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PAGE FOUR-A ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Published every evening, except Saturday and Sunday Morning. By Athens Publishing Co. Entered at the Postoffice at Athens, Ga., as second class mail Matter. TELEPHONES Business Office, Advertising and Circulation depts.,. 76 News Department _tnd ORI i it e s ABRB E B. 8ra5we11..............Pub1i5her and General Mgr. BB BN iT e e can ek eo o s TDOROR Bryan C. Lumpkin,,,................. Managing Editor Natlonal Advertising R?uuntnlveo Chas. H. Eddy Company, New York, Park - Lexington g:mggng; Chicago, Wrigley Bullding; Boston, Old South ing. Members of The Assoclated Press The Asscciated Press is excluslveli entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in the paper, also to all local news sub‘dshed therein. All rights of republication of special ispatches also reserved. Pull Leased Wire of The Assoclated Press with the Lead. ing Features and Comics of the N. E. 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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. ' e et e et The game of chess is taught in the public schools of Strobeck. Germany: children carry their ehess wggt#mnom%muin one of the SST e L e TTtRS 1 rats, 64 shrows and 37 - 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, : | THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA ! ’ l Yes — Isn't It? Ay @ ¢ S eGEIEE G N ) T A ) SO S RER IGit i b ?!:"fl "o, o f::*/;if) {: iEia R ,‘"},&,’A‘ R a ,‘;é LA gy 2 . 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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 Y " s RO ! e I »/ 4 ¥ £ W"o i @ 'fh'«" st \ = l wuz.‘ififi‘)lfl'flgfm w2l N AT N AN T "i) I 4 O \ ~ iEH I " e L. Brd A ~_--’i} M!;i"( P, IPd M T l}', e ~PBN ind Mysell .llmimg so 74 CITIZENS&SOUTHERN™ ; /‘ & j . 55 .- f&- e A% . ‘:‘ ~b o v g ) (A True Story) " 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. Tke. MAN-ON-THE -STREET @ f\' TS, & ‘P Q : 1 HE:(%I IZENS & SOUTHERN ] =1 amas\ \@ ¥ LD N BANK iATLANTA Ry ag”, ATIONAL BANK : v.@og':‘ No Account Too Large... None Too Small S AR 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, =8 23N :l 3 Aunerican | Association * Of Univ/ersity Wome, \ Thar ks Banner. Hem f so— The foll' dwing lette, of aDPreg tion was received by the Bum.g Heirald Saturday: | i Edi tor, ! B Athens Ba:nner-Hcruld, Ath ens, Gla. . Dear Sip* ) : / 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 A comet seen in 1843 had 4 150,000,000 miles long. " The hunting breserve gs | ‘red ant colony may cover acres., —‘“—*\ The faces of babies in India 4 Persia often are washed i g liquid in which holly bark ! been soaked, as a charm agai evil spirits. 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.
