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Quart Jar Dill Pickle 15c
1 Gallon Ribbon Cane Syrup 60c
PHONE 44
BANKHEAD COTTON
BILL IS APPROVED
LAW LIMIT SALES THIS YEAR
TO TEN MILLION BALES.
GEORGIA ALLOTTED 838,080
BALE QUOTA.
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Washington, D. C. President
Roosevelt Saturday turned the Farm
Administration to its first experi
ment in compulsory control of lain
production when he signed the Bank
head bill limiting to 10,000,000 bales
the amount of cotton which can bo
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sold from the 10.14 crop.
Administration of the act during
the year of its life will be left to
Secretary Wallace.
The act provides that no state
has produced as much as 250,000 in
any year during the 1928-32 base
period shall be given an allotment of
less than 200,000 bales.
The remaining 0,600,000 bales
will be allotted to other cotton states
on the basis of the percentage that
the average production of each state
during the base period is of the
total production of all states during
that period.
Administration officials said it
weas expected producers who signed
voluntary production control con
tracts could receive certificates ex
empting from' the taxtation provi
sions of the act the amount of cot
ton normally produced on the acre
age permitted under the contract.
Cotton produced in excess of that
amount would be subject to the tax.
Allotments by states were:
Virginia, 87.720; North Carolina,
577,920; Georgia, 838,080; Florida,
24,000; Tennessee, 323,620; Alabama
845,760; Mississippi, 1,052,160;; Ar
kansas, 016,800; Louisiana, 503,040;
Oklahoma, 748,800; Texas, 3,091,-
200; New Mexico, 60,480; Arizonia,
72,960; all others 6,720.
Cotton producers who did not sign
voluntary contracts will make appli
cation to,county committees and re
ceive allotment upon approximately
the same basis as contract signers.
Conferences are now being held
between internal revenue bureau of
ficials and farm administration rep-
T. A. NUTT
All Kinds of
FIRE INSURANCE
Including System Gins, Cotton, Country
Property, Dwellings, Household
Furniture, Plate Glass
Also
Bonds, Burglary, Liability
Insurance
Quart S Dressing or I* Butter 25c
1 Lb Belle Mead Soda Crax 15c
1 It). Bulk Orange Pekoe Tea 40c
Large Can Fancy Table
Peaches 15c
2 Jello, any flavor 15c
2 Liu. Full Cream Cheese 55c
WE DELIVER
resentatifes to draw up plans for
collecting the tax of 50 per cent of
the market value of cotton which
does not have exemption certificates.
The internal revenue bureau soon
will begin the task of identifying
cotton harvested prior to this year
in order that it can 'be exempted
from the tax.
All cotton sold during this year
will be required to carry a tag
showing the tax has been paid or
that it is exempt by reason of havng
been grown prior to this year or
is cotton on which a tax exempt cer
tificate is held.
CITY REALTY BEARING
HEAVY LOAD OF TAXES
STATE AUDITOR REPORTS THAT
CITY PROPERTY IS PAYING 33
PER CENT OF ALL GEORGIA
TAXES.
City real estate paid 38.99 per
cient of the total propesty tax collect
ed by tho state of Georgia during
the year 1933, and farm land only
21.93 per cent of the total, according
to an analysis filed with Governor
Talmadge by State Auditor Tom Wis
dom.
City property was assessed by the
state at $404,856,000, farm land at
$227,735,000, public utility proper
ties at $180,760,000, manufacturing
properties at $60,833,000, merchan
dise stocks at $38,043,000, household
goods at $29,338,000 and money,
notes and accounts at $23,967,000.
The total property valuations on
the digests were $1,038,225,000 in
1933, compared to $1,135,882,000 in
1932, a decrease of $97,627,000 or
8.59 per cent. /
The analysis was filed by the state
auditor in connection with an audi'
of the comptroller general’s office.
The audit showed that the comp
troller general collected $19,726,397
for the state during the year 1933.
The principal items were $12,414,-
064 from the motor fuel tax, $4,149-
757 from the general property tax,
$741,711 from the insurance prem
ium tax, $703,212 from the public
utilities property tax, $335,618 from
the corporation franchise tax and
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
You Never Notice the Door-Step
Until It’s Gone
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
$332,469 from the sundry occupa
tions tar.
Other main sources of income were
$258,124 from poll taxes, $142,495
from inheritance taxes, $127,989
from motor carriers mileage taxes,
$186,684 from kerosene oil taxes,
$76,100 from insurance agents taxes,
$73,166 from insurance fees, $68,-
727 from public service commission
fees, and $51,910 from professional
fees.
The administration expenses of the
comptroller general’s office were
$146,966, of which $97,082 went for
salaries and $29,082 for travelling
expenses. The office also paid om
$190,104 to county tax collectors* in
fees.
Fulton County estates paid $72,307
in inheritance taxes, Chatham coun
ty estates $36,537 and DeKalb coun
ty estates $12,587.
Banks Play Vital
Part In Recovery,
Survey Reveals
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Banks of Georgia and the entire
nation have played a vital part in
business recovery, it is shown by au
thoritative figures on finance just
made public by Rand McNally Com
pany of Chicago, publishers of the
Bankers Directory.
These figures, the frst available in
1934 giving a composite picture of
all banks of the country, hsow that
at tl\e close of business on December
30, 1933, 95.S per cent of total
deposits were invested in loans and
in government and other securities,
thus being usefully employed in sup
port of trade, governmental and in
dustrial activities bearing direct re
lationship to the nation’s economic
welfare. This percentage of invest
ed deposits, it was announced, rep
resents an increase over the previous
year, and compares favorably witn
past years.
Commercial loans represented 52.3
1 per cent of these deposits of the
country is going to meet the legiti
mate needs of expanding business and
industry, starting wheels moving and
making fatter payrolls. This is in
The most useful objects all about us, the most familiar and serviceable ad
juncts to our daily existence, are the things we take for granted. Day in and
day out, we use them for our purposes without being really conscious of their
presence. But let one of them be out of place—then we realize its value to us.
Your electric service occupies such a position. It is there waiting for you,
twenty-four hours a day, in normal times or emergencies. It is a service you
take for granted.
Our entire organization is built around the idea of keeping the flow of elec
tric energy from the power plants just that dependab’e. We want it to be so that
its constant useful presence at your city’s switchboard can be taken absolutely for
granted so that it can then be distributed in turn to YOUR home and the other
homes in your community with the dependability which you desire.
direct response to the demand for
easier credit..
The banks have served in another
significant way is shown by the fact
that 19.4 fer cent of the deposits is
in government loans. This is nearly
twice as much as usual, emphasizing
the fashion in which the banks have
put their funds to the use of th-j
government for the CWA, other re
lief agencies and recovery projects.
The natural assumption would
be that to meet this need for funds
in an entirely new field the banks
might curtail their investments in
other securities. The Rand McNally
figures, however, show that 24.1 per
cent of the deposits is employed in
this field. This figure represents
little change, showing that capital
markets have not been means of
buoyance and strength in the money
market, and has been a powerful
stimulant to business.
THE OLD HOME TOWN PAPER
When even tide is drawing near,
And chickens gone to rest,
You sit in the ole arm chair,
Thinkin’ of what is best.
A peaceful feelin’ comes o’er you,
And a smile replaces the frown,
As you read the little paper
From your ole home town.
It tells you all about the folks;
Yes, of those who come and go,
And all about the sociable
Down at Uncle Joe’s.
And the boys who stole the melons,
From the patch of Billy Brown,
Makes the headline of the paper
From the ole home town.
There ain’t a thing I'm missin,
Along life’s rugged way;
For soon I’ll get the gossip,
Tho’ I’m many miles away.
If Elmer has the measles,
Or the flu is goin’ ’round,
1 read it in the paper,
From my ole home town.
I read the Chicago Tribune,
And the St. Louis papers too,
Including poems there by Guest,
Before the day is through,
And then I wish to rest my mind,
With news that’s nowhere found,
Except in the weekly paper
From my ole home town.
They say our good and bad deeds
Are recorded up on high,
So that God can classify us
When it comes our time to die.
If that be true, I know a man,
Who’s going to wear a crown,
He’s the man who runs the paper
In my ole home town.
—M. C. Robbins, Vandalia, 111.
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WILL
BE NAMED NEXT TUESDAY
The Butts County Board of Educa
tion at its meeting to be held Tues
day will elec 1 - principals for the var
ious schools in the county system.
Other members of the faculty will be
named at a later meeting.
Finances will also come up for con
sideration at the May meeting, it is
stated.
Travel anywhere... any day
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mile
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.jt s\ sleeping and parlor cars
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FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1934
DR. MADDRY WILL BE IN
GRIFFIN ON APRIL 29TH
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Dr. Charles E. Maddry, secretary
ol the Foreign Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist convention, will
speak at the First Baptist church,
Griffin, Sunday night, April 29, at
7:30. People in this section are
invited to hear Dr. Maddry.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to our neighbors and friends
for their many deeds of love and
kindness in our recent bereavement
in the death of our husband and fath
er; also for the lovely floral offer
ings. Mrs. W. L. Leverett, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Leverett and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Bryant Leverett and family.
There are still about 5,000,000
slaves in this civilized world of ours.