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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.” WANTED—lit Terrier doc. house brake, aad net old. Call at this office. 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 Cat Tear Meat At M1LLEDGEVILLF MLUNG CO. Weyee St. Ge*r|ie Repeal 6 Minutes and the Day is Yours It only requires about 6 minutes to prepare your laundry and 6„ 6 -a phone SNOW'S and the rest of the day is yours. . .Hows of leisure time added. Theres a LET YOUR P0CXETB00K -TAKE ITS PICK! THrf'w m/ &U/C*S! npHBM we* ■ time wbea the prte* Mi A told th* Mia Itory about a car** quality. Low price, low poilily—hiph price, high quality. Bat Buick has cheated that. 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Whatever Buiok you pack yen’ll get longer life, more tea tele! style, deeper comfort, a more satisfying cor to own. The new GMAC 6% Time Payment Plan brings down the eoet of haying on tiew. You’ll be surprised at bow little per month lets you own e Buick. Cease fa and let us show you bow yoa can use this saving to get e better car than you’re been driving. vw gnuuiuuaianaaraequipmenx. ^omenisutnew 9 N*e It TIME IWmENT PLAN w a WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM RALPH SIMMERON Wilkinson, St. Milledgeville, Ga. 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 ly cared for while under our New Orleans Times-Picayune says 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. SNOW’S