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One has to admire the
i spunk” of President H. L.
Wingate of the Georgia Farm
Bureau in coming out hi favor
of a statewide sales tax. He says
very plainly that in his opin
ion the -only way that we can
raise money needed for the Mi
nimum Foundation program and
other state services is to adopt
a general sales tax, exempting
nothlnhg from the tax.
While we admire Wingate’s
plain spoken “spunk”, we can
not agree with him that Geor
gia needs a general sales tax.
Especially do we not favor a
sales tax that would “exempt
nothing.” , , V;
Such a tax would make every
one pay more for groceries,
medicine, and even for funerals.
This would place a burden cm
the people least able to pay.
We would much rather see
the state Income tax rate in
creased and the amount of in
come that is exempted lowered
than to see a general sales tax.
Income taxes are the fairest
taxes that anyone can pay. If
•- one makes money, then one
pavs taxes. :
But a general sales tax is a
“catch all” that taxes even the
person who is out of work. It
taxes widows and orphans who
. are living off incomes from in
surance policies. It taxes peo
ple who are on relief—persons
receiving old age pensions and
the like,,,. 0*0 _ ULI , a .„
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No one escapes a general
call 10^ peophSl tm*rtoyii* hu,*^ JhTrtate
would extra have to keep fltinual
check an every store In the
state—on everyone who sells
anything. The salaries and ex
penses of these extra inspectors
would amount to quite a sum in
a year.
A sales tax on luxuries, on
clothing that sells in the high
er brackets, a higher tax on li
quor, etc. would provide ad
ditional funds.
But when a tax is papd on
every loaf of bread a person
buys, on every drop of medi
cine one buys, on work cloth
ing, and even on the casket one
buys for the last resting place
of a dear one—that’s going too
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We’re in favor of the Mini
mum Educational Foundation
plan.
We favor more and. better
rotate.
We favor increased money
lor the State Sanitorium and
” t h e r eleemosynary institute
t’ons—but we don’t believe a
general sales tax “with no ex
emptions” is the way to raise
tbr money.
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African . . . Congo Needs
God JllSt Like Wc Do I
c days ____ Adi, A or* C speaker ___1___
“You can’t do without the word
of God. -Neither can the natives
of the African Congo,” the Rev.
Cnrse Sewart, Presbyterian minis
ter, said Thursday ln a speech to
the Griffin chapter of the Ameri
can Business Club.
Missionaries are sent out to the
African countries to establish
Christian homes among the natives,
he explained The hospitals and
schools are tools that allow us to
live among the people and spread
the word of God, the Rev. Stewart
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The _ Preehv+erfan missionary, son
in-low of Griffin Postmaster Woods
Hammond, explained features id
the lives of the Congo natives and,
displayed some of the article, used
in their everyday life.
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Swint For Sales Tax
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Extra School
A consumers sales tax in
would, serve to make the people
conscious as well as defray the
of ifce Minimum Education Found
ation program, Albert Swint, State
Senator from the 26th Senatorial
District said today.
j support If the the sales Minimum tax is necessary Education to
j Foundation program for the
schools, I am in favor of it Swint
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A sales tax would not only In
crease the revenue of the state but
it would also be a remainder to the
people, who are always asking for
adidtional services, of the necessity.
cf taxes, the Senator-elect said,
The two Spalding representa
tlves-elect, A. K. Belton and E. G
Harper, both expressed their sup
port of the principal of the Mini
mum Education Foundation and
their belief in the need of a study
of the present tax structure in
Georgia,
Bolton pointed out that he had
hit decided on the method of rais
ing the'money for the support of
proposed educational program. He
said he believed that more taxes
could be collected from the sources
ijtoady authorised.
K. L. Wingate, president of. the
?****. Parbl Bureau ’ spoke mi 0
gNjWg J* ta ,avored proeram 1116 ' use He of alao aU *■« the
Swint pointed out that If the gas
oline tax fund was all used on the
roads it would greatly cut down
on the other expenditures ln the
state. J
Mrs. McKibben, 86,
Dies Al Hospital
Funeral m , services for Mrs. Petella
James McKibben 86 of 311 Williams
St. who died at the Strickland
Memorial Hospital Thursday after
noon following a short illness will
held Friday afternoon at 3
o'clocK at Hateten Chapel. Rev.
Holland the Rev. V. L. Bray
and th,“ Rev. Hoyt McGhee will of
estate. Burial will be In Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be D. R. Foster,
Milford Foster 1 Dan Cowan. Vol
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ney Sauls, Norman Folds and Clar
ence Bethune.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. D. R. Bagw.ell of Pelzer, South
Carolina and Mrs. O. J, Bravant of
Alabama; three sons,
G. McKibben of Jackson, H. G.
of Birmingham, Alabama,
J- W. McKibben of Columbus; four
grandchildren, six great
grandchildren and three'great great
grandchilden.
Week Of A Prayer And
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a week of prayer and sacrifice
will be obx-wved by the
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
ginning Saturday, J. L. Everett,
local pastor, said today.. |
The week will be climaxed by a
sacriflcal offering on the fin'll dov.
The proceed,- 8 from the offering
be largely used to support the
^Tntlon’r, pitals and other -isslon overseas schools tatitut- hos
The special week of „ prayer and
frugal living will be observed by the
*nttre church membership over the
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A ’b«rt Lamar, stewardsman, U8N,
Of Route 1. McDonnough is serving
aboard the high speed transport
WM Oarellotti. Lamar entered the
Kaval service Feb. 18, 1946 and re
celved his recruit training at the
Naval Training Station at Nor
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Of Truman-Stalin
Meet As Propaganda
PARIS — OP)— High wcsi-em de
legation sources said today Russia
has launched a new "propaganda
peace offensive” around the world.
The w,3st, they said, plans to meet
it at every point.
One leading delegate to the Un
ited Nations Assembly told reporters
rrivately that Russia is exploiting
the reported possibility of a meeting
between President Truman and Pr
ime Minister Stalin for such pro
paganda purposes.
The source, who refused to per
mit his name or nationality to be
disclosed, said the Russians ap
parently wer.e disturbed over the
effects of the big majority lineup
against them in the United Nations
He said everyone wants peace
end that reports of the possible
Truman-Stalin meeting amounted
to a campaign to weaken the pos
ition of the Western Powers.
; The United States delegation to
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the Assembly, meanwhile, refused
to say anything on the reports of
] i a possible meeting of Stalin and
Mr. Truman. They maintained their
position that they knew nothing
. shout it here.
The delegation spokesman would
not confirm or deny whether the
subject would be discussed by V. S.
Secretary of State Marshall and
President Truman when Marshall
returns to Washington.
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humbler British homes.
the same day M hers share
™ ny hundreds of layettes given to
hcr by loyal 8ubjecta and '^hnlrers
the worId over - ^ blrth of ai2a -
baby ls e *Pected some time I
this weekend. |
^ London alone it is .estimated
that at least 35o to 400 babies will
horn this weekend, in hospitals,
nursing or private homes.
. Elizabeth and her husband, Phil
ip. moy share their baby presents
with perhaps 100 or more or that
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A slmI1ar course wlth redding
presents was followed by tne prln- '
cess when she married last Nov- j
ember. Overwhelmed with gifts I
; j ir ° m all over the world she gave i I
away tWQ dozen {rocks and
suite to other late November brides J (
0 f hcr own age.
Months ago, even before Buck
j cg . llaJn confirmed reports
_^ at a rjyd lnfant WQfi expected
A -oir, n of Britain and the common
wea.th lands started making nurs
ary clothes and organizing HUza- ;
Cth Needlework Clubs. I
The ldea cau « h t on, particularly
(in Australia and New Zealand,
which the royal family expect to j
J visit next year. Sydney has sent'
900 baby garments, hand made and
embroidered. Meloume, Brisbane
nd ether cities are contributing
also. I
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The Sunny Side Baptist Church’s '
wMU and Sunbeam meeting will be
held Saturday at a;80 P . M ^
the adult training union of the
church will hold a social Saturday r
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to aFmklin D. Roosevelt will he u
veiled ln Westminster Abbey todsv
NFW YORK — Layoffs in north
eastern industry mounted today
with cutbacks by half a dozen big
manufacturers.
KEY WEST — President Trumar
ordered VA officials to make ful'
Investigation Into alleged delays ir
payments to veterans.
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Regular Legislature
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There is little likeiittood that the
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the special session of the Georgia
Legislature, Ed Crudup, Griffin
rchool superintendent, said today.
Although Governor Thompson has
i e ft the special ^n session called f 2,,! for
Nov . 16 0 for anv t TO
Uon the Qrif{ln SUDerintendpnt
POlnted t he did . .
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pr,Jgram backers to wait until the
^ eguiar 868810 1 1 in January he said .
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Griffin Lodge of Elks has pur
chased three double action hospital
’“ch equipped with innerspring
t,tresses that are available for
sick perrons who, cannot be nd
mir.ed to the hospital. Persons who
hove been dismissed from the hos
pita and sent home, who need su*h
beds, will also be cared for.
Anyone needing such a be*
8 n. uld contact Hugh Neelv Smith.
0 r Jack Fields, manage rof the Id
cal Elk's home.
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Jo Antbony of , ^ _ . h “ beer
f „ ,,8en a’Capellx for membership Choir of the y in Geor- the
gi a state College for Women for
1848-49, the college music depart
p<ent announced this week.
Composed of students from 08
CW and the Oeorgia Military Ool
lege makes extended tours each
, Par . Go alternate year, they v W i t
Florida, New York or New Orleans,
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in San Francisco by pulling a table on wheels seating seven men, a total weight of 1*78 pounds, with
a 61-ounce fiber glass rod Wnd a 45-pound test line. Making the feat more remarkable is the fact that
the initial strain is on the rod and lino before the table starts to move.
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coiieae Park i* the team tn be re
3 u rs, rhlmnion" p r
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3 the game the rttln 11 ^ waJ P ?f m
this game that Griffin’s offensive
spnrk ’ 1381-1 Rowe ’ suffered a dlsl0 '
fated shoulder and in the ® amc
? anie J *ck Langford, defensive half
fcack - received a broken collar bone.
'"'ith the team greatly weakened by
tlds 1088 the locals lost to Thomas
ton ln a hard fou « ht same that
talked them from the champion
“hip and undefeated ranks. ,
' rhe H*ms were held scoreless last
vear b y the powerful Gold Wave
and they have only won one game
in nine starts this year. Last week
th'y were held scoreless in Cedar
town’s 28 to 0 rout and they are
to Orlffin about that many
points underdogs. They are a very
weak team and have no standouts,
The O old Wave Is in top shape
since the lull in their schedule.
They have had nearly two weeks
re.tt and time to get into top shape
Last week they ptayed a weak
der team and there were no extra
muscles exterted by the local team
ir. holding Winder scoreless. All In
Jin'.ea have Improved and they will
have one week off before their clash
with their arch rivals, the R. E
T^e Rebels of Thomaston ln
a nrual day before the Thanksgiving
feanw
Hard plunging fullback
Dunn who is only 12 points behind
Gainesville’s Jackie Roberts will
have a good chance to take over the
lading scorers berth ln Class A
f^’tball when they meet College
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place ln conversions and can move
on up the line tonight for that lead.
Gnnesvllle’s Jackie,Roberts will not
h«ve much of a chance to add to
his score because they play La
Grange in the top contest of Class
A football tonight.
This game with College Park will
also show what to expect of some
cf the boys who will nil the shoes
’f those that are playing their last
vear of football. Wendell Banks,
frtihman, is expected to fill his bro
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hall game will be played tonight
xtts
0a hiesvUle.
Should Gainesville win it wUl
throw the Group 4 UUe into a
snarl with ^Grange ’ Griffin
™d d ^tur . fled all ,, up.
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lhe Prote8tant ..... pa8tor * 0{ 0ritti ’
and Spalding County have organ
and are conducting a collection
drive for the Christian Rural Over
seas Program, the Rev. W.
Lamb, chairman, said today.
The Rev. Lamb said that this
program was for the collection of
cotton, com or cash for the relief
of the destitute people of Europe.
He said that Albert Swint, execu
tlv « committeeman of the drive,
has offered the facilities of his cot
ton gin free for processing the cot
ton - The drive is an overall effort
b >’ the protestant pastors to the
bounty and they are being
by County Agent N. V. Davis.
Davis said that this is the
f0,,ntr y 111 the world that could
f arry on a drive ljke this as the
farmers ln the U. b. are the
j ' ,nes that ^ Bather and make
j their own plans.
GlOmOr Gols Will
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SUnkey but glamorous and gor
grows girls wi'l be in the show at
f b» Oriitin Veteran's Club Nov. 15,
Johnny Breen, Legion adjutant, said
tcdqv.
The entertainment for the meet
ing of the Griffin American Legion
post and Auxiliary will fee furnished
by th,? Atlanta Post 1. They will
repeat their girl acts as put on for
the Miami National Convention.
The meeting will begin at 7:30 P. M.
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Spalding High’s WoUpack lost a
close decision to the Fulton Red
birds Thursday night when Charles
Perdue missed his tenth extra point
try. Fulton came out on top 14 to
13.
Kenneth Newbem. with his briU
^ hot watw rUnnln? al1 „ ket,t nlght * he ^' He ,ed rds the “
WoUpack w,th hls frK)uent !on *
runs and was responsible for the
„ ^ made by Spaldlng . Jan ,, s
Har kness also turned in a good
game a halfback. Johnny Gaddy,
Martin and Stevens led the Spald
ln « forewall, but the star of the
night was Kenneth Newbem.
Spalding jumped off to a seven
point lead in the first quarter.
Their score came on an 85 yard
drive sparked by Kenneth Newbem.
<in e drive started on the Spalding
15 yar( j une and was climaxed by
( the 28 yard touchdown run made
by Newbem around his ri'tht end.
! Perdue first kick was bad and it
was nul’ified by a penalty against
Fuitcn but his second kick split
the uprights,
Fulton scored next in the second
quarter to tie the game at 7 to 7.
Their drive covered 64 yards and
was climaxed when Hawkins sliced
over from six, Martin on a ltn,*
buck made the extra point that tied
the ball game. The drive war
sparked by the running of Prank
Stallings add Joe Sullivan with the
of quarterback Martin coun
| ting for a lot of ground. ■>■
I Spalding trying hard to get ahead j
again to the Fulton four
yard line when Charles Perdue'
(intercepted a Fulton pass on the
yard line and carried it to the
Fulton 19 but the Spalding offense
! |The wa ’ whistle enr1, “ d at ending the the four half ymrd llne all ’
hh was
!th *0 koP 4 Ov> Wolfpack from acor
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( quarter Fulton to scored put the again Wolfpack in the seven third (
points behind. On a drive of 43
yards, that originated when a <
-Spalding fumble was recovered by*
Fu’ton. a pass from Sullivan to
20 ^
for the score. Sullivan' tucked the
extra point.
Spalding came roaring right back
and scored in the fourth quarter
or. a 55 yard drive. Newbem took
from center on his own
, 40 yard 11 pa and with some beautl
ful running carried the bail to the
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war
there can be no disai
Russia stops threaten
with communist aggn
Osborn said Russia has
men under arms and the A
dominates have 2.300,000 m
said this adds up to 250 con
visions, five times the , ©
forces of all the Western *
nations. , am 31
Osborn said U. S. represerW
ln Russia noted some lmprow
after the war, but this hunk
ed "because so much SoriM
duction is going Into war pr
Ion.” He said the “shrtn li
went propaganda" ls belng l
prepare the Russians ton
There Is evidence, he went IS
seme Russian leaders hold
Ped, twisted view of condition
side the Soviet Union.” 0
Osborn, a specialist on'3
questions, accused Russia spet
iv of destroying peace treat!
Jecting atomic control and*bl
vetoes ln the U. N. Security
cil. A Polish delegate replied
prating the fe miliar Russian m
that the U. S. is preparing
gression. r
France prepared to present
Five-Power London Confers
50-year military treaty bind
United States to Westren
Diplomats in Washington
over the Idea of extending tl
posed Atlantic Defense AlUi
the U. S., Canada, Britain,"
the Low Countries ts
Portugal, Norway,
land and Ireland.
Greek Premier
phoulls resigned because
liberal party showed rest
Ms failure to suppress
munists.
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prices Some workers stay®
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or factory owners.
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Smith flew fn
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