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VOLUME XIII.
MEADE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1912.
NUMBER 42.
I
BARNS, HIGH
SCHOOL LAW
To Be Voted on at The Next
Election
Tie purpose of this article is
to bring1 before our readers the
subject of The Barnes High
School Law, It is a topic that is
of vital interest to you as a resi
dent of Meade county. To you
who have children it means splen
. did high, schools, and free tu
ition. To you who own farms
and city property it means an in
crease of value, therefore it is
your duty to carefully consider
this question, and vote to have
The Barns High School Law ap
ply in Meade County.
Briefly, the Barnes Law pre
sides that the County Commiss
ioners may levy a tax not to ex
ceed six-tenth of a mill upon the
total valuation of the county.
The income from this tax will
go toward the running expenses
of those high schools that main
tain for one year an accredited
college preparatory course and a
four-year general course. Any
school receiving a benefit from
such fund must offer free tuition
to all county students.
Naturally, one ot the first
questions of the tax-payer is,
"What will it cost?" Answer
that question for yourself. You
iDow you own situation better
than we do. We do, however,
urge and insist that you consid
er both what you pay and what
you receive. To find what you
must pay, take your total valua
yf ion. Mat the extreme calcul
ation and then a reasonable one.
The utmost limit of any tax that
the County Commissioners could
possibly lay, would be six-tenths
of one mill. Thus, sixty cents
on one thousand dollars would
be the largest amount possible,
according to the State law. A
moderate estimate would be
from ten to forty cents.
After y have figured the
cost, now consider your receipts
Should you have a single child
abat within the next ten or fifteen
years wishes to enter a high
school of Meade county, the
amount of your tax under this
law would be refunded two or
three times at least, in tuition
alone. In addition, you would
have the benefit of better and
more efficient schools.
"But," you may say, "I have
no children, and wherein am I
benefitted?" The theory upon
which any system of schools
must be based, is that of the
general welfare. You do desire
to make Meade county a better
place in which to live. While
you may own much property,
and have no children, yet your
neighbor with much less proper
ty may have three or four.
Now, face the matter fairly and
squarely! Do you believe that
your neighbor should have to
pay nine or thirty-six dollars a
year, while seventy five cents or
a dollar from you, if you are a
heavy property owner, would
educate his children free of tu
tion. Then, again, you own proper
ty, and you relize that a good
school system means better land
values. A prominent citizen of
Meade county says. "You have
no idea bow many times inquiries
land, have this question, 'What
kind of schools have you.'"
The "Barnes High School Law"
is known all over the U. S., and
a statement that it was in effect
in this county would be a satis
factory answer to all such in
quiries. ......
Court Notes
Judge Preston B. Gillett, of
Kingman, held court in Judge
Finley's place.
Former Court Stenographer
Baker, now practicing law at
Coldwater, acted as official Sten
ographer in the absence of Carl
Turner.
The following cases have been
disposed of up to tbis time:
State of Kansas vs. Bert Pen
nington continued.
State of Kansas vs. Julius
Newman continued.
The City of West Plains vs.
L. Chamberlain Jury retured a
verdict of "not guilty" in favor
of Chamberlain.
The City of West Plains vs. J,
M. Myers continued
The City of West Plains vs.
E. Marsh dismissed.
Edna Henderson vs. Wm.
Butler et al. Sale of real estate
confirmed.
B. F. Cox vs. Henry Water
man et al. Sale of real estate
confirmed.
George Their Jr. vs. David M.
Friend et al. Sale of real estate
confirmed.
Julius Riley vs. M. A. Fetty et
al. Judgment taken for forclos
ure of mortgage.
A. J. Webber vs. John W.
Williams et al. Judgment taken
quieting title.
The Kansas Law also provides
that in the year 1917 all school
teachers must be graduates'of
some accredited high school.
Mr. Tax-Payer, what are vou
going to do in your district for
teachers within the next four
years? Where are they coming
from? Other counties will not
be able to supply their own de
mand. We must provide for
our teachers at home, and a
Barnes Law will be the cheapest.
most efficient and satisfactory
way.
If you believe ia Meade coun
ty; if you believe in public edu
cation; if you believe in public
education, as applied to Meade
county, we ask not only for your
vote, but we want vonr work
and interest for the Barnes High
School Law.
Mr. Voter, the question of the
Barnes Law will be on the ballot
at our coming general election.
VV hat are you going to do about
it?
If there are questions in your
mind, phone or write to our
present County Superintendent,
or to either of the present can
didates. We want vou to know
the situation. If the people of
Meade county understand the
proposition, we have nothing to
fear.
Do not lose sight of the fact
that a good education is the
greatest gift it is within your
power to give to your children,
and is the one possession that
neither poverty nor adversity
can take from them. It is no
burden for them to carry and no
better recommendation could
possibly be given. '
With one or more good high
schools within your own county
you can give your children the
advantage of a higher education
right at home for less than half
what it costs you to send them
away. Under the Barnes High
School Law a fully accredited
high school could be maintained
in fowler, Meade, Plains, and
perhaps in some of the consolid
ated districts, and were" this the
case, there is not a student with
DEMOCRATIC
SPEAKING
To Be Held In Phelps Opera
House October 26
Hon. Tbos. II. Gresham, and
other prominent men will speak
in Meade Saturday afternoon,
October 26, at 2:00 p. m. This
will be a big Democratic day,
good music all day long. Five
minute speeches will be allowed
to all County Candidates for
office on the Democratic Ticket.
Speaking will begin promptly at
2:30. Don't for get the date,
October 26, and wether you are
a Democrat or not, come out to
this speaking, you will not re
gret it. Preparations are being
made for one grand big time.
in Meade county who could not
attend high schooland visit home
at least once a week, where as it
is in the case of your children
being away attending school, in
the event that they want to come
home to spend their Thanksgiv
ing or Christmas vacation) you
are put to the expense of their
trip home and back to school.
The fact that a good school is
an advertisement to a county
is another fact to be kept in mind
One of the first questioes asked
by parents who have children to
educate is "What school advant
ages does Meade county offer?"
when anticipating a change in lo
cation, and is especially asked
by parents whose children have
bad the advantage of an accredit
ed school. If they can be told
that the schools are first class
they do not hesitate.
In 1917 any person desiring to
take out a teacher's certificate
must be a high school graduate.
If you have children who desire
to become teachers, and you fail
to make any provisions for the
maintainance of a high school
within your own county, you can
easily guess what the result will
be. You will be compelled to
send your children away to com
plete the high school course re
gardless of what it costs. Isn't
it better to assist in getting the
Barnes High School Law into ef
fect in Meade county this year
and avoid ever having to face
such a proposition in this coun
ty? Keep the fact in mind that if
this proposition is voted down
tbis year it will be impossible
to ever re-submit the proposition
to the voters of Meade county.
By your vote at the November
election assist in passing the
Barnes High School Law in
Meade county.
Records show that one half of
the total valuation of Meade coun
ty is owner by outside residents
and under this law their land
would be taxed at the same rate
as yours. If they are to derive
their share of the increase in the
valuation of land, which is bound
to result with the coming of bet
ter schools, it is only fair for
them to assist in supporting our
schools.
There are now about one hun
dred twenty high school students
at school in Meade county. It
would cost about $36,000 to edu
cate these people outside of
the county. Vote to keep this
money at home. .
If you are sending your child
ren out of your district to school
you pay one dollar per month
tuition for each pupil, thus you
are doubly taxed. The Barnes
High School will save you this
extra expense andgiveyou better
schools. '
DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES
Who Will Appreciate Your
Vote
John Cordes, Democratic can
didate for County Commissioner
from the 2nd district will make
Meade County a valuable com
missioner; His knowledge of
values and business qualifications
in general are far above the av
erage. He will be impartial and
for the best interests of the
whole County.
J.H. Randolph, Democratic
candidate for re-election to the
office of Probate Judge is the
right man, and in the right
place. He ia ever faithful to the
duties of bis office. His knowl
edge of law is good and his qual
ifications are of the best,
Pearl Wood Smith, Democrat
ic candidate for County Superin
tendent is well known to the peo
ple of Meade county as a scholar
ly and accomplished lady. Her
recommendations and her quali
fications best known to the peo
ple where she lived all her life.
She asks your support on Nov.
5th on the grounds that she is
competent, and willing to faith
fully perform the duties of the
office for which she aspires.
H. J. Sloss, Democratic candi
date for representative of Meade
County, is a man of common peo
ple. He represents no clique,
ring, or groupe of interests. His
understanding of the laws of his
state is broad enough to grasp
the particular demands of the
day. ' Jle stands ready to , de
vote himself exclusively to the
interests of all the people of the
County. He will serve them
with fidelity and conscientious
regard for success that will re
dound to his own credit and de
liver to the people the results
they most hope for.
Facts to Remember
The Farmers' Free List bill,
passed by the House, would
have saved the people $390,000.
000 annually. This bill removed
the duty from agricultural im
plements, of which 136,000,000
worth were exported and only
$165,000 worth were imported
during the last fiscal year; sew
ing machines, fence wire, bag
ging and cotton ties, lumber,
laths, shingles, meats, flour, salt,
leather, shoes, etc.
Under our U riff law a barrel
of Hour valued at $4 abroad is
taxed 25 per cent, ad volorem at
our ports, or $1 on the barrel.
This bill removed the entire tax.
Beef valued at $5 30 per 100
pounds abroad pays a tariff tax
equivalent to 25.88 per cent., or
$1.50 per !00 pounds. This bill
proposed to remove this entire
tax.
The Democratic wool bill pro
posed to reduce the average rate
of duty on wool manufactures
from 90.10 per cent, to 48.36 per
cent. President Taft's veto of
this measure means that the
American people will pay $50,-
000,000 more for their clothes
this vear than they would have if
President Taft had signed it.
A wool hat valued at $1 abroad
and taxed 78 cents upon its en
try into the United States, under
the present tariff law, would
have been taxed only 49 cents.
Flannel underwear valued at
$27 per dozen suits is taxed un
der the present law at-the equiv
alent ad volorem rate of about
106 per cents. The Democratic
bill proposed to reduce this to 49
percent. A suit of. ready-made
Married
Mr. Joseph E. Lulz and Miss
Florence I. Barlett, both of Fow
ler, Kansas, were united in mar
riage by Judge Randolph at his
office Wednesday afternoon.
These young people will reside
north of Fowler. The News
congratulates.
Mr. Edward J. Wehrle and
Miss Nelda Wisselt, both of St.
Louis, Missouri, were united in
marriage on October 12, 1912,
and are at home at No. 1285 B
Hodiamont Avenue.
Tbis announcement will come
as a surprise to Meade people as
it did to the relatives of the'
groom.
Mr. Wehrle is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Wehrle of this
city, and a brother to The News
management. He formerly re
sided in Meade, but about four-
teen-years ago went to St. Louis
where, with the exception of two
years spent in the Philippine
Islands, he has since resided.
For the past few years he has
been engaged in the railway mail
service.
Miss Wisselt is a refined and
accomplished young lady and a
favorite in St. Louis society.
While it has never been our
pleasure to meet the young lady
who recently cast her lot with
our older brother, having con
fidence in his judgment, we feel
sure that the most we might say
would be but little compared to
the true worth of her whom he
has chosen.
Ed is well known in Meade
and bis many friend will wish
he and his wife much happiness
and prosperity.
The News being a relative, is
unusually interested in these
newly married people and our
wish to them is that , happiness
and prosperity may be theirs in
abundance, and that they may
ever have a calm sea and a clear
sky on Life's voyage.
woolen clothing worth in Europe
$10 is taxed under the present
law at the equivalent ad valorem
rate of 75 per cent, or $7.50. The
Democratic bill proposed to re
duce tbis tax from 75. to 49 per
cent, and save the consumer $2.60
per suit.
The cotton bill reduced the
duties on cotton manufactures
from 48.12 per cent, to 27.06 per
cent., a reduction of the tariff
burdens under this schedule
from not less than $200,000,000
to about $112,000,000 for a year,
or a saving of about $88,000,000
for a twelve-month period.
Men's cotton half hose valued
at eighty cents per dozen pairs
wholesale ure taxed under the
present law at the equivalent ad
valorem rate of about 92 per
cent. The Democratic cotton
bill proposed to reduce this to
40 per cent.
It is proposed to reduce the
tax on cotton thred from an
equivalent rate of 34 per cent, to
15 per cent. A suit of ready
made cotton clothing valued at
the foreign port at $6 is taxed
under our present law 50 per
cent, ad valorem, or $3 a suit.
This Democratic bill proposed
to reduce this tax to 30 per cent,
and save the consumer $1.20 per
suit.
The bill revising the metal
schedule reduced the average
rate of duty on the entire sched
ule from 33.35 percent, (imports
of 1910) to 22.42 per cent. This
revision, it is estimated, would
have saved the ''American con
turners in a twelve-month period
CHAMP CLARK
COMPLIMENTS
Governor Woodrow Wilson
And Congressman Neeley
In an address made by Champ
Clark, to the people of Reno
county, he has the following to
say of Congressman Neeley, the
Democratic candidate for re
election: "I want to say to the
people of this district that dur
ing the last eighteen years
George A. Neeley is the most
promising young man who has
been elected a member of the
House of Representatives."
Of Governor Wilson. Demo
cratic candidate for President,
he says. "I need not tell this
great audience that Governor
Woodrow Wilson was not my
first choice for president of the
nation, but after he was nominat
ed, he became a9 much my can
didate as be is that of any other
democrat betwixt the two seas.
That's the kind of a democrat I
am, always have been, and al
ways will be, and he is going to
be elected, Taft and Roosevelt
will see strictly to it. I never
think of those two distinguished
statesmen, that I don't think al
so of the couplet "two souls
with but a single thought; two
hearts that beat as one" and
the thing that each one of them
is beating for is that the other
shall not be elected president
under any circumstances what
ever. Now if Wilson or the
National Committee had been
locked up in a cage when the
canvass began and kept there
until the election, be would have
been elected all the same."
more than $80,000,000.
-The revision of the chemical
schedule would have effected a
saving to American consumers
of about $17,000,000 by reducing
the price of all chemicals and at
the same time the revenue to the
Government would have' been in
creased. The bill placing sugar on the
free list would hare saved during
a year not less than 1115,000,000
to the consumer. The tariff tax
on sugar amounts to about 1 1-2
cents per pound. The amount
of sugar consumed in contin
ental United States in 1911 was
about 7,663,000,000 pounds, and
the application of.l 1-2 cents per
pound to this consumption af
fords the estimate of $115,000,-
000 as represented the saving to
the people.
The House passed a bill pro
viding for an excise tax on in
comes, thereby transferring a
considerable portion of the tax
burdens to the wealthy, which
are escaping their proper pro
portion.
The Excise Tax bill passed
by the House provides for the
extension of the Corporation
Tax law so as to include indivi
duals, firms and copartnerships.
It accomplishes the very desir
able purpose of transferring tax
ourdens from those less able to
carry them to the shoulders of
the wealthy, who have hereto
fore escaped from a proper share
of taxation for the support of the
Government.
The present burden of indirect
taxation falls upon people having
incomes of less than $2,000 per
year. A man whose net earn
ings amount to but 15,000 per
year would under this, bill pay
no tax. A man earning 110.000
per year would pay nothing oa
the first 15,000 and $50 per year
on the second 15,000, '