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VOL. XLV. NO 4
Advocates a Change
In Ad Valorem Tax
(Interview with Judge James
j. Flynl on Tax Relief and
Reform.)
Atlanta, March 4, 1935. For
many years I have been an ad¬
vocate of a change in the Ad
V alorem system of taxation of
this Stale.
I have served in the General
Assembly of Georgia most of
the time since 1900. I have
seen tax commissions appoint-
ed for the specific purpose of
making a change in our anti-
quated and un just system
laxation. Thousands upon
thousands of dollars have been
spent by commissions in re*
seareh work and yet no
lature has had either the cour-
age or iniative to adopt the
recommendations of these
commissions. I believe as long
as our General Assembly is not
forced with a fiscal crisis that
they will continue to adopt the
lines of least resistance and let
the present unfair and des¬
tructive system continue to
supply the vast majority of lax
funds used for local govern¬
ment. I believe that if in any
way we can take away from our
local government a consider¬
able portion of their present
source of revenue that the po¬
litical interests now opposing
change in our system will be¬
come strong advocates of more
equitable measures to replace
lost revenue.
I believe that the destruc¬
tion of desire for home owner¬
ship can be as seriously hurt¬
ful to the best interests of our
Stale as would the abolish¬
ment of our public school sy s¬
tem. The home is the primary
school for good citizenship.
Without that primary school
for the foundation of charac¬
ter ol her education might only
sharpen the wits of crooks and
morons. Nothing can take the
place of the home to inculcate
good citizenship and good
character.
Good citizenship requires
every man to assume his share
of the bu'den of citizenship.
Let every man pay in propor¬
tion to the priviledges and
benefits he enjoys under our
government.
Make it possible for investors
to employ the use of their
funds in construction of bet¬
ter homes and better busi¬
ness properties without risk¬
ing the confiscation of their
principal.
More than half of the idle
labor in this nation is brought
about by lack of building and
construction. The lack
a construction program is
caused by excessive taxation on
real property.
Many other States have al¬
ready found more modern and
efficient methods of taxation.
Georgia should be a progress¬
ive State as has been in the
past years and not be the last
State of onr Union to adopt a
modern tax system in keeping
"ith our other progress.
Opposition to tax reform is
coming almost entirely from
organized job holders and pol¬
iticians whose efforts may be
prompted by their own selfish
desires and not the best inter¬
ests of the people whom they
represent.
(Signed) J. J. Flynt
Represent Representat.vc j from S „ P al<U - ,
ing County.
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TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7 1935.
Three Are Injured
In Motor Accident
A head-on collision lute Sun
■day night injured three per¬
sons when ears driven by Ro¬
bert L. Long, 22. of 307 Old
Mountain Road, and Ilurrold
Allison, 30, of Ringgold, Ga.,
f cracked up at Thirty-Third X
Broad Streets,
j Long and two CCC boys from
j Camp 120, Lookout Moun-
i a i„, we re injured. At Erlan-
ger, where they were carried
'in a Wann ambulance, pbysi-
c ians found Ernest Holcombe,
J CCC boy, from Pickens, S. C.,
suffering from a possibly frac¬
tured pelvis. Lonnie Kilgore,
CCC boy from Tracy City, suf¬
fering numerous face and body
lacerations. Roth were remov¬
ed early Monday morning to
the Ft. Oglethorpe hospital.
Long, suffering bad cuts and
bruises, was held at Erlangcr.
Allison, arrested by Radio
Patrolmen A. F. Sells and C.
P. Knowles on a charge of
reckless driving and subse-
quently released on his own
recognizance by Police Chief
Ray Bryan, bail bis case pass¬
ed in Police Court Monday
morning until Friday . Allison,
w ho picked up the two CCC
boys at Main and Broad Sts.,
for a lift to Lookout Moun¬
tain. was traveling South on
Broad Street at the time of
acciden t.
Both machines were badly
damaged.— Chattanooga News
About Editing
A Newspaper
Editing a newspaper is a lot
of fun sometimes. Almost any ¬
one can edit a newspaper;if
you don’t believe it, ask the
first man you meet on the
street and he'll probably tell
you: “If I couldn’t get out a
better paper than that old
sheet, I'd go jump in the
Amargosa river”.
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And he might he right at
that.
I’m puzzled, however, about
one thing— some one asks:
“What's in the paper to-
nignt??” The answer is usual¬
ly: “Nothing in it. never is."
And yet I’ve noticed when tin*
carrier forgets to leave a paper
at some subscriber’s house,
the telephone star Is buzzing
and a frosty voice comes over
the wire: “Didn't you get out
paper tonight?" Yes editing
a newspaper is a lot of fun.
All you need is a sharp pair of
shears, a paste pot, plenty of
guts and a gun.
The best news stories seldom
get in the paper. There is a
reason. Most editors are firm
believers that “selfpreserva-
tion is the first law of nature.
'The editor who knows that
it i * impossible to please every¬
body has the right idea.
An editor should be like
Basins' mule The mule was
blind. One day Rastus sold his
mule. The buyer failed to no¬
tice the mule was blind and in
a few days came to Rastus
complaining that the mule
was blind, “Runs into
every thing,’’ he wrathfully
exclainn d
i “Dat mule ain’t blind, pro-
! , C8lcd RuslU s.“ Dat mule jess
| don’t give a d a in n.
Tonopah (Ne'J Daily limes
Former Trenton
Resident Passes
Word has been received here
of the death of W. P. Neville,
a former resident of Trenton,
died at his home at Eutaw,
Ala., Sunday evening at 6:30
o'clock, after a long illness.
Mr. Neville was for several
years Depot Agent for the A.-
G. S. Railroad at this place,
and had many friends through
-out the county whose heart¬
felt sympathy goes out to the
bereaved ones in their hours
of sadness.
lie is survived by bis widow,
two sons, Carl and Ray mond,
and his father.
Funeral and interment was
at Pulaski, Tenn., Monday.
Card of Thanks
Vie want to thank our many
friends for their kindness and
sympathy shown during the
illness and after the death of
our dear husband and father.
Mrs. L.N. Holmes, Eula Cole
and family, Roy Holmes and
family, Earl Holmes and fam¬
ily. Troy Holmes, Sula Holmes
and Pearl Wheeler and family.
S. S. Convention
At New England
The Lookout Valley Baptist
Sunday School convention,
which is held twice a year with
the various churches of the
Association, will he at New ■
England Sunday, March 31st.
A complete program for the
convention will be published
next week.
Slygo Briefs
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Dugan
and James Fletcher spent last
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Shambaugh at Ross-
villc.
Bruce Moore of Fort Ogle¬
thorpe, Ga., spent the week¬
end here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Moore.
A family reunion was held
at the home of Airs. R.L. Cure-
ton. Thirty-six were present.
Airs. L. II. Street is improv¬
ed from an illness.
Mr. ami Airs. Brad Eulgluim
and Air. and Airs. Homer Doy¬
le of Lookout Mountain, were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
F. B. Waddell.
Miss Edna Waddell sp e n t
Sunday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Ira B. Cole.
Little Charles Sims visited
Jack Doyle the week-end.
Miss Grace Dugan spent the
week-end at Rossville, with her
sister, Mrs. F. Shambaugh.
New Salem News
Mr. and Airs. Earl Colquitt
of Chattanooga, were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. II.
Bradford.
Little Baby June Koger is
very ill. We hope she soon re¬
covers.
Mr. and Airs. Grady Smith
of Head River, visited relatives
here Sunday.
Aliss Pearl Cox of Birming¬
ham, Ala., is the guest of rel¬
atives here.
Little Demerville Bradford
visited Baby June Koger the
week-end.
A WEEKLY WRITER
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EDWARD W. PICKARD
Whose interesting
Events” comes to yon
the columns of the Times
ery week. This is one of
many new and timely
now appearing in you
paper.
Morganville Notes
Miss Irma Stephens has
turned from a visit with
tives near Evensville and
Springs, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
and children visited Mr.
Mrs. Earl Holmes Sunday.
Miss Louise Raines hail
her guest Sunday. Miss
Stephens.
Miss Martha Frances
had has her guest Sunday
Imagene Parson.
Rev. J. E. Merrill filled
regular appointments
Sunday and Sunday night.
Airs. Richard Frye and child¬
ren of Tiftonia, visited Mrs.
M. E. Alorgan Sunday.
Air. and Mrs. Bill Couch and
son James, of Chattanooga,
were guests of her mother,
Airs. M. Smith, Sunday.
How Much Do You
Know?
1. What Biblical character was
struck dead in the midst
of a lie?
2. What is the longest canal
in the world?
What is tin* best conduc¬
tor of electricity?
Is green gold pure gold?
In what countries are earth
-quakes most common?
In what American college
was football originally in¬
troduced?
Arc while horses affected
less by heat than black?
. W h e r e did Limburger
cheese obtain its name?
W here was tin* first postof¬
fice established in the U.S?
10 . Do the sands of the desert
ever grow cool?
ANSWERS:
i Annanit s.
. The Grand Canal of China,
1000 miles long.
Silver.
No, it is an alloy of gold
and silver.
5. Japan and I talv.
. Harvard.
Yes, because white reflects
sun rays, black absorbs.
Province of Limburg, Bel-
giu m.
Boston, Mass., in 1639.
10 . Yes, temperatures fall eon-
siderably during the night
hours.
_.
ord has been received
, the . death , of .... Mr. 1 Morris .
_ former „ resident ot ..
a
County, who died at the
Ga., Sanitarium Tues-
State Ballot on Beer
Urged by Talmadge
Leroy N. Holmes
Dies at Age of 70
L. N. Holmes, aged 70, died
at his home at New England,
Thursday afternoon after a
lingering illness.
He is survived by his widow ;
three daughters, Mrs. Terrell
W heeler of New England, Mrs.
Earl Cole of Slygo, and Miss
Sula Holmes of Dalton; three
sons, Roy and Earl of New
England, and Troy, of Slygo:
one brother. John Holmes, of
Chattanooga; two sisters, Mrs.
Lizzie Lea of St. Elmo, Tenn.,
and Mrs. Laura Lee of W ild¬
wood.
Funeral services were held at
Sarahs Chapel Friday after¬
noon at 2 o’clock; Rev. Bartow
McFarland officiating. Pa ill-
hearers were nephews of the
deceased. Interment in Sarahs
Chapel cemetery with Smith’s
Service in charge.
Farmers Return From
Southern Tour
Our Dade Farmer basketball
team returned Sunday morn¬
ing from a lour over Soul h
Georgia and northern section
of Florida.
The boys made the trip in a
Whippet Sedan ami reported a
grand time. They report a
loss of only one game during
1 he 4-day I our.
“Doe.” Dor-.” Those Lichten, I.intili-n making ‘Mont * the VI trip I Page. were,| '
ntl * ’
Derrell Morrison, Chas. New¬
man, “lloss” Roope and Cler-
on Kyzer. Forrest Morrison,
Farmer star, was unable to
accompany his team mates on
account of illness.
FOR SALE—Good work Mare
weighing about 1050 ^s. Can
he bought reasonable. —J. H.
Selvey, Trenton, Ga.
FOR SALE— Tuberoses. 25c
per do/,., or $1. hundred, del.
These are fine— make momy
raising them. R.G. Peterson,
Long Island, Ala.
Hr. S. A. Fowler was among
those from Chattanooga, at¬
tending the funeral of Mr. L.N
Holmes at Sarah’s Chapel last
Friday.
lima Kiver Notes
Boy Johnson took his moth¬
er to Chattanooga to have her
given some medical aid. Dr.
found her much improvvd, to
the delight of her friends.
Mr. Cordon Alathis, who is
stationed at Fort Ogletnorpe
in the U. S. Calvary, came out
Saturday for a visit with Will
Johnson and family.
Mr. and Airs. Dixie Brown
and son of Valleyhead, Ala.,
visited Mrs. J. Al. Forester and
family Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie Koger and son
Fred, were guests of Alisses
Mary and Margaret Koger at
Head S l>rings, Ala., Sunday,
Our B Y P l gave an extra
good program Sunday night.
Grady and Charley Smith
and Atibio Boss took . . u load , . of ~
Atlanta . . . last . week. .
potatoes to
Hugh Forester attended the
School Board meeting at Tren-
ton Tuesday.
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The State Senate should a-
mend the pending beer bill to
require a popular referendum
on I lu* q uestion. Governor Tal-
mage has declared, indicating
that he would veto the hill un¬
less this were done.
“I want to see a referendum
on the beer bill”, Governor
Talmadge said. “Beer is in the
same category as liquor. It is
an intoxicant in a lesser form.
Both issues could he voted for
at the same time”.
The governor would not say
whether he plans to sign the
general prohibition repeal bill
that also has passed the house
and is in the senate committee
which does contain a referen-
eum provision.
“I will not make up my
mind until I see the hill after
it has passed both houses”,
the governor said.
Alabama’s Dry Vote
Alabama’s dry vote and
whether it was a straw which
shows how the Georgia wind
will blow is principal topic of
hotel lobby talk, according to
Dudley Glass, columnist of
the Atlanta Georgian. And, as
usual, Mr. Glass points out
some say it was and some say
it wasn’t, and none of them
actually know.
The Montgomery Advertiser
ascribes the unexpected result
to not get ting out a big enough
total vote. Editor Grover Hall
that if 300,000 votes
been cast the state woulcf
gone " wet y by at least 20,
m ajorily He blames the
I, on 1 lack I ol r orginization . . .
the wets.
But now that the state has
its attitude on liq¬
or legal liquor (which the
meeting on April
in the sister mayor may
accept as a mandate) Mr.
points out that the Ala¬
public must prepare to
taxes, taxes and taxes.
“Vote of Confidence”
“The next fax levy wdll
the quick of every purse
Alabama except the purse of
bootlegger and moonshin¬
the Alabama editor de¬
“The bootlegger have
received vote of confidence
the hands of the people.
“They have just been assur¬
of immunity from special
of taxation that will in-
fall upon all other
“They are exempt except
sales taxes, they will not
income taxes on the mon¬
they may earn on liquor.
arc, in short, the most
Jcged class of Alabamian s
“In future as in the pas *
outlaw commodity w 11
nothing to ease the
of the taxpayers”.
“ I he new taxes on every¬
but liquor will be levied
wc shall smell the tar
the cotton tics again”.
“In the meantime all drink¬
of liquor w ill be able to get
the booze they desire”.
FOR SALE—6 acres of land
3 small houses in Trenton
limits. Can be bought
$300. cash, balance on easy
F'or further informa¬
commuuicate with W T . H.
448 Dunham
Alt. Vernon, N. V'.
property lies on Chat¬
- Birmingham high¬