Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, February 05, 1943, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text& Whrrlrr Owuniß Eagb j® DEVOTED. TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY.* Volume 29 superior COURT MH MONDAV The February term of Wheeler County Superior Court will convene here nex,t Monday morning, with Judge Eschol Graham presiding and Solicitor M. H. Boyer will be on hand looking after the interest of the State. Ihe following is the list of jury men who will serve during this ses sion of court: GRAND JURORS FEBRUARY TERM, 1943 W. 0. Harrelson B. Z. Swain J. A. Barlow James L. Sears J. H. Mitchell J. T. Pope R. E. Rivers Ralph L. Thomas ] Emmett Currie W. E. Currie, Sr. R. L. Avery A. L. Clements G. F. Clak W. T. Burgess ( W. H. Clark R. C. Livingston H. R. Hill, Sr. P. J. Towns j W. J. Futral, Jr. . F. C. Clark F. B. Elam C. R. Dixon , J. Mcßae Clements N. H. Sears K. N. Sears , Traverse Jurors, February Term, , 1943. Drawn to appear Monday Morning, Feb. 8, 1943. : J. C. Fowler J. T. Heath W. C. Coleman Guy Cox J. L. Clegg B. H. Purvis C. M. Jordan J. Tom Rivers M. A. Clements R. J. Smith C. W. Sellars H. A. Montfort Guy 0. Stone 0. B. Adams A. J. Lowery Barkwell Couey । W. C. Riddle J. H. Walker J. 1. Mitchell I. F. Elton , A. B. Grimes C. M. Ledbetter E. G. Hinson U. F. Sears H. J. Cox M. B. Sikes , S. P. Reynolds J. W. Mcßride W. D. Ussery M. N. Clark J. H. Gross John C. Gillis Tom Hughes C. M. Anderson Alvin Hartley Walter M. Pope , O. H. Joiner B. C. Clark । J. C. Scarboro J. J. Selph C. P. Ennis Johnnie Moran D. H. Durden J. I. Palmer J. F. Morrison, Jr Emmett Joyce John L. Morrison W. P. Owens, Sr. ( Traverse Jurors, February Term, 1943. Drawn to appear on Wednes day A. M., Feb. 10, 1943. A.' P. Goss D. T. Coleman L. N. Harbin J. O. Perdue 1 G. C. Barnhill F. A. Irwin 1 J. W. Hearn R. D. Jenkins N. A, White J. L. Watson B. A. Irwin Martin Johnson J. P. Sumner W. L. Simmons J. 0. Hinson D. E. Roland R. H. Barswell Arthur Brown H. T. Graham T. M. Heath Arthur Hartley J. L. Sammons R. B. Nelson H. E. Coleman TAXPAYERS URGED TO FILE EARLY RETURNS An appeal for early filing of tax turns of 1948 income was made last week to 35,000,000 Americans by Secretary Morgenthau. Mr. Morgenthau said that, with more than 8,000,000 additional indi viduals required to make returns, last-minute jams would swamp col lectors’ offices and consume valuable man-hours of taxpayers, many of whom will be workers in war pro duction. He also called attention to the joint statement issued last week b. Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman George of the Senate Fi not be required to file a return for roneous reports that taxpayers will not be required to lie a return for 1942, in which they urged all tax payers to file returns as usual to avoid being penalized. SAVE YOUR TIN CANS Homemakers save your tin cans; our Government needs them to help win this War. All grocery stores in the county are providing a place for you to carry them. Below you will find the method of preparing them before you carry them to the grocery store. The Mcßae Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s truck will pick up all tin cans .piled up here in a pile. STRAYED—Ono bird pup W iite with black spot over right e ’<vbeen gone about three weeks. Reward. finder will bring dog to Eule office or Olin Street’s. BANK [PRESIDENT EXPLAINSCHECK DEAL The following letter was received by The Atlanta Journal Monday from W. S. Mann, president of the Merchants and Citizens Bank at Me- ■ Rae, in reference to a news story ! published Sunday relatives to state I Highway Department funds de posited in the bank: “Your articles on the front page of your Sunday January 31, issue under the heading ‘Mcßae Bank s Bond cashed in by Arnall,’ unfairly places the Merchants and Citizens Bank in a false light. For this rea son only, this bank requests that you publish this and 1 - the«following. giving equal prominence thereto. “On the 20th day of January, 1943, this bank (perhaps as all oth ers) received a communication from Mr. W. M. Williams signed as secre tary-treasurer of the State Highway Board containing a certifiedcopy of an order issued by Governor Ar nall naming Hoonrable Ryburn G. Clay as executive officer in charge of the State Highway Department, ft also contained a certified copy of j an order by Mr. Clay directing by ' whom checks would be signed in pay ing and Withdrawing funds from banks to the credit of the State Highway Board. “No check was then presented or 4 demand made for any funds, and none has since been presented or made. “Our board of directors were un easy over Wie situation. The deposit was to the credit of the State High way Board. The law provides that management of the department and ■ontrol of its funds is vested in the State Highway Board composed of j there members appointed by the j Governor. The directors were un- | easy that the Governor could not : name an executive and vest control • of such funds in such agent instead •>f appointing board members as the law provides. “Gontsqquently, they instructed that the president of the bank try to handle the matter so as to get rid of the deposit without having to pay . ■'hecks drawn payable to individuals. “In pursuance of these instruc tions, the following letter was writ ten: January 27, 1943. “‘Mr. W. N. Williams, “ ‘Secretary-Treasurer, State Highway Board of Georgia, “ ‘Atlanta, Ga. “ ‘Dear Sir: “‘Your letter of the 18th instan’ enclosing order issued by Hon. Rv burn G. Clay, “exectulve officer in ‘harge of the State Highway De partment,” and “executive order of the Governor,” with reference to ac counts in banks of the State High way Department, has been received. “ ‘We do not want any confusion ••nd have no desire to hold th" de posit in this bank. On the contrary, before Mr. Wilburn and his associat es went out of office we tried to get them to withdraw this money and re turn to us our bonds pledged as se curity. “ ‘However, we are anxious to avoid' any risk of subsequent loss of this amount of money, as the amount involved would imperially interfere with our surplus account should we have to pay it more than once. I “ ‘We do not criticize the set-up you now have, but for the life of us we cannot conclude that it is legal or authorized by law'. Section 40- 305 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, cited by the Governor in appointing Mr. Clay, does not in ths facts ex isting authorize or justify such ap pointment The terms of office of the old members of the Highway Board terminated at the end of the term of the Governor, provided their successors were appointed and quali ed by Governor Arnall to take the’' places. If successors were not nam ed and appointed, under Section 89- 105 of the Code of 1933. Mr. Wil burn and his associates held on un til successors were appointed and qualified, and Mr. Wilburn and his । associates constituted the Highway *, Board. 1 , “But I stated in the beginning, , , we want no dispute or confusion. We >' do think, however, that in view of | this illegal situation that considera tion should be given to the protec- ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FERBUARY 5, 1943 DEEERNENTSIO FARM WORKERS WORKERS ON FARMS Requirements for agricultural de i ferments have been extensively lib , eralized to keep additional workers 'on the farms. The new criteria for I the guidance of Selective Service ■ local boards not only liberalize the application of the “war unit” stan dard of production but include nu merous additions to the list of es sential crops for the production of which farmers may be deferred. Approved by the Department of Agriculture, the War Manpower Commission, farm organizations and other interested groups, the revised guide provides that a local board would be justified in some cases in deferring an agricultural worker - who produced as little as 8 war units of essential products. Heretofore, 16 units was considered a standard. Selective Service local boards have been advised that when they are of the opinion that, agricultural workers who are not producing at least 8 war units at the* time coudd produce I them if they were employed else ' where the boards should notify the local employment office of the War Manpower Commission and allow 30 days for the placement of the work rs on other farms. Also agricul ural workers will not be reclassified out of their deferred classification if they move from one agricultural endeavor - to another as long as they continue to be necessary to and r«g ularly engaged in, an agricnultural occupation or endeavor essential to ;he war eftort. The procedure which local boards .re to follow in granting defer । ments closely follow the procedure i established in November. In class. | ii-C shall be placed any registrant i who has nogrounds for deferment I other than his occupation or endeav or and who is found to be necessary .o and regularly engaged in an ag ricultural occupation or agricultural endeavor essential to the war effort. In Class IH-C shall be placed any registrant who is deferred by rea son of dependency and who is found to be necessary to and regularly en gaged in an agricultural occupation or agricultural endeavor essential to the war effort. To guide the local boards the De partment of Agriculture through Se live Service recommended in No vember that any person who through his personal and direct ef forts was responsible for the pro duction of 16 war units of essential farm products might properly be considered as “Necessary to and reg ularly engaged in an agricultural occupation or agricultural endeavor essential to the war effort.” It also furnished a list of agricultural products including those considered essential and those considered less essential and set up a unit system oy which local boards could deter mine whether a farm worker was reducing a sufficient number of livestock, poultry, field crops, fruit, truck and canning crops, or other food and special crops to make up the necessary 16 war units. To this original list have been add ed several products including tobac co and short staple cotton. Wood products are also added, including logs, hewn railroad ties, fenceposts, pulp wood, fuel wood and others. Ducks anil geese are also added to the list of poultry; and goats to live stock. Vegetable seeds and honey also are included. The original list of fruits is made more detailed. ion of a small bank like ours. With I this end in view, let us suggest and | request that the matter be handled in either one of two ways: “1. That since the old board did 1 not draw the money out at our re quest, you let the matter stand as ■ it. is until Governor Arnall appoints members to the Highway Board and i the setup be made legal; or, “ ‘2. That the money be with i drawn on a check made payable for deposit to the account of the High t way Department in a designated and , qualified state depository for state , ■ funds and our securities be attached . ; to the check. “ ‘lt is my information that the ! Citizens & Southern National Bank f ; of Atlanta is holding our securities f in trust for the Highway Board pending the payment of the deposit. (Continued on page 2) PETERSON SEEKING 1 AID FOR FARMERS r JB 1 CONG. HUGH PETERSON Washington, Jan. 22.—Two bills to aid farmers who face loss of their properties through mortgage fore closure have been introduced in the House by Representative Peterson (D-Ga.). One (HR1287) would provide the a farmer owning on a mortgage could sell his entire tract, say of 1,000 awes, to the Secretary of the Interior, through the General Land Office, with the mortgage to be liqui dated by the government. Then the farmer would have the right to acquire out of the entire tract a debt-free homestead for in stance 200 acres, with the balance to be divided into four homesteads which would be made available to other persons who were not already owners of farm land. Under the other bill (HR1300) the Secretary of "the Interior could take over the tract under mortgage, pro vide a homestead for the distressed farmer, and the mortgage debt on in? entire area would be pro-rated over the homestead and the other homesteads carved out of the origi nal tract. The government would be reim bursed for the mortgage it had as sumed by payments made over a pe riod of 40 years. The permission of the Secretary of the Interior would be required for the sale, cutting or removal of tim ber or other natural resources from any of the lands converted into homesteads. Both bills have been referred to the public lands committee. GLENWOOD NFLA TO HOLD ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING The annual stockholders meeting of the Mt. Vernon National Farm Loan Association will be held in Mt. Vernon Georgia, on February 10, 1943, at the court house, at 10:30, Central War Time. All members of the Association, and borrowers of the Federal Land Bank in Montgomery County are urged to attend this meeting, and learn of the past year’s operations of their Association. Other matters of importance will be taken up with the Stockholders, in as much as it will be necessary' to elect Directors for a term beginning with the date of the annual meeting. This Association services all Fed eral Land Bank loans located in its chartered territory, and at the pres ent time the Directors and Officers are as follows: Mr. Homer Johnson, President Mr. B. Z. Swain, President J. P. Morrison, Vice-President W. H. Clark, Director N. A. Wynn, Director Walter M. Pope, Director s Mr. E. O. McKinney, Secretary -1 Treasurer. This Association and other Asso ciations located in Tattnall, Toombs, ' and Wheeler Counties have a joint -office located in Vidalia, Georgia. 1 — Evangelist Clark H. Ellison from Greenville, S. C., will preach two • sermons at Snow Hill Baptist church ‘ February 7th, 1943. Public cordially invited, s d ——— —— Save all tin cans MISS HELEN HURWITZ HIGH RANKING OFFICER — Savannah, Ga., Jan. 20.—Second I Lieutenant Helen A. Hurwitz, daugh ter of Mrs. Polly Hurwitz, Alamo, is now on duty at the station hospi tal at Hunter Field, Savannah Army Air Base, Savannah. Lt. Hurwitz, a graduate of Macon Hospital, Macon, was a private nurse in Macon and Savannah before com missioned in the Army Nurses Corps at Savannah in February, 1942. As an Anny Nurse, Lt. Hurwitz is both a nurse and an officer, enjoying all privileges of Army Officers. Her duties in the station hospital are similar to that in civilian life. She is cllarged principally with the training of Medical Corps enlisted men in the care of patients. Under the new pay raise passed by congress. Army nurses will receive the same pay as all Army second Lieutenants. UNION SPRINGS B. T. U. HAS SOCIAL Members' of the Union Springs B. T. U. enjoyed a social in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cordie Joiner of Cedar Grove. This affair was gwen in honor of Edsel Joiner and Hymur Brooks, who are expecting to leave for the Army soon. Gaines and coitavs were enjoyed until a late hour when refreshments were served by’ the hostess, assisted y Mrs. J. M. Mullis and Mrs. Dornia Joiner. 3 hose preseil were, Misses Joyce Lamb, Juanita Joiner, Jeanett Mul lis, Avis Page, Mary Beth Parrish, Nell Lamb, Margaret Benson, Wil lena Joiner, Ellen Walker, Mary Frances Jones. Marguerite Brown ing, Ruth Joiner, Evnlea Ward, Odra Scarborough, and Jethro Gilder, Braxton Page, Edsel Joiner, Hymur Brooks, N. H. Wh'te, Gerrell Spires, Alton Walker, Randall White, Ros coe Hall, Gerald Mullis, Paul Young, and Charlie Joiner. AN APPRECIATED LETTER FROM AN OLD FRIEND Fort Sam Houston Tex. Jan. 24, 1943 Wheeler County Eagle: I will write you a few lines to let you hear from me. I feel fine and hope you are the same. I want you to send me the Wheeler county paper so I can tell what is going on there. I suppose there are not very many boys left there—do you know? The Mason boy that was with me, has been sent across the deep blue sea. I got a letter from my brother and he said that they had not heard from him in two months, so I sup pose that he is across. It won’t be very long before I will get to come home and I am going to knock down the big ones and run the little ones through the crack; and when I come home I will come and see you. There are plenty of girls and some pretty ones too. And talk about having a time, I am having one. My address is: 34445110, Co. K, 379th Inf. A. P. O. No. 95 Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Don’t forget to send me the Eagle for I want to read it. MRS- MARGARET HARRELSON Dublin, Ga., Feb. I.—Funeral ser vices for Mrs. Margaret Lee Harrel son, 85 widow of Samuel Harrelson, who died Thursday at her home In Laurens County after a year of ill health, were held Friday at Cedar Grove Methodist church, with the Revs. C. C. Long and Anthony Hearn officiating. Burial was in the Cedar Grove cemetery. Mrs. Har- relson, a lifelong resident of this county, was a member of the Meth- , odist ehurch. | Surviving members are a son, L. W. Harrelson; a daughter, Mrs. F. F. Gay. » STRAYED—BIack butt headed ’ cow, about one and one half year 1 old. Been at my place about four weeks. Owner may get same by paying expenses, and also this advertisement. J. L-. Sumner [Glenwood, Georgia, Route 1. Sample Copy 5c Number 36 , REB CROSS 10 1 STARTURGEJHWE I Washington, D. C—With a goal of $125,000,000 for its 1943 War Fund, the American Red Cross will embark upon the biggest campaign in its history on March 1. In announcing the goal, set by the t entral Committee of the American Red Cross, Chairman Norman H. Da vis said the figure represented the minimum requirements of the Red Cross if the organization is to meet its war-time obligations. “The goal,” Chairman Davis said, “is based upon realistic estimates which careful study shows are actual ly needed to meet the heavy war time obligations and responsibilities of the Red Cross. This sum covers local, national and international war time needs of the organization for one year barring unforseen emergen cies or disasters. Chairman Davis emphasized that more than 65 per cent of the amount required by the national organization has been budgeted for Red Cross services to the armed forces. With the approval of President Roosevelt, March will be observed as Red Cross Month in every city, town, and hamlet covered by the 3,750 Red Cross chapters and their 6,154 branches. All walks of com munity life will be represented in the campaign. The customary Red Cross mem bership Roll Call was dispensed with last November when the Red Cross decided upon one campaign in March which, barring emergencies, will fi nance its work until February 28 1944. Wheeler County Red Cross Chap ter, according to Mrs. C. E. Wrye, county publicity agent, will begin their drive March Ist, and call upon all citizens to be ready t* respond. WEITMON—PEARSON Savannah, Ga., January 31, 1943. Miss Nancy Ethelda Weitmon, daughter of Mrs. Clyde Stroud Weitmon, of Alamo, Georgia, and Lieutenant Charles Tucker Pearson, U. S. Army, were married yester day afternoon at a ceremony taking place at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Father S. B. McGlohdn officiating. White Gladioli decorated the Church and tall candles lighted the altar. The wedding music was rendered by Miss Andeppa. The bride was given in marriage by her uncle, R. Russell Stroud, ami the bride-groom was attended by Sergeant James Dunaway, of Camp Stewart, as best man. Mrs. Ransley Burge Mallory, Jr., sister of the bride, was the matron of honor, and wore a becoming dress of maise crepe with brown accessories and a corsage of red carnations. The bride, a blonde, wore a medium blue wool dress wit'., brown accessories and a corsage of j white orchids. Mrs. Clyde Weitmon, mother of the bride, was gowned in a gold dress of wool, her corsage being of white gardenias. Mrs. J. Marcus Stubbs, aunt of the bride, wore an acquamarine dress with ibrown accessories; her corsage was of red rosea. Mrs. Pearson attended Arm strong Junior College, Savannah, and Georgia Teachers College, States boro. She was a member of Lamba Theta Chi Sorority. She now holds a responsible position at Camp Stew " art with the Motor Transport Corps. Lieutenant Pearson, • Milltown, । Alabama, graduated from Auburn r College with B. S. degree in Textile e Engineering and is a member of Sig ma Chi Fraternity. He is now sta tioned at the Quartermaster Depot, p Charlotte, N. C. Immediately after the ceremony Lieutenant Pearson and his bride left for their honeymoon in Florida. FOR SALE-Large cabbage plants. Ten cents per hundred. N. A. Wynn, Glenwoed, Georgia Route 2. We want logs, any kind De iver at mill. C. B. GRINER.