The Hayti herald., January 06, 1922, Image 2

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THESE WILL PUT MORE
CUSTOMERS ON YOUR BOOKS
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NATIONALLY advertisers, tlio people who furnish tha
Roods on your shelves, spend a lot of money telling the
story ot their morclmndlbo In tho form of booklets, cir
culars, etc.
Generally these can bo furnished to you bearing tho,
name and address of your store. Perhaps you have
some such material now perhaps not. If not, got
sonic. Write to the manufacturer from whom you
buy. When it comes don't stack it under a counter,
handing out one when you think of it. Put them in
sight in neat piles on top of the counter.
Much merchandise sold today can bo offered in samp
les. Whenever this is possiblee and practical, most ,
manufacturers furnish samples to their dealers. t
He sure you are getting your share of all the valuable :
advertising. The above suggestion is almost as ef-
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fective as repeating the manufacturer's advertisement :
over your own name in your local paper. :
THE ADVERTISING CLUB OF ST, LOUIS I !
V No. 4 of a Series Addressed to Sellers
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notici:
ot Slnrkliiitiler'M MitiIiik l Hnl
Iliillillnc mill I. mill Ansiu'IiiIIcim, In In -crrnhf
i(i n I' Hill Nloi'K.
To tilt) Stockholders of the lla.Ml
JJiii)lln(-" mid Loan Association.
1'urmi.uit to it 11 older of the Hoiird
of Directors In roKUl.ir im-cthiK held In
Ilavtl. MlHHourt, 011 tin1 7t.li ilu ot Pri
cmtier, l'Jl ami adjourned mci'tiim
hold December lltli. IM21, a meeting Is
heieliy culled of i.ll the Htockliolderi
of tin- Ilavtl ltiilliliiiK and Loan Asso
ciation to he held In tlio city Council
rooms in the City of llaytl, roinlseot
county. Mln.oui I, Tuesday. Kcln nary
L'ind, llC!:!, at 1 iKht o'clock l. 111. foi
tlio purpose of increasing the capital
mock of wild Uuildlim and Loan As
sociation to $300.(1011 nil
Done liy ordel of the Itoiiiil of Uliee
torfi of the IlaM! MuililiiiK and l.o.in As
sociation, at Hi lenular ineetliw;. Dec
ember "til, l!i-l, and adjourned meet
ing of December 1Mb, I'.CM.
I, L l.i:i''M:it.
President of the ll.ij.tl HulltlliiK anil
Loan Association.
Attest.
1. .1 HAN.Vnit.
Secretary of the lla.Ml liuildiiiK and
Loan Assuciation.
stock no i.n i:kv n:ivriMi
FIND SECRET OF FINE TONE
Notice Is hereby kIvoii that a meet
Iiik of the stockholders of the Ilavtl
Ice and Cold StuiiiKi Co, of llaytl, .Mu ,
for the election of oltlcciH for the 011
kiiIiik year, and for the transailion of
such other business as may piopirly
come befote the meeting, will be held
at the ollice of said com)i.iny, in the
City of llaytl. Mlssouil. on .!onil.i
January 1(1, rc!2, between the boms of
nine and iwcle a m All stockhold
ers .ire lequested to be in cent
FHKD MOItCAN, 1 'resilient
CM AS. .MOltOAN, Secretin y
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SToi'Kiiiii. nuns' mi:i:tim;
Notice is hereby kIvcii that a moot
ing of the stockholders of the Hank
of llaytl. of llaytl, Mlssouil, for tin
election of olllceis for the ensuing
year and for the transaction of such I
other business as may piopeih 1 01111
before the meeting will be held in tin '
otllco of said bank at the Hank of ll.iv-
ti. In the City of llaytl. on Wedmi-
ilay, January I lib, V'. The polls
will be open from nine to twelw a m
All stOLkholdeis are requestid to be
present.
This 28th dny of December, 1U21
J. L DOIMtIS, 1'iesident
S! T. A. Mi VAIL, Casblel.
Modern Inventions Come Rapidly.
The telephone was a toy In S70;
the typewiltor a crude arrangement
In 1S7S; the electric Industry a imby
lu 1S71I. when IMI.son Invontvd the In
candescent light; the phonograph was
a curiosity In 1SD0, and moving pic
tures 11 tuckering experiment in 1S90.
FIRE INSURANCE-
-THAT'S GOOD
L. C. AVERILL
Seeds
Wills Mortenires
F. M. GWIN
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Legal Advisor nt Our Command
Room 9, Keystone Iluildlne
NEW ERA LODGE, I. O. O. F.
(No. 352)
Jlccta every Tuisiiiiy nlht. Visltlnc
members cordially Invited to attend
D D. IIAIIHEUT, N O
P. S RAVENSTWN. Secretary
ACOLDTODAY-DONT DELAY
CLtrtft Orklrttiiiti 2i ftmtvA
tAjirnppc tn 3 JLfoa3
k..i W.M. HIL.t-Cin..nvrrariiT.
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How's This?
Wo offer One Hundred Dollars Howard
for any case of Catarrh that cannot ho
cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine
Hall's Catarrh Medicine lias been token
by catarrh EUfferera for the past thirty
flvo years, and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hull's
Catarrh Medicine acts thru tho DJood on
the Mucous surfaces, expelling the Pol
eon from the Blood and hcalinir the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Hall's Catarrh
Medicine for a short time you will see a
Kreat Improvement In your general
health. Atari taking Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine at once and Kct rid of catarrh. Bend
for testimonial i. free.
F, J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Bold by all Drut'clets, Tic.
Ohio Man Discovers That Yolks of
Eqqs and Beeswax Were Used
In Filler of Violins.
X. C. Holcnmb. musical Instrument
mnkor of Xonvalk, (")., believes- he is
making rapid advances in his efforts
to discover the secret of the fine mel
low tone of the Cremona vIolin.
Musicians for years have wondered
why ninny old Italian violins appar
ently made In a slipshod manner
s-hould pitidtico such clear sounds, says
Cleveland Plain Denier.
Tlolconib he'ipw- that the lost se
cret hnd to do mainly with the filler
and varnish. N'ot lonp 11 k he vas In
formed that a careful chemical anal
ysis had been made of some of the
flnlh on an old violin owned In Bat
tle Creek, Mich.
This examination disclosed the fart
that before the varnish was applied
the wood was filled evidently with the
yolk of an egf: and beeswax. I'rn'fit
ln;r by this Information, llolcomb
rubbed thee substances Into the raw
wood of a new violin before applying
the varnish. The results were stir
prlsinp, the instrument producing a
tone that Is usually associated with
age.
To Give Timber "a Shot."
Tho best method of applying pre
servatives to timber Is by the pressure
process which is used by practically
all large commercial companies, says
the American Forestry Magazine of
Washington. Hy this means the oil
or mineral .salt Is forced deeply into
the tissues of the wood, thus giving a
thoroughness and permanence not
otherwise attainable. There are va
rious processes, but till use large and
expensive apparatus by which vacuums
and heavy pressure may be applied in
large treating cylinders, which are
usunlly six feet or more In diameter
and a hundred feet or more In length.
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Much Timber Decay.
It Is estimated that eight billion
fret of untreated structural timbers
decay every jear, says the American
Forestry Association of Washington.
If that whole amount were to be treat
ed vie would actually save about four
billion feet of lumber every year. That
is to say, It would render unnecessary
the annual deforestation of some four
hundred thousand acres of land. There
could be no truer or more effective
forest conservation, and every honip
builder who, by the use of preserva
tive lengthens the life of his house
or barn, perforins an effective sendee
to the cause of forestry.
Leprosy In Indians Rare.
Dr. A. Da Matta writes in Brazil
Medico (KIo tie .Janeiro) that in hi.s 20
years of practice in Amazonas prov
ince lie has been but two of the In
dians with leprosy. In prehistoric pot
tery figures from Peru there is no rep
resentation of any deformity suggest
ing leprosy, although representations
of other deformities sire common and
none of the early explorers mention
leptosy among the natives.
Chaulmoofjra Tree In California.
Steps have been taken to grow the
rhaulmoogra tree In the United States
plant introduction graden, near Chleo.
The tree's oil has proved of great bene
fit in treating leprosy In Hawaii. It Is
n nutlw of India. Seeds have also
been .sent to Florida and Maryland.
Orovllle Correspondence, Los Angeles
Tlineh.
Woman Rules Empire.
The actual ruler of the Assyrian em
pire, which comprises the new nation
of Mosul, Is I.ady Surma. She Is the
leading member of the Nestorlan imtri
arch family, Is a brilliant, highly cul
tured woman, and Is governing her
country, under u Brltibh protectorate,
during the minority of her nephew, the
Mar Simoon.
A Powerful Leaf.
A single leaf of a South American
voter lily, Victoria regia, is buoyant
suough to bear a weiEht nt vnn
pounds.
OUR TAX BILL, WORSE AND WORSE
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(Continued from last week.)
This is the third of this series of editorials. In our first
and second we fired mostly into the dark. We knew that
our system of taxation was wrong. We knew that the
burden was heavier than our people could bear. We knew
that the fault was somewhere. We knew that the rate of
taxation wasn't just merely a happen so. And we thought
we knew from whence the fountain head of our taxation
ills sprang. Now comes developments that strengthen
these convictions. Gradually the door to the darkened
situation is creeping ajar. The light of revelation is pene
trating the mystery. But we are not done. We have a
few more coals to heep upon the closed-shelled back of
this terrapin, alias, Board of Equalization, before he opens
up with hoisted head and tail and prances down the pike
with all four feet doing the jazz to the tune of "Ragtime
is the Time for Me." Already we see a slight opening of
the shell. A few more coals and the real fun will begin.
The fireworks will open. The circus will start. One
ticket will entitle you to see all the shows the side shows,
monkey shows, clown acts, skirt dances, hoop jumps, the
rhinoceros, the kangaroo and the laughing jackass. More
fun than Barnum ever thought of. Get your tickets. Price
of The Herald one year, one dollar. Worth the dollar.
Have the correct change. Avoid the rush. Don't crowd.
Professor, turn the music loose!
We have approximated the tax oppression of Pemiscot
county at several sums, and while the amounts have been
staggering beyond belief, we find our estimates in each in
stance have been too low. This was in keeping with our
purposp. We knew the situation was bad and for that
reason had no desire to engage in exaggeration. And so,
in this serial, if we err, we prefer to be on the lesser, not the
lai-ger side of the figures.
In a previous installment of this serial we stated that our
Federal taxation might be more than our State and coun
ty taxation ; that it might be a million dollars, maybe more.
In its issue of December 29, in an editorial, The Globe-Democrat
publishes a statement of the Federal taxation for
Missouri. According to these figures, in 1920, Missouri
contributed to the United States Treasury the enormous
sum of $12G,133,G0G.60. This is an average of about $37
for each man, woman and child in the State, perhaps $140
or more for each family. If Pemiscot county has 25,000
people, which it has as near as we can estimate, and each
one of them paying $37.00, the amount of Federal taxa
tion Pemiscot county paid in 1920 was $925,000.00, but
$75,000 less than one million, which was our guess. But
that isn't all. There are other taxes the egg tax, the
automobile tax, the dog tax, the tax on this, that and the
other, easily sufficient to take up this $75,000. So we arc
able to hand you the proof that our blind tax, the tax we
pay in the articles we purchase, is considerably more than
our State and county tax. Then we are going to have the
"bonus" tax, and other taxes taxes not yet thought of.
Most of such taxes are beyond our control. They are fix
ed by men and conditions that are hard for us to regulate.
Maybe we will regulate them to some extent at the next
election, but the way we have hung together in such mat
ters in the past is not very hopeful for that. We have got
to vole this, that, or the other party ticket regardless of
consequences. That is mainly why we bear the burdens
of taxation that we do today.
Our county taxation, however, we can remedy. This
taxation is, or should be, fixed by a Board of Equalization,
but the trouble we are having now is caused by having been
"fixed" by a "board of unequalization." The proof of this
is coming to light more and more every day. There was
aiever before heard of such unequalization of property val
uations in this county.both in the country and the towns.
Some farms are valued at as low as $25.00 an acre on one
side of the road, while no better land on the other side is
valued at $100.00 an acre. A town home on one side of
the street is valued at $1,000, while the next house, worth
no more is valued at $2,000.00. So it goes all over the
county. Such a system of appraisement is the very worst
sort of discrimination. It isn't just, nor fair, nor right
to let Jones off with the payment of $50.00 to cover his tax
es, while Smith is forced to pay $100.00 for property of the
same, or less value. But that is what is being done in pro
portion to the taxes paid. Property owners are now daily
comparing their tax bills, proving the unequality of their
assessments. It appears from these facts that the board
of equalization was in name only, that it had no system and
merely guessed off the valuations, with the high guessing
predominating. At least, the tax books present the most
amazing piece of haphazard taxation ever imposed upon
the people of Pemiscot county. Some may get off lightly
some very, very few; but the majority, the large majori
ty, are taxed far beyond all reason. And the worst fea
ture of it all is, that considerable property was increased,
some more than doubled in valuation, without notice be
ing given by publication as required by law. The first
knowledge such persons had of their property being in
creased in value was when the tax collector presented his
bill. They were, by this act, deprived of their "day in
court." The collecting of such taxes is illegal, but those
responsible for such a condition manifest no concern. It
is all the same to them if they guessed five, or ten, or fifty,
or a hundred, or more, dollars, out of numbers of citizenB
pockets.
As a whole, Pemiscot county's property appraisements
are entirely too high, which automatically makes our taxa
tion correspondingly too high. There is no excuse in the
world for squeezing $725,000.00 out of the tax-ridden peo
ple of this county these hard times.
In a former installment of this series of editorials we
stated that the county's taxable appraised valuation had
been fixed at $19,000,000.00, and that the tax to be collect
ed was approximately $725,000.00. Here, again, we find
that we probably underrated our figures. The Democrat
Argus, a Caruthersville paper, in close touch with the sit
uation, states that the valuation was fixed at $22,000,000,
on which it says the State Board of Equalization ordered
the County Court Clerk to add 30 per cent. Thirty per
cent! Just the insignificant sum of $6,600,000.00! This
to be added to our home-made assessment of $22,000,000.00
a total of $28,600,000.00! Whee-e-e-ee! Man, didn't
that jar your daylight? Think we pick money off trees
down here, and store it in our barn lofts! Upward, up
ward, soared our valuations. Only the sky was the limit.
But halt! Even our local board of equalization was thund
er struck. We refer again to the same paper, The Democrat-Argus.
In the same article it tells us the "county
court (the local board of equalization) was so incensed at
such stupendous figures it made a trip to Jefferson City tb
plead for a reduction." "A few weeks later," it goes on to
say, "a part of the 30 per cent was taken off, and later
Judge Cole and Paul Bestor made a second trip and obtain
ed another small reduction." So, now the farmers are
paying in 1921 on a valuation of approximately $22,000,
000.00. We quote that information from The Democrat
Argus, a paper that ought to be in a position to know the
facts. Thanks for that.
It will be recalled that we had previously stated that our
county's taxable valuation had been fixed at $19,000,000.
So, according to our neighbor contemporary our estimate
was short some three million dollars. But why mention
so insignificant a sum in connection with the fooling and
fumbling with the county's taxable valuation? Though it
is but fair to take notice that the 30 per cent raise by the
State board, amounting to the little sum of $6,600,000.00.
"so incensed the county court that it journeyed to Jefferson
City to plead for a reduction, which was partially given,
and so the farmers are now paying upon but $22,000,000
the amount fixed by the appraisement of Pemiscot county's
board of equalization." Well, no wonder the county
court, after appraising Pemiscot county real estate to the
sky, became "incensed and journeyed" when they found
that the State board had added about a third to their "stu
pendous" inflation of our properties. From the same ar
ticle in The Globe-Democrat from which we quoted above,
we find that in all the counties of the State that the assess
ed valuation of farming lands run from $25.00 to $50.00 an
acre, none higher than $50.00. So, to the local appraise
ment of properties of various counties the State board decid
ed to add a sufficient percentage to bring the raise up to the
required level of cash valuations. But in Pemiscot county
the local board left no room for that. In their first jump
of value raising they exceeded the bounds of reason. From
what information we can gather our farming lands are val
ued higher than in any other county of the State, and in
many instances doubly higher. It is said that it is not un
common to find values of our farm lands ranging from $75
to $100 an acre. We hope to have more specific informa
tion along these lines later. Submit us your tax bills. Come
in and talk it ovei We want the facts. If we err we want
to make corrections, for these editorials have but one pur
pose the benefit of all concerned. But this reference is
to the people.
And now, as we pass along, don't forget that our county
board became "incensed and journeyed" when it discover
ed the State board had triggered with the inflation of our
properties to the bursting point. It was high time they
were getting a wiggle on. Further inflation would have
caused an explosion sooner than it has done. Now it is
time for the taxpayers to become "incensed," and if we are
any judge of high-keyed English they are all of that, and in
addition are slightly "riled." But if they "journey" any
where they won't have far to go it isn't far to bankruptcy,
about the only road open for many of them to travel. For,
as we have said in a previous article of this series, take two
millions of dollars out of the monetary circulation of this
county and we are bled white. There is nothing left on
which to do business, to advance farming, to make another
crop, to build homes and to pay debts. That is what is caus
ing our hard times. The bulk of our money has gone into
the tills of the tax collectors. Stagnation is bound to fall
upon us like a mildewing fog. Progress will have to take
a back seat until we are relieved of part of the burden of
our taxation.
Another word before we close. We have heard much
comment upon these articles. We have been commended by
a thousand people, more or less. Two have taken issues with
us. That there were not more causes us to feel that we have
almost failed. Nothing of a revolutionary nature
amounts to much if so weak and sickly that no one opposes
it. Even these two did not disagree with the spirit of these
articles, nor find fault with the accuracy of them. They
approved all this, but they were "skeered" our statements
would frighten away prospective investors. We thought
over all that long and well before we began and have form
ed the opposite view. There is now some hope of our tax
ation being reduced. Before there was none. We can
now say to the investor, "Yes, our taxation is high, but we
are fighting for a reduction, which we are going to have."
We cannot fool the investor. Any man with not enough
sense to inquire the rate of our taxation will never have
enough money to buy property, here or anywhere else. He
is a darned fool and while it might be easy to separate him
from his money there is not enough of him to go around.
If our real estate dealers expect to deal only with fools we
respectfully advise them that it would not be well to fur
nish them copies of this paper, but if they want to deal with
wise men, men with money, men who realize that a fight
like this is well calculated to bring about an equalization of
right, they will find these articles great trade builders.
Try it.
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