Dedicated to the Upbuilding and Advancement of Clinch County .... "The Pine Center of the South"
:E 56, NUMBF-~ 29.
HOMERVILLE, CLINCH COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1950.
Local Church Bus Service
,---Photo by W.~l. Griffis.
The local Baptist church has initiated something new in this county
the way of encoura$ing church and Sumday School attendance.
Baptist Sunday School sponsored and purchas.e~ the bus, repaired
named it "Alpha," and in a dedicatory service last Sunday morn-
turned it over to the church. Shown above is K. S. Hughes, chair-
in charge of getting the bus, delivering ownership papers to
Edgar T. Davis, pastor, in the presence of F. M. Parker, Sunday
superintendent for many years. Left to right, Ray. Davis,
Parker and H~hes. "Alpha," name of bus, is the first letter
the Greek alphabet and is defined as the "first or heglnning of
." The Baptist Church has been consistently expanding of
in membership, attendance and facilities.
Gives Big
to Sales Tax
$70- MILLION
INCREASE WOULD
:TATE SALES TAX.
for the ad,option of a
tax ~ot a big boost in Georgia
Week-when Gov. Herman Tal-
candidate for re-election,
would u~g,e a constitutional
giving all ffasoline and
taxes strictly to road
This would take about $21
from schools anqd other state
:tions.
also said that he would
the Stabolish its property
tax, which would take
$6 million out of state
The governor also says the
Foundation Program for
must be financed, which
an,other $24 million.
Would all total up to about
m, new revenud needed. Tal-
has already raised taxes by
n~illion, so-called "temporary"
raises, and these expire by law
1951. These added to the $50
would make around $70 rail-
in new tax reven~e that ,Tal-
Proposes to spe,nd if re-elec-
s~ate is already spending
raillion per year, spending it
~st as the money can come
is generally admitted that the
the state can raise
$70 million in taxes
the levy of a general sales tax
purchases, and probably also
drastic raise in income tax
Heretofore, the Tahnadge
in the state, especially
the l.ate Gov. Eugene Tal-
had always been noted for
to hold state expenses
down..
Department
Out Program
0Ctor H. T. Adkins, new Coma:s-
of Health for Ware-Clinch
met with the Clinch Coun-
~ard Thursday, April 13, to out-
the work of the Health Depart-
for the ensuing year.
~tor Adkins advised the Board
I-Iearingg next Thursday April
Test will be conduc-
the Health Department for
School children,
Lg at 9 A. M. in the morning.
st will be conducted on each
thereafter until the pro-
is completed. Vision tests will
made i~n the Homerville
children found to have trou-
their ea~:s or eyes ,~ill be
to their physician for help.
Department will assist
l~arents unable to pay for this
to obtain aid.
and Vision tests will be
on all school children during
eXt school year.
services will be
Start Up
New Bus Service
HARDY B. DOUGLAS, DRIVER.
LOCAL CONCERI~S AND CITI-
ZENS HELPED WITH REPAIRS.
Sundlay, April 16, 1950, marked
the beginning of a new service by
the First Baptist Church, Homer-
vi'lle. At 9 A. M., "Alpha," the Bap-
tist Bus, m~de her first run to bring
people to Sunday School and chuxch.
Hardy B. l)ouglas was the driver and
at 10 o'clock he came back to un-
load. Children were in Sunday
school and preaching Sunday who
can now come regularly because of
this bus service, "rain or shine."
The bus was spo~nsored by the Sun- i
4ay SCl~ol. F. M. Parker, the Su-
perintenden% and K. S• Hughes, Bus-
Com, n~ittee Chairman', worked dili-
gemtly to obtain and get it in shape
to go. Not a person who was asked
to help get it ready refused. The
service and materials given would'
have amounted to more than $100.
Wheeler Motor Company pain~0ed the
bus inside and out, furnishing the
pain% Homerville Motor Company
furnished parts and did work on the
fron:t end. Rewis Oa~$ffe i.nstalled~ a
,horn,, cleaned plugs, etc. W~estern
Auto Associate S~core gave the horn
i and a generator. T• D. Mitchell ffave
i rubber runners for the floor of the
bus. Ja~nes and Clifford Ray Bennett
bought the tag. Dou~las Service Sta-
tion greased it and changed the oil.
E. J. Turner furnished a man to
san4 ~nd clean the bus for painting.
Several members o~ Junior G. A.
washed the winder, vs. O. E. Tally,
owner of Tally Ice Compar~y, will
furnish the gasoline each week for
the Sunday trips, bo~h for Sunday
School and Training Union.
The Sunday School turned the
"Bi1~ of Sale" over to the church
at the close of the dedicatory ser-
Committees To Meet Next
Night, 7:30, at Courthouse
$$*$$$$$
J. F. Poppell, chairman of committees i.n charge of the
Cqnten~ial Celebration to be held here May 5, announces a
next Tuesday night, 7:30 o'clock, at the Homerville court-
He said that it was extremely necessary for the chairman of
eorn~.ittee to be present, in a~dition to committee members•
Centennial date is drawing near, and final preparations are being
: reader for the bi~ event ......
Co. Offers
WILL PAY FOUR PER CENT
OF GROSS RECEIPTS FOR
N~EW LONG FRANCHISE.
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The Geor~gia Po~er & Light Co~n-
!pany, which serves Homerville and
!other south Georgia towns and ci-
ties, has offered the City of Hom-
!erville a proposition over which the
l"city fathers" are scratching their
heads.
At present, under the franchise
no~' in effect which still ha~ about
six years to ru,n, the power company
pays nothing far distributing elec-
tricity here except for a business li-
cense which at present is $t75.00
per year, but which has been raised
to $350.00. This, however, is far
off-set by the City street light and
other electrical exl~r~se which it has
to pay under the la~v.
The power company now proposes
to cancel out the remaining years
of the present franc.hise, adopt a
new one for a long term of 20 or
more years, and pay the city four
per cent of its local gross receipts.
This would amount to about $1600
per year, based on last year's fi-
gures.
The City officials would like to
have the mon;ey, and say they need
it. But they hesitate to commit the
peoPle of Homerville for such a
long period. When the present
franchise w~s .adopted, the City was
glad to get electrical service for its
citizens without charging the corn-
anything much for the privi-
1.ege o~ sel~ing. But over the years,
conditions change. Now, many mu-
nicipalities own ,and operate their
electric distribution: lines. Even this
may be ch~n~ged in another twenty
or thirty years. Add to this, re,any
IEmory
To Do Preaching
PASTOR MORRISON STATES
TWO SERVICES DALLY PRE-
CEDED BY PRAYER SERVICE.
Rev. James W. May, professor of
the Candler School of Theology at
Emery University, Atlanta, will
preach twice daily here in revival
services beginning Sunday, April 23,
i at the Homerville Methodist Cl~urch.
The pastor, Rev. C. A. Movrison,
has issued, a call for the public to
)ray. attend and participate in the
services.
The daily services will be he~d
at ten o'clock in the morning and
eight o'clock in the evening. On
Sundays, the usual worship hours of
eleven A. M. and ei~'ht P. M. will
be observed.
Rev. May is a m~n in his younger
thirties a~d is an experienced evan-
gelist. He comes here highly recom-
mended as a preacher of the Gos-
pel, and l~stor M
