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DEVOTED. TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY--
Volume 31
IM UH MADE
FOR THIS COliNn
Mr R. G. Perdue, the sole county
commissioner of Wheeler County, at
Hiiy meeting on the first Tuesday in
August, fixed the County Tax rate at
five dollars on the thousand for the
year 1944,
Mr. Perdue was elected to this
office in January 1, 1940, he having
at that time approximately S2OOO on
anhd, the tax rate at that time was
eight dollars per thousand for County
Surposes. Last year he cut the rate
own to five dollars on the thousand
and also the same for this year.
This does not include the various
school districts of this county. Since
coming into office he has increased
the old age pension from SI2OO to
$2400 per year in spite of shortage
of the gasoline tax, due to the war.
He has cooperated with the State and
Federal government to bring these
helpful benefits to this county. He has
also maintained the County chain
gang where it is seif sustaining'by
contracting with the State in build
ing the highways in this county, he
is having grown in the county garden
practically all of the vegetables and
other things that is needed at the
camp.
In the fourth war band drive he
had a nice sum of money in the
county depository, he purchased at
that time SIO,OOO worth of bonds,
these bonds will draw interest until
they become due. This was a very
patriotic step of Mr. Perdue. He has
also installed a creosote plant where
by the farmers of this county can
have their fence posts treated for
long lasting, at actual cost to the
farmer.
Wheeler County is clear of debts
and has several thousands of dollars
on deposit in the Merchants and
Citizens Bank of Mcßae. The out
standing warrants are none and un
paid bills are none. Mr. Perdue se
cured the effecient service of Miss
Alma Lee Morrison, several months
after he took office as county com
missioner, she is a great help in aid
ing Mr. Perdue in this office.
STATE BOARD THANKS
OFFICIALS FOR AID TO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
In a resolution adopted by the State
Beard es Education, -Governor Ellis
Arnall and other State officials are
warmly thanked for the services they
have rendered the public-school teach
ers and pupils of Georgia and edu
cation in general. The resolution fol
lows:
“Whereas, even in the face of war
measures which have in some fields
restricted the state from collecting
normal revenue, Governor Ellis Ar
nall, as Governor and chairman of the
Budget Commission, has been able to
find funds with which to finance the
teacher-retirement system and two
months’ salary for the Georgia public
school teachers, SIOO,OOO for th^,pub
lic library program and SIOO,OOO for
the trade school project, and
"Whereas, it takes executive ability,
skill and statesmanship to accumulate
a surplus of money for these im
portant factors, and
“Whereas, Governor Arnall ha? suc
ceeded, on a sound economical basis,
in financing the activities of the State
Government and has been able to re
duce the State’s debts tremendously
without increasing taxes, and
“Whereas, no one could do such
hercullean tasks without vision and
pronounced leadership, and
“Whereas, this challenging con
•tructilve endeavor by the Governor
is so universally and unanimously
appreciated by the teachers, the chil
dren, the school administrators, the
press, the State Board of Education
and the citizens of eGorgia, therefore
"Be it resolved that we as mem
bers of the State Board of Education,
with Mrs. S. C. Paterson, president of
the State Education Association, con
curring, do hereby express to Honor
able Ellis Arnall, Governor B. E.
Thrasher, Jr., state auditor; other
members of the budget commission,
and the members of the Georgia Gen
eral Assembly, our everlasting grati
tude for this significant, worthwhile
and tremendously important contri
bution for the enlargement of the ed
ucation opportunities of the children
and teachers of Georgia; and
“Be it further resolved that we
wish again to express to Governor
Arnall our abiding appreciation for
his monumental, constructive en
deavor in behalf of Georgia’s enlarg
ing and growing educational pro
gram. The above-mentioned activities
of Governor Arnall prove conclusive
ly his love of Georgia and Georgians,
both children and adults.’*
Wheeler County Chapter
Red Cross To Meet
There will be a meeting iuf the
Wheeler County Chapter of the
American Red Cross at the
Courthouse Monday night, Aug
net 14th, at 9 o'clock, for the
purpose of electing new officers
o r the coming year. It is very
urgent that all members be pre*
sent. A guest speaker is expected
fto be at the meeting to discuss
mm of the Rod Cross work.
MB MUS
MHO
All white schools in Wheeler Coun
ty will open Wednesday August 30—
Wednesday August 30 taking the
place of Friday after Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving holidays will be No
vember 30 through December 3.
School will close for Christmas
Wednesday, December 20 and open
back for the new year on Monday,
January 1.
All white schols are expected to
complete their nine months term on
Friday, May 18. <
There are not very many changes
in the faculties in the various schools
in the county.
The school heads thus far elected
are as follows:
Alamo C. A. Estes
Glenwood -A. M. Sibley
Graham Mrs. J. B. Clements
Shiloh H. G. Harrell
Springhill Mrs. Helen Peterson
Union E. C. Mathew
Ail schools closed a very successful
term this past year, most of which
had a good lunchroom. Approximately
$5,000.00 of Federal Funds were re
ceived for lunchroom reimbursement
and approximately $2,300.00 received
for War Emergency Program. All
schools are expected to again operate
lunchrooms this term.
The colored schools will probably
open Wednesday, September 5 or
Friday September 8.
RED CROSS AIDED
MANY GEORGIANS
Atlanta, Aug. 8 —ln 82 dim*
ters which struck Georgia during
the 20year period ending in
1948, the American Red Cross
aided 66,760 persona, Nat C.
Wiison, Southeastern Area man
ager, said here today.
Mr. Wilson estimated the total
Cjst to Red Cross of aiding the
disaster stricken residents of
Chelate at $814,163.48
In summing up a report pre
pared by the Southeastern Area
Red Cross Disaster Service, the
area manager pointed out that
123 counties were affected by
disasters during the 20*year
period.
Fifty-five of the disasters were
classified as major, with 27 as
minor. The major disasters, in
whose relief Red Cross took part,
struck in 88 counties.
The Red Crude chapters in
Georgia, Mr. Wilson added, are
constantly aware of the threat
of disasters and are prepared
with Disaster Relief Commit
tees to meet any emergency.
SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS~“
By G. R. Peeples
C. E. HINSON, Alamo is terracing
about 200 acres of land that he had
planted to Blue lupine and small
grain last season. Mr. Hinson did not
plant this land to a summer crop
so he could terrace it this summer
and have it ready foi early seeding
of lupine and small grain this fall.
FRED BARKER, Glenwood has a
mighty good lespedeza pasture. The
lespedeza is standing the dry weather
mighty well and is producing some
good grazing.
ESCHOL GILDER, Alamo is terrac
ing about 60 acres of land this sum
mer that he had in small grain last
season.
With tobacco curing about over
most farmers in the county are trying
women and children, while some are
to get labor lined up for peanut har
vesting. Much of this will be done by
planning to use prisoner of war labor.
A large acreage of winter oover crops
is expected to follow the peanut har
vest.
ROAD BUILDING RECEIVES
APPROVAL OF GOVERNOR
The State Treasury has been ,
ordered by Governor Arnail to pro
vide the State Highway Department
with the sum of $686,630 to start the
state - federal highway - construction
program in Georgia, which will cost
nearly three million dollars.
The State will put up a little more
than a million dollars of the amount
and the federal government the rest.
The $460,000 recently recovered by
the State from the federal govern
ment for road damage in the Camp
Stewart area will be utilised by it in
the program.
The projects are scattered over the
counties of Gwinnett, Forsyth, Polk,
Chatham, Walker, Catoosa, Coweta,
Troup, Jenkins, Bacon and Emmanuel
counties.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1944
We Can Accept No New
Subscribers Unless One
Decides to Quit Now
Below we give you the ruling of tbe War
Production Board as we have received it from the
Georgia Press Association.
Weekly Circulation Frozen: The WPB News
print Advisory Committee at its meeting in
Washington June 30, unanimously recommended
that in view of the present shortage of newsprint,
those newspapers using 25 tons or less a quarter
be frozen to the first quarter (1044) consumption'
We are purging our list to a certain extent in
order to bring our list down to the required listing
and find that we have removed ten more names.
There are quite a number of subscribers
whoso subscription have expired, and about to
expire and it will be up to us to hold the list down.
Since this notice received we have accepted a few
new subscribers,- but we still have a margin of
five—at tbe close of Saturday’s business we will
again check our list and if we find a subscriber
whoso subscription has expired we will have to
remove his name from the list in order to make
room for new names. We like new subscribers,
we also lovo old ones and we prefer keeping the
old ones to taking new ones, so if you don’t receive
the Eagle and there is an error please let us know
at once, otherwise if a renewal is not forthcoming
tbe nemo will be promptly removed from the list,
not from preference but from requirement.
The Farmer and War Bonds
by Mr. A. S. Gobs
' Matter of the National Grange
WK FREQUENTLY hear farm
v v crß raise the question as to
whether or not they should buy
War Bonds as long as they are in
debt. The answer to this question
should depend in large measure
upon the nature of the debt and
whether or not it is currant. If part
of it ia past due, an4th* borrower
expects to experience difficulty in
meeting past due payments, he
probably should bring his debt into
current position before investing
in Bonds. If, however, his pay
ments are current, there seems to
be no reason why farmers should
not buy as many Bonds ps they
sre able. Moat individual invest
ors in government Bonds are car
rying debt in one form or an
other, at rates higher than the
Bonds will yield. This is as it
should be if the purchaser id in an
earning position which permits the
accumulation of some -surplus, for
we ail owe it to our government
to do our utmost in the financing
of the war, even though the trans
action may result in our paying
some extra interest on outstand
ing debts.
when a fanner owes money, he
is always concerned as to whether
his crops will sell at prices which
will enable him to repay his debt.
Whan prices are high it is good
business and conservative , finance
to reduce the debt as rapidly as
possible because when prices are
low, it takes more crops sud more
efforts to make the payments.
We should not forget, how
ever, that S government Band
whether prices are high or
whether prices are low. It Is.
therefore, a sound and eoa
eervatlve practice to hay for
enunent Bonds and lay them
Daniell Workers Council
To Meet At Stuckey
The Workers’ Council of the
Daniell Baptist Association will
meet at the Stuckey Baptist
Church next Sunday, at 3:30 p.
m„ EWT.
Emphasis will be placed upon
the different phases of the work
In our Association.
We would like to have rapre*
sontatives from each of our
churches in tbo Association.
Pastore and other workers are
urged to attend tills meeting.
Gower Latimer, President
Workers' Council of Daniell
Association.
More then 00 per eent of Egypt’s
। landowners derive their entire living
from an sore er Mm of land.
aside to make payments on
existing debts when they fall
due. In faet, quite aside from
the patriotic appeal, it is good
business to buy Bonds rather
than make pre-payments on
debt, because the time may
come when the r^ady cash is
needed and the money tied up
in pre-payments cannot be re
turned. If this money is in
vested in Bonds, it can be con
verted into cash to meet any
needs which may arise.
If everyone followed the policy
of buying no War Bonds until their
debts were paid, few Bpnds would
be sold to the public. We have an
obligation to help finance this war
which is vastly more important
than the income we may receive
on the investment of money in
War Bonds.
Farmers are finding it impossi
ble to maintain their machinery
and buildings in a satisfactory
state of repair. They are finding
that they cannot replace worn-out
equipment except at excessively
high cost.
It would seem to be sound
and conservative business
practice to lay aside money
to make the repairs and re
place whrn-out equipment
when material and machines
are again available. No safer
place can be found to lay aside
motiey for such purposes than
in government Bonds.
Every time we buy a Bond we
are not only assisting in financing
the war, but we are also doing our
bit to prevent that most dreaded
economic disaster called inflation.
If each one of us would invest as
much as we could in government
Bonds, the danger of inflation
would be greatly reduced.
U» S. Treasury Department
Visits Old Home After
23*Years
■ in । i
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Miller and
children, of Brunswick, spent a
few days of this week with his
nephews, Clarence, Cavada and
Lopnie Miller and families. It
had been 23 years since Mr.
Miller had visited his native
home, he stated that the re hat
been many changes here in 23
years. He was formerly eon*
nected with hia brother, the late
C. C. Miller in the contracting
business in this county and at
Lumber City. He has held a re
sponsible position with the
Herculees Powder Company, of
Burnswick since leaving this
county.
GLENWOOD UI
WBI fMNtt
GLENWOOD, Aug. 6—-Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Nelm have received word
from the War Department that their
son, Paul, was killed in action in
France, July 7. Paul was 22 years old
and was the youngest son at his par
ents. He had been in the Army two
years. He hnd been overseas four
months.
Besides his parents, ht is survived
by seven brothers and three sistere.
The brothers are Omar Nelms, of
Glenwood; Henry, who is in the U. S.
Army overseas; Tom Watson Nelm,
of Fort McPherson; Omar Nelm, of
Belle Glade, Fla.; Hugh Dorsey Nelin
and Arthur, of Vidalia; Sani Nelm
of Alamo; the sisters are Miss Doro
thy Nelm, of Glenwood; Mrs. Ger
trude Cravy, of Mcßae, and Mrs.-
lludelle Williams, of Alamo,
MISSION STUDY CLASS
TO START WEDNESDAY
Tbe ladies of the W. S. C. S. of
the Methodist Church of Alamo
are invited to attend the Mission
Study course at the church next
Wednesday, August 16, at 11:00
o’clock in the morning, EWT.
The following program will be
rendered:
Minuet “A 1’ Antique, by
l’aderswki— Maxine Currie
Devotional—Kev. R. L. Harrie.
Title of the book- For all of
Life.
Chapter 1. The Light of Knew*
ledge—Mrs. C. B. Griner.
Chapter 2: The Blessing of
Health—Mrs. L. M. Pape.
Chapter 3: The Joy of Work
Skillfully Done;.Mrs, 0, B. Hinson
Chapter 4: The Grace of Lav
ing and Working Together—Mi a,
C. A. Estes.
Chapter 5: The Inspiration of
Worship—Mi a. J. H. Walker.
Chapter 6: AU of Life tor
Christ—Mrs. W. E. Currie
Three Chapters will be given
before lunch, which will be Serveu
in the church, and tbe couclud*
ing Chapters will be given in tbe
afternoon.
The ladies of the W. 8 C- S.
are urged to attend.
FORMER WHEELER
DIES IN S. CAROLINA
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizsie
Hilton, who died in Langley, South
Carolina, were held at the Higgsston
aßptist church last Wednesday after
noon, August 2nd, with her pastor,
Elder W. F. Mimbs, officiating.
Mrs. Hilton passed away on Mon
day, July 31st, after a long illness.
She was the daughter of the late
Jerry Johnson and Mrs. Ardel Elton
Johnson, pioneer citizens of Wheeler
county. She resided in Toombs coun
ty after her marriage to R. C. Hilton
in 1907. ’ ■
She is survived by five children,
Wilson, both of Langley, S. C; Mrs.
Mrs. Lonard Durden, Mrs. Raligh
C. G. Causey, of Vidalia; Pvt. Harry
Hilton, U. S. Marine lorpss, San
Jerry R. Hilton, of the United States
Francisco, California; and S. Sgt.
Army, over seas; several grand chil
dren survive also; three brothers and
three sisters, S. L. Johnson, of Ma
con; W. A. Johnson, of Royal Oak,
Michigan; J. L. Johnson, of Helena
Route 1; Mrs. Annie Browning, of
Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Z. O. Thomas,
of Alamo; and Mrs. H. J. Johnson, of
Mcßae.
Chaffee Funeral Home of Augusta,
was in charge of arrangements.
CALLAWAY PLAN FOR
COOPERATIVE FARMING
OF STATEWIDE INTEREST
A concrete movement to bring solu
tion to the South’s agricultural prob
lems through formation of small
farming corporations has been
launched by Cason J. Callaway, chair
man of the Agricultural Panel of the
State Agricultural and Industrial
Board, and a highly responsive state
wide interest has resulted immedi
ately.
Mr. Callaway, who engages in ex
periment* farming in Harris county
and operates one of the largest and
most successful farms in the South,
outlined his plan at a large meeting
of business and civic leaders from
over the state. He stated his pro
posal as follows:
"Form one hundred corporations,
covering as much of ths are*, of the
state as possible. Eash oorpovfitiou
Sample Copy 5c Number 14
HUW W HUO
111 ACTION IN FRANCE
HARLOW CLARK KILLED IN
ACTION JULY 18TH
Alamo, Wheeler County, has again
been stricken by the cruel hand of
U > 8 Technical
Sgt. Neal Harlow Clark, son of Neal
1. Clark of Alamo. Harlow volun
teered Jan. 21, 1941 and received
several months training at Fort
Jackson, S. C., Fort Leonard Wood,
Missouri, Camp Forrest, Tenn, and
Marathon, Fla. He spent last sum
mer in the desert of California, and
was shipped overseas in December,
h * i several months in
Northern Ireland where he was pro
moted, to Tech. Sergeant. Harlow had
L ^ C L.l e ? , than a month
Hed in action > J“iy
18, 1944. Harlow has received several
good conduct medals.
h o ™, and reared >'n
Wheeler County, and volunteered for
the cause of freedom and saw and
events.
He laid down his life that we might
enjoy the privileges of each day. Are
Kink to fail him? y "
While a pupil at Oak Grove school
V e s±LL ecalla ‘hat Harlow learned
the following poem which is now full
of meaning for all:
“When earth's last picture is
^d dried th * tUb * S "*
* be o,dest colors have faded
c s tic haa died,
it “4 faith ’ We » ha ”
two 1— 18 dwn for an aeon or
ot ALL GO™
anew™ 1 ** 1 8118 Mt U 8 work
l. * A ”d those that were good will be
hap^y: They shall sit
“And onljj the Master shall praise
y ‘‘"^“ter shall blame;
And no one shall work for monev
“"But “r Sme
But each, for the joy of the work
each, in his separate star
shall draw the THING as he sees IT
^°Har?n G °^ Ot Thin k 8 “ they are! ”
. was a good boy and a rreat
E tirin * at all times and
*t one of lessons.
ai one time he was given a lomr
2nd h £ et C T®’ 1 over the entire booE
mad ? a grade <»f IM).
of ,e ? nd ® i,lie c,ark
or Brunswick, and a host of relativon
friends and^an* B ^* C,ark of A,amo .’
rnends and acquaintances.
rinrV " remember that Harlow
on an eternal furlough
“ a ' loya ’
Sunset and evening star
And 0M c Jv ar call me.
* bar“ y th ® r ® no mon 'ing of the
When I put out to sea.’’
Btockho ’ d ^», each of
la™ RAri P ‘ “ P thoUßai ‘d del
will elect a
secretary, treasurer! etc,
Va™*®** «”? or,t,on wi « em Ploy a
of Iwd Bnd one hundred “res
wH * co,t an » v «rsge of
tnirty dollars an acre, or $3,000. The
the investment
will be spent just as rapidly as the
?™ rk Bl, L be in buil <l>ng up the
land, making it cost on the average
°* “ v ® nt y dol,ar » *n acre instead
or thirty. In many sections this land
will cost considerably lew say
twenty dollars an acre. In this case,
the corporation will have $6,000 or an
average of fifty dollars per acre to
produce seventy-ddllar land.
‘After the land has been built up,
each corporation is to borrow not
more than $3,000 from the bank for
current inventory, cows, machinery on
hand, etc. These one hundred farms
would be bought as soon as practical,
but prior to January 1,1946.’
"Four of Southern agriculture’s
primary needs would be achieved by
the plan, Callaway said. First, it
would improve the soil; second, per
mit long-term commercial credit;
third, use machinery to Work crops,
and, fourth, attract processing plants
to locate near the farms.
The exact plans for improving soil
would be left to each corporation.
However, experts to advise them
would be made available without cost
by the Soil Conservation Service, the
Agricultural Extension Service and
the State Experiment Station.
The Agricultural aPnel would co
operate in having such services pro
vided.
The first locomotive ever operat
ed in the United States was bought
in England.
Birth statistics show that quadru
plet* occur once in 658,403 births.
Th* coloring in marble is caused
by the impurities in it.
Grand Coulee Dam contains
enough concrete for a highway from
New Yer kto Seattle, and bask via
Lga Angelos,
