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j\0 27. VOL. XL1Y.
Grand Jury
Presentments,
Sept. Term
To the Honorable John C. Mitch-
ell, Judge, Superior Court, Dade
County, Georgia:
We, the Grand Jury, empannel-
ed for the September term, 1939,
of Dade Superior Court, beg leave
to submit the following general
presentments:
We have, by a committee, ex¬
amined the public buildings, and
make the following report: We find
the courthouse roof and gutters in
very bad repair and recommend
that the Ordinary make the nec¬
essary repairs. We find the county
jail in good condition, with the
exception of one toilet, and we
recommend that it be repaired.
The committee on the examina¬
tion of the books present a finding
from the Tax Commissioner, Treas¬
urer and Clerk to be in good con¬
dition, as far as we could ascertain.
We recommend that the Paupers
best remain the same, with the ex¬
ception of Mrs. B. E. Grimson.
We recommend that she be raised
from $1 to $5 per month. We also
recommend that Mrs. Minnie
Morgan, Rising Fawn, Route 3, be
placed on the list of paupers and
given $6 per month; also, Mrs.
Mary Brown, Rising Fawn, Route
3, be placed on the pauper list and
given $5 per month.
We recommend the County
School Board employ a truant
officer.
We recommend that the Tom
Blake building on the Birmingham
highway, located on the Georgia-
Alabama State line, now being op¬
erated as a soft drink stand by L.
R. Christian, be padlocked on the
Georgia side, since it appears to
have become a public nuisance.
We recommend that Deb s Fow¬
ler of the 1037th district be made
a Notary Public.
We recommend that the Dade
County Times be paid the usual
fee for publishing presentments.
We recommend that the Clerk
of the Grand J ury be paid 50 cents
extra per day for his services.
We desire to thank the Judge
and all officers of the court for
their aid to us in our deliberations.
Respectfully submitted,
R. W. MASSEY, Foreman.
E. M. PARKER, Clerk.
Dade Red Cross
Chapter Meets;
Elects Officers
At a meeting held at the court
house here Friday night, the fol¬
lowing officers were elected to head
the Dade County Red Cross
Chapter:
Chairman, H. R. Sims;
chairman, Mrs. J. G. Nethery; re¬
cording secretary, Miss
Scruggs; executive secretary, H.
G. Baker; treasurer, C. W. Hitt.
The executive committee is
posed of the above named
also, Mrs. Alma Neely, J.L.
and Mrs. S. J. Hale.
The state meeting will be held
Macon October 12, and a
tative from the Dade chapter
be expected to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. White,
erly of Trenton, announce the
of a daughter, September 20,
the Chattanooga Hospital,
they have named Bettye
Mrs. White will return to her
2003 E. 16th St., at an early
Miss Lorene Cochran spent
week-end in Chattanooga.
Sab?
As Germany Recoups World War Losses
POPULATION
67,81 2,000
EACH SYMBOI
REPRESENTS
10 MILLION PERSONS
area\
208,780
SQUARE
MILES
AU/TRIA - HUNGARY
POPULATION
88 , 000,000
*
AREA
259,000
SQUARE
MILES
HUNGARY RUMANIA
Maps show how Germany’s expansion the past five years has created
a nation far larger than the kaiser’s pre-war empire. Principal World
war losses were Alsace Lorraine, to France; the Polish corridor, Posen
and Upper Silesia to Poland; Danzig, which became a free city, and
the Rhineland, demilitarized. All but Alsace Lorraine have now been
recaptured, although Polish seizures are not recognized and therefore not
shown on the 19S9 map. Germany has also seized Austria and most of
the former Czecho-Slovakia. Germany is still below her pre-war size, how¬
ever. because all foreign colonies were confiscated at Versailles.
Educational Leader Endorses
Program to Promote. Safety
Ralph L. Ramsey, secretary of the Georgia Education Association,
this week endorsed the series of safety articles made available to the
State Press of Georgia through Georgia News Service, and commended
it for out the “two major factors in safety,” the tremendous
amount of human life lost
accidents and the importance of
proper training and safety educa¬
tion.
Referring to the series of articles
as “a very fine instructive piece of
work,” Mr. Ramsey said that in
his mind “the values that peopleTf will
come from it to the
Georgia are beyond calculation.
“I am impressed with the way
you bring out the two major fac¬
tors in safety,” he said. “One is the
tremendous amount of human
life that is lost through accidents,
and the other that most of these
fatal accidents are avoidable and
could be avoided by proper train¬
ing and safety education.
“I heartily endorse this proced¬
ure in reaching the public mind of
our state in order that our people
may become more safety con¬
scious.”
FOB SALE—3-Piece Living
Room Suite, practically new. May
be seen at Trenton Coffee Shoppe.
Reasonable.—Mrs. Milton Case,
Trenton, Ga.
Fine! Says Germany; Hooey! Says England
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This incident of the war in Poland was passed by both German and English censors. Under the picture,
he German caption said of Hitler: ‘‘The leader and supreme commander of the armored forces appeared
inexpectedly among his soldiers, whilst they crossed the Vistula river. He was in the front line and was
greeted with great enthusiasm.” The English censor added a note: ‘‘This picture, dated from Germany, shows
aardly anybody in full war kit.”____________________sr._
Only Newspaper in the County.
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1939
Citizenship Day
October 12tli.
Organization of various county
unitshas brou 8 ht P lans for obser '
vance of Citizenship Day on Octo¬
ber 12 near completion throughout
Georgia. On this day a certificate
of citizenship is to be awarded to
everyone who has become 21 years
of age since last October 12 and
who applies for it.
Application blanks are being
published in the Times and, when
filled in, should be mailed by the
applicant to the county school sup¬
erintendent, or the local post of the
American Legion.
Citizenship Day is being spon¬
sored by the Georgia Education
Association, Ralph L. Ramsey,
secretary.
Miss Mary Lois Daniel spent
the week-end with her sister in
Chattanooga.
New Farmers’
Mart Planned
For Atlanta
Plans for a new $300,000 private¬
ly owned farmers’ market on South
Pryor Street, just outside the city
limits of Atlanta, are being studied
following a recent meeting in At¬
lanta of farmers, truckers and
produce merchants.
The proposed market, to be
erected on a large cite one mile
north of the Pryor Street entrance
to Lakewood Park, would to some
extent replace the state operated
farmers’ market at Courtland and
Gilmer Streets, near the City
Auditorium.
Leases on the present market,
which was constructed four years
ago, expire in 1940, and the new
market is expected to be ready for
operation by April or May, next
year, according to John C. Bald¬
win, Jr., of the Draper-Owens
Company, Atlanta realtors, who is
i negotiating the deal for a group of
business men. Options have been
obtained on 20 acres of land and a
j total of 104 available if
acres are
needed for the development, it was
pointed out.
Service Station
Going up Here
The building of a modern and
uptodate service station has re¬
cently been started here by W. H.
Brock.
The new business will be located
on the corner of Main and High
School street.
The station, Mr. Brock says,
will be leased to the Sinclair Oil
Company, but will be operated
locally.
The building, which is to be
strictly modern throughout, will be
cronstructed of brick and stuco
with tile roof.
Athens’ First Sale
Of Livestock Held
North Georgia farmers netted
$6,357.25 from the first livestock
sale ever held in this (Athens) sec¬
tion, it was announced by officials
of the Northeast Georgia Market¬
ing Association. The sale, first of a
series to be held every Wednesday
afternoon, lasted until after mid¬
night and saw more than 250 head
of cattle and 300 hogs sold.
Top price paid was ten cents
per pound for cattle and 7.40 cents
per pound for hogs. More than
2,000 persons attended the first
sale and dedication of the sales
barn, which was constructed by the
Clarke County Commissioners.
Public Makes New
Demands For Relief
Through Sales Tax
Lufburrow Report Stirs Wave of Sentiment
For Passage of Sales Levy Without Delay
(By GEORGIA NEWS SERVICE)
New, widespread and insistent demands by press and public for
enactment of a sales tax law without delay have followed the report of
W. A. Lufborrow, administrative aide to Revenue Commissioner T.
Grady Head, that less than a third of the adults bear all of the ad va¬
lorem tax burden in Georgia.
Earnest appeals are being made for an overall limit to the ad-
lorem levy and widening of the tax base through a sales tax under
which everyone would pay a comparatively small sum and no one
would be overburdened.
They have been accompanied by indignant protests over the fact,
revealed in Mr. Lufburrow’s report, that more than two thirds the
people “live off” the taxes paid
a small minority.
They also cite the experience of
Michigan where, confronted with a
problem similar to Georgia’s a
sales tax was passed with
happy results for everyone.
“Ad valorem taxes have been
pyramided until the top limit has
been reached,” says the Thomas-
ville Press. Urging relief from “this
unfair burden on a small part of
population,” the editorial declares
that “the most equitable way is
through a sales tax, as each man
pays a sales tax according to his
income.”
The Clayton County News of
Jonesboro, voices the opinion that
there only one way to solve Geor¬
gia’s financial problem—“and that
is through a gross sales tax which
would force every person that
makes a purchase ... to pay a pro
rata share. .. It is the only fair
system of taxation.. . ”
Calling the Lufburrow report
“one of the most important con¬
tributions to the solution of the
tax problem,” the Macon Tele¬
graph heads an editorial, “Sales
Tax the Solution.” “The figures
speak for themselves and should
throw much light on Georgia’s tax
problem which must be met when
the general assembly is called into
special session,” says the editorial.
In another editorial the Tele¬
graph call attention to the satisfac¬
tory results from a sales tax in
Michigan and declares that gas
tax diversion is impossible without
losing large amounts in federal
funds.
In a like vein the Macon News
pleads against diversion and says
it is obvious “from the experience
of other states, the only tax which
can lift a state out of the red is a
sales tax.”
Non-taxpayers are scored by the
Rossville Open Gate which states
that “we do not know whether
or not a sales tax would solve the
problem, but we do know that the
present income is not sufficient,
and we do know that those who
are carrying the burden are now
overloaded.”
Church Services at
Morgan ville Sunday
Rev. Paul Quirk, of New Eng¬
land, will preach at Morganville
Sunday at 11 a. m., and 7 p. m.
Also, at Slygo at 10 a. m. Sunday.
Everyone cordially invited to at¬
tend these services.
Monthly Conference
At Baptist Church
The regular monthly conference
of the Trenton Baptist church, of
which Rev. Steele is pastor, will
be held Saturday night. (Regular
preaching dates are the 1st and 3rd
Sundays.)
OUT OF TOWN
PRINTERS PAY
NO TAXES HERE
LET US DO YOUR
PRINTING
‘Square and on the Square
$1.50 A YEAR
Extra Session
Talk Revived
On Capitol Hill
Atlanta, Ga. (GPS)— They’re
still talking about an extraordinary
session of the Georgia Legislature
on Capitol Hill. Talk was revived
the other day when the presiding
officers of both branches of the
General Assembly appeared at
their offices.
President John B. Spivey of the
Senate said he was in Atlanta on
personal business and for a few
conferences, while Speaker Roy V.
Harris, of the House of Represent
tatives, said he was en route home
from a trip to Washington.
Automatic expiration of the
stabilization law on January 1 was
advanced as another reason for an
extra session of the Legislature be-*
fore that date by fiscal officers of
the state.
Arnall Rules
Against Rivers
ATLANTA, Ga. (GNS)—Stat¬
ing that he could “never compro-
mise” in his duty as Attorney
General of Georgia, even though
“as a friend and a public official”
he is “desirous of upholding the
Governor,” Attorney General Ellis
Arnall handed down an opinion
last week that the “grandfather
clause” in the state’s general ap¬
propriation bill cannot be applied
to funds allocated to the Highway
Department and State Depart¬
ments. This was contrary to the
Governor’s own opinion expressed
in his letter to the attorney general
asking for a ruling.
The so-called “grandfather
clause” is a provision in the Ap¬
propriations Act reducing appro¬
priations pro rata in case of de¬
ficiencies in revenue. Governor
Rivers contended that this clause
applied to those departments sup¬
ported from general funds.
In concluding his opinion to the
Governor, Attorney General Arnall
said: “I regret that I cannot agree
with the construction that you
(Governor Rivers) would place up¬
on the law in this instance. As a
friend and as a public official de¬
sirous of upholding the governor of
this great state, I am glad when I
can conscientiously support your
views, but I can never compromise
with my duty as Attorney General
—a duty to construe the law as
I honestly believe it to be. I know
that you would never want me to
be remiss in this obligation.”
Capitol observers were of the
opinion that this ruling would pre¬
vent the diversion of highway
funds and might make an extra
session of the legislature necessary.