Newspaper Page Text
WITH THE STARS
Robert Preston is being groomed
by Paramount for stardom. After
“Union Pacific”, he is to have a role
in “Beau Greste” and the top mas
culine lead in Lloyd Douglas’ “Dis
puted Passage” . .
“The Little Diplomat” is the title
of Shirley Temple’s next picture and
is based on the recent European
crisis . .
Max Baer is to be the next singing
western hero. He is under contract to
make a series of six westerns, begin
ning this month. .
Robert Taylor was recalled from
New York to make “Lucky Night”
with Myrna Loy. Miss Loy is to co
star with Clark Gable in “A Lady
Corues to Town,” but not until after
“Gone With the Wind” is completed.
Ida Lupino and her husband,'Louis
Hayward, have been offered $60,000
to co-star in a picurte in England . .
Although Joan Blondell and Dick
Powell said it would be a long time
before they signed another contract,
both are under contract for pictures
in the near future. Joan will play the
lead with Bing Crosby in “East Side
GEORGIA’S PROGRAM
TO RE-CREATE ,
/T EMPIRE Z’*,* /
¥ TATE °7i 561 /44n
i THESOUTH i,w-W
r i tOrF ,
\ BUDGET/
Georgia is confronted with the ne
cessity of raising about eight and a
half million dollars to continue its
program of progressive service, de
manded by Georgians. To raise this
money, it will be necessary to im
pose additional taxes upon the people
of Georgia, for governmental units
can obtain money only from their
citizens. Money does not grow on
trees, for either a state, a county, a
city or a private citizen.
It is imperative that the revision
of the tax system shall be carried
out intelligently and fairly. Consid
ering the advances that Georgia has
made in the past two decades, the se
riousness of the general economic
situation and the ease with which a
bad system of taxation can retard
economic and social progress, it is
vital that the general assembly se
lect the best possible solution to the
fiscal problem of the state.
A thoughtful report, prepared by
W. A. Lufburrow, administrative aide
to the revenue commissioner of Geor
gia, and submitted to'the general as
sembly by T. Grady Head, asserts
that there are only two tax measures
that can solve the fiscal and budget
ary problems poised in Georgia by
the adoption of old-age assistance,
aid to dependent children, a length
ened school term with stabilized sal
aries, free textbooks and partial
homestead exemption.
These measures are (1) the gross
income tax; (2) a sales tax. Each of
these measures effects a broadening
of the tax base. Each has its peculiar
advantages. Each has its disadvan
tages.
There is no set standard by which
a tax may be definitely labeled ‘good’
or ‘bad’. The test of a ‘good tax’,
however, may be stated fairly concise
ly: that tax is good which provides
the revenue required for objects of
expenditure approved by the citizens
with the smallest cost of collection,
the least disruption of ordinary bus
iness and the least unfairness to any
group of taxpaying citizens.
That provides four tests that a tax
must pass.
The first of these questions is one
readily answered. Assuming that the
tax measure is drawn carefully, us
ing in the instance of the gross in
come tax the model set by Indiana,
are using in the instance of the sales
tax the model set by Mississippi, the
revenue to be derived can be deter
mined in advance with unusual ac
curacy. A gross income tax would
provide in Georgia about $12,500,000;
a sales tax would provide about $9,-
000,000 to $10,000,000. The adoption
of either measure would permit, in
short, the lopping off of some of the
minor ‘nuisance taxes’ now on the
Georgia statute books. On the score
of adequacy, either tax will pass the
test.
On the count of cost of collection,
there is little to choose between the
two taxes. The cost of administering
the Indiana gross income tax law was
3.15 per cent, in 1938. The cost of
administering the Mississippi sales
tax law, over a period of seven years,
has fluctuated between 3 per cent,
and 3.5 per cent.
There are, however, two other tests
to be considered. And in applvuMj
those tests, local factors ngM
taken into consideration
factors include, of co
of the existing t
state and
class of c
tax buxM
of Heaven”, and Dick is taking over
roles at Metro originally intended
for Allan Jones . .
Fred Astaire is making the last
picture called for in his contract with
RKO. However, he h<_s received fine
offers from that studio and from
Metro to remain in pictures . .
Laura Hope Crews is to play Aunt
Pitty Pat in “Gone With the Wind.”
Barbara O’Neill and Thomas Mitchell
will be cast as the mother and fath
er of Scarlett . .
Ginger Rogers’ picture, “Little
Mother,” is the story of a girl who
adopts a foundling. Douglas Fair
banks, Jr., will have the leading male
role which was originally intended
for Cary Grant . .
“Tenderloin” is the story of New
York 25 years ago. Fred Mac Murray
will be cast as a policeman,, Dorothy
Lamour as a night club singer, and
Robert Preston as a gambler . .
It is reported that RKO has paid
Metro $50,000 for the screen rights
to “The Hunchback of Notie Dame,”
which was made some years back fea
turing Lon Chaney .
all receipts from sales and services,
and, in addition, almost all other
sources of income, such as salaries
and wages, dividends, interest and
rentals.
General sales taxes exist in Ari
zona, North Carolina, Mississippi,
New Mexico and Washington. Limit
ed to retail sales, amusements, trans
portation and certain other items,
they also form the basis of taxation
in Alabama, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Illinois, lowa, Kansas, Lou
isiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Da
kota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
Utah and Wyoming.
A retail sales tax, coupled with a
gross income tax, exists in West Vir
ginia, with the gross income levy on
a rate of one-half of one per cent.
Indiana alone relies solely upon the
gross income tax with a rate of 1
per cent. However, Indiana has ho net
income tax statute, such as yields al
most $6,000,000 annually in Georgia.
The application to Georgia of eith
er tax system would be full of social
and economic significance and de
serves detailed study by the people of
the state as well as by their repre
sentatives.
IN LOVING MEMORY
On Dec. 12, 1938, the death angel
visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Lawson and took away their little
darling baby. Doris Ann. AU was
done for her that medical skill, lov
ing hearts and willing hands could do,
but God saw fit to take her Home.
Her life was so short but she will be
missed by all who knew her. It is so
sad to know she can’t be with us
anymore, but it is such a great con
solation to know we can go to her.
Oh, may we all live so as to meet
on that sweet day. Days of sadness
oft come over one and all. Tears in
silence often flow when we think of
our dear little darling whom God
called just a short time ago.
Weep not, father’ and mother, for)
she is waiting for you on that happy I
shore.
The days are sad and lonely since
you left us, darling; the cadence of
your sweet voice we can never hear.
Dear little darling, we hope to meet
you by and by upon the shining gold
en street, and dwell together in that
home on high and then the union will
be sweet.
We loved her; yes, we loved her,
But the angels loved her more,
For they have sweetly called her
To yonder golden shore.
There was an angel band in heaven
That was not quite complete,
So God took their darling baby
To fiU the vacant seat.
Written by her grandmother,
MRS. DORA LAWSON.
Not Changed Much.
Bostonian—You’d never think that
this street was originally a cow path.
Visitor (with lowered gaze at girls
passing)—lt appears to be a good
deal of a calf path, even now.
Try a New
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1939
TO MY VALENTINE.
(Dedicated to the Sweethearts of the
World of all Ages.)
I knew you were my Valentine
When first I thrilled to you.
I hoped, and felt, your love would
shine
On me my whole life through.
You satisfied my long desire;
To win you was my goal.
You subtly set my heart on fire —
Electrified my soul.
From then you were my beacon light
To show me how to go;
Your simile dispersed the shades of
night
That gathered round me so.
In spite of all, I won the game
Which makes you now my own.
And this means more to me than
fame,
Or fortune, or a throne.
I’ve found in you what has become
Connubial paradise;
For love like yours transcends the
sum
Os any mortal price.
So love and honor bring to you
This happy heart of mine.
And who you are will keep me true,
My life-long Valentine.
DR. V. A. AVAKIAN,
2710 East Forty-sixth St.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
KNOW YOUR TIMBER
(Emily Woodward.)
Georgia timber growers should be
interested w know that experiments
nfade by the Southern Forest Experi
ment station show that native piney
woods grasses and long-leaf pine
seedlings are strong competitors un
der certain conditions.
On soils of limited fertility, where
the growth of piney-woods grasses is
dense, the effect of the competition
is indicated in stunted growth for
the pine seedlings. The roots of long
leaf pine seedlings and the roots of
such grasses feed approximlately from
the same soil zone—the top eight
inches. They draw, therefore, from
the same moisture and mineral con
tents of the soil.
An experiment conducted over a
two-year period to determine the ex
tent of this fight for existence be
tween the grasses and the seedlings,
affords valuable information for the
.Southern timber groover. Seedlings
grown in containers with and with
out the grasses were given the same
amount of water, and subjected to
the same atmospheric conditions.
Three different treatments were giv
en the seedlings grown with the
grasses. Some were burned off each
winter; others were clipped twice a
year; while others were left to grow
in the “rough.”
At the end of the two years, the
dry weight of the seedlings grown
without grass was nearly twice the
weight of those that had to compete
in the rough with the grass. Where
the grass was burned and the ashes
left in the container, the weight of
the seedlings was almost equal to
that of the seedlings grown without
grass, which is rather conclusive
proof that the fight for existence and
growth between the seedlings and the
grasses is largely for mineral nour
ishment.
The Georgia timber grower who
seeks to KNOW HIS TIMBER and
grow it intelligently will make use
of the results of these experiments.
MEXICAN INQUIRY.
A resolution has been introduced
in the house of representatives by
Martin J. Kennedy, of New York,
proposing that $30,000 be made avail
able to a committee of seven mem
bers, to investigate conditions in Mex
ico. The inquiry by the house would
be an “exercise of its constitutional
rights and the performance of its
constitutional duty.” While some
pressure may be brought for the
passage of this resolution by inter
ested groups in the United States, i.
is not likely to pass.
Breakfast Nook Repartee.
Wife (angrily)—Anybody would
think I was nothing but a charwoman.
Husband—Especially if they saw
this toast.
Y > viW 1 TjrffW
i flu
Cp» _ 11
New Attorney General
♦
If' J*
iHEp" Sip®’’ ' «
• *
Ellis Arnall, 31, of Newnan, be
came the youngest Attorney Gen
eral in Georgia’s history when he
accepted the oath of office Febru
ary 2, to fill the unexpired term of
M. J. Yeomans, who resigned to
accept joint duties of attorney and
director of the newly created State
Hospital Authority.
Educated at Mercer University
and the University of Georgia, Ar
nall served two terms as Speaker
Pro-Tern of the House of Represen
tatives and at the time of his ap
pointment to the Attorney General
post was the senior Assistant At
torney General in the point of
service.
Given the oath of office by Gov
ernor Rivers, Arnall said, “My one
ambition is to make Georgia a good
Attorney General.”
GRACE
(Installment XII)
By J. W. KING.
Grace is the foundation and under
lies everything that is worth while,
both for time and eternity. Grace is
the basis upon which we get the
bread we eat, the raiment we wear,
the oxygen we breathe. There can
not be named a single item that is es
sential to the well-being of mankind
but it’s supplied by the grace of
God. This applies both to believers
and unbelievers to skeptics and infi
dels. Grace is the explanation of the
criminal and incorrigible violator of
the laws of the land as well as the
laws of God, temporarily evading
justice.
Grace is divine favor, an importa
tion of divine nature to human beings,
an importation of God to human be
ings. (II Pet. i:4). So those who re
ceives accepts the gift of the Holy
Spirit which is the grace of God par
takes of good. He has divine nature
imparted to him. God eminates him
self to every believer. That is the
true meaning of Grace.
Then Paul speaks of abounding
grace, (Rom. v:l7-20). Aside from
grace, sin is the most abounding ele
ment in all the universe (material)
but when grace takes the place of
sin and supplants it, grace is then
more abounding than sin ever was;
the soul of the true believer, also the
life, is fuller of grace than it ever
was of sin. Grace fills in more than
it takes out. Grace gives good meas
ure, pressed down, shaken together
and running over, (Luke vi:3B). Then
THE ENTIRE COST OF THE C.C.C.
b COULD BE PAID FOR By
vrw' -1 THE TAXES
OF THE
ST BRE Wl NG
IWlmf INDUSTRY
V' The Treasury Department shows expenditures of 326 million dollars
X* for the Civilian Conservation Corps for the fiscal year of 1938.
The brewing industry pays over a million dollars a day in taxes.
JU&at Beer contributes to the re-building
Il America would fill a great volume
Paul tells us of degrees in grace,
(Acts iv:33). A great many of our
churches today, it would seem, need
that degree of grace to empower
them to do and say as Peter and
John said on the occasion of the heal
ing of the man who had been lame
all his life. Great grace.
In Eph. i:7 we find the riches of
grace and even stronger than riches
in any and everything else the ex
ceeding riches of his grace. Grace
exceeds all things in richness—you
might extract all the richness from
everything and put it all together
and the richness of grace exceeds it
all.
All the riches of this world are
only temporary and may end in pov
erty, but the grace of God will grow
richer and richer throughout eternity;
will abound more as it is drawn upon
to supply and pay for everything else
needed. Grace is the one thing that
increases with the using.
PROCUREMENT DIVISION, Pub
lic Buildings Bianeh, Washington, D.
C., Jan. 25, 1939. —Sealed bids in dup
licate will be publicly opened in this
office at 10 ami., Feb. 17, 1939, for
completion of the ground floor in the
U.S.P.O. at Summerville, Ga. Draw
ings and specifications, not exceeding
one set, may be obtained from the
Custodian of the building or at this
office in the discretion of the Assist
ant Director of Procurement, Public
Buildings Branch.— W. E. Reynolds,
Assistant Director.
“You can always depend upon Ed
ith doing what you expect.”
“Yeah! She would!”
►0 million dollars in taxes every
rer 1,000,000 jobs. A market for
BO farm acres of produce.
'ing industry would like to pre
self and the people the many
Befits it has created in the past
«wers everywhere realizethat
bound up with the proper
dustrial Foundation, 21 East 40th Street, New York, N. Y.
L ilijji
■Beverage of Moderation
1 GOOX) neNS J
ms
||ri .. .. '
Dr. Mil es Nervine I
(Liquid or Effervescent Tablets)
Soothes irritated nerves, permits refreshing I
H sleep, helps you to “get hold of yourself.”
kj EARLY everyone is nervous these days. Financial I
N worries, street and home noises, late hours, hard I
work and exciting recreation put a strain on the nerv- ■
ous system that brings on Sleeplessness, Nervous Head- ■
M ache, Nervous Indigestion, Restlessness, Irritability.
| An attack of nerves may make you lose friends I
I toyoi chndren Ur hUSband appear a tyrant I
of?h R e LES f NERV INE has been soothing the nerves I
I set« bntt lOn f ° r r early 60 years - If y° u are nervous, ■
I ™ b Ue or P acka § e at your druggist. He will refund Kt
■ yur money if you are not entirely satisfied. ~v
Liquid Nervine, Large Bottle ?1.00-Smali Bottle 25# ■
| Effervescent Tablets. Large Pkg. 75#—Small Pkg. 35#
distribution of their mild and wholesome
beverage through retail outlets whose char
acter will be a credit to the community.
Obviously, the brewers can enforce no laws.
But they can —and will —cooperate with
the local law-enforcement authorities. They
will cooperate with every group —friend or
critic —to the end that retail beer outlets
give no offense to anyone.
THE ANSWERS
1. Down about 45 per cent.
2. No; we lack essential minerals,
such as aluminum, tin and nickel.
3. Estimate: $1,750,000,000.
4. Yes; 2,308,814 pairs in 1938.
5. Under-Secretary of State.
6. Nineteen.
7. Yes; limit $45,000,060,000.
8. No; there is a labor shortage.
9. About $81,000,000,000
10. No
Advice to Young Men
Don’t keep telling her that you are
unworthy of her. Let it be a surprise.
—Detroit News.
INSURANCE
TRANSFERS
YOUR RISK
B!
Beulah Shropshire
Summerville, Ga.
T. J. ESPY, JR.
Attorney-at-Law
Summerville, Georgia,
over McGinnis Drug Store.