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DEVOTED TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND Wil LEI b’R COUNTY.
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Farm Bureau Chapters To
Meet in Soperton September 6
Farm Bureau chapters of the First
Congressional District will meet in
semi-annual session in Soperton on
Thursday, September 6, according to
an announcement just released by
A. M. Norman, of Dover, and Fred
Blitch, of Statesboro, members ol
the Board of Directors of the Geor
gia Farm Bureau Federation.
Elaborate plans are underway for
this first post-war meeting of the
farmers of the 18 counties in the
di trict, according to James Waller,
president of the Treutlen County
Farm Bureau, and Judge Will Stal
lings, active member of the county
organization. Every member of the
county organization is cooperating
in plans for the meeting which is ex
pected to attract the largest number
of farmers ever held in tiie district.
The meeting will be held in the
Treutlen county court house, open
ing at 10:30 EWT. The entire pro
gram will be devoted to the discus
sion of matters affecting the fain er.
of the district, and the value of per
fecting a militant organization to
solve the many problems with which
the farmers will be faced during the
period of reconversion. The First
District conference will bring togeth
er many of the leading business ami
professional men who have manifest
ed an interest in the Farm Bureau
chapters in the 18 counties. News
paper editors have been invited to
attend and observe the manner in
which this farmer-organization func
tions, and the projects designed for
postwar activity.
H. L. Wingate, president of the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation,
will deliver the principal address of
the afternoon. He is one of the best
known men in the south, and his
messages to farm people throughout
Georgia have provoked a great deal
of interest. His Soperton address
will include a report of his activity
in Washington in the interest of legis
lation for Georgia farmers, and the
Farm Bureau president will be able
to point to many worthwhile accom
plishments as a result of his confer-
seaboard purchases
LARGE LOCOMOTIVE
The Seaboard Railway has placed
an order for a 504,000 pound diesel
electric locomotive which will go in
to service this Fall, officials announc
ed from Norfolk today. The giant
unit is now under construction at *
the Baldwin Locomotive Works in [
Philadelphia and when completed,
will be used initially for experimen
tal purposes on fast, heavy freight
hauls. If the big fellow lives up to
expectations, it will be added to Sea-.
board’s motive power fleet as the i
largest locomotive on the railroad,
win is entirely suitable for fast pas- :
senger runs.
1500 IIP each. Doth engines drive
cieciric generators which in turn fur-
In fact, no railroad engine in the
country will equal it for size op
power.
The heart of this iron horse is
made un of two 8-cylinder, super
charged diesel engines generating
nish power to eight traction motors.
In terms of speed, this simply means
that the monster can pull a long
freight train at 85 miles per hour
which is faster than most top-flight
passenger streamliners run today.
The Baldwin behemoth is 92 feet
long with a 78-foot wheel base. It’s
head stands 1G feet above the track
and 24 wheels—ls drivers and 8
gciihr—support it. In order to
mak' the locomotive flexible enough
to readily negotiate curves at high
speed, these wheels ar e arranged in
‘ - groups of 8 drivers and 4 guid
t._. And while designed primarily
for highball freight service, the Bald-
THE EAGLE MAY BE
LATE NEXT WEEK
On account of being away under
the care of a physician at Macon, the
Eagle may be a little late. I hope all
will be patient with me and the Eagle
until I get back on the job again. If
possible please send the copy in as
early as you can do so. Many thanks
if you can Her with me while away.
Wheeler County Eagle
Emory Fivash
Whaler Eaglr
cnees with various government agen
cies in the ' -national capitol. Mr.
Wingate will give a brief resume of
his work in connection with securing
a higher ceiling price on the 1945
crop of tobacco, plans of the Nation
al Peanut Council in the interest of
peanut growers of the district, and
projects in which the state organiza
tion will take an active part in the
future.
The matter of organization, direc
ted by Herbert E. Woodruff, direc
tor, will be an added feature of th'
Soperton conference, in which re
ports will be made by every chaptei
in the district. There reports will
include plans for membership cam
paigns designed to enroll a greate:
number of farmers than ever befon
in the history of the Farm Bureau
Several new chapters have been or
ganized in the district during th
past few months as a result of ac
complishments of the state organiza
tion. •
Directors Norman and Blitch hav<
visited every county in the district
and they report much interest amon;
farmers in the forthcoming meetine
Hoyle R. Yandle, director of pub
lie relations and editor of the Geor
gia Farm Bureau News, will direct :
I discussion on the matter of publicil;
' for the chapters of the district. “Th<
Farm Bureau is anxious for the gen
eral public to be informed of its ac
. tivities in the various chapters,” th<
| director said, “and to do this it I
I imperative that our newspapers b
informed constantly of what the far
mers are doing in the territory when
, their periodicals circulate.”
Mrs. Joe S. Ray, of West Green
; president of the Associated Women
lof the Georgia Farm Bureau Feder
ation, will be present and preside
over a meeting of the women of the
district.
Directors Norman and Blitch wil
‘ preside at all sessions.
; A barbecue will be served at noor
[by the Treutlen County Farm Bu
I reau.
WHEELER COUNTY
LI! CLUB NEWS
Wheeler County 4-H Club member;
wire represented at the State 4-1
Club Council meeting hold in Mill
edgeville. August 21 through the 25
bv Geneva Williams, Nadyne Breed
love, IL C. Coleman, Jr., and Jim
mic Achord as the regular delegate;
Grace Winham and Maxine Webste
were returning delegates, being s<
lected on a state-wide basis.
Mary Mitchell, master 4-H Clul
member, attended the master 4-L
Club banquet Thursday night an<
came back with the Wheeler Count;
group.
Miss Esther Godbee, County Horn'
Demonstration Agent, accompanied
.he girls and M. K. Jackson, Count'
Yerieußure Agent, accompanied th,
boys.
/ RGLARS MADE ATTEMPT
HERE LAST WEEK
On Wednesday night of last wee’
hree unidentified men with a lat
mode) car drove here, parking at th
rear of the Economy Store, trying t
make an entrance from the rear. Ou
of three men were left on the soul!
side of town, believing to watch so
he policemam, but Chief of Polic
Burch Graham was on the watch-ou
and drove in behind the rear of iheii
ar. The two men however made their
‘•scape. Chief Graham taking severs
hots at the tires of the car. The ca
online to th n highway and pickin;
up their watchman.
In the meantime, Chief Graham
telephoned the Cox Brothers, owners
<f the Cox Filling station and they
were soon on the scene, making th<
has" down to Stuckey but lost them
rear N. A. Wynn’s store. You car
use your own judgment when they
"tit-traveled the Clady and Grady
Cox they were sure going places.
We can advise the burglars the;
had better stav away from Alamo
for th;— are being watched from
every angle. ;
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HOT FOR LAW VIOLATORS
Sheriff Fred B. Barker is making
it uncomfortable for the law violators
in Wheeler County. Up until Sunday
night he had. made six arrests. All
six arrests were for having liquor and
even to a soldier deserting his family.
Sheriff Barker was assisted in some
of the arrests by County Policeman
Clarence Miller.
Almost two-thirds of Arkansas is
forest-covered.
At AMO, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1915
The Voice of Defeat And
A Record of Our Leaders
Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution, had as his editorial sub
ject Tuesday of last week “The Voice
of Defeat and a Record.” When you
read the first paragraph you see he
used and found to be correct. Wo
think now is a good time to be re
minded of the record of men in high
places who so freely offered their ad
vices, so we are reprinting it in this
week’s issue of the Eagle for your
benefit ri our leaders:
Usually I try to make my bricks
without going into someone else s
straw. But. being at work on an or
der of bricks, I came across some
very excellent straw in Harper’s mag
azine and in the newspaper PM. Thi
>s factual straw and no opinion of
•ither publication, so it doesn’t ma,
er how you regard either.
” hese are quotes from public state
merits by certain Americans—almost
ill of whom are still in the businesi
>f giving us advice. They are voice .
<> which many Americans- gave ear
lefore December 7, 1911.
Herbert Hoover, June 29, 1941:
"Does anv sane person believe tha
by military means we can defeat two
thirds of the military power of th'
whole world in even years and years .’
It would be a Children’s Crusade.”
Charles E. Coughlin, Jan. 5, 1942:
'We lack the guns, tanks, planes, am
munition, without which an army ca i
>e slaughtered like sheep. We'have
not the ships to transport a .mass
army.”
.''Vil. Burton K. Wheeler, Nov. 5,
1941: “. . . If somebody could show
no how we could win this war by
getting into it: but I have not ye
ecn able to find a single man in the
Armv or Navy who says we cou! .
win.”
Charles A, Lindbergh, April 17.
1911: “This war (is) lost. ... It L
i«t within our power today to wii
.ho war for England, even though w<
hrow the entire resources of our na
tion into the conflict.”
IA-Gov. Philip F. LaFollette, Jum
•>, 1941: “Nothing that Britain can d<
now can pull the chestnuts out of tin
lire. It matters nothing to Americ;
which group controls Europe, be i
England or Germany,”
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jan. 18, 1941:
“I ■ cannot see where we could get
enough ships to carry the necessary
army and equipment. ... Further, 1
don’t know where our Armv would go
■f we started off to fight a war.!’
Ex-Rep. Hamilton Fish, June 30,
MHO: “J urge good will, peace and
md‘i : tanding between Japan and
\merica.” On Oct. 1, 1940: “No one
m Japan really wants war with th
united States.”
LEFT FOR EXAMINATION
Ten white men left here by train
Tuesday morning, for Fort McPher
son for their physical examination.
The following is a list that left Tues
day morning:
Oscar Columbus Clark, Rte. 1, Al
imo; Jessie Lee Bass, Rte. 2, Alamo;
Braxton Morgan Page. Rte. 1, Alamo;
laniel Malcolm iorrison, Glenwood;
Walter A. I'urvis, Rte. 1, Alamo;
lames Maurice Johnson, Rte. 2, Glen
vood; Edwin Fowler, Rte. J, Alamo;
Eugene Lafayett Currie, Jr., Glen
wood; Bernard C. Nobles, Rte. 1,
Benwood; William Jackson Warnock,
Rte. 1, Glenwood.
JA. VETS OFFERED
COURSE BY HOTELS
Al LANTA, Aug. 28 (GPS)- Fur
her evidence that this state is going
11-out in aiding the returning serv
eemen is seen in the announcement
hat veterans hit r'. ted in work in
ptel mav enroll i : an 18-weok course
ponsored by tl.c a.ngia Hotel As
ociation. The course includes actual
vork in a hotel for most of the day
nd attendance at organized related
raining pregram for a minimum of
welve hours a week.
The training includes virtually
very position in a hotel. The course
as been approved by the State Vet
rans’ Education Council and vet
rans may enroll and receive benefits
mder the G. 1. Bill of Rights. Vet
rans who are interested may see or
write Capt. F. A. Sams, stat? direc
or of veterans’ education, or J. R.
Womack, state supervisor of distri
nutive education, both on second floor
of the State Office building, Atlanta.
price of gasoline
SOON TO GET A CUT
Washington, Aug. 20. —Retail gas
oline and fuel oil prices will go down
along the Eastern seaboard sometime
next month.
Price cejling reductions, announc
ed today by the Office of Price Ad
ministration, range from six-tenths
of a cent to 1.2 cents a gallon on
gasoline; 1 cent to 1 1-2 cents a gal
lon on kerosene, distillate heating
oils and Diesel fuel, and 15 to 30
cents a barrel on heavy industrial
fuel oils.
Wyoming has ranked last among
the 48 states in population since
1890.
Martin Dies: “In mv judgmeu..
Hitler will be in control of Raisin
within 30 days.”- June 21, 1911.
John T. Flynn: “There is no doubt
that Russia is reeling toward defeat."
— Sept. 27, 1941.
Dr. Robert M. Hutchins: “1 speak
tonight because 1 beli< e that the
American people are ahm : to emm
suicide. We are not planning to. ,"<■
have no plan. We are drifting into
suicide.”-—Jan. 23, 1941.
Sen. Robert A. Taft: “There is at
least a temporary aligm .ent of Ger
many, Italy and Japan, I do not think
that any of these nation., will ait:: ■
the United States.”- Aug. 27, 19‘o
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey: “lint ...
is the good of talking about
planes unless we know what w :
miking about? It is very disturb::
to find the President so blandly c
ndent in our h<>m’le. . ! imide pr :
defenses.” May 27, 1910.
Rep. John M. Robison . "Russia v :
not become the ally of the United
States or Great Britain io this strut
tie.”—Feb. 7, 1911.
Voices of Defeat
1 hose are some of the voices of
defeat; the voices of men who wer.
so warped by their political and pei
sonal emotionst hey became defeat ini
calamity howlers; men too blind t
see what they did not want to so,
There are always people like the'
Somehow they manage to find so
sort of an audience.
There will be others in this tim
of peace. They will say we will hav
a year or so of unemployment; ti.
hard times will be on us soon; t’
business is going to nosedive.
Don’t believe it.
There will be a few months of c
fusion: a few months when thous r.e
of those moving from the great
plant centers back to their home:
to new fields, will be without w 2
that is inevitable. But it is not
uiemployment.
sobs will be opening up.
i here isn’t a home in this nalm
that doesn’t 1. st ify to that fat t. Th r
isn’t a home that doesn’t need,
plans to buy a new iron, a now ton t
er, a new stove, a now washer, a na
ear, a. new rug. some new linole .i *
col tne kitchen floor,' some new dishc:-
some new furniture some new fain
machinery. It is a national picture.
We will win (his fight, too. 1 per
sonally don’t think it will he too han
There is so much momentum it wil
run over us if we should Irv to h
it back.
Let’s tought out these weeks <
getting from war plant to consume
goods plant.
Let’s quit listening to the ealamii
howlers, the defeatists.
HANNEGAN JOINS
ARNALL TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO FDR
Three devoted friends of Presidon
franklin D. Roosevelt ioined in tri
bute to his memory at Warm Spring
when the “I ittle White House” issm
of memorial stamps were placed o’
sale in the Georgia town where Mr
Roosevelt came to regain his healti
a miarter-cent.ury ago and wher • h
uied on the eve of v-ictory.
T he three were Postmaster G nerc
Robert Hannegan. Democratic parti
chairman; Governor Ellis Arnall o'l
.eorgia; and Basil O’Connor, presi
dent of the National Infantile Pa
ralysis Foundation and one-time la
partner of the late President.
The first sheet of stamps was pre
entod bv Mr. Hannegan to Governo;
Aniall. who then sold them to Mi’
D Connor. In a brief address, brom!
''ast over a national hookup, th
Georgia governor naid tribute to Mr
Roosevelt and spoke of his long re.
'ationshm with this State.
“There were three things about
* resident. Roosevelt that ewerc
unique; his faith, his courage and his
aughter. And we loved him most fo’
.hat laughter, because, here in Geor
gsa; we know that it came from r
man who had grappled with disaster
who had been beaten to his knees
and who had risen again,” Governo
■ \inail said. “His place in statesman
s hip is secure in history, but perhap;
J is greatest contribution to the vic
tory of his fellow Americans ovei
economic chaos in the ’3os and ov<"
foreign enemies in this war, came
from his ability to laugh, even in th.
teeth of the hordes risen from m
hell to plague mankind.”
Mr. Hannogan’s visit to Warn
Springs was his second trin to Geor
gia within a short time. He made a
recent appearance at Gainesville on
July 4th. On the present trip he con
ferred with Governor Arnall and Dem
ocratic Chairman Lon Duckworth
" ho accompanied the group to Warn
Springy.
NOTICE
Beginning this week the Wheeler
-,ounty War Price and Rationing
Board will go on the 40-hour week
Friday ’ Working Mond ay through
The office will be closed Monday.
September 3rd.
War Price and Rationing Board
Alamo, Ga.
The total population of Costa Rica
is approximately two-thirds of a mil-
Uon ‘
St 11001 OPENED HUS MORNING
FOR A FI LL NINE MONTHS
The Wheeler County High Seh.>ol
opened here this morning with a vrn
large attendance. The pupils all are
urged to attend the opening in order
> register. This will enable the High
School teachers to work out a seh. d
.de and oiler al] required subjects to
the Seniors.
’I he school attendance law that was
missed by the Georgia Legislature is
-ei V rigid. It only allows a pupil to
' absent f. r sickness, or sicknes.; i,.
•he family. Those staying out for
work are not excused." '
The fust two weeks the school will
P< n at 9:30 and clos • at 2:30.
will enable those pupils on the fas
■“ L- Io in the afternoons wh.n
get home.
The school is looking forward t.
'.00,1 school year thi: time, tilth
here are wry few vacancies. V. b,
Jie eom>. ration ol the paom
m' teacher: tl is nb a i P | . .
oil and Slice e; hb school y. ar.
POSl'tiFl H I. TO (H\ i: \N
• lot R SERt It i: ON HOLIDAY
The Alamo pom office will be <■!
m all holidays, m..:.<|ing to I'
master U. Hartley here this w
>ne hour of window service win i
^' vcn °n these days, from ~ ; '.L
o clock A. M., so please be govern.,;
accordingly.
MIDDLE GEORGIANS
B RtING IN BERLIN
BERLIN, Aug. 21 (AP) The fa
myiis S2nd Airborne (All-American)
mcision has (aken over the duties <>f
H'ciipatlon force for the United State:'
ac in Berlin, r. placing tile Second
' -lored Division.
। 'l he .' 2ml contains mon from all
4s ytates < f the I nion and th
'.LM cities and towns.
Ihe division Participated in t ,
LiiDaigns oj J it'ily, Salerno, Nor
nai;<!\, the Ardennes and (Vnaa
c tnope.
1 'Liwii'ig is a list of Middle Geof
urns serving there:
S Sgt. William Gotschall, M
u.av; Sgt. Lovett T. Smith, Alba
Hugh .1. Wynn, Ammius: tv.
'••aae G. Dixon, Avera; Pf. jHoyl '
milder, Baxley; pfe. Putnam k
! rauklm, Brooks; P\ t. Jast'V L. Li. '
ly. Cobbtown; Pfc. J. It. Pluck, ( ! e
dele; Pfc. Chulomus W. MiWer, Dub-'
Hu; Pfe. John D. Evans, Dublin; Pfc
Otis F. Thompson, Eaton&n; Pfe
■’wen J. Searborough, Glenwood; S t
Charles F. Moore, Gordon; Iwt. Neal
L. Chalkley, Griffin; pfe. A. C. Jior
rio, Griffin; Pfc. Theodore E. Urscry
i! ; dehurst; Cid. Floyd C. Nelson, lr
w'litou; Pte. John P. Gihsmi, Louis
mile; Pvt. Wilburn Mobley, Sylvania
■’fc. Carl Gardy, Thomaston; If
George A. Lofton. Vidalia; Pfc. Rufu:
R. Horton, Warner Robins. •
ASSEMBLY SESSION
MIGHT BE CALLED
Although Governor Ellis Arnall a::
he presiding officers of the tw<
tranches of the legislature have re
erved comment, some iegislativ
uulers are urging a special sessio
>f the Assembly before January t
■on: ider questions arising from th
idoption oft he new State constitu
ion, including home rule, a merit sys
<ni and legislation on reconversio
problems.
Representative Ben Fortson, o
Wilkes county, author of the amend
■ cot rescinding the limitation upo
he Governor’s term of office, has a::
lounecd that he will bring the mat
er before the January session. Itl
•ould not bo considered at a specia
'c.Hm unless included in the Gov
raor s call. Some members of the
ssembly, while believing that fiftee:
a.t ■■ will be inadequate to conside;
II net dr d legislation, urge that anj
xtra session be delayed until aftei
he regular January meeting.
•REPOSED BILL IS
NSOUND, SAYS FORT
ATL'ANTA, Aug. 28 (GPS) — Be
ause it is class legislation which
■ oi’.d result in gross discriminations
i favor of railroad employes, the
tailroad Social Insurance Bill vio
ites all sound principles of social
recurity and is indefensible, in the
'pinion of J. Carter Fort, vice presi
■; nt and general counsel of Associ
>l:on of American Railroads.
Testifying recently before the Sen
ile Committee on Interstate at hear
ngs on S. 293, Fort pointed out that
ne money to pay the discriminator}
lenefits must come from the peoph
>f the country, through the payment
>f freight bills and passenger fares
He said that those who are'treated
ess generously would make up the
und from which railroad employes
would receive the more generous
reatment, “a result which can find
io possible justification.” The rail
road spokesman expressed the belief
that the plan would be financially
unsound, even with the enormous tax
proposed.
WAREHOUSE INRCREASING SIZE
V idalia, Ga., Aug. 27.—Work has
been started on an addition to the
Georgia Tobacco Warehouse on First
Street which will increase the floor
space slightly over a third.
Easley Walker and Barnes are
owners and operators of this ware
house and also of the brick ware
house here. Alfred Newton Is con
tractor for the construction worki
bdllipic A opy 5c Number 21
PROMINENF AW'O
UDY DIES WAY
MRS. HEII ‘dwI.I.ON DIES
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MKS. EDDIE MELLON
Sad indeed was when the news
reached Alamo Monday morning of
the death of Mrs. Betty Mellon, wife
of Mr. Eddie Mellon, the owner of
the Alamo Theatre. The news came
here Inst Saturday stating that die
was ill in a hospital in Lumberton.
N. C . but her many friends here did
not think her illness was so . erious.
She came to Alamo in 1912 with
her husband, Eddie Mellon, at (hat,
time engaged in a tent show. The
Mayor and City Cmim ilwen, together
with a number of Alamo citizen:; in
duced them to locate in Alamo to op
erate a motion piciure lm :ir,. . whii h
from the beginning to thi;. day has
been a success.
At the first ; f her earner in .U i”b>
a citizen b'-came very ill and rhe gave
this citizen a benefit show. From
then own she was loved and admired
'bv this whole seetioh. She with her
husband gave several benefit shows
for any one that was ilk Service men
and women from Wheeler county
came home on a furlough ami were
given a free pass to the show as long
ast hey were home. She always aided
the Red Cross, Salvation Army, War
Bond Drive and any other thing that
was needed to be done. She was al
ways ready to lend a helping hand.
Mrs. Mellon left here with her hus
band and in April they formed a part
nership with Sunny Loden on a one
night show, but later formed partners
w ith the^ Tennessee Ramblers with
Claude Casey, who was headed for
Alamo for the winter quarters.
families of Alamo could send their
children to see the show and when
the parents would be late, they never
worried over them, for they knew
thy were in good hands with Mrs.
Bettv and Eddie.
Mrs. Mellon is known to her many
show fans as “Little Betty,” having
at one time for several years being
connected with Roy Acuff and his
Smoky Mountain Boys.
Alamo has truly lost a great friend
in the passing of Mrs. Mellon. In all
>f the poems she has written to the
Eagle, the last one was in the July
6th issue, “My Home Town.” Her
whole hearty ambition was to build
her a home in Alamo.
The Alamo Theatre was closed for
wo days, Monday and Tuesday on
account of the death of Mrs. Mellon.
Her many friends sent five ten dol
ar wreaths together and there were
several individual wreaths sent for
the remembrance of this lady. The
flowers were made up from citizens
of different walks of life, everybody
wanted to contribute to her cause.
Funeral services were held at Char
otte. N. C., Tuesday. Mrs. Mellon
has no relatives living at all. She is
survived only by her husband, Eddie
Mellon, of Alamo.
BETTER GASOLINE COMING
Gasoline of better than pre-war
luality has bei'n started to local
motorists from Sinclair refineries ac
cording to a statement made today
by M. C. Hartley, local agent for
Sinclair Refining Company. Mr. Hart
ley said Sinclair refineries are ship
ping 75 octane Sinclair H-C house
brand gasoline and 80 octane premium
grade. Wartime restrictions have lim
ited housebrand to 70 octane and
premium gasoline to. 7(1 octane. Steps
are also being taken to raise through
blending operations the octane value
of the gasoline now in storage so as
to make available to the consumer
pre-war quality immediately. It should
take but a few days to restore pre
war quality in the gasoline. We are
anxious to give the motorists this new
quality merchandise as soon as pos
sible.
Mrs. C. S. Sheppard has re*
turned to ber homo in Savannah
after visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Coney and other
relatives.
If you want it sold list it with
C. B. Griner.