The Ludowici news. (Ludowici, Ga.) 1922-current, March 23, 1939, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 16.-NO. 25. Ludowici School Will Remain Open For 9 Months Term The Ludowici school will run its full term of nine months. This was the decision reached Wednesday afternoon when the local board of trustees met with the county board and agreed on a plan to finance their operation for another two months. Collection of a balance of 1939 unpaid taxes will be begun at once and these will be applied on the operating expenses. Long countians, generally, are -deeply gratified at the action taken by the two school boards. The seven months term, guar anteed by the state, closes this week, all Long county schools, having run four months last fall, will close tomorrow. Billie Wilkinson 4-H Club Boy Has Prize Steer Billie Wilkinson, a 4-H Club member at Poplar Head School, sold the Prize Steer on the Glen ville market last week. His calf was adjudged prime and was bought by Mr. A. D. Burns for 15 cents per pound. The calf weighed 585 pounds, thus it brought $87.75. Mary Wilkinson, another club member, had a fine calf weigh ing 640 pounds that brought $8.95 per hundred or a total of $57.28 Mr. Wilkinson fed out quite a number of steers and has sold them at a nice profit. To show how well he did he gives this in formation: The value of steers when put in the feeding lot was about $650.00. Feed consumed was 500 bushels of corn and $200.00 worth as cotton seed meal. Valuing the corn at 50 ■cents per bushel then the cost of the steers at the time of sale was SIIOO.OO. The steers sold for about $1900.00 thereby giving Mr. Wilkinson about SBOO 00 profit over what he could have obtain «d by selling thesteers last fall. All his steers and those of Bil - and Mary were home raised and from 1-2 to 3 4 Black Angus. Sharpe-DuFour The marriage of Miss Matilda Sharpe and Josh E. DuFour took place here Saturday afternoon with Judge T. J. Parrish, ordi nary of Long county, perform ing the ceremony. Mrs. DuFour, is the only daughter of J. L. Sharpe of Way cross and Mrs. Snarpe of Ludo wici. Mr. DuFour, vho is employed in Savannah, is the son of Mrs. A. M. DuFour of Ludowici. They will make their home in Savannah. The Atlanta Federation of Women’s Clubs is planning a Georgia products exposition at the New City Auditorium, At lanta, May 15-20. The population of the United States probably will not reach its crest until about 1960, agricul - Uiral economists say. THE LUDOWICI NEWS Local Laymen go to District Meeting A meeting of district hymen was held at the First Methodist Chinch in Waycross Sunday afternoon at which Layton Shep- pard of Fort Valley was the speaker. Mr. Sheppard, who is a conse crated lay-worker, spoke on dif ferent phases and problen.s of stewardship, making a splendid impression on his hearers. Among those attending from Ludowici were: Rev. W. Park Smith, T. D. Houston, H. P. Rimes, R. D. Easterling, J B. Daniel and the Misses Mary Daniel and Meta Hendry. Baracca Class To Have Supper Tonight The Baracca class of the Bap tist Sunday School is having a supper tonight at Wiggins Lake. They are having as their guests members of the Philathea class and a few others. M. F. Weaver is Baracca teacher and Mrs F. L. Chapman is teacher of the Philathea class. The two classes have more than 50 members. Governor E. D. Rivers Defends and Explains Expenditures in R adio Address Monday Night Atlanta, March 21.—Goveri or E. D. Rivers, in a radio address Monday night, called on Geor gians to recognize “there are worse things than taxes’’ and not permit curtailment of vital governmental functions “in the name of economy.” The executive, in an appeal to the state in the wake of the Legislature’s refusal to vote rev enue to meet appropriations said he intended “no abuse and no apology” and stood ready act ively to slash all non-essential governmental costs so schools, health work and aid to eleemosy nary institutions might not be impaired Put, he warned, “after every economy possible is effected in the operation by me, or by ti e business group (authorized by the Senate) or by the House group, or by any group, there will still have to be raised ap proximately $8,500,000 in money I with which to reopen our schools, to resume our health work, to continue our old age pensions and to care for our mentally sick and unfortunate. “This is a fact we must face and we cannot escape it simply by talking down oveihead ex pense.” “Taxes, after all, are merely the price you pay for things you get from your government. And, while taxes are distasteful and there is always an instinctive re sentment against taxes, there are worse things than taxes. “Georgia is shortly going to experience some of these things worse than taxes. “Closing our school house doors . . . “Confining our insane people in jails LUDOWICI. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1939 Short Time Left to Ask Exemption C. L Mid die ton, county re ceiver of tax returns, directed taxpayers’ attention today to the fact homestead exemptions for the year cann)t be giant d unless application is made before April 1. Those who obtained the $2,090 exemptions on their homes last year must reneiy their applica tions. However, the application fo;m for the second year is much s mpler tl an for the first. In oider to obtain the exemp tim on owner-occupied resi dences, title miist be with the applicant by January 1 of the year for which the exemption is sought. Morning Service At Middleton Memorial Services at Middleton Memorial at 10:15. This is to remind the congre gation at Middleton Memorial Chapel that the service Sunday morning will, as usual, be held at 10:15. Harry Baker ? of Cairo spent the week-end at his home here. “Letting our tubercular, our cancer afflicted and othe’ - sick people die without medical at tention “Letting our aged and our blind and our dependent children suffer is worse than taxes. “It is tragic that we have o have an actual demonstration of these things worse than taxes before we can revise our tax system to meet these needs we must meet by government if we are to be a progressive state and a great people. “It is tragic because this ac tual demonstration so vitally af fects, adversely, the lives of so many of our people. But since we are paying this high price for this demonstration, let’s at least make the most of it. . . and let’s lead our people to a permanent solution. That is my purpose.” As part of the program to achieve this permanent solution, the Governor suggested revision of the present system of having part of the state funds allocated by law so the recipient depart ments were little affected by crises such as the present one. He expressed his conviction that the services trying to do some $21,000,000 worth of work on the $12,300,000 in the general fund “are more important serv ices . . . than the services that will not have to be cut...” “These fundamental services —like education and health work —ought to have a tax levied and allotted especially to them for their support, so that all gov ernment services will be on an allocation basis, or else the allo cation method ought to be aban doned and all the money put into a general fund, and from it, these major services ought to J. Lawton Howard Gives Shad Supper J. Lawton Howard, chairman or the county board of education, was host at a shad supper last Friday evening at which mem bers of the county and local school boards were guests. Be sides members of these two boards, H. M. Hodges, county superintendent, and E. K. Bell, superintendent of the Ludowici school, D. W. Davis of the coun ty commissioners, A. G. Pink ston, tax collector, F. Lloyd Chapman and Rev. C. E. Milton were present. Chinese checkers and conver sation followed the deliciousdin ner which was served bv Mrs. Howard and her sister, Miss Joan Banks. Young-Davis The marriage of Miss Dorothy Young and Harry Davis, both of the Tibet community took place in Ludowici Saturday with Judge Thomas J. Parrish, ordinary per forming the ceremony. The News extends to the young couple who will make their home in the Tibet com munity best wishes for a happy and prosperous married life. have first c ! aim.” Another approach to the de sired permanent solation was the question of reduction in over head. In this connection he re viewed the wo r k of the House economy committee briefly, say. ing the administration had spon sored it but found “this com mfttee was being used—against its will as a sounding board for partisanship and political perse cution.” He said in view of this po id eal “distortion” in the House inquiry the Senate moved for an economy investigation to be handled by business experts named by the Georgia Bankers’ Association. “I am going to follow this resolution,” the Governor said, “and ask this business group to use these men they now have employed in their own business es . . . in making a detailed in vestigation of the overhead op eration of the state government. “I am going to ask that they send these trained men into ev ery department of the state gov ernment. and to point out to me every possible saving that can be made in cutting down salaries or cutting off employes, in cut ting expense accounts, in rents, telephones, telegraph bills and in every other item. . . . “As fast as this group com pletes an investigation of a de partment and makes recommen dations to me for these cuts, then I expect to carry out these recommendations in every way possible.” We regret that space prevents us carrying Governor River’s en tire address, but have attempted to cary the more important parts. $1.50 PER YEAR Federal Benefits To Long County For The Year 1938 Below is given a complete statement of the various bene fits derived here last year which were handled through the county Welfare office. Benefits to Long County Fed eral Certifications. (Estimated) WPA $13,311.82 NYA 1,837.20 CCC 3,799.50 SC 7,256.83 $26,205.35 Special Public Assistance AB 157.50 OAA 4,960 00 ADC 1,794.50 6,912.00 Grand Total 33,117.35 Cost to Long County Salaries 950.00 Travel 182.32 Board Members 72 00 Office Supplies 59.31 Commodity Fund 60.00 1,323.63 Grand Total 1,323.63 Cost approximately 4 per cent of benefits. F. Bartow Middleton Dies at Riceboro Riceboro, Maren 21. —F. Bar towe Middleton, age 78, died Saturday night at the home of his son, R. L. Middleton. For many years he made his home near Walthourville. Surviving Mr. Middleton are his wife, one son, R, L. Middle ton; seven daughters, Mesdames H. C% Branson and W. A. Bran son, both of Darien; P. A Steep leton, Jacksonville; Nicholas de Vries, Jacksonville; E. L. Davis and G. F. Williamson, Ludowici; and C. C. Miles of Brunswick, and by twenty-seven grandchil dren and fifteen great grandchil dren: by three sisters, Mesdames J. F. Williamson of Allenhurst. Frank Gerrold, Statesboro, and William Long, Jacksonville. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the old family cemetery in Liberty coun ty with the Rev. Mr. Liston of Riceboro, officiating. Honorary pallbearers were: M. P. Phillips, Dr. L. M. Branch, T. Y. Davis, C. L. Middleton, N. G. Sharpe, C. M. Easterling, T. D. Houston and V. L. Lynn. Active pall, bearers were six grandsons. Women Study Paul’s Work At Philipp The Methodist Woman’s Mis sionary Society met at the church Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock. This meeting was the Bible Study Group. Miss Meta Hendry was in charge of this study. Miss Mary Daniel gave a talk on “Paul’s work at Philippi’\ Miss Annie Ruth Davis reported on “Paul’s Journeys” and Mrs w Park Smith gave “The WomeikL of the New Testament”, after which the meeting adjourned*.