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■fl inglield VOLUME IX—NUMBER 84 City ot Athens, Or., . } To 8. B. Wingfield, Ordinary, For Certificate arid Efeal. in the matter of hoepital bill, #1.00. Received payment, 8. B; Wingfield, Ordinary. 0. K. u: 8. West, City Attorney. ■ ' Approved: ‘ W/F. Dorsey, Mayor. The following letter from Judge Wingfield shows'that it was posted in accordance with law,' and that there ia no'technicality In thia re gard, _ ... Now let the people gather^at the Let The People Decjefe Tl;- Wi : At The City Hall Tomorrow city hall tomorrow.night and hear the whole matter, and find the hoe- The tax que pital. theme that ia a Athena, Ga., July 30, ’09. »»<1 the stale an Dr. A. C. Holiday,-Athena, Ga. Oppressive ts Dear Sir:—Upon investigation 1 more revolution find that I was mistaken when I cause lienee mi certified to Messrs. Camak and Crane Monarchs tax that the local hoepital kill had not to the extreme } been pouted at the court house, an pinches then tin no place to carry them, and of course ized to use this letter before the The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. X. G. Adams died yesterday afternoon at the home of its parents on College avenue. ATHENS, GEORGIA, JULY 80, 1909. PRICE gl.OO A YEAR a hospital, and that the time was now, and a call was made for a meeting of the citizens, and the best citizens of Athens gathered at the city hall, and after discuss ing the question and being more - impressed With the necessity of the hospital, this meeting appointed a Committee to appear before council andaskthat body to ask the legis lature U> change the charter so as to allow us to vote'on bonds to build this hospital. “All right,” says council, will do as you request, but, you must do something else- After you > build your hospital with the bond money, then you. must provide a way for its maintenance, and the only way to do that is by taxation. Show us where we can get the mon- ' ey to keep it going until it becomes self-sustaining. ^ Not only this, hut to further safeguard it, it must lie carried by two-thirds of the regis tered voters of the city.” After the council had said this, the committee of citizens, composed of the largest tax-payers in Athens had Judge Andrew Cobb, of the citizens committee, to draw the bill, wliieff was submitted to and orsed. by them, and then hand ed to the council, end was sent to Tiie Unjust and Unequal ; Taxation Laws of The State come to Athens and be treated -Or J required by law. The same was operated upon, but that they have properly posted and you are author- the people and for the jieople, where Is itf’McMahan. -Like the average citizen,, we had' 01 rather jump on the mayor andte council than to eat blackberry pie, but at the same time we arc always willing to give the devil his due. They were not guilty this time. They didn’t slip that increase in the tax clause in there so as to catch the people napping. It was a com mittee of citozens, large tax-payers and men with business sense, who knew that H would he folly to put fifty thoufv d dollars in a hospital building'and not have a cent to op erate it with. . I There was nothing underhanded j about it upon the part of anybody. The placed it at 1.50; it ia now 1 1-4. It might take 1.30 or might not, but they want to he on the safe side, and not be like the man in the Bible who tried to build a house and didn’t finish it, and folks laughed at him, saying he started and didn’t have money to finish it. After all the people, must settle the entire matter at the ballot box. Athens loses that much—hundreds, maybe thousands, of dollars—that would be brought into our city from this source, to say nothing of the immense benefit it would be to some of our people. There seems to have been some kind of a misunderstanding about the posting of the bill at the court house. This morning’B Banner con tains affidavits from Ordinary Wing field and Mr. Elmer Cranford, the clerk, that they bad never seen the notice posted at the court house door. We called upon Col. H. S. West, the city attorney, and asked him relative to it. Mr. West in formed us that he posted the notice at the court house door the second day after it appeared in the Banner, and that Judge Wingfield had given a certificate to that effect with the seal upon it, and the certificate should non be in the hands of the representative. To further show that it was true we called upon Treasurer Wood, and he showed .us the following must her.' -This ■waeher'is' a iurse: . mass meeting Saturday night'at the city hall, and to have the same pub lished in the local papers. Witness my hand and official sig nature the day and year above writ ten. S. B. Wingfield, Sr., Ordinary Clarke Co. Ga. With the official seal. Of course little matters like this may have escaped the memory of Judge Wingfield, but at the same time it shows that it is a mistake about the hospital bill not being properly posted. Now, then, the people who favor the hoepital are perfectly willing for the increased tax part to be elimi nated, as we understand that guarantee will be made by those who are competent to give a guar antee, that the maintenance of the hospital will not cost the city any thing except for its paupers, and we are sure that this should Batisfy all. We are sorry of the dissension, and hope it will redound to the good of all, and above all, we need and e a hospital, which will be ! climax to -the splendid administration of our city. We May go to the Tax Digest and Publish the Amount of Personal Property Given In. we elect men from the people to make laws and others to administer them, there is a difference, a slight difference. Money must be secured to pay public officers, for public im provements, for education, for pen sions, and other necessaries to gov ernment. The people must be taxed for the support of these institutions or we will go to pieces. Everybody should pay tiieir just part of the taxes. This is a divine law. Christ said: “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s,” and this meant to pay your taxes We acknowledge that doubtless a great deal of it goes to industrial graft, which necesitates a continued raise of the taxes. For instance, Gov. Smith, in violation of the law, gave Hooper Alexander, a member of the legislature, a chance to make #40,000 a year, which he was not entitled to. While all this should be regulated, yet at the same time, we must pay our taxes or flounder, and we cannot afford in do the lat- Thid heing t rue; ihwvfe is-neces sary to adopt some measures by which the tax can be regularly dis- ahout the way personal property has been given in recently, ami it is most astounding.. The tax digest is in the hands of a public officer, and, of course, it is the property of the public, and 1 ic ing public property, then a newspa per man has a right tu publish it, and as we would like for all the people to see what each other is giv ing in as personal property, we are -ntemplatiug going to the looks and getting the names as they .p-l~ make , rf pear alphabetically an«l publishing w j from week to week until the entire Off for Tybee Next Wednesday afternoon, Au gust 4th, at 4:35, city time, the Central of Georgia Railway witi run their last personally conduced ex cursion to Tybee for thia season. The fare is 85.00 round trip. There will be ample sleeping ear service and nothing will l»e lacking plea.■'ant one. « anticipate a few days . , . . ... * re*t and recreation these hot days hst has been gone through w.th >lhould |, yaU means avail themselyes g.ving the names and personal prop-1 o{ thip opportunityi as lbe bathlngi _. - _ # .. . , . . . you w ™ c . h . boating, tiding, etc., at this famous tributed. . It is a well-known fact j way the straw is pointing. ihis resort are unexcelled that there are various things which "ill make good reading and will 1* Engage y..ur sleeping !»erth and escape that should not, and a way very enlightening, and will let us ‘prepare for a delightful trip. The' should be prepared to get at them, all know who is worth anything and the (Vntral will take olea^- who is pcetendiug; ‘ * 1 There Wanother way to get m<* just taxes. Refuse to allow a child to enter school unless the na the fathe|f?mother or guardian ap pears on The tax digest. This would bring thousands of dollars into the state that it doe- not get now. This would work in harmony with com pulsory education. Take farm lands, for instance Doubtless you know of instances where a man owns thousands of acres of land, with thousands of dollars of improvements upon it. You might shake $50 an acre at that man for a whole year, anxious to buy it at that, but he will laugh at you, but when the tax is returned he gives it in at $5 or $ti an acre. Is that justice? Just received a car load «»f Texaco Roofing. We sell it under a guaran tee, and save you the middle man’s profit. Dozier Lumter Company. Mrs. Ben Davison, of near Shady Dale, is a visitor to Athens this week. She is here to see her father, Mr. Aiken, and to overlook the city. Her son will enter the University in the fall. Mrs. Davison tells us that it may be that at some early day they may move to Athens, which we hope may prove true, us this ad dition would !>e gladly welcomed by our city. Texaco Roofing. Dozier Lumber Co. The Summer School closes one of its most prosperous sessions today, and another large number of people will go out to advertise Athens. ure in furnishing all information. For sixty days we will give a special prices on 'Texaco Roofing. Dozier Lumber Company. Mrs. M< Dim., a A ibis ci left ta.mwgri t. n, of Chattan i-ter of Mr. J. B. ( y. died yesterday- n the afternoon f**r < attend the funeral. In the city you pay at an assessed valve. If you are just across the line from your neighbor in thecoun try you pay twenty times as much Is that right ? If tax, amounting to an average of 81 an acre on the land in Georgia was collected you would see something happen in the way of helping the treasury. But they seem to think that nothing but a business tax and high valuations on city real estate must bear the burdens, which, in our opinion, is not right. If the man with his thousands of acres of land was forced to pay one-third its valuation it would indeed help things wonder fully. There is another thing on this tax question which we touched upon last week, and that is personal property. People value their oath very highly upon some things, but as sure as you live they wink at it jghert it comes to _ . We., have been hearing quite* - a great MeaT Texaco Roofiftg. Don^r Lumber C’e. DoTie^l^mber Co. The little five mon of Mr. and Mrs. A died yesterday. The ie -yin pa thy of ai •ath. Little Louise Bray, the daught ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bray, this city, after a lingering ilines died yesterday. Mr. Ameriru* -S. Webb, of Cor merce, shot himself in the head ye terday, and died soon after. M Since writing tbe above it seems that Meeera. James \V. Camak and J. R. Crane, who have been very active in eeouring a petition against the increase, have found out that the bill was not poeted at tbe court house, in accordance with law, and they think that settles the matter. . It may tor the preeent, but you may ^reet assured that the people of Ath ens are going to have a hoepital and that at no distant day. It K takes a raise ot the tax to support it,' why let it be raised, but we must have a hoepital and the fight tor it will be on in earnest, now., We ate opposed to the pro miscuous raising of tax, but we are alto opposed to seeing the city die with the dry rot because there if not sufficient money to oany it on. . It may be that some retrench ments can be made in the city, but - we doubt it. This is an age of pro- greeslveneea, and the town that sits down and refuses to do anything for fear of raising the tax a little,-must get left In the push, and we do not want to see Athens with her boasted progrenivenees get in the rut of the smaller towns. Atlanta doesn’t col- Announce for the Week Important Clearance Sale ot Merchandise in all Departments Hundreds of thrifty buyers recognize the importance of the hurry out prices we mark on these Clearance Lots. Coat Suits Misses and women’s Spring Tailored Suits at a price to effect a complete clearance. Our Motto: Never carry garments ouer from season to season. All Coat suits which formerly sold for 20.00 v Choice Price 25.00\ e 30.001 v 32.50 35.00/ Millinery Sacrificed / Another one of those Sensational Trimmed Hat Sales AU Hats are this season’s product, stylish and up-to-date in every particular* Trimmed Hats that formerly sold at 8.00, 10.00, 12.50 and and 15.00. Choice price $4.98 They cannot possibly remain long with us at this figure. We urge an early purchase* One lot of Ready-to-Wear Hats which sold for 1.00, 1.50 and 2.00 at 68 Cents Clearance Price on all Lingerie Dresses All bran new goods, this season’s product, fresh, up to date and made of fine stylish material. Made up Dresses for less than cost ol the bare material. We Mention One Lot A $7.50 Dress in White, Pink, Light Blue for $3.98 ’er of $10.00 an< $5.90 Sensational offer of $10.00 and $12.50 Wish Suits at This underprice offering is sure to receive a tremendous response. - All Linen Coat Suits and Dresses Thrown on Sale at Similar Reduction CLEARANCE SALE OF DUTCH COLLARS 25c Linen Dutch CoUars. All sizes for 10c. (This Week Only) Silk Dresses Silk Dresses that we are willing to sell at a great loss, as we must start the season with a Complete New 5tock Every Silk dress that formerly sold for 20.00\ Choice Price 25.00 \ * 30.00 I 4> 32.50 35.0Q Clearance of Wash Goods / and Domestics 8 and 10c Muslins, Lawns, Batistes _ 14c Muslins, Lawns, Batiste __ 20c Muslins, Lawns, Batiste 25c Muslins, Lawns, Batiste Embroidered Swies, 50c Silk Muslins, French Organdies Choice of our entire line of Plain and Fancy Dress Linen which sold at 48c and 50c per yard, at 32c 9c 15c 3l)c M ichael’ •te »t©nr cth o * .< r ?• ■«»