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THE TAX PROBLEM
AWAKING INTEREST
.
Demands Os The People
Will Create Laws
For Relief.
The strongest reason for ex
pecting some sort of tax reform
legislation at the present session
of the Legislature is the urgent
need for additional revenue. This
need is recognized not only by
the Legislature but by the peo
ple. The fact that the people
recognize it is having its effect
upon senators and representa
tives—is, in fact, strengthening
them in their purpose to do some
thing with this question which
has been agitated for a number
of years. But the need of doing ;
something has never been felt so J
strongly as it is now.
The people feel that it is dis
creditable to the state that the
school teachers remain unpaid
long after their salaries are due
and that the state should be run
ning behind year after year in its
financial matters notwithstand
ing the fact that there is a steady
increase in wealth and popula
tion in nearly every county.
The subcommittee of the Ways
and Means Committee that has
been appointed to report upon
the question of tax equalization
has a hard task to perform, but
it enters upon its work with the
knowledge that the people are
expecting tax reform of some
sort and are willing to accept any
conservative plan that may be
proposed. The people being will
ing legislators will act with more
courage, since heretofore they
have had to contend against a
sentiment opposed to any tax re
form plan that would increase
taxes.
There is no doubt that if taxes
were equalized, if asssessments
were made more nearly in accord
ance with the value of property
in all the counties and all property
subject to taxation were required
to bear its proportion of the tax
burden, the increase in the state’s
income would be so great that
not only could the teachers be
paid promptly but the state in
stitutions could be dealt with
more liberally.
Because of the recognition of
the need for additional revenue
and the very general admission
that the tax burden is now un
equally distributed there is
ground for thinking that the
Legislature at this session will
enact a tax reform measure that
will meet with approval. —Savan
nah News.
Also Ran!
At a recent dinner in New
York the Countess of Aberdeen
threw a lurid light on the femi
nine question of the present day,
says Pearson’s Weekly. They
had been discussing those women
who weep on the slightest pro
vocation.
“The modern woman,” Lady
Aberdeen remarked, “never
weeps.”
“Why not?” somebody asked.
“Because,” retorted her lady
ship, “her complexion won’t,
stand it!”
The Only Excuse.
Oscar W. Underwood was talk
ing in Birmingham about the
high prices of men’s clothes,
which tariff reform will tend to
reduce, according to the Age-
Herald.
“I have heard,” said Mr. Un
derwood, “that many a $25 suit
contains only $2 or $3 worth of
cloth. It is hard to see, if this is
so, why such high prices should
exist. The dealer, if brought to
book, would probably have to
answer like Mark Twain’s sand
wich vender.
“Mark Twain, after paying a
quarter for a wretched sandwich
at a seaside eating bar, said:
“ ‘Why on earth have you
charged me for this miserable
thing ten times its real worth?’
“ Well, the fact is, boss,’ the
vender replied, ‘I need the mon
ey.’”
Raising Hogs In Mississippi.
Editor Home and Farm:
I see you are offering a prize
for the best letter on “Hog Rais
ing.” so I will give you a few
pointers on the question.
- First build'a good pasture where
they can get plenty of pure wat
er, and also several kinds of
grasses, such as Bermuda and
Japan clover, alfalfa and rape.
Have a large garden near the
pasture to raise all kinds of truck,
such as cabbage, beets and wat
ermelons and squashes and
pumpkins. This will carry them
until sorghum comes in. For
winter grazing, sow wheat in Oc
tober. About September first
have your corn and pea field
fenced and cross-fenced for fall
pasture, for there is where you
will get your cheap meat. About
November first put the fattening
hogs up on a floored pen, with
plenty of water and good corn
and sweet potatoes, with slop
once a day. Keep pen clean.
Feed for sixty days, as you get
better results.
As to the breed of hogs, I pre
fer Folond China and Berkshires
here in the South, Berkshire
sows and Poland China males, as
the Berkshire sows are better
sucklers and raise more pigs. I
breed my sows so they will far
row in April and October, as they
are not likely to have any loss of
pigs from bad weather. About
ten clays before the sow farrows
put her up in a pen with a good
bed and plenty of water. Feed
her on a good grade of shorts and
slop, with plenty of salt in slop.
When the pigs are four or five
days old turn the sow and pigs
out in a good pasture and feed
once a day. When the pigs be
gin to eat build a small pen with
a door just large enough for the
pigs to go in, and feed them
twice a day on buttermilk or
skim milk, and in a short time
you will see your pig go to Mr.
Hog. I wean pigs at two months
old. Keep sow and pigs from
large hogs. As to hog cholera,
if you will clean your hogs out:
once a year with copperas and |
keep plenty of wood charcoal in
the pasture and kill the lice, you
are not likely to have any loss
from the cholera. Hoping that
the general hog raisers of the
South will keep this letter before
them and realize the great ne
cessity of raising their meat for
home, if not some to export, I
remain yours very truly.
C. E. Thornton,
In Home & Farm.
Giving Out Ihside Facts.
Various doctors, among them
many specialists, were called as
witnesses in a case in a San
Francisco court, with a view to
ascertaining what killed a woman
whose death was in question in
an insurance litigation..
They all testified they had ex
amined the woman professional
ly, and the consensus of opinion
' was that the dead woman had
suffered from an affection of the
liver which caused that organ to
shrink materially.
The last doctor on the witness
stand was a young hospital in
terne. He testified that instead
of a shrunken liver the dead wo
mari had an abnormally enlarged
liver.
“Do you mean to sit there on
the stand and swear that this
woman had an enlarged liver
when all these eminent authori
ties have sworn her liver was
wasted and shrunken?” demand
ed a lawyer.
“I do,” replied the young doc
tor.
“How comes it you set your
self up against these eminent
practitioners—you, a young squirt
l of a doctor with no practice and
| only a few months out of a medi
cal school? How do you know
this woman had an enlarged liv
er?” thundered the lawyer.
“I performed the autopsy,”
answered the young doctor.—
Saturday Evening Post.
Before buying a stove or range
! see the Soperton Hardware Co,ad
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1913.
JURY LIST.
Drawn To Serve at August
Tefm, 1913.
The following jurors have
been drawn to serve at the Au
gust Term of Montgomery Supe
rior Court:
GRAND JURORS.
D N Hughes \V C Fntrill
\V P Calhoun J C Flanders
J D Taylor D II Phillips*
S J Clark Gets W. Spivey
J. T. Moxley T 0 McArthui
W A Johnson J B Jones
L P Youngblood F M Mcßtn
W B Connell Win. Herndon
J 11 Davis W T Me Art hut
E K All mood Elijah Millei
G W Mclntyre E J Wells
W B Currie I) K Walker
W A Peterson W I, Calhoun
Joel Davis J H Sharpe
I L Lad son J P Johnson
TRAVERSE JURORS.
W N Clark. R A Page
C C McArthur, Jr. J F Daniels
Lester O’Neal W F McAllistei
W B Ladson C C War nock
John M Conner II C Davis
T J Conner T W Morris
Joe Minton Thomas Morris
A Jones J C Brooks
James O’Brien S D Morris
A L Hamilton T. L New
Glen J Thompson .1 W Linder
A T Miller J l> Reynolds
Lamar Holmes MII Mclntyre
W J Peterson, Jr. C C Connei
C H Peterson H G Wardlaw
John C Morris M 1) Davis
E G Smith Geo. T Johnson
G W Blocker J E Rich
G V Mason M .1 Brantley
C II Calhoun W 11 Smith
W R Johnson A N Price
Clayton Gillis F L Morris
C A Soles W I) Savage
C I Gillis R S Beaty
Administrator’s Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Under and by virtue of an or
der granted by the court of ordi
nary of said county, will be sold
before the court house door in said
county on the first Tuesday in
Aug., 1918, to the highest bidder
for cash, the following property
to wit:
Half interest in one lot of land
described as follows: 50x75 feet
fronting Main street and bounded
on the north by lands of F, C
Wade, on the east by lands of
Dave Swinney, on the south by
lands of J. J. Muring and on the
west by Second street, in the town
of Soperton, Ga., Montgomery
county and in the 1880th G. M.
district.
Also u half interest in one de
scribed as follows: 25 x 75 feet
fronting Second street in said town
and bounded as follows: North
by Williams building; and lot, on
the east by lands of DaVe Swin
ney, south by lands ol F. G. Wade
and on the west by Second street
Also one half interest in one
lot described ns follows: 50 x 150
feet fronting Main street and
bounded as follows: On the north
by Main street, on the east by L.
J. Holmes, on the south by C. L.
Holmes, deceased, and on the west
by lands of W. Mishoe, in said
town.
Also a half interest in one lot
described us follows: 100 x 150
fronting Third street and hounded
as follows: On the north by lands
of J. B. O’Conner, on the east by
Third street, on the^out h by lands
of M. B. Gillis and on the west by
i lands of C. L. Hamilton’s estate
Also a half interest in one lot
described as follows: 75 x 100
j feet fronting Second street and
| bounded as follows: On the north
I by street, on the east by W.
IT. MeCrimmon, on the south by
W. T. MeCrimmon and on the
| west by Second street.
Also one lot described as fol
| lows: One and one-half acres of
land lying in the town of Soper
| ton, said county and district, and
| hounded as follows: On the north
I by lands of C. L. Holmes A Son.
.Mrs. L. J. Holmes and C H
[ Peterson, on the east by lands of
; W. Mishoe, on the south by Flor
| ula street and on the west by lands
lof Mrs. Lillie Williams and the
j Hamilton estate. All of the
above described lands being in the
i town of Soperton, Montgomery
county, Oa , and in tin; 1880th
G. M. district. Sold as tin* prop
erty of the estate of C. L. II dines,
deceased. This the 7th day of
July, 1918.
Lamar Holmes,
Adr Est. C L. Holmes.
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A Note to You:
Jan. 28, 1913.
Wo have* no regular delivery
wagon as yot. Within a few
years air ships will come into
general use, and many of our
patrons will have deliveries made
from our place in this novel and
rapid manner.
In the mean time, should you
not live directly in touch with
our drug store, many of your
purchases can be forwarded by
Uncle Sam’s new mail service—
the Parcels Post—delivered right
at your door. That class of goods
commonly known as merchandise
will he forwarded at our expense,
free to your door, and we should
be glad to have our patrons take
advantage of this new and eco
nomical method of shopping.
P. S. School books cannot be
forwarded at the Parcels Post
rates.
Mt. Vernon Drug
Company.
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HACMINERY
If you want Host
Prices on Mowers,
Rakes, Rise Harrows,
Grain Drills, Buggies
an< W agons, see
D. S. Williamson,
Alston, Ga.
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