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DEVOTED TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY.-
Volume 29-
PEOPLE'S FORM, HOW
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MR. COBB QUALIFIED
(From Savannah Morning News)
Editor Morning Nnws: With
others, I appeared as council for
Aloert L. Cobb before the Demo~
cratic executive committee of
the First Congressional District.
in the 11th inst. Upon roll call it
appeared Lhat nineteen members
of'the committee were present
holding proxies from the others.
To avoid the imposition upon the
absent members, cast from vot~
ing them when they were not
present, and without opportunity
to know the facts, Mr. Cobb
offered to waive the matter of
quroum and let the case be de~
cided by those actually present.
This proposition was unanis
mously voted down by the coms
mittee.
Upon motion of counsel for
Mr. Cobb the committee excluded
commitseemen present who res
lated in the third degree t 0 any
of the three candidates, wherew
upon Mr. James Peterson, a
brother of the Hon. Hugh Peter
son, voluntarily letired, 5
Upon reading theapplication
made to the committee all of the
allegations therein were admitted
t) be true. Accordingly no evis
dence was submitted. Among
other allegations therein Mr.
Cobballeged that he had qualified
with Mr. Mosley, the secretary
of the committee, before two o'~
clock P. M., July 4th, 1942, by
exccating the qualifying affidavit
and paying SSOO consisting of
S2OO in cash, and twochecks pays
able to him, for SIOO each, evid~
encing coatributions. That at the
time siid check was tendered
S2O in cash was offered instead
of the two checks, but Mr.
Mosley stated that he had ac~
cepted checks from other caudi~
dates and would accord Mr. Cobb
the privilege of using these
checks, and the checks were
after being endorsed by Mr.
Cobb delivered to Mr. Mosley.
That on the Bih of July iour days
later, one of said checks was re~
tarned through the bank ab
Lyons, Georgia. 'That although
he, as endorser of said check,
was not officially notificd he was
otherwise informed and Mr.
R Q. Wilkes, Clerk of the Sup~
ecior Court of Toombs county, at
his request within banking hours,
on Jaly Bth, 1942, tendered the
sum of SIOO in cash to Mr.
Moiley, which he declined to
accept.
Tae rules under which Mr,
C,ob and the other two candis
dates qualified simply requiied
t'lat SSOO be paid. There was no
requirement that the payment
be made in cash, accordingly, the
8 cretary of the committee acs
cepted two checks with Mr.
Cobb's endorsement thereon.
The commitlee was reminded
of Section 14 801, Georgia Code
Ann , which required the holdcr
of a check in dishonor to notify
the endorser. Mr. Mosley was
n »n required to eccept the check,
bhe could have . demanded cash
mouey. But having accepted the
checks he incurred the obligas
tiou imposed by law. Checks are
the nost extensively used method
of payment in this country.
Thercfore, law has necessarily
b:en bailt around this form of
commercial paper. and those
connected are bourd by the law,
whether they be maker, payee,
or endorser. It is immaterial
W . ther the check is in the
chanel of business, church, or
politics. The law must be coms
pired with,
Wheeler Cmunty TEagle
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WHEELER'S FIRST BALE
GINNEED LAST FRIDAY
Wheeler County’s first bale of
1942 cotton was ginned here last
Friday, July 81, by Carroll and
Hattaway. It was grown by Dock
Burnett, colored, farming on the
farm of Mis H.J. Purser, in
the Shiloh community, in the
southern part of the county.
The bale of cotton weighed 464
pounds. It was stored in the
Carroll and Hattaway warehouse
and was sold 20 cents per pound.
~ We congratnlate this enters
prising farmer for his hustleing
that made this record possible.
L. . WHITAKER NOW
MONTGOMERY AGENT
(From The Montgomery Monitor)
Mr. L. G. Whitaker, for fifteen
years county agent in Wheeler
Eflnty, has been chosen as a suc
cessor of Mr. J. Carl Daughtry in
Montgomery county.
Mr. Whitaker, who with his fam
ily, is occupying part of the M. B.
Calhoun home in Mount Vernon, has
entered upon his duties as agricul
tural agent of Montgomery county.
His work in Wheeler was a suc
cess, and he brings to his new post
an extended experience in modern
practices in farming and stock-rais
ing. He takes up a well-established
program, as built up by his prede
cessors. With no innovations to
announce at present, he will con
tinue the general extension program
for the farmers of the county, en
larging it as conditions warrant.
Hon. I. Lee -Price of
Swainsboro,
Will Speak Over
W.T.0.C., Next
MONDAY
August 10, At
12:30 p. m.
for
Albert L. Cobb
for !
CONGRESS |
When the argument was cons
cluded, thechairman of the com-«
mittee requested the audience to
retire, the committee went into
executive session behind closed
doors and held Mr. Cobb ineligis
ble as acandidate, Whois he
that would say that this com~
mittee would have disqualified
Mr. Peterson for tke same
reason?
The action of this committee,
from the standpointof procedure
and quality of the decisien, made
a very ugly picture in the old
Democratic First Congressional
District. The electorate from in«
formation obtained in this open
hearing, became aroused and
forced a reversal. One member
of the committee has said through
your paper, that Mr. Cobb
“Browbeat”’” the committee,
This is not trtue. He fairly and
courageously presented his case,
and public epinion later forced a
decision in his favor., Mr. Peter~
son withdrew his objections sev~
‘eral days later after "‘Old Man
People”’ was heard from.
. Let there be no misunders
tandiog, Mr. Cobb qualified in
nis ‘'own right and not by the
grace of Mr. Peterson.
Yours Very Traly,
I. L. PRICE
Swainsbore, Georgia
July 20, 1942,
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1942
Warning of Danger
of Sޤs in Georgi
1a
Axis subversive %ctivities have been dis~
coverel in Georgia. Foreign agents have landed
in our state, On the Florida coast, not far from
the GeorgiasFlorida state line, German spies,
landed from German §ubmarines, were appre
hended and are now on‘trial for their lives before
a military commissiouiu Washington, D.C. J.
Edgar Hoover, Direct@®, Federal Bureau of Ins
vestigation, asked th@ entire nation, within the
week, to be on the look@nt for three men, identis
fied as expert German saboteurs who, be said,
may come to the United States. Itis the belief
that they will undoubtedly land on the eastern
coast and just as likely in Georgia as in any other
one of our coastal states.
“There are two classes of spies; those that
plot and plan; those that dynamite and burn. Even
though these agents cowe from Germany. they
will speak the English language freely and will be
familiar with the customs of the State. They may
have traveled here in other times as part of their
training. It is not easy to tell friend from foe. The
spy may bea man or woman. Several women, as
well as men, are at work in the Statein places
known to the authorities. They are trying to obs
tain information about our shipping, about the
numberof ships that we bave on the ways in the
shipyards, they are trying to obtain information
about the convoys, the nature of the cargo that is
being transported, the number of shifs and their
destination, By methods in which they have been
trained for years, they get this infoimation into
the hands of their home governments. These
agents may be Japs or Italians, as well as
Germans.
Georgia is the the gateway to the deep South’
Thousands of new faces are seen arriving and
passing through Georgia. At certain seasons of
the year, strang®rs will beseen in our stores, at
our filling stations, and at our resorts, Deciding
who is an enemy and who isa genuine guest wil
require quick thinking end accurate judgement
Doubt should be cultivated instead of trust, how
ever repugnant it wray be to our finer senses S¢lf
protection demands that we ferret out spies and
enemy agents
MARION ROWE HOME
FROM SEA WRECK
Marion Rowe, sonof Mr. and
Mrs. N. E Rowe, of the Merch~
ant Marine, is home after some
exciting and dangerous experi~
ences. Oa July 30th, the ship he
was on was torpedored and sunk.
There were 400 sailors and pass
sengers on the ship. 25 or 30 of
them were lost. Marion was
lucky enough to be in the fortus
nate crowd that escaped and is
home this week visiting relatives
and old friends in Alamo and
Wheeler County who are glad to
see him a live and well.
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MRS. W. T SPIVEY
Mrs. W. T. Spivey was burried
at Shiloh chureh cemetery Tuesw
day afteroon, at four o’clock, the
services being conducted by Rev.
J.F. Shnell, the pastor there,
Mrs. Spivey died at Surrency,
where she had been living res
cently. She is an old Wheeler
county citizen, a member of the
Shilch Methodist church about
all of her life. Her husband has
‘been dead only a few years. The
‘Po'ndexter Funeral Home, of
Baxley, was in charge.
Mrs. Spivey is “survived by
two children, Mrs. Harmon
Martin and Calvin Spivey, both
of Surrency, and six grand
children. She was 53 years old
at the time of her death., She is
also survived by one sister, Mrs.
J. A. Wright, of Odum, and by
four brothers, M. H. Mimbs, of
Brunswick; H. G. Mimbe, of
Wheeler county; C. G Mimbs, of
’West. Palm Beach, Florida, and
&J. L, Mimbs, of Odum.
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Fred Coleman Soon to Fly
Fred Coleman, son of our fels
low townsman, Mr. W. C. Cole~‘
man wasin Alamo recently, Fred
bas only a few more hours of
bis preliminary work, then he
will go to his base training; then
to his advance training. He has
been in the air corps since March.
He is stationed at Nashville:
Tennessee, at the present time,
A large number of jobs are ro
now open at Robins Field and
Wellston Air Depot, according
to Karl McPherson, Civilian
Director of Personnel at the
Post.
“Weareinneed of an unlimited
number of men and women
storekeepers, stenographers,
typists and laborers,”” Mr. Mc~
Pherson said this week.
Concerning the permanence of
the work, Mr. McPherson pointed
out that the Depot is being built
% steel and concrete and is in
every sense a permanent Post.
. Tt Istrue,”’ he said, ‘‘that
!emp]oymenb will not be as large
in time of peace as it will be in
time of war. But those indivi
duals who become the most pres
ticient will iz all likelihocd have
permanent jobs,” |
Mr. McPherson said that
working condit ons at the Post
ire highly desirable and, that
most of the work is clean, cons
ditions will be sanitary, and safe
shops will be maintained.
“The original plan to give
Georgiaindividuals preference is
being carried on,’’ he said, ''This
is to provide for agpermanent
satistied working group, We want
'8 far as possib'e to be neighs
bors.”
"With the completion of the
model city planned for Wellston,
it is probable that a substantia}
propcrtion of the Post’'s em=
ployees will live within walking
distance of their work.”
Selective Service eligibles or
’persons already in an important
‘defense position will not be cons
sidered for work. Al civilian
employees are hired through the
Civil Service Office maintained at
419 Broadway.
““Men of almost every trade,
from maintinance engineers to
office boys, are needed in the
development of Wellston,” the
Personnel Director concluded.
US PEOPLE
By G. C. Barnhill
These dog days we have each
y:ar simply are another puzzle.
Some of the folks that have
checked close on them report
that the mocking birds do not
sing, the wheppowills hush their
evening music, and the bull frogs
cease to bellow during these
days. Then take the superstition
we are tied with, so many things
that some of us will not do dur~
ing dog days. After all we do not
understand many things anyway,
they say that nobody has ever
been able toexplain the way, thag
after you get a good old piece of
fried checken on your fork that
your mouth flies open as your
hand starts vhe upward journey.
ANNOUNCEMENT
I will be on my vacation from
August 10ch, to August 24, and
would advise any one desiring a
birth certificate to see me before
that time, as there is no one else
in the county who has the autho~
rity to fix. these.,
Mrs. Harvey Holmes
Clerk Health Office.
With gasoline rationing many
Alamo families are staying home
and finding out what swell folks
are living together under the
same roof,
Girls in Alamo will paint their
legs before they’ll take to wears
ing cotton siockins, -
Sample Copy 5¢ Number b 5
Washington, Aug. s.—The War
Production Board's committee on
‘ca\rgo planes has recommended the
doubling, at lcast, of cargo plane
production, Chairman Donald M.
Nelson announced today, but he left
squarely up to the military chiefs
of staff the decision whether to cut
down combat plane production to
make the increase possible.
Three major recommendations of
the ¢ommittee, Nelson said, called
for:
One. An increase in cargo plane
output to at least wice the present
program, through an increase in
present procurement and through
conversion of certain bombers to
cargo type.
Two. Further impetus to develop
ment of longer-range land and sea
planes.
Three. A “large increase” in facili
ties for the manufacture and trans
portation of aviation gasoline to
meet the needs of a greatly expand
ed movement of cargo by air.
“If we now undertake to build a
substantially larger number of car
€o planes than is already provided
for in our schedule, we must of
course cut down the number of some
other airplanes in our program,”
Nelson said in releasing a digest of
the special committee’s report.
“That is a decision for the chiefs
of staffs to make, since it is espe
cially a matter of high military
strategy.
1 “Meanwhile the War Production
Board will continue to study the sit
‘ation to see whether it is going
: to be possible to expand our produc
tion of cargo planes through new fa
cilities or by using other industries
such as shipbuilders.”
In the latter connection, Nelson
said the committee’s study indicat
‘ed the giant Martin Mars 70-tom
seaplane would be “very successful.”
This is the type which Henry J. Kai
ser, West coast shipbuilding wizard,
has proposed to build in shipyards.
Fifty per cent of all military ton
nage could be shipped overseas by
air in the committee’s opinion, if
sufficient sky freighters were avail
able. Twenty per cent of all non
military commodities which must
be exported from the United tSates
in the next year, including machine
tools, concentrated foods, chemicals,
surgical and medical supplies, conld
be shipped by air if the planes were
on hand, it was asserted.
However, even if the cargo air
craft program were doubled, as
recommended, sufficient planes
would be available to deliver only
2 fraction of this material.
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PASTOR’S PARAGRAPHS
T
By J. F Sagell,
The revivalat Bay Springs
begun Sunday evening, when a
good crowd greeted the pastor,
The services will continue twice
daily; 12:00 Noon and 9:15 P. M.
War Time; except Saturday when
there will be service only at night.
The meeting will ..continue
through Sunday. August 9. At
the services Sunday mornirg and
evening, the stewards will make
an effort to raise the,Benevlences
as they did last year. Last year
about $20.00 over the Benevol~
ences were raised, and the
stewards are hoping to do better
this time.
The pastor is doing the preachs
ing at Bay Springs. The people
are doing the singing, and are
doing it well. Everybody is urged
to come, help and enjoy the
meeting. %
At Browning Sonday afters
noon, it was decided: to hold a
weeks revival, beginning Sunday
morning, at twelve _o'clock War
Time. Auzust 80, and conticue
through Sunday, September 6.
Hours of service and all details
willbe decided atthe morning
service August 30,
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Go to Church Sunday
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