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the waycboss journal. FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1914. UllVPDnCC UICCVI V milDUII °* Mr. Martin Ctlrlo u Secretary It of taxable proparty was chanted from nlllUnUSD nbCnLI dUUnlML «U the purpose to devote the ener- January Ut to January 1Mb, the debt- EaUbliihed is 1895. Publitbed Every Friday at Waycross, Ga. L. VOLNEY WILLIAMS Editor and Manager The Only Weekly Paper Publiah- ed at the County Beat. SUBSCRIPTION 1 YEAR ♦1.50 6 MONTHS 75c <rti»1 ty of the ortanliation Urgely to or would be enabled to aatlafy hls ob- thlnt* Of Interest to the farmer. Ai ligation* and «uch plan would meet •tated by President Benton, Secretary with the approval of the people of the Calvin, and others Waycross as a ctty state. This suggestion comes from I cannot hope for the greatest amount rural communities and If you think of progress without developing the It wise I trust that it msy he put in agricultural resources of the county, the form of a law. So with this object In view the Board “The action of Judge Hart In per- of Trade has set out on a new line forming his doty as Tax Commission- In a way hopeful of accomplishing er ha* warranted the commendation great good for Ware county and the you saw fit to pay his appo|ntment at city of Waycross. |the last session. A land owner, in Slaton and West Nail Hardwick’s Story Atlanta, June 30 —Both Governor gentleman worthy of the position Slaton and Senator W. S. Weat have not only did not send me the meaage nailed the statements printed in the 1 quoted by Mr. Hardwick, but Bent me Brunswick News and accredited to T.’no message that could remotely sug- W. Hardwick, candidate for senator, gest such a thing, nor did he make It wss the unanimous opinion of the sympathy with the people of his stmte. • • ted u u;1I ig sen- any statement to me, nor did any of ember, present at the meettag laat be may be trusted to execute the law ^ expending hU friend, make any statement to me. ght that before the Board can hope wlthoot harshness and In full spirit of “° rw “ l . ‘ A. FOR SMITH AMI HI.ATO.N. As is well known, there were merly two factions In Georgia; and no one has forgotten the hot palgns waged. The main issue in the fight was railroad control of state poi Itlcs. Hoke Smith effectually put to rout llamp McWhorter and others of hla ilk. killed "ring" control, breaking a few political slates In doing so, and Incidentally gave us disfranchisement of the negro and a few other bene ficial measures. With the main object of the cam paign accomplished and nothing left to fight over, there grew a rather gen eral disposition on both sld*a to cease hostilities. They were all good Dem ocrat!, bound by peculiar necessities to remain a aolld Democratic South— there were no real Issues unsettled— why continue fighting, was the spon taneous feeling on both sides. Not so, however, with a few dis gruntled leaders and a limited por tion of their followers. We see this reflected In the strenuous endeavors —In vain so far—to get SOMEBODY TO RUN AOAINST HOKE SMITH. And what are the reasons advanced? Not a single one that would appeal to the Independent, non-partisan v©« ter. Personal abuse of Hoke Smith we see In plenty, but we have watch ed In vain for real, constructive criti cism of his record In office. The fact of the matter la he he has made a wonderful record. In the short time that he has been in the senate his ability has won him a leadership such as could not be attained by some In twenty years. He Is In tho closo confidence of the President; he Is a leader in party councils; he has al ready had enacted several Important measures of benefit to the South. In short, be Is a credit to his home state, lie is where be belongs and the peo ple are going to keep him there. A great many newspapers and prominent Individuals who formerly opposed Hoke Smith have manfully come forward and complimented big record and said that they were for him because he la unquestionably *Ths Best Man for the Job." Let us consider another instance of petty politics and then we are done, for the time being: John M. Slaton having served sa Governor with dis tinction and credit, aspired to the U. 8. Senate. Such promotion la consid ered the logical evolution where the record In the lower office deserves it. lie very properly and sensibly decid ed to run for the short term, where there was a real vacancy brought about by the death of 8enator Bacon Aad now because of this decision sad because be bad better Judgment than to run against Hoke Smith, in view of 8mtth a s record and popularity, we eee a lot of partisan! of the old fac tion fighting him tooth and toe-nail. A beautiful spectacle, isn’t It. Thty minuted his ability, bis ntnrss place In the Senate by begging him to run for the senior place; but now they are fighting him because forsooth, be would not play partisan politics. WIU not this be the strongest kind of commendation to the Independent, non-partisan voter, who only consid ers ability and fitneaa? There has been no successful criti cism of Sltton. Ills record In the elate senate was marked by eminent fairness. He has made one of the beet Governors we have ever had. He will reect credit upon Georgia In the United Stales Senate. In the memoriable campaign of Ifiie, we were for Hoke Smith, be cause we believed In the principlee that he advocated. We are for him for the United States Senate now be cause we admire hla record and con sider him one of the ebleat men, not only In Georgia, but in the entire 8outh. members night that before the Board can hope to accomplish very much it will b ne- exact justice. ceanary to have a sort of revival, or' “It is pleasing to know that Gov- re-organization of the institution. As ernor Stuart, of Virginia, unanlmous- bas been the history of most trade or- ly elected Governor of that state, ganlzations the Waycross Board of practically commended In his message Trade has in a way run its course, the very law you have passed, and the time has come for a general “One of the principal arguments In cleaning up. or a kind of re-organlza- favor of the Tax Equalization Law Is lion The old Waycross Chamber of its tendency to force economy. So Commerce died out, and the Board of long as the tax rate is five mills and Trade was organized. The object of limited to that amount the legislator the Board of Trade was somewhat dlf- j I* tempted to vote for every popular ferent, and inasmuch as new things appropriation, with the knowledge were going to be undertaken, a new name was taken on, and the Board of Trade has lived and prospered. The opinion as expressed last night Is that whether or not the name of the organization be changed, there should that his constituent cannot know that he is spending more money than the revenue. The expenditure Is not re flected in the tax rate. But when the tax rate is cut below the five mills, then no legislator dare raise It with- be a general revival, or cleaning up;out giving a strict accounting to the In order that new life may be taken j tax payer. I believe that next year and that the work of building up the rate will be reduced below five the agricultural Interests of the coun- $75,000 to defeat Slaton for the United!that contained any threat of any char- States' senate unless Slaton named acter whatever, nor did he or any of West for the ad interim appointment his friends convey to me any undue to Senator Bacon's place. |Or discourteous message or suggestion Governor Slaton, In a letter ad- of any kind, dressed to “The Editor of the Bruns-j Furthermore, permit me to say that wick News," denounce* the statement. Mr. Weat was appointed without re- accredfted to Mr. Hardwick as "abso- j strlction of any kind. Until 6 o'clock lately untrue." while Senator West of the day previous to the one he an- says It "is an absolute fabrication" Jnounced he was not going to run I Here Is Governor Slaton's letter to'did not know what he was going to do, the Brunswick News and Senator! made no effort to find out, and West's telegram to Governor Slaton, influence hls course. They are Illuminating bits of light on the subject, which his caused a little flurry around the state: Atlanta, Ga., June 27, 1914. Editor Brunswick Neve, Brunswick, Ga. Dear Sir: yt may be carried to a successful end. TAX EQUALIZATION LAW. One of the most interesting features, perhaps, In Governor Slaton’s message to the legislature was hls plain, frank and statesmanlike manner of dealing with the new tax equalization law this connection he said: I believe no better or more neces sary law was ever passed than than the tax equalisation law. Its only danger consists In being misunder stood. It msy be improved. Time and experience will disclose its Imper fections. But who can criticise a law which In simple terms provides for the honest levying of taxes and that burdens shall be equally borne “It provides that personality shall pay alike with land, and means afforded for acromplishing this result, 1 am informed that this year’s turns will be most conspicuous in immense increase in personalty, due to this and the inheritance tax law "There are no new features o: t atlon engrafted In the Equalization Tax Act. The Act only emphasizes what has always been the law In Geor gia, that all property should bear Its part of the expenses of government, and that the tax-payers should equally bear their respective burdens. There can be no valid objection urged to these two propositions. 'Land cannot escape the notice of the taxing officers, while property In the form of Invisible securities can be readily concealed. Tho main purpose of the Tax Law is to reach invisible property, and that It bear Its p*Ft of the common burden. Every new dol lar put on the digest to that extent Increases the volume of property tax ed, and will result In lowering the tax rate, greatly to the benefit of the landowner, who could not, if he were disposed, conceal hie property from taxation. The landowner la especially interested In the new Tax Law and ought to warmly advocate It, If for no other reason than that of self-interest. "It Is not Intended that the law shall be Inquisitorial, but that It shall pro vide means for disclosure when the •iiu niainiy uses the courta for the collection of hls debts flagrant ly shirks hls duty at contributing to their maintenance. In passing this Act you recognised that In multitudes of Instances much land was not given In at all, and ray Information Is that a large part of the Increase this year comes from return of land which had not been upon the tax books. What landowner can complain If he and his neighbor owning property of equal value be required to pay the same amount? If the one who has been de- releet pays his part, his neighbor will have to pay that much less. In many Instances which have come under my obset vaiion, the returns of one citizen of a county have been reduced and those of another raised. The purpose Is equality and Justice. What true Georgian will complain If he and hls fellows, say in Dade county and In Glynn are treated alike? tired editorial comment as follows: mills. The people ought not to par I *'1° Brunswick address the other the entire deficit In one reer which nl * ht - Hon. Thora “ w - Hardwick re- haa accumulated In several years, I ••ted a rather alartUng story in con- But with property on the tax books ’* **"“ *** * “ which has never been returned, and with rigid economy practiced by the legislature for a short time, the rate should be reduced to three mills, with the certainty that the legislator will be no longer tempted to appropriate beyond the state’s ability on the one hand, and cut the revenue on the oth er hand. The representative who dare to do his duty in opposing extra vagance will receive the commenda tion and support of his people." SON KILLED HIS FATHER Ozark. Ark., June 30.—Frank Ow ens. a thirteen-year-old boy, shot and killed his father, Aaron Owens this morning. The father came home drunk and attempted to kill the en tire family when the son did sheeting. The son is being held for an investigation. Even when he phoned me that he bad decided not to run, 1 asked that he not so decide because of me and stated that I did not know whether I would run even if be did not. I have not replied earlier to charges like the one reported by you for the In a recent issue of your paper 1 t reason that In the main they have not been reduced to writing and for the further reason that were I to under take to answer every baseless attack of an irrevelant nature made from the stump I would have time for lit tle else. However, since you hare re produced Mr. Hardwick’s charge on your editorial page, I agree with you that it should not go uncontradicted. It does s gross Injustice to Mr. West nection with the West appointment to the senate. According to Mr. Hard wick, who says he can substantiate the assertion, Colonel West sent a message to Governor Slaton shortly before the appointment and told him 'This Tax Act will Inevitably lessen We are for John M. Slaton for the!to* burden of the small property own- other place, because we believe hls re- *r who values hls limited property cord to the state offices which he has'* n d returns it accordingly, filled wAtltles him to the promotion; | “H b the owner of large property and because, furthermore, we consld- who will be the sufferer from con- er him In ability and fitness head-and- j flwatory tax laws, which will have shoulders above either of the other birth when the deficit In the Treasury i candidates In the race so far.—La baa become larger, and the absolute There is inure Catarrh in this ■ectioii of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was sup posed to be incurable. For great many years doctors pro nounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall’i Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney k Co., Toledo, Ohio, the only Constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internal ly in doses from 10 drops to a eaapoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of he system. They offer one hun ired dollars for any ease it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. Chenrv & Co.. Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 7.V. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Grange Reporter. INJECTING NEW LIFE. necessity will be recognised for Im mediate hasty action by the people and the legislator. It la far better to make provision for the coming flood At the regular monthly meeting of by opening an easy avenue of relief, the general membership of the Board rather than to await Its destruction of Trade last night the mutter of tn- oS the entire embankment with the de jecting new life Into the Institution v*statk» that will follow, was discussed at length, and finally; "In tke bill which was passed near- a committee was named by President b SA years ago, there was no method Benton to look into a number of mat- provided for equalisation between the tern that are of vital interest to the counties, and la consequence there organization. nraa 1 fierce competition between them The point was brought out during which could return the propc- the discussion last night by the presl- ty at the lowest figure, dent, secretary, and several members "It has been suggested to me In this of the Board that with the selection connection that if tke date of return y press Shingles The Hebard Cypress Company Ifcrs for salt at the mills. Hcb- ardville, for a limited time only RuIih 16" Clipper Shinties it $1.25 per N 3x16 Stir A Stir ghintlei it $1.50 perN BILE pOf) O | A X that 1C he would make blm senator and, If true, would be a reflection upon he would not contest the long term me. with him (the governor), but unless I trust you will understand that I he did appoint blm, he (West) would view your position as that of an in spend $75,000 to defeat the governor quirer who would know the truth. I for the senate.” , do not infer that you make or endorse The above story is absolutely un- the assertion of Mr. Hardwick, true. Mr. West sent me no such mea-! Verty truly yours, sage, but during the pendency of the ! JOHN M. SLATON, appointment conducted himself as a 1 P. 8.—I have referred the above to j Senator West and herewith give tele- 1 HI.S KIDNEY REMEDY ;« ram received from him: A GREAT HEALER.' "Washington, D. C., June 27, 1914, | "Hon. John M. Slaton, Atlanta, Ga. . —The editorial in Brunswick News For . number of rear. I was tro- |)a>( , d „„ utlPrance , purporting to bled with my kidneys, condition so sc- have been mai]e by Hon . Thomaa w . rlous that part of the time I was un- IUrdwick , n Brunswlck speech Is at able to work. Tried several remedies, lbaoInte fabrlca , lon . also different physicians without re-. * „ w g West , lief. A sample of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp j Root was left at my house. I com-} tnenced to take It and continued It un til l had taken several bottles and am now .cured. Am slxty-two years of r.r* and able to work every day. I attribute my cure to the use of your Swamp-Root. My wife also was cured by Dr. Kil mer’s Swaiep-Root. Symptoms were very serious, including hemorrhages, great pain and distress. I commenced giving her Swamp-Root and It was Just a shealing In her case. We can heartily recommend your Swamp-Root to all kidney sufferers. Very truly yours, H. C. GRIFFITH, Mails, Texas. Subscribed and sworn to before me. a Notary Public, this the 8th day of April, 1912. T. BENNETT, Notary Public. Letter to Dr. Kilmer A Co* Bingham ton, N. T. Prove What Swamp-Soot WRI Be For Toe. Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample slse belt!*. It *!!! convince cnyone. Yon HOMELESS STREET DOG SAVES BABY FROM DEATH. Kearny, N. J., June 30.—A street dog stopped a baby carriage which was rolling toward a speeding trol ley car and saved the life of James Durkin's baby son. ANNOUNCEMENT. To file People of the Eleventh Congressional District: 1 hereby announce my cancli tlac.v for the Democratic nomina tion for the office of representa tive in het Sixtv-fourth Congress of the United States, from the Eleventh Congressional District of Georgia, subject to the primary to be held on August the nine teenth, 1914. I earnestly solicit the support will also receive a booklet of valuable [and vote of every qualified white Information, telling about the kidneys I voter in t’*te District, and bladder. When writing, be sure y ourg respectfully, and mention the Weekly Waycross I J Y J HENDERSON Journal. Regular fifty-cent and one- * x ‘ ' dollar size bottles for sale at all drug Oetlla. (♦«., May 4, 1914.^ stores. I 5-la-wkly-tf. Fifty Barrels Of FLOUR To Go At CUT PRICES ALSO 100 SACKS OF BRAN AND SHORTS IT WILL. PAY YOU TO SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY PRIDGEN BROS. SUCCESSORS TO J. W. S. HARDY Clark Howell Hay Be Georgia’s Next Governor Atlanta, Ga., June 29.—If there isit pretty straight that if Randolph I a deadlock in the Georgia state con-Anderson and Judge Nat Harris find vention when the hour for choosingneither of them can reach the plum the next governor arrives it will betbey will have their supporters corn- broken by the election of Clark bine on Mr. Howell, and he will go Howell, of Atlanta, publisher of tbeinto office without the trouble of Atlanta Constitution, according torace.” jp politicians who say they know Naturally the friends here of whereof they speak. neither candidate would admit there “It Isn't at all unlikely that nowas anything in the report of a con- candidate will go before the conven-templated compromise. It is still a tlon with a clear majority,” said the good way ahead to the convention, spokesman of one little knot of law-but if there is a deadlock the proph- makers and political dopsters inecy of mid-June might well be re- the Kimball corridor. “And I’ve gotmembered. Atlanta Journal Endorses Slaton’s New Tax Equalization Law. The effort to repeal Georgia # tax equalization act is ex tremely ill-timed aad unfair to the people. The law has been tried less than a twelvemonth. There is thus far no evidence to warrant its condemnation; on the contrary, there is good reason to believe that it is working jusly, is gaining public favor as It becomes more thoroughly understood, and is redeeming the 8fate from an outworn and ruinous system of finance. It may he that this law is open to improvement If so, it should be changed constructively, as experience points the way; but in no circumstances should it be recklessly blotted out be fore there has been time or oppportunity to study its operation. Congress would he as justified in repealing the new banking and currency act as the Legislature would be in repealing the new tax acL The one is as important to the fiscal Interests of this State as the other is to the financial interests of the common country. For long years Georgia’s fiscal system has been grievously inadequate to public needs. The payment of teachers’ salaries has been delayed month after month, and term after term. Pub lic institutions have been stinted in the bare necessities of their existence. Public enterprises of great pith and moment have been delayed or abandoned, all because of the lack of a just and businesslike system of tax returns. Georgia is not a poor State. It is one of the richest States in all the Union. Its lands are fertile, its harvests varied and bounteous, its industries thriving, and its potential wealth is al most Immeasurable. If all the pproperty In Georgia is taxed fairly and uniformly, there will be ample funds to deal progres sive!/ with public needs, and at the same time the average citi zen’s tax can eventually be reduced. But so long as property is returned from twenty-five to sev enty-five per cent less than the census* valuation, the State Gov ernment will be impoverished, and the people's common inter ests will suffer. Among one hundred and forty-eight counties, there have heretofore been only thirty-nine whose payments to the State treasury exceeded or barely equaled their receipts from the State in pension and school funds. Lands which are returned In some counties at fifty dollars an acre have been re turned in other counties at only three dollars an acre; and sim ilar discrepancies have existed in all kinds of property returns. It Is this glaring lack of fairness and uniformity In tax mat ters that has been mainly responsible for the State’s appalling fiscal problems. That Is why Georgia has been unable to pay its school teachers promptly and unable to carry forward urgent en terprises for the welfare of the people. Such a condition is as unjust to the Individual as to the public. Equalization of taxes will not only yield a larger revenue. It will also reduce the bur den upon the rank and file of taxpayers; for when all men bear their rightful portion of the cost of government, every man’s part will he less. That is the purpose of the tax act against which we now hear threats of repeal. Surely, the good sense and the patriotism of our people will not countenance an attack upon a law that stands for the largest welfare of the commonwealth. Surely, the thoughtful men of the Legislature will not thrust the 8tate back into financial chaos. What if the tax act is Imperfect? Is that a reason for abolishing it outright? What if it has not worked as smoothly as might be desired in the earliest stages of its op eration? Is that a reason for returning to conditions that kept the treasury penniless and continually retarded progress? The tax equalization act should stand, at least until It has been fairly tested. Repeal at this time would be a disaster to the State and a disgrace upon the General Assembly. PIERCE INSTITUTE A High-Grad* Junior College for Young Men and Yount Ladltt. Full and Select Courses in Agriculture, Banking, Business, Literature, Music, and Normal Taaining. A Well-Equipped Conservatory of Music and Normal Department. Ample Boarding Facilities. 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