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Volumi} 37.
Daniel Association
Sunday School Rally
At Ailey January 21
The Daniel Association Sunday I
School Rally will be held at the Ailey
Baptist Church Sunday, January 21, (
from 2:30 to 4:00 p. m. The follow
ing program has been, arranged:
2:30 Devotional by Rev. Charles F.
Tidwell, Alamo
2:40 Message — “Vacation Bible
Schools” by Rev. C. L. Shelby, Mt.
Vernon
2:50 Message—“ Preparation for the
Simultaneous Evangelistic Crusade”
by Rev. Frederick E. Smith, Lyons.
3:05 Message “Taking and Tabulat
ing a Religious Census” by Rev Wil
liam Kitchens, Soperton-.
3:20 Message—“ Training Workers
for Soul Winning” by Rev. Lanier
Beasley, Vidalia
3:30 Message—“ Sunday School Eh
largment Campaign in Eve r y
Church by Rev. Joe V. Springer, Vi
dalia
3:45 Business session
1. Plan for Religious Census
2. Plan for study course in Evan
gelism
3. Plan for Enlargment
4. Roll call of Churches
All Pastors, Associations! Workers,
Sunday School teachers and officers
must be present to arrange for the
above to be carried out in all Church
es. ,
Everybody else invited.
W. T. Tompkins
Dies At Home Os
Mrs. L. P. Williams
Funeral services were held at the
grave in the Fuller Cemetery Mon
day afternoon at 3 o’clock for Wil
liam Tom Tompkins, 74, well known ■
farmer of Jeff Davis County, who )
died Saturday at the home of his |
daughter, Mrs. L. P. Williams near!
Lumber City, after several months:
illness. The. Rev. C. G. Ward, pastor!
' of the Hazlehurst Baptst Cnurch,
conducted the service. and 7 homas
Funeral Home of Hazlehurst was in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Tompkins was born in Wrights
ville on May 7. 1876, the son of David
■and Westera Lester Tompkins. His
wife was the former Miss Mary C.
Horton.
Survivors include two sons, Walter
Tompkins, of Florida, and William
TompKins, of Lumber City; five
daughters, Mrs. Clifford Curtis and
Mrs. E. L. Brewer, of Denton; Mrs.
Lonnie Yearty, of Warner Robins;
Mrs. Frank Odom, Augusta: Mrs. L.
P. Williams, of Lumber City, a broth
er, John Tompkins, of Hazlehurst;
and two sisters, Mrs. Addie Webb,
of Cordele, and :Mrs. J. R. Ellis, of
Hazlehurst.
The main objective of pruning and
training young peach trees is to de
velop a strong frame, Extension hor
ticulturists advise.
j} prayer for
oar Soldiers
BY MAJOR GENERAL ROY H. PARKER
Chief of Chaplains, United States Army
Almighty God, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we commend 1
to Thy special care and keeping those serving in our Army.
Though they be in the midst of dangers, do Thou send Thy guardian
angels for their protection. Walk beside them as they go through the
valley of the shadow of death.
Knowing that all good things come from Thee, grant them courage and
loyalty, through a firm faith in freedom s cause, in the P^sent
conflict. When sacrifices are called for, let them be made In the ~
knowledge that Thou art the rewarder of Thy servants. them
to live valiantly and serve nobly, in the full realization that no man
liveth unto himself. Grant them clear minds, strong bodies, resolute
wills and pure hearts free from hatred and bitterness, renewing them
each’and every day with strength, like strong men of old,
who against enthroned wrong stood with confidence and courage.
Awaken in them a lively faith that will keep them close to Thee.
Enable them to rest their cause upon Thy Word that though the foe
be strong, yet knowing the cause as they battle for the
right, they can never fail. Fill their hearts with the assurance
that with Thee nothing is impossible and that all things work together,
for good to them that love Thee.
If it be Thy will that injuries be sustained, let them exper
ience the touch of Thy healing hand and do Thou bless the means
and the ministries employed for the restoration of their health.
In theseMifficult times, when the forces of evil are wmning
rampant and many hopes seem about to be crushed, fill their
, hearts with an abiding sense of Thy reality and the certamty «
*■ Thy continual presence. Enable them to look to Tuee when loneliness
and longing overtake them; fulfill their yearnings by granting
them Thine own companionship and fellowship. Enable them to „
realize the full meaning of Thy promise, “Lo, I am with you always.
Thou who are the Protector and Helper as well as the Giver of
victory, grant unto them every good gift of body and soul and unite
us with them in faith and love unceasing. Amen.
Reprinted from Good Housekeeping Magazine
Wheeler County Eagla
House Bill Would
Grant Divorce On
Insanity Grounds
( A bill provid i nig for divorce on the
' grounds of ’’incurable insanity” has
। been introduced in the House of Rep
resentatives by H. N. Ramsey, Sr. of
Effingham County.
Under the provisions of the pro
posed law, divorce may be granted
on insanity grounds if one party to
the marriage shall have been confined I
in an institution for the insane for ;
at least three years, and if the super
intendent of the hospital and one
competent physician appointed by the
court makes a certified statement that i
such person is hopelessly and incur- ,
ably insane.
However, “the status of the parties
as to the support and maintenance of ■
the insane person shall not be altered
in anyway by the granting of the'
divorce.”
If enacted by law, the bill will add i
the eleventh grounds for total di
vorce under Georgia laws. i
Servicemen Get
Home Preference
Seme As Veterans
Persons now in uniform, and their
families, are afforded the same pref
erence as veterans of World War II
in •buying or renting dwellings that
have been completed since June 30,
1947, according to William K. Bar
rett, Director of the State Depart
ment of Veterans Service.
Barrett pointed out that the Fede
ral Housing and Rent Act of 1950
extends housing preference to the
families of Korean War servicemen
m the same basis as it does to others.
Under the terms of the law, which
continues in force until June. 30 of
j next year, contractors who have new
! or converted one-family homes for
; sale or for rent must offer them ex
l clusively to service personnel and
1 o veterans of World War II for a
' period of 30 days after initial com-
I. fetion. They must laso make them
available- to service men and veterans
for a'period of 7 days in the event
of re-sale or a subsequent offering
for rent.
Affected by the law are houses de
• signed for single family occupancy,
। including prefabricated and “pack
aged” housing.
Ire Recording Os
Rey. Billy Graham’s
Cfeing Service
A wire recording of the Rev.
Billy Graham’s last service in Atlanta
will be run in the Mcßae Presby
terian Church Sunday afternoon be
ginning at 2:30 o’clock.
The entire closing service will be
given. The subject of the sermon
is “The End of the World.”
Everyone is cordially invited and
urged to be present on this occasion.
Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia, Friday, January 19, 1951
1951 MARCH OF DIMES
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THE MARCH OF DIMES for sufferers of infantile paralysis
is January 15-31. Here General Alvan C. Gillem, Ret., di
rector of the March of Dimes for Georgia is talking with
little Charles Spicer, of Ocilla, at the Warm Springs Founda
tion. Standing behind young Peggy Dobbs, of Athens, also
using the facilities of the polio center, is Dr. Hart E. Van
Riper, medical director of the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, in Georgia for the polio fund-raising cam^
paign. \
$lB6 Million
Budget Asked
. Os Assembly
J A State budget of $145,120.923 36'
' for the next fiscal year has been pre
' : sented to the General Assembly by ■
' ; Gover nor Herman Talmadge.
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In. addition tr.e Governor suo
’ mitted a contingent budget o $lO,-
‘931,120.00 which would become ope
. rative, when and if, the additional i
' revenue became available.
In his budget message to the As
’ ■ sembly, delivered in person last
’; Monday, the Governor called atten- i
. j lion to the fact that the proposed |
sales tax is not expected to produce ;
: its full anticipated revenue before
the third year of its operation, and
’ .ha,; state services can only be ex
panded so far as revenue permits;
Governor Talmadge reminced the
legislature that the emergency tax
i measures, which were passed in 1949,
■ will expire on June 30, 1951, and
•' that ths money thus lost to the state
must ibe replaced, if the services it
: provided are to be continued.
i Replacing these funds would then
“cut down new money” to $14,500,-
l 000, the Governor said. He outlined
as follows how this new money would
be distributed $6,200,000 to the edu
i cational agencies of the state; $2,-
; 100,000 for the construction of roads;
$1,400,000 for public health purposes;
; $2,665,000 for public welfare bene
; fits; $500,000 for the state institu
tions; $1,535,000 for various other
activities of the state, mainly the Ag
riculture. Forestry, Revenue and
Public Safety Departments.
“The Budget Bill is so drawn”, the
Governor said, “that in the event ad
ditional money is received the first
year in excess of the amount con
i ejnplated, appropriations in the con
. iingent section of the bill can be im-
I mediately made available to the vari
' ous agencies of the State.”
i The Governor recommended that
the Assembly appropriate $4,306,000
annually for State aid to totally and
permanently disabled persons, and
asked that the one cent per gallon in
crease in the gasoline tax be contin
ued to finance this appropriation.
The Governor assured the legis
lators that the same strict and rigid
economy which the administration
has parcticed in the last two years
will be faithfully followed in the
next four.
He said: “We wil keep the State
out of debt, and preserve its solvency
and credit ”
I The Cause and The
Cure
EY J. SEABORN WINN
Everybody knows the cause
Os war and strife is sin;
Therefore, it is worthwhile to pause,
Repent and pray and then
Get busy doing all we can
To turn men’s thoughts from hate,
And get World Leaders all to plan
For Peace, ere ’tis too late!
Crude Gum
Market Report
Prices received by producers for
j crude pine gum delivered to piocess-
I ing plants durim the week of Jan
uary 1 to January 6 averaged $28.98
per standard barrel of 435 pounds,
i he U. S. Department of Agriculture's
I roducticn and Marketing AamiffiE
tration announced today. This com
pares with the previous week’s aver
; age of .$28.14.
The 19 reporting plants received
: 3,683 barrels or an average of 457
! per plant. This compares with aver
' age receipts of 491 at these same
j plantes a week ago.
' The average estimated content per
standard barrel was 7.91 gallons l of
turpentine and 294.5 pounds of rosin
The gum was graded 1G WW, 4%
WG, 27% N, 38% M, and 30% K
nd below.
Rich R. Land And
P. 0. Land Say:
Rich R. Can you bring your boys
and come to my woods tomorrow at
10 A. M.? We are having a demon
stration on what trees to cut for
wood.
P. O. What do you mean about
what trees .to cut for wood? We
’.mow that already. We always cut
he test trees, the ones that split
-asy, you know the kind I’m talking
about. The trouble is we do not
have many more trees of that kind
like we used to have.
Rich R. The County Agent is hav
ing a 4-H Club meeting. He has
invited an Extension forestry special
ist to put on the demonstration. He
is having a meeting like this in every
community in the county. The farm
ers of the community are invited to
attend the demonstration.
P. O. I'll bring the boys over to
the meeting. The little boys are in
the 4-H Club will be there. May
be we can learn how to grow some
pretty straight trees like you have
in your woods.
Shiloh Farm Bureau
Meets January 16
The Shiloh Farm Bureau held the
egular meeting Tuesday night, Jan
uary 16th, at the school auditorium.
Since the ofifeers for the new year
tad not been named in December,
she election month, an election was
held. The same officers being re
lected to serve another year.
Those re-elected were:
Raleigh Joyce, president; Glenn
Sheppard, Vice President; H. R.
~urser, Secretary-Treasurer.
After the business meeting a pic
ure show was enjoyed by the group.
The Farm Bureau meets every
bird Tuesday night in each month.
All members are urged to attend.
Always a good show on the pro
gram and plenty of fun for every
body.
Single Copy Iver
Georgia Power Co.
Announces New
Home Town Contest
Plans for the 1951 Champion dome
Town Contest were announced today,
by Charles A. Collier, vice president
of the Georgia ’Power Company. An
additional SI,OOO will be added to ■
last year's prize money hr: ring the
total to be awaroed to the towns
making tlj e most civic progress dur
ing the contest period to $8,950.
In addition to choosing three prize ,
winners in the three population
groups, the contest will include a
“sweepstakes” classification lor alii,
towns that have won first prize in ;
this and the past three competitions, i
The 1951 contest is open to all j
towns in the company’s service area
with less than 20,000 population ex- i
cent the 1950 first prize winners. ,
There will be three popu lotion
groups. One will be compos d of
towns with less than 750 noyulauon.
another with 750 to 3,000, and a
third with 3.000 to 20,000.
The first prize in each population
group will b 6 SI,OOO in cash, second
prize will be 3750 and third p: i e
SSOO. Four honora 1.: mention award:
of SIOO will be made in ca h no illa
tion classification ■ > adciio- to ;ix
certificate o achievements award:- -
Winners of toe s' . e - pst ikes award
will receive SI,OOO. Towns eligible
to compete for this award include
Cleveland. Grifiin, Camilla. Hopeful,
Franklin, Gainesville Dawson an i the
three top winners in the 1951 cun
test.
By terms of the competition, the
prize money received by- he winning
towns is to be spent solely for civic
purposes of benefit to the community.
Entries must be mailed io t: e pow
er company by midnight, March 31.
Entrants will have until October 22
to prepare and submit reports of
progress which may include all for
ward steps made by the community
between October 1. 1950 and October
1, 1951. Information leaflets an’d of
ficial entry blanks will be available
this week.
Last year’s rentes; was -entered by
a total of 282 towns with 230 com
munities submitting reports O' prog
ress. First prize winners in the three
opillatim groups intruded Framwin,
Dawson and Gainesville. Second and
third place awards went to Nicholls,
Arlington, Toccoa, Avera, Sylvania
and Statesboro. Twelve honorable
mention awards of SIOO each \ .re
made to other towns and 18 com
munities received certificate of
achievement awards.
J Soil Conservation
i BY G. R. PEEPLES £
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About the only green plants left
after the big freeze are fescue and
pine trees. Speaking of pine trees,
a number of farmers have been plant
ing pine seedlings recently.
Farmers planting trees this' season
are T. H. Mercer, Landsburg' com
munity; L. D. Currie, C. E. Hinson,
C. M. Jordan Jr., of Alamo; W. M.
Booker of Mcßae and S. H. Fowler,
of Alamo, plus a number of 4-H and
FFA boys in the county.
The Methodist and Baptist church
es at Springhill and the local Farm
Bureau chapter are working on a
community improvement project.
They have pushed up oak trees on
about 12 acres and are planning to
plant the area in pines. The churches
and community house will be im
proved and shrubbery and grass
planted around the buildings. The
people of Springhill community are
to be congratulated for their splendid
cooperation in carrying out this proj
ect.
A number of requests are coming
in for terrace line running. There
are many fields left bare by the freeze
that are badly in need of terracing.
Avery Pearson, a colored farmer
near Glenwood, has recently com
ipleted a farm pond. He plans to
use the pond for watering livestock
and for fish. He will do extensive
pasture work in expanding his live
stock program.
Subscriptions Must
Be Paid To Keep
Attention is called to subscri
bers who have been notified of
expiration of their subscription.
Please renew at once. In the
future we will only send out
notices one during the current
month. At the end of each month
We will appreciate your re
newal and cooperation as we
Pine Tree May
Yet Rephee
Peach On Tag
Should Georgia be known as “The
Peach State” or as “The Gum Tur
pentine State?”
The Georgia House of Representa
tives kicked that poser around for
half an hour Wednesday and then
didn’t reach a definite answer.
Rep. Langdale of Lowndes spon
’ sored a 'bill to change the inscription
on Georgia auto license tags from the
Peach State to the Gum Turpentine
State. And he suggested a pine tree
replace the peach now stamped into
; Georgia tags.
Langdale argued that Georgia is
i ops in turpentine production but has
■ slipped to fifth spot in peach produc,
! tion.
Then everybody got into the act.
Rep. Brantley of Upson county pro
tc sited the change. With tongue in
I cheek he said:
“When people think of turpentine
and naval products they think of
cmething that is sticky and smelly.
“Gentlemen of the House, I ask
you, do we want people to think of
Georgia as the ‘smelly’ state or the
ticky’ state?
“And as for production, Georgia
also produces more moonshine and
more chickens than any other state.
Do we want to be known as the
‘moonshine’ state or the ‘chicken’
. state?”
Rep. Gowen of Glynn county
then arose with an amendment. He
! asked that the word ‘gum’ be de
leted, leaving it “The Turpentine
rtate.” He explained that Georgia
also produces a large quantity of tur
entine distilled from pine stumps
and timber.
Langdale agreed and Gowan’s
amendment passed.
Tom And Willie
O’Conner Die In
Montgomery Homes
(Irom -Montgomery Monitor)
Thomas O’Conner, well known citi
. zen and member of one of Montgom
; ery County’s oldest and largest fami
) hies, died at his home north of Mount
I Vernon Thursday morning, January
i. He was 74 years of age and had
। been ill only a few days. He was a
. sucesrlul farmer. He was a mem
•' her of the Baptist Church.
Funeral services were conducted at
■ i Coope Cemetery, a few miles north
\ nt Mount Vernon Friday afttrnoon.
■ This eeivice, attended by a large
; I number of kinsmen and friends was
1 conducted by the Rev. W. P. Moore,
। j followed by interment in the ceme
!|tery.
1 He is survived by his wife, -who
before her marriage, was Miss Luila
o .Clayborn O’Conner
and Cecil O’Conner: a daughter, Mrs.
Willard Bradsfc; six grandchildren,
and a number of nieces and nesphews.
He was a brother of Wilie O’Conner
-of Mount Vernon.
Pallbearers were Dock Cooper,
Emmet Nasworthy, Earl Edge, Ewell
iEdge, Charles Thigpen and Buck
. O’Conner. Sammons of Soperton was
i in charge of funeral arrangements.
WILLIE O’CONNER
Wilile O’Conner, well known citi
zen of Montgomery county, and
. member of one of its largest families,
।: died at his home Monday. It is a
sad coincident that his brother, Tom
O’Conner, died a few days previous,
; breaking the union in life for a union
: in death. He had been ill only a
:, few days.
I A member of the Baptist church,
■ he was a good citizen. Funeral serv
ices were conducted at the Cooper
cemetery, north of Mount Vernon,
j Tuesday afternoon, by Rev. C. L.
? Shelby of the Mount Vernon and
j Ailey Baptist Churches. The occa
sion was attended by a concourse of
kinsmen and friends.
: Survivors include his wife, the for
■ mer Miss Louella Jackson; five sons,
> E’lis, Sederus, Pete, Frank and Henry
: ■ O’Conner, all of Mount Vernon; two
2 ; daughters, Mrs. Willermae Joyce and
- ; Mrs, Lucille Smith of Mount Ver
non and eleven grandchildren.
' । Sammons Funeral Home of Soper
ton was in charge of arrangements.
■ Pallbearers were Raymond Joyce,
Buck O’Conner. Earl Page, Charles
(Thigpen, Eugene Nasiworthy and
i Ezra Tharpe. .
cannot abuse postal regulations
by keeping delinquent sub
scrlber-; on our mailing list.
i > we will have Co remove delin
: queri't subscribers.
In the control of hog worms, there
is no substitute for strict sanitation.
Number 37.