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“Tax Dodgetis” Is
New Disease In State
Some Facts and Figures Arc
Given On I lie Subject From
Wilkes County: Can't The
Legislature Provide a Cure?
Washington, (la., July 27. —
When Tax Receiver J. T. Harris,
of Washington, completed last week
the compilation of interesting fig
ures embodied in the IS 13 tax di
gest of Wilkes county, it was an
nounced that Wilkes county would
show a decrease in taxable values
of approximately $50,000 over the
figures of 11)12.
This announcement in itself car
ried little surprise when first made
for it was reasoned that a slump in
Wilkes county values was due for
following good and sufficient causes:
First, the past two years have be-n
hard years with the farmers of this
section, a small yield of farm pro
ducts coming coincident with low
prices; Second, tightness of money
matters had so depressed the price
of standard st> eks and bonds that
citizens having surplus cash reserve
in the hanks whicn had formerly
been given in for taxation, had in
vested this idie money in non-asses
sifile stocks and holds: Third,
Wilkts county has in the past
twelve months suffered several large
fires which would certainly have its
effect upon the t.*x returns made to
Mr. Harris.
But it has developed that none of
the above causes are sufficient to
account for a decrease in a subtle
malady which has spread rapidly
over the grand old county of Wilkes
and is known as “tax dodgetis.”
This disease is said to he prevalent
in Georgia to an alarming extent
and is rapidly spreading, like the
boll weevil and hookworm, creating
conditions in this state which are
accountable for half the ills that
Georgia is heir to today.
Going back of the lump sum
showing a 848,(500 decrease in
Wilkes county’s returns as reported
to Comptroller Wright, tlie Wash
ington Reporter this week prints
some rather startling details in con
nection with the 1913 tax digest,
showing the sources of \\ iikes coun
ty’s wealth and its distribution be
tween the white and the negro citi
zen as well as among the fifteen
militia districts of the county.
These figures are extremely inter
esting. They show that in realty
holdings white citizens return for
taxation 264,291 acres of land with
all buildings and improvement
thereon at an average of 84.71 per
acre, or a total aggregate value of
81,244,440. Negro tax payers re
turn 22,568 acres of land with the
improvements thereon at an average
valuation of 81.88 per acre.
A conservative estimate of the
Stye (Unrbmt Journal.
Bale Of New Cotton
Ginned At Albany
410 Pounds of Good Middling
Staple Bring Frank Thomas
A Negro I7cts. A Pound
Albany, July 28. —The first brie
of new crop cotton was ginned here
j today.
The h;de was raised by Frank
Thomas a negro farmer, on the
James Callaway place in Dougherty
county near the Mitchell line. It
was purchased by the Brown Cramer
Cotton Co., of this place, and will
he shipped tonight.
The hale weigl cd 119 pounds and |
was graded good middling and
brought 17 cts a pound.
Also One At Shellman.
Shellman, July 29. — I'he first I
hale of new cotton to he received j
here was brought in today.
It was grown by Helm brothers:
and brought a good premium. It |
was delivered to the Farmers
Warehouse company.
This looks like the second hale ill
the state, the other being grown in
Doughterty county.
Another At .Mcßae.
Mcßae, July, 29—T. J. Smith,
a Telfair farmer, brought to town
and had ginned the first hale of
new cotton to come to this place
this season. He started the hale
off for Savannah by express, hut
the express men wouldn’t accept it
as express. It will be shipped by
freight later.
The hale weighed 337 pounds.
Mr. Smith ginned the first hale in
the state last year.
value of Wilkes county’s 300,000
acres of land is 820 per acre on an
average. Including the improve
ments on the farm lands of this
section of the state, this price would
he given on forced sale. If the
condition existing in Wilkes county
may he taken as indicative of the
general condition throughout Geor
gia—and this is not a violent as
sumption —then the taxable values
in Georgia today should show a
sudden increase of between 400 and
500 per cent over the figures which
Comptroller Wright has received
from the various counties through
out the state.
The question is this: Facing a
pitiful lack of funds for the pay
ment of its worthy servants and for
the support of its institutions, will
the legislative physicians allow this
terrible malady — ‘tax-dodgetis”—
to continue to spread and sap the
very life of the state? Or will ef
fective legislation be put through
which will heal the rotton condition?
Thousands of Georgians pause for
the reply.
COCHRAN, BLECKLEY COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1913
Cochran Babv
Wins Prize
D. A. Kelly, Jr., 8 Months 01c’,
Is the Winner in Class A
Event —Pablo Child Best
As to Development
Atlantic Beach, Fla., July 28. —
A baby show at the Atlantic Beach
hotel on Saturday was a decided
success from every s'andpomt.
Every child that was entered was a
beauty and the judges gave a great
deal of time to deciding which was
the winner. M's. T. W. Dunk of
lacksonville was tne chairman of
commilice on arrangements and a
warded the prizes. The judges were
Mrs. J. W. Roberts, Mrs. A. C.
Warren and Mrs. A. A. Martinez,
all of Tampa. The babies passed in
review of the judges in front of the
hotel and it was indeed an attractive
-iglit to see the little ones in their
“bib and tucker” and looking their
[ prettiest.
|>. A. Kelly Jr. 8 months old ol
329 Gilmore street, was the winner
in class A, w hich was for the pretti
est ha by between the age of 6
months and one year. Jacob Scho
er Ostner of Pablo Beach was the
winner in the same class fur the
best d( velopcd baby.
The w inner in class B, which was
ilie prettiest baby between 1 and 3
j\e u>, was Mary Catlierine Sheffield
2 years of age, of 221 Fast Third
St. In this same class Herbert
Panken 2 years old of 717 West
Adams street, won the ptize for the
best developed baby.
Some of the handsomest children
in the show were entered in class C.
The winner being Miss Delores Pea
cock of Cochran Ga. three years old
who won the prize for being the
prettiest baby. For the best devel
oped baby in the same class the
prize was awarded to Sam Love Jr.
three years old of 1510 Liberty St.
In class D Malvern Finklestein,
4 years old was awarded the prize
for being the prettiest baby. Each
of the prizes were handsome silver
spoons.
Parent-Teacher
Association Meeting
An interesting, important,
prompt and shirt meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association will lie
held in the Ladies Rest Room at 4
o’clock, Tuesday afternoon, Aug.
sth.
The program will be stopped at
5 o’clock. All interested in the
welfare of children urged to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Harrell
arc visiting the formers parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Harrell.
Horrible Death
Of C. C. Horton
Attempted To Release Floodgate
And Terrible Pressure of Back
Water Slowly Strangled Him
To Death.
News reached the city yesterday
of the sad death of Mr. C. C. Hor
ton, a prominent farmer living
near Chappell’s Mill, just a few
miles from Dublin. Mr. Horton
and several friends who had been
seining near by were asked fur as
sistance in raising the flood gate to
the mill. It seems that the gate
which releases the pond water hid
become hung in some manner by a
pair of old overalls and it was im
possible to raise it more than a few
inches. Mr. Horton volunteered to
dive down and untangle the ob
struction. No one thought about
the terrible suction underneath the
gate, caused by the thousands of
pounds pressure from hack water as
the small stream forced its way im
der the partially opened gate.
When Mr. Horton dived down
this suction forced his body up
against the small opening and he
was immediately beyond human
aid. The gate was hung and for
the present could he neither lowered
nor raised. His body was pressed
against the lower portion of the
water gate by terrific suction and
death by slow strangulation resulted
before the gate could he moved.
Eventually those tit the surface ol
the water succeeded in raising the
gate when the body of the dead
man was shot out into the waste
way of the mill.
His death was a strange one and
his friends were almost prostrated
with grief and excitement. Mr.
Horton was about fifty years of age
and leaves a wife and six children.
Appeal For Bookcases
The Civic League has over three
hundred hooks as a nucleus for a
public library, such a good begin
ning they hope will make a Carne
gie Library-ending.
The library will he installed in
The Ladies Rest Room as soon as
bookcases are obtained, for good
keeping the books should he locked
up.
The League hopes there are some
public-spirited citizens who have
bookcases they will either give or
lend. If none are given gratis,
they would like to have prices
given for second-hand bookcases.
This library will he for the pleas
ure and profit of the people and
will he a valuable acquisition to our
town.
Those having bookcases please
communicate with Mrs. J. H. Mul
lis, Jr., or Mrs. D. E. Duggan,
Library Committee.
Lighter Burden If
Tax Bill Is Passed
Equalization is the Remedy, says
Gov. Slaton. He is oPP ose< J
To Extravagant Appropiia
tions.
Atlanta, July 27, —In a state
ment given out today Gov. John M.
Slaton at once sounds a solemn
warning against cxtiavagant appro
priations, and urges measures for
immediate and permanent relief
from the state’s financial stress.
lie places especial emphasis on
the necccssity for tax equalization,
citing the fact that such a course
will ultimately result in lightening
the burdens of all.
Inasmuch, as the Lipscomb lax
equalization hill comes tip for action
in the house tomorrow, Gov. Sla
ton’s statement is of special signifi
cance. He says:
“Judge John G. Hart, former
attorney general. was a member of
the state hoard of education. When
the choice of text books came before
that body Judge Hart said that lie
had only one suggestion to make as
to the hooks, which was, that the
children in the first should he
taught ‘thou shalt not lie’; the
children in the second year should
lie taught ‘thou shalt not steal’;
in 11 io third year they should tie re
quired to review the lessons of tin*
two preceding years,’
Literally interpreted this means
that the character of the children
was to lie put above the attainment
of knowledge.
“I agree with the spirit of this
statement of the distinguished ex
attorney general in that the prim
ary responsibility is upon the state
to set an example to its citizens of
faithful fulfillment of obligations
and compliance with its contracts.
It would he better for the children
of Georgia to learn this lesson and
lie ignorant, rather than to learn
all of the contents of the books
without it.
“It is increditable that the legis
lature will instruct the governor to
sign warrants for money which has
not been provided.
“W hen Georgia comes to sell her
bonds she must, like every busi
ness man, make a statement and it
will not appear well if she admits
that she has appropriated in excess
of her revenue and is continuing to
do so, and that she lias declined to
make provsion for meeting tier ob
ligations.
“The appropriate legislative
committee has favorably reported
bills for air inheritance tax, for an
increase occupation tax of corpora
tions and for tnc equalization of
taxes, both on visible property and
jon invisible property, in the shape
of bonds, notes and accounts.
‘ “Those who fear tax re-
NUMBER 31
Dexter Man Kills
Negro Stealing Mule
Dublin, July, 19. —An unknown
negro was killed at Dexter, this
county, last night by a white farm
er named Hobbs, who shot the ne
gro while he was attempting to
steal llobb’s mule from the stall.
Hobbs was awakened during the
night by a commotion among his
stock at the lot, sonic distance from
his house. He went to investigate,
carrying his shotgun, and when lie
reached the lot a negro ran from
the stall. Hobbs called to him and
whi n the negro did not answer,
fired twice, the first time missing
him, and the second time hitting
the negro in the head, the load
tearing off a large portion of the
skull.
No one knew the negro, and
from all appearance he was attemp
ting to steal the mule. A bridle
was found in the mule’s stall, and
the negro would have gotten off
with the animal if the mule had
not objected to being bridled and
made considerable noise. No ar
rest has been made so far.
form win. a foment their tax
IRRDENS, SHnELP 111 Alt IN MINI)
THAT IT WII.I, M OMENT THOSE
ONI.Y OE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
REARIN'! . LESS THAN THEIR SHMtE,
AND Win, I NEVITAIILY TREND TO
I.IOIITEN THE P.I'HDEN OK THOSE —
CONSTITETINO THE REEK OF OCR
CITIZENSHIP WHO HAVE BEEN
DMA I,IN* I FAIRLY WITH THE
STATE.
“The reform will aim first tit
placing on the tax hooks the large
amount of property not returned.
The hulk of such property comes
within tiic classification known as
invisible.
There may be some excuse for
the citizen who pays taxes on his
realty at a too low valuation; in
his favor it can lie said that the
property in question bears some of
the burden. There is no excuse
for the citizen who refuses to return
property of an in visible nature,
which enjoys, as much as does farm
lands and city lots, the protection
of government; in his case the
property hears none of the burden.
“The people of Georgia are essen
tially a good people, who favor the
limit of expenditures to income,
and where they desire money to be
expended they are willing to pay it
—each citizen assuming his propor
tionate burden.
“The legislators are good men
representing Georgia constituency
and they will meet the responsibili
ty in a way that will especially re
new confidence : n the virtue and
efficiency of representative govern
ment .
“They, I am sure, will set a
standard of moral recititude for the
state, and will be as liberal in mak
ing appropriations as strict adher
ence to that standard will permit.”