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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXV . NO. 1
BOARD SEEKS
REDUCTION IN
FREIGHT RATES
RAILROADS ORDERED TO SHOW
CAUSE IN HEARING
FOR OCT. 10.
Georgia railroads have been order
ed to show cause why class and com
modity rates within this state should
not be reduced to pre-war levels as
of July 1, 1913.
This would mean a reduction of
approximately 40 per cent in exist
ing freight rates, it was said at
Public Service commission head
quarters, and would be in keeping
with the promises of Eugene Tal
madge both before and after his elec
tion as governor last year.
The order, issued by the Public
Service commission recently named
by Talmadge, after he had ousted
by executive act the former commis
sion, is in the form of a rule nisi
addressed to all rail carriers in
Georgia.
It requests them to show cause
“beginning at 10 o’clock a. m. Tues
day, Oct. 10, 1933, why the class
and commodity rates between points
in Georgia now in effect, which are
higher than the rates of July
should not be reduced to the rates
in effect on July 1, 1913.”
Hundreds of rates would be in
volved, but some examples of basic
commodities were made public at the
commission offices.
In 1913, for example, commission
records show that it cost $23 a car
to ship horses and mules from At
lanta to Augusta, or in a 171-mile
basis. Today it costs s7l per car.
Cotton shipped the same distance
in 1913 cost 43 cents per hundred
weight, while today it is 58 cents.
In this connection certain reductions
have been made to meet truck com
petition.
Watermelons in 1913 were shipped
at the rate of $23 per car, compared
with $27 today, but commissioners
said the railroads had pending an
application to increase the water
melon rates to approximately S6O.
First class freight rates in 1913
were at an everage of 78 cents per
hundred-weight, and 98 cents today.
Rates experts- of the commission
said their figures were subject to
revision, but that they gave a gen
eral idea of the rate comparisons
involved in the order.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
WE ARE CLOSING OUT SUMMER
THINGS CHEAP. LET US
SHOW YOU.
40c Voiles, yard - —25 c
25c Voiles, yard - —l5 c
15c Voiles, yard -10 c
SI.OO Flat Crepes, yard _ -69 c
$1.95 Silk Dresses $1.29
35c Solid and Printed Piques 19c
SI.OO Silk Hose 69c
SI.OO Wash Dresses 79c
$1.45 Sport Oxfords $1.25
25c Dotted Swisses —l5 c
Kotex - .. 25c
Let us sell you before prices advance.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
BLAKELY, GA.
Cotrntg- JJews
Busy Session of
Police Court Held
Monday Morning
Mayor C. R. Barksdale held a
busy session of police court Monday, ■
when trial of several cases docketed ,
over the week end were disposed of.
The cases included the following:
Bill Allen, charged with disorder-'
ly conduct. Fine or $2.50 or five
days on the streets.
Oscar Creel, charged with drunk
enness. 'Fine of $5.00 or ten days.
Alex Cody, charged with drunken
ness and disorderly conduct. Fine
of $5.00 or ten days.
J. E. Bruner, charged with main
taining a nuisance, was fined $25.00 j
or 30 days, and given a 100 day
probation sentence. If probation is
violated, 30-day straight sentence.
Chief of Police Mack Strickland, in
making this case, seized 400 bottles
of home brew which it is alleged
was in possession of the defendant.
Death Claims
Mrs. Shelly Simmons
Mrs. Willie Pearl Simmons, wife of
Mr. Shelly Simmons, of the Union
community, 5 miles northwest of
Blakely, died Monday night follow
ing a short illness diagnosed as
Landrey’s paralysis.
Funeral services were held in the
Pleasant Grove Methodist church
Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock,
conducted by the Rev. J. W. Lilly,
of Fort Gaines, pastor of the church,
assisted by the Revs. Anthony Hearn
and Spencer B. King, of Blakely.
Interment followed in the church
cemetery. Mrs. Simmons was an
active member of the Pleasant Grove
church and a leader in the young
people’s work.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by her mother, Mrs. A. B.
Cain; six brothers, J. C., A. B. and
A. O. Cain of Homestead, Fla., Leon
Cain of Fort Gaines, Grady Cain of
Abbeville, Ala., and Jlilius Cain of
Early county; and three sisters,
Mrs. Emma Lee Chandler, Mrs. Jim
Cox and Miss Myrtice Cain, all of
this county.
Friends deeply sympathize with
these who are sorely bereaved be
cause of the seemingly untimely
death of their loved one.
LOCAL GINS RUNNING
DAY AND NIGHT
Three of the local ginneries—The
Blakely Peanut Co., The Farmers
Gin Co., and the C. E. Mar
tin Gin Co.—announce through the
columns of The News this week
that they will operate both day and
night until further notice.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead,”*
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1933.
MERCHANTS TOLD
HOW TO FIGURE
COTTON TAX
COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REV
EVNUE ISSUES STATEMENT ON
NEW COTTON GOODS LEVY
W. E. Page, collector of internal
revenue for Georgia, has issued a
statement explaining how retail mer
chants must establish the amount of
taxes to be paid on cotton goods
stocks. Forms for the returns due
August 31 are being placed in the
mails, the collector said.
The merchant is required to return
a tax on his stocks by weight and
in the case of goods containing part
cotton, Mr. Page said the informa
tion as to weight could be obtained
from the manufacturers. He urged
the retailers to get in touch with
manufacturers at once and determine
the content of their stocks.
The processing tax law provides
that when the cotton content of a
piece of goods is worth more than
half the price of the goods a tax
shall be returned, but when the cot
ton content is less than half the cost
no return is necessary.
The retailers must pay taxes on
stocks held as of August 31. After
that date the tax will be paid by the
manufacturer but the retailer must
still keep inventories of goods re
ceived since when the tax is lifted
the government will refund to the
retailers the amount of taxes collect
ed on goods in his store at that time.
Mr. Page’s statement is as follows:
“While the department has already
sent out instructions to all the re
tailers with regards to making re
turns for cotton tax, a great deal of
confusion has resulted in the minds
of the retailers due to the necessity
of haying to figure tjie cotton con
tents in each article in order to make
proper returns to the government on
their stocks.
“Forms for making these returns
have also been delayed but are now
ready to be mailed out to retailers
and by the first of the week 11,000
retailers will have received blanks
and can begin gathering the infor
mation necessary to make out these
returns.
“Due to the fact that any article
made wholly or in chief value from
cotton is subject to tax on that pro
portion on the weight of the cotton
for any of its forms, in the article
it is necessary for the retailer to de
termine whether or not the chief
value of the article is cotton, there
by necessitating information as to
the percentage of cotton contained
in the individual articles. Os course,
it is not contemplated that the aver
age retailer will be able to figure
the percentage of cotton and in order
to assist them the manufacturer has
prepared data on all the articles
manufactured by them showing the
percentage of cotton in each article
by weight, also the amount of sizing,
buttons and other weights contained
in the material in order that they
may assist the retailer in determin
ing the amount of cotton in the
article to be taxed.
“Retailers, therefore, should im
mediately communicate with the
manufacturer requesting data in
order that they may have this in
formation on hand when they take
inventory on August 31. The term
‘chief value’ refers to the price of
the article illustrated as follows:
' “If an article sells for $1.50 and
the amount represented by other
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President Back on Job at Washington
K&roK
bum*
Thoroughly rested, despite the press of state problems which encroached
on his vacation stay at Hyde Park, N. Y., President Roosevelt is back in
Washington to take up the endless detail in helping Gen. Hugh S.
Johnson launch the National Recovery program, due to swing into full
action on September 1. •
LANDOWNERS ARE
OVERLOOKING GOOD
OPPORTUNITY
FISH RAISING COULD BE MADE
PROFITABLE SIDE-CROP IN
GEORGIA
That many farmers and other land
owners are overlooking a splendid
opportunity to make some extra
money is the opinion of State Game
and Fish Commissioner Peter S.
Twitty, who points out the way to
raise fish as a profitable side-crop.
In a statement on this subject just
released, Commissioner Twitty says:
“On a large percentage of the farms
and other rural lands throughout
Georgia there is a neglected tract of
land, unsuitable for agriculture, that
would lend itself easily to the con
struction, at a comparatively small
cost, of a pond or lake which would
bring a substantial dividend to the
landowner each year. As a result
of a rapid growing fishing popula
tion and a gradual decrease in good
fishing waters, due to soil erosion,
industrial waste, municipal sewage,
etc., the time is rapidly approaching
when good sport fishing in Georgia
is going to require a constant re
stocking of the best fishing waters.
State and government hatcheries are
unable to supply the steadily increas
ing demand for stock fish, and pond
owners will find a ready and profit
able market for fish raised for this
purpose. Many Georgia pond own
ers already are collecting a conven
ient source of revenue through the
sale of fishing privileges. It is claim
ed that an acre of water on the
average farm is protentially more
valuable than an acre of the most
fertile land. Whether this be true
or not, it has been proven time and
again that fish can be raised profit
able on land that is useless for agri
culture.
“I am very anxious for every pond
or lake owner to register his lake
or pond with our Department in order
that we may furnish him with use
ful information concerning the most
successful and most economical
methods of raising fish. We also
invite prospective pond builders to
write us for full information con
cerning the construction and stock
ing of ponds, the feeding of fish,
etc. If such pond owner or pros
pective pond owner will register with
our Department, he is assured of co
operative help by the State Game
and Fish Department, as well as the
United States Bureau of Fisheries, j
Where possible, a practical pond
builder and fish culturist associated
with our Department will assist with
personal supervision.
“Pond owners desiring to sell fish
for restocking purposes or who will
permit fishing in their ponds for a
fee are requested to write us prompt
ly, as we intend to publish at an early
date for distribution throughout the
State a special bulletin listing the
names and addresses of pond owners
offering this service.”
City Tax Rate Is
Reduced to Ten
Mills on the Dollar
The Mayor and Council, in special
session Monday afternoon, fixed the
1933 city tax rate at 10 mills on the
dollar. This is a reduction of two
mills from the 1932 levy, and is the
lowest rate which has been levied in
many years.
The taxpayers of the City of
Blakely will welcome this reduction
of 16 2-3 per cent. Reductions in
the past three years have amounted
to 7 mills, and the 10 mill rate, of
which 5 mills is school tax, is prob
ably now one of the lowest in the
State.
Football Pep
Meeting Held
* Last Thursday
A goodly number of the men and
boys of Blakely turned out for the
football pep meeting at the Court
House last Thursday night. Mr. J.
A. Hammock, Coach of Blakely High,
called the meeting to order and in
troduced Mr. Woodward, the new
Superintendent. Mr. Woodward spoke
briefly, stressing the advantages of
athletics. Talks were also made by
Mr. Carter Davis, Mr. Guy Maddox,
Rev. Anthony Hearn, Mr. C. D.
Duke, Sr., Dr. J. G. Standifer, Col.
Lowrey Stone and Mr. Charles Tar
ver. One of the principal talks was
by Coach Cecil, of Gordon Military
College. Mr. Cecil especially praised
two former Bob Cats whom Blake
ly 'had sent to Gordon. He urged
the players to stick to training and
to give their all for the team. The
boys promised their whole hearted
co-operation. On account of the di
lapidated condition of the equip
ment at Blakely High, Blakely not
having been asked to contribute in
three years, it was deemed absolute
ly essential to raise some money.
Messrs. Guy Maddox, Raymond
Singletary, Jr., and Collier Gay were
appointed a finance committee. The
meeting adjourned with bright pros
pects for Blakely’s 13th football sea
son.
Rotary Club Notes
“Relating Rotary to Its Task,” an
address delivered by International
President John Nelson to the dele
gates at the recent Boston Rotary
Convention, was read to the members
of the Blakely Club by Bill Grist at
the weekly luncheon held at noon
last Thursday,
Rotarian Gunter read an interest
ing letter from the State Board of
Health regarding a proposed anti
rat campaign in South Georgia in
the near future. It is probable the
campaign will be launched around
November 1.
Rotarian Robert Stuckey had as
his guests Misses Nell Baldwin and
Janie Culpepper, of Talbotton.
Mi -M«^X2gU—B We promptly accepted
the provisions of the In
dustrial Recovery Act
in answer to President
Roosevelt’s appeal for
WE DO OUR RART
J the co-operation of
American Industry.
Buy Your Drug Store
Supplies Before
Prices Go Up
Balkcom’s Drug Store
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
QUIT HAGGLING
OVER TEN MILLION
FUND, VINSON URGES
DOES NOT EXPECT GEORGIA AL
LOTMENT WITHOUT STRINGS,
AS TALMADGE INSISTS
Washington, D. C.—Representative
Carl Vinson Monday advised Geor
gians to “quit haggling” with the
chief of the federal bureau of roads
about the method by which the
United States proposes to disburse
10 million dollars in federal high
way aid for Georgia.
In a statement issued after the
Georgia congressional delegation had
discussed the matter with Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace and Chief
Thomas H. MacDonald of the bureau
of public roads, Vinson said .he does
not expect favorable action on the
Georgians’ request for release of the
funds to Governor Talmadge’s new
highway board. He advised accept
ance of the funds on any terms
President Roosevelt may suggest.
MacDonald arranged Monday to
submit a written statement of con
ditions to be required in order that
Georgia may qualify for approxi
mately $10,000,000 in federal high
way aid now being withheld.
At a conference Monday with
Secretary Wallace and members of
the Georgia congressional delegation
headed by Senators George and Rus
sell, MacDonald promised the state
ment would be completed in a few
days.
Members of the delegation asked
for immediate release of the sum
set aside for federal road aid in
Georgia and were told formally that
the department of agriculture was
not ready to certify its expenditure
because of legal uncertainty sur
rounding the make-up of Georgia’s
highway administration.
Recently, the highway board’s
make-up was changed at the order of
Governor Talmadge, who declared
martial law for a time to enforce
his orders.
The delegation was told that
the federal government was not ready
to certify the expenditure to Georgia
pending the uncertain legal status of
the new highway board. Suits
against the members of the new
board, brought by the ousted com
missioners, are pending in the Geor
gia courts.
A recent proposal that the fund be
sent to Georgia to be spent under
the supervision of a federal engineer
was rejected by Governor Talmadge,
who said the state wanted no “dicta
tor” of its roads.
STREET TAX NOTICE
September Ist is the final date
for payment of Street Tax. Please
bear this in mind and either see me
or call at the City Clerk’s office and
pay this.
O. B. HUDSPETH, Marshal.