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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, OCT. 1, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Raiford Smith
Raiford Smith, 35, of East
man, died Monttey morning in
the Dodge County Hospital.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Parkers on
Baptist Church, with burial in
the church cemetery .
Mr. Smith was born in Dodge
County and was a member of
the Parkersan Baptist Church.
He was a salesman with Moore
Distributing Co. of Chauncey.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Kay Smith; one son, Dary l
Smith, both of Cedar Grove;
mother, Mrs. Felton Smith of
Eastman; three sisters, Mrs.
Melvin Graham of Eastman,
Mrs. Willie Trawick erf Warner
Robins, and Mrs. Boots May
of Eastman; three brothers,
Gerald Smith erf Milan, J. B.
Smith of Plainfield and Bennett
Smith of Eastman, and several
nieces and nephews.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral
Home erf Eastman was in charge.
William C. Miller
Funeral services were held
in the Mcßae Methodist Church
Monday at 11 a.m. for William
Clarence Miller, 72, of Alamo,
who died in the Telfair County
Hospital last Thursday, Sept.
23, after suffering a heart at
tack.
Politics olii Paradi
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The General Assembly met! i
last Friday to discuss re-ap
portionment and other mat- ।
ters, which are sure to create a
lot of sound and fury. How
ever. there is no need for us
to have anything to say about
what may come from the ses
sion, since this column won’t
be printed for five or six days
from the date of writing, and,
anyway, nobody can predict
with much accuracy what will
finally emerge from House and
Senate.
One point we'd like to make
though. Governor Carter
surely is smart enough not
to veto the final reapportion
ment bill, for he’d just have
to turn around and call the
Assemb'y back into session,
and this would put the onus
on him for another million or
so of the taxpayers' money
spent. In addition, if the legis
lature then wouldn't pass what
the Governor wanted, the fed
eral court deadline could run
out .and some federal judge
or the other might decide the
reapportionment himself.
♦ * * *
Ralph Abernathy and Hosea
Williams, top dogs in the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, are visiting Russia
and Red China, respectively.
Since the SCLC is in bad fin
ancial shape — according to
what Abernathy stated pub
licly and other evidence we
know of personally — we won
der w'ho’d paying the thousands
of dollars these trips are cost
ing. A lot of people think that
the money is coming from
Communist sources, either in
this country or from abroad.
* ♦ • •
Mrs. Linda Jenness, the
young radical who has ran for
various offices in Georgia —
including Mayor of Atlanta,
when she received about 20
votes — attended a Socialist
Workers Party convention in
Cleveland recently, at which
she received the party's nomi
nation for Vice-President Her
running mate is a Chicago
Negro.
* • • ♦
Secretary of State Ben Fort
son made a spech to a civic
c’ub in South Fulton a few
days ago. in which he blasted
Gov. Carter's reorganization
program. Mr. Fortson — the
dean of state officials — said
that the reorganization p’an is
an "umbrella set up so that the
governor will be able to run
the state just by the people
who he has appointed."
Fortson b'amed what he
sees as the failings in the reor
ganization p'an on the advice of
“the experts" and on “these
75 businessmen (a reorganiza-
Services were conducted by
a former pastor, the Rev. John
Carroll of Sylvester, assisted
by the Rev. Richard Aultman
and the Rev. Carlton Anderson.
Pallbearers were Flint
Bailey, Elton Bailey, Billy
Adams, Steve Underwood, Wen
dell Ogilvie, Preston White,
Gene Bailey and Lamar Miller.
Mr. Miller was born in
Wheeler County on February
18, 1899, the son of Columbus
and Sarah Messer Miller. He
was married to Miss Fonnie
A. Bailey on October 22,1922,
and was a member of the Alamo
Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife;
one daughter, Miss Neeta
Miller; and three brothers,
Cavada Miller, Lonnie Miller
and Everett Miller, all of
Alamo.
Burial was in Telfair
Memorial Gardens with Harris
and Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS & VIEWS .
INCOME PROTECTION-this
may sound like the beginning
of an Insurance Company ad,
but we are really describing
your SOCIAL SECURITY.
Charles Hall, Branch Manager
of the Dublin Social Security
Office, wants to remind those
tion study committee) who do
not know anything about gov
ernment.”
•* * *
Speaking of reorganization,
our readers will remember that
we predicted several weeks ago
that the Veterans Service Dept,
wou'd be withdrawn from the
reorganization plan and left as
an independent agency Well,
last week the Governor's reor
ganization "experts" recom
mended just exactly that. Obvi
ously, Carter will go along; he
has to, or suffer a devastating
defeat in the Assembly from
the various veterans organiza
tions and their legislative
friends.
•* • ♦
We hear that various pro
fessors in the University Sys
tem have been told by the
Governor to visit state depart
ments and ask department
heads if they need any he'p in
“improving" their departments.
Personally, we'd hate to be in
some professor's shoes when
he said this to a ’ong time, ex
perienced state official.
Governor Carter has been do
ing some fancy politicking late
ly, insofar as next year’s United
States Senate race is concerned.
Simply, he has been trying to
cut down all of Senator Gam
brell’s potential opponents with
either reorganization or reap
portionment.
Item: Has threatened to
abolish the office of State
Treasurer, now he'd by Bill
Burson, his longtime supporter
to whom he offered a big job
in his administration before the
general election last Fall "if I
win and you lose".
Item: Is trying to take the
Inspection Division out of the
Dept, of Labor, which leaves
Sam Ca'dwell with nothing but
Unemployment Compensation,
which is pretty muchly under
federal control.
Item: Has taken out after
Bi'l Stuckey on reapportion
ment.
Item: Has cut at Ernest Van
diver on several matters, in
sp : te of Vandiver's support in
1970 and his promise to Dick
Russell to name Vandiver to
the .Senate
Item: Has a continuing feud
going with Lester Maddox,
even though he knows that
Lester isn't going to run for
the Senate. The idea, of course,
is to try to stop Maddox from
helping somebody else against
Gambrell.
PREDICTION: None of
these moves are going to suc
ceed. and Gambrell wi'l lose his
Senate seat to one of these
five, or somebody else.
serviced by the Dublin office
that Social Security protects
you, your family, or survivors
against loss of income due to
death, retirement, or dis
ability.
If you have a question re
garding your Social Security
call, come by, or write the
Dublin Social Security Office
at 114 East Johnson Street.
Or you can call 272- 534 7. (F’or
those serviced by the Eastman
and Mcßae telephone ex
changes, arrangements have
been made foryoutocall(TOLL
FREE) by dialing “0” andask
ing for WX-1500).
Q. I’m a school teacher, age
63. I wonder if I can receive
social security payments during
the summer months when I did
not teach?
A. Yes. You can receive
checks for any month in which
you perform no services as a
teacher.
Q. I am 62 years of age. I
have a seasonal job installing
furnaces. Can I receive pay
ments when I’m not working?
A. Yes. No matter what your
total yearly earnings are you
are eligible for a check any
month in which you earn only
$140.00 or less.
Q. I work during the summer
months and have a maid in the
home to take care of my' children
while they’re out of school. Do
I report her wages for social
security purposes?
A. Yes, but only if you pay
her at least $50.00 in wages
during a calendar quarter.
Q. I know my maid will earn
more than $50.00 during the
July through September quar
ter. How much do I take out
of her wages for social securi
ty taxes?
A. The current tax rate is
5.2%. If you paid her SIOO.OO
during this period, you need
to withhold $5.20 from her
wages.
Q. I do not have a birth
certificate. Do I lave to have
one before I can draw my social
security?
A. If you do not have a birth
certificate, social security can
use other old documents or
records of your age. Some of
these old records could be a
school record, a church or
baptismal record, or census
record. I would suggest you
bring whatever you have to the
social security office and if
other evidence is needed, they
will be glad to assist you in
obtaining it.
COLD AREA
Ever wonder where the
coldest area in your refrig
erator is? In refrigerators that
have to be defrosted manually,
it’s the chill tray located just
below the freezing unit. The
area at the bottom of the
cabinet is warmest.
COMFORT TRICKS FOR
FASHIONABLE DRESSING
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Some women dress to attract
, a man Others to impress other
women But no matter whom
। you aim to please, you've got to
‘ /eel good in order to look good
r How many times have you left a
> special purchase hanging in the
; closet because it was just plain
[ uncomfortable 7
Here are a few tricks to dress
mg with comfort in mind as
! well as fashion.
• • A well tailored pantsuit is a
s must in every wardrobe Kas
t per for Joan Leslie likes the
look and feel of the Acrilan
acrylic citypants shown above
r He creates an all-in-one pant
dress with the look of sepa
r rates that does away with
waistline bulk. And adds a
jacket for unexpected temp
erature changes Smart and
comfortable
’ • Knits are known for comfort
1 but inferior construction can
; result in unsightly bagging
} and shape loss A quality guai
antee such as the Wear Dated
tag promises a minimum of
i one year's normal wear or
, money back from Monsanto.
t • Unhned clothes aie lighter in
weight and generally reason
ably priced If they itch or
■ cling, try a slip of Ultron anti
-1 static nylon that reduces cling
t and has a soft and unclammy
feeling as an underhner.
« • Heavy back zippers, buttons,
and bows can prove a painful
annoyance when you're seat
s ed in a chair. Look behind you
e when you're standing in the
fitting room
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by the Georgia Consumer Services Program
“FREE” INSPECTION
Recently, a company sent
us a letter saying they would
inspect our furnace free of
charge. We told them to go
ahead. When they were
through, they said we needed
a new furnace. The one we
have is only three years old,
but now I’m scared it will
blow up the house. What
should we do?
Don’t do anything until
you’ve had the furnace
inspected by another
company.
So-called “free” inspections
are sometimes offered by
unethical companies just to
get a repair man into your
home. Then, after inspecting
the furnace, he tells you that a
major repair job is needed or
that you should get a new
furnace. Sometimes they go so
far as to say the furnace is an
extreme fire hazard, or that it
might blow up the house. In
some cases, there is nothing
wrong with the furnace, and
the company is trying to
frighten you into forking over
several hundred dollars for
needless parts and repairs or
several thousand for a new
furnace that probably isn’t as
good as the one you’ve got.
Just to be on the safe side
you should have another
company check out your
furnace. If the second
company says the same repairs
or replacement are necessary,
get both companies to bid on
the job, and give it to the
company that offers the best
price on repairs or
replacement of the same
quality. Also, before you sign
a contract with either
company find out what their
business reputation is through
the Better Business Bureau,
Chamber of Commerce, and
possibly your local gas or
power company.
TV REPAIR GYPS
Our television is broken,
but I’m afraid to call a repair
shop. We don’t make much
money, and I’m scared the
shop might charge us too
much, and not really fix the
set right. How can we tell if
we’re getting our money’s
worth?
That’s hard to tell unless
you have some technical
knowledge about how a TV
works. Probably the majority
of TV repair shops are ethical.
Even so, some sources
Gov. Carter’s Tax Program
ATLANTA (PRN)
Governor Carter’s proposed
revisions to the state’s
property tax laws “would
establish significant precedents
in eliminating glaring
inequities in the ad valorem
tax system,” says State
Revenue Commissioner John
Blackmon.
Commissioner Blackmon
offers strong endorsement to
the property tax package
Governor Carter presented to
the House Ad Valorem Tax
Study Commission, September
10, and which the Governor
will include in his legislative
programs for the General
Assembly next year.
Designed to “restore
justifiable confidence of
taxpayers in the ad valorem
tax system,” the Governor’s
program would be the first to
ever spell out minimum
certification standards for tax
assessing officials and require
them to maintain professional
staffs under standards set by
the state; and the first to
create a state and local
equalization boards to insure
fair appeal procedures for the
dissatisfied property owner.
The program would
demand, for the first time,
that uniform assessment values
on each class of property be
made throughout the state and
allow no unexplained
deviation greater than 10% on
any land parcel.
The state’s archaic
intangible property tax laws
would be completely
revamped making them, for
the first time, enforceable and
capable of producing an
equitable amount of local
revenue.
Another precedent would
be to require reviews by a
State Board of Equalization of
estimate that fifteen percent
of the amount paid to repair
dealers yearly in this country
is for phony or needless work.
The first thing you should
do is ask your neighbors and
friends if they know a good
repair shop. If serveral of them
recommend the same shop, it
probably gives good service.
Be careful with repair shops
that advertise service costs for
Herman Talmadge
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4 *4^ REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
SEVERE UNEMPLOYMENT continues to disrupt the Amer
ican economy. Jobs are difficult to secure for people entering the
job market, not as many new jobs are being created as we need,
and thousands of people are finding jobs they have pulled out
from under them.
The last thing we need right now is unfair competition from
abroad that drives even more people out of work and makes the
overall economic situation even worse.
1 Such is the state of the American textile industry today Low
wage textile imports, principally from Japan and the Orient, are
taking jobs away from American workers. The situation is espe
cially acute in Georgia and the Southeast.
The Department of Labor continues to report a serious decline
in textile employment. In one month alone, last June, textile jobs
. in Georgia dropped 900. Then, in July came the loss of 400 more
jobs at a plant in Milledgeville. Then, this month. 1.100 jobs were
eliminated by Bibb .Manufacturing Company at Macon, Colum
bus, and Porterdale. This makes a total of 2.400 people thrown
’ out of their jobs to face the difficult prospect of finding unemploy
ment elsewhere, or having to go on welfare.
I and other Senators who are concerned about this problem
have come before the Senate time and time again pointing out
that most of these job losses can be traced directly to cheap im
. ports from Japan and the Far East. The Japanese have been out
producing and outselling us at every turn.
Imports are currently running at an annual level of 6 billion
square yards, more than double 5 years ago. This penetration of
the American market constitutes a displacement of the equivalent
■ of 300,000 American jobs.
♦ • »
WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED by now that we cannot de
pend upon voluntary restraints. Neither can we depend upon
self-restraint on the part of the Japanese.
For the past 10 years, Japanese imports have glutted the
American market. Our overall trade deficit with Japan last year
i was about $l.B billion. This year, it will probably increase by
■ another $1 billion.
1 As the President said in his special address to Congress, the
■ time is long overdue for the United States to put our own interests
first. It is time that we stopped exporting jobs to foreign countries
■ and started protecting jobs of American workers.
The 10 per cent import surcharge imposed by the President will
mean nothing to the textile industry. How can a 10 per cent sur
’ charge make any difference when an American textile worker
averages over $2.50 an hour and the Japanese less than $.50 an
hour 7
The only answer is import quotas. Such action is imperative if
, we are going to protect the jobs and incomes of our workers.
utility and motor vehicle
assessments made by the State
Revenue Commissioner
Background studies for the
property tax program
developed by Governor Carter
were conducted at his
direction by the State
Revenue Commissioner and
representatives comprising an
advisory committee from the
University of Georgia, the
Georgia Association of
Assessing Officials, the
Georgia Municipal Association
and the Association of County
Commissioners.
This team analyzed
Georgia's present property tax
laws, the laws of other states,
the recommendations of
national and state
organizations and of tax
revision and study groups in
Georgia.
The primary targets of the
study were the assessing and
arbitration functions of the
general property tax. A Senate
resolution passed this year
requires the State Revenue
Commissioner to recommend
minimum certification
standards for local tax
assessors.
“The assessment function is
the key to a fair and just
property tax and forms the
basis for whatever equity or
inequity exists in tjie system,”
the study found.
In the Governor’s proposals,
the assessment functions
would remain in the hands of
the local government, but the
state would require that
minimum professional
qualifications such as age,
education, training and
experience be required for all
assessors as a guarantee to the
taxpayer that the official
assessing his property is
capable of making value
just one dollar to five dollars.
Such ads are sometimes just
bait, and the shop will pad
the bill after the repairs are
made. Another tactic used by
some dishonest shops is to say
that the TV must be taken to
a shop for repairs. Once there,
they take the set apart, and
quote a huge price for the
supposedly needed repairs. If
you don’t want it fixed for
that price, and ask for your set
back, you may get a big bill
for the labor in taking the set
apart and putting it together
again ■ still broken!
Sometimes your set may
need only one repair but you
get billed for three or four.
Since the set works you don’t
judgments.
A professional staff assigned
to the assessor would keep the
records and make the studies
necessary to determine land
value accurately.
Each county would be
required to help pay for this
staff, which would be required
to establish average assessment
values for each class of
property. Any class of
property in any county which
varied by more than 10% from
the average of the class in
contiguous counties could be
reassessed by the State
Revenue Commissioner or
rejected until additional
assessments were made.
Data processing services and
uniform statewide standards
developed by a State Board of
Equalization, including a
proposed statewide assessment
manual, would be required to
be used by the assessor.
Existing state aid programs to
counties would continue.
As a check to the assessor
function, county boards of tax
equalization would have the
authority of review and the
power to set property values
in disputed cases. The county
board would also be guided by
uniform, statewide standards
of value, taxability and
uniformity as determined by
law and set by the State Board
of Equalization.
The present Board of Tax
Settlement and Compromise
would be designated the State
Board of Equalization with
the Revenue Commissioner
serving as administrative
officer and chairman.
“The local board of
equalization would go a long
way toward generating
taxpayer confidence in the
base fairness of the system,”
according to Governor Carter.
question the bill. However,
there are cases in which the
shop really only made one
repair and billed the owner/or
more. ro-
ll’s hard to be sure you’re
not being taken by a TV repair
shop, but there are a few
things you can do to reduce
the risk.
Ask for an itemized, written
estimate before you let them
go to work on the set. Be sure
that they promise not to
exceed the amount of the
estimate without your specific
permission.
Ask how much they charge
for service and labor.
Be sure the final bill states
clearly exactly what work was
done on the set, and the cost
and name of each part put in.
Get them to explain anything
you don’t understand. If
you’re suspicious of anything,
get outside advice.
Sometimes you may even
need legal assistance to get
your set back from a shop. If
you are on a low income there
are many organizations.
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Eqqeelbnt Ideas £ll
GEORGIA EGG COMMISSION s*l
MISS MILDRED HUFF, HOME ECONOMIST
ATLANTA (PRN) - Can you name the Top Twenty Most
Popular Flavors in the United States ' Cinnamon is regarded high
among them. The United States imports over 20 million pounds
of cinnamon a year! Most of it comes from Indonesia, however,
South Vietnam is also a producer.
“Cassia” is the type most often found in American kitchens,
however, history reveals that its position has not been relegated
to the kitchen. Furthermore to some civilizations it has been
more highly regarded than gold or jewels; travels in search for
cinnamon have been as extensive as our space ventures.
Some 2,000 years before Christ, traders shipped this spice
from Southern China into Egypt. The Chinese religious beliefs
were that the Tree of Life was a cinnamon tree. Its first fruit
would make man immortal and eternally happy.
In the Bible cinnamon was used by Moses to make anointing
oil. Ezekiel spoke of its importance in the wealth of Tyre. It was
used by a woman in Proverbs as a seduction device.
Also considered sacred during the Roman days. Nero burned
a whole year’s supply at funeral rites for his wife.
Today's forms of cinnamon are stick or whole, and ground.
Both are derived from the bark of an evergreen tree related to
the laurel family.
Its flavor is familiar to rice pudding and pickle lovers. In the
same subtle way, this pungent spice almost makes a dessert of
these quick Apple Cinnamon Muffins.
APPLE CINN AMON MUFFINS
1 cup self-rising flour
12 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons sugar
1
12 cup chopped apple
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 tablespoon oil or melted butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Grease muffin tins. Sift dry ingredients together. Beat egg
slightly; stir in apples, milk, butter, and vanilla. Add to dry
ingredients, mixing just until dry ingredients are moistened.
Over mixing causes large holes or tunnels within the muffins.
Spoon into muffin tins and bake at 425 degrees 20-25 minutes.
Makes 8 muffins.
If you have any questions or recipes you would like to share
please write to me: Georgia Egg Commission, 1687 Tullie Circle,
N.E., Suite 118, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Creation of the board would
abolish the present “archaic”
system of arbitration for
assessments. The local board
would be picked annually
from a list of eligible persons
by the Superior Court judge in
open court, at random, similar
to the selection process for
grand jurors. Appeals from the
board would go to superior
courts.
In the intangible tax area,
some items would be
eliminated. Nuisance
intangible taxes or “no money
items” such as patents,
copyrights and collateral loans
would be eliminated; however,
the collection enforcement on
stocks and savings would be
tightened. All stock, domestic
and foreign, would be taxed at
the same rate with no
exemptions.
Persons owing $5.00 or less
in intangible taxes would be
exempt, but the intangible tax
rates would be adjusted to
raise more local revenue -- to
total sls - S2O million a year.
The real estate transfer tax
and the recording tax would
be consolidated and collected
on a statewide uniform basis
by local tax commissioners.
Supplemental proposals
were also outlined by
Governor Carter as being
“essential to the success” of
his overall program.
They include:
1. One assessment of
property for city and counties
and other local taxing
districts.
2. Setting all ad valorem tax
assessments uniformily at 40%
of fair market value.
3. Filing and paying
intangible taxes with the
income tax return.
4. Establishing state
requirements for local building
including Georgia Consumers
Services, that can try to help
you get a lawyer at a price you
can afford.
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SERI ICES PROGRAM is a
division of the State Department
o) Eamily and Children Services,
and is funded by the Lulled
States Department of Health,
Edm ation and Weljare. 1] you
have questions concerning
produc t quality credit and
contract terms or how to spend
vour money wisely. call
I-s 00-2SSSVOO free from
anywhere in Georgia. 1/ you have
trouble reaching the number ask
i our local operator tor help.
Veterans, widows, and others
can write, phone, or visit any
VA office for details about the
whole range of veterans’ bene
fits, services and programs.
Such help is also available via
veterans service organizations
which have representatives and
service officers on duty
throughout the country as part
of their counseling and infor
mational programs.
code permits.
Other proposals outlined as
"desirable but not essential”
include:
1. A Constitutional
amendment requiring a
periodic review and
reenctment of all ad valorem
tax exemptions.
2. The option of having ad
valorem taxes paid
periodically rather than
annually.
3. Requiring financial
institutions to withhold
intangible taxes due on
deposits.
4. Constitutional
amendment putting all
statewide development
authorities on equal footing
regarding tax exempt optibns.
5. Central assessment by the
State Revenue Commissioner
of all airline property.
In addition to making the
property tax system equitable,
Governor Carter hopes it will
hold back on property tax
increases.
“The tax rate would not
have to be raised if everyone
paid the taxes they are
supposed to be paying and the
load on the shoulders of the
honest citizen could be
lightened,” the Governor said.
The Governor’s study
concluded that the property
tax is here to stay, although it
said that supplemental sources
of revenue for school
financing will be necessary in
the near future, for the
present tax rates not to be
raised.
The state sales tax would
have to be doubled or the
state income tax tripled to
equal the amount of revenue
the property tax presently
rding to the