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GIBSON RECORD
Published to Furnish the People ot Glascock Coun ty a Weekly Newspaper and as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County.
VOL. XXXVIII. No. 37.
Financial Statistics
For State of Georgia
Washington, D. C., July 14, j
1932.—The Bureau of the Cen-j
sus announces a summary of the i
financial statistics of the State |
of Georgia for the fiscal year
ending Dec. 31, 1931. The per ;
capita figures for 1931 are based '
on an estimated population of
2,909,000. !
Expenditures
The payments for operation
and maintenance of the general
departments of Georgia amount-!
ed to $21,214,292, or $7.29 per!
capita. This includes $7,460,812,1
apportionments for education to
the minor civil divisions of the
State. In 1930 the per capita for!
operation and maintenance of
general departments was $7.05
and in 1917, $2.48. The interest
on debt in 1931 amounted to,
$1,169,344; and outlays for per
manent improvements, $18,568,-!
867. The total payments, there-;
fore, for of operation general departments, and mainte-j
nance
interest, and outlays were $40,- f
952,503. Of the interest pay
ment reported $797,888 was dis
count, or interest paid in advance
on Western and Atlantic R. R !
warrants amounting to $2,700,- j
000. No further interest pay-;
menls will be made on this obli
gation. The totals include all
payments for the year, whether
made from current revenues or
from the proceeds of bond is
""or I he governmental eo.t, re
ported above, $20,740,296 was
for highways, $3,061,378 being
for maintenance and $17,684,918
for construction.
The total revenue receipts
were Sa $40369191 o r $1388 985mI wr
™ Jvments $17 of!
rnore "he tha t e total
vear t exclusive Smm, of the £ nav
Z"L, m nis Kml i Zrn
bu. the
total payments including those!
for nermanent imorovements eZ I
These revenue^ reS av e £were s i l
revenue receipts were metIron n et iron !
Ih-operty^mid' peZc^t sp^cbl "taxes^rep
ot
tal revenue for 1931, 22.2 per
for and «W per
amount Ser ^of ,^,JrTy”nd ^ fecial
c 1917To ollecU.d 193? w a s Id per
from 9
ner^ranita cent from 1 1930 to 1931 The
per capita of ot nroDtrtv propuij and and spec- spec
ial taxes collected was $-.8a in
t93l, $2.72 in 1930, and $1.93 in
Famines aencral depart
^ces ments , r co nensaUon ^ f -
vices ’rendered rendered b > State Sl j‘ c officials “"'"J"’
represented 4 <m.<2
total revenue u itioj ' r cent
for 1930, and Si 1 nt f r
1917.
Business and nonbusiness
censes constituted 49.4 per
f e ce°nt for' e
6 6 per ner cent for i930 19J0, and and 9ver 9.0 per
cent for 1917.
Receipts from business
ses consist chiefly of taxes
acted from insurance and other
incorporated companies, the oc
cupation tax, cigar and cigar
ette tax, and sales tax on gaso
.. hne while ... ,, those t from nonbus.- .
ness licenses comprise chiefly
taxes on motor vehicles and
amounts paid for hunting and
fishing privileges. The sales tax
on gasoline amounted to $11,-
126,440 in 1931 and $11,206,392
in 1930, a decrease of 0.7 per
cent.
Indebtedness
The total funded or fixed debt
outstanding Dec. 31, 1931, was
$9,551,433.
Th In d «ki»dn»« i fnmin i
or fixed debt less sinking fund
nefVaniH $
per capita In 1930 the the ner per
3l5 1917, $2.14. «14^ W3S a " ,n
Assessed Valuations and
ThP r vdnstinn J,hWt ^
n™tv !ppm m2 rpnr t J
i «R 1 S 9 P 7
/88,9o9, the amount of
taxes levied was $6,338 945; and
he per capita levy, $2.18. In
io™ h ®, Per ^ P ‘ ta Ie ly was
$2.24 and in . 1917, , n1 $1.71, ,
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HifiOiy J Of Williams
LifCCK LlUirCll , By
/Viinhi V^UUIliy IllMOridll llictnrion
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(From Warrenton Clipper)
Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County
Historian.)
rmntin„ed (Continued from f.om i last a <t week) week)
The fieorgi. Aviation upon
recdp °f the
frora lhe httle fIock of the w Wll ‘
bams Creek minority appointed
November ,5lh . l82 2, as a meet
day with the churcJl representatives and
a * their
Sylv.„u,
h<bson Wyche Jackson and
nSe £
« "ifh Benjamin Thompson
■•'oderator, and James Arm
strong clerk, pro tern. A list of
^enty-five names with five oth
crs P resent were Presented as
. ' The v were retained
} lh<> A ssociadon as the bona
^ williams Creek church and
a resolution was offered that the
aexl da Y he set a P art f °r the se
Iection t)f lwo deacons and a
pastor. Benjamin Brantley and
Robert Sheffield were chosen as
deacons and Jethro Darden, Jr.,
as clerk. Mercer Marshall and
Perryman had charge of the or
dination service.
In 1M the llir . conference ------ ----- of April, .
1823, > the the minutes minutes of ° f the the
,. f . . t for *h e
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j of record book for ou’r “a
record
minutes,” and at the conference
held in June the committee re
ported “we had an entire refu
sal.
Still under the care of the As
minority, J which
was the real Williams Creek
church, sent Benjamin Brantley
and Jethro Darden, Jr., as mes
sengers to the Association in
1823.
B. M. Sanders was called as
pastor in September, 1824. He
was evidently a young man as
piling to the ministry for Union
church was requested to ordain
him to the ministry and they
vvaitefl for the ordination. He
came to the church in January,
182r
In 1825 Frands Smilh was «r
(]a - as deacon and he and
jethr ° Darden ’ Jr - were mes -
j cpniTPr* Hip Assnpiatinn '
Dece niher 16th, 1825.
Buckner Bass came to the con
representing the Rhode s
; faction and thc mimit S of the
,ninoril v sa y> “ he came forward
-
and made satisfactory y acknowl
, nt of his d a rture from
; the church and attaching
, self to Thomas Rhodes, after
GIBSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1932.
"“mmnnicntion torn Shiloh
church, and oi a sense of his er
ror of the whole of their con
duct and proceedings as a
church and was restored to
membership with us and at the
same time made a tender of the
or * inal ^cords, which
". ere race, ved ’ Jethr Q Dardt “ n
/ made , a f , nowled , , *ements
and wa s received •
J**»* minxes ll,Tdi 'i »*"> £
i since iae aivisaon on be , e re- re
^rded a • in the book and there,
0" e hundred and seven years
later, we see the forgiving spirit
of Christ evidenced by these
■»*<£. “US
K–’–ZJTUd y et a s soon as confes
craved restored lhe offend-l
-ng ones to full fellowship. How
sincerely forgiven they were is
Proved by the fact that at the
^ meeting of the Associat.cn
Jethro Darden and Robert Shef
fie,d wer e appointed messengers
^om «f failure the church of either, and Jethro “in Dar- case
Jn. Sr., be our messenger to
Assoctet.on.’’
.;»£«>* lS25 the minutes end .
w,th ‘ . of low
n consequence the
estate in which we view our
se Ives in regard to religious feel
m 8 s and religion in general and
1,le judgments of God which
scem to be upon us we have set
a a P P art art _, next next , .... Thursday Thursday , week week _ as as a a
of fasting and prayer that
God ma Y arrest those calami
^ 1he under . r part , nf of „ the meeting
! lou 132 /« f was d paired ordered m 1825 that and the
'» w as
clerk take measures to have the
meeting house lot incorporated
at the ensuing legislature and
J»ve J kas the Smith, right.thereof Jethro Darden, vested Jr., in
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Dapden -, ?r- Solomon
I ockett and Edwin Baker as
trustees.
In April, 1827, “a committee
™’ as appointed to inform Sis.er
Chapman of the report in circu
latlon for subscription f her opening balls her and house ac
commodatmg others with her
house for the purpose ol danc
| a g and also request her to come
to the church and if possible,
reIiev ® ! be f ee »”f tho *® ^ ho
are afflicted with her for her
C and °A dU made m Ct 'H 1 satisfactory ”f fT she acknowl- , cam , e
edgements and was restored to
fellowship.
a Ju ‘y
13tb ’ 1827 ’ the f<dlowin tf IS re
Upon the suggestion
of Brother Malachiah
the Concord church in Jas
er f« unt y b ave appointed a day
r tbe meeting . of helps at that
church for the purpose of re-
storms The,a. Rhode, to the
ministry and have called on
Brother Reeves to present the
charges he has against the said
Rhodes, and whereas Brother
R jffi Vf(S i Ending ires of us the , said
R ]es among us; we
w j hat he has never t
made the first attempt, ‘ to rc
movc thp t afriicti n he has
g ive n lhp member of lhis
eharch. We .ho much regeet
toralion t0 hear lhat to the ‘if has.sought min i str both res
y
from a difTel . ent church and A s-
8oW tlon instead of t hat hy
which he was siIenced a a
measure wpJ) ca ] cu , iaite d to sub
'," f rt °>' the liamony llsciplj™ both and of the to
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„ „„ s|x monl h» later that a
, eMer from Shiloh cUurch came
the Williams Creek church in
Jan of 1828> asking to
„ know the difflculties remain .
• ... „ Rnv
^ w ‘, s Solved Rhodes that “Whereupon Thomas
Smjlh Rober| Sheffield and the
clerk a some of the diffi
cukies and forward them
church, Jethro Darden
and R fd , er t Sheffield to carry
(hem.” The church was en
deavor j n – „ to restore him to the
ministry u took more than a
v>.‘ r to ad ‘ : ust ma tters “rliliflenlHes with
............ d f .... n th«
remaining rema j n i ng » ” werc outHned and
, . shilnh k church he was
sl j,| d necessity of com
Qn p P h ruary 15 th 1829, he came
und <<makes foAhep acknowl -
edgements and explanations” I
am , , hfi matter is .. hapi)il y ad .
j us £ ed ” A report of this is sent
t(j shi)oh and Brot her Rhodes is!
peceive( , jnto fu „ f e]]ows hip.
q'homas Rowe, Malinda, his
w - fe and siste Frances Qulpep
. for lett of dismis .
sion to ass5st in f„ nn i ng a con
stUution in Warrenton, Doubt
[ ess constitution was drawni
u j. or tke p resen t Warrenton
„ tjst church This was j n
M ]g29 Jethro Darden and
q’] lomas Smith were messengers
tQ the Assoc tation in 1829.
The next deacon chosen was
, .. ii P wfl v ordained
b / y Brethren Marshall and
Afte? ., „ th im
July, 1827 Jethro Dar
,] , i{] . ^
name, hut signed himself Jethro
Darden, clerk. Tho’ this would
jndjcate that j elh r 0 Darden, Sr.,
h , ad ( , jed no mentjon is made in
. ■ f h| , .
ra
3 arden and d Smith were again
amo -1-------— he ami , iar messengers
(Continued on la i r a S Q )
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
Hardwick Has Plan
To Clear State Debt
To an audience that packed
the courthouse, Hon. Thos. W.
Hardwick, made a political ad
dress in Warrenlon Saturday
July 16 in his race for the gov
ernorship} of Georgia. He was
introduced by Col. Marion L.
Felts, Solicitor-General of the
Toonnbs Circuit.
From his speech Mr. Hard
wick’s hearers were convinced
that he was one candidate who
had a definite plan to wipe out
Georgia’s floating debt, which he
estimated at $9,500,000 at the
end of 1932.
He proposed placing every
dollar raised by the taxing pow
er of the state in the treasury;
elimination of “every useless
employe” and reduction of sala
ries of all those receiving as
much as $2,000 per annum, ex
cept the judiciary; and cutting
every appropriation at least 20
and possibly 25 per cent, and
the highway department “slight
ly more.”
“This will be a reduction in
the expenditures 0 f the state
government,” Hardwick said,
“figured on the basis of its pres
ent revenues, including the allo
cated revenues, of from $7,000,
000 to $8,000,000 per year.
“We could then take this sav
ing thus made each year and do
two things witli it : first, apply
one half of it annually to the
,'^fthe ofher
half of the sav ings affected
amounting to from $3,500,000 to
$4,000,000 per year and reduce
tb e ad valorem tax of the people
of Georgia at least 50 and possi
b 'l ‘J P er £ ent -
‘Although the appropriations
a,read -\ made f ° r «ie
W prompt action hy. the Geu
Assembly when it meets
“ 1 “^T^ZeAv
ax ? /' s and y* make ' u effecUve ellective for S
that y^
Similar economics and re
reductions m every city and
count y in the sta * e ou « ht to he
^' f “ie
'SEES Scions”
s.u, hi, p.an of
Win* the floating debt should
Je sufficient to pay it up in
three y ears ° r le ®» and that the
expenses of f the state government
had increased 357 per cent, since
he left the Governor’s chair af
ter ° ne term in 1923 and that t ,le
ex P ense °f the department of
« ame aad had 8 ained - In ten
75 ,° P er f enL
t th t i P««P‘« , .? ,
Geor « ,a ’ , Hawick , said “wit
” ess the marvelous spectacle of
‘ le c ‘ lle ^, an i e warden of Geor
. hacked . by thirty
^ la ’ some or
forty deputy wardens, at sala
ries and ex P enses of from $3,000
a P a ’ce up, a candidate for Gov
ern ?, r on a P^tform of econo
n, y
He said Eugene Tahnadge, a j
G /'ernor. as com-!
missioner of agriculture, despite
taking away of the oil ^!
s Pe ct urs from his department;
sought $425,600 and “stubbornly,
°PP <>s ^ d ds reduction by_ the i
blld and 8 continued et commission to fight to its $365,000 being j 1
s ‘“ d to ^ ,3dd > 909 -
™ we find this same com
missioner . of agriculture,” Hard
wick sa,d > w,th the brazen ef
frontery claiming credit in his
x P eecb a } -'JcRae for the reduc
lon and retrenchment that he
)0Xed and Proclaiming himself
for Governor on an economy
P r °8 r am.
He said has been a Jarge
. the of the
increase in expenses
department of law within the
ast ten years and “yet,” he said,
we behold in this campa lg n one
of th ^ e actant attor
neys General (John I. Kelley) a
candidate for Governor on a
,at f°™ « f economy and re
trenchment.”
Hardwick said he believed that
« n department funds
fully $4,000,000 per vear is
co naamed b6for e a single dollar
° f f the TT ° f ‘ ax P a y er
ev ® r reached a roadbed
And A yet the fornuer chairman
GEORGIA
NEWS
Happenings Over
the State
Georgia tobacco warehouses will
open this year on August 18.
A plague of grasshoppers Is destroy
ing crops In several sections ot the
state.
Spalding county farmers are hav
ing great success this year with their
pepper crops, but prices are not so
very encouraging.
Government engineers, employing a
force of one thousand men, are ac
tively at work deepening the Savan
nah river at Augusta.
The air field at Adalrsville has re
cently been surveyed preparatory to
enlarging the field by twenty acres
and making It a 60-acre airport.
The state council of the Junior Or
der of American Mechanics will meet
In Augusta August 9. The date has
been moved up from August 16.
Payment of July pensions to Con
federate veterans awaits only the sign
ing of the warrant by Governor Rus
sell and tbe making out of the checks.
, Taxpayers interested In reducing the
amount of levies paid to the state
government met In Macon the other
day and formed a permanent organi
zation.
Officials of the Georgia public serv
ice commission and state highway de
partment have combined forces In an
effort to bar overloaded trucks from
paved highways.
Cranston Williams, son of Jim Wil
liams, owner of the Greensboro Her
ald Journal, was re-elected secretary
of the Associated Press at its recent
annual meeting.
Work on the sixty-ninth district of
Rotary International was up for con
sideration at the assembly of execu
tives ot Rotary Clubs of Georgia re
cently In Macon.
The Supreme court has ruled that
property purchase^ by any world war
veteran exclusively with pension mon
ey Is not subject to taxation by tbs
state, county or city.
The Okefenokee Co-operative Grow
ers’ Association announces that it has
47 acres of tomatoes and 45 acres
of cucumbers signed up for a mem
bership of 85 growers.
Enough orders have been obtained
by the Adalrsville Brick and Tile com
ipany, which has been closed down
some months, to warrant the re
opening of the factory,
j The Georgia railroad has been
granted authority to consolidate four
trains between Atlanta and Augusta
Into two trains In an order issued by
the Georgia public service commis
sion.
A decrease ol 72 P er ccnt in t0 -
t c ° Pr “ a S
Sy from e to summary biue i old 3 mdica'ed m the re!
of the Georg a crop
porting service.
A campalgn t0 locate one of th9
tcderal home loan banks in Georgia
b as been launched by the executive
committee of the Georgia Building and
Loan League. The committee met in
Atlanta recently.
The Consolidated Textile corpora
turn, LaFayette. which has been closed
down for the past month - resumed
°P eratlons ’ according to announce
/ delayed Z bu'iding program
^ 0 h syate Au ®^abouttoget!nSer g R f coumy
way wlth an lnl0al expei dIture ot
a b out a quarter of a million dollars to
be put Into thres or four schools,
Moultrie, Ga., with practically all
plants runnning during June, had the
best record in the state tor employ
ment during the month, a report pre
pared by O. F. Badlng, state director
ot the United States employment serv
ice, shows.
E. A. Meeks, president ot the na
tional district ot postmasters, deliv
ered the principal address at the. state
district convention held in Rome. He
urged postmasters to organize In or
der that beneficial legislation may be
secured.
Railroads and utility commissioners
from every state in the Southeast
will gather in Atlanta on July 28
to Join hands in a fight against pro
posed increases In the freight rates
on numerous commodities manufac
tured in Georgia.
The annual institute of the Geor
(Continued on last page)
of the highway board (John N.
Holder) is a candidate for Gov
ernor on a platform of retrench
ment and economy.”