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

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Newspaper Page Textfe Whrekr (Enmity Eagb DEVOTED TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY- Volume 30 J, I MITCHELL DIES AFTER WILUIESS Mr. J. I. Mitchell, 64. a prom inent farmer of the Shiloh com munity, died at a hospital in Hazlehurst Thursday night, Oc tober 26, following an illness of several weeks. Mr. Mitchell has been a resident of this county all of his life, and was among the best citizens of the county. He has been a patron of the Eagle since it began publication in 1913 and has always been a good and reliable citizen. Services were conducted at Shiloh chucrch Thursday af ternoon with Revs. Harris and Snell conducting the rites. . Interment followed in the church cemetery. Mr. Mitchell who was sixty four years of age died in the local hospital Tuesday followed an illnes of several weeks. Besides his widow he is sur vived by two sons, A. G. Mitchell and J. H. Mitchell, of Lumber City; one daughter, Mrs. J. H. Leggett, Ludowici;four brothers W. E. Mitchell, Hazlehurst; P.W. Mitchell, West Palm Beach, Fla., Vance Mitchell and Jim Mitchell of Brunswick, and-five sisters. Misses Olive and Fannie Mitchell Brunswick; Miss Alma Mitchell and Mrs. [shmaii Garcia, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Mrs. Rossie O’Berry, Evergreen, N.C. Soil Conservation Service For Wheeler County Now Wheeler County has been voted into the Ohoopee River Soil Conservation District and ser vices of the District are now available for the farmers of Wheeler county. Mr. G. R. Peebles is located at Alamo, as planning technican for the Wheeler County Work Unit. The Soil Conservation service offers assistance to the farmers ot Wheeler county in making soil surveys and land use planning Tais includes teracing assistance along with a complete conserva tion planning program so that the farmers might maintain and build the fertility of the soil to increase the production of crops which are of vital importance ta the war effort. All farmers are urged to take advantage of these services. Mr. Peebles office is located in the County Court House and he will be glad to have yau to call at his office to discuss with you the assistance that is available for your individual farm. Rev. Harris Off to Conference This Week The South Georgia Conference of the Mvtbodist Cuurcbes met in Tifton Wednesday, Kev. R. L. Harris, and the delegates left Wednesday. Rev. R. L. Harris, the pastor of the Alamo charge announced before leaving that there will nOj be any preaching at Alamo, Browning and Sailoh on next Sunday, November 7. The pastors will up doubt be bssigned Sunday. MORGENTHAU BACK FROM BATTLE TOUR Washington, Nov. I.—Secretary Morgenthau returned to the Treas ury Monday after a three-week tour of Mediterranean battle fronts to discuss, final problems with Allied military leaders. He was accompanied by Harry D. White, Treasury monetary expert, and his confidential assistant, Fred Smith. ; | The trip was made by air. COUNTY PRIMARY i NEXT WEDNESDAY o The Wheeler County Dcmo ’ cratic Primary will be held in all 1 six of the pricents on next Wed ■ nesday, November 10, according ■ to the date set at a recent meet -1 ing of the Wheeler County Demo* i cratic Executive Committee. Although there is no opposi ' tion to any df the candidates in this county, it is general believed that the voting will uu hij throughout the county. The Election managers for tach district will be the Executive Committeeman of bis distsict. They are as follows: J. H. Walker —Alamo Ross McMillon —Erick McArthur—-R. F. Jordan Spring Hill —Frank Elton Landsburg—A. J. Lowery Glenwood —No name The polls will opeu at 7 o’clock A. M. and win cioae at 6 o’clock P. M. in ail precients. Appreciated Letter From Friend in Armed Service Hello, Emory: Just a few words io all my friends and loved ones back home, whom 1 hope are tine these days. As for me, lam still kicking, out nut so high at present as 1 am in the hospital with a Lec tured leg. Hope to be back on duty, soon, for I lots rather be drilling than lying in bed. The war news sounds good these days, and lets all hope and pray it will be over soon, and then back to good old civilian life. I hope, I hope. But we’ve got a job to do and we will do it I am sure. I am sending my best regards to all. Pvt. James F. Fields, Co. M 377 tn Inf. A. P. 0. 95 Care: Postmaster Los Angeles, California. I enjoy the Eagle very much and keep sending it. Thanks for your trouble. HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL SUCCESSFUL EVENT The spooks and goblins all col lected on Friday night the 29th us October at the Alamo Gymna sium. They had been invited there by the Alamo P. T. A. who were sponsoring a Halloween Carnival. Because of the cooperation of ■ the P. T. A. and the faculty with the spooks and goblins theoffer -1 ing was a success, both from a i financial standpoint and a plaas evening for all. The people of i the community and the leaders who took an active part are all to ' be commended. i There was present a “House ; of Horros,” Bingo, Fishing Pond, Do-Do Board, Turkey Drawing, ; Cake walks and refreshments. i The main event which brought a I great amount of friendly compe tition was in the election of the King and Queen of the Carnival. Mrs. Kusnitz. Reporter PECAN BUYERS AWAIT OPA CLARIFICATION Vidalia, Nov. 3.—With 150,900 * pounds of pecans on the local auc l tion floor, few outside bids for pro cessors and manufacturers were . submitted, the buyers apparently , awaiting classification of newly-an l nounced OPA regulations. The j warehouse management earned the weight of the sale. ALAMO, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1943 C. D. HORTON HEADS ' COUNTYTEACHERS The Wheeler County Teachers met here at the court house on Monday, October 19, at 3:45 o’- clock for their first meeting of the school term. County School Superintendent W. H. Kent opentd the meeting by asking al] teachers to stand and sing whole heartedly, “America.” After wTi^h Rpv. I . L. Harris, pastor ui me Alamo Melbuuist Church gave an inspiring devotional. Supeiintendent Kent then an nounced that a nominating com mittee which consisted of all school heads ,of the county had previously met in his office and nominated the officers for the enauing term. Mr. Green, of Shiloh High school presented the nominees to the association and the following officers were elect ed: President—Supt, U. D. Horton, of Union Junior High, Vice President—Supu. C. A. Estes, of Alamo High. Sec.-Treas. —Mrs. L, M. Pope, Fifth Grade of Wheeler County High school. Reporter—Mrs. Mary K.Clark, Fifth Grade of Glenwood High school. The new president was pre sented to the association by Superintendent Kent. The presi dent gave a short talk and pres sented promising plans for the ensuing term. A short business meeting was held. The guest speakers were int erduced by Superintendent W. H. Kent as follows: First: The State School Sup ervisor, Mr. J. M. Gooden. He was heartdly welcomed by the association as a whole. He rend ered an inspirational talk on the war crises. He pointed out the great work that teachers could carry on in helping to win “Vic tory.” Second: C. F. Carver, Os Mercer University and a Sup^ ervisior of State Forest Fires. His talk was enjoyed and worthly iaformation was given to the teachers to pass on to the pupils in preventing forest fires. Third: Mr, C. M. Jordan gave information on a large costly fire which caused a great loss. The meeting then adjourned. —Reporter. US PEOPLE By G. C. Barnhill When John D. Rockefeller’s out fit began to bore a hole in the ground down in Florida looking for some more gasoline, he had some thing to bore the hole with, the tools and the money to back them up. After boring the hole down two and one tenth miles they found the oil. In a short time four hundred barrels of crude oil was measured up, and this Atlantic side of our country is going to be the largest oil field we have had, from statements from some of the folks that know what is under th e top of the ground. Will be a sight to find all this oil when we can’t even buy a new auto mobile to ride around, stop now and then so somebody can ask us about our good luck that a new well just reported here and there. If we get plenty of oil wells we may stop raising beef cattle. SIO.OO Reward I will pay $lO 00 reward for information, who the parties were that went to my house and set the wood pile on fire Thurs day, October 21st, while I was gone from my home. C. F. McGee, Alamo, Ga., Rt. 1, CONTINUE MINIMUM I PROVISION TO FARMS The AAA farm for 1943 con j tinues the S2O minum provision i to operators of small farms, and , also the “increase in small pay ’ ments,” accoi ding to William D. । Giddins, Jr, county AAA ad , ministrative officer. The S2O minimum provision, , which affects a large number of . farmers, means that even though a farmer’s allowance computed for* special crop acreage allot ments and production practices is less than S2O, he may earn the difference by carrying out addi tional production practices. The effect of this provision, as in the past, will be to increase the small farmer’s opportunity so conserve and improve soil lertility on his farm, Giddins said. There is still time in 1943 for farmers to plant winter legumes, apply lime and superphosphate, build terraces, establish and otherwise improve pastures, and seed mixtures of small grain and winter legumes. The provision for increases in payments under s2oois on a slid ing scale so that farmers in the lower payment brackets receive proportionately larger increases in payments than those in the higher brackets, Giddins ex plains. The total payment computed for auy person for any farm, if less than S2OO, will be increased by a specified amount. The amount of increase ranges from $8 for a S2O payment to sl4 lor a SOO payment, and is sl4 for all payments between S6O and $lB6. Payments between $lB6 and S2OO will be increased to S2OO. farnlmoiho RECEIVEJPAYMENTS Wheeler County farmers will soon be receiving payments for agricultural conservation work done this year, according to an announcement this week by L. B. Chambers, county AAA com mitteeman. Mr. Chambers pointed out that approximately 225.000 farmers will receive conservation pay ments during the piogram year. Total payments will amount to about $10,000,000. “Applications for payment which have just been approved and certified are the first to be received in the State office under the 1943 program,” Mr. Cham bers said. "They were submitted from approximately twenty fiv e coumks. We anticipate a large number of applications from this county in the next few weeks and these will be bandied as rapidly as possible, in oider that checks may be speeded tuthe farmers,’’ Mr. Chambers urged that farmers submit applications for these payments as soon as pos sible. YOUNG NEGRO ON WAY TO ARMY DROPS DEAD Vidalia, Ga., Oct. 31.—Bennie William Lockhart, a colored induc tee transferred from the Miami, Fla., selective service board to the Toombs county board for induc tion, dropped dead just as he was attempting to board the special bus in Lyons Friday .-.bout nonn. The young Negro was 20 years of age and his parents lived in Vidalia, his father being a long-time em ploye of the Seaboard Air Line here. The boy who had no record of a heart ailment and had passed his cursory examination some time W IMREIO 1 SPONSOR SHOW i The Alamo Theatre Saturday evening, at 10:30 o’clock, will put on a special show for the sole benefit of Sam Coleman, a fellow citizen of the town of Alamo, who has been very ill for 'some time. He was first carried to Dr. F. R. Mann’s Hospital in Mcßae, but latter taken to the University Hospital in Augusta. He is now at Ins home heie and still very ill. Under the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Mellon the popular and efficient owner and manager of the Alamo Theatre is putting this show on for sole purpose ol Sam Coleman. Mr. and Mrs Mellon are both to be commend ed for this worthly deed. All ol the proceeds will go to him direct. The name of the picture for the late show is: Tex Ritter, In “Headed For The Rio Grande” The admission to this show is 10 cents for children, adults will be 25 cents, but you can give as much as you please for all goes to Sani Coleman. This is one of Tex Ritter's best western pictures. “NO SALE” SAYS HUNTER Vidalia, Ga., Oct. 31.—At this week’s livestock sale in Vidalia, a bird dog, a number 12 shotgun and 5 boxes of shells wer e lumped and auctioned off by a hunter who had probably temporarily soured on hie uck. The complete outfit drew a bona fide bid of SIOO, but the own er declared "No Sale.” Bidder dia not indicate whether he was mainly 1 interested in the dog or the 5 boxes of shells. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT PUBLIC HEALTH DEPT. The health of Georgians remained at a satisfactory level during the first six months of 1943 when there were 13,629 deaths —three less than for the same period last year, ac cording to semiannual report of Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, director of the Department of Public Health, to the State Board of Health in session -in Atlanta Thursday. The report discloses an increase of 13.5 per cent in the 34,956 births recorded for the six-month period. There were appreciable declines in infant mortality of 12.9 per cent and maternal mortality of 11.2 per cent. Tuberculosis, considered the lead ing cause of death among the pre ventable diseases, shows a decrease with 590 deaths in the 1943 period and 596 in 1942. This disease has previously increased during war time. The report also shows a 71.6 per cent decline in mortality from meas les, the scarlet fever rate remained the same, . and whooping cough deaths increased from 46 to 103. Three of the degenerative diseases —cancer, diabetes, and heart disease show slight increases in mortality, while cerebral hemorrhage and ne phritis indicate slight decreases. This group, however, accounted for a total of 5,151 deaths. Automobile accidents declined 25.7 per cent, while all other accidents increased 16.9 per cent. The report shows that 87.6 per cent of the population of Georgia is receiving some form of local health service being rendered by a staff of 573. persons. Robert F. Maddox, chairman of the State Board of Health, presided at the meeting. The mepibers pres ent were: Dr. C. L. Ridley, of Ma eon; Dr. C. K. Sharp, of Arlington; R. C. Ellis, Americus; Dr. J. A. Corry, Barnesville; Dr. W. P. liar bin, Jr., Rome; Dr. H. W. Clements, Adel; Dr. R. L. Rogers, Gainesville; Dr. D. N. Thompson, Elberton; George Wright, Tifton; Dr. J. G. Williams, Atlanta,; Dr. W. K. White, Savannah. Wanted—Cane mill at once, 60 gallon capacity. Apply Eagle office. . 1 Sample Copy 5c Number 23' IGOUNTI-WIDE W ! DRIVE NEXT JHURSMY । Again the people of Wheeler I County are being called upon to ■ give their scrap to the schools, i giving their time, also furnishing i trucks to haul this scrap to the ■ schools as a part of the Nation wide Scrap Drive that is in progress now. The need for scrap iron has become so serious that our Government is launching a nation wide scrap drive from October 1 through November 15. Thursday, November 11, has been designated as Lhe day to collect Scrap in Wheeler County. Scrap will be collected accord ing to School districts and the proceeds will be donated to the schools. Trucks will go to your place on next Thursday, Novem ber Uth. Each individual is asked to do their part in collecting scrap on next Thursday, November 11. R. P. Lecaie, Chairman Scrap Drive Meeting Held A Scrap Drive meeting was held here Monday evening lor the purpose of making plans lor the Scrap Drive lo be held over Wheeler County next Ihuisday, November 11. The following committees wu e appointed: G. R. Peoples am S. A. Lee were lo contact truck owners lo collect the scrap; J. K. Uhambless, J. F. Nicholson and R. P. Leckie are lo locale Hie heavy scrap and make arrange ments for the movement of this icrap. Mrs. L. M. Pope, publi city chairman, with the lady teacbeis assisting. H. N. Sears will contact the business men of the town and ask them to cooperate November 11, for the purpose of gathering Scrap. POULTRY AND EGG MEET PLANNED IN ATLANTA Athens, Ga., Nov. I.—Plans for poultry and egg production in Geor gia during 1944 will be mapped at a poultry and egg conference ii» Atlan ta November 4-5, according to T. Walter Hughes, state supervisor of the Food Distribution Administra tion and Catherine Wood, poultry specialist of the Agricultural Exten sion Service. Representatives of state and fed eral agencies concerned with poul try production will attend the two day meeting, they said. Also invi ted are all large poultry flock own ers and poultry dealers in the state. Major topics for discussion at the conference are the southern egg narketing program, grading and standardization of the program, and educational program for producers, lealers and consumers, and detailed grading techniques. FDA regional officials will parti cipate in discussions covering the grading and marketing program for the coming year, and will explain the grades and standards of eggs and poultry. Committees will be organized to make recommendations on the 1944 poultry program. ONION SETS PUT OUT IN VIDALIA SECTION Vidalia, Ga., Oct. 29.—Onion sets, expected top roduce spring onions or shallots within the next 6 to 8 weeks are being set in the patches by truck gardeners of this section who have lowlands for planting pur noses. A long dry spell in this com munity will delay planting of fields and patches on upland until rain falls and seasons the land. Spring onions are described as a fine crop in this section and will be in good demand and no OPA regulations have appeared as yet, which would tend to cut the good prices paid the distributors of the small bunches put up for home use, and delivered * in the very early spring months.