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From Sun Readers 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. o 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. o 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 CREAM BREAD SOLD BY Leading Hartwell Grocers 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 II '■ B ■ imimKW ■ ■ UIV'BII'H ■>HHIHHHII I M M H > I I I ■ ■■■■■.■■■■a ■ ■ 43.8 Miles on Gal. of Gas AMitetita I Blanche 1 brimuiuiK Carbureter Com nil on uur I ord car or truck increase* iudeagc vfcJiSMxMli to lit)% Make* f.xds start caver winter or w'lmci- eimuriate* car- i>on foi maiion reduce* repair | 1— bill> M. ku iimi* sm<M>thec pre- I / j . sent* dilution crank case •*! I m M Easter acceleration. lower | & »pccd- m high gear In t | 1 stall* .1 in minute*. 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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 —AGENTS WANTED— I. J. PHILLIPS, SR. E. P. VICKERY Sale* Managers HARTWELL - - GEORGIA !■*■■■&■■■■■■ ! MUMHHHHHIHIII Illi 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 IT COSTS LESS— GIVES MORE COMFORT— IT IS SAFER to Ride on Ylrcstottc pt 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. ■ ■ ■ ■ a b-b B b B'-a a B ■ ■ ■ ■ ■’Bl wwa a On Time * I We have arranged to take care of the Farmers unable ■ to pay cash for their Fertilizers, and it will pay you to see || us before you buy. ■ Selling the celebrated V-C line, by the sack or carload. F See us for prices. C. I. Kidd I I or D. V. THORNTON I Depot St. Hartwell, Ga. ■ ■il BiTSMBMBBBMBBMMBHnKIiBMI IS BBKBI ■ ■ BHIIBIIIBIM 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. o New dollar bills will not last, say bankers, and that was the trouble with the old ones.—Wall Street Journal. 1 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.