4 H Club
Council to be held in Athens;
the week of August lllh. These
girls were selected to atlenu
because of their excellent 4-H
club work.
Kose Mary Wynn.Eknse Hinson
and Estelle Foster will attend as
j. aster 4-H club members. To
be a Master 4-H club member
one must have won an out of
State trip.
NAVY RECRUITERS
TO VISIT M’RAE
Two U. S. Navy men repre
senting Lieutenant Stanley A
Jones, U. S. Navy, will be at the
Mcßae Post Office between the
nours of 8:00 a. m. and 6:00 p
m. on Thursday, August 14lh.
Lieutenant Jones reported that
for the past two months his dis
trict is leading the entire nation
in the number of volunteers for
Naval Service. These men as
semble in Macon to receive their
Oaths Os Allegiance and are then
transferred to the Naval Train
ing Station at Norfork, Virginia,
for eight weeks of preliminary
training.
During this training period
opporiunity'is given each man to
select his line of work, and
examinationsare given for entra
nce to several of U. S. Navy
trade schools where basic and
advanced instruction is given
under the best of instructors.
This instruction is offered not
only to regular Navy men, but
also to those men enlisting in
the “Naval Reserve’’ to serve
for the duration of the present
National Emergency. Training in
any one of 88technical tradesis
offered.
Attention is called to the fact
that men registered for Selective
Service may still apply for the
Navy, and they are invited to
contact these recruiters during
their stay in Mcßae. The Navy
men are authorized to accept men
for enlistment in both the regular
Navy and the Naval Reserve.
RATIONING METHOD
MAY BE ENFORCED
Washington, August 4.—Defense
Oil Co-ordinator Harold L. Ickes
warned tonight of “more dras
tic” steps to come if the current vol
untary co-operation program fails to
cut eastern gasoline consumption by
one third.
He said he was satisfied with the
first 7.p.m.-to-7 a.m. nightly black
out of east coast filling stations last
night, dut he added that the motor
ing public “has not yet fully realiz
ed” the need for gas consumption
curtailment. Surveys indicated!
there was general compliance with
the “blackout” but that it had little
or no effect on consumption.
Ickes did not elaborate his warn
ing but there was talk in some circ
les of possible compulsory “gasless”
Sundays or rationing through the
east. In Boston, William A. Thi
bodeau, general manager of the Au
tomobile Legal Association, said it
probadly would “be necessary, to
proclaim gasless Sundays in New
Engiand after Labor day.
Ickes, in a formal statement, said
there had been some instances of
non-compliance with the “blackout”
request and that each case would
“be followed up.”
The “blackout” extends from
Maine to Florida and was requested
by Ickes on a voluntary basis. He
said gasoline distributors would be
asked to withhold supplies from non
co-operating filling stations. Most
station operators apparently com
plied with( the request, but moto
rists stocked up before curfew so
generally there appeared no reduc
tion in the day’s total sales.
Ickes said the blackout benefited
the gas stations even though it may
not have had much effect on sales,
because it enabled station operators
to save on their overhead.
“Advices indicate that the re
stricted hours have had little effect,
if any, on employment of filling
station operators,” he said. “How
ever, savings such as the substantial
reduction of electricity for lighting
and diminishing wear and tear on
equipment will be made possible.
“These latter savings will enable
operators to cut overhead and thus
avoid increased costs which in the
end the public would have to pay.
Motorists, then, must appreciate that
this program was instituted as much
as a measure of protection for them
as it was for the dealers.”
Reports of possible gas rationing
emanated mostly in private quarters
as did the “gasless Sundays” pre
dictions. In connection with th,ei
latter, it was pointed out that—as in
the case of the last night’s blackout
—consumption savings probably
would be negligible because motor
ists simply will fill up their tanks on
Saturdays.
For this reason it is believed that
if the shortage becomes acute Ickes
will resort to some form of ration
ing. Some reports mentioned a ra
tion as low as five gallons a week.
Thibodeau urged that if rationing
becomes necessary it be withheld
until after the vacation season. Oth
er automobile association leaders
seconded this plea.
Last night’s blackout produced"
many amusing incidents and some
outright, non-compliance. Scattered
stranded car cases were reported.
Two police patrol cars ran out of
fuel in Boston. A young man in
Syracuse, N. Y., ran out of gas while
taking his convalescent wife for a
drive and managed to get her home
only when a passing motorist siphon
ed some gas out of his own tank.
Many stations were open but not
doing business; they wanted to close
but couldn’t because they had no
locks on their pumps or doors.
The original plan was to shut up
all stations but Ickes modified this
to permit sales to trucks, taxis and
emergency cases such as doctors,
and to permit stations to continue
normal functions such as greasing
cars and repairing flat tires.
In Florida, the Florida Service
Corporation announced its chain of
filling stations would not comply/
The firm announced its gas was
transported into the state “entirely
independent of tanker movements,”
therefore it had nothing to do with
the ibortage.
FUNERAL SERVICES
MRS. BELLE BROWN
Funeral services for Mrs. Belle
Brown, widow of the late W. H.
Brown, were held from the Alamo
Methodist church last Friday
afternoon conducted by the
pastor, Rev. J. N. Snell. Mrs.
Brown passed away at her home
near Alamo on Thursday morn
ing, after a short illness. She
was a native of Vineville, N. C ,
the daughter of the late John L.
and Fannie Wiggins Hinson. She
was married in 1894.
She is survived by two sons,
Oscar and Eddie Lee Brown,
two sisters, Mrs. R. W. Foster,
of Alamo and Mrs, W. C. Jones,
of Scotland; five brothers, W. H
and L. C, Hinson, Miami, Florida;
0. K, Hinson, Graymont; B. S.
Hinson, Akron, Ohio and J. W.
Hinson, Alamo.
Pallbearers were: Willard,
Hughes and Edwart Hinson,
Heywood Foster, J. Z. Thomas
and W. C. Thomas,
Interment was in the Scotland
cemetery, with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home, of Mcßae, iu
charge.
“Uncle Bill” Crawford
Raised Large Squash
“Uncle Bill” Crawford is
authority for the statement that
he raisedon his farm near Alamo
a squash that weighs 22 pounds,
34 inches around, and sixteen
inches long and twelve inches
wide. It is a perfect specimen,
and he expects to save all the
seedand plant next season and see
what they will grow. Restated
to a representative of the Eagle
that he pulled fodder Tuesday,
and all must admit it was one of
the hottest days ever, and he is
81 years old. Few can beat this
record.
Legion Post to Sponsor
The Ross Quartet
The Burns Geiger Post of the
American Legion will sponsor
the Ross Quartet, in concert at
the Glenwood School Auditorium
on Thursday, August 14th, at
8:30 P. M. The admission fee
will be 20 cents and 10 cents. A
good lime is assured all that will
attend.
Glenwood Defense Unit
Met for Weekly Drill
The Glenwood Defense Unit
met for weekly drill on evening
of August 6 Drill was conducted
by Lt. C. M. Ragan, and assisted
by Guy O Stone, officer of Re
serve Corps. 24 members of the
Glenwood Unit were present.
Quite a number of visitors
were out to see the drill of the
Defense Unit and an unusual
interest is being manifested in
Glenwood by members and non*
members alike
Bandy Colored Boy Dies
Eulus C. Gibson, colored, one
of the handy colored boys of the
town, died last week very sudd
enly. Euke, as be was called,
was the victim of eating too
much “sweets” which caused
Brights disease. The result was
that he was taken out early in
life. He was quite a handy helper
around town, peaceable and
generally liked and was witty,
but the grim reaper got in his
work. “Sweets’ - it is claimed,
overtake many, and that when
least expected.
Sample Copy 5c Number 17
AM GK MUST
tOnONLAST MH
The first bale of the present
season’s cotton was ginned by
Carroll and Hattaway on Friday
of last week. It was grown by
U. L. Gilder. He also brought in
the second bale. The first bale
sold for 18 cents per pound, and
that with seed brought SIOO.OO.
The third baie was ginned this
week by Perdue and Hartley.
The third bale was grown by
Henry Johnson. Several bales
have been ginned and it is ex*
pected that the gins will be kept
busy for some time, as cotton is
reported to be opening fast.
‘PEEPING TOM”
. RENEWS VISIT
‘ ‘Peeping Tom” made another
visit to one of the homes in
Alamo Sunday night. Blood
hounds were put on his trail and
he was trailed to Stuckey, it is
said, but no further news was
beard from him. Just what the
motive of this night prowler is
no one knows. It is certainly
not the work of a maniac, and
with the various visits that have
been reported, it appears that be
could be trapped and his motive
ascertained,
To say the least of it, it is a
bad practice, and sooner or later,
his identity will be learned, and
his career ended. It is no small
crime to be prowling around
private premises at night, and
some time he will find himself
treed and the result will be any*
thing but pleasant for him.
Commodity House Moved
The commodity room has been
moved to the tin ouilding, owned
by Mrs. Ennis Fowler, on the
opposite of town, to where it has
been located since opening up.
Mr, Emmett C. DeLoach, the
popular manager, with Misses
Murle Windham and Loui,e
Harrelson and other helpeis,
will be found at the new place,
willing aud ready to serve as in
the past.
Two Cities Bolt
Atlanta, Aug. 4-(GSP)Despite
Governor Talmadge’s refusal to
place Georgia on Eastern day*
light time, two cities—Augusta
and Harlem —Sunday bolted the
remander of the State and set
their clocks an hjur ahead. Twice
Governor Talmadge has rejected
President Roosevelt’s suggestion
to change to daylight time to
aid in the national defense.
Jeanette Simpson
Celebrates 13 Birtbday
The Glenwood Girl Scouts met
July 31 at the home of their
leader, Mrs. Mary Clark, The
meeting was in honor of Jeanette
Simpson, who was celebrating
her thirteenth birthday. The
girls went to Kent’s pool, went
swimming and afterward enjoyed
a birthday party.
Those present were:
Jeanette Simpson, Virginia
Purvis, Kathlene Pope, Ann
Johnson, Barbra Ann Ryals,
Mary Clifton Browning, Cath*
erine Fields, Catherine Brown*
ing, Jean and Betty Baldwin,
Mirium Browning, Ann Currie,
Mary Ann Kent and Mrs. Mary
Clark.
A very nice time wu had by
all.
