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THE COMMERCIAL OLD AGE HASTENED BY FAULTY ELEUDfATION Information and An Appeal. "Marshall & Baird, Union City, Tenn. Entered at the post office. Union City. Tennes see, a second-class mail matter. . FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1921. -More About Taxes. It has been said that old ago should be properly termed "misused organs" for we all know that many persons grow older than their yeara warrant while many others keep young long after their years would Indicate old age. Scientists have made repeated efforts to explain this and those who have announced that the reasons have been at last discovered have The city of Chattanooga, follow- themselves died in uarly middle life. ing the lead of Memphis and other rom tnts 11 would seem that In localities in Tennessee, is making a X ' i , s I ,ZS. E . , it . on us prematurely wo should take fight against the assessment of prop- e.-.rly precautions against It. aal the erty in the city limits by the county chief of these precautions may be equalization board. The board was 8aid to be concerned with the proper petitioned for a material reduction l1?111111"0? ' waste products in the on the grounds that Chattanooga, it 1- a matter of hahit and' if w . Is alleged, is paying- 40 per cent custom ourselves to regularly follow- above the assessment placed on elm- nS the calls of nature we have taken ilar property in both Knoxvllle and a most important step toward climi- The county board granted a four ho bo discouraged while a regulated per cent reduction, and the taxpay- diet of sufficient bulk and with a ers league of Chattanooga is appeal- certain amount 01 rougnnecs sucn Ing the matter to the State Tax Com- carrot8. ,eUuce. turnir, salad, ceierv mission, claiming itiai we action 01 and similar vegetables, often accom the county board furnishes practically plishes the desired results. - no relief. Elimination tnrougn tne Kidneys r !.- ana tnrougn tne siun also disposes or -"u the waste Droducta which the bodv nicipaimes are nearly an aissausnea picki. on in its daily work and which with their tax assessments. The rural if not properly eliminated produces communities have not mado half the headache, nervousness, sleeplessness, depression, 111 numor, lack or con- disturbance over their taxes that the cities haver The city of Memphis made a howl some time ago over its taxes. Strict ly speaking, we do not know the mer its of the cases referred to. But there efficiency and centration, impaired premature bid age. The free use of soap and water helps the skin to eliminate its poi sons, and the free drinking of pure fresh water, no.t too cold, is a great aid to the elimination of kidney has been a general impression that hvUer. The average ncrson does not Memphis, for many years, paid a drink enough water. Unless enough very small percentage of tax on the Wftte,r, is taken into the boJy ty ..... . . . f ,. drinking it will be extracted from basis of the actual value of city prop- th t, and f th ( erty. Under the old system Union elimination thus weakening the uat- City paid at the rate of a 70 per cent I ural functions of these organs and valuation. "This was raised under the Pdsous are absorbed which fchould new law to an actual cash valuation. be thrcwn off. To tell the truth and shame' the JStlo? cTjSSL isU devil, there are lots of people who tjai: plenty of fresh air, pure water, will pay every debt they owe with proper food, should bo the slogan of good grace except the debt they owe all persons in middle life, and vhat the government the State and coun- is equally important children and .nma rh r,nnin nf th y"n& people should form the habit ti. , , , J.-U, of leading lives. mO saaitary that tvnen larger cities are afflicted with this mi(i,)ie ufe is reached they will have evil to a greater degree smaller communities. than the acquired habits of right living which insures a safe, sane and satisfactory People of the cities have somehow fe wlth old aS ln. th 'uture. 1 1113 iciouiiai uciuiuiiuaiivu bv grew old gracefully" need not ;nter arrived at a conclusion that they are not honorably bound to tho state fere vith a resolve to keep young or county for tax on the basis of val- faithfully and the keeping young is nation that r.itv nronertv boars in the so 'argely a matter of personal habits . . T .. nnd wll", that the effort to do so can- ma.Ku. in uiub. wo.u3 uuc, not be too strongly urged. Contrib- to reel mat tne xax valuation 01 a uted by Nursing Service, Southern house and lot in the city should not Division Red Cross. fin more' than It In for a tionsa an'd lot of the same sizo and character in., a I Single Tax Defense town or tnree or tour inouaana peo- To the Editor of The Commercial pie. They do not admit that the Sir: The article entitled "Com social and educational advantages mon Sense" by Lowe Shearon, con v, t ,f.. tains some articles that should be cor- "u ivi. na,,.. statompnt that Mr oftentimes a hundredfold better, are George Lloyd classed all thtwe who to be capitalized in the plan of tax ation. This is the secret of the elimina tion of great fortunes and groat wealth producing agencies from tax ation. As our friend, Lowe Shearon, would pay, in making a point againnt opposed the Single Tax as "economic illiterates" is hardly correct. There are millions of people who are econom ic illiterates who know nothing of OlllftlC 1 a a.. .uuuuij6.aviiui l J a great misfortune to bo an economic"! t . v,"," VT'v- u.nl" illiterate. How many men in the; United States know whether land is me atate 01 Tennessee -is very anxious 10 give educational advan tages to as many of her children as possible and- to this end the public schools are maintained. The State nas not overlooked the fact, however, that there are those whom the public sunoois cannot serve. The totall tlind and partially sighted children are debarred from tho public schools 01 tne ttate, by reason of unfortu nate aeiects and handicaps. These are nevertheless provided for at State expense. The Tennessee School for the Blind, located at Nashville. maintained by the state for the ben eat of such as cannot attend public scnoois. xnis school furnishes tu ition, board, laundry, medical atten tion, and use of books and Inrtru ment3 free of charge. The educational advantages it of fers are equal, and ln many respects superior to those offered in tL-e other schools. The literary courses cover practically the same work as that given to sighted children of the State, and, in addition to the literary courses, tne scnool offers splendid advantages in vocal and instrumental music, in typewriting, manual train- In, etc., not obtainable in the pblie scnoois, and everything practically free of cost. When it is remembered that the totally blind child, lacking in educa tion, is without hope, and has no show at all, but that with proper training, may become a useful and happy citizen, it is deplorable that through lack of information regard ing the advantages he might get at the School for the Blind, or for other reasons, he should be allowed to grow up in ignorance. Tho enrollment of the .school, including those in the Colored Deparment, ranges around the two hundred mark. It is believed, however, that there are fully that many more who would be eligible, who are not in the school, ond are receiving no educational advantages from any other source. The school has vacancies for quite a number of other pupils, both white and colored. Is it not the duty and obligation that all citizens of the State, and es pecially officials and child welfare organizations and workers, should re port the names of the partially sight ed and blind to the superintendent of the school, in Nashville, and to assist in every way possible toward getting parents and friends to take steps to put their children In school? The next session of this school opens September 2 th and continues to May 30, 1922. Those interested should writo to I. S. Wampler, Super intendent School for the Blind, Nash ville, Tenn., for an application blank and for information relative to courses, etc. The. feeble minded children and the unsound physically or mentally, cannot be admitted, nor others over school age. The pupils of this school use the touch system. This enables the par tially sighted to preserve what vision they have, and at tho c-.me time, secure an education. Pupils receive free medical attention and the serv ices of an experienced oculiat. By undergoing operations and treat ment, at the hands of the school ocu list, vision, in many cases, is not only preserved, but even restored. It is h oped that those v.'Jo read this story will reflect a moment to ascertain whether or not, within their acquaintance, there are not fm AT ojnnpn np A rvn livl I will offer for sale, as Trustee, at public auction on premises, one mile south of Woodland Mills, on SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1921 at 2 o'clock p. m., the D. M. Kerley farm of 164 .acres, 150 acres in high state of cultivation, "well improved and well watered, one of the finest farms in Obion County. This property will be sold subject to three other deeds.4)f trust on the same property as follows: One given to the Federal Land Bank to secure a note for $9,000, one given to John Sanders to secure a note for $2000, and one given to secure a note for $780.72, due the Farmers Exchange Bank. TERMS: Terms will be announced on day of sale. . This July 20, 1921. J. 0. ALEXANDER, Trustee. JOHN G. SAUNDERS, Auctioneer. wealth or not? The Second statement that Henry the single taxers, from an economic George advocates a fallacy when he standpoint land is not common prop- says land should be commoa proper nrtv at all. wherpaa it In onlv the ty. Land must ba either common improvements on land that can be PPcl llli I'SlZl7. "d.U in i.i million in ii lit-: i i v uv i ikul. n.n an properly classed as property. mea have an eauai right to life and This however, is only one phase of therefore an equal right to the UGe thA inemialitv of taxation. The cities of the earth. If one man has a bet , i iuau L 1 1 c 11 ii c iiao a uci-vi 115U, mo exception 01 wiaauuuga pruu- Hfe It lg true that jand cannot bo ably, have been most favored in the property in the sense that any man way of educational, agricultural proaucea it. uut it can oe common and other grants and sub- Property in that all ot God's people ... . , . . . have an equal right to use it. sidles by the General Assembly. And The glngle Taxcr8 claIm that It seems that this 19 not tne excep- main function of government is to tion. but the rule, tbat thoo who re- see that all people have an equal nolv a irraater ahare of the nubile rignt to me, nocriy aiiu tuu pur- . . . . 1 suit 01 nappiness. ine Biaii'Uieui further exemptions and bounties. competition, etc." There can be no Somebody must pay for the things free and open competition while men that the General Assembly has made have to compete with each other for . . , . ,. .-.,-, permission to use tne iana irum provisions for in ita appropriations. hJch to produce the neCe8saries of There is no way on earth, above or jlfe The man who speculates in beneath, ln heaven or gehenna, to land (that is, keeping land out of use meet these appropriations except ror pront) causes two tenants to Did ror one nat ana two men to cpm- of a million dollars. Next year it will to tn8 curs0 of hu'manlty 0ur moth be nearer three millions. er. the earth, was not put here to be The questlon is. will the cities un- held out of uso for profit. Why dertake to shift the burden of taxes should we tax (fine) those who put . . . . . , j, I iana 1.0 use ana rewaru iuohb wuu to the towns and r iral communities, kee land t of or more properly spaaking, will the one of the most wonderful things State Tax Comcispion ' be shaken in this world is the fact that when from Its duty by minister political in- millions of people live together in a fluences and thus Instead of a tax clty the need for publlc thlngS ar,eS nuences, ana tnus, insteaa or a tax ftnd ft ncw revenue appears; the reform organization, fall to the level sr0nnd rents for millions of dollars of an abominable political machine. I (duo to the presence of population) and the great question arises,, shall f! Quick Settlement. tne Jn"'1113 01 dollars in ground rent publ'C expenses or shall it be paid to Mr. J. H. Hodgers, who has for a landlords ior permission to nve on number pf years made Union City V1 "rov,ueu u' vul j headquarters -while traveling for the The ' grit and mo8t terrible Brown Shoe Co., St. Louis, and who question now coming up for settle recently gave up the road position ment ln our beloved country Is, shall and embarked in the insurance bus- all taxes on food, clothing, buildings machinery and every other product Iness, last Monday turned over to the of labor be aboHshed and the yearly trustee. Judge II. C. Stanfield, r,nt of land be collected by a Single tho proceeds ln settlement of an Tax for all public needs or shall we Kquitable Life Insurance Co. policy tax food, clothing, buildings, ma- , " . chinery and other products of labor for $10,000.00. The policy was on Rnd gJJye the rent of land to ,and. the life of George Dahnke, made pay- lords for permission to live on the able to the Dahnke-Walker Milling earth? Respectfully, Co. This is one of the old strong n- GEORGE LLOYD, Hurance companies and Mr odgers SJji is making them a most excellent rep- 201 w mh 8treet( New York City, roeentative. , August 2, 1921. 1 bo a blessing to, by bringing the school's privileges and advantages to their attention. A catalog, giving detailed informa tion, is sent on application. Education of the Blind. The education of the blind and partially sighted children of the j State Is a most worthy cause and the , Tennessee School for the Blind at) Nashville Is asking, through its ' superintendent, Prof. I. S. Wampler, the co-operation of the State press and public ln general the educational advantages of the school to as many of these unfortunates as possible. All citizens of the State and es pecially local officials and child wel fare organizations and workers are asked to report to Prof. Wampler the names of the partially sighted and blind in their communities and to as sist In every way possible toward get ting parents and friends Interested in taking steps to get eligible pupils in the school. The courses include lit erary work, vocal and instrumental music, typewriting, manual training, etc. All of these are free, including board, laundry, medical attention r.nd ti e use of books and Instruments. , Prof. Wamplers says: "When it is remembered that the totally blln thlld, lacking in education, is witu out hope and has no show at all, but that with proper training may bo come a useful and happy citizen, 'it is deplorable that through lack of in formation regarding tho advantages that might be obtained, It should be allowed to grow up In ignorance." Prof. Wampler will be glad to send a catalog to anyone interested or to supply any other information sought in regard to the school. Card of Thanks. - By buying Perfect Gasoline and Diamond Motor Oils, you Keep Union City Money In Union City. y and furthermore, You get Gasoline Recognized the Best We take this method and opportu nity of expressing our sincere grati tude for the many deeds of kindness and courtesies that were shown to our dear wife and mother, Mrs. Au nie E. Park, ln her last illness by her many friends and neighbors. They did everything In their power to make her last hours as comfortable as possible. We desire especially to thank Dr. H. L. Park, who for more than two years before her death gave her the most careful and sympathetic atten tion of which he was capable. We thank each and every one for any thing done to make mother's last days easy and pleasant. D. E. Park, Mrs. May Kersey, Mrs. Johnnie Wheeler, Mrs. Thedron Wheeler, Noel Calr'well, Roger Caldwell, Ben H. 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