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THE BAMHER-MES3ENGER. ■'ll e Official Organ of Haralson County. HtfCHANAN, GKOllOIA, MAlt. 10, IH>1. A. E. NIX, Editor and Manager. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. ,j>ne Year - - $1.00 :-'i,v Months ■ - - .00 I’oree Months - - .25 That was a.-searable man who-remarked that “an editor’s life is not all sunshine.” ■“There Is no telling the luck of a lousey ■.If.” No- lie 4« just about as apt to die ns to live. Will the Tribune of-Rome please dis barge Livingston and thereby save the . Alliance from utter destruction? Firewood has been quite an item to “ioso who have had to buy it this winter. We are ready for a few more loaf s to go in subscription. Tl;e Tribune-of-Rome is deeplyintemd d in the Alliance. It is fearfully alarmed ‘test Livingston should do something to .-jure the oanse—of ring rule. The flying Jenncy which has been in ■peration at Carrollton for some time has pulled up stakes. We hope it will spread its wings in a different direction to this. There was .a min der committed in Car roll county last Sunday evening. Bill Hill stabe-d and killed Byrd Perkins. Whiskey and cards were mixed up in the affair. The wild geese are flying toward the North and gentle Annie is about to war ole.—Columbus Sun. Yes; about to warble out with the grippe. “We need a Noah in this seciton,” writes a Georgia editor. “All of our rivers We would like to see the dove return sag with a pine straw up this way. We hear it said that our farmers have been putting in good time this week. Wc don’t know how much time they have put in, but we venture to say they have put in a quantity of guano. There was a slight change in the sched¬ ule on the C. K. & C. Sunday. The trains, however, seem of late to have forgotten ■here was ever eucli a thing as a schedule. They will please take notice. The board of education of Carroll coun¬ ty issued license for two public schools Whitesburg. Whitesburg is too small place for two schools and the Advance is making a just protest against the of the board. About the best evidence we have that the little secret- Alliance caucus held in the Governor's Mansion should be con¬ demned by all true Ailiancemer,, is from the manner in which a great many papers, that have heretofore "opposed the Allli ance, have been saying all they could in favor of this caucus. “The fight is on,” said the Governor, but on quite differently to what no ex¬ pected it to he. Yes; it’s right square on top of the Governor. The people say if there is anything wrong with the lead¬ ers of the Alliance of Georgia, there is a better way to get at them than through a secret caucus. The people are right. Editor A. E. Nix is making a bright and newsy paper of the Buchanan Ban¬ ker Messenger. . Having served our ap jmntieeship ou tho Banner, we naturally feel an interest in its prosperity.—Heard < 'onntj Banner. Thanks, Bro. Abrams. $Iay your Ban ner re ■- • r ,.rmv less, but continue to flour itfk ii dure as it lias in the past. Eet’s Start The Kail to Rolling. Mr. W. R. Ault’s head is level when lie says that Buchanan needs more manu¬ facturing establishments, and he has been talking up one that would no doubt be a paying business at this place. If our bu tsincss men would form a stock company they could easily raise fifteen or twenty thousand dollars which would put the factory Mr. Ault has in view in operation. Just why something is not being put on foot for Buchanan wo cannot tell, unless it is for the want of co-operation. Noth¬ ing but co-operation among citizens of towns of small means will ever start such towns to growing. Let us do something to make Buchanan a real live, progressive town. Our farmers are interested in Buchanan. This is their county seat, and the location of the Alliance store at this place shows that they are interested in Buchanan. They want a good market and we believe that a goodly number of them would take stock in such a manu¬ facturing esrablishment as Mr. Ault speaks of. In union there is strength;so let us all pull together for Bucliauau and Haralson county. Judge J.viu-k Upholding Prohibition. Court is still in session at Cedartown. The Standard says: Naturally great interest has been felt by the public in the result of the cases against express company agents for de¬ livering express packages containing li¬ quor. As Polk is a prohibition county, much concern was manifested by every body as to the probable outcome of the grand jury’s actions in indicting the agents of the Southern and United States Express Companies for delivering sealed packages containing liquor to parties in Cedartown. The trials resulted in con¬ viction under the ruling of the court, Judge Janes holding that packages sent C. O. D. from any point outside of Polk county to Cedartown without any previ¬ ous order from the person to whom it was consigned, was a violation of law ou the part of the agent delivering such goods. Such was proved to be the case, and that formed the battle-ground over which the contending lawyers fought with all their eloquence and logic. The court sus¬ tained Solicitor Richardson’s views, al¬ though the cases were skillfully handled by the opposing attorneys. It is under¬ stood that these eases will be carried up to the Supreme court, and if that tribunal of final resort sustains tho court below, the express companies will find that the revenues of their offices in Cedartown will hereafter materially diminish. Tno case of the State vs Mr. Gus Lee has been set for Monday, March 23d, the fitli week of court. Unless you have an aim and ambition of your own, you will some day find yourself turning some other fellow’s grindstone.—Tribune of Rome. When a newspaper is taking a most ac¬ tive part in building a city, and is work¬ ing hard for the interests of its citizens, it should be supported by an advertise¬ ment from every business man within its limits.—Brunswick Times. The daily and weekly press of Georgia will compare with those of any state. No state can boast of neater, newsier or abler newspapers than those of Georgia. They are unpurchasable and honorable, main¬ taining the right, and staunch friends of morality, good order and law. All honor to the press of Georgia—Marietta Jour¬ nal. GEORGIA—Ha r a Laos Cocxty. All persons interested are hereby notified that, if no good cause be shown to the contrary, an or¬ der will be granted by the undersigned on the 20th day of April, 1801, establishing a new road, as marked out by a majority of the commission¬ ers appointed for that purpose, commencing at the depot at Waco and running a northernly di¬ rection by J. R. Entrekin, J. Shellnntt, A. P. Bush, J. A. Hudson, H, C. Alston and 5T. A. Bhickstpck’s, intersecting the Buchanan and Bremen road half mile south of Bethel church. S. M. DAVENPORT, Ordinary. This, March Kith, 1831, A Caiil From Tsix Kceiver Keene. From Newnan Herald. To tlio Tax-payers of Coweta county: As 1 am informed by the Comptroller Gonerul of tho State that mudh com¬ plaint exists in that office as to'the man¬ ner in which property 1ms been returned heretofore for taxation in Coweta county, I have thought perhaps it would not be amiss to let tho tax-payers of the county know what the legal requirements are. in order that they may be property guid¬ ed in wiving in their property for taxa¬ tion. I have received lengthy instruc¬ tions from the Comptroller-General on this subject, and think perhaps it is best that I give a brief synopsis of the same for the information of tho public. I am actuated in this matter by no other mo¬ tive than one of kindness and •considera¬ tion for my fellow-citizens, who, 1 am sure, will be glad to get all the informa¬ tion possible on this subject. My instruc¬ tions, in brief, are as follows: 1. Comptroller-General Wright says, “In order to hare a full and fair return of the taxable property it is absolutely necessary that you ask each party mak¬ ing a return the questions which I have arranged for you. Such questions 1 am compelled by law to give you, and they arc given for no idle purpose, but are de¬ signed to bring out and exhibit all taxa¬ ble property in the State,” etc. 2. Each white tax-payer, when making Ids or her return, will be required to give a list of all the freed men in his or her employ between the ages of 21 and 60; al¬ so, the number of bands employed be¬ tween the ages of 12 and 65. 3. It shall he incumbent on the Receiv¬ er of tax returns in the various counties of the State to enter on their digest the name, in full, of all tax-payers. 7. bands shall he returned as follows: number of each tract or lot, with land district find section, num¬ ber of acres in each tract or lot, and its value must be given under oath. [I here quote what the Comptroller-Gen¬ eral charges upon the Receivers: “I es¬ pecially call your attention,” says he, “to Cue value at which lands should be re¬ turned by the tax-payer, and that is at its true market value. Our lands are worth a great deal more than they are be¬ ing returned for taxation, and you cannot be too careful in the discharge of the du¬ ties imposed upon you in receiving their returns.”] 5. Concerning the manner of returning city and town property he says: “There is a very just complaint against the cus¬ tom or practice of taxpayers returning this class of property to the Receiver of tax returns for the State and comity at a very much lower valuation than tho same property is returned to the corporate au¬ thorities for taxation. It must be mani¬ fest to every one that property is worth as much when returned for taxation to the State and county as when returned to be taxed by the cities. Look closely to the returns of this species of property and endeavor to correct this evil.” 0, I will here call the attention of the public to an act passed by the last Gener¬ al Assembly, which says, “that in return¬ ing property for taxation all property shall be returned at its value. Promisso¬ ry notes, accounts, judgments, mort¬ gages, liens of all kinds and all clioses in action shall ho give in at their value, whether solvent or partially solvent.” 7. The law requires that all returns shall he made under oath, and conse¬ quently one person cannot deputize an other to give in his property for taxation. This custom has prevailed for many years, but it is clearly a violation of law and will not be permitted by the Comp¬ troller-General. Each year tho tax-pay¬ ers of the county must make return of their property in person, and no proxy can be recognized under the law. There are some other items connected with the duties of the office of Tax Re¬ ceiver that I would like to call attention to, but will not do so at present. I would suggest that if there is any ono whose land numbers are not available that they call on their neighbors, who may own the adjoining numbers. In entering upon the discharge of my duties as Tax Receiver I most respectful¬ ly solicit the aid of all good citizens. J. P. EKI38K, Tax Receiver of Coweta county. A K w ’•xasips 1 te k 1; SKcata , THE YOUR PAPER! 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