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The News-Herald
LawrCnceville, Georj‘»
Published Monday and Thursday
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Lawrenceville Publishing Co., Props.
D. M. BYRD, Editor
V. L. HAGOOD, Manager
J. L. COMFORT, Supt.
Official Organ U. S. Court, Northern
District of Georgia.
Entered at the Post Office at Law
renceville, Georgia, as Second Class
Mail Matter, under the act of Con
gress of March 3rd, 1879.
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Freedom of speech is for those
who know the speech of freedom.—
Washington Post.
“How many reformers there are
who are trying to reshape the world
to fit their own weakness. I never
knew a theorist who was not a sick
man.”—Secreatry Davis.
— L. -
The Macon News notices that it is
proposed to repeal the act adopted
some years ago to prevent tipping.
The News believes that the evil is
one upon which the lawmakers had
no reason to legislate. It could
never he enforced. If a man wants
to iveg away his money, even when
“he spends it like a drunken sailor,”
the lawmakers, according to the
News, have no right to interfere.
Former Governor Cox of Ohio has
gone fishing. He is a champion in
out door sports and at the time he
ran for President is said to have
been one of the finest physical spe
cimens in the country. The name of
Governor Cox will probably go be
fore the Democratic National Con
vention next year. He has devel
oped considerable strength. He was
an outspoken advocate of the League
of Nations when he led the fight for
the Presidency,, and a gallant fight
it was against heavy odds.
The Republicans got an awful
setback in the Minnesota election.
The Old Guard received a swat be
tween the eyes. The farmers of the
Middle West are finally aware that
the tariff is iniquitous to their in
terests. It is a delusion and a fraud
in respect to the claim that it would
be of benefit to Western farmers.
Magnus Johnson, the successful can
didate, denounced the Harding ad
ministration from the first to the
last day of his fight. The Democrats
have not done much to brag of, but
the Republicans have fallen down
completely.
The newspaper man is blamed for
a whole lot of things he can’t help,
such as using partiality in mention
ing visitors, giving news about 3ome
folks and leaving others out, etc.
He simply prints all the news he
Can find. Some people inform him
about such things and others do not.
An editcr should not be expected to
know the names and residences jf all
your uncles, aunts, cousins, even if
he should see them get off the train.
Tell us about it; it’s news that makes
the newspaper, and every man, wom
an and child can be associate editor
if they only will. Never apologize
when you give this bit of informa
tion to an editor, for if there lives
one so dead that he has lost his ap
preciation of such favors he is dead,
indeed, to every virtue that imprats
value to a paper.
THE EDITOR’S PROBLEM
The editor of the Greensboro Her
ald-Journal is a man with aheart. He
says ni his excellent paper:
“It is the province of a newspaper
to publish legitimate accounts of all
kinds of events. If the editor of a
newspaper has good and sufficient
reason to leave out of his newspaper
anything that he believes will bring
humiliation and sorrow to the rela
tives of an unfortunate creature who
may err, why, the editor has a per
fect right to do so. It is the editor’s
privilege to omit or publish anything
in his newspaper that he deems best
and proper. An experienced jour
nalist once said that the problem of
an editor was not so much what he
might print, but what he should not
publish.”
HOW TO BECOME. INDEPEN
'r‘A penny saved” is not only a
penny earned but if properly invest
ed will soon earn another penny. It
would be a fine thing for the south
if every pupil were required to start
a savings account, even if the child
had only a quarter to start with. It
is the practice of thrift and saving
started early in life that will help
make adult Southerners indepen
dent.
Once the teacher in the Economy
class asked his pupils how best to
save S3OO. They could not answer
and requested him to explain. “Do
no spend it,” said the teacher, and
put the following statement on the
board:
S3OO for 5 years $ 1,792.50
S3OO for 10 years $ 4,191.60
S3OO for 15 years $ 7,401.90
S3OO for 20 years 511,697.90
S3OO for 25 years - $17,446.80
From the above table, it appears
that any boy who early learns the
habit of thrift and reulari.vg works
and saves his money ought to be
well to do at the age of forty-five.—
Progressive Farmer.
GET READY TO PAY INCOME
TAX IN GEORGIA.
The big question now before the
Georgia legislature is the problem
of either practicing the strictest
economy in the expenditure of the
public funds, keeping appropriations
within the amount of money now
raised by taxation, on the one hand
or in raising more revenue, by a
new system of taxation, so as to in
crease appropriation# and at the
same time to find the money with
which to pay them. Governor Walk
er is committed to the proposition to
repeal the present equalization tax
law and this in turn commits him to
raise additional revenue by other
forms cf taxation.
In his message to the General As
sembly the Governor has suggested
for their consideration two forms of
revenue producing taxation that are
in use in various other states.
One of these is a state income tax.
Most every one is already familiar
with nicome tax as levied by the
Federal Government. A state in"ome
tax would be larelyg along the same
general idea, possibly with lower
rates, and more generous exemp
tions.
The other form of taxation sug
gested by the Governor is what i 3
known as the classified system. This
means that a different rate of tax
ation would be applied to different
kinds of property. Minnesota has
this classified system and in that
state intangibles pay a tax of 3 mills
while a tax of 28 mills is assessed
aaingst real estate. Under the work
ings of tihs classified system Minne
sota has brought up its returns of
intangibles from 14 million dollars
to 437 million dollars during a ten
year period. Kentucky has a simi
lar system and is getting good re
sults.
Wisconsin and New York and
many other states have adopted a
state income tax system. Under
this system all intangibles are
exempted from a property tax and
only securities that yield an income
are taxed. In many respects this is
the ideal system of atxation—one
that taxes earnings rather than the
property itself. In fact the New
York system has been so successful
that the state is planning to abolish
the state tax on real estate entirely.
One of the great objections to a
state tax on real estate, especially
where there is no equalizing state
board is the inequality of assess
ment or returns made by the va
rious counties of the state. In other
worjds, Clarke county property is as
sessed and taxed for county pur
poses at a fair rate on actual val
ue whereas property in other coun
ties of the state may be assessed and
taxed at an absurdly low rate. Un
der such a system Clarke county cit
izens will pay to the state two or
three times as much tax as citizens
of other counties, on equal valua
tion where assessments are ridicu
lously low as compared with actual
value.
The problem of taxing intangi
bles is almost a hopeless one. Here
are a few illustrations. Suppose a
l Frank Exposition of Truth U the Only Safeguard ]
I to Human Welfare and Liberty j
Justice Needs a New Dress *
We are prone to criticize the metropolitan press for its
sensationalism, which in the light of our peaceful lives and
environment seems strange and is abhorrent to us. Perhaps we
are so far removed from the spectacular in life that we have
come to regard actual news records as colorful imaginative
writing. We should, however, be thankful for the imagination
shown in some of the metropolitan comments on the news of the
cities, for it may serve to arouse the people to a deeper sense
of old-fashioned American justice.
Commenting on the trivial sentence given to two New
Yorkers who stole $6,000,000 from their gullable customers,
Arthur Brisbane sets down the following motto: “If you want
to steal in the United States be a wholesaler: this is no place
for a retail thief.”
Some persons may regard this as rabid literature. Actually,
however, it seeks to drive home the fact that the sooner Dame
Justice puts on togs more in keeping with the times, the less
reason will there be to worry about the spreading of unrest.
Nothing can be more helpful to the nation than sharply calling
to public attention any indication that there is one law for the
rich and another for the poor.
The public mind is rapidly reaching the boiling point. With
political leaders responsible for the appointing and electing of
our judges, and the exhibition of justice we experience as a
result, no wonder party lines are breaking down.
Who Pays the War Piper?
Just as the majority of rich men escaped great sacrifice
iluring the war, so are they now escaping paying the cost of
war. Government moves in a mysterious way its wonders to
perform.
Take the case of honest John Smith, who has spent SIOO,OOO
in building his business. John gives work to 50 men. He pays
his village and county taxes and perhaps a personal property
tax. On his business property ho pays a school tax though he
lias no children. He pays his share for county road improve
ments and maintenance, but he is too busy to use the roads.
Also he pays a state and corporation tax. Then ho turns around
rind pays an income tax on any profit he makes and a surtax if
he makes much profit. He had a hard time keeping his business
ilive while he was away at the front.
Tom Jones, who kept the home fires burning during the
war, is rowing in quite a different boat. His children go to
school. He drives his motor ear along the county roads. He
enjoys the fire and police protection that John helps pay for,
and he benefits by all local improvements. Tom invested
*IOO,OOO, too. But Tom was wise in his generation. He put
is money into tux exempt securities.
Tom, I eiiu - dul, with quite a bank roll, often is heard
•riticmng «j< !m : John does not spend another SIOO,OOO
enlarge hi - arid the Washington wiseacres, our
: Tonal experts ou taxation, wonder why it is that all the
Min Smiths don - expand, and why all the Tom Jones decline
go into business, and also why lots of the rich men have no
t-uey to lend for busine- expansion.
man or amortgage company lends
you money on real estate. You pay
the full taxes on the value of the
land. Should a tax be levied on the
money you have borrowed with the
land as security?. If 30 how are you
oing to collect it, if the lended lives
without the state? If such a tax is
levied on mortgages, will not the tax
be inevitably shifted to the borrow
er. If this is done, who then in the
future is going to lend money at a
fixed rate on real estate security?
Here i 3 another illustration. Sup
pose you borrow SIO,OOO at the bank
on real estate security. Cash in
bank SIO,OOO. The bank holds your
note for SIO,OOO, and back of this
loan is the real estate as security.
Should taxes be paid on the SIO,OOO
cash you have gotten, should the
bank pay taxe3 on the note it holds
for SIO,OOO, and should you in addi
tion pay taxes on the real estate
which stands aa security for the
loan? If taxes are collected on ali
three of these items, we would have
a system of triplicate taxation.
The same thing holds true in re
gard to stocks. Take as an illustra
tion where ten men put up SIO,OOO
each and put up a SIOO,OOO building.
The building pays full taxes on the
investment of SIOO,OOO. Now sup
pose they form a stock company and
issue SIOO,OOO worth of stock. If
the stock also paid taxes, thei\ the
state would collect taxes on $200,-
000, just twice what the property
cost or double taxation on the value
of the property.
Should a piano pay the same rale
of tax as a motor truck? One is
a purely cultural instrument--the
other is an income producer. Should
money on deposit, bank deposits,
used in the current needs of busi
ness be taxed, and if so should such
money be taxed «t the same rat=> as
deposits in savings account which
are earning monye and drawing
down interest? And if you tax sav
ings acounts at present rates, the in
terest on same in many cases- would
not pay the taxes. These are some
of the problems that the Georgia
Legislature is facing and as the Ban
ner-Herald sees it they all point to
a state tax on income, on earnings
rather than a tax on the property it
self in the future.—Athens Banner-
Herald.
VERY MOIST.
Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati
is a candidate for the floor leader
among the Republicans, provided the
next House of Congress goes his
way.
Mr. Longworth is a “wet” and Cin
cinnati, his home, is a “wet” center.
If he is made floor leader the Re
publicans will sacrifice any prestige
they may have gained by President
Harding’s prohibition pronounce
ment. His election will break the
force of the President’s “dry”
speeches in the Western deserts.
Longworth’s votes as a member of
Congress, they say, have always been
on the liquor side and the Republi
cans are making a dangerous experi
ment if they are gonig to put up a
man like this for their leader. Na
tional leaders are not reconciled to
THE NEWS-HERALD, LawrracarfN*, Georgia
his candidacy, even though he prom
ises, as we understand he has, “un
der no circumstances will he use his
position as floor leader to advance
the cause of the ‘wets.’ ” Why
can’t the Republicans put up some
man whom they do not have to ex
tort such a pledge from? He tnay
promise “not to use his leadership
as a means of spreading ‘wet’ prop
aganda,” but the fact that he is
elected to this important position
will have a bad effect at this criti
cal time.
Mr. Longworth will be 54 years
old a month before Congress con
venes. He has served nine terms, or
eighteen years in Congress. The
Republican party, by consenting to
the election of a recognized “wet”
man as a leader, have centered upon
a very errativ person.
John D. Rockefeller says the reas
on he never attends dinners or ban
quets is because the most ali of the
speakers remind him of automobile
wheels—the longer the “spoke” the
bigger the “tire.”
Fast Worker
Minister—“ Poor Woman! It is a
hard blow for you to be made a
widow, still there is a comforter for
you.”
Widow—(Sniff, sniff) —“What’s
his address?”
Question Column
If anything is troubling you write
Mrs. Proper. She will answer you in
these columns.
“Dear Mrs. Proper: I am a beau
tiful young lady, 16 years old. I
am a blonde and my friends say I
have pretty teeth and a winning
smile. How long should I wear my
dress?”
Ans.—Until you can talk father
into a new one.”
WANT ADVS,
SALESMAN WANTED—We want
two wide awake salesmen. Pre
fer one who has had some experience
in selling Fords and F'ordsons. Get
in touch with us before August Ist.
JSOc CLEMENT AUTO CO.
WANTED— Wanted old fashioned
spinning wheel. Write, state
condition of of same and where it
can be seen. Address Box 157 or
The News-Herald, Lawrencevlle, Ga.
MAN WANTED
With conveyance to sell and col
lect. Good proposition for right
man. Apply to Singer Sewing Ma
chine Co., Decatur, Ga. ts
A long established firm . manu
facturing Molasses Mixed Feeds with
established trade in territory desires
the services of live, engergetic sales
men to handle their products, either
as a complete or side line, on a com
mission basi* An excellent aide
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territory allowed. Satisfactory ref
erences are requisite. All com
munications confidential. Stvte
territory covered.
Geo. B. Matthewsand Sons, New
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, A«TO caAOC"*®
PARLOR BOLSHEVIKS
We are perfectly willing to de
nounce In unmeasured terms the
man who manufactures the bomb,
who occupies the soap box. and who
breathes out his anathemas against
the government. We don’t seem to
understand that those characters are
the effects of a cause and of a con
dition.
The colleges that teach collectiv
ism, socialism, syndicalism, which
are all synonymous terms, are the
producers of the bomb maker and
the red mouth, soap box agitator.
Respectable people who open their
parlors to the agents of Russia are
the creators of the bolshevism that
is moving In the highest circles.
There are many rich, fashionable
women in the different cities of the
country who throw open the doors
of their palatial homes for drawing
room meetings at which there are
addresses given by designing
agents. Such women encourage law
lessness. They are laying the foun- t
dations for attacks on this govern
ment. They are enemies of the gov
ernment, and their parlors are the
halls of conspiracy against right
eousness and representative govern
ment. The parlor bolshevik is an
other name for Satan.
Some of the rich who have come
into their possessions and whose in
tellectual ability and moral stamina
and constitutional morality have not
advanced with the same degree with
which their riches have increased
are the easy prey of the enemies of
the government who enter their par
lors to teach the Infamous doctrines
that are today menacing the whole
of our land.
Awake, awake, idle rich who en
courage the parlor bolshevik in his
attack on our government! No man,
no woman has a constitutional right
to open his or her -home to one who
speaks against the principles of our
great representative republican form
of government.
Such men and women are traitors
to our system of government.
Come Smiling Through
the Gates of Gladness
—to find all that the screen can give
i — ' 7 Jw'jvfaß «jD|K’
Noral a TAI> AIA J )(r I v
IN “SMILIN’ THROUGH”
-AT THE-
S T R A IN D
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
July 20th and 2, Tth. Come Early
PUT GORDON WHERE HE BE
LONGS.
Now that work has been com
menced on the plans of the Stone
Mountain Memorial Association in
placing the groups of the Confeder
ate officers on the mountain, and
since it has been announced that
Lee, Davis and Jackson would be in
one group and prominent generals
from this and other states wou'd be
placed in other groups, would ’t be
improper to inquire: why not place
our own and beloved General John
B. Gordon, one of the greatest gen
erals and heroes the south produced
along with Lee, Davis and Jackson,
making a quartette of four of the
greatest warriors of the Confeder
acy.
Stone Mountain, the marvel of the
world, is to be dedicated to the “lost
HOME
SWEET
HOME
Oscar and Otlic
Finish a ’Quirt
Evening
by
Terry
Gilkison *
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cause.” It is a Georgia product and
the only mountain in the world
which has no equal. This being true,
would ifc not be wise and proper to
honor a son of this state along with
the other three great generals when
his record stands out as prominent
as any fene who served the cause for
which our country paid the toll in
the destruction of property and with
the lives of the truest and best red
blooded citizens the nation has ever
produced.
We have no dseire to interrupt any
plans, which may have been entered
into by the officers of the associa
tion, but we cannot help feel that the
only reason for the name of G<* leral
John B. Gordon being omitted from
the proposed group composed of Lee,
Davis and Jackson was purely an
oversight and the attention of the
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MONDAY, JULY 23, 1»23.
committee need only be called to the
omission in order to have the name
of Georgia’s most illustrious son and
saldier placed in the group of honor
as one of the four “greatest of the ■
great.”
His record and his deeds of valor
are matters of history. He is tenting
on a camp ground in a brighter
world than this. It is for the living
to perpetuate his name for all time
to come, as one of the greatest gen
erals and soldies of the Confederacy.
—Athens Benner-Herald.
ASK DOC BUNK
He Will Tell You
Dear Doc Bunk: Is there-'any per
manent wave for the hairj that is.
permanent?”—Anxious.
Ans: Yes, the one it pwts in fath
er's horsehair pocketbook.