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It is undoubtedly profitable for
Georgians to study the fiscal meth
ods of other state governments, but
it would not be wise for Georgia to
take over without adaptation to our
own conditions any of the solutions
of the problems of state finance that
have been adopted elsewhere. Eco
nomic conditions are not the same in
every state. The constitution of Geor
gia and the constitutions of Indiana,
or Louisiana, or even Mississippi,
are very different instruments. So
cial conditions are far from identical;
there is a wide divergence in per cap
ita wealth and per capita income in
the various states.
Some of the conditions peculiar to
Georgia, which affect profoundly any
revision of the state’s tax system,
deserve special consideration.
One of the most important is the
Georgia policy of “pay as you go.”
As a result, Georgia’s state govern
ment has a bonded indebtedness of a
very small amount, a souvenir of the
carpetbag and reconstruction era. To
this may be added the “Highway Re
funding Certificates,” indebtednesses
of the highway department to the
counties created prior to 1930, and
retired from highway department in
come. Even with this taken into ac
count, Georgia has one being of the
smallest state debts of any of the
forty-eight states.
Another factor that must be con
sidered is the large number of coun
ties in Georgia. Only Texas, largest
state of the Union, has more. Geor
gia's 159 counties contrast with six
ty-seven in Alabama, for example.
The problem of financing the coun
ties of Georgia is not a simple one,
because the counties vary greatly in
size and population. For example,
Burke county is very large, about six
TRION THEATER
Thursday & Friday
“LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY”
Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Ce
cilia Parker, Fay Holden, Judy Gar
land, Ann Rutherford. This is “tops”
in the bracket of good pictures. It’s
talked about everywhere. Three loves
had Andy—the 15-year-old Casanova
of the Hardy family. He finds him
self in a considerable predicament in
choosing one of three girls for a
dance date.
Saturday
“TRAILING TROUBLE”
Ken Maynard. Probably your last
chance to see this western star for a
while. Don’t miss it.
“MEET THE GIRLS”
June Lang, Lynn Bari, Ruth Allen.
What these girls don’t get into isn’t
worth getting into. They’d even take
their own grandmother for a ride.
Plenty of fun.
Monday & Tuesday
“FIVE OF A KIND”
Dionne Quintuplets,, Claire Trevor,
Cesar Romero, Jean Hersholt, Henry
Wilcoxon, Inez Courtney. The Quins
are now 4 years old. Now we find
them as real actors, chattering gaily,
singing a song and dancing a minuet.
Also interwoven is the story of rival
newspaper reporters.
Comedies: Community Sing No. 6
and “Bluebird’s Baby.”
Wednesday—Next Week
“BREAKING THE ICE”
Bobby Breen, Irene Dare, Dolores
Costello, Charles Ruggles. Cry a lit
tle —sigh a little—thrill a little—
laugh a lot. Glowing heart drama of
a swell kid with a soul filled with
song.
relieves
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Beulah Shropshire
Summerville, Ga.
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Attorney-at-Law
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times the size of Quitman county,
while Fulton county is very densely ;
population and Echols county, with
its vast forest resources, has a very
small population.
Georgia has a low percentage of
home ownership, the lowest in the
nation at the last census. The ‘home
stead exemption amendment’ and the
recent measures providing federa.
assistance for home-builders has
stimulated home-ownership sharply,
but Georgia must go a long way to
overtake Indiana, where there is a
preponderance of home-ownership.
Again, the Georgia constitution,
written in a desire to preserve local
government, prohibits direct grants
by the state to the counties and mu
nicipalities. A condition under which
the state will assume a large share
oi responsibility for the support of
local institutions and will receive in
return a great measure of supervis
ion over their affairs, extending in
xndiana to an absolute veto power
over local bond issues, is not likely
.0 arise in Georgia.
Predominantly, despite advances in
the past twenty years in manufac
tures, Georgia remains an agricul
tural state. The present period ap
pears to be one. of transition, but,
without discounting the importance
of manufactures, it is likely that ag
riculture and forestry will be the
mainstay of our income for many
years to come.
There are other conditions in Geor
gia without precise parallel else
where. The schools of the state, di
vided into ‘county systems’ and ‘in
dependent systems’, present local pe
culiarities to be considered. The Geor
gia penal system is most complex.
Where Indiana employs Its state pris
oners in industrial plants and Mis
sissippi utilize their labor on a sys
tem of state farms, the Georgia
prisoners are dispersed into 159 coun
ty camps, eight or more highway
camps operated by the highway de
partment, and the state prisons in
Tattnall and Baldwin counties.
Finally, there is the factor of Geor
gia’s lateness in abandoning the an
tiquated ad valorem system as the
primary source, of state revenues.
While other states moved to meet
changing conditions in the field of
governmental finance, Georgia clung
to the system of raising both its lo
cal and state funds from taxation
upon real estate until a crisis devel
oped, not only in the state finances
but on the part of the owners of real
estate themselves.
This may not prove, in final anly
sis, as great a misfortune as at firs
glance. Georgia, although losing much
by the delay; permitted other state.'
to do much of the essential experi
menting and is today in a position to
revise altogether the state’s finan
cial and tax system and provide a
revenue system that will not require
revision for a good many years to
come.
The durability of the new system of
taxation, of course, is dependent upon
the manner in which the subject is
approached. It is not a subject upon
which partisan politics, persdnal
prejudice or insubstantial appeals to
emotion should be heard. A wise and
adequate system of taxation can con
solidate all the gains in governmen
tal services for our people and as
sist greatly in the economic and so
cial progress of our state and its
citizens.
PENNVILLE CLUB MEETING.
The Woman’s Home Demonstration
club of Pennville met Friday, Dec. 2,
with Mrs. Ralph Housch. Twenty
four members were present.
Mrs. Hinton Logan, president, pre
sided over the business session. Plans
were made to send representatives to
Summerville to organize a county
council.
Miss Henry gave a demonstration
on canning meat, which was benefi
cial to all. Everyone was proud of
this; for it is time to fix our meats
for the coming year.
As this was the last meeting before
Christmas, we had a Christmas par
ty, each receiving a nice little gift. I
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1938.
Here’s What Quotas
De For State Farmers
Georgia farmers are going to
vote Saturday, Dec. 10, on whether
marketing quotas shall be applied
to cotton and flue-cured tobacco
for the 1939 season.
Director Walter S. Brown, of the
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service, prepared this thumb-nail
summary of what the application
of marketing quotas on these crops
will mean to Georgia farmers:
1. Quotas provide a measure for
adjusting supply to demand.
2. Quotas make cotton loans
available.
3. Quotas serve to prevent fur
ther decline in cotton prices.
4. Quotas encourage more effi
cient production on fewer acres.
5. Quotas place no limitation on
the sale of cotton produced on al
lotted acres.
6. Quotas protectj co-operators
by providing that non-co-operators
will not participate in any pay
ments under the agricultural con
servation program.
7. Quotas provide that only co
operators will receive cotton pari
ity payments .
8. Quotas provide that only co
operators will be eligible for loans
on all cotton produced.
9. Quotas provide that non-co
operators will pay a penalty of 3
cents a pound on all cotton sold in
excess of the marketing quota.
Rules For Voting In
Referendum Given
Here are the rules governing who
is eligible to vote in the referendum
Saturday, Dec. 10, on whether mar
keting quotas shall be applied to cot
ton and flue-cured tobacco for the I
1939 season: |
1. All farmers who were engaged
in the production of cotton or flue
cured tobacco in 1938 are eligible to
vote. Farmers who produced both cot- j
ton and flue-cured tobacco are eligi
ble to vote in each referendum. The
vote on cotton and tobacco is being
held the same day and at the same
polling places in counties where both I
crops are grown but the question of I
whether quotas shall be effective ap- I
plies separately to each commodity. :
2. No one (whether an individual,
partnership, corporation, firm, asso
ciation or other legal entity) will be
entitled to more than one vote in
either referendum, even though en
gaged in 1938 in the production of
cotton or flue-cured tobacco in two
or more communities, counties or
states.
3. There will be no voting by mail,
proxy or agent but a duly authorized
officer of a corporation, firm, asso
ciation or other - legal entity may
cast its vote.
4. In case several persons, such
as husband, wife and children par
ticipated in the production of cot
ton or flue-cured tobaco in 1938 un
ver a single lease or share-cropping
greement may vote.
5. In the event two or more per
uns engaged in the production of
otton or flue-cured tobacco in 1938
not- as members of a partnership
u. as tenants in common or joint I
_nants or as owners of communi- ;
/, each such person is entitled to
vote.
6. Since marketing quotas are
not applicable to cotton the staple
of which is 1 1-2 inches or more in
length, (Sea Island, for example) a
person who was engaged in the I
production of such cotton in 1938
shall not be eligible to vote unless I
he was also engaged this year in the
production of cotton, the staple
length of which was less than 1 1-2
inches.
Such Popularity.
First Celebrity—How do you like
these cigarettes ?
Second Celebrity—'Worst I ever in
dorsed.
Contests were enjoyed by all.
Every one enjoyed the meeting and
we are determined to make our club
bigger and better.
Delicious candy was served by the
hostess. REPORTER.
Use The News’ Advertising Columns
To Increase Your Christmas Sales
Only 15 Shopping Days Until Christmas
TAX COLLECTOR’S
ROUNDS FOR
1938
I will be at the following places on dates and dates named
below for the purpose of collecting taxes and will be in the of
fice every day except days mentioned below. Will be glad to
stop any place on my rounds if you will notify me.
Books close December 20; fi fas will be issued and inter
est charged after this date.
TrionNov. 14, Nov. 28, Dec 5 and 12
Menlo November 15; December 13
LyerlyNovember 16; December 14
Paul Cook November 17, a.m.
Mrs. Van Fleming November 17, noon
Holland-November 17, p.m.
D. A. Hemphill November 29, a.m.
E. E. Martin November 29, noon
Chelsea November 29, p.m.
Dirtseller -- -- November 30, a.m.
W. B. Ward ,November 30, noon
Haywood Road November 22, a.m.
Dry Creek Road November 22, p.m.
SublignaNovember 23, a.m.
P. A. Morgan Store November 23, p.m.
W. B. High Store December 1, noon
Tom BallengerDecember 1, a.m.
Oscar Green’s November 15, 9 a.m.
W. R. H. Maddox December 7, a.m.
Wilbanks-Lowery Store December 7, noon
On dates I am on my rounds, will leave the office at 9:30
a.m. and be back at 3:30 p.m.
J. A. Scoggins,
Tax Collector