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NUMBER 16.—VOLUME 44.
Georgia Beer Taxes
Produce $1,950,634
For 9-Month Period
ATLANTA, Ga., April 15.—
i Special). — Beer, maintaining
its position as the fifth largest
producer of tax revenue in
Georgia, poured a total of $1,-
950,634 into the coffers of the
state treasury during the nine-
month period July 1, 1943-March
31, 1944. The sum derived from
the sale of malt beverages in
the state is exceeded only by the
gasoline tax, the income tax,
the cigar and cigarette tax and
the 'liquor tax.
The new figures were made
pubic today by the Malt Bever¬
age Tax Unit of the State Reve¬
nue Department, and were an¬
nounced by the Georgia Com¬
mittee of the Brewing Industry
Foundation.
Beer tax collections for the
first three months of 1944 were
as follows: January, $228,965;
February, $223,213, and March,
$248,490. If the present rate is
maintained, tax collections for
the fiscal year ending on June
30, it will be in excess of $2,-
700,000, revenue revenue de¬
partment officials stated.
Malt beverage tax receipts
are made up solely of state ex¬
cise taxes on beer itself and
state licenses sold to breweries,
wholesale distributors and re¬
tailers. The total, all of which
is used in the purchase of free
text books in the public schools
of the state, for the payment
of teachers’ salaries and for
other school purposes, does not
include the thousands of dollars
paid by the industdy in federal
ta$>>s, and for federal, county
and municipal licenses. Nation¬
ally, the brewing industry pays
well over one million dollars a
day to the-^deral government
alone.
National Woman
Leader Commends
Training School
The new honor system policy
installed at the Georgia Train¬
ing Schools for Girls, located at
Adamsville, near Atlanta, is
commended in a letter written
by Mrs. Charles W. Tillett,
Washington, D. C. assistant
chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, which was
made public by A. J. Hartley,
director of the State Depart¬
ment of Public Welfare.
Mrs. Tillett visited the school
recently while attending a meet¬
ing of the Woman’s Division of
the Democratic Party in Geor¬
gia, as the guest of Mrs. J. A
Rollinson, director of the Di¬
vision of Institutions in the Wel¬
fare Department.
“I wish to congratulate you
and all those associated with
you on the work you are doing,”
Mrs. Tillett wrote. “I was im¬
pressed with the policy of teach¬
ing each one of the girls a trade,
and it seemed to me your work
was in line with modern meth¬
ods of institution management.”
The Democratic Women, stat¬
ing that they took particular in¬
terest in Welfare work, adopted
a resolution commending Judge
Hartley for the advanced policies
he has established and approving
the progressive steps he has tak¬
en at the institution.
The resolution also approved
the war policies of President
Roosevelt, the progressive pro¬
gram of Governor Arnall, and
the energetic work of J. Lon
* hckworth, Chairman of the
state Democratic Executive
Committee.
Mrs. Tillett’s letter was written
to Miss Agnes Arnold, of the
Training School, and was made
public by Judge Hartley, head of
the Welfare Department, under
whom the institution is operated.
BABY CHICKS — BUY NOW
AND SAVE. Heavy Breeds, 200
for $13.00. Payment with order,
free delivery.
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Director Urges Faster
Tempo in Salvage
Effort in Georgia
ATLANTA, Ga.—The newspa¬
pers of the nation have done “a
magnificent job” in the country’s
salvage program but that pro¬
gram is still a long way from
reaching its goal, Herbert M.
Faust, national director of the
War Production Board’s salvage
division declared here yesterday.
In Atlanta^for a two day
meeting with salvage division
taries managers from and e^niUye throughout Secre¬ the
southeast, Mr. Fdfist said that
collection of kitchen fats has
been accelerated sharply by the
giving of points for those fats
but as long as the Japs hold the
Philippines and Dutch East In¬
dies the need for vital kitchen
fats will remain accute.
“The slogan for American
housewives remains ‘save one
tablespoonful of used fats a
day’,” Mr. Faust said.
Mr. Faust praised highly the
south’s participation in the sal¬
vage program and said that sal¬
vage of waste paper and tin cans
had showed marked improve¬
ment but that the nation’s war
effort demanded that still more
must be done.
Slygo News
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cole had as
their guests Sunday, Cpl. B. W.
Cole, Mrs. Max Forester and son,
Pfc. George W. Bailey, Miss Len-
nie Page, Miss Edna Waddell and
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Waddell.
Miss Mary Ruth Patterson,
who is employed in Chattanooga,
spent the week-end with her
parents here.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Graham
and Ronny of Ringgold, Ga.,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
E. F. Moore.
Mrs. Edgar Moore was in
Chattanooga Saturday.
Mrs. Joe Doyle’s sister, Mrs.
Joe Daffron remains seriously ill
at her home near Tiftonia.
Mrs. L. H. Street and Mrs.
Della Genung spent Thursday in
Chattanooga.
Mrs. Lawrence Dugan was at
home last week-end.
Mrs. Geraldine Wadkins is vis¬
iting her parents at Gadsden,
Ala.
Mrs. Virgie Cureton and Miss
Sallie Patterson visited Miss
Pearl Srteet Thursday.
Jack Doyle of Chattanooga,
spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. Brad’Gross.
The many friends of Miss Hel¬
en Moore wish for her a speedy
recovery from a knee injury she
received from a fall.
Miss Pearl Street visited Mrs.
F. E. Dabbs in Chattanooga,
Tuesday. Slaughter
Mr. and Mrs. Tom
have visiting them this week,
relatives from Dalton, Ga.
Mrs. John Doyle of Whiteside,
spent Tuesday night with Mrs.
Leighton Street and Mrs. Della
Genung. ill at
Mrs. Eula Cole remains
her home here.
RATION CALENDAR
Processed Foods—Blue A8
through K8 (Book 4) now valid
at 10 points each, for use with
tooks. Good indefinitely.
Meats and Fats—Red A8
through Q8 (Book 4) now valid
at 10 points each, for use with
,
tokens. Good indefinitely.
Sugar— Sugar stamps No. 30
and No. 31 (Book 4) good for
five pounds indefinitely.
Canning Sugar—Sugar stamp
No. 40 good for five pounds of
canning sugar until February 28, j
1945. Apply to local board for
supplemental rations.
Shoes—Shoe stamp No. 18
(Book 1) expires April 30. Air¬
plane stamp No. 1 (Book 3) valid
indefinitely. Airplane stamp No.
2 (Book 3) will become vauid
May 1.
Gasoline—A-9 coupons now
valid. Expire May 8.
Rationing rules now require
that every car owner write his
license number and state in ad¬
vance on all gasoline coupons in .
his possession.
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1944.
State-Wide Action
To Register Youths
Urged By Governor
Following the success of an
experimental registration of
teen-age students at Girls’ High
School in Atlanta, Governor Ellis
Arnall is urging that “every high
school in Georgia” adopt the plan
of Registration Day for qualified
students.
The Governor said getting the
franchise for 18-year-olds was
only part of the job, the other
part being to get the eligible
teen-agers registered.
Clerks from the office of the
Fulton county tax collector and
registrar registered 138 of the
178 18-year-olds attending the
school. Other 18-year-olds would
have registered but for absence
or residence in other counties.
Clerks from the registrar’s office
will be sent to every principal
high school in the county, said
the Fulton official, and he is
working out a daily schedule for
that purpose.
Arnall asserted that “we do
not want to take politics into the
schools, but we do want to in¬
terest the schools in public life
and the conduct of public af¬
fairs.”
The Young Democratic Clubs
of Georgia, which met recently
in state convention in Atlanta,
are making an organized effort
to register the teen-agers.
4-H V Gardeners
To Vie For Badges
Of Merit Again
The National 4-H Victory
Garden Activity, which has con¬
tributed appreciably to increas¬
ing food production since its in¬
ception in 1942 is continued this
year. Through their 4-H projects
members last year produced 6
million bushels of garden pro¬
ducts.
As incentive to outstanding
achievements by rural youth
gardeners, the Sears-Roebuck
Foundation provides gold-plat¬
ed medals for four county win¬
ners, $25 War Bonds for eight
champions, and trips to the
National 4-H Club Congress in
Chicago next December as well
as $100 War Bonds for eight sec¬
winners.
Last year’s state, sectional-
national winner in Georgia was
Olive Hollister of Plains.
State Line
News
Mr. Almon Barefield of De¬
troit, Mich., visited his sister,
Mrs. Willard Hardeman last
week-end.
Dr. and Mrs. Harrison of
Chattanoogga, visited Mr. and
Mrs. John Harrison Sunday.
Mrs. Georgia Deakins is visit¬
ing in Chattanooga this week.
Mrs. Mae Haswell visited her
daughter, Mrs. Bill Drew, this
Robert Fuller of Camp Sibert,
Ala., visited home folks Sun¬
day.
We are glad to report Mrs. Joe
Daffron is improving after a
serious illnees.
Ernest Olliver and family vis¬
ited Mr. and Mrs. Dyer Banks
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Hartman
guests of his mother, Mrs.
M. Wallin last week. Edd has
returned to Great Lakes, 111.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thacker
attended a birthday dinner at
home of Mrs. Bill Mull Sun¬
A large crowd attened.
Bobby Dantzler and his sister
his grandmother, Mrs. T.
Fuller this week.
Mr. Flake Belk has returned
his home after a trip to New
Mrs. Lawrence Boydston and
Jessie Nabors visited Mrs.
M. Wallin recently.
James Wallen of Bainbridge,
visited home folks last week.
Mrs. Bill Hartman has gone
Trenton, Mich., to make her
with Bill, who is stationed
Groose, 111.
Mr. and Mrs. Eucle George of
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STATE COST WILL
BE LARGER NEXT
YEAR, COOK SAYS
To provide adequate
in every department of the state
government and retire debts on
schedule, $74,000,000 would be
necessary for the next fiscal
year, and only $55,000,000 is in
sight from state tax collections,
according to State Revenue
Commissioner J. Eugene Cook.
Addressing the Lions Club at
Cartersville, Judge Cook assert¬
ed that a personal investigation
of the six major departments,
principal spending agencies,
showed that they will need a
total of $62,000,000 of state
funds, in addition to federal
grants or other income sources.
He pointed out that during
his campaign Governor Arnall
had committed himself to liqui¬
date the $35,000,000 “inherited
state debt,” and to “veto any
tax measure designed to in¬
crease taxes.”
As an answer to the problem,
Cook presented the three major
sources of revenue as being “the
federal government, the local
county governments and tough,
uncompromising methods of en¬
forcing tax collections against
persons who have hertofore
willfully avoided their responsi¬
bilities to the state govern¬
ment.”
Rural Libraries
Given New Funds
By Governor Arnall
An additional sum of $100,000
has been allotted to the State
Board of Education for public,
community and rural libraries,
Governor Ellis Arnall has an¬
nounced.
The new allocation, for the
fiscal year beginning July 1st,
increased the total available for
libraries from the state to $250 -
000, the largest sum ever pro¬
vided for such program in Geor¬
gia. Arnall asserted that the ad¬
ditional library allotment is just
another indication of the state
adminisration’s wish o do every¬
thing possible for education.
Miss Beverly Wheatcroft, ad¬
ministrator of the state school
library department, wall admins-
ter the new fund.
Hooker News
Miss Margaret Martin of Mor-
ganville, visited Miss Ruby Cling-
an recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Guffey
announce the birth of a son, on
April 17th, at P. & S. hospital in
Chattanooga.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Strawm vis¬
ited relatives at Bridgeport, Ala.,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee and
children of Tiftonia, visited Mrs.
Julia Davis Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Miller and
son, Douglas, and Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Graham and children
were recent guests of relatives
at Daisy, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carroll and
daughter of Wildwood, visited
Mr. and Mrs. John Mayhew and
other relatives Sunday.
C. M. Smith spent Monday
night with Bobline Fugatt at
Wildwood.
Mrs. Olin Parson is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D.
Ford at Whiteside, Tenn.
Mr. Jim Drew is recovering
from a recent illness.
Mrs. Ben Johpson and daugh¬
ter, Louise, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Johnson’s sister, Mrs. Mar¬
cus Fowler at Tiftonia.
Messrs Tweed Roark and Bob¬
by Douglas of Chattanooga, were
recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Massengale and family.
Sgt. and Mrs. Curtis Stephens
and son, of Charleston, S. C., are
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wells
and family.
Bro. Joe Mayhew filled his
regular appointment at Hooker
of Christ Sunday.
visited Miss Goldie
Wallen Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller
son, Roland, visited Mrs.
Wallen this week.
LOCAL NEWS
Mrs. Max Forester and son,
Dwan, of Morristown, Tenn., are
visiting relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wheeler
of Chattanooga, visited his par¬
ents, Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Wheeler,
Sr., Friday.
Mrs. L. J. Cole spent Sunday
at Martin Springs, Tenn.
Mrs. W. H. Brock has returned
here after spending last week
in New York, where she attend¬
ed the D. A. R. Continental Con¬
gress.
Roy McBryar has been sta¬
tioned with the U. S. Navy at
Camp Perry, Va.
Billo Gass is ill at his home
here.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Keith had
as week-end guests, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Keith and children of
Chattanooga, and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Clayton and son of Clint¬
on, Tenn.
Miss Bobbie Ruth Martin spent
the week-end with her parents
at LaFayette, Ga.
Ed Maxwell of the U. S. Navy
at Bainbridge, Md., is spending
a few days with his family here.
Mrs. B. W. Cole has returned
here after spending a few weeks
with her husband in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Bess Williams and Mrs.
Nall Thurman of Chattanooga,
were week-end guests of
R. E. Cole and Boss Cole here_ J
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Carter and
family have moved to South
Trenton to reside.
We were glad to hear that
Tommy Gray was again permit¬
ted to spend the week-end with
his parents here. We only wish all
our boys were near enough to
come spend the week-ends with
loved ones. Tommy is stationed
at Camp Sibert, Ala.
Mrs. Drew Collier of Remlap,
Ala., is visiting her mother'and
sister, Mrs. N. N. Lawrence and
Mrs. Ruby L. Yarbrough here.
Mr. and Mrs. I. O. Wheeler, Jr.,
and son, Larry, of Mineral Wells,
Texas, are visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Wheeler and
family here.
Sand Mountain News
Everyone is cordially invited to
come and hear the gospel at the
Church of Christ, which meets
at the home of Mrs. Millie E.
Daniel Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock. Bro. Mayhew will preach
on the subject, “When the
Church was Established.”
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stone
and son Ernest, Jr., Gladys Dan¬
iel, and Roy (Buck) Gass were
in Chattanooga Saturday night,
and visited Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Dickenson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Carroll
had as their guests last week¬
end, their grandson and his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Webb of
Chattanooga. Ernest is on a leave
from the Navy.
Reba Tinker and children
spent Wednesday with Mrs. Mil¬
lie E. Daniel and Una Belle
Stone.
Little Kenneth Johnston is ill
with tonsilitis.
Inez Fowler spent Saturday
with Jewel Daniel.
Mrs. Rachel Daniel visited her
sister, Mrs. Millie E. Daniel Fri¬
day.
Gladys and Juanita Daniel
were shopping in Chattanooga,
Saturday.
We have on our sick list, Mrs.
Millie E. Daniel, who is some
better, and Thomas Walden and
son, Dennis.
Mr. and Mrs. Jiles Gass and
children visited relatives on
Lookout Mountain Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stone
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Gass
Monday.
$50 REWARD $50
FOR INFOMATION LEADING
TO THE APPREHESION AND
ARREST OF PARTY OR PAR¬
TIES GUILTY OF BURGLAR¬
IZING OUR STORE LAST FRI¬
DAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY A.
M„ APRIL 21 OR 22, 1944.
Dyer Mercantile Co.
$1.50 PER YEAR.
Governor To Stand
Firm Against Any
New Levy Of Taxes
Should the State Legislature
undertake to levy new taxes up¬
on the people, not only will Gov¬
ernor Arnall veto the bill, but
he will veto it positively, re¬
sounding and vigorously. Not on¬
ly will he veto such measure but
he will use his full influence to
sustain and effectuate the veto.
The above was the emphatic
declaration of Governor Arnall
in replying to a letter from J. P.
Allen and L. L. Austin, president
and secretary, respectively, of the
Georgia Mercantile Association,
calling attention to his campaign
promise that he would not ap¬
prove an increase in state taxes
during his administration and
abjecting to the wording of a
newspaper story which hinted
that he might not be angry if
the General Assembly should in¬
crease taxes.
“During the campaign in which
I was elected Governor,” the gov¬
ernor wrote, “I repeatedly stat¬
ed that I would veto any bill en¬
acted by the General Assembly
levying new taxes on our peo¬
ple. From time to time I have
reiterated this pledge. I now do
so again.” Never, he continued,
has he broken a promise to the
people of Georgia and never does
he intend to do so.
In the administration of state
affairs, he said, he will continue
to do everything possible to ad¬
vance the cause of education.
However, “It may be of interest
to you to know that the schools
of this state have received more
state funds during the first year
of this administration than ever
before in the history of Georgia.
Next year wg will make avail¬
able even a larger amount of
money to them.” Arnall continu¬
ed:
“It is my belief that the gov¬
ernment must be operated effi¬
ciently and economically. Appar¬
ently many of our people have
forgotten that we are at war and
that privation and sacrifice is
the lot of us all. It is my pur¬
pose as Governor to continue the
operation of the state on a rigid
policy of econmy, insisting on
the elimination of waste and ex¬
travagance. We are constantly
tightening up on tax collections
and tightening up on expendi¬
tures. Essential state govern¬
mental service will be carried
out and expanded to the limit of
our financial ability.
“A political platform should
not be forgotten as soon as one
is elected to office. I am proud
of the fact that every plank in
my platform has thus far been
carried out in spirit and in let¬
ter. I will do my dead level best
to push through the remaining
parts of our program. These are:
(1) A new Constitution for our
state; (2) the development of
Georgia’s resources; (3) paying
the state out of debt.
“In writing the new Constitu¬
tion we can make greater pro¬
vision for local support of edu¬
cation. We can work toward a
more unified school system,
which will eliminate much ad¬
ministrative extravagance. We
can give to the boys and girls
more education for the money
we spend.
“Today we are spending for
education forty-six cents out of
every dollar expended for the op¬
eration of our state government.
Next year we will spend approxi¬
mately fifty-one cents out of
every dollar. Certainly, it can¬
not be said that this adminis¬
tration is parsimonious to the
cause of education. Yet, this ad¬
ministration will never forget
its obligation to the taxpayers of
Georgia.”
Mrs. Earl Rogers and son, Mel¬
vin, visited Mrs. Dora Wallen
Friday.
Solon said, “Know thyself.” He
given up trying to know the oth¬
er man.
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