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TAXATION
There is no one matter so univer
sally despised as taxation and yet
taxes properly expended will bring in I
the best returns of any money that'
we can er have to pay.
Taxes should be equally borne by [
all citizens regardless of the class of '
property.
If A B and C start out with ten
thousand apiece and one invests in
real estate, one in merchandise and
the other makes a loan to a friend ;
there should not be any difference
in the amount of taxes paid each
party upon the ten thousand.
One farmer remarked a few days
ago, “I don’t think merchandise is
taxed enough as there is only one
hundred and seven thousand dollars
■worth on the tax digest.” This same i
farmer had a good mule that was
never returned and another farmer
had one tract of land out of several
tracts that he owns that hasn't been
returned in five years.
Another farmer that was interest
ed in the tax business went to the
tax digest and found, that in 1909
money notes and accounts were taxed
then to the amount of $230,000 while ■
in 1924 this same class of stuff was!
taxed for only $99,000. This parti- i
cular farmer owns one hundred and
ten acres of land and makes a com- i
plete return of all the personal prop- ,
erty that he owns and in 1924 he |
paid $74.00 as taxes in Hart county. '
One of his good neighbors that I
could buy him out six times paid
less than forty dollars on all the
property that he owns. This good
neighbor does not own quite fifty
acres of land, but he owns thousands
of dollars worth of other property
that is just as valuable as land. “Is
it right for me to pay $74.00 on one
hundred and ten acres of land and a
small amount of personal property
while this good neighbor of mine pays
less than fifty dollars on five times I
the amount of property that I own?”
■“How long will Hart county live j
under such an unequal tax-paying
system is a mystery that is as as
tonishing as it is unjust."
Any tax payer that desires to con
sult his conscience and has any re
gard at all for his oath is paying en
tirely to* much taxes in proportion
to what is being paid by the county
generally. If all the folks were pay- ,
ing as high a rate as a few of us we !
would not have any more trouble ’
about schools and roads.
One man has the means to justify (
purchasing a diamond at one thousand
dollars in order to display his im- ,
portance and goes scot-free on the ,
tax digest, while a poor man buys ,
one thousand dollars worth of mules (
and returns them at three hundred ’
dollars and maybe he owes some of :
the fellows that wear diamonds a ,
part of the mule trade. This is un- ]
just, unreasonable and unbearable. |
The jewelry in Hart county should
he taxed at not less that fifty thou- (
sand dollars and yet all this valuable ‘
stuff gets on the tax digest at less
than two thousand dollars. The
money that all of us have on hand ,
on the first day of January sheuld
be taxed at not less than two hun- j
dred thousand dollars and all this ]
valuable stuff gets on the digest at (
less than ten thousand dollars.
The merchandise in Hart county
gets on the digest for one hundred !
and seven thousand dollars when two (
hundred and fifty thousand would be (
a reasonable basis. Securities get on ,
the digest at less than ninety thou- |
sand when five hundred thousand (
would be cheap enough. We are .
.clamoring for better roads even to .
the extent of paving and for better
schools with county-wide consolida- ,
tion. We want the best in schools !
and roads that can be had and yet
we have a condition in taxation that
does not justify anything better than
the old-field school with about two j
teachers and a respectable dirt road .
just about wide enough for two (
passenger- to pass each other with
care.
The first and most important re- j
form in Hart county is to tax the
untaxed property and then tax all ,
of it upon a basis of our ability to ,
pay and not to build beyond our
ability to maintain. ,
What classes of property do we ,
own that are not taxed?
Land, twelve thousand acres. Mer- ,
chandise, one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars. Money, nearly all of
it. Notes and accounts, about eighty
five per cent of it. Jewelry, ninety
five per cent. Automobiles, seventy
per cent. Houses, eighty-five per ,
cent. Household, eighty-five per
cent. Horses and mules forty per
cent.
TAX PAYER.
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The original manuscript of a Beeth
oven wedding song, composed on
ruary 6, 1819, was recently found at
tached to another manuscript by
Beethoven’s musical publishers in
Leipsic, when they were searching
for Beethoven’s piano concertos writ
ten in the master’s hand.
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An unwelcome guest is one of the
best things going.
Business Directory
GAELAND C HAYES
Attornev-At-Law
HARTWELL. GA.
M. M. PARKS
DENTAL SURGEON
HARTWELL. GA.
Office Over First National Bank
J. H. & EMMETT SKELTON
ATTORNEYS
Skelton Building
Hartwell. Georgia
T. S. MASON
ATTORNEY
Warwiem & Merchants Bank Building
Hartwell. Georgif
' LEGAL NOTICES
Citation For Years Support.
Georgia—Hart County.
To whom it may concern;
Alpha Maret a minor child of Mrs.
I Carrie Pet Maret late of said county,
having made application for a years
! support for herself, a minor child,
; and the appraisers appointed to set
! apart the same out of the estate of
j Mrs. Carrie Pet Maret having filed
I their report in this office; Notice
I is hereby given to the creditors and
next of kin of the said deceased to
! show cause, if any they can, at the
i next regular term of the Court of
! Ordinary in and for said county, why
’ said report should not be the judg
ment of the Court. This 2nd day of
March 1925.
J. W. SCOTT, Ordinary.
Citation. Di»mi«»ion from Admini
•tration.
Georgia—Hart County.
Whereas, E. F. McLane and Sam
Morris, Administrator of E. W.
Phillips, represents to the Court in
their petition, duly filed and entered
on record, that they have fully ad
ministered E. W. Phillips estate:
This is, therefore, to cite all per
sons concerned, kindred and credi
tors, to show cause, if any they can,
why said Administrators should not
be discharged from their Administra
tions, and receive Letters of Dismis
sion on the first Monday in April
1925.
J. W. SCOTT, Ordinary.
Citation. Diamission from Admini
■tration.
Georgia—Hart County.
Whereas, J. Ben Thornton, Ad
ministrator of Mrs. N. B. Bothwell,
represents to the Court in his peti
tion, duly filed and entered on re
cord, that he has fully administered
Mrs. N. B. Bothwell estate:
This is, therefore, to cite all per
sons concerned, kindred and credi
tors, to show cause, if any they can,
why said Administrator should not
be discharged from his Administra
tion, and receive Letters of Dismis
sion on the first Monday in April,
1925.
J. W. SCOTT, Ordinary.
Notice of Schoo) Bond Election
Georgia—Hart County.
Whereas, Shoal Creek Consolidated
School District of Hart County is a
school district located in the county
of Hart, State of Georgia, in which
county is now levied a local school
tax for educational purposes, and,
Whereas, a petition has been filed
with the Board of Trustees of Shoal
Creek Consolidated School District
by one fourth of the qualified voters
of said school district, asking for an
election for the purpose of determin
ing whether or not bonds shall be
issued and sold for the purpose of
building and equipping a school
building for said school district.
Therefore, notice is hereby given
as required by law that an election
will be held at Hasty’s Store in the
1117th district, G. M., on March 14th,
1925, to determine whether or not
said Shoal Creek Consolidated
School District shall issue bonds to
the amount of six thousand and five
hundred dollars ($6,500.00) the pro
ceeds of which shall be used to build
and equip a school building for said
Shoal Creek School District as afore
said, said bonds to issue and bear
date of July Ist, 1925, and to be in
denomination of one thousand dollars
each, except one of five hundred dol
lars denomination, and to bear inter
est at the rate of six per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually on
July Ist and Jan. Ist, of each con
secutive year, until the said bonds are
fully matured. The Principals of
said bonds to be paid as follows:
tine Thousand dollars due Jan.
Ist, 1928; One Thousand Dollars due
Jan. Ist, 1831; One Thousand Dol
lars due Jan. Ist, 1934; One Thou
sand Dollars due Jan. Ist, 1937;
One Thousand Dollars due Jan. Ist,
1940; One Thousand Dollars due
Jan. Ist, 1943; Five Hundred Dol
lars, due Jan. Ist, 1943.
Principal and Interest of said bonds
are to be paid in United States gold
coin or its equivalent in value.
Said Election to be held under the
rules and regulations governing the
election for bonded school districts
for the purpose of building and
equipping school houses. Those vot
ing in favor of bonds shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots, the
words, “For School House” and those
voting against the issuance of said
bonds shall have written or printed
on their ballots, the words, “Against
School House.”
None but registered and qualified
voters shall be permitted to vote in
said election. The Board of Trustees
shall be the election managers and
shall declare the result of the said
election.
By order of the Board of Trustees
of Shoal Creek Consolidated School
District. This Feb. 2nd. 1925.
J. F. HOLBROOK.
A. T. CAMPBELL.
L. S. SHIRLEY.
Trustees Shoal Creek Consolidated
School District.
Aunt Mary’s
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PURE FOOD BAKERY
ANDERSON, S. C.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., MARCH 13, 1925
“FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH”
By E.8.8.Jr.
Traveling through the West now
adays is a great deal like “Tag Day”
in Scotland—, a marked absence of
any crowd or confusion. Where, a
few years ago the trains were all
crowded and Pullman reservations all
sold many days in advance, there is a
complete change now. I don’t know
what’s become of the crowd nor the
old time sight-seer and globe trotter,
but they are gone this year. Per
haps for good. Colorado, of course
will always get it annual quota of
visitors in the summer-time but at
other seasons of the year, it’s getting
to be quite a lonesome place, in re
gard to visitors. The truth is, Florida
and the South is drawing the major
portion of winter visitors now. And
the trains that once ran crowded
through the West to California are
now running with empty cars and
minus the customary army of pleas
ure-seekers.
Last week I came all the way from
Denver to Oklahoma City, the only
passenger in one Pullman! A sort of
“Private car” trip. And formerly
this train always ran crowded, no
matter what time of the year it was.
I asked the Pullman conductor about
it and he said it had been that way
all the fall. And it’s that way all
over the West. The usual “moneyed
crowds" are all going South this win
ter, mostly to Florida. Whether
Florida’s present time prosperity will
last no one can reasonably predict
but it is a settled fact, that the state
as a whole is experiencing a tremend
ous wave of prosperity right at the
present time. One of the most in
teresting and enlightening tales of
j Florida’s boom, appeared in “Liberty”
| two issues back. If one is inclined
to doubt, or to be pessimistic over
the glowing accounts brought back
by visitors down there, a perusal of
this artice in “Liberty" will throw
I all doubts aside.
And by the way, those loyal fol
lowers of “The Saturday Evening
Post,” who like fiction and the week
ly appearance of that magazine, are
missing a treat if they don’t include
this new magazine, “Liberty,” into
the group. I once discounted the
idea of its ever making a success. I
wish now to make amends. For in
the last few months it has steadily
grown better and been aggressive
enough to capture some wonderful
stories and articles. Two life stories
of the late Woodrow Wilson, one by
Stuart Allen White of Kansas and
another by a Mrs. Peck, life-long
friend of Mr. Wilson, were splendid
articles touching on a man that the
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Equipment the THERMOSTATIC
CARBURETER CONTROL under
BLANCKE License
To whom it may concern, per
sonally appeared before me N. P.
Brown, who on oath certifies that
his Ford roadster car under actual
measure and test gained 100 per cent
on mileage per gallon of gasoline.
(Signed) N. P. BROWN.
Sworn and subscribed before me,
this 26th day of Feb., 1925.
W. K. McGEE, N. P. H. C.
To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that I have a
Blancke Thermostatic Carbureter
Control on my Coupe Ford Car in
stalled by Messrs. I. J. Phillips, Sr.,
and E. P. Vickery of Hartwell, Ga.
My roads are very hilly and I got
60 miles on two and one half gallons
of gas. Without this attachment I
got about 15 miles per gallon.
(Signed) B. C. TEASLEY. M. D.
Sworn and subscribed before me,
this the 2nd dav of March 1925.
J. W. SCOTT, Ordinary.
To whom it may concern, person
ally appeared before me J. T.
Williams, who on oath certifies that
his Ford touring car under actual
measure and test gained 90 per cent
on mileage per gallon of gasoline
after installing the Thermostatic
Automatic Carbureter Control at
tachment.
(Signed) J. T. WILLIAMS.
Sworn and subscribed before me,
this 27th dav of Feb.. 1925.
D. M. SHIFLET. N. P. H. C.
Automatic Adjusting and Fool Proof
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E. P. VICKERY
Sale* Managers
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general public is so universally in
ignorance. Along with these articles
there have been other fine features
and fiction.
During my last stay in Colorado,
Denver was all abuzz over the visit
of Miss Helen Keller to the city. She
was dined and “wined” and all of the
city’s notables paid a fitting tribute
to her genius. For she is a genius—,
one of the most striking in the
history of America. Here is the
story of a brave girl from a little
town in Alabama, who with the ter
rible handicap of being blind, was
also deaf and dumb! In stead of
giving up as most would do, a
teacher from Boston was secured for
her and with lovable patience and
tiresome energy, finally brought Miss
Keller out of the silence of years and
found speech for her. She conquered
the worst of all handicaps—the loss
of speech. Then through the years,
this same teacher through her de
votion to Miss Keller, educated her,
was her constant companion and
through her the joy of living equalled
by few persons who are able to see.
Today Miss Keller, though able to
talk, is still deaf and dumb but one
of the most remarkable of all living
Americans. She is, at present, tour
ing the country in the interest of an
endowment for blind people.
Thinking of Miss Keller this morn
ing, remarkable as she is, my thoughts
went back to her faithful teacher,
who through all these years through
pure devotion and patience, has help
ed this girl fight successfully the
greatest of all handicaps. I think
so many times we lose sight of such
persons. We honor, and respect, and
praise, each day, the heros and the
leaders, but so often forget that be
hind the lines—, perhaps, in a very
simple setting—, there are other
brave men and women, who have
helped fight the battles. They are
the ones who have stood by during
the discouraging moments, who have
guarded with love and care when the
battle seemed lost, who have fought
with their champion when all seemed
hopeless. That was the case with
Miss Keller’s teacher for years and
years. The same has been true with
other great men and women. Back
of each celebrity and genius, if one
looks far enough one will find a
faithful mother or father, or a
genuine friend, or a devoted wife,
or teacher, or perhaps a manager or
producer—, someone who has helped
in the battle for success. After all,
the debt of gratitude and the honor
due them can never be fully repaid.
—OUR—
WEEKLY SMILE
(C.J.T.—Phila.,Pa.)
64 pages!
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I
read this on the front page of the
booster edition of The Sun. That was
the best and most uniformly ar
ranged edition The Sun has ever
printed and I, for one, am proud of
our home paper.
Let us examine this edition to
gether hastily. The outstanding
headline of the front page was “New
Baptist Church Here Will Cost SIOO,-
000.00.” This is one of the greatest
steps forward our city has taken in
many years. Do you support your
church as you should or are you still
letting Bill do it? A successful
church must be solvent. Salvation is
free, of course, but coal is not—
neither is electricity. Why should
a few people bear the load of the
entire church? It is just a matter of
good business. The government has
to levy a tax. In the Kingdom of
God there are no tax collectors. It
is a matter of conscience.
The second largest headline read,
"Hart County Ships Another Car
load Chickens To Market—Brought
$4,100.00.” Just think! Hart county'
shipping chickens by the carload. Ten
years ago you would have laughed
at the very idea of such a thing. We
are traveling in the right direction
at a fast rate of speed.
Pull for Hart County or else pull
out of it.
Listen to these headlines which
surrounded the smiling countenance
of our mayor, Arthur Richardson:
“Hart’s Cotton Crop ’24 Worth Two
Millions,” Business Is Fine,” “Reed
Creek School Installs Big 3,200
Capacity Incubator,” “Goldmine
School Bonds Carried,” etc.
Over on the second page Clayte
Herndon's smiling face is shown
above these words, “Is one of Hart
well’s most popular and progressive
citizens.” You would have to travel
many miles to find two men who
measure up to the high standard of
good citizenship that “Clyte and
Claude” measure. To be perfectly
frank, you don't often find them.
DeWitt Teasley’s picture certainly
should attract the attention of some
good looking girl. Several up in
these parts admired it.
Roscoe, why didn’t you give them
a “later model” of yourself. I know
it’s been twenty years since you
owned that “loud” striped suit.
Scanning the pages of the booster
edition of The Sun, anyone would
readily say that Hartwell is chock
full of brainy men.
Here’s some glorious news. Be
fore prohibition, the Philadelphia
license court had 310 breweries
listed. Last year there were only
-89. This year there are only 77.
Prohibition is succeeding.
Dr. Thos. Darlington, former
Health Commissioner of New York,
says that women should sleep lots to
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GIVES MORE COMFORT—
IT IS SAFER
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For every fiber is insulated with rubber,
adding great strength to each cord, which
stands the extra flexing strain in balloon
tires. This process is the very foundation
of low-pressure construction.
Drive in—let us equip your old car —we
can do it quickly at low cost.
Page Filling Station
Phone 236 Hartwell, Ga.
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reduce. Seems to me that to tell I
them to stop eating so much would |
be better advice.
I had my first experience singing
over the radio last Wednesday night,
a week ago, and on the Wednesday
night just past I tried it again. The
Radio Publicity Corporation of Phila
delphia has informed me that they
can and will use me most every
week from now on. They broadcast
over station WNAT (250 metres) so
tune in some Wednesday or Saturday
night at 8 o’clock and I will try to
entertain you.
The latest song is entitled, “I Call
Her My Radio Sweetheart For She
Has A Broad Cast In Her Eye.”
Protestant Churches Show Gains
Protestant churches of the United
States gained over 470,000 mem
bers during the year 1924, ac
cording to a report just issued by the
Christian Herald Bible House of New
York. The Baptists made the largest
gain as did they in 1923. Their gain
was 88,093 members. The Metho
dists came second with a gain of 79,-
974 members. The Disciples of
Christ came third, the Presbyterians
came fourth and the Lutherans fifth.
The complete membership of the
various churches with their respective
gains follows:
Churches Member* Gain*
Methodist 8,700,007 79,974 .
Baptist 8,227,225 88,093
Lutheran 2,503,642 37,801
Presbyterian 2,500,466 37,909
Disciples of Christ 1,668,906 47,703
Episcopalian 1,147,814 7,738
Congregational 861,168 3,535
Reformed 532,668 32 I
United Brethren 405,103 10,540
Evangelical Synod 307,177 6,728
Evangelical Church 209,684 8,722
Adventists 144,167 4,819
Brethren (Dunkards)43,Bß9 1,192
Friends 11,077 33
Christians 108,500 5,400
Mennonites 85,639 3,000
Assemblies of God 75,000 5,000
Penetecostal 73,783 6,783
Moravians 26,802 804
Various other bodies 122,928
Totals ... 28,021,953 366,336
In addition to the Protestant re
port, the Roman Catholic church re
ports an estimated increase of 220,-
000. They continue to lead with
nearlx- 16,000,000 sommunieants in
the United States.
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New dollar bills will not last, say
bankers, and that was the trouble
with the old ones.—Wall Street
Journal.
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H. L. Kenmore R. F. Harris
KENMORE’S
Barber Shop
Prompt Service Sanitary Shop
Special Attention Ladies’ and
Children’s Work
Hartwell Railway
SCHEDULE
Eastern Time Nov. 1, 1924
No. 1 Lv. Hartwell 10:40 a. m.
No. 1 Ar. Bowersville 11:20 a. m.
No. 2 Lv. Bowersville . 11:50 a. m.
No. 2 Ar. Hartwell 12:30 p. m.
No. 3 Lv. Hartwell 2:45 p. m.
No. 3 Ar. Bowersville .... 3:25 p. m.
No. 4 Lv. Bowersville .. . 8:40 p. tn.
No. 4 Ar. Hartwell 9:15 p. m.
■t?i? ra ' ns co . nne ft at Bowersville with
Elberton Air Line which connects at
Toccoa with main line Southern
Railway System; and at Elberton
with Seaboard Railroad.
J. B. JONES, Supt.
Hailey Vickery Alex Viekery
1 MODERN CAFE
We have one of the most mod
ern Cases in this section of
Georgia,—everything is electri
cally equipped.
Your orders are filled with the
choicest of foods obtainable,
served promptly seasoned by
experts,—and our prices are
reasonable.
Eat with us when you want a
good meal.
HAILEY’S CAFE
On the Square Look for Sign
Hartwell, Ga.