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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE.
THERE IS NO PAPER LIKE THE HOME PAPER TO HOME PEOPLE.
VOLUME XVI r.
CLAYTON, RABUN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1914.
NUMBER 1
E ARE SOI
INCOME TAX RULES
FORM TO BE USED AND REGULA
TIONS TO BE FOLLOWED
ARE SENT OUT.
FOREIGNERS NOT EXEMPT
Every Citizen Who Ha* Income of
$3,000 or More Liable for
the Tax.
Washington.—The form to be used
•and regulations to be followed by in
dividuals in making returns of in
come subject to the new federal in
come tax were sent out by the treas
ury department. Every citizen of the
United States, whether residing at
home or abroad, every person re
siding in the United States and ev
ery non-resident alien who has in
come from United States investments
of $3,000 or more, must make return.
For the past year, 1910, specific ex
emptions will be $2,500 or $3,333.33 in
the case of a married person, and in
future years $3,000 and $4,000. Where
the tax has been withheld in part of
the income on the source, or where
part of the income comes as dividends
upon stock of a corporation, taxable
under the corporation tax section of.
the law', the regulations set forth that
such income shall he deducted from
the individual's total net income when
computing the amount of which he is
taxable.
The law imposes a tax of 1 per cent,
and provides that individuals who have
an income between $20,000 and $50,000
shall pay an additional tax of 1 per
cent, on such amount; on all between
$50,000 and $75,000, 3 per cent.; $75,000
to $100,000, 3 per cent.; $100,000 to
$250,000. 4 per cent.; $250,000 to $500,-
000, 5 per cent, and all over $500,000,
6 per cent. Return must be In the
hands of the collector of internal rev
enue in the district where the payee
lives or where ho has his principal
place of business, nto later than March
1' failure to observe-f'-is RtHf to In
punished with fine ranging from $20
to $1,000.'
Refusal or neglect to file returns,
except in cases of sickness or absence,
will result in an addition of 50 per
cent, to the tax assessed. In the case
of false or fraudulent return 100 per
cent, will be added to the tax assess
ed, and any person required to make,
render, sign or verify such return,
who makes a false or fraudulent state
ment, with intent to defeat or evade
the tax, will he guilty of a misdemean
or and subject to a fine of not more
than $2,000 or iinprisohiueut for one
year, or botii.
BATTLE CEASES ON BORDER
Dead Bodies of Soldiers Lying in
Trenches.
Marfa. Texas.—Fighting between
the northern division of tiie Mexican
federal army, defending Ojinaga, Mex
ico, opposite here, and General Orte
ga’s 8,000 rebels ceased as suddenly
as it began a week ago. Without any
federal activities to provoke his move,
General Ortega withdrew his army
seven miles to the west, along the
Rio Grande, supposedly to await the
arrival of reinforcements from Chi-
. huahua.
Information had reached the rebels
that a large body of federals, on the
way from Jlminez, were within four
days’ march of Ojinaga, and were
planning to steal on Ortega's rear aud
rescue the federal garrison.
Although both armies, after six days
of fighting, had been resting, General
Ortega suddenly divided his army into
three formations and started to move
along the border away from Ojinaga.
General Ortega's departure was re
garded by the federal garrison as in
dicating that both armies will delay
further fighting until both of them
have been strengthened.
Rev. Billy Sunday vs. Bar Tenders.
Pittsburgh, Pa.—-When Rev. Billy
Sunday caine here recently to “clean
up Pittsburgh,” the Bar Tenders’
union grew excited and offered $5,000
for the privilege of iiaving its busi
ness secretary debate witli the evan
gelist on the question; “Who is get
ting the coin—Billy Sunday or us?”
Mr. Sunday declined the challenge.
Wilson Benefited by Vacation.
Pass Christian, Miss.—The presi
dent looks forward a busy week,
in which work and'■Exercise will be
carefully balanced. Mr', Wilson Is now
as well as ever. He reveals in his
countenance the glow' of health and
the vigor with which he executes long,
perfect drives on the golf links testi
fies how fully he has recovered from
his recent illness. His return to nor
mal is best indicated, however, by his
assiduous work. He is disposing of a
number of important matters of offi
cial routine.
DENVER S. CHURCH
Denver S. Church, the new Demo
cratic congressman from Fresno, Cal.,
was born and educated in California
and had served six years as district
attorney when he waa elected to suc-
oeed Congressman .1. C. Needham.
EXPORrS LARGER THAN EVER
1913 EXCEEDED BEST EFFORTS
OF THE PRECEDING
YEARS.
1913 Imports Show Decrease, Due to
Big Reductions in the Cost of
Certain Articles.
Washington.—The foreign com
merce of the United States in the
calendar vear 1913 approximated one
and thrife-quai l«r bUjion deHartf' of
imports and two and a half billion
of exports. The Imports of the eleven
months ended with November were
$1,609,000,000; should the December
imports equal those of November the
total for the full year would be $1,-
756,000,000. The exports of the eleven
months ended with November were
$2,261,000,000; should the December
exports equal those of November the
total would be $2,497,000,000. This
estimate would make the excess of
exports over imports approximately
$740,000,000.
The figures of exports and of excess
of exports over imports will exceed
those of any earlier year. The largest
export in any preceding calendar year
was that of 1912, which showed a to
tal of $2,399,217,993; and as the eleven
months ended with November are
$102,000,000 in excess of the corre
sponding period of the preceding year
the estimate of approximately two
and a half billion for 1913 seems to
be justified. The excess of exports
over imports in the eleven months
ended with November was $642,uuu,-
000, and for the single months of
November $97,000,000, thus apparently
justifying the estimate of $740,000,-
000 excess of exports for the full
year.
PLAN TO DROP CORPORATIONS
Men of Affairs Decided to Line Up
With Spirit of Times.
New York.—The withdrawal of J.
P. Morgan & Co. from more than a
score of great corporations and the
statement shortly afterwards by
George F. Baker, an almost equally
dominant figure in American finance,
that he soon would take similar ac
tion, gave Wall street generally a
thrill that almost brought trading on
the stock exchange to a halt.
While it probably is true that many
prominent bankers had information
foreshadowing this momentous move
toward ending interlocking directo
rates, the public and brokers had no
advance knowledge of what was tak
ing place in the inner councls of the
greatest of all American houses of
finance. Wherever telephone and tick
er flashed the news about the street,
groups of men gathered to discuss
what was the all-absorbing topic.
ROBERT BREMNER
Lower Express Next Month.
Washington.—Lower express rates
throughout the country will become
effective one month from now by the
terms of the recent interstate com
merce” commission order. Not only
will the rates be reduced materially,
but the companies will comply with
regulations for Improved methods of
service. Experts estimate the aver
age reduction In charges wiil approx
imate' 17 per cent. One official of a
large express company said that the
business for 1913 was 25 per cent,
less than tt was in 1912.
I
$129,000,000 TAKEN FROM THE j
PUBLIC BY MAIL
FRAUDS.
IS RECORD OF TWO YEARS!
Many Schemes to Defraud the Public
Are Operated Through the
Mails.
Washington.—Loss of $1SJSU)00,000
in two years by the unsuspecting-pub-
lic through swindling operation car
ried on by use of the United States
malls has stirred the postal authori
ties to a drastic campaign against
fraudulent schemers. Wholesale use
of government’s right to deny the
mailing privilege to persons or firms
whose -bperations may be tainted with
“get rich quick” and other false
promises is the weapon to be em
ployed.
An effort to stop this swindling by
reliance upon criminal courts has
proved ineffective, according to W. H.
Lamar, assistant attorney general tor
the postoffice department, whose an
nual report was made public on the
first.
“Criminal proceedings arc necessa
rily slow,” says the report, "and by
means of appeals and other methods
the execution of sentence are deferred
for long periods, during which the
concerns and individuals engaged in
such fraudulent business continue to
reap a harvest through their fraudu
lent enterprise. In some instances,
tiie penalty being merely a fine, there
was nothing to prevent the parties
from continuing tliqir schemes ex
cept fear of subsequent fines. These
they could easily afford to pay in
view of the large revenue derived
from the business.”
Mr. Lamar points out that a fraud
order immediately cuts off the source
of supply of funds upon which the
scheme largely depends for its contin-
Uaru.9 and jujjts many prosppnHvr -
Urn., on their guard.
Postmaster throughout the country,
the report says, daily ask rulings on
various lottery schemes which cause-
the department no end of worry. Nu
merous concerns located abroad con
tinue to mail their advertisements of
foreign lotteries into the United
States. Fraud orders were issued
against 74 such firms during the
year.
“Smiling Bob” Bremner, congress-
1 man from New Jersey and one of
! President Wilson's intimate friends,
who is undergoing treatment for can-
1 cer In a Baltimore hospital, Is re-
: ported showing Improvement. Ra-
I alum worth $100,000 is temporarily
j embedded in his shoulder to effect
i the cure. Mr. Bremner Is editor of
; the Passaic Dally Herald and one of
! the most popular men In congress.
GREAT CHANGES PAST YEAR
POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND FI
NANCIAL LEGISLATION DUR
ING 1913 IMPORTANT.
New Era in Relations of Government
Corpprations—'foreign £
T&ft’ations Eventfu?. V
CIVILC0URTS UNDER TROOPS
West Virginia Authorities Arraigned
for Conduct During Strike.
Washington.—A severe arraignment
of the authorities who administered
martial law in West Virginia from
September, 1912, to June, 1913, when
tiie Cabin Creek and Paint Creek coal
mine strike troubles were in prog
ress is contained in a subcommittee
report made public by Senator Borah,
member of the senate committee that
conducted an investigation into all
phases of the West Virginia disturb
ance.
The report does not bear the formal
indorsement of the full senate .com
mittee, but was given out as . the
“statement of facts,” prepared by Sen
ator Borah as the member charged
with preparing that section of the
report hearing on courtmartial trials
and alleged violations of law by mil
itary courts.
Senator Borah’s statement holds
that the military authorities, acting
under the direction of the governor,
superseded all constitutional courts in
West Virginia, imposed sentences not
authorized by any standing laws, and
took over all the duties of the civil
courts of the district; and that at the
time such martial law was being en
forced there was no evidence that the
civil courts had been intimidated or
that they would have failed to per
form their duties faithfully.
Washington.—Twelve months ot
1913 wrought changes in the Amefi-
can government—political, economic
and financial—probably more rar-
reaehing than any other year of the
last quarter century—this year was
apparent in a backward glance over
memorable events of the past year
in all branches of governmental ac
tivity.
A Democratic administration in na
tional affairs came to power in this
twelve months with a Democratic
president and a Democratic congress
at his back for the first time since
Grover Cleveland occupied the white
house.
The first constitutional amendments
since 1870 were perfected, providing
two radical changes in the funda
mentals of government—an income
tax and the direct election of United
States senators.
Five Persons Killed in Collision.
Memphis, Tenn.—Five persons were
killed and several injured when a
train of freight cars struck a street
car at a grade crossing here. The
accident, occurred in the southern out
skirts of Memphis where a belt line
and the street railway tracks cross.
The street car was crushed and the
bodies of the dead badly mangled.
Negro Is Lynched in Louisiana.
Shreveport, La.—Dave Lee, a ne
gro, was taken from the MariotTcoun-
ty jail at Jefferson, Texas, by
a body of masked men and hanged
to a bridge nearby. The mob com
pelled the jailer to give up his keys,
quickly secured the prisoner, execut
ed him and quietly dispersed. Lee
was charged with shooting and wound
ing Constable Matt Tayior, while re
sisting arrest. It is said there were
but fifteen men in the lynching par
ty. No arrests have been made.
BANKS ACCEPTING SYSTEM
In One Wiek 767 Banks Apply for
Admission.
Washington.—Seven hundred and
sixty-seven banking institutions, scat
tered over forty-five states and having
an aggregate capital, exclusive of sur
plus, of approximately $300,000,000,
havo informed the federal authorities
of their intention to enter the new cur
rency system. This was announced
by the treasury department a week
after the currency reform law was
enacted.
The department’s statement said:
“Six hundred and ninety-five appli
cations have been received from na
tional banks with an aggregate capital
of about $250,000,000 ,so that up to this
time national banks representing ap
proximately one-fourth of the total
national banking capital of the coun
try already have signified their In
tention to enter the system.
“Of the national banks 69 have a
capital of $1,000,000 or more; 142
have a capital of from $250,000 to $1,-
000,000; 270 bavo a capital of from
$100,000 to $250,000 and 214 have
a capital of less than $100,000.
THE POWERS AGREE
UNITED STATES MUST ASSUME
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS
IN MEXICO.
MUST PROTECT INTERESTS
Free Hand for the United States So
Long as Lives and Property for
Foreigners Are Guarded.
$250,000 Ransom Will Be Paid.
Chihuahua.—Two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in gold has been
agreed upon by General Villa, rebel
military chief, as the ransom he will
accept for the release of Lnls Terra
zas, son ot the wealthy Mexican land
owner. TorrazaB has been Imprison
ed here for five weeks on the charge
that he had supported the federal ad
ministration. Tiie money is to be paid
by Lula Terarzas, Sr., who has been
negotiating from El Paso for his son’s
release. The prisoner is to be brought
to the border under safe conduct
Washington.—Frequent conferences
between ambassadors and ministers
here are tending to unite them on a
line of conduct regarding Mexico,
which, while conforming to the plans
of the United States, involves an un
derstanding as to obligations the
American government will be expect
ed to assume as the result of non-in
terference by foreign powers.
This common understanding lias not
taken the form of direct pressure, but
the state department is kept informed
through the medium of individual rep
resentatives of the expectations of the
European powers. Generally these re
late to the protection of financial in
terests which citizens and subjects of
tiie-powers have in Mexico. No inten
tion to bring in the political side of
the question is indicated.
More than one diplomatic represent
ative here lias informed the depart
ment that his own government was
interested in preventing financial loss
to its citizens, and beyond that did
not care what the United States did in
Mexico so long as It was informed In
time to take precautions for the pro
tection of the lives of its citizens.
75 LABORERS MEET DEATH
Flatboat on Which They Were Being
Transported Was Wrecked.
Winnipeg, Manitoba.—Dashed to
death on the rocks in the Fraser riv
er, British Columbia, or swept to their
doom by the swift current, was the
fate of 75 laborers employed by the
Grand Truck Pacific railroad, accord
ing to Angele Pugliese, one of 25 who
managed to escape when the flatboat
in which they we-e beln^. transport
ed adrois the riier was Treked on
a rock'.
Pugliese reached Winnipeg and
says the 25 who escaped were all
injured. The tragedy occurred in Brit
ish Columbia, west of Fort George.
Pugliese says a change in location
of the work necessitated crossing the
Fraser river. The 100 laborers’ put
away from shore in a frail craft, which
became unmanageable. It was dashed
to pieces on a rock in the middle of
the torrent.
Tragic Rcclfoot Lake to Tennessee.
Nashville, Tenn.—Reelfoot lake, the
famous fishing aud game resort near
the western border of the state, be
came the property of the state of
Tennessee when the condemnation
suit brought by the state against the
West Tennessee Land company Tor
the part of the lake represented by
grants before the earthquake of 1811,
which caused the lake, was settled in
open court at Union City. The con
sideration was $25,000, $15,000 for the
part in Obion county and $10,000 for
that in Lake county. The old grants
represented over a fourth of the lake.
The acquisition of the lake by the
state is expected to put an end to dis
orders over fishing rights or threat
ened disorders in the lake region,
which in 1908 was the scene of an
uprising by fishermen when Capt.
Quentin Rankin, a prominent lawyer,
was lynched and Col. R. Z. Taylor
had a thrilling escape.
Sunday’s Immense Tabernacle.
Pittsburgh, Pa.—Second only to the
interest ot Rev. Billy Sunday's whirl
wind addresses during his recent
evangelistic campaign here was that
aroused by the Immense wooden tab
ernacle which was erected under the
direction of his expert builder to
house the throngs which attended the
meetings. There was ample seating
capacity for 10,000 persons in the
great structures and the choir seated
several hundred singers.
35,000 Rail Workers Go on Strike.
Johannesburg, South Africa.—Thir
ty-five thousand South African state
railway employees went out on strike
as a protest against tiie dismissal of
employees under the administration’s
policy of retrenchment.
American Athletes Break Records.
San Francisco, Cal.—According to
cables, Power of the Boston Athletic
association and Templeton of the San
Francisco Olympic club, members of
the All-American track team, broke
records in the meet at Wellington,
New Zealand. Power established a
New Zealand 880-yard record with 1
minute 58 seconds, a fifth better than
the record made by Burke in 1905.
Templeton broke the New Zealand
and Australian pole vault record, lead
ing 11 feet and 2 inches, which dis
places the former mark of 11 feet.
UTILE ITEMS OF GEORGIA CITIES
Rug|a Vista.—Will Turner, a white
man under indictment for burglary,
escaped the county jail by making a
wooden key and unlocking the outer
door. At last accounts ho had not
been captured.
Waycross. — Announcements for
county offices “began appearing be
fore the advent of the new year, and
since then have literally poured in.
Contests have already developed in
the race for county treasurer, clerk
of superior court aud sheriff.
Toccoa.—Lieutenant James O. Gal-
logly, in command of the army re
cruiting station of Atlanta, is making
arrangements to institute a recruit
ing station at Toccoa, as a branch of
the Atlanta office. It has not yet
been decided who will be in charge
of the Toccoa station.
Atlanta.—Governor Slaton declined
to name a lunacy commission of
three physicians to examine into the
sanity of I. B. Hall, a white man,
under sentence of death in Tift coun
ty on January 16th, for the murder
Dennis W. Hall.
Macon.—C. R. Pendleton, one of
the best known editors in Dixie, who
has been at the head of the Macon
Telegraph for nearly twenty years,
and an editor in Georgia for nearly
half a century, is seriously ill at his
home here, from a nervous break
down. He has not been at his desk
for three weeks.
Lyerly.—The six-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Clark of Dirttown
Valley, in the eastern part of the
county, was shot and instantly killed
by his eight-year-old brother. The
boys were playing with toy pistols
and the elder boy, not satisfied with
the toy, went to the mantel and se
cured a real gun and playfully point
ed the deadly weapon at his younger
brother and pulled the trigger. The
ball penetrated his eye and went
through his head, death being almost
instantaneous.
Clarkesville.—Sheriff Paul F.
Grant, for seven years at different
times Habersham county's sheriff
and the former holder of other of
fices of trust in this county, is dead
as the result of a three weeks’ ill
ness of typhoid-pneumonia aud core
piieationJ Tfo *%as a man
thought of by all Classes and was a
power in a political fight because ot
his general popularity.
Mllledgeville.—Figures have been
compiled in detail showing the big
gest Christmas dinner enjoyed in
Georgia, it was that of state sanita
rium, where- approximately 4,000 in
mates and attendants sat down at
one time to a festive table. The
enormous task of securing the sup
plies devolves mainly on Mr. L. J.
Lamar, steward, who has served in
that capacity for over thirty years.
Just 137 turkeys were used, 602
chickens, 40 ducks, with a total
weight, dressed for table, of 3,042
pounds. In addition to this 70 boxes
of oranges, 65 barrels of apples, 1,000
pounds of dates, GOO cocoanuts, 1,400
pounds of raisins, 1,400 pounds of
nuts, 1,500 pounds of candy and 600
pounds of onions.
Atlanta.—Good roads occupied a
very important position in the dis
cussion before the social and eco
nomic section of the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Sci
ence, and as pointed out by Stanley
E. Bates, engineer of highway publi
cations of the National Highways as
sociation, the cause of good roads
has become to be a national concern
and indications point to the early es
tablishment of a national highway
commission. “The cause of good
roads in this country has come to be
a national concern,’’ said Mr. Bates.
“As a result of the great awakening
to the need of improved roads, indi
cations point clearly to the early es
tablishment of a national highway
commission, just as they did twenty-
five years ago to state highway com
missions. It is beyond question that
in the very near future our national
government will undertake the con
struction of a system of national
highways throughout the country.
Dalton.—On October 18, 1902, and
again on Otober 8, 1909, earthquake
shocks were distinctly felt through
out the northwestern part of Georgia
and the southeastern part of Tennes-
see, which were reported to the geo
logical survey at Baltimore, since
which time the cause of the shocks
has been sought. The report of the
investigators of the phenomena indi
cates that underneath the quiet val
ley, in which Dalton Is built, exii
subterranean lakes and caverns, ail
that on the eastern slope of Rock
Face mountain a fault trends nor{|
and south, dipping to the east, ajj
that the disturbances were likely
to a slip in this fault. At the tfi
the shocks occurred the rumblln
noise which accompanied them so*
ed to come from the mountains ,iu
west of Dalton and the sensa
the persons on the ground was
they were standing on a carpet
'the corners were sharply jerk
The disturbances created much
citement at the times mentlo