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ISO. 16. VOL. XLVIII.
Sears Official
Decries Federal
Rail Purchase
ATLANTA, Nov., 17. (GPS)-
A warning against government
ownership of transportation
facilities was voiced here by W.
J. Williamson, of Chicago,
general traffice manager of
Sears, Roebuck & Company,
in a speech before the Atlanta
Traffic Club.
Decrying the continuous
taxing of railroads, Mr. Willi¬
amson declared the present
crisis facing transportation
companies will injure “every
industrial and commercial or¬
ganization of the nation’’ if
the “greatest transportation
system in the world’’ breaks
down.
“Government ownership of
transportation would be the
first step toward socialism,’’
Mr. Williamson declared. “It
is the easiest and most cow¬
ardly course of procedure,
wholly incompatible with the
American system. It is incon¬
ceivable, if we expect to pre¬
serve the fundamental princi¬
ple of private enterprise.”
Calliug for a sound and ef¬
fective public transportation
policy which will perpetuate
private ownership on a profit¬
able basis, the mailorder exe¬
cutive warned that the present
transportation crisis threatens
the entire economic structure.
He asserted the transporta¬
tion industiy was “fairly
staggering under an over¬
whelming lax burnen” and
protested against “cumber¬
some regulation of legislative
bodies.”
Mr. Williamson said his
company spent more than $22,
000,000 last year with trans
portation companies.
Housing Conditions
In Georgia Surveyed
ATLANTA, Nov., 17. (GPS)—
WPA workers are surveying
housing conditions in eight
Georgia cities, gathering data
for local housing authorities
on slum projects and propos¬
als, it was announced by the
state office of the Works Pro¬
gress Administration here.
Surveys are being conducted
in Atlanta, Savannah, Augus¬
ta, Macon, Milledgeville, Col¬
umbus, Albany and Marietta
Similar projects will he start¬
ed soon in Athens and Rome,
and applications for projects
in Brunswick, Cedartown and
Thomasville are pending.
A total of $16,000,000 already
has been earmarked for slum
clearance and low-costing
housing projects in Georgia.
Atlanta’s 9,000,000 is the larg
est allocation for slum clear¬
ance in the state. This will be
matched with $900,000 put up
by the Atlanta Housing Auth¬
ority, of which Charles I.
Palmer, president of the At¬
lanta Chamber of Commerce,
is chairman.
Allocations made to other
Georgia cities by the L'nited
States Housing Authority are:
Augusta, $1,250,000; Athens.
$270,000; Columbus, $850,000;
Macon, $1,250,000; Rome, $150,
000, and Savannah, $2,700,000.
Cat Show to be Held
In Atlanta Dec. 2-3
Plans are going forward for
Ihe first cat show in Atlanta.
It will be held December 2-3
Cotton States Cat Club
Sait (Unattltr ®imfa
TKENTON, I)AI)E COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER'17, 19.18
Price Adjustment Payments
Explained by Senator Russell
in response to many re¬
quests for information by
farmers, committeemen and
extension workers as to the
operation of the Russell
amendment providing subsidy
or price adjustment payments
to cotton farmers on their
1938 crops, Senator Richard B.
Russell has issued the follow¬
ing statement:
“The Russell amendment
appropriates $212,000,000 for
use in making price adjust¬
ment or subsidy payments on
cotton, corn in the commer¬
cial corn areas, wheat, rice
and tobacco. The Act provided
a flat payment of 2c per pound
to cotton farmers as I origin¬
ally drew it, and as it passer!
the Senate,” Senator Russell
states. “The formula for ap¬
portioning the funds for the
five commodities was changed
in the House, but one of the
factors in the forrnla is still
the amount by which the ac¬
tual income from each of
these crops in 1938 is below
the parity income for these
crops. On the basis of »he
formula it is estimated that
between eighty-five and ninety
million dollars will be appor¬
tioned to cotton farmers. Such
an apporlionmr nt will permit
payments to be made at a rate
probably within the range of
1.8 to 2c per pound on cotton
and this pay men t will he com¬
puted on the normal yield of
the cotton acreage allotment
established under the 1939
Agricultural Conservation pro¬
gram.
“To illustrate the operation
of the farm: a farm with an
acreage allotment of 20 acres,
and having a normal yield of
200 pounds, could qualify for
a payment of (20 x 200) 4,000
pounds of cotton, and if the
Motorists Pay $1,407,300 Six
Months’ Federal Gas Tax Bill
During the fiist six months
of 1938 motorists of Georgia
paid the federal government a
total of $1,407,300 in gasoline
taxes, according to estimates
made by the Georgia Petrol¬
eum Industries. The federal
tax of one cent per gallon adds
one-sixth to the gasoline tax
bill of this state.
The federal gasoline tax
was enacted by Congress in
1932 to bolster up temporarily
internal revenue receipts,
which in that year hud drop¬
ped to less than one and one-
half billion dollars. It wasgen-
erally understood that the tax
would be repealed when in¬
ternal revenue reached its pre-
depressiou level. However, the
federal levy has been extended
repeatedly by Congress, de¬
spite the fact that income
the federal government has
increased steadily. In the cal¬
endar year 1937 internal reve¬
nue receipts reached an all-
Thanksgiving to Be ‘Big Day’ For
Many Needy Families oi Georgia
ATLANTA, Nov. 10-Thanks
giving this year will be more
than “just anather day” for
thousands of Georgia families
who depend upon upon the
i State Welfare department for
Only Newspaper in the County.
rale finally established is 1.8c
per pound the payment would
he $72.00; if it is 1.9c per
pound it would he $76.00, and
if 2c per pound it would of
course he $80.00. In order to
receive this payment it is
necessary that the acreage
planted to cot ton in 1938 not
exceed the cotton acreage al¬
lotment established under the
1939 program.
“The department of agri¬
culture advises me that it is
estimated Georgia farmers will
receive between eight and nine
million dollars from the funds
provided hv my amendment.
These funds are in addition to
any pay ments made under the
AAA agricultural conservation
program. This amendment
was attached to the spend-
lend or relief bill passed dur¬
ing the last days of the third
session of the 75tli Congress. I
offered it in an effort to assist
the cotton and other farmers
toward parity, after it became
evident that there would be no
material increase in the price
of cotton this fall. It is evident
that if we are to pursue the
present policy of reducing pro¬
duction it will be necessary to
increase the faiiners’ income
from some source, and I shall
not stop with the appropria¬
tions I have obtained, but will
endeavor to secure addition,!
funds for parity or price ad¬
justment payments at the
next Congress.
“It appears that a process¬
ing tax is the only source from
which additional funds can
now be obtained to finance the
present program, Relief from
some source is essential if the
farm incomes of the nation
are to be restored and main¬
tained.’’
time record high and stood at
more than four billion dollars
above 1932 receipts, the year
the duplicating gasoline levy
was enacted.
Approximately half of the
states have filed petitions with
Congress urging that the fed¬
eral government withdraw
from the field of gasoline tax¬
ation, and relinquish it to the
states which depend upon
their gasoline tax revenue for
funds to build roads. The pres¬
ent law extends the tax to
June 30, 1939, at which time
it will lapse unless Congrese
again should pass legislation
extending it.
“Besides invading the field
of taxation which properly
should be reserved to the
states,” said Neil W. Printup,
Secretary, Georgia Petroleum
Industries Committee, “the
duplicating federal levy on
gasoline subjects Georgia mo¬
torists to a double tax jeopar¬
dy, unfairly penalizing them.”
food, Lamar Murdaugh, direc¬
tor, announces.
Murdaugh said at the re¬
quest of Governor E. D. Rivers
the surplus commodities dis¬
tribution division of the Wel-
Ga. Hunting
Season Opens
November 20th
ATLANTA, Nov., 17. (GPS)
As the official hunting season
in Georgia approaches, a warn
ing to all hunters to exercise
care and caution in the use of
firearms is issued by Dr. T. F.
Abercrombie, director of the
State Department of Health.
The quail and wild turkey
hunting season will open Nov.
20 and continue through
March 1, and the duck season
opens November 26 and con-
tinues through December 25.
“Georgians, 65,395 of whom
are licensed to hunt with
gun, should be especially care¬
ful while hunting, since Ga.,
ranks third among the states
from accidental discharge
of firearms,” Dr. Abercrombie
said. “During the ten-year
period 1928-38, there were 1,-
153 deaths in Georgia from this
cause, and in 1937 there were
104 deaths with a rate of 3.4 as
compared to a total of 124 in
1936, with a rate of 4.1.”
The health director explain¬
ed that many of these deaths
are the result of slipping,
stumbling or falling by hunts-
tan, causing the accidental
discharge of guns with fatal
results to the huntsman or
his companions.
Risky anil unsteady fooling
while climbing banks, slip-
®iocTed’ ^‘"he
“safe” position, and carrying
the gun in a dangerous posi¬
tion, were named as some of
the main causes of these acci¬
dents.
Mitchell Takes
Cherokee Bench
War over the judgeship of
the Cherokee Circuit, Superior
Court, which has been in pro¬
gress for more than two years,
apparently was settled Tues¬
day as John C. Mitchell, form
er Solicitor General, mounted
the bench and conducted ju¬
dicial business.
Mitchell was granted his
commission Monday night in
Atlanta by Gov. E D. Rivers,
despite protests from Judge
Claude C. Pittman, that he
should hold the judgeship un¬
til January 1, 1939.
Judge Mitchell announced
he would sit November 25 at
Trenton to hold a hearing on
a petition to validate a city
bond issue for the town of
Trenton.
fare department, under the
direction of Frank C. Shirley,
will increase its semi-monthly
allotment of food for all fami¬
lies on relief so that they
can enjoy a happier Thanks¬
giving than would otherwise
possible. •
T li e governor, Murdaugh
said suggested to the depart¬
ment that it is the duty of the
state to help all its citizens
celebrate Thanksgiving in the
time-honored manner, and
the chief executive expressed
the hope that “the Welfare
department can enlarge its
quota of provisions for the
families aided by the surplus
commodities division for
Thanksgiving.”
Murdaugh said more than
55,000 families were served by
the surplus commodities di¬
vision of the Welfare depart¬
ment in the last year and ar¬
rangements are being made to
handle as high as 73,000 fami¬
lies if conditions warrant dur¬
ing the winter months._
‘Square and on the Square .’
Georgia Farmers Vote Dec. 10
On Quotas For Cotton And
Flu-Cured Tobacco in 1939
Dade Receives
$2,363.67 From
Welfare Dept.
Benefits in excess of $2,363.-
67 per month are being said
to more than 1,238 persons in
Dade County through the lo¬
cal welfare office, according to
a report by Lamar Murdaugh,
State Director of Public Wel¬
fare, it was was announced to¬
day by Mr. Luther M Allison,
local welfare cliuirman.
While pensions to dependent
children and old people are
paid through the welfare of¬
fice, its activities also include
receipt and distribution of
surplus commodities, selec¬
tion of boys for the Civilian
Conservation Corps, special
child welfare services and
numerous other activities de¬
signed to bring relief to per¬
sons in needy circumstances.
Thirty-four children, i ith¬
ou t parents or relatives to care
for them, are being paid bene¬
fits in Dade County. Depen¬
dent children and old age
pensioners in Dade County
were paid a total of $600.00 in
October, the maximum month
ly rate until more funds are
made available to the State
Department of public welfare
for distribution in the coun¬
ties.
A detailed report on the ac¬
tivities of the Dade County
welfare office, as announced
by State Director Murdaugh,
shows that since July 1, 1937,
206 applications for old age
pensions have been filed in
the Dade Countv office. Of
these, 83 have been investigat¬
ed and the following disposi¬
tions made: 49 approved, 24
denied as ineligible or dispos¬
ed of for other reasons. The 59
approved cases have brought
into the County from July 1,
1937, through September 30th,
1938, $4,555.00. Applications
have been received from four
blind persons, one of which
has been investigated and de¬
nied.
Forty-five families applied in
behalf of 122 children for aid
for dependent children under
the Social Security Act. Twen¬
ty-one applications were in¬
vestigated. Sixteen applica¬
tions representing 49 children
were approved and five repre¬
senting 13 were denied. Dur
ing the period of operation of
the Social Security Act, these
49 approved children were
benefited to the amount of
$2,500.50.
From local funds (general
relief) during the month of
September, ten families repre¬
senting 36 persons received
$59.00 in benefits in the form
(Continued on page 4)
Entertains in Honor
Of Bride-To-Be
Miss Helen Wright enter¬
tained at dinner Monday eve¬
ning at the Trenton Coffee
Shoppe in honor of Miss Iris
Scruggs, whose marriage to
George Reid Bethurm, Jr., of
Nashville, Tenn., will take
place on Thanksgiving Day.
Following the dinner was a
theater party at the Tivoli in
Chattanooga. Only a few inti¬
mate friends of the honoree
were invit
If You Can*t PuU
For Dade —
Pull Out.
$1.50 A YEAR
All Who Produced
Cotton This Year
Eligible to Vote
Georgia farmers are going to
vote December 10th to decide
whether the marketing quotas
that were in effect this year on
cotton and flu-cured tobacco
are to be in effect for the 1939
season. Preparations for the
referendum are now underway
throughout the state.
Voting places will be pro¬
vided in all counties and com¬
munities where cotton or flu-
cure tobacco is grown, Homer
S. Durden, state administra¬
tive officer of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration,
saiil in an announcement con¬
cerning the referendum.
County conservation com¬
mittees will be in charge of
the arrangements and the
voting will he conducted like
any regular election. Three
local farmers will be named by
the county committee to serve
as election officers in each
community. The county com¬
mittee will also designate the
voting place in each communi¬
ty and see that a ballot box
and u supply of printed ballots
arc provided.
“The ballots will be publicly
counted in each community
immediately after the polls
close,” Durden said, “and the
county results will be an¬
nounced at county seats by
the county committees as
soon as all boxes report. The
county returns will be tabulat¬
ed in Athens in cooperation
with newspapers and press as¬
sociations just as the returns
from political elections are
tabulated in Atlanta.
“This is the same procedure
that was followed in the ref¬
erendum last March. This pro¬
cedure appears to be the most
convenient method of giving
to the public through the
press and radio a prompt re¬
port on the results of the bal¬
lots.”
Where cotton and flu-cured
tobacco are grown in the same
community, the election for
both commodities will be held
in the same place but separate
ballot boxes and separate bal¬
lots will be used. The voting
will be secret. This means that
each farmer will mark his bal¬
lot privately and cast it in the
customary way, just as in any
regular election.
The question to be decided
in the case of cotton is wheth¬
er or not marketing quotas
are to apply to the 1939 cotton
crop. All farmers who produc¬
ed cotton this year with a
staple of less than 1 Vi inches
will be eligible to vote. Quotas
are not applicable, under the
farm act, to cotton with a
staple of 1% inches or longer—
such as Sea Island cotton.
Therefore, a farmer who pro¬
duced such cotton this year is
not eligible to vole unless he
produced some cotton with a
staple of less than 1% inches
No cotton or flue-cured to¬
bacco producer will be entitl¬
ed to more' than one vote
whether an individual, part¬
nership, cooperation, associa¬
tion or firm.
In order to become effective,
cotton quotas must be approv
ed by a two-thirds majority of
the farmers voting in the cot¬
ton election*