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I-UCOMU. MUINimU. GA- IANVA1T M. MM
Fifteen Mills Tax Limitation Will S
DestroySchoolsCol. Alfriend Says
•*If the fifteen mill lax limitation schooling for every child, he said,
bill passes the Georgia legislature the money to be distributed accord-
next January. >t will destroy the i ing to the population, and to the
schools." declared Kyle T. Alfriend. qualifications of the teachers. In
executive secretary of the Georgia ’934. the appropriation totalled
Education Association, in a talk bc-
bore the Parent-Teacher Association
of Peabody School Wednesday after
noon in the scr.sol auditorium.
“The .'ifteon mill tax limitation
act provides that only five mills may
be levied for schools. In 1934 thir
teen millions were available. Un
der the new law. half of what the
state gave will be cut off. It will
mean in Baldwin county a loss ol
$40,000. Can your schools run on
what's left? If so. your oommission-
ers have been squandering your
money, and I don't believe that any
cf thr esteemed gentlemen on your
beard would do that.
"It will mean that you will have
t' increase your property assess
ments. Income taxes will have to be
raised, and levied on lower in
come taxes will have to be raised,
and levied on lower incomes: in- ment:
heritance taxes will have te be in- ; c*t r
Editorial la Student Publication Pro
tests Action of School Authorities
in Government Park.
An editorial, the second on the
subject, was published in this week's
issue of The Cclcnnade. G. S. C. W.
thirteen millions. The only hope student publication, protesting thc-
for longer terms : s the ability of action of the school authorities in
counties and communities to tax cutting down trees in Government
themselves, he pointed cut. Park to build a golf course.
Mr. Alfriend uiged that every The students have also protested
the Htu- the action of the authorities in cut-
the com- t j ng down other trees on the college
campus. Recently the college cleared
a fair way for a golf course In Gov-
citizen inform himself < r
atiou. register, and vote ii
ing elections.
"Know for whom you
find nut K he puts childcm first crnmcm Park, the roerratien ....
in any tegislativc program fnr thr , er f or ;v lc students. In order to d'
schools," he concluded. this a number of targe trees ! d t
The speaker was introduced by bc cut dru . n aml destroyed. Thi
Mrs. C. G. Cox. educational chair- brought (be prctes , ,,. om th( , stu
man for the local Parent-Teacher or- jents.
ganization. Mrs. George Carpenter,
president, presided at the meeting.
Several new teachers wire intro
duced.
Prefacing his talk. Mr. Alfriend
outlined Georgia’s educational his
tory*. citing her outstanding -.chievo-
such as establishing the cld-
te university, having flrnr-
crcased, and sales taxes levied ishing
There is a sales tax already in near- ^ cducab
Iv eviry other state. It will mean, th
that you may have to pay three
cents more for every loaf of bread
you buy.
“I am not speaking against the
rrpasure: I am merely presenting
the facts. I am not guessing: I
have the figures."
Mr. Alfriend used freely his .‘ig-
urc* on Iua receipts and school ex
penditure!.
He warned against the assump
tion of state contrtl of schools. "W*'
want state support, but not state j its weakest link,
control of schools," he emphnsized.
The school bill which the educa
tors desire to get through the legis
lature asks for cnly nine millions
state support and seven months of
The editorial Is as follows: |
Can You Answer It?
There are trees and trees and
then there are trees.
There are people and people and
then there are people. j
There are editorials and editorials
and then there are editorials.
icadcmics and distinguished! And thc People on this campus
« before the War Between cithc>r rt> a d the editorials about trees;
cs. having passed a model :« nd do something about it. Or else,
public school law as early as 1837 they read the editorials and do noth-,
He declared that the counties and '"U about it. Or else they do not;
communities had led the way. and read the editorials at all.
that the state only, had proved back- j it would be hard to decide which
ward in Its legislation, due to a 'of thc three ways was followed on
misunderstanding of popular feel- this campus during the past several
ing by legislators. j weeks. At the first r f last year wc ;
Declaring himself heartily in fa- lasked ,hat scmc,hir '" bc done to i
vor of negro education and of the! furth ' r beautify the park at Nes-
education cf poorer white children. W« <«<***■ Something was done. At
as an economic measure, he relter- first of the present school year I
made a public notice and appro- j
ciation of the students here for thej
Atlanta Is suffering now from j «"•* amount of werk that had been
some rx the backward counties .... , . . .. . „
Georgia When I read the papers.”] Later ln the ,aU
he ccmnented. "I think that
chain is stronger than.
RAILROADS ENTEJl 1934 WITH
IMPROVED PtOlPECTR.
PtEHIDCM SAYS
"The railroads enter 1930 with
improved prospects" says K. D. Pol
lard, Receiver for the Central of
Georgia Railway, in a statement
published today. He says:
"In the face of depressed condi
tion* during 1935 railway manage
ment provided a steadily improving
quality of freight and passenger ser
vice. which It proposes to continue
and further improve during the year
to come insofar as is humanly poss
ible.”
That the railroads' record for 1935
merits both patronage and support
is the assertion of Mr. Pollard. Re
viewing that record he says:
"Of first importance is the ques
tion of rafety. While the public
prints have bet-i. filled with tales
of the shocking toll of human life
taker by other means of transporta
tion, no passenger on thc railroads
was killed in a train accident dur
ing '935. During these twelve months
approximately half a billion pass
engers were handled.
"Then there is the question of de
pendability. The close of the year
was marked by severe storms in the
Southeast, resulting in practically
complete suspension of highway
transport, but railway service
unimpaired, and where schedules
were interrupted at all, delayes to
either freight or passenger trains
were unimportant"
Discussing passenger service cf the
railroads during 1935, Mr. Pollard
said:
“Ute comfort of railway travel
was greatly enhanced through air
conditioning. Dining car service was
imprived and meal charges reduc
ed. Passenger fares in the Southeast
are at the lowest level in history,
1 1-2 cents per mile in coaches.
Freight schedules too have been
quickened, until now the railroads
offer passenger train speed In the
movement of goods at freight rates.”
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WANTED TO BUY OLD HOBBES,
MULES. CATTLE AND GOATS—
WUI call and get them. Geo. Barton.
Fairgrounds. MUIedgeville. Ga.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Located at MMedfevtUe, Georgia, at the Close of Business Dec. 31, 1935
(Published in response to call made by Comptroller of the Currency, under
Section 5211. U. S. Revised Statues.)
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $179,014.94
\J. S. Government Securities Owned 7,300.00
Other bonds, stocks and securities 2,700.00
Furniture and fixtures 1,495.40
Real estate owned other than banking house 24,037.74
Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve banks $ 14,971.99
Cash In vaults anil due from national banks 143.453.94 158,425.83
Other assets 981.17
done in the park.
heard that a
number of the trees in the park
were be.ng cut dow*n to build
golf course. Naturally, wc protested
against that. It seemed such ai
necessary expense to spend a sum of
money In the park one year for the
benefit of the entire student body
and faculty, cnly to spend practi
cally the same amount of money
few months later cutting some of the
older trees down to build a golf
course for the benefit fii a limited
number of students and faculty.
The protests of a number cf stu
dents were voiced through the col
umns of the Colonnade. The work
went on. The golf course must be
completed.
And only a few weeks later, stu
dents returning from the Christmas
holidays were greet'd with the sight
of bare spots on the front campus
where trees had been but in others
new shrubbery had been put out,
and former bare spots were covered
with the new shrub*.
Persons in charge evidently be
lieved in substituting a thing for
something that had been taken away
even if the substitute did not quite
fill the place of the first.
The new* shrubs on thc front cai.i-
pus have filled in the bare spots
there, and will do much in beautify
ing the entire college area. But—
{they do net fill the place of those
old trees that were cut down in
the park after having been allowed
to grow for almost a century.
Nothing can be done about those
trees that were cut down now. and
we are not going to make a protest
over something that cannot be help
ed. But we do make this earnest
request, and that Is: not to cut down
any more of the trees in the park
»r on the campus.
To paraphrase Joyce Kilmer:
Golf courses are made by fools like
ne, but only God can make a tree.”
LIABILITIES
Individual deposit subject to check $ 96,860.93
Other time deposits 183.277.88
Dividends and Cashier’s checks outstanding 1.228.98 281,367.79
Dividends declared but not yet payable and amounts
set aside for dividends not declared
Preferred Stock. Paid in 37,500.00
Common Stock Paid in 37,500.00
Surplus fund 15,000.00
Undivided Profits 1,405.74
Preferred Stock Retirement fund 1.125.00
Total
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MC0ME OF FARMS RISE
88 PER CENT IN 3 YEARS
RmimI Retail Bales Go Up 93 Per
CmiI Daring The Same Period.
From 1929 to the first quarter of
1933 farm cash income dropped 61
per cent and rural retail sales fell
57 per cents, and from the bottom
of the depression to the present
time farm cash income has advanced
86 per cent and rural retail sales 93
per cent, this increase in rural pur
chasing power contributing to abcut
40 per cent of the industrial im-
thrill, too. in knowing that j provement. a study cf income fieu-
_ .* , . . .as a e i res and rural trade indexes rc-
Capital Account 92 - 53l) - 4 every garment will be perfect- veaK a Wm *inslon dispatch to the
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TOTAL $374,554.78
expert supervision.
A comparison of the United States
fers a basis for appraising the ef
fect of agricultural purchasing pow
er on industrial production and em
ployment.
Starting from the 1929 levels,
farm income fell 61 per cent while
the total of all ether money in
come fell 43 per cent. Rural retail
sales during the same period fell 57
per cent and city department store
sales fell 46 per cent. During the
period in which farm income in
creased approximately 86 percent
and rural retail sales about 93 per
cent, the total of money income,
other than agricultural, has risen 25
per cent and city retail sales have
risen 33 per cent.
Balance lias Been Restored
As a result of the various govern
mental and other activities since
early 1933. the 1929 balance between
STATE OF GEORGIA. Baldwin County.—I. Jon W. Hutchinson.
President of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JON W. HUTCHINSON. President
Sworn to and subscribed before me this January 8th. 1936.
L. H. ANDREWS, Notary Public, Baldwin Co. Ga.
Correct Attest: Ralph Simmerson. W. E. Robinson. Jr., W. H. Rives, Di
rectors.
in rural trade may be deducted
from the fact that retail sales
places having a population of less
than 2,500 and sales by mail order
companies contracted from 6S.200.-
000 in 1929 to $3,900,000,00 in 1932.
a total decline of $5,200,000,000.
This drop accounted for 23 per
cent of the son traction ln all retail
business, which fell from $49,100.
000.000 in 1929 to $25,600,000,000 in
1932. With the sharp recovery
farm income, which appeared early
in 1933, came also a quick pickup
in rural retail sales, resulting in an
estimated gain for the year cf
than 20 per cent—$800,000,000. This
contrasted with a further loss
tal retail business of over $500 000.
000. urban sections buying $1 •^ rw -
000.000 less at retail than in 1932
ni A A W icupanmeni oi agriculture indexes of, gross farm cash income and
rnone 44U Now income, and national inccmc: money incomes of the con try
exclusive of farm income, with the i whole has been restored. One of j ship to total trade. What the
department of commerce indexes of f the majer problems before agri- j provement in rural buying
retail business reveals hew closely culture is the preservation of this-meant to industry can be iouShl.'
thc flow of income in the rural areas restored balance as further general, computed by assuming tha*.
I AITNnRY Jt flRY n FA HINT i corres P° nt * s with the flow of rural expansion of industrial activity and same amount of employ oin
I UXAnilRi business, hew very closely the flow a further rise in the national in- 1 necessary to produce a dollar's " 3 *_
COMPANY 'of city incomes corresponds with , come take place. J of goods for the rural markv 3
HHHHHBHHB city retail business and further of-1 The effect an industry of the drop j for the urban.
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