Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, October 16, 1942, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDEVOTED TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY.. e Volume 29° Wheeler County Eagle And Telfar Free Press Offer War Bonds As Prizes In Subscrip | tion Contest. 500 DOLLARS IN GRAND CAPITAL AWARD; WORK ERS WANTED IN EVERY COMMUNITY Telfair Free Press and the Wheel er Couny Eagle take pleasure to day in announcing & joint sub sexiption campaign, in which wor kers can sell either one or both papers. A grand Capital Prize will be a warded to the worker to the work or securing the greatest number of votes. This prize can be won by a worker in either of the two coun ties. After this prize has been a _ warded then a list of prizes is of fered for each county. Those who fail to win a regularly listed prize will receive a cash commission -of 20% on the subscriptions securéd ~ EVERY DAY A PAY DAY . The plan of the campaign is the most liberal ever undertaken by & newspaper in this gection. A cash ecommission of 20% can be drawn by workers as they report their _aales, every day or once & week as they desire. This commission 18 charged up to them in the nature of an advance as it were. The plan insures every worker & liberal compensation for the effort put ) forth. Turn to the _double truck ad vertisement in this issue and study the-offer earefully, then decide to send in your name for a receipt book and a list of the present sub seribers in your, territory. : NO COST 70 ENTER You do not even have to be & subscriber to either of these news _papers to enter the contest and - take an active part. Simply get & - receipt book,—tell your friends that you are in_to win and you can draw your first commission ~ The ENTRY COUPON printed in “this p@perAstam you off with free votes. Your FIRST SUB SCRIPTION counts 100,000 extra . xotes for you right way. Clip out T thy ENTRY COUPON- now and ~ hrikg it or send it to this office A out, delay. Be the first in your , ;vwmfegjenter and get right _ in’ the race and~win a prize. !.EMYx‘Tﬂ WIN Workers in either county can sell either of the two papers or a com " pination of bosh papers: The rea gon for dividing the {erritory into . two districts by county'is to prop- M insure an equal” division of % prizes to be awarded. /{orkeumspend as much or ~ as little &mw time to the ~ contest as they wish to. If you ~ have just a little spare tife you __can enter and take up the work as _an extra spare time money Pyopo & sition. No matter how much you - Bwe_making now you sre bound to ;‘,gdd o the (trmmm if yon enter his cappaign. 'mm ok PT BOOKS ARE FREE - The Receipt Books are ready and i can have one simply for the asking. Drop in to either the Free _ Press office in Mcßas or the ? office in Alamo, and get our receipt book, together with «n% tails and particulars. : HESITATE! An early -means a successful finish in @& camp jgn of this kind. . Pecans Wanted e We.are in the market for pecans. Give us achance to bid on yours first. § DON GROSS & ROBERT HINSON y ALASEESS -e , GEORGIA ’ [PASTOR'S PARAGRAPHS ——— By J. F Snell. Sunday is third Sunday and the pastor preachesat Shiloh Sunday morning attwelye 0’ clock and at eight P, M, Sunday afternoon he will preach for the last time for this confereace yea at Spring Hill. The public is invited to come to these services, Rev. Leland Moore, our pupus lar District Superintendent, is to preach at Browning the first Sunday afternoon atthree o'~ c'ock war time. It will be necess sa-y for the services to begin at that early hour, due tothe fact vhat the Rev. Moare preaches that night at Louisville, The stewards of the charge are working hard now winding up the years work. Two churches are paid out—O.k Grove and Spring H:1l. The o.l.ers say they can '‘see daylight.”’ X b R If ‘you are a truck owner, you hive a vital part in helping to win the war. This is the job of help= i 1g save the tires and trucks you n)w have because it is certain to be a long time before you can vuy new ones. The Government is going to make sure no tires or trucks are wearing out through onnecessary use., This means everybody who has a truck must hive a ‘‘Certificate of Necessity"' in >rder to drive after November 15. Probably you have already rceived an application blank fcr su:h a cersificate, However, if you do pet receive an application by October 20 you should contact the nearest O D. T. Field Office. T e County Farm Transportation Committee will help you fill out this application on October 22, 23, or 24, at Triple A Office Alamo. Briog your blanks to the committee on one of these days, They will answer any questions you have. W. C. Brown, Chairman, Whecler County USDA, War Boa ‘d. \ . Industrial Accidents With twice as many persons em ployed in factories and workshops &8 in Great Britaln, industrial accidenta \n the United States annually are 13 Ve et ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1942 WHEELER GO. GRAND I We, the Grand Jury chosen and sworn for the October Term, 1942, of Wheeler Superior Court, beg leave to submit the following presentments: Attached hereto are found re ports of committees appointed to report on County Officers, Public Property, and books of Justices |of the Peace and Notaly Publics. We are grateful that these res ports reflect credit to those res responsible.for this good report. We recommend that the, press ent Pauper List, a copy of which is also attached, be continued. We recommend thet the Clerk of our body, W. J. Futral, Jr., be paid SI.OO per day extra for his services to this body. We also recommend that these presentments be published in the Wheeler County Eagle and vhat they be paid the usual fee for publication. We wish elso to express our |appreciation to our Judge and Solicitor General for their court @'y to the people, and dillic ace |and fairness exhibited by them i1 the performance of their duty: Respectfully submitted, this o:r,. 13, 1942, J. Mcßae Clements, Foreman for Grand Jury, W. J. Fatral, dr., Clerk of Grand Jury. The within and foregoing pre | sentments are approved, ordered filed, spread on the minutes of the court and published as re |commended. Open Court. Oct. 13, 1942, M. H. Boyer, Sol. Gen. - - Eschol Graham, Judge. Georgia, Wheeler County: We, the committee uppointed to examine publie property find the convict camp, jail, and other buildings of the county main~ ained in excellent condition. Oct. 18, 1942 K. N. Adams, W. H. Thomas, C. R. Dixon. Georgia, Wheeler County: We, the committee appointed to examine the books of the county officers find the books in good condition and neatly kept. We wish to commend the county offiicers for their excel lent work. 1 .Oct. 13, 1942, W. C. Brown, W. R. McDaniel, B. A. Irwin, Georgia, Wheeler County: We, the committe2 appointed ‘to examine books and records of Justices of Peace and Ex-off Notary Pablies find those that were presented for examination to be efticiently kept. Oct. 18,1942, Neal T. Clark, : L. N. Harbin, | ) W. A. King. | Wheeler County Pauper List E Mrs. Ashiéy Clements, 8 00; vialinda Hamilton, 3.00; Bethany Home (Mrs, Pearl Livingston) 5 00; Victorie Miller, 5.00; Mi+ randa Walker, 5.00; Mrs. Ann Nix, 5 00; Charlie Chandler, 4.00; Rose Langston, 400; Odessa darris, Discontinued, Old Age Reciepent. _—# Many Others That Way, Toee When the Eskimd of Alaska firs saw the white they were consid erably amagzed, In as they had ST | rest of the world eousistiog es lee ST SIRENR i ; ] . | | * A L CLARK PASSES Mr. Lester Clark diedat his home near the Hope school com munity Thursday morning, Oc~ tober 1. He was buried at Dixon cemetary Friday afterncon, Ocs tober 2. Rev. J. H, Allen, pastor of the Mt. Vernon Methodist charge conducted the funeral services, I\}l‘. Clark had been in ill health for, several months. But his pagaing was unéexpected at the of his going, as he was apparents | ly doing better. He is survived | by his wife and several children, among them is Mrs. W. 5, Row=~ land. Mr. Clark wasa member of Shiloh Methodist church. He| was a good man and will be much missed. For a number cos years he had been county surveyor for Wheeler County. Noappointment will be made to fill his place. A candidate will be elected in the November election to succeed him. The [Eagle joins the many friends of the family in extend~| ing sympathy. Several from here are planning onj going to the dedication of the. .Methodist churches at Chauncey and Mt. Zion Monday Qétober 19th, Bishop Arthur Moore, the most dypnamic and popular preacher in Methodism in America, is todedicate these churghes. The church at Chauns cey will be dedicated at the twelye o'clock service Monday morping and the Mt. Zion chureh, just below Milan, will be dadicated by Bishop Moore at eight o’clock Monday night. Rev, John S. Sharp, of Cordele, the District Superintendent, wil nold the Fourth Quarterly Con« ference for the Chauncey charge Monday afternoon. These new churches have been built during the pastorate of Rev. L R. Lans castor, the present pastor, who is serving his third year there, Revival Services at Erick Christian Church to Start Revival services will begin at Christian Church, on the 4th Sunday (Oc'ober 25). Services will be conducted by Rev. Charles Jackson, of Fitzgerald, The public is cordially invited to attend these services. B e Cotton Ginning Short In Wheeler County ‘Census report shows that 1,214 bales of cotton were ginned in Wheeler County from the crop of 1942 prior to October Ist, a8 |compared with 1,311 bales for '|the crop of 1941, according to «\ B. M, Pope, cotton census re» | porter for this county. ) A B i P e i iy ) x ALY /. l' A 2 = ;\1 1 3 . : . =o N S P s o ;rgﬁfggf»g__;g;“‘zﬁ: ’ HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL IIN ALAMO GY Attention! ! Ladies and Gent-~ |lemen! ! All interested in having a good time should set aside | F'riday night, October 30 for | barrels of fun. | The P.<T. A.is sponsoring a !Hallowe'en Carnival inthe high - school gympasium from eight o'clock till—. This is where jyou can get a good old fashioned oyster and fish supper at good old fashioned prices. There will‘ also be hot dogs, sandwiches, i fortune teiling, and other things which go with this occasion. “Lum and Abner’’ wiil be press ent in their Jot 'Em Down Store. The people in the community will vote for king and queen ol { the carnival, Save your pennies and come full of life and ready for fun, The Alamo P.~T. A. met in the uineth grade room on Thursday evaping Octcber Ist at 3:45. mlreshments were seirved by Mrs, O. Ryals, Mrs. R. A. Hogan Mrs. H. R. Gilder and Miss.‘ Quinnelle Hargrove as the mem bers entered. Everyone enjoyed 4 short social, Mre. G. L. Hattaway, presis dent, presided over the business session. Much business of inters est was transacted afrer which a most helpful program was ren dered by Mrs. J. D. Peebles, | Miss Sara McDaniel and Mlis, J. R. Chambliss. "'Values’’ was the central thought of the program which gave everyone present a new lcase on life, T'he tilks were unusually good, The Wheeler County P.<T. A, Council will meet with the Alamo school Friday afternoon October | 16th, Daniell Baptist Asso. l to Meet in Vidalia The Fitty-Third annual sess sion of the Daniell Baptist Asso ciation will be held at the First Baptist Church, Vidalia, on next! Wednesday and Thurday Octos ber 21 and 22, Rev. Gower Lati~ mer, Moderator, will call the’ gsession to order at 10 o'clock Weduesday morning. The other ofticers are; Dr. J. W. Palmer, vice moderator; Rev. J. D. Rabun, clerk; V. B. Harrs ing, treasurer; M. E. Hall, audi~ wr. FOX SALE—Cheap, for cash, 1937 Chevrolet, 4 door sedan. Alamo Telephone Company, STRAYED—One bLlack and | white spotted bull yearling Owner notify W. C. Coleman || Alamo. : e et e e ——————— 3 ; PECANS WANTED HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR ANY QUANTITY., LOCATED IN HARTLEY BUILDING NEXT TO R. E. A. OFFICE ‘ C. E. Wrye & Co. Alamo == Georgia $ Sample Copy 5¢ Number 20 (SUPERIOR COURT The Wheeler County Supelior Court, which cenvened here last Monday, adjourned last Wedness day, There weie a number of cases tried, two being from the civil docket. The cases that were tried will be published next week. The court was not 1n session on Tuesday. Judge Eschol Graham presidv ‘ed and Soliciter General M. M, Boyer, attended to the interests of the state. Judge Graham, in his charge to the jury on Monday morning, praised the offices of Justices of the Peace and commended the mei who now hold these offices throughout the county. He «Xx-~ plained the way in which our state and county officers ae slected and spoke favorbly for that method. In reference to the present sar, Judge Graham believes th: ¢ she tide has turned for the bet~ ter. He says that we are on the sinning side on every fiont ard that the Axis can’t fight much longer. He referred to the ten lcommnndmems as that which we should hold most valaable for which we are tighling because vhey are the basis for all that \ e hold dear, The Grand Jury adjourned on fuesday. Their presentments are elsewhere ia this issue of the Kagle. ! s Tires and Tubes Issued By Local Rationing Board Statement of certiticates issued by the Local Rationing Board for ¢ purchase of tires and tubes for the week beginning September 28 and ending Octo 'ver 10, Oconee Naval Stores, 1 tire, George W. Hartley, 1 tire, 1 tubx;’ Woodrow W. Burrow, 1 tire. ' Obsolete Type Tires J. H. Clark, 2 tires; Lewis Moon, 1 tire, P. P. Hearn, 2 recapped tires only; George R.Peebles, 1 res ’capped tire only; H. L. Brett, 2 ‘recapped tires only. 'Kerosene and Fuael 01l Dealers to Register The Fuel Oil and Kerosene Dealer registration dates have been tentatively set for October 90 and 21. This registration will be handled in a similar manner to the dealer registration in Gasoline Rationing. Every retail dealer, jobber, distributor, and supplier who sells fuel oil or kerosene will be required to register, indicating their invens tory on hand as of October 1, as well as their maximum storage capaciby.