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FRIDAY, JAN. 16, 1914.
WAYCROSS JOURNAL.
Tax Legislative Report
Submitted to President
Washington, Jan. 14.—The “so-
cured debts" tax law* of New
York state i* severely criticised
in a report submitted to the Pres
ident today by Joseph K. Davies,
Commissioner of Corporations in
which tax legislation t»f the vari
ous states is reviewed.
Commissioner Davies points out
that the New York law has been
severely romndemned because it
permits corporations upon the
payment of a nominal fee, to of
for free of tax, entire issues of
long term bonds, thus placing the
sale of tax-exempt railroad and
industrial securities in direct com
petition with the sale of tax-ex
empt state, nf "'v.ty and municipal
bonds.
“ft has, however, been commend
ed,” says Commissioner Davies
“upon the alleged ground that
experience in New York has prov
en that at the previous tax rnt<
(one half of 1 per cent) an annual
tax on mortgages has had a deeid
Election is Held
Bp Countp Board
At yesterday afternoon’s meet
ing of the Ware county eomrnis
sinners the board elected as vice-
chairman D. J. Miller, who served
,<is eh airman in PH 3.
J. Lee Cruwley was re elected
county attorney, and K. D- Myers
was elected clerk of the board.
The recent changes in the work
ingg of C’.c board made it neces
snry to employ an all-time clerk
The commissioners are still in sc*
sion.
•d tende
the
intere t thereon; that bonds and
other taxable interchangeable
personality have generally eseap
cd taxation; and that t ie annua'
yield from this system is almost
wholly new-found revenue, col
leeted at a comparatively small
cost.”
Commissioner Duvies points on*
that there is inequality in the pre
ent system, although he admit
that, from a financial standpoint,
it has been productive of large
revenues to the state.
Referring to the tax legislation
in other states. Commissioner Da
vies says:
“The tendency toward further
centralised administration in New
England is very pronounced. New
Hampshire and Ithode Island have
each created a permanent tax
commis-don; and Maine, Vermont,
and Massachusetts have in vary
ing degrees strengthened the pow
er of their respective state cen
tral bodies. A concerted effort is
being made, through the medium
of tax conferences, to unify to a
certain extent at least, the tax
FOUR MANAOER8
WILL BE KEPT
FROM 1013 SEASON
Brunswick, Ha., Jan. 14.—Now
that the holidays are over, the six
clubs of the Georgia State League
are getting in readiness for the
coming season and all the local
organization* arc busy.
While it was generally thought
it the close of the last season that
it least five of the six clubs in the
league would niakea change in
managers, it is now certain that
’our of the six clubs will start
iff with the same managers who
fnished the Neasort last year.
Thomasville has re-elected Dud-
ey, who captured the pennant
or the initial season of the
league; Hill Clark has again been
elected to pilot the Wnycross ag
gregation ; Whitye Morse is sure
of ttic management of the Bruns
wick; “Kipp” Reagan is to head
Cordele again, and Dave Gaston,
former manager of the Danville
club in the Virginia League, will
lead the Americas team. Valdos
ta, manuged by Otto Jordan, who
succeeded in winning the first
half of the season and came out
olid in the next half, is the see
I club to make a change. Jor
ii came a little too high for a
I (’lass C League and lias signed to
nullings Dallas, Tex., next season,
while Joe Ilorold, who managed
systems of the six states forming Macon, in the South Atlantic
this group. Rhode island, ns not- j I-™*"**. I "' 1 «•'»»"". •'** l "'™
nl above, hns ndnpted the system t*'d to Rond Vuldostn.
of elnssiflention of property. s\ll six of the eities of the new
"Of the stolen of t ie Middle At- eirruil are exporting a most sue.
lantie group. New Jersey, I'cnn- eessfnl season. The first year,
nylvania. Delaware. Maryland, which was a sneeess, served as a
and the Distriet of Columbia, good lesson to these eities, and,
eaeli have had peeial tax eom-1 with the experienoe of one year,
missions appointed for tliepurpnso all of the etulis are anticipating a
of recommending improvement! sneeess financially, ns well as nth*
COUNCIL WILL
HOLD MEETINGS
ON SAME NIGHTS
AS DURING 1913.
City council last night decided
to fix the regidar meeting nights
of eitv council for the first and
third Tues lays of the month, this
being the snmc nig ds on whieh
meetings were held in 1913. The
hour for til- meetings until spring
will he at 7:30 o'cloek.
INSPECTOR OF
CONVICT CAMPS
IS IN WAYCROSS
J. It. West, of Savannah, state
inspector of convict camps, is
pending Die day in Wnycross. lie
accompanied the commissioners
on their tour of the camps thi-
morning ami seemed very well
nlensed with the conditions found,
tie is a great good roads booster
and says he is glad to see Ware
continue the road improvements.
K. O. McDonald, secretary and
treasurer of the Southern Paving
and Gravel Co.. is also here today
meeting the commissioners.
There is more Catarrh in this
return of the country than all
(her diseases put together, and
until the lest few years was sup
posed to he incurable. For a
great many years doctors pro
nounced it a local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it
incurable. Science has proven
Catarrh to he a constitutional
liiaeaac. and therefore requires
(institutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
the only Constitutional cure on
the market. It is taken internal-
in doses from 10 drops to a
teaapoonful. It sets directly on
. blond and mucous surfaces of
• system. They oflfer one him-
•d dollars fur any ease it fails
cure. Send fur circulars and
limimials.
Address: F. .1. Cheney & Co..
Toledo, O.
S il.l by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for
onstipation.
CAT KILLING
RESULTS IN
COURT AIRING
Charged with discharging fire
arms within the city limits, form
er Clerk of City Council J. W.
Strickland was in Recorder’s
court this morning, in answer to
a complaint filed by R. PL Finn.
It. developed from Recorder Red
ding’s examination that Mr.
Strickland did not fire the gun,
but bud it done by Hugh Jenkins.
The ease ease against Mr. Striek-
land was dismissed and the police
notified to make a charge against
Mr. Jenkins.
The cat that was killed, and
whose killing resulted in the com
plaint, belonged to R. PL Finn who
testified that it was a fine eat and
a great pet of the family. Mr.
Strickland stated that he had the
cat killed because cats of the
neighborhood bail killed pigeons
of his and that the eat in question
was in his pigeon house trying to
kill a guinea pig at the time it
met death.
There was a rather sharp pass
age of words between Mr. Strick
land and Mr. Finn in court. Mr.
P’inn did not like bis eat being
killed, and Mr. Strickland did not
like the continued loss of his pig
eons. The case will be disposed
of at the next session of Record
er’s court.
TAX RETURNS
ON FULL VALUE
RULE FOR WARE;
BOARD MEETING.
A. B. Estes Heads the New
City Park-Tree Commission
This afternoon at the ^qq' S Birthdap
To Be Observed
hoard of tax assessors is meeting
to plan for the work before the
body for this year . It is under-'
stood instructions have been re-| At the exercises held here Jan-
ceived to call for a hundred per nary 19 in celebration of the birth
cent tax return in Ware county, anniversary of General Robert E.
and not accept returns on a per- the principal address of the
ventage of market value any long-' meeting will be delivered by W.
| W. I.amhdin.
The Ware county hoard of tax j Xht; ejeereises will be held in
assessors is composed of R. Ij. the morning at the Central School
Singleton, S. F. Miller and T. J. Auditorium, tinder the auspices of
Darling.
For dusting hens and in nest!
use Conkey’a I.ice Powder. 10c,
25c, ami 50c. For mites in poul
try houses get Conkey’a Lie!
Liquid, $1.00 gallon. For little
chicks get Conkey's Head Lice
Ointment, 10c and 25c. Result!
guaranteed. J. W. S. Hardy. Oct
Conkey’a Poultry Rook free.
in their respective tnx systems.
"In the Eastern Central and
Western groups, the most impor
tant tax legislation was the Wis-
L'awiue this season.
Mra. A. R. Tabor, of Crider,
Mo., had 1 troubled with aiek
eonsin income tax of 1911. Thii headache for about five years,
is a substitute for the general- when she began taking Chamber-
property tax on intangible person- Inin’s Tablets. She lias taken two
al property, and is successfully bottles of them ami they have
and eeonoiniealty administered, cured her. Sick headache ia
The first assessment under this
tax amounted to a little less than
$3,500,000 of which $2,000,000 or
66 per cent wns collected from
corporations. With respect to the
other states of these groups, Mich
igan adopted the New York mort
gage-recording tnx system and
North Dakota created a perma
nent tax commisison. Minnesota,
through the referendum system,
raised the rate of the gross earn
inga tax of railroads from 4 to 5
per cent.
"Legislation during 1912 ir
other states whieh have not heei
covered by the publiahed parts o
the Report on the Taxation o'
Corporation! was of interest ir
Arizona and Idaho. The legisla
ture in Arisons, at ita first ses
sion, created a permanent tax
commission and pasted a number
of laws relating to the taxation of
corporation!. The legislature of
Idaho made several ehangea in the
tax system of that state. Some
of these related to the classifies-
tion of lands, the exemption of
(rowing orchards, and the assess
ment of property at leas than full
value. The voters of Louisiana
rejected a number of eonatitu-
tional amendments whieh were in
tended to five this state a mod
en» and much-improved system of
taxation.
A largo number of reports hjr
special and permanent tax eom.
caused by a disordered stomach
for whieh these tablets are espe
cially intended. Try them, get
well and stay well Sold by e.!l
dealers.
missions and tax officials, cover
ing practically every phase of
taxation, were issued during 1912.
Digests of many of these and of
several reports of both earlier and
ater date appear in this report,
l’rominenee is given to some of
the more important subjects
• rested, hut a regard for a rea-
onahle limit to the site of this
eport frohado more than a refer-
■nce to aoureea of information
vith respect to other aubjeets.
Judicial decision during 1912,
Iralt with a great variety of tax
ssites, but the most interesting
was deeided by the Massachu
setts supreme court (Massachu
setts vs White Dental Manufac
turing Co. 98 EL Rep., 1056 and
affirmed November 3, 1913, hy the
supreme court of the United
states ) This decision sustained
■he constitutionality of a Masaa-
•husetts statute, whieh provided
n substance that certain kinds of
'oreign subinesa corporations
'mercantile, manufacturing, and
miscellaneous! shall pay an ex-
eiie tax of one-fiftieth of 1 per
"ent on the par value of the en
tire authorised capital stock, tha
total tax not to exceed 63,000.
AUTO FOR SALE.
For sole or trnde—n sixty li p.
passenger automobile. A Imr
lilt if token lit once. For full
formation apply to F. It Wood-
rum, Alma. Ga. 11 21 4twky j
—
When you want a reliable med
icine for a cough or cold take
Chamberlain’a Cough Remedy.
It can always be depended upon
and is pleasant and safe to take.
For sale by all dealers.
Wood’s High-Grade
Farm Seeds
Best Qualities Obtainable
Wc arc headquarters for
Seed Wheat, Oats,
Rye, Barley, Vetches,
Alfalfa and all
Grasses & Clovers.
Write for Wood’s Crop Special
riving prices and seasonable in
formation about Seeds for Fall
sowing.
T. W. WOOD Cl SONS.
Scedunen, - .Richmond, Va.
W 1 d'a Descriptive Fall Catalogue
uivea price* an J information about all
Garden Seeds for Fall Planting.
Mailed tree on request.
WEAK KIDNEYS OFTEN THE
RESULT OF OVERWORK.
On several occasions I have
been unable to work and suffered
-re pains in the back, due to
my kidneys. I called on a doctor
of Kipun, Wis., but received no
relief.
I tried Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp
Root which gave me instant re
lief. I was then able to resume
work. Swamp-Root is the only
relief I can get from kidney dis
ease which I am subject to in Die
spring of the year. I am writing
this testimonial through my own
free will that sufferers of kidney
and bladder diseases will know
of the wonderful merits of Swamp
Root. I recommend Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp-Root whenever I can and
always have a bottle of Swamp-
Root in my home.
I purchased Swamp-Root of Mr.
C. J. Burnside, Druggist, of 202
Main atreet, Ripon, Wis.
Very truly your*,
THOMAS J. LYNCH,
525 Newbury St., Ripon, Wis.
I have read the above state
ment that Thomas J. Lynch
bought Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-
Root at my store and made oath
tlie nbove statement is true
substance and fact,
E. J. BURNSIDE.
Subscribed and sworn to be
fore me this 15th day of Novcra
her, 1911.
F. A. PRESTON.
Letter to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing
hamton, N. Y.
Provo What Swamp-Root Will do
for You.
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for «
sample sire bottle. It will con
vinee anyone. You will also re
ceive a booklet of valuable
formation, telling about the kid
neys and bladder. When writing,
he sure and mention the Way
cross Daily Journal. Regular fif-
ty-eent and one-dollar size bot
tle* for sale at all drug atorea.
Son of Millwood Farmer Tries to End
Life; Love Affair May Be the Cause
AEROPLANES FOR
UNITED STATES NAVY
(From Monday’s Daily.)
Suffering from a serioua self-
intlieted pistol wound, Harvey
Washington, J.tn. 14.—In the ( Herrin, age ?1 year*, wa» brought
event of war with Mexico the to the King's Daughters’Hospital
United States will avail itself of;j n Wnycross early this morning
aeroplanes which will he station-1 f r ,„n Millwood, where he tried to
■•d at Pensacola. By the arrival of om | lii-1 |jf,. at an early hour to-
the battleship Mississippi at Pen
sacola today the first move of a
world power toward the estab
lishment of an aerial base for of
fensive operations in time of war
was completed. The United States
will have 11 air craft w ithin strik
ing distance of Mexico all the
time. The hattlei’iip Mississippi
is better equipped for aeroplane
day.
The bullet pierced the young
man's body just above the heart,
and the wound i* regarded as ex
tremely serious by the attending
physicians. However, they do not
regard the wound as necessarily
fatal.
Just what earned the young
man to attempt to end his life ia
work than any other warship tn J not exactly, hut it is re-
the navy. j ported that a love affair was at
" j the bottom of it. It appears that
$50 REWARD. the young man had been drink-
ling, after promising a young lady
Will he paid for th* delivery to|h e would refrain from drinking,
sheriff of Ware county of Will. and had been informed that he
ROAST8 WAY OF
WILSON WITH MEXICO.
Roasting the policy ut the U. S.
Government in the Mexican situ
ation, anil declaring that tiiere
was no telling what might happen
in Mexico, B. W, Finley, of Cof
fee county originally, now of
Tampico, Mexico, was in Way-
cross Saturday the guest of C. T.
Strickland. He had with him a
number of interesting view* tak
en in Mexico, some of them show
ing the method of disposing of
the dead after the battles. He was
in Tampico during the recent bat
tle and frequently heard bullets
whizzing by him. “I felt that it
was time to move when I heard
bullets,’’ he said, "and each time
I moved, believe me.”
Comer, a black negro about 6
feet high. 37 year* old, weighing
about 150 pounds. Usually lives
and work* at turpentine and tim
ber camp*. Wanted before Dee.
1st, 1913.
W. 8. Booth,
Manor, Oa.
1 7 4lwky.
could not not viait her again be
cause of his broken promise.
Permission for the southbound
South Atlantic Limited to stop at
Millwood for the wunded man
wa* obtained and be was taken
to the King’s Daughters' Hospit
al after reaching Wayeroa*.
The young man's father ia J.
D. Herrin, whose home ia four
miles sonth of Millwood. The eld-
Mwf iwiwMiM wfcMi 8ft a* Herrin is i prosperous and wsll
fosTwrs AMTisirric huso otu«—r ** . *7 “
\£‘Lin£?.»*!“"««•*• »*»J* ■ known tanner of that section.
the Francis S. Itnrtow C'lapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Immediately after the exercises
the Veterans will be tendered a
luncheon by tile Daughters at the
City Y. M. C. A. This feature of
the day's celebration promises to
be an unusually delightful one.
Preceding the public meeting
the members of the South Georgia
At a meeting held this morning
in the city hail, and presided over
by Mayor S. T. Beaton, attorney
Andrew B. Estes was elected
chairman of the newly appointed
Park and Tree Commission of the
city. R. L. Singleton, well known
business man of the city, was elec
ted vice-chairman, and C. Fort
Andrews secretary.
In calling the commission to-
getlier Mayor Beaton stated the
purposes of the commission as he
understood them, and said he felt
much good could be accomplished.
“In your work you may count up
on my support” said the mayor,
"and I feel that the commission
will receive hearty co-operation
from council. Your work is an
important work and every citizen
of Waycross should take pleasure
in aiding you in improvments for
1 our parks and cemeteries and in
Camp of Veterans, of which Judge .. . , .
1 ' ■ preserving our magnificent shade
trees.”
Tlie chairman of the commission
was authorized to appoint tlirce
J. L. Sweat is the captain com
manding. w ill hold a meeting and
elect officers for the year. This
meeting will be held ut the court,
house.
BELIEVED ALL
ABOARD LINER
WILL BE LOST.
St. Johns, Jan. 14.—In a thick
fog the liner Cobequid is believed
to be breaking to pieces off the
entrance to the Bay 6f Fundy to
day. Wreckage is coming ashore
and it is thought the wreckage
found is from the liner. Fears!
committees, to be known ns the
committees on Cemeteries, Trees,
and Parks. Such otlir commit
tees ns may be found necessary
will he named. It was unani
mously decided to request the la
dies of Waycross who are inter
csted to for man auxiliary to co
operate with the commission.
The commission did not decide up
on any recommendation to coun
cil for keeper of the cemeteries,
;but will do so as soon as a con-
are entertamed for the 120 pas-. ferenc(! h hcI( , with thp present
sengel^alldiSudors aboard and lit keepcr waj agrecd th#t a „
work hy the commission would be
along a definite line, with some
fixed accomplishment in view so
that work done in one year would
not have to be torn out and lost
because of subsequent improve
ments. In other words, the com
mission wants to decide at the
stnrjt what improvements should
ho rondo in all parks and cemete
ries, and then got to work, doing
look* like all aboard will perish.
WIRELESS GALL
FOR AID GIVEN.
Halifax, N. S., Jan. 14.—A
wireless call for help from the
Koval Mail steamer Cobequid,
fast on the dreaded ledges of
Grand Manan, just before dawn
yesterday, followed five hours
later hy a final flicker of her radio
saying that the ship was filling,
hns caused grave concern for
those on hoard, numbering about
120 persons.
The Cobequid was bound for
St. John, N. B., from the British
West Indies, in command of Capt.
llowson, completing her first
round trip over this route. She
had a number of second class pas
sengers and the following in the
first class cabin:
L. S. Naverro, L. Botta, W. C
Roller, Mrs. Zoller and child. She
had called at Bermuda, but most
of her passengers were from
points south of there.
Whether the Cobequid had sur
vived an all-day battering by hur
ricane seas, and would hold to
gether until one of the fleet of
nearly a dozen rescue boats could
reach her, was a matter of in
creasing hourly anxiety last night.
Up to dark no trace of the dis
tressed vessel had been found on
the east shore of the Bay of Fun
dy. where she was first reported
aground. Nor could a glimpse he
seen through the vapor . whieh
shrouded the west side of Grand
Manan, on one of whose numer
ous ledges it later was believed
she rested.
Formerly Wa* the Goth.
The Cobequid formerly was the
steamer Goth and had been press
ed into the winter service from
maritime provinces to the tropics.
She sailed from Halifax Dec. 5,
for West Indian ports and started
north again on December 30 from
Grenada. She called at Bermuda
on the 9th and then cleared for
St. John.
Approaching the Bay of Fundy,
as much this year as the funds
available will permit. A careful
inspection of all parks and the
cemeteries will be made without
delay, and the commission will
then meet to outline the year's
work.
It is probable that a tree nur
sery will he established, and con
gests arranged to create greater
ntercst in civic improvement
work in the city. One of the
plans under consideration now is
a contest between the city schools,
a prize to be awarded to the
school presenting the best kept
and beat arranged grounds. Thii
is hut one of a number of matters
to he decided on definitely by the
commission. Chairman Estes ex
pects to have the committee ap
pointments ready to announce at
a meeting to be held within the
next few days.
famous for its swift tides and assist.
REV. M. B. FERRELL
DIED HERE TODAY;
FUNERAL TOMORROW
Rev. M. B. Ferrell, formerly of
Macon, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. W. P. Christian,
this morning. He had been quite
ill for some time. The deceased
was 54 years old, and for thirty
years had been a minister.
Two daughter, Mrs. W. II.
Christian, of Waycross, and Mrs.
X. Willoughby, of Jacksonville,
and one son, F. R. Ferrell, of At
lanta, survive. Funeral services
will be held tomorrow afternoon
at Trinity Methodist church, Rev.
T. P. Tyson, presiding elder, con
ducting the services. Other min
ister* of the city will attend and
If your children are subject to
attacks of croup, watch for the
first symptoms, hoarseness. Give
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as
foon as the child become* hoarae u ” mil „ to the’ aouthw.rd'of
mountainous seas, a blizzard de
scended upon the steamer. Capt.
llowson was heading for Gannet
Roek Light, the guide to the west
ern tide of the hay, and a warn
ing of the ledges whieh stretch
and the attack may be warded 0rand Manan
off. Fore sale by «jl dealer*. I „ w „ abollt „ mriM the
peratnr at Ac wireless station at
2.V. an,| 50e pkgs. Cone to and
let na tell jroa all about it. J. W.
4. Hardy. 41S5twta
Give your little chicks Con-
key's Starting Food the first
few we-ks and watch them grow
Wrong ar.l fMwftoadUM*K'4(R: had str«(N £©
Cape Sable, across the bay, pick
'd up the Cobequid’a call for help.
The message said that, tfe vessel
Island, whieh is on the east side
of tha bay and needed immediate
The pall bearers, selected from
the ministers attending the meet
ing at Trinity chnrch this week,
will be T. B. Kemp, C. A. Jack-
•on, R. JL Booth, M. A. Morgan,
C. C. Bolan and D .B. Merritt
Knight* of Pythiai, of which or
der the deceased waa a member,
will attend the funeral in a body
Funeral arrangements are in
charge of IL Lester MarviL In
terment will be in Oakland ceme
tery.
When a writer’* hand itehes it
i* a sign that be win have to
•enWi for a Bring.