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Senator Dean Protests Taxing on
Federal Excise Taxes in Georgia
The collection of state sales
sales tax on federal excise tax
es without legislative approval
has been called “government by
dictatorship” by State Senator
Roscoe Dean Jr. of Jesup.
“When the State Revenue De
partment can begin collecting a
tax on a tax without advance no
tice and without public hearings
then the people of Georgia have
lost a precious right,” Dean said.
The Sixth Senatorial District
Senatbr condemned action by the
State Revenue Department which
authorized the collecting of sales
tax on federal excise taxes add
ed to the price of gasoline, auto
mobiles and tires.
“The new tax on tax will work
a tremendous hardship on work
ing men and women throughout
Georgia and I for one will not
stand by and see this thing con
tinued without a fight,” he said.
He pointed out that on gaso
line alone it means a one cent
increase. The cost for an aver
age price automobile or truck
would be an additional $9.
“The Revenue Department has
estimated that the new tax sour
ce may produce as much as $5
million dollars annually.
“There is something seriously
wrong with our governmental sys
tem when a Revenue Department
can assess the motoring public
this much additional taxes with
out so much as giving elected of
ficials and the public a chance
to be heard on the matter,”
Dean said.
The senator, who is a mem
ber of the Senate’s Economy, Re
organization and Efficiency Com
mittee, said he plans to do ev
erything he can when the legis
lature meets next January to
“see this unfair tax on tax col
lection abolished.”
The Revenue Department ac
tion resulted from a May 21 de
cision of the Georgia Court of
Appeals that the state could le
vy what amounts to a tax on a
tax.
The court decision grew out of
an Atlanta automobile company’s
suit to enjoin the revenue com
missioner from collecting sales
tax. Only last week did the Rev
enue Department get the final go
ahead.
Dean said his feelings on the
matter are also shared by others
in both legislative bodies.
Commenting further. Dean said
he felt service station operators
in particular had a hard enough
time making a living now with
out this gasoline increase.
“Taxation without representa
tion was the major cause of our
fighting for our freedom when
this country was young. Now we
find history repeating itself
right here in Georgia.
“The working people, the farm
ers, and businesses are taxed e
nough. They certainly are. taxed
unjustly when increases are made
without their having had a voice
in the decision,” the South Geor
gian said. -
He emphasized that Georgia now
has a large surplus of funds and
said this tax increase and talk
of other tax increases for the
next administration is “irrespon
sible thinking” on the part o f
state officials.
Dean has repeatedly called for
economy in government and says
a tax reduction would be possi
ble if it were carried out.
“We need a statewide taxpay
ers association to put the brakes
on the government idea that we
must have a tax increase every
four years,” Dean said.
Senator Dean state that “if the
taxpaying public wants such an
organization he is ready to take
the lead in its formation and
head the fight which could even
tually lead to a tax reduction in
stead of regular increases.”
“If a state-wide taxpayers or
ganization is formed, one of the
first steps should be the inaugu
ration of a study committee to
survey the entire Georgia tax
structure,” Senator Dean added.
(Adv.)
APPLE PRODUCER
The largest apple-producing
county in Georgia? It is Gilmer,
where 30,000 new trees have been
planted since 1958.
LET FIELDS DRY
Why stay out of wet vege
table fields? Extension Service
Horticulturist F .B. Cates says
harmful bacteria or fungus
spores may be present in the
moisture. These plant-disease
causing organisms are easily
transferred to clothing and
farm machinery, and then to
other plants. Mr. Cates points
out that this is particularly
true on beans, cucumbers, and
cantaloupes.
FORMAL OPENING
Os New Mincy-Callahan Funeral Home
Saturday and Sunday, July 17-18
A cordial invitation is extended to the citi
zens of Brantley and surrounding counties to
the formal opening of the Mincy - Callahan
Funeral Home on Saturday and Sunday, July
17 and 18.
Visitation Hours on Saturday and Sunday
will be from 2:00 P. M. until 6:00 P. M.
Our Funeral Home will have the dedication
ceremonies at 3:00 P. M. Sunday afternoon,
conducted by the Rev. Cecil Thomas and Rev.
Lee Ramsey.
24-hour-a-day ambulance service — Ai r-
Conditioned and oxygen equipped.
Experienced, Efficient and Highly Trained
Personei.
Agency for United Family Life Insurance
Company and we honor and service all types
of Life Insurance.
Notary Public for your convenience 24
hours a day.
Cleve Mincy
General Agent for
United Family Life
Insurance Co.
Baptist Village Day to
Be Observed July 18th
Waycross, Ga. — Georgia Bap
tists will observe the ninth annu
al Baptist Village Day on July
18.
Baptist Village, homes for re
tired people, is owned and oper
ated by the Georgia Baptist Con
vention and the convention desig
nated one Sunday in every year
for the observance of Baptist
Village Day by Baptist churches
in the state.
The goal for the special offer
ing the churches will receive this
year is $160,000. The money will
be used for the care of two out
of every three residents now at
the Village and for the extension
of the Village ministry, the ad
ministrator, the Rev. Harvey Mit
chell, said.
Thousands of letters and infor
mation folders have been sent
out from Baptist Village to the
3,000 Baptist churches for use in
informing nearly one million Bap
tists about the Village ministry
and the special Village Day.
The huge old oak tree on the
Village grounds is the inspiration
for the theme of the Baptist Vil
lage Day observance. In promo
tional materials, a picture of the
tree is used with these words,
“The great oak: a symbol of
depth, the outreach, the sustain
ing love of God for His older
children.”
“Baptist Village is in its eighth
year of service,” the Rev. Mr.
Mitchell said. “In these years
many delightful things have hap
pened to us.”
“From six residents and one
cluster of apartments on April 2,
1958,” he continued, “we have
grown to three apartment build
ings and a dormitory building
with accommodations for 120, a
central service area and admin
istration offices.”
Baptists from all over Georgia
have come, he said, by motor
cades, private cars and planes
to visit the Village and to find
out first-hand about “the minis
try to our senior citizens.”
“Just recently scores of per
sons going to and from the Bap
tist World Alliance Congress in
Miami took the opportunity to vi
sit the Village,” the Rev. Mr.
Mitchell said. “Many of them
were guests at our noon meal
and some spent the night.”
The administrator also cited
such expressions of appreciation
from residents about the Village
ministry as “our every want is
supplied in a kindly and gra
cious way” and “we who live
here can never be grateful enough
to our friends — the Baptists of
Georgia.”
Baptist Village’s master plan
calls for accommodations for 300
persons. In addition to the in
firmary and multi-purpose build
ing, future plans include three
more clusters of apartments and
cottages for couples.
LUMBER PRODUCTION
During the first half of this
century, lumber from Southern
pines accounted for about one
third of the lumber produced in
the U. S. Extension foresters at
the University of Georgia point
out, however, that since about
1950 lumber production from
Douglas fir on the west coast has
exceeded that of Southern pines.
PERMANENT CREASE
Permanent crease garments
should hit the woman’s and child
ren’s wear market this fall, says
Miss Margaret Mclntyre, Exten
sion Service clothing specialist.
One thing to keep in mind when
buying such garments, she says,
is “buy to fit.” Hemlines can’t
be altered. The original hemline
crease is in to stay.
fAl^^ /
Ernest Knight
DRUGGIST
The Rexall Store
Pharmacist Always on Daty
147 West Cherry St
Phone GA 7-2254 Jesup, Ga-
Mincy-Callahan Funeral Home
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA
Phone HO 2-4944
Mrs. Marie Callahan
Only the No.l man's got the
j buys: your Chevrolet dealer
THE NO.I MAN'S GOT THE CHOICE YOU WANT (MODELS,
STYLES AND COLORS) IN HIS NO. 1 CAR: CHEVROLET.
Models? Impalas, Bel Airs, Biscaynes. Styles? Sedans,
coupes, convertibles, wagons. Colors? Black, white and most
THE NO. 1 MAN'S GOT THE STYLE
YOU WANT IN HIS REAR-ENGINED
FUN CAR: CORVAIR. What sporty
style it is: every Corvair coupe or
sedan's a hardtop now. And what sport
driving a Corvair: four-wheel independ
ent suspension; rear-engine traction;
easy steering; up to 180 Turbo-Charged
horsepower in Corsas if you order it.
Just leave it to Chevrolet to make sure
Corvairs look like they cost a lot. Leave
it to your Chevrolet dealer to make
sure they don't.
Corvair Monza Sport Coups
Lady Attendant
(See him now!}
R. L Walker Chevrolet Co.
Phone ATlas 3-4250, 515 Tebeau Street,
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 15, 1965
everything between. Engines? Even the new 325-hp Turbo-
Jet V 8 you can order. Buys? There's no better time to get
yourself into the No. 1 car. Just see the No. 1 man now at
the No.l place (where the sign says “Chevrolet'')!
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you can order one of our livelier Turbo-Fire
Chevette Malibu Sport Coupe
VBs, all the way up to 350 hp! If you want
to make sure you get just the Chevelle for you—the model
and the body style and the color and the equipment—see
your Chevrolet dealer soon. Hurryl
Modern Equipment and a Homelike Atmos
phere.
Mr. Cleve Mincy will be connected with the
Mincy - Callahan Funeral Home as the Gener
al Agent for the United Family Life Insurance
Company. He will also act in an advisory capa
city and will be available to the people of this
area at any time day or night he is needed.
We invite the people to visit the Funeral
Home. There will be someone on duty 24 hours
a day.
Refreshment and favors will be given every
one who attends our open house these two big
days.
We will be looking forward to meeting you
when you come to see our new Funeral Home
and our special services we have to offer you
and our community.
Gene Callahan, Mgr.
Chevrolet Impala Sport
THE NO. 1 MAN'S GOT THE POWER
YOU WANT (THRIFTY SIX OR BIG
V 8) IN HIS MIDDLE-SIZED CAR:
CHEVELLE. If you like your car
k' neat-sized and nimble, the No. 1
Kfj man's got it in Chevelle. Standard
** engine is a husky Six or a powerful
Turbo-Fire VB, depending on model. Or
sUZAj BCHEVROLET
^DEALER
NOW’S THE TIME TO OCT A NO.l EUY ON THE NO.I CARSI
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Waycross, Ga.
Mincy-Callahan
Funeral Home
10 5873
