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STATE LEGISLATURE
CONCLUDES
FAILS TO PASS SINGLE
TAX MEASURE;SCHOOLS
LEFT STRANDED.
The Georgia Legislature, which met
in January to the tune of urgent ap
peals for more money to finance Gov
error E. D. Rivers’ “little New Deal,"
adjourned Saturday at midnight on a
resounding economy note, 'without pas
sing a single new revenue measure of
major caliber.
Sharply critical of Senate failure
to extend and augment the
economy investigating committee, at
work since early in the session, the
representatives Saturday night armed
that committee with additional powers
and voted to continue its life until
June 1.
The Senate itself, rejecting a leg
islative set-up proposed by the House,
adopted a plan authorizing Governor
Rivers to request the Georgia Bank
ers Association to name a committee
of bankers and business men to study
state operations and make recom
mendations.
This, in effect, would create two in
dependent groups to investigate the
Georgia stab? government.
The House committee, headed by
Wilmer D. Lanier, of Richmond county,
was armed with power, however, to
subpoena witnesses, records and other
data desired, and to cite any possible
recalcitrant witnesses for contempt.
The Senate authorized group would
serve without pay.
The House action strengthened a
previous resolution, which merely ex
tended present powers of the House
committee, of which James V. Car
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michael, of Gobb, is vice-chairman and)
Joseph Blackshear, of Hall, Cleveland) Con-j
Rees, of Webster and T. Guy
nell, of Lowndes, are also members. j
Speaker Roy V. Harris, administra
tion stalwart, and Rep. John Wesley
Culpepper of Fayette county, an in
dependent economy advocate, wrote
the second resolution.
This committee already has brought
about economies estimated at about
$383,000 a year and recommended a
total potential saving of $2,285,000.
The Senate was not asked to concur
in the new resolution to extend econ
omy studies, and therefore acted in
dependently in its resolution directing
Governor Rivers to ask the bankers
to committee from its ,
group name a
members and business men to make)
economy and efficiency recommenda
tions on governmental operations. The
Governor in turn would be “required”
to execute their recommendations.
Harris and Culpepper both assert
ed the House committee had already
made numerous recommendations for
slicing overhead, reducing personnel
and also had cited possible savings by
tightening of collections of present
taxes.
The committee is to make recom
mendations to the Governor and file
a report with the General Assembly
when it next convenes. Members of
the committee are to receive $10 per
day and are authorized to employ and
pay a reporter and messenger.
Speaker Roy Harris Saturday key
noted the administration’s position
when he declared the state’s schools,
teachers, insane, ailing, aged and de-
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With Easter coming early this year,
on April 9, preparations are already
underway. This youngster Is showing
the latest fashion in decorating eggs
for Easter. She has a whole array of
biirmies, ducks, chicks,'wooly lambs
and pert pups in decals for transfer
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pendent children were in a “pitiful
condition” due to “mistakes of the
House ’ and charged the impasse was
engineered by “two Atlanta law firms
made up of defeated candidates for
office. It Was generally understood
he referred to former Governor Tal
madge and Hugh Howell.
Rep. H. B. Edwards, of Lowndes,
countered from the House floor that
Harris’s statement “was “unwarranted
and untrue.” He challenged the as
sertion of Speaker Harris that the
House had failed to follow the speak
er’s economy plan.
At the insistence of Rep. R. A. Bell,
of Grady, and Rep. Fred Scott, of
Thomas, the Assembly at 10:30 Sat
urday night, a short time before ad-
his German troops had fully occupied
the Bohemia and Moravia sections.
Left to right: General Von Brau
chitsch; General Wilhelm Keitel; un
identified; General Johann Blasco'w
itz; Herr Hitler.
j journment, bring passed two definite measures end the de
j signed to to a
Georgia-Florida fish and produce li
cense wrangle that has existed for a
number of years.
The new measures, which will be
i come effective with the passage of
similar measures by the Florida Leg
islature which meets in Tallahassee on
April 5th, impose fees of $50 on resi
dent and non-resident sea food deal
ers in each state.
They were drafted by a joint com
mittee of legislators from the two
states.
While major taxation was rejected
consistently at this session by the As
sembly, most all secondary levy pro
posals also failed. Among these Were
bills to increase intangibles assess.
ments and remove a net income ex
emption which proponents estimated
would have yielded $1,000,000 annual
ly.
Beer tax proponents succeeded in
gaining continuance of the beer tax
of two cents a bottle and $4.50 a bar
rel. The levy would have expired on
June 30 by operation of the original
law. Free school books get all money
from this source.
The state’s ancient system of 1 ad va
lorem taxation remained intact, des
pite numerous efforts to abolish the
state levy of five mills. Also left on
the books were more than 200 so-called
nuisance levies.
The session began after a series of
legislative conferences called by Gov
ernor Rivers to explain the state’s fis
cal position and outline courses which
might be followed.
The Governor told legislators that
the state lacked $8,500,000 paying ap
propriations in full this fiscal year
under the current biennial budget. It
called for expenditure of approximate
ly $96,000,000.
In three messages to the Assembly
he said this sum “must be raised” and
expressed a preference for a gross
income tax, sales tax or luxury levies.
The first fight of the Assembly
came over the first administration
“must” bill—to create the state hos
pital authority so Georgia could legal
ly participate in PWA spending. The
bill was passed but debate was acri
monious. Later severe criticism was
levelled at the welfare department’s
contract with L. W. Robert Co., Inc.,
engineering firm granted six per cent
of more than $4,000,000 hospital pro
ject costs as engineering and archi
tects fees.
The second big battle occurred when
the House began to form a budget
bill for the next biennium. Senator
Harris, warning the legislators they
should “cut the shoe to fit the foot,”
j urged that they slash current figures
! 20 per cent throughout—then finance
! it in full. Instead, the House slashed
! minor departments sharply but bal
: looned big departments, particularly
| education and welfare, to send the
i total budget past $100,000,000 for the
next two years.
This bill was promptly tabled and
remained there at adjournment.
This leaves the current $96,000,000
budget bill automatically in effect for
two more years, with current appro
priations restricted to 55 per cent as
a result of application of the reduction
clause “to make the shoe fit the foot.”
The reduction clause provides appro
priations may be trimmed to fit the
revenue when the latter failed expec
tations.
The next battle, which lasted to the
closing days, was over tax bills. The
House killed in sSvift succession four
sales tax proposals and then threw
overboard an attempt to revive one re
tail sales tax levy as a “stop-gap” for
schools and welfare for the next nine
months.
Governor Rivers had agreed to call
an extra session at the end of this
time if a majority indicated agree*
ment on acting on a permanent tax
program for schools. Earlier a House
committee had sidetracked a 1 per cent
FRIDAY, MARCH 24TH, 1939.
gross income tax bill.
Throughout the session
cross-currents swept the
particularly the House. The
current felt was that during an
tempt to shear from Labor
sioner Ben T. Huiet most of the
thority over his department.
Huiet, long a friend and
appointee of ex-Governor Eugene
m&dge, was backed by fiery
men in the House and the proposal
strip him of authority was
twice.
The names of Hugh Howell
Talmadge were tossed into a
of the next Governor’s race by an
time Talmadge man,
W. R. Blease, of Brooks. During
attack on the Rivers
and ne'w tax proposals Blease said
Talmadge and his former
were the only men who had a show
the next gubernatorial race.
After angry debate, the bill
■enacted. As passed, it simply
fies the Georgia law on methods of
ministering and qualifying for
ployment compensation.
SERMON SERIES AT FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Last Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock,
Rev. Wilburn S. Smith, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, of Cairo, began a
series of special Sunday evening ser
mons based on “The Seven Sayings
Christ on the Cross,” under the gene
ral theme, “The Power of Love.”
-Following are the topics of the re
maining sermons in the series:
March 26th, “Love and the Individ
ual”—“Today Thou Shalt Be With
Me.”
April 2nd, “The Considerations of
Love”—Woman Behold Thy Son.”
April 9th, “Love Going to the Ut
termost”—“Why Hast Thou Forsak
en Me?”
April 16th, “‘Love and the Prob
lem of Pain”—“I Thirst.”
April 23rd, “Love’s Victory”—“It Is
Finished.”
April 30th, “Love’s Resignation,”—
“Into Thy Hands I Commend Mv
Spirit.”
Please note the change in the hour
from 7 to 7:30.
HOME OF BEN HARRISON
BURNED.
Left Out Last Week).
Reports reached Cairo Thursday
that Mr. Ben Harrison, a well-known
farmer residing about ten miles north
of Caiio, suffered the loss of his home
and smoke-house by fire Thursday.
The reports said the loss was
heavy and uninsured.
In breeding chicks with hens, keep
the hen confined in a coop and let the
chicks range outside the coop. Move
to fresh ground once a week.
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THE BOOKS ARE NOW OPEN AT MY OFFICE
FOR MAKING 1939 AD VALOREM
(PROPERTY) TAX RETURNS.
All property owners are required to make returns oi
all property owned on January 1st. By making your r Ct> 5
turns, you will reduce the expense of the county in equal 5
izing the returns, and thus serve to lower taxes. Maks l I
your 1939 returns NOW and avoid possibility of errors,
penalties and confusion later.
If anyone who has knowledge of property that is not
being returned will report same to me, it will be appreciated
Notice is given that 1939 special state licenses were
due heavy on penalty. January 1st and that defaulters are subject tofl|
Special notice is given that all PROFESSIONAL TAXi
ES were due January 1st, along with all state licenses, afll
that the aw now requires payment of professional taxes
in advance.
HOMESTEAD AND PERSONAL TAX EXEMPTION BLANKS HERE!
You must make application to me on these forms to be entitled to the
Homestead and Personal Property Tax Exemptions. The forms are tedious
to execute and require considerable time to fill in. Please come in AT ONCE
if you wish to avail yourself of the Tax Exemptions on your property this
year.
April 1st is the time limit for filing these applications.
T. F. PROCTOR, O > lYliT Ga.
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man who has the price of a package of
cigarettes after he has paid all of
the bills.
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GEORGIA FARMING 1
STEADIER income . . one that can be ex.
pected each year is one of the greatest needs
facing South Georgia farmers. Here’s how hog
and cattle raising can help.
Investigations conducted by the State College
of Agriculture establish the relationship between
crops and live stock on the farm. Since prices
for hogs and cattle do not vary as widely as
those of other crops, live stock provides a bal
ance in bad crop years. Hogging operations take
little labor, and that during the fall and winter .41
months when farm labor is not otherwise too
occupied. Hogs will fatten on such waste prod
ducts as peanut fodder after harvest. While fat
tening on these waste crops, the hog will ferti
lize the field, aiding crop yields in succeeding (
years.
In many ways, hog production is a valuable 1
phase of farm activity. It is not a misstatement •>
to say that the hog is “married” to the farm for w
bigger profits and greater stability.
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