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THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL
Published Every Thursday
CURTIS 0. BACON Editor and Publisher
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under Act of Congress, March 2,1879
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THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL
GENERAL SALES TAX LOOMS IN GEORGIA
Don’t look now, Mr. Taxpayer, but all indications point to
the fact that you likely will be paying a general sales tax in
Georgia before too many months have rolled by.
For example, Stale Auditor B. E. Thrasher, Jr. has sug
gested a gross income tax law, providing for the expansion of
present sales and income levies, as a solution to Georgia’s prob
lem of obtaining $30,000,000 additional annual revenue. He pre
viously had warned that the state will be short that amount in
a proposed comprehi naive public service program. He also is on
record as thinking a sales tax necessary.
Before outlining the gross income tax program, the auditor
pointed out that additional revenue is needed only if Georgians
wish the continuation of services now offered or promised by
the incoming administration. Th" decision, he explained, lies be
tween curtailing services and increasing taxes.
The gross income tax program advocated by Auditor
Thrasher contains a general sales tax provision plus different
state income tax laws. This proposal calls for the abolition of
Georgia’s present income tax and the placing of a two per cent
tax on all incomes over SI,OOO. The sales tax would be one per
cent on goods sold by retail merchants and one-half per cent
on merchandise sold by wholesalers to retailers. Result: One
and one-half per cent sales tax passed on to the consumer.
Such a program, combining sales and income levies, would
bring in $45,000,000 annually. Subtracting the loss of present
income taxes which would amount to $25,000,000, a figure of
$30,000,000, or the needed extra amount, is obtained.
Further evidence of this trend was seen in a recent speech
by State Treasurer George Hamilton, who blasted Georgia’s pres
ent system of “representation without taxation,” and called for
a general sales tax for the state as the only equitable form of
tax.
State Revenue Commissioner M. E. Thompson, lieutenant
governor-elect, also recently called for a revision of the state’s
tax system, especially mentioning the ad valorem taxes.
The art of saying something
to please both sides is what ex
plains the way people vote.
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It is getting late in the year
but you still have time to do
some of the things that you
hoped to accomplish in 1946.
Your Eyes Protect them
Are Your consulting
Best Friends the Bea ‘
DR. M. SCHWABS’ SON
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
It Costs No More
118 BULL STREET SAVANNAH, GA,
Remember!
NEW MEXICO HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI
BIKINI WHAT NEXT?
Can War Be
Stopped?
FLASH!—NO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS POWER TO PREVENT
WAR. WORLD GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY ANSWER. World Gov
ernment is eventually inevitable, whether imposed in totalitarian form
after Atomic War or democratically selected now.
LET US BEGIN HERE IN THE U. S. A. BY OFFERING COMMON CIT
IZENSHIP, government, trade and markets to any and all peoples of the
earth’s surface willing and able to supply certain guaranties of individual
freedom and obligations.
INDIVIDUAL ACTION IS IMMEDIATELY NECESSARY AND POS
SIBLE by you to prevent the fast-approaching Atomic War. Write, wire
or phone Homer Hardesty, Secretary of the Global Citizenship Club, World
Headquarters, Riviera Hotel, Daytona Beach, Florida, for information on
construction of your local organization.
Please Enroll Me As A Member Os The Global Citizenship Club
NAME
STREET
POST OFFICE
STATE
MEMBERSHIP IS FREE. YOUR ONLY OBLIGATION IS GENUINE
INTEREST IN WAR PREVENTION
There are individuals whose
faults could be cured if son e
body could instill good manners.
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What every modern municip
ality needs is a liberal supply
of unselfish activity for the com
mon good.
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL
Harvest In The Forest
By Aulton Smith
The acorns and nuts are falling
now
The honey bees are at their rest,
Golden leaves turn loose the
brow
For it is harvest time in the
forest.
Brother rabbit out hunting his
home
A Winter house to hide h i m
best;
The sly little squirrel, all the
branches roam
For it is harvest time in the
forest.
The Winter robins I plainly hair
With his heavy coat on back and
breast
As he flies swiftly through the
air
For it is harvest time in the
forest.
The big black bear now hiber
nates
All winter long takes his rest
To Be absent from all the for
est’s eats
For it is harvest time in the
forest.
Jack froset soon will come
around
To sweeten the collards and
radish
And freshen the air for Spot,
the hound
For it is harvest time in the
forest.
Peach State Tags
Return To Ga. Cars
Restoration of the Georgia
Peach to the state’s automobile
license tags next year will meet
with the approval of most citi
zens, state officials believe.
The 1947 tag will advertise
Georgia as the "Peach State”
and the tag colors will be cherry
and cream. The numbers will be
larger than usual with the ab
breviations “Ga.” and “47”
above the numerals and “Peach
State” below. j
Made at Tattnall state prison,
orders have gone forward for
700,000 tags which will go on,
sale January 1. Tag sales already
have reached an all-time record
this year with two months still
to go. Sales up to October 15
totaled 597,351. For all of 1945
the total was 541,474. The high
est previous record was 586,351
in 1941.
Use The Journal WANT ADS
Forester Announces
Hardwood Seedlings
Are Still Available
Despite the fact that the State
Department of Forestry is hard
put this year to supply pine
seedlingst o those who placed
their orders before October Ist,
there are a few seedlings of
other species still available.
This was announced by State
Forester J. M. Tinker, this week
। after an inspection of the state
' nursery at Flowery Branch. Due
to an extremely poor seed sea
son in 1945, this was the only
tree nursery in operation this
year.
“The production of pine seed
; lings is far below our needs,”
i Mr. Tinker commented, “How
| ever,, there are about 60,000
■ black locust, 135,000 red gum
। and 2400 sypress seedlings for
which there are no orders now
on hand. These can be had at
cost by applying to the Depart
ment of Forestry at the State
Capitol, Atlanta.”
Mr. Tinker said the black lo
custs, one of the finest fence
post materials could be obtained
for $3 per thousand. Red gum
and cypress are sold for $3.50
per thousand. Both prices are
f. o. b. the nursery.
NOTICE
Pursuant to Section 106-301 of
the 1933 Code of Georgia notice
is hereby given of the filing of
the application for registration
of a trade name, by Julius M.
Morgan, doing business as the
Pembroke Drug Co., and that
the place of business and ad
dress of applicant is Pembroke,
Ga.
This 28th dav of Oct., 1946.
U. J. BACON,
Clerk Superior Court, Bj,yan
County, Georgia.
The person who is willing to
do community work usualy gets
the opportunity to do it.
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Why is it that expenses in
crease so much faster than ex
pected and receipts are so much
slower than anticipated?
PREPApj^qX
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Anti-Freeze
Now Available!
LET US DRAIN, CLEAN AND MAKE ANY NEEDED
REPAIRS ON YOUR CAR RADIATOR, AND FILL
IT WITH A WINTER’S SUPPLY OF ANTI-FREEZE.
WE HAVE IN STOCK A SUPPLY OF:
RADIOS — ELECTRIC AND BATTERY SETS
RADIO BATTERIES GRILL GUARDS
SPOT LIGHTS FOG LIGHTS
WHITE WALL TIRE RIMS
FLOOR MATS SEAT COVERS
CLEARANCE LIGHTS AUTO HORNS
HYDRAULIC BUMPER JACKS
FENEDR FLAPS 600 x 16 TIRES
PEMBROKE ICE COMPANY
L. C. “Buck” LANE, Manager
Phone 35 Pembroke, Ga.
Milkmen To Fight
Raids Upon Milk
Markets In State
The State Milk Control Board
recently called a meeting to con
sider raising milk prices in the
Atlanta area to combat out-of
state “raiding on the Georgia
milk market.
Out-of-State daries are “raid
ing” the market and paying
above market prices for the
product, James E. Jackson, sec
retary of the Georgia Dairy
men’s Association, charged.
Jackson said these raids are
the sole reason for considering
price increases.
“We are convinced prices
would not have to be increased
had it not been for the agitation
caused by the entry into our
market of this dairy in competi
tion to our prices,” he declared,
addidng that the agreement to
pay more than the established
This Bank
Is Ready
To finance your Purchase of a
Home, Automobile, Furniture
or any other type of Loan you
desire.
PEMBROKE STATE BANK
TELEPHONE 26 PEMBROKE, GA.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Thursday, November 7, 1946.
market price in Georgia is
causing local distributors to op
erate at a loss.
North Carolina dairyman can
pay more for raw milk, since
they are not required to have
as high butterfat content and
can sell milk for 21 cents if it
is homogenized, he asserted.
The regular milk sold by most
Atlanta dairymen must be
priced at 20 cents a quart in this
area.
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