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About The Gibson record. (Gibson, Ga.) 1891-1954 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1932)
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, , Odd—But TRUE r~ w M i HOIWVMOOD \ S m !i -S“ 1 op Tvtt I g. m i tkl'COO'ua OP ’ R.QU–E* Qti M ) ■m. THE UPS wmim --- 1 <3? 1 -3 jUl w -~r •-? o i 7 60° /#! V4 A ■s * .1 ■ ’) RM. 0\IER \,000 \ itlNtlS Of tM)S\CftV_ rr /// *»\)T WE A f \ orouo‘ 5 we lAKAt RO k\0W2 I {-\ iieiUG GW0W1H Nfcvffc <m JM1 >!f TEXAS igWvA\ctws \RWb mi i® 'TrttV TWWNE [S w j 50 to ftwoo^e \1 C>m' HMABuROES — mtA - -- wwom, “TT-iW KOt'' Pfl, tu m ute Sine,'. . tl . SkH EW.AUCV'jtO, tHt tf \4 VWRi'i RMkt. WYbTEM) Of- C – W\S HW6ESL, IS GtMtR ml* ___- -2^*^ *=ss«to tmm ^otAEowe oh TW e Tt\.mc>Re HifiOiy J Of Williams LifCCK LlUirCll , By /Viinhi V^UUIliy IllMOridll llictnrion - (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 - 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 - 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 ( ‘'" J A ” 0 '~ „ „„ 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.”
