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DEVOTED TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY.*
Volume 29
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LIKES CONMLD
Persona who damage electric
high lines by gunfire or other
means are working for Hitler and
Hirohito whether aware of it or
not, J. R. Cbambless, Superin
tendent of the Little Ocmulgee
Electric Membership Corpora
tion points out.
With food production and rural
industrial activity occupying a
vital place in the war effort, any
unnecessary interruption in elec,
tri j service plays right into the
hands of the Axis, he declares.
This is how he describes the ef
fect of destructive acts:
“When a careless person
shoots an insulator or throws
a piece of wire or metal over the
high-line wiies, he strikes a
blow at Uncle Sam and his armed
forces. Everybody knows that
the farmer is fighting this war
just as much as the man who
builds tanks, guns or airplanes.
The soldiers and sailors
and war worker s of the
United Nitions have to eat. A
couple of million farmers in this
ciuntry are useing electricity to
help produce foods. We have
ddries on the lines of this
cooperative supplying Camp
Wheeler —so draw your own
conclusion.”
‘This seems clearer when you
realize that a farmer who is
brooding chickens, cooling milk,
grinding feed, pumping water,
hoisting hay, or carrying on any
cumber of other farm operations
with the aid of electricity can’t
afford to have unnecessary
‘■blackouts” interfering with his
work. Electricity is the only
“hired hand” lots of farmers can
get nowadays.”
Iu addition to their effect upon
production, outrages of this kind
cause trouble and expense that
place a bexvy burden or. the
REA organization, Mr. Chamb*
less says. One hundred or more
miles or line can be put out of
commission by one destructive
act, he adds, and the expense of
repaiis and needless driving,
not counting the waste of tires
and gasoline, may be as much as
SIOO.
Equipments often burned out
or otherwise destroyed when
trouble occurs, and he declares
that sometimes the difficulty in
obtaining new equipment or
material is a more serious pro*
blem than the money loss in*
volved. Electric devices contain
critical metals such as copper,
steel or aluminum, all of which
are scarce because of the de*
mands of war industries.
Insulator damage caused by
rifle bullets or shotgun pellets is
especially troublesome, he says,
because the fault often doesn’t
develop until stormy weather
comes. A cracked insulator, for
example, may serve satisfactorily
until moisture makes it possible
for the current to are across to
the pole. Under such conditions
a lineman may have to climb
tn my poles to locate the trouble-
Persons who shoot at insulators
or throw wire over a high voltage
line are inviting death, according
to Mr. Chambless. A few months
ago, he says, a man was killed
when a bullet from his gun
snapped a wire which fell and
electrocuted him.
Although true sportsmen
wouldn’t think of willfully dam*
a; ing property, he beleives that
t ie hunters who go afield this
f il can help prevent Jine damage
by using extreme care when
bunting near the high lines. This
WfrMer duuntu Eanh
SCRAP DRIVE UNDER
WAY, BUT LAGGING
The drive for the gathering of
scrap, under the leadership of
Col. W. O. Purser, has gotten
under way. A corner of the
railroad right of way just across
the street from the post oftic<
has been roped off and some
scrap has been deposited there.
But the pile isn’t growing as it
should. In fact we should have
several car loads there by now,
whereas there isn’t a truck load 1
We must have this stuff, as
you will see from the ad being
run in this issue of the Eagle. If
we don’t bring it in the govern
ment will soon be sending men
here to take it. So lets save the
government this extra expense
and show ourselves patriotic and
co-operative by piling up our
scrap to help win and and this
war.
Shepord-Purvis
Os codsiderable interest to
many friends throughout the
county is the marriage of Miss
Margaret Alice Shepord, of
Washington State Courthouse.
Ohio, to Mr. Lewis Purvis, of
Alamo. The maniage was per
formed by Judge W. W. Wood,
Ordinary of Twiggs county, at
Jeffersonville.
•Miss Shepord is employed at
Wellston Air Depot as a steno
grapher under the Civil Service
authorities. She is a very popular
young lady in her home town.
Mr. Purvis is the youngest son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. Purvis, of
Alamo. He is employed as an
electrician at the ship yards in
Brunswick. They will make tbeir
home there.
This popular young couple
have the congratulations and
oest wishes from thei- many
friends in Alamo and Wheeler
county.
US PEOPLE
By G. C. Barnhill
This scrap metal drive that we
are in is finding all sorts of scrap
and people. The committees that
are making the canvass are very
successful with every person
that they approach for scrap
metal. They get the metal or
they get a scap with the person
that owns the metal. So scrap
comes out of every contact. The
War Department wants the scrap
to help whip a scrap, and it
look like a mighty small asking,
to call on us to sell something
that has been in the way all
these years, to help us get ready
to win a scrap.
Delegates to Convention
Delegates to the Democratic
State Convention from Wheeler
County wereC M. Jordan, Cleon
Brown, L W. Kent, R. G. Perdue
H. N. Sears, and C. R. Dixon.
The Convention was held in
Macon on Wednesday of this
week.
can also be helpful by giving
proper instruction to their own
■ sons and other boys who might
have become careless with fire
arms. City and rural school
teachers of this area are another
group that can be of assistance
by emphasizing to pupils the
dangers of tampering with elec
tric wires and the hindrance to
the war effort caused by such
action.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1942
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BUY WAR BONDS
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COTTOW MING PE
Grady Fulford, Wheeler county
student at the University of
Georgia, picked 555 pounds of
cotton in two days to win the $5
cash award offered by Dean Paul
Chapman. The presentation was
made at the Ag Club meeting in
Conner Hail Thursday night,
October 1.
Competing with more than
forty University students who
volunteered to pick cotton on
Clarke county farms, Fulford
pickcd 233 pounds during Wed
nesday’s session. He added 322
pounds Thursday to lead the
field of pickers. In cooperation
with the U. S. Employment
Service, D. L. Branyon, Clark
county agricultural agent, and
the College of Agriculture, Tom
Penland, campus leader from
Blairsville, led the group of col
lege students who were excused
from classes to pick cotton. Unis
versity officials Tuesday agreed
to permit students to pick cotton
because of the shortage of farm
labor.
STRAYED—One black and
white spotted bull yearling.
Owner notify W. C. Coleman,
Alamo.
SNAKE A
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Its qoinq to cost Billions to
defenqtheJdp!
WWW ^STAMPS!
Pecans Wanted
We are in the market for pecans.
Give us a chance to bid on yours first.
DON GROSS & ROBERT HINSON
ALAMO, GEORGIA
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
ON INCLUSION OF ADDI
TIONAL LANDS WITHIN THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE OHO
OPEE RIVER SOILCONVERA
TION DISTRICT EMBRACING
LANDS LYING IN THE COUN
TY OF WHEELER, IN THE
STATE OF GEORGIA.
To all owners of land lying
within the area proposed to be
included within the Ohoopee Soil
Co iservation District, compris
ing the territory described as
follows:
All that land lying within the
b >undai ies of Wheeler County,
State of Georgia.
Notice is hereby given that on
the 10th day of October, 1942,
between the hours of 10:00 A. M.
and 3:00 o’clock P. M. a refer
endum will be held in said
territory upon the proposition
of including that land within the
boundaries of the duly consti
tuted Ohoopee River Soil Con
servation District under the
provisions of the Soil Conserva
tion Districts Law of this State-
For, the purpose of the said
referendum, voting places will
be opened at all regular voting
places where general elections
are held within the County of
Wheeler, State of Georgia.
Votes may be cast by mail by
securing official ballot from the
County Agent and mailing same
to a designated official of the
county in which the land lies.
No mail votes will be counted if
received later than 3:00 o’clock
P, M. on October 10, 1942.
All persons, firms and cor
porations who shall bold title to
any lands lying witbin the said
territory, as owners, are eligible
to vote. Only such persons, firms
and corporations are eligible to
vote.
STATE SOIL CONSERVA-
TION COMMITTEE,
By J. M. JORDAN,
Acting Executive Secretary.
Dated this 28th day of
September, 1942
t Adolph, Benito and Hirohito
—the three blind mice. Make
them run with ten percent pf
your iheome in War Bonds
every pay day.
PASTOR’S PARAGRAPHS
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By J. F Snell.
The coming Sunday, October
111, is the second Sunday 7 and is
preaching day at Bay Springs-
The pastor will preach there
Sunday morning at eleven-thirty
and Sunday night at eight o’clock
War Time. This is his last visi'
to this church this conference
year. The public is invited to be
at these last services.
The South Georgia Annua]
। Conference meets in Savannah
Wednesday November 4. There
are only two more weeks aftei
this week All moneys are dm
and all reports are needed at
once.
The union mid-week prayer
meeting is meeting at present at
the Baptist church beginning at
eight-H irty. All are invited and
urged to be present.
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Rationing Board Notice
October 15 is the dead line for
signing up for canning sngar. If
you have not signed up, please
do so before that date.
Local Rationing Board.
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War orders for the Farm
Security Administration have
reached Wheeler County. Mr.
Robert E. Miller, Farm Super
visor of FSA in this county, re
vealed today a communication
from Claude Wickard, Secretary
of Agriculture, who, writingas
chairman of the Nation’s Food
Requirements' Committee, out
lined a six point war time pro
gram for FSA here as elsewhere,
based entirely on greater food
production.
“There is no serious question
that those who can produce more
will produce more,” said Secre
tary Wickard in the directive
received by Mr. Miller. “There is
a serious question, however,
whether a great part of our
farmers, a third or more of them,
can bring their labor into full
use and their land into full pro- 1
ouction through their own un- •
aided efforts. Tbeir wasted laJjor
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wasted time and wasted produc
tion must be eliminated.”
On this preliminary the follow
ing six points were outlined:
1. "To put the small farm ।
operator with idle labor and re- I
sources to work on the Nation’s
food production line, and to keep ।
him there, by (a) credit and ।
supervisor; (b) a program of
medical care, in order that they j
may perform their farm and
home work efficiently; (c) debt
adjustment and improved tenure
arrangements.” <
2. "To establish, on the basis ’
of individual planning food pro
duction goals for all FSA bor
rowers.”
3. To developefood processing,
storage, marketing and trans
portation facilities.
’ 4. To develope plans for hous
ing, transportation and adjust
mentof farm labor.
5. To strengthen tenure ar-
I rangements and to call the
I public’s attention to availability
I of land for lease or ownership.
6. To help small farmers over
come deficiencies of equipment
by pooling tbeir resources and
{efforts and buying and using
j machinery together.
Supervisor Miller said it was
’ plain that these fit well into the
; general purposes of Farm Sesur
ity Administration program, and
Sample Copy 5c Number 19
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The Wheeler County Superior
Court will convene here next
Monday. Judge Eschol Graham
will preside and Solicitor General
M. H. Boyer attending to the
interests of the state.
The following jurors have be i n
drawn to serve for the term:
GRAND JURORS
A L Clements, Ralph L Thom
as, Neal T Clark, C R Dixon, T
M Moses, L N Harbin, W G
Hartley. F B Elam, H E Coleman,
W A King, Cleon Brown, J A
Mcßae, N A White, J C Fowler,
M B Adams, W H Thomas, W J
Futral, Jr., J Mcßae Clements,
L A Braswell, Guy Cox, C C
Hartley, K N Adams, W R Mc-
Daniel. L M Pope, B A Irwin, J
F Clark.
Traverse jury, October term,
drawn to report on Monday,
October 12th:
W E Crawford, Jr., R L Avery,
r R Hinson, WP Owens, Sr., J
r Mimbs, I E Brooks, J H Leg
gett, E G Hinson, L P Avery,
Palmer Browning, K N Sears, J
H Walker, W S Brown, W G
Thomas, Emmett Joyce, J M
Hertz, Pratt Raftield, M A Clem
ents, J W Hearn, A B Grimes, B
C Clark, H T Graham, J OPerdue,
J I Mitchell, J A Hinson, J T
Johnson, W A Rivers, WH Clark,
RA Hogan, W C Riddle, P J
Towns, S W Hughes, C M
.lordan, William J Clark, FB
Barker, Dewey Joyce W C Cole
man, J O Hinson, J H Grose, H
J t.Cox, L B Chambers, R G
Jenkins, Wallace Adams, R L
Smith, Arthur Hartley, B H
Purvis, R H Braswell, J W
Hinson.
Traverse jurors, to report on
Wednesday, October 14.
Baikwell Couey, Lee Bass, II
F Williams, H J Johnson, L W
Kent, Z 0 Thomas, T J Harris,
W L Joiner, T H Hardin, Jr., G
M Anderson, Authur G Mitchell,
J W Harrelson, N W Baldwin, J
A Palmer, J H Mitchel), R
Preston White, E M Guin, J H
Clark, H J Whitfield, R LaU
ebinson, A J Grimes, Sr., PP
Hearn, Oscar Brown, M C Ryals.
Notice to Fuel Oil Users
The Local Rationing Board
advised that users of fuel oil and
kerosene for heating should do
the following four things in
order to be ready to register for
their Fuel Oil Ration.
1. Check the amount of fuel oil
in your tank on October Ist. You
will be asked for this figure laur
when you apply for your ration.
2. If you have not been able to
obtain up to 275 gallons of fuel
oil, you may receive a delivery
irom your dealer by promising
in writing to turn over to him
coupons totaling the amount of
delivery as soon as you get your
Ration.
3. Ask your dealer for a certi
fied statement on the amount
you purchased from him last
year for the 12 month period
ending May 31,1942.
4. Measure the room in your
house that are used as living
quarters to determine the floor
area. This will be a basic factor
in determining your ration.
that already steps have been
taken in Wheeler County to
carry them into effect. These
steps, be said, amount to a
broadening of the objectives
which FSA has kept in sight
irom the beginning.
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