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VOLUME Xft—NUMBER 25
The Tax Question
ATHENS,: GEORGIA! SATURDAY, JUNE 1,
: KTOE 11.00 A YEAR
Wo notice,, in every convention
thcro eeoma to - bo some unrest about
tho tax question'. Every one wants
an equalisation uf tire taxes, but no
one eeenn to know how to accom
piiih this end. We’ll toil you—
Tho single tax I ■
' Will make all things equal. Just
put a reasonable tax on all land
values and the matter is settled.
Don’t tax that which is. crusted
by labor. Don’t tax houses: or
horses, orfurmture, or any other
product of lojjor, and yob will have
all the tax-money you need for all
purpoFes and till The people will pay
It. Some one euggested tho other
iS? that raan '* iat fiousee
* land lots by the ecote will billing to
havp his asses-.mtn^jhjbreascd {hen
other fellow ouglit not tb kick,
T' .'-but it is the other felihvv that pays
vtho landlord’s taxfcs.'in "Tents, and
then he pays hia own, too. 1
•yon see? The single tax, then,
would make tho renter pay his
share, and the landlord hia share,
also. Nobody would give in the
tax—became that creates liars and
populates the lower regions—the as
sessors would do that.
Of course the lots and lands that
are now lying idle would have to he
built up. If the owners thought
that they could hold them to create
an unearned increment they would
be mistaken, because the tax would
force them to either build and make
it productive, or sell to, some one
who would. If it was adopted in
Athens and the land placed at ile
- -v true valuation you conhl not have
enough brick yards and saw mills to
furnish the necessary building ma
terial, because every lot would be
jnade to lie productive, and Athens
would soon surpass any city in
Georgia, unless they, too, adopted
'M single tax. It woulilTielp pco-
' pie Co own their own homes, too,.
It would bo a boon to farmers, be
cause then only the farmers end
those that tilled the soil would own
the lands, and there would lie very
few farms that would be worker!
from the cities, but they would be
worked by the owners, and a com
munity would Iw established in all
the neighborhoods by people who
are congenial to each other.
A Disappointment
Those who went to Atlanta to sec
a scrap between Tom Wilson and
Tom Folder were dtegnsted when the
row failed to materialize.
It wasn't a ValEon convention,
either-—-it was a people’s conven
tion, and they did just what they
went to do.
The convention thought Mr, Wat
son deseived a place on the deb ga
llon, and he got it.
And the others got it. They didn’t
ay that Mr, Watson and Mr. Felder
and Congressman Brantley should
occupy lower berth No. 0, neither
did they say that Mr. Felder should
be forced to go through' South C.iro,
tina. He cm go. by Tvrihets»*hi'
by jsa* of Savannah tojyfp Isje.w
■H of him. It would be .a; pity,to
take liim out of the bflnch with T
W. and place him in dflrance vifo,
and that is wliat the governor
South Carolina might do if Tommy
should invade hia territory in a
Pullman.
But there ie a moral to all this
and a great moral, too, which will
climax in 1911 when Big Hoke and
.ittlo Joe enter the ring for Hoke
place in the senate. If you live to
see that, day,'old man, it will be
worth >100 to peep through a hole
in the fence, for you will see the
prettiest homo run yon ever eaw
when Little Joe crosses the- home
plate, which be is sure to do.
It’s All Op
A Relic sf tib
After years of turm«*U and weuri
ness and bitter feelings towards each
other, Gjimnieeioner* J*etph M
Hodgson and W. S. II dnian have
written fcome notes in which they
claim that all past diff-rencep are
nettled and these n«d< n have been
given to the public, and the public
seemsto he sat it tied, and if all are
satisfied we certainly have tie kick
coming now.
The only real thing that public
should kick about anyho v was thfi
fact that the dk-ention dips cogf the
t«x p.'/j-cr-* in cold, hard c.nh, flh-Mi
*800.or *1)00 cost for which we r*- 1 ••
eguvfl j o b'*r ? Jivat #1? V .■ U*r-\
the country V-'-asu r U >
I'iirithgf t about three bukdrd p »d .• gM
fiftyu dollars back—'that vw t iieju;"
finwunt of the cost that Die fanner! lb'
Short Session
City Court
Hon. B. E. Fortson
At the election for deb gates from
the Eighth district, in convention
this wtek, Hon. Blanton E. Forl-
son, of Clarke, did not. fail to got n
single vote in tic convention, which
was indeed an honor to that gentle
man and to Clarke county.
Mr. Fortson is a young man, re
cently coming to Clarke and enter
ing hu8iffe*a os an attorney. Me
was originally of the good county of
Wilkes, married in Atlanta, lie is
a young man.of unusual ability and
business acumen, and Athona is
glad to welcome him nmongrt us,
and Clarke is delighted to do him
honor. His great wo^ and energy
as a builder will be for the good of
Athens.
Bell Pepper Plants—Call at 19/5
Baxter, or phone 679, 15 cents the
dozen.
Singing At
West End
There will be a Binging at West
End Baptist church Sutoday after
noon, Juno 2nd, at 2:30 o'clock.
Mr. J. B. Vaughan's new book,
Window'B of Heaven, No. 10, will
be used. Everybody is cordially
invited to be present and join in
the Bplendld new and old Bongs that
this book contains. All books nec-
essary'to supply the crowd will be
on hand for use.
There will be several prominent
singers to lead.
Mr. Case, of Boston, a very able
optician at R. Brandt's for a short
while only. Consult him at once.
Judge II. S. West of Athens,
came over Sunday ami held city
court for Judge Looper, lteginuing
Monday morning. On account of
the fact that the farmers are greatly
>K*hin<hwith, their work it was (In
to try only the j iil cases and afi j >urn
the court to the regular term in
August. Too juries were dismissed,
:iil \vivs.-«<?«>•. end other mtei-
eated parties were allowed to go.
This was Judge West’s lird ex
perience on the Hull county bench.
He is a splendid juris: and made
quite a f iveraole impression upon
those who were at court. Judge
Wert remitiy won out hi the effort
<o oust him from the city court
bench in Clin ke county by Mr. T.
J. Shackelford, who was‘ appointed
by the then Governor Smith to suc
ceed hint, hut Use senate fuhed to
act on the matter, c >ns< quontiy the
supreme court lie’.d that the 'ap
pointment • / Mr. Shackelford could
not stand, as it was necessary for
tho senate to confirm the appoint
ment .—Gain*sville News.
There ore some kind? c e
the past tha-. we shoo'd i <•
home that' we should not
U.S'th.o tbetTwe are <irr*
about'in this artie’e k ■
should 1)8 relegated b.ick^t r j
‘ar/, if pos IWe-
cdted vre will tell you wins ;
In V n days cf old w x-* -e
ifjlcyei to coUec- the <
thk re vvero c< sis at t o*?; .- 7.
meant tb'nt if you did r<#t t
x ti s by i certain lit...
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LOW-
-or-IN-BLACK-
jTg t: t:n gz>-
, -r/// Company
ihil U Is humanly
m . . But he may
. step! ... He
lis, the doors and
ny ci- unuy, he was
whfca means the
*aU’rIci! of
ctecuti >n=*
clerlfcsh'Hihi pay, tho county |
im not le forced to p-y hk (;:;e
rV) shore »>f the costs in n fight!
that the people had nothing to doj
with oml hence car. d nn*l ing a‘i ut
their troubles, arid thr-y should • o’; ; x - i -h r
i*a required to foot the hiiV. |v.o .. ,
We are glad that they have com j n extra hard
together, though, mid wid !*■» on j timer as Terre n
good terms again for their own peaa-1 from a piv • • i,
if mind, to say the least of it. j they were
J. W. Eberhart
Passes Away 1 h ' ' ■
J iis fci.iiiely u: j;
Wednesday just kf ov
his home on Pulaski Ii -‘;
. W. Eberhart, Sr., pa-
fter an illne-E* of several i
Mr. Eberhart war 7:» ye
and leaves a wife and . 1
brother, Mr. Ti
ie police force, to me
le was a goi d m r :
zen and his death wi!
•y all who knew him.
The funeral ierv;c (
evidence by Bev.
The members
amp, P. C. V.,
?rsil in a body.
liy: On-
rs <d
Eh
R E
-.vaiia obey blm
r -i net build them!”
Just what he <Ud!“
’ted at hliu in amazement;
i --n made a f ign to him to
nd pointed ?.u the glass.
:.s a sor; of shivering
i'h-u- imfee as troubled
. j sheet of water and
itarionary again.
: , that It is not turn*
. - auc.ber readl"
.1: Is lie other!" de*
:-n, in a singularly
And now, look out!
. - ! hU pistol oppo*
ita ;1 imitated his
. - his free arm, the
your.a man to his
sly.- the mirror
-:.we oi cross*
.. : - cne of those re-
. hav lately been
• of most res-
;-ing Itaoui
. and suddenly
r . fuU light into
to- fire!"
:i quickly,
having
. ayain; and
ELDER
KliB
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.Mr. T. H- Erf-, of AlL
ng to oroor flu- 19ih
Colored Con
tributors to Fund
TLe following is a liBt of the con
tributors among the colored citizens
to the Y. M, C. A. building fund:
J. P, Davis, 850; Albert IV.
Brown, 825; Henry M. Payne, 825;
S. F. Harris, ti5; R. H. Foster,
825; J. T. Elder, 825; Cash, 825;
Rev. J. T. Johnson, 825; IV. G.
Carter, 815; Win. Holbrooks, .815;,
Dick Harris, 810; A. F. Hawkins,
810; W. P. Hopson, 8l0; F. T.
Derrlootte, 810; Squire W. Hill,
810; Dr. W. II. Harris, 85; l)r. T.
II. Burney, 85; R. H. Jefferson,
85; Pave Hawkins, 85; Clyde Ste-
vena, 85; Prof. Ellis Clark, 825;
William Thompson, 825.
Total—8380.00.
Protracted Services
A series of meetings have been in
progress at Young Harris Memorial,
church, corner Boulevard and Chase
street. The pastor. Rev. Sherman
U. England is being assisted by his
brother Rev. R, B. O. England.
Mr. England is a man of ran ability
id a pteaoher and expounder of the
scriptures, and a splendid start has
been made. Services are held at
10 a. m„ and 8:30 p. m. arid will
continue during next week. The
pabUo is invited.
I Mr.-. W. .J G - 'h.-, ■ •■;
I-, S. C , Mr. i d Mr i
tdn O. Davies', Miss T - - D j
vi,-, „f At!;>: :... and Mi- V-. .
Ki-lloy, i f Lawroi.c -v;!!*-, wiif
une-b! of Mr. aid M-. . ' E G ! •
nor until after the iiizrri ;. ■: t;
daughter, Mi)-F Xel (i • ,1: , r, [
Mr. L. O. PriceVn Monday i igl t, 1 ,
June 3rd. X
'“‘X
Surely th»*re bus been a great uli
revival <if religion in Athens. At
nny rate, the board of county com-
nidinners, which for month and
years, has been in bad humor, air
ing their difference and giiovances j
iu the courts, havo etv-braced ‘’.o-b 1 p .. .. ^
other, hugged ;tnd bussed cach}^* ; , ,;.o
other, and burkil the hatchoi. Ik-lV f ^ ^ .
hope that tho handle of the thi
was not left handy.—Comttier
News.
1 hey are gon-g to a:
WVs.'U f r sendii g o'
through the m -i’s, at
a well define ! rumor i
Alfil
and
Eggs for Hatching
S2
- ' dark
{•leppM
•-:rc tlie
But htt
! 'longed
. . nts he
red
cirectioa
- tu Per-
-u: • * it had
ti by the
b - - arued that
. red Tor hiiu.
auown to him-
od at the time
. x to allow the
• H '.\ prisoners
. •-•a. iMut had
. the cel*
.t° bad occupied
y niter the
, . ad had made &
i: at the top lor
’locus, vrhi.ih car*
y proclamations to !
.md a state prison
5 knees and
round. He
i the floor;
ff his light,
t click and
j square in
it i
Turn Watson and Dick Gray are
pitching sweet scented hoquots at
tach other. Gray calls Watson a
liar and a trgducer, and Watson
says Gray is nothing but Smith’s
yard dog, Smith's Fido, Smith’s
speaking tube, the funnel through
which Smith pours his slime, Hog-
it-all-Smith’s sewer. We would like
tossethofc gentlemen when they
shake hands in heaven.—Commerce
News.
it
as
It Acts on the Liver
lire-
Tho local bulge of Elko enjoyed
a moat delicious barbecue Wednes
day night iu celebration of the. an
nual visit of tho D. D. K. R , Augs-
tin Daley, of Macon.
We are glad to note that Dr. J.
O. McKinney is improving rapidly.
Donkey’s Chicken Remedies ip
stock. H. R. Palmer A Sons.
Xtoyd i! Liver-Act, th
parali.m, L-. the one red .•ubstim:
forealpm*}!. Y u on lake ti.
wiilwnt the slightest it coovenienc.
Does not have any diragrecxbb site
effect.
it. R. Palmer A* Sons s.H it wit'
the understanding if you ore mi
eat If tied you can have your mone
lack.
50 cen! 1 ) tho liottie.
FOR SALE—Buff Orplug
from tiiree fine matings; pr
uere and imported bird-. 85,00 per
ei-tting. W. K. Watkins, S09 Fin
ley street.
- I'.i'TluClAN AND
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is a priu-tical magazine for every-
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Ip
p.v, i, :;dy.
"Ob. wa
to Lv iinpr.-.li
Coukey's Chicken RetaadUa
•took. If,. U. Palmer i Sons.
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practical hiufe. well iUustnt: d.
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i th * T:
t
Ckrisilne, *Jr,
Tfco Peraiaa
Cbrigiico?"
saW coldly\
• filch wevo still lit.
saw the Persian, but
him by his side and
<r:
d do all that I do."
:■* the luinicous a per*
i’-v the Persian, who
knees, hang by fils
rfm or the opening,
een his tcetfi^aud
. the viscount fiad
in tho Persian,
ncthi.'.g about him.
:t bpeaktng of tfia
. him us sincors;
m h.ni cherished anyf*
igainst hint, fie would
4tlm xvKh his own
Bnout must reach
mm, •.:.C at all costs. Ho therefor#
e.r.l-ra v u* c.i h!s kteee also and hung from
r v:: ■ i.;o im ' with both hand*.
1. : • ' ’ >= :4 a voice,
• • -\iM : o .:. \ red into the arms of
, who told him to He down
v.i tho trap-door above him
, cord cx , d down beside film. Kaoul
a question, but the Per-
, i hand was on his mouth and
s « t ; heard a voice which he recog*
H ■; nired a» that of th# commissary of
■ --‘■"i Kaoul and the Persian were conn
And j ptoteiy Ridden behind a woodtIL Par*
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