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Washington, D. C.—The signs of
the times, so far as they can be read
from Washington with Congress on
vacations, points toward a storm on
Capitol Hill next January or Febru
ary when Congress gets into the
question of tax revision in earnest.
Some of Washington’s best guessers
are predicting that there will be no
general overhauling of the Federal
tax system, but that Congress will
nibble around the edges of the prob
lem and have some sharp run-ins
with the Treasury in the existing
taxes which are burdensome to the
folk who pay them.
Representative Carl Vinson of
Georgia is Chairman of the special
tax revision committee charged with
studying the whole subject and re
porting its recommendations to the
Ways and Means committee of the
House early in the next session. Mr.
Vinson has called upon a number of
tax experts to make their recommen
dations when he calls his committee
together some time next month, and
the Treasury is loading its own ex
perts up with similar ammunition.
It is expected that the Vinson com
mittee will call upon many leaders
in business and industry to discuss
taxation also.
Principal pressure for tax revision
comes from business corporations
which have been hard hit by the un
distributed profits tax, and from
others, individuals and corporations
alike, who contend that the capital
gains and losses tax hampers the
investment of new capital in in
dustry. Experts now studying the
problems are preparing to recom
mend that the undistributed profits
tax be eased up in the case of cor
porations desiring to use profits for
plant expansion or for paying off
bonded debts, both of which uses
of profits are penalized under the
present revenue law.
Won’t Abandon Nuisance Taxes
One reason for doubting that
there will be a general tax revision is
the unwillingness of the Trea
sury to abandon the “hidden” or
“nuisance” taxes, so-called, in favor
of an income tax on incomes below
those which are now taxed. The
manufacturer’s sales taxes and other
hidden imposts are easy and inex
pensive to collect. The experience
of the Treasury with the income tax
is that the lower the income the
harder it is to collect the tax on
it. To offset that objection, the plan
has been submitted to the Vinson
committee of collecting the tax at
the source on all incomes derived
from salaries, rents and other regu
lar sources. That is the way the
British income tax is collected, and
it goes much farther dowm the line
than does the American tax.
We do, as a matter of fact, collect
one direct income tax from more
than 20 million persons in just that
way. That part of the Social Secur
ity taxes which is taken out of every
employee’s pay is specifically de
scribed in the law as an income tax;
1 per cent at present, more in the
future, of the gross earnings of
every wage-earner. The idea of
levying an income tax on all -wages
or salaries down to SI,OOO a year
or lower, and requiring employers
to hold it out of the pay, is gaining
ground. It would be unsafe to pre
dict that it will be adopted, but it
is certain to be debated. The gen
eral idea is in line with the propo-
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sals which Senator LaFollette of
Wisconsin has been advancing for
several years.
Farley’s Retirement Definite
Now that the retirement of Post
master General Farley is definite,
Washington gossip is humming
with speculation as to his succes
sor in the President’s Cabinet. The
most likely choice is believed to be
Frank C. Walker of New York. Mr.
Walker comes originally from Mon
tana, is in the motion picture busi
ness. In 1932 he was one of the
original Roosevelt supporters, was
treasurer of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, has held several
confidential jobs in Washington,
as unofficial assistant to the Presi
dent, who has great confidence in
him and respect for his ability. Mr.
Walker was Executive Director of
the National Emergency Council
and is highly regarded generally
as an executive. Next to Mr. Walker,
the best guess is that William W.
Howes, now First Assistant Post
master General, has a good chance
of appointment. Mr. Howes has
served as acting head of the de
partment during Mr. Farley’s ab
sences on political work. Still
another possibility is Edward J.
Flynn, Democratic leader of the
County of The Bronx, in New York
City. Mr. Flynn was Mr. Roosevelt’s
personal selection for Secretary of
State of New York, when the latter
was Governor.
Presidential Possibilities
Mr. McNutt’s name is among
those frequently mentioned as a
1940 Presidential possibility. Talk of
candidates is heard on all sides.
Postmaster General Farley is be
lieved to have a great deal of
strength among the political bosses,
who have the most to say at con
ventions. A strong sentiment for
Vice-President Garner is growing
and if there is a major European War
and Secretary of State Hull succeeds
in keeping America out of it, his
admirers say he would be the ideal
candidate. There is an active move
ment afoot to boom Senator Ben
nett Clark of Missouri for the Presi
dency. Some of the shrewdest po
litical strategists are pointing to
Jesse Jones of Texas. Chairman
of the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration, as the perfect “compro J
mise candidate.” Third-term talk
for Mr. Roosevelt has died down
noticeably since his defeat in the
Supreme Court reorganization pro
ject, but he will certainly have a
great deal to say about the candi
date of his party. His personal
choice is quite widely believed to
be Wisconsin's Senator La Follette.
“Inside” gassip claims that a
■Senjatorial bloc is forming with
strength enough to oust Senator
Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky,
from the post of President Pro-tem
of the Senate, and elect Senator
Pat Harrison of Mississippi. This
would be taken as another slap at
the Preident, who personally select
ed Senator Barkley as successor to
the late Senator Joe Robinson of
Arkansas.
A Japanese professor has announc
ed that he can guarantee to produce
a female chicken from any hen’s egg
by the injection of female harmones
;at a cost of about one-half cent per
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY. GEORGIA
Legion and 4-H
Fair Premium List
Is Announced
The following is the premium list
announced this week for the Amer
ican Legion and 4-H Club fair to be
held in Blakely the week of Octo
ber 12th:
Department A—Beef Cattle
I. The best educational exhibit of
beef cattle showing the value of
breeding:
Istss.oo
2nd 3.00
3rd 2.00
11. Best pen of three or more
pure-bred or grade heifers of any
beef breed and one pure-bred bull:
Ist $5.00
2nd 3.00
3rd 2.00
111. To the boy or girl who is able
to exhibit his or her 4-H calf the
best:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
4th 1.00
sth 1.00
Department B—Dairy Cattle
I. Best Jersey Bull:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
11. Best Jersey Cow:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
111. Best Jersey Heifer:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
Department C—Swine
I. Best educational exhibit of
swine showing the value of breeding:
Ist $4.00
2nd 3.00
3rd 2.00
11. Best educational exhibit show
ing value of swine sanitation (the
exhibit must show sanitary set-up as
well as animals):
Ist $4.00
2nd 3.00
3rd 2.00
111. Best pure-bred gilt shown by
4-H Club boy or girl:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
IV. Best pure-bred gilt shewn by
F. F. A. boy or girl:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
V. Best pair of pure-bred hogs,
any breed:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
VI. Best sow and litter:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
Department D—Horses and Mules
I. Best brood mare:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
11. Best mule colt under one year
old (must be Georgia foaled):
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
Department E—Poultry
I. Best pen of five white leghorn
I hens:
Ist $2.00
! 2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
11. Best pen of five white leghorn
pullets:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
111. Best pen of five barred rocks
hens:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
IV. Best pen of five barred rock
pullets:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
V. Best pen of five Rhode Island
Red hens:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
VI. Best pen of five Rhode Island
Red pullets:
Ist $2.00
2nd 1.50
j 3rd 1.00
Department F—Farm Crop*
I. Best, most complete, and most
artistically arranged exhibit of home
grown foods, such as fruits, vegeta
bles, nuts, meat, canned goods, etc:
f Istss.oo
2nd 3.00
3rd 2.00
11. Best, most complete, and most
artistically arranged exhibit of farm
feeds:
Istss.oo
2nd3.00
3rd 2.00
111. Best community display of all
kinds of farm products:
Ist SB.OO
2nd 5.00
3rd 3.00
IV. Best ten-ear exhibit of any
variety of prolific corn:
Ists2.oo
2nd 1.50
3rd 1.00
V. Best ten-ear exhibit of any
variety of non-prolific corn:
Ists2.oo
2nd 1-50
3rd 1.00
VI. Best exhibit of cotton, includ
ink stalk, sample of lint and seed:
Ist sl-50
2nd 1.00
3rd .50
VII. Best exhibit of Spanish pea
nuts. consisting of six bunches and
one gallon unshelled:
Istsl.so
2nd 1-00
3rd -50
VIII. Best exhibit of runner pea
nuts, consisting of six bunches and
'one gallon unshelled:
Ist SLSO
2nd l-00
| 3rd.50
Department G—Ladies’ Dept.
I. Best exhibit of all kinds of
home-canned goods:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd .... 1.00
11. Best exhibit of home-made
household articles, such as spreads,
scarfs, towels, articles of clothing, or
any other needle or hand-work:
Ist $3.00
2nd 2.00
3rd 1.00
Department H—Educational
Department
I. Best educational exhibit by a
Senior High School:
Ist $5.00
2nd 4.00
3rd 3.00
11. Best educational exhibit by a
Junior High School:
Ist $5.00
2nd 4.00
3rd 3.00
111. Best educational exhibit by
Vocational Schools:
Ist $5.00
2nd 4.00
3rd 3.00
Today and Tomorrow
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hoi as a motor fuel in place of ga*o
line, or mixed with it, no one can
tell. But that we will get to that
point some day, everybody who has
looked into the subject agrees. The
chemists are getting ready for it,
with large-scale experiments in mak
ing alcohol from corn-stalks and
other farm wastes.
The tie-up between science and
agriculture is only in its infancy, so
far.
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FERTILIZER
The world has been learning a lot
about what makes plants grow in
the 80 years since my great-uncle,
Levi Stockbridge, wrote the first book
on scientific fertilizers. He was
president of Massachusetts Agricul
tural College and his book, “Stock
bridge on Manures,” is still the basic
reference book on the subject. He
found out, what every farmer knows
now, that crops need nitrogen, potash
and phosphates, in proportions de
pendent on the kind of crop and the
chemical contents of the soil.
Modern agricultural chemists have
found that crops need a lot of other
things, which must be fed to them,
if they are not in the soil. Copper,
manganese, a dozen other elements
are necessary. So modern fertilizer
manufacturers make up their mix
tures to individual prescriptions, to
fit a particular situation.
I was in a corner of Florida not
long ago where the tomato crop
had suddenly failed. Chemists stud
ied the soil and found that its cop
per content had been exhaused. A
new fertilizer was tried with just
the right amount of copper, and the
farmers got bigger and better to
mato crops than ever before.
The old “rule of thumb” way is
out of date in farming, as in every
other occupation.
Ex-Governor Eugene Talmadge, in
his weekly blasts in his paper, The
Statesman, continues to blame Presi
dent Roosevelt and Governor Rivers
with everything that’s wrong with
the state and nation. He was born in
the objective case and still has not
rallied from his last relapse.—Cairo
Messenger.
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The Gaineswile News declares
that the Atlanta Constitution has
gone “haywire” on the national ad
ministration and today is doing the
very thing that it blistered Eugene
Talmadge for a year ago. The News
observes that the administration has
not changed, but the Constitution
has. —Walton Tribune.
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BLAKELY THEATRE
Thurs.-Fri., Oct. 7-8
BETWEEN TWO WOMEN
Franchot Tone, Moureen O’Sullivan, Virginia Bruce
Saturday, Oct. 9.
BOOTHILL BRIGADE
JOHNNIE MACK BROWN
LATE SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT 10:30
DICK FORAN
BLAZING SKIES
Mon.-Tues., Oct. 11-12
THIS IS MY AFFAIR
ROBERT TAYLOR—BARBARA STANWICK
Wednesday, Oct. 13
LONDON BY NIGHT
GEORGE MURPHEY RITA JOHNSON
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SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clippings from the Early County News of
October 3, 1912
CHANCY has a full page adver
tisement in this issue of The News.
MISS Vivian Alexander spent Sun
day with friends in Albany.
MR. R. M. SMITH was down from
Atlanta this week on business.
MR. RALPH*E*GREEN, of Colo
mokee, has returned to Atlanta to
resume his studies at medical college.
MRS. FELIX *DAVIS returned
Sunday from a pleasant visit to home
folks in Bluffton.
* ♦ *
MRS. Elizabeth McMillan, widow
of the iate Mr. J. S. McMillan, died
at her home in Bluffton Monday
morning.
MR. J. W. BRI*DG*ES went up to
Bluffton to attend the funeral of
Mrs. H. U. Harrison, who died on
Saturday at her home in that city.
JUDGE WORRILL, Solicitor Laing
and Stenographer Bussey will be in
Blakely Monday to convene the Octo
ber term of Early Superior Court.
Fifteen Holstein cows, in a test
conducted by the United States De
partment of Agriculture, average*
11,123 pounds of milk a year on al
falfa alone, compared to 19,207
pounds on a full-grain ration with
hay and pasture.
THE advertisers in this issue of
The News are The Surprise Store,
Farmers State Bank, The New York
Store, Blakely Merchantile Com
pany, J. C. & W. C. Holman, M.
C. Smith Merchantile Company, Al
bany Chamber of Commerce, Felder’s
Garage, Waldrop & Haisten Co., Sam
Stein, Chancy, Flander’s 5c and 10c
Store, R. A. Hudson and Fine Bros.
CITATION
GEORGIA —Early County:
To whom it may concern:
Hightower Hall having in proper
form applied to me for Permanent
Letters of Administration on the es
tate of Mingus Hall, late of said
County, this is to cite all and singu
lar the creditors and next of kin of
Mingus Hall to be and appear at my
office within the time allowed by
law, and show cause, if any they can,
why permanent administration should
not be granted to Hightower Hall on
said Mingus Hall’s estate.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this 7th day of September,
1937.
D. C. MORGAN, Ordinary.