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A Thought For The Day
Neither murmur ye, as some of them alse
murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
—I. Corinthians, 10:10.
Truth is not exciting enough to those who de
pend on the characters and lives of their neigh
bors for all their amusement.—Bancroft,
CATTON’S COMMENT
BY BRUCE CATTON
. An English visitor not long ago made a three or
four week's trip across the United States, and the
things he saw impressed him so deeply that he had
to retire to his study at once and write a book.
In this b.ok, according to advance reports, he
expresses his utter amazement at the contradic
tions he founc in American life. Accustomed to the
staid and orderly conditions of Engl’qnd, he was
bewildered and a little appalled by what he saw
over here. <
These things being so, his only possible recourse
was to turn author and speak his mind about
things.
1t is impossible not to feel a little sympathy for
him, because if there ever was a country which it
is impossible to understand at a glance it is this
America of ours.
Some of us, indeed, have lived in it all our lives
and still don’t understand it. It is, all in all, about
as amazing a land_ of contrasts and contradictions
as human beings ever made.
It is a lang which professionalizes college ath
letes and makes heroes out of prize fighters and
baseball players; it is also a land which produces
sejentists like Millkan and Compton and casts a
200-inch telescope to look at stars that man never
saw before.
It is a land which professionalizes college ath
it iz also the land which is willing to go seven or
eight billion dollars in the hole in an effort to
break its way out of a trade depression. ®
It is the land of cheap movies, cheaper radio, and
“society leaders” who endorse tooth paste for pay-—
and it is also the land that produces persons like
Jane Addams and gives men like Leopold Stokow
ski free rein to create beauty.
It puts a Huey Long ,in its senate, and then
counterbalances him ‘with a George W. Norris. it
is the land of the Lindbergh kidnaping, but it is also
the land which produced Lindbergh himself,
It is world-famous as a land of boasters, but for
yvears it has paid good money to foreign authors
and lecturers to tell it what was wrong with it.
1t is the hard-hearted land of lynchings and it
is the generous land which will send millions of
dollars to Japanese earthquake victims. Tt main
tains a gigantic navy and spends millions on air
craft, but it is the only nation brave enough to ex
pose the chicanery of munitions manufacturers.
You could go on like that for an hour. How, in
deed, is any foreigner to understand such a peo
ple?
A compound of wisdom and foolishness, of brag
gadocio and humility, of strength and weakness—
we can't understand ourselves. AL
We can only sense that we are a strange people
of infinite possibilities, who are building a society
unlike any other on earth . . . and our saving
grace is the fact that we have the courage and the
jdealism to insist that it shull also be better than
any other. X t
Lawyers who criticize the way Hewspapers cover
eriminal cases usually complain that reporters and
editors like t¢ “try the case in the newspapers.”
Anyone. who follows the daily reports of the
Hauptmann trial must feel, however, that if this
case is heing “tried in the newspapers” to any:
extent it must be the fault of the prosecution and
defense attorneys. ! '
Is there anything in legal procedure reguiring
these attorneys to issue lengthy analyses of the
testimony each evening? Anything requiring them
to make lengthy forecasts of what they are going
to do to this or that witness tomorrow morning?
Anything requiring them to tell how so-and-so
hurt the state’'s case, or how whoozis weakened the
defense. or how tomorrow they will prove this, that,
or thé other thing?
If the Hauptmann trial is leaking over into the
newspapers, it is the attorneys themselves who are
responsible
Housing Administrator James A. Moffett tells
the Middle aAtlantic Retail Lumbermen’s associa
tion that the housing administration is laying the
groundwork for “such a revival of building con
struction as this country has rarely seen.”
The results to date have hardly been spectacu
lar, and one can only hope that future develop
ments will be of a kind to fulfil Mr. Moffett's pre
diction .
It is certain that full recovery waits on a revival
of the building trades:; certain, also, that a tre
mendous amount of work is waiting for these
trades. if only some way can be found of getting it
started.
Mi. Moffetl warns that we cannot expect too
much rvight at first. Ulitmately, he is confidént, the
long-range program to reform methods of home
mortgage financing will release a flood of buiiding
orders.
If he is correct, a great reservoir of sales and
jobs should presently be tapped.
Farm animals are being placed in zoos in the
large cities, and city-bred children find them to be
as much of o curiosity as the animals of far lands.
The Mount of the Holy Cross in Colorado, is one
of the best known of all phenomena of the United
States, but few people have seen it, because of its
inaceessibility. '
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of Strobeck. Germany: children carry their ehess
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- AIDING CRIPPLED CHILDREN
.~ While all of the relief measures of the
|federal government have proved benefici
‘al to the people, the most appealing of all
‘aid rendered by these agencies has been
for the relief of children. According to
reports of Misg Gay B. Shepperson, emer
gency relief administrator, over 700 crip
pled children have been located and are
being nursed back to health,
This class of aid work appeals to Pres
ident Roosevelt more than any of the other
relief measures. He is especially interest
ed in crippled children and those afflicted
with infantile paralysis, The great insti
tution, located at Warm Springs, has been
a boon to mankind, and many of these
crippled children picked up by relief work
ers in this state, have been sent to Warm
Springs for treatment, ‘ !
President Roosevelt has, in a great
meagure, directed ‘he survey of the state
wide nursing organization with instruc
tionis that all crippled children be given
attention, &nd, if found necessary, sent to
the institution of which he is the directing
head. Hundreds of these children, afflict
ed and deformed, are being restored to
health and given an opportunity of recov
ering, and developing into normal men and
women.
WHY DISCRIMINATE?
There is much opposition to the old-age
pension plan as suggested by Secretary of
the Treasury Mgorgenthau. Mr. Morgen
thau fasors the elimination from the pen
sion law certain classifications of citizen
ship as beneficiaries. Those to be omitted
from the benefits of the proposed old-age
federal pension system, are the transient,
the farmer and domestic servants, For
what reason, Mr. Morgenthau does not
say, but in our belief, every class of citi
zenship should be placed on a level and
share equally in what ever amount the old
age pension may be stipulated. G
i If the farmer is to be left out of the
[pension, the transient and the domestic
iservant, then all clasess of citizens should
]be excluded and the bill withdrawn from
| Congress. We can not conceive of Con-
I gress attempting to enact legislation of a
[discriminating character, but on the other
|hand, we feel that all citizens should come
gix} on the same basis and receive equal ben
[efits.
There is no guarantee of the farmer be
ing immune to poverty. The ill effects of
adversities ave applicable to all classes,
and none is shown preference when the
hand of misfortune is laid upon their
shoulders. If the old-age pension bill is so
amended as to strike from its provisions
any class of citizens, then it would be bet
ter to have the measure withdrawn from
Congress, and close the matter,
MEMORALIZING COOLIDGE
. The legislature of Massachusetts has
authorized the erection of a memorial to
the late President Calvin Coolidge, but
Mrs. Coolidge, the wife of the president, is
opposed to it. She respects the unostenta
tious life lead by her husband. Mr.
Coolidge did not like show and glamor, but
he believed in and lived the life of the
meek and lowly. At no time and under no
conditions did he ever attempt or permit
the inauguration of any program that was
gspectacular or was tinged with personal
publicity. He was*just a plain, common,
unassuming citizen who preferred to live
in quietude, notwithstanding the exalted
position he neld as President of the United
States.
The Philadelpia Inquirer, in commenting
on the action of Mrs. Coolidge in refusing
the offer of the legislature of Massachus
etts to erect a memorial to the memery of
her husband, said: “It was made known
to the legislative committee of Massa
chusetts, which is considering methods of
honoring the memory of the late President,
that she disapproves of a memorial in the
form of a statue. As her views will prob
ably be respected we are not likely to see
a statue of Mr. Coolidge in the capital of
the state of which he was governor for two
terms.” | ;
Notwithstanding, Mr. Coolidge had ser
ved two terms as governor of that state,
and the action of the legislature entirely
in accord with good taste, yet Mrs.
Coolidge knew how he felt on such mat
ters, and out of respect to the memory of
her dead husband, the offer from the leg
iclative committee was declined.
WATERWORKS BOND ELECTION
The announcement made by the mayor
and council calling an election for the au
thorization of an issuance of bonds]
amounting to $75.000 to be used for ad
ditional equipment to the present 'system‘
of waterworks, should meet with the ut
most favor on the part of the citizens ofl
Athens. : |
The present inadequate system of water-i
works should arrest the interest of all citi-|
zens. It should not be necessary for the
mayor and council to urge the people to
vote for the bonds. The issuance of these
bonds is a community obligation in which
the health of the people is involved. Im
pure water, contaminated from any source,
is a breeder of disease that brings on es)‘i
demics that sometimes reaches beyond the
control of medical aid. and takes as a toll
the lives of many citizens.
The present marginal amount for bond
issues is sufficient to warrant the issuance
of the $75,000, amount needed to improve
and enlarge the present plant. There
should be no bickering or opposition to the
proposed bond issue, but all citizens, reg
istered, should go to the polls on March 15
and cast their baiiots for bonds.
Sales of automobiles in Germany during
February of this year were double those
during the same month in 1933. This large
increase is said to be due to abelition ofj
government tax on new cars, : |
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Exemption Proposals Wrong
In Principle, Says Athenian
Shackelford Writes Cov
ernor Giving Bases for
New Tax System ‘
Declaring that the tax question
is the most important business be
fore the Georgia legislature, Frank
C. Shackleford, Athens attorney
made public today a letter to Gov
ernor Eugene Talmadge in which
he opposes the $5,000 tax exemp
tion measures which has already
‘passed the house of representa
tives,
Mr. Shackelford, a political sup
porter of the governor, asserts that
‘the $5,000 exemption proposed is
‘iunfuir. It will not only remove
{from the tax books a large part of
the taxable property, and is “wrong
in principle.” He concedes that the
ad wvalorem tax on real estate
should be reduced to at least half
of what it now is but other taxes
should be provided to make up the
loss in revenue which such reduc
tion woulg bring about. “In my op
inion,” he said. “there is only one
way to do this and that is to have
la sales tax.” * Mr. Shackelford de
‘(‘iares that the new tax program
should be based upon two funda
mentals: 1. Every owner’of real
cstate ought to pay a small ad val
orem tax. 2. |Every man and
woman who lives under the pro
tection of the government ought
to pay something to help support
it.
TEXT OF LETTER
Mr. Shackelford’'s letter follows:
Governor Eugene Talmadge,
Atlanta, Ga,
Dear Governor:
“In my opinion the most import
ant legislation coming before the
present session of the legislature
by all odds is the tax question. If
a fair and equitable tax bill can be
passed by this legislature, and only
this one bill were passed, the people
would be amply repaid for the ex
pense of convening this legisla
ture.
“The ad valorem tax on vreal
estate has reacheq that point where
it is almost conflscatorl}. and the
pcople in this state, both in town
and in the country, and especially
those owning farm lands, must
have some relief. You can take up
most any county paper in the state
and you will find from half to full
page of legal advertis'ments where
land is being sold for taxes. This
can not continue and some relief
must be given.
‘“There seem to be so many tax
bills that are being introduced and
so much diversity of opinion, that
I am very much afraiq that noth
ing satisfactory will be done
Every man has his own particular
scheme and idea and wants this
carried through regardless of whe
ther the other fellow has a better
scheme or not.
“There is only one thing to do
and that is to get down to funda
mentals. Whenever vou attempt to
exempt one class of property and
tax another you will always have
trouble and you will never get a
satisfactory tax bill.
“There are two fundamental prin
ciples. One is that every man and
woman in Georgia ought to pay a
small aq valoreum tax on the real
estate that they own.
“Another is that every man and
woman who lives under the pro
tection of the government of the
state of Georgia, whether they own
real estate or not, ought in some
way help to support the govern
ment, and when you vary ~ from
these two principles you are going
to get into trouble. ARy
Opposes Proposal
“I notice that some of these bills
re proposing to exempt homes to
the value of $5,000 from taxatiun'
and personal property of SSOO from!
taxation, Ii this was done it would |
take a very large part of the tax-‘
able property off the tax booksin
Georgia. It is not right for one man ‘
to have an exemption of $5,000 and
another person no exemption. It]
is not right for a man who has a
$5,000 house to have a $5,000 ex
emption, and then another person
who has a home worth SI,OOO to
only have exemption of SI,OOO. This
is unequal and unfair.
“It is not fair for a person who
has no home to allow him no ex
‘emption ang then allow another
‘persnn who simply calls the plac®
‘ihis home to have an exemption of
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Thas story should be divided into two parts;
About fourteen months ago while driving across i.'fi'e‘;tate, I sfiiiipia’d so visit 4
successful business man. We were talking about banks. “You ought to carry an ac
count with the Citizens & Southern,” I suggested. “I believe you would find it a very
happy and satisfactory relation,” and then went on to tell him some of the things
which I had learned about the policies and principles of the bank. ‘
Recently I was in the same town and again visited this man. He recalled our
conversation nearly a year before. “About three months ago,” he said, “I opened an =
account with the Citizens & Southern. I want to tell you that I have found the service
to be all that you described.”
“As a matter of fact, I find myself now turning instinctively to the Citizens &
Southern whenever I have a problem.” :
A bank must be something more than a siructure of stone and steel, and a
safe depository for money. There must be knowledge and experience and sym
pathetic consideration of . the trials and problems of life. And whether this
man redlizes it or not, those are the things which he found as a customer of
the Citizens & Southern.
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This is number 119 in a series of visits : :
by “The Man-on-the-Street”
$5,000. When you exempt this
class of property you have got to
increase the tax on the person who
has property that is not exempt,
which is wrong in principle, and
no tax bill will ever be agreed upon
that is satisfactory, to the people,
when you proceed along these lines.
“The ad wvalorem tax on real
estate ought to be reduced to at
ieast half of what it is at the pres- |
ent time, or even more, and es
pecially is his true of county and
municipal taxes., While the state
taxes are enormous, vet the coun
ty and municipal taxes are not of
reason and they are increasing
every year, and it will finally come
' to the point, if something is not
done, that the majority of the peo
ple will not want to own any real
estate at all. The county and muni
‘cipnl taxes are almost three times
| as high as the state taxes, and this
,ought to be reduced in some way.
“In my opinion there is only one
way to do this and that is to have
a sales tax and in this way evefy
person, high and low, would pay
tax in proportion to thes amount of
goods or articles that ‘they purch
ased. This tax is an pasy tax to
pay, it is paid in smalll amounts
and in my opinion would be more.
satisfactory than any jother tax
that could be imposed and not only‘
this , it is a just tax.
“T suppose in Fulton. county there|
are between fifty and seventy-five
thousand people who get a sala.ry‘
of from $50.00 to $500,00 per month
and I dare say that not ten per
cent of these people pay any tax,
and yet they get the same benefit
and the same protection as the
real estate owner, who is paying
all the taxes. ¢
Cites Example
“For example: A salaried man
who is receiving S2OO per month,
his income will be $2,400 net each
year. This of courde does not
count his living expeénses, but he
recéives this anfount without any
expense. The average farmer who
has a net income of $2,400 a year,
after paying for his fertilizer, ex- J
pense of making his crop and thp
purchase of farm implements, woul g
have to own enough land to do :[Q
on which he woulq have to pay
from S3OO to SSOO in taxes per veg.r,
and eyen then a great many sos
these farmers are not making mrich
more than expenses and very /few
are netting $2,400 per year, !
“You can readily see what fan
injustice this is ‘to the man who
owns farm land, o 1 real estate. |
“If “we had a sales tax eviery
person that receives SIO.OO [per
month would pay kis pro rata shire
for the support ofi the governni¢.nt
No woman or man should live [un
der the protection of the govern
ment without contributing their
mite in its support. The poor |man
will practicaly pay nothing, i2s he
will buy but very little, bug the
man who is rich 'and buys much,
and has non-taxable bonds,, and
<he men and women who draw
gooq salaries, and who have paid
no taxes heretofore, would ' then
pay their part of the tax levied
fdxj the support of the goverziment.
“In my opinion, the thing to do
is to put a maximum amount as
ad valorem tax to be paid and col
lect the deficiency, whatever! it may
be, from a sales tax. I do not
think that the sales tax ought to
b¢ oppressive, but in my opinion
a sales tax of three per cent, in ad
dition to a small ad valorem tax,
would raise more money to operate
the state than we are now getting
under the present system.
Points to Gas Tax
“The tax on gasoline, which is
really a sales tax, amounts to thou
sands of dollars per year, The peo
ple pay it with very little com
plaint, while I think this tax is
entirely too high, and if each in
dividual was compelled to pay this
tax in a lump sum at the end of
each year, it would probably
amount to $75.00 per automobile
operated in Georgia, and nobody
would be able or willing to pay this
tax.
“The point that I am trying to
illustrate is that these small
amounts paid along at different
times coulq be paid by the people
and they would not miss it and
would pour an enormous amount
DAY, FE .
SUNDAY, FE BRUARY 19, 1,
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The foll' dwing lette, of aDPreg
tion was received by the Bum.g
Heirald Saturday:
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Athens Ba:nner-Hcruld,
Ath ens, Gla.
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Dear Sip*
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In b/ half of the Americay Agy
‘cilatywoy, of University Women 1 “.'i‘
to tp{ wk you. for the splendiq iy
Heity “you gave our “":““"7“‘;51
‘durffag 1934,
o £¥t the state Convention pejq)
‘Dl’cgtur, Ga., last month the As
© 15 branch of the 9, 4 U Wy
tAe publicity prize, This ey
‘[tnmt we had as Com)letitm'su
| ‘stlanta. papers and othep city gy
es,
fi‘ We appreciate your Cooperaj
and value vour newspaper,
Sincerely yours,
NELL UPSHAwW GANNON
(MRS. ARTHUR (j.\Nf\'L\')
—Publicity chairmay
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of money into the state’s treagy
and at the s=ame time everyh
would be paying in the same o
portion as to their ability to pay
“In addition to the taxes ul;a
referred to, I feel sure that sy
law ought to be enacted by
could be reached the enorn
amount of personal property that
evading tax altogether. | beli
ig would be safe to say that
over twenty-five per. cent of {
personal property in the state
Georgia is returned for taxes. 1
character of property ought tg
required to pay its pro rata si
of the taxes. A very large nun
’of the citizens of the state of G
gia own nothing but personal p
\perty, some of them worth tho
ands of dollars, and yet pay pr
tically nothing to the support
the government,
“As I said in- the beginning
this letter this tax matter mus
based on fundamentals and wh
ever you start in exempting {
class and that class of prope
you are going to get into troys
and you will never get any |
bill that is fair and acceptable
the people,
“You will please excuse the len
th of this letter, but I am viti
interested in this tax matter,
these ad wvalorem taxes on Iy
have almost destroved me
every ogther man owning real esty
and especially farm lands, a
something has got to bLe done
remedy the situation.
Tours very truly,
F. C. SHACKELFORD!
PCS-8.
