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New Trust Company of Georgia building. Architects: Carson, Lundin &
Shaw / Associate Architects: Abreu & Robeson, Inc. / Electrical and Mechan
ical Engineers: Jaros, Baum & Bolles, New York / General Contractors:
Hardin-Turner, a joint venture of Ira H. Hardin Co. and Turner Construction
AC ■ Lo' Co.
Trust Company of Georgia endorses
Atlanta’s future — electrically.
Imposing by day and dramatic by night, the Trust Com
pany of Georgia building heightens the excitement of
Atlanta’s soaring skyline.
With roots deep in the city’s economy, the banking
company expressed its continued faith in Atlanta by
rebuilding in the downtown area. The new all-electric
structure was assured of full occupancy even before con
struction was completed.
More and more businessmen are endorsing all-electric
operation. Georgia already leads the nation in these truly
modern buildings, and the number increases by many
hundreds each year.
Owners of such buildings enjoy low costs in both
construction and operation. Less maintenance, too. Plus
the ultimate in comfort and convenience for tenants.
Call one of our commercial representatives for
details. Find out why all-electric is a sound investment.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve®
Need A Little More Room?
If space and finances get a little tight at your house, may we
make a suggestion? If you need more room or any other worthwhile
improvement to your home, stop in and see us about a low-cost Citi-
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Members Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FOLKSTON AND NAHUNTA, GEORGIA
Some Insurance Companies
'Baiting' Elderly Citizens
Out Os Their Policies
“Certain insurance compan
ies are taking large numbers
of Georgia’s Senior Citizens
down a primrose path of
promises, and then leaving
them almost stranded and de
fenseless as to their insur
ance,” Comptroller General
James L. Bentley said today.
Bentley, also Georgia’s In
surance Commissioner, said
“The problem arises because
some companies send their
policyholders notices that a
premium is due, something
supposedly done out of cour
tesy since it is not required
by law or by individual poli
cies.”
“But some unscrupulous
companies know full well that
people learn to depend upon
these notices before making
payment. And so they wait
until an elderly person is al
most fully paid up, and then
do not send the “Notice of
Premium Due” for, say, the
final payment. And naturally,
since the person does not re
ceive the notice he’s learned
to depend on, he does not
send in that crucial premium.”
“The result is that many
senior citizens have been
caught with lapsed, uncollec
table policies; and at best,
can apply only for reinstate
ment, which inevitably means
much higher premiums.”
Bentley said “This trickery
is also beginning to be used
on policyholders who have
submitted a lot of claims to
their companies, and whom,
consequently, the companies
would like to drop but other
wise couldn’t.”
The Commissioner said
“The best protection against
this is for every Georgian
with insurance to keep care
ful track of when his payments
are due, and not depend upon
company notices. As for these
few unscrupulous companies,
force-type restriction legisla
tion will be an alternative if
they continue this tricky
baiting and dropping practice.”
GREEN SQUASH?
Yellow squash turn green,
and growers became concern
ed because there is no market
for them. Nor.man E. McGlo
hon, Extension Service plant
pathologist, says green squash
is common in South Georgia in
late summer and early fall.
He says the green is caused
by a virus, the most common
of which is watermelon mo
saic.
Rabies is most commonly
considered a dog’s disease, but
all warm blooded animals are
susceptible. The most common
wildlife having rabies are fox
es, skunks, bats, and, in Geor
gia, raccoons.
How Can You Protect Against
Rabies?
U. S. A Nation Os
Few Cities When
Its First Census
Was Taken In 1790
This 20th century Nation of
cities had very few of them
when its first census was tak
en in 1790.
There were five considered
to be the leading cities of the
day — New York, Philadel
phia, Boston, Charleston, S.C.
and Baltimore. Two others —
Salem, Mass., and Newport, R.
I. — bring to seven the total
widely regarded as important
urban centers in 1790. All of
them had either reached a
population of about 8,000 or
over by the time of the first
census or at some period ear
lier. This last qualification
must be included to cover the
case of Newport which had
reached a figure of more than
9,000 before the Revolution
ary War but which had de
clined as a result of the war
to a figure of 6,716 at the time
of the 1790 census.
New York had already tak
en the lead as the largest U.
S. city with a 1790 count of
33,131. Others in ’the top
five reported the following
populations: Philadelphia, 28,-
522; Boston, 18,038; Charles
ton, 16,359; and Baltimore,
13,503.
Another group in 1790 was
made up of places that later
became well-known cities and
already had considerable pop
ulation. These included Pro
vidence, R. 1., with a count of
6,371; New Haven, Conn,
(with 4,487); Hartford, Conn.
(4,072); Albany, N. Y. (3,494);
and Richmond, Va. (3,761).
And still another group con
sisted of populous places which
in some cases became small
cities (by modern standards)
but in same cases remained
towns. These and their 1790
populations included: Ipswich
(4,563); Gloucester (5,317);
Marblehead (5,661); Newbury
port (4,817); Bridgewater (4,-
953); Rehoboth (4,710); and
Middleboro (4,524) in Massa
chusetts; Portsmouth, N. H.
(4,720); South Kingstown (4,-
396) and Glocester (4,016), in
Rhode Island; Middletown
(5,298) and Fairfield (4,010) in
Connecticut; and Ballstown
(7,316); Stephentown (7,209);
and Watervliet (7,422) in New
York.
Not only were cities in
1790 small, but the idea of a
complex urban society as it
has developed in the 20th cen
tury was unknown. The reason
is simply that most of the 1790
population lived in rural a
reas. The proportion living in
the seven cities of 8,000 or
more was only 3.3 percent of
the U. S. population in 1790. In
contrast, the U. S. population
in 1960 was 70 percent urban.
In much of the U. S. out
side of New England, the 17-
90 population was so scattered
that the census returns that
year were made by counties
rather than towns. In the
South, there were exceptions
like Charleston, S. C., and
Richmond, and in the Middle
Atlantic States returns were
made only in part for units
smaller than counties. Returns
in 1790 for cities and towns in
New England were detailed
because town boundaries were
specified quite precisely in
much of the area. In addition,
New England was more den
sely settled than the other
part of the new Nation.
The development of an ur
ban society advanced at a
very rapid rate throughout the
19th century. By 1900, for ex
ample, there were .more cit
ies and towns with a popula
tion of 8,000 and above in
Rhode Island (the smallest
State) than there had been in
all of the U. S. in 1790. By
1900 also, there were 47 cities
within the area covered by
the 1790 census that had reach
ed a population of 50,000 or
more. Os the 47,
five were formed
after 1790 from parts of other
towns and did not exist at
the time of the first census.
By 1960, there were 300 cities
in the U. S. with 50,000 per
sons or more.
Os the seven places consider
ed cities in 1790, Salem, Mass.,
had grown in 1960 to have a
population of 39,211 and New
port to 47,049. Os the five big
I cities, only Charleston, S. C.,
did not continue as a major
population center — its 19-
60 count was 65,925, four
times the 1790 total. New York
I was still No. 1; Philadelphia
I had dropped to No. 4; Balti-
I more was 6th; and Boston 13th.
■ All four were still major pop
ulation centers though.
Bill Stuckey
There seems to be more interest every day throughout the
country and in the Congress for redirecting the growth of our
population. With the rising concern over pollution and the effect
it is having on our cities, increased traffic congestion in the
urban areas, and the many other problems arising from over
population and over-congestion, people in the urban areas are
beginning to realize that rural development is for the betterment
of all the people, not just those in the rural areas. Urban Mem
bers of Congress are beginning to pay more attention to legisla
tion for the purpose of rural development.
In addition to the rural development legislation which 1
sponsored last year for the purpose of creating a more prosperous
rural America, I have introduced another bill this year which is
designed to help eliminate the imbalance that exists between the
rural and urban segments of our country.
The new bill I have introduced is the Regional Development
Incentive Act. It will provide for a 20% tax credit on certain new
investments in plant and equipment to encourage industry to
expand into the depressed and lagging regions of our country.
The Coastal Plains Region in Georgia and other economically
depressed counties will be covered under this new bill.
Metropolitan areas in excess of 300,000 are excluded from
coverage by this legislation since their problems require a differ
ent approach. Also, the investment credits are limited to growth
generating industries, and credit will not be extended to industries
which simply relocate their facilities from one region to another.
I am still hopeful and confident that we will get passage of my
Rural Development Bill before too long. In the meantime, the
new bill which I have introduced is not a package of measures
for rural development, but simply a bill to provide the 20 per
cent tax incentive to industries to locate in the depressed rural
regions of our country.
There is ample evidence that such a tax credit to aid our
depressed regions can pay for itself in a very few years. The
increased economic activity which will be generated by the tax
incentives will, in time, more than cover the loss in tax revenues.
Above all, the Act will enlist the technology and resources of
private enterprise in the effort to restore a better balance in our
American economy.
What I am proposing would be a guaranteed no-waste Federal
program. It is not a give-away program. It will simply be a pro
gram to encourage private industry to locate where there is man
power and where jobs are needed.
New Census
Taking Method
Even the method of taking
the census will be changed
for many Americans. All
householders will receive cen
sus forms by mail and will
fill them out at home. In
densely populated areas, in
cluding five Georgia counties,
they will be asked to return
the forms by mail to the Cen
sus Bureau. These people will
be visited by census takers
only if they do not return
their forms. In other parts
of the country, census tak
ers will call to pick up the
completed forms.
The five Georgia counties
where the new mail-out, mail
back method will be used are
Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Ful
ton, and Gwinnett.
Georgia’s Early Censuses
Geosgia, as one of the thir
teen Original States, was in
cluded in the First Decennial
Census in 1790. That year
there were 82,548 inhabitants,
but the state’s territory ex-
tended westward to the Mis
sissippi River. It was not until
1802 that Georgia acquired its
present boundaries, At the 18-
10 census, the population
stood at 252,433. The largest
increases in numbers (392,790)
and the most rapid rate of
growth (17.7 percent) in the
20th century both came during
the 1900-1910 decade. By
1950 the population stood at
3,444,578.
The 1960 Census
In 1960, Georgia, with 3,943,-
116 inhabitants, ranked 16th
among the 50 States and the
District of Columbia in popu
lation. Os this total, 1,122,596
were Negro. About 55 percent
of the population lived in ur
ban areas, 10 percent on farms
and the remainder was rural
nonfarm residents.
Among Georgia’s 159 coun
ties the 1960 population rang
ed from 1,876 in Echols to
556,326 in Fulton. Sixty-six
counties gained population
during 1950-1960.
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