Hertford County Herald
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February 26, 1910, at the postofflce
at Aboskie, North Carolina, under
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1 THE AMERICAN PRESS A39UCtATI"N |
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1923.
PUBLISHING TAX LIST
GOOD BUSINESS^
Fixing tax rates, always di
rectly dependent upon the
amount of taxable property
listed, will soon become the
business of county and munici
pal authorities. The better
plan, for advertising purposes
not to mention the always to be
desired truthfulness in the tax
books, is to place a true value
upon property, real and perso
nal, and keep the tax rate as
low as possible.
Why people should raise
such a howl about high taxable
values cannot be accounted for,
unless it is for a lack of under
standing; ignorance, if you
please. High values produce
a low tax rate; low values
make for a high rate; and the
actual amount of taxes paid in
is not affected in either case.
Aside from that feature of tax
listing time, there is another
problem more serious than the
average value?that of getting
all taxable property on the
lists. Real estate, although it
cannot be hidden or stuffed
away like personal effects, is
often allowed to go untaxed,
for the reason that the lister
cannot be expected to know the
boundaries of every parcel of
land in the township. Of
course, he needs to be on the
alert always, but, like other
ordinary human beings, he can
not see all and know all.
In that case, if the taxpayers
who make no effort to deceive,
and they are in a vast majority,
would report to the lister any
real estate unlisted, the just
taxpayers are in line for (a
ftliarVit fori
X V/Vt?vwuu,
Equalizing values is the bone j
of contention, and the one real
grievance of the conscientious j
complaining taxpayer. So lonfc
as man administers the affairs |
of state there is bound to bej
more or less inequalities, i
Boards of commissioners do not | I
make any pretensions to infal-j
libility; the unequal values will j
always be there in some slight)
degree at least. How to de-1
decrease them to a minimum is;
one of the big jobs of the super
visor, and the final arbiter, the
board of county commissioners. I
Out in Minnesota, an admir-1
able plan has been in practice, |
and, according to the Monthly
Bulletin of the National Edi-i
torial Association, the result |
has been that taxes have been!
equalized. It is in short the!
publication of the entire per
sonal property list.
Commenting upon the law ir
that State, the Long Prairie j
Leader says: "It is the best,
system possessed by any state
in the union and has done|
much to secure better asse?
ments, finds taxable property
and check up tax dodgers.
"During the month of May
when assessors were at work,
the Leader received many
calls fpr copies of its issue call
ing for the personal property I
tax lists from citizens who
wanted to check neighborhood
many others laid away their'
copy of the list when it came
and in May and June used it
for the same purpose. There
is little question but that the
publication of the personal
property tax list, thereby giv
ing publicity to the work of as
sessors, is having a helpful ef
fect in securing better assess
ments."
I OFFICE CAT
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I CO^YWWtT IM. ?V KOOAW ALLAH MOM. |
JDo they read the HERALD? I say
they do!
Lawyers questioning Hertford
County freeholders at Winton last
week vouch for that latter exclama
tion. Out of 118 persons asked "Do
you read the Hertford County Her
i aid"? 114 answered "yes", another
said he subscribed to it and had it
read to him, and the other three did
not subscribe. And, why not?
Ninety-some-odd votes don't mean
a thing out of a total of JOO. My
municipal ticket is still undaunted,
expects to win the election, and ain't
going to stop at nothing short of mak
ing Ahoskie streets "safe for jit
neurs." Candidate Rosh Askew (all
hail the Mayor!), lifelong pedestrian,
expects to soon ride in the Ford-wag
on of triuphant democracy.
The Black Cat Quartette has al
ready been engaged to help in the
gigantic celebration planned for the
victors. Another peculiarly tasteful
delicacy for the celebrants will be
the meat of those "regular candi
dates" who will be trodden under foot
on May 7th. All together for the
CAT line-up now!
I would discuss the "regular" line
up; in fact, I have heard enough dope
going the rounds to fill this here col
umn more than one time with read
able stuff. My close proxmity to one
of the "would-be's" haa hedged off
my tanning gab on the convention
nominees. I'm leaving that to the
vote solicitor and rumor spreader.
My ticket has announced its plat
form?one big platform, "Service at
any time, night or day". I hereby
call upon, solicit, and cry aloud for
the plank, planks, shingle, or what
not the other crowd expects to sup
port them in this election.
One of my biggest disappointments
of 1923 was to stand by at that Coast
Line train Tuesday morning, to see
that Ahoskie "Fresh Meat" pull out
for the hot sands of New Bern. In a
way, it was a sad occasion, to took
upon those half-smiling, half-grinning
buiieh of fellows who face the ordeal
outlined and lying in wait for them
at New Bern. .
"f he sailor must have spent a night
Quite wild, to judge afar;
He looks a wreck and so no doubt.
He struck a hidden bar.
A high brow magazifie says that
Thomas Edison says "That he does
n't care what time it it," We wonder
if he'd be interested in a second
hand dollar watch. We've got one
that orta suit him.
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Those Dainty Dresses
"Pardon me. Did you drop your
handkerchiefs during the dance T"
"Oh! I'm so embarttoed! That's
my dress."
Definition of a Giggle: That rattle
of a lonesome thought in an empty
brain.
Man comes into this world with
nothing on him, but, according to
Sam- Applebaum, in a short time
everybody has something on him.
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With regard to Mr. Harding's am
bition to break the solid South, Law
yer Johnson says he'd like to remind
him that the boll-weevil has been try
ing to do it for 15 years.
Dewey Cherry thinks the typist
who wrote 149 words a minute and
caried on a conversation at the same
time had nothing on the young lady
who powders her nose, chews gum,
.sings, talks, fixes her hair and writes
at the same time."
Net At All
Somehow I always disliked Debs,
You know, of course, I mean,
I like most of the women folks?
But cannot see Eugene 1
A bootlegger tefts the CAT that
when he was siezed with the grippe
it kept him in longer than when he
was siesed with a suitcase.
In a city you are in danger of be
ing run down by autos, and in a small
town you are run down by gossips.
Prosperity will akme when men
watch their work instead of watching
the clock work; according to J.
Bailey Bar nest
Mind Vs. Matter
I know a giddy girlie
Who dresses like a whixz.
And though her mind's not oft
made up,
The rest of her sure isl
The Old Way Is Better
Now comes the news that in sev
eral states on the mainland marriage
by radio has been declared illegal.
We can easily see that there would
be confusion in the broadcasting of
the marriage ritual. By listening in,
we might hear something like this:
Minister?do you utu-dah-dah-ta
ta-tahadtadah Eloise Itch take this
prunes closed firm to be your Texas
Gulf Oil preferred 84 bid 36 law
fully wedded titmouse and wood
chuck fable by Millicent Muddle?
Answer?Shake a little shimmie on
the shoes of Kaftkakoo."
Minister?Do you, Clarence, snap
snap-snap-buzz-click take this bed
time story by Kenneth Knee to be
your lawfully wedded Sousa's band
in new and novel program?
Answer?Good bye, Tootsie, good
bye.
Minister?I pronounce you McKin
ley high school glee club in songs and
instrumental music.
If there's a well-matched pair in
maried life, it's a horsey man and a
nagging wife.
Rosh Askew says he wonders if the
earrings the girls wear nowadays are
used for stakes to show where their
ears are.
? ,? atn
G. C. Britton says that whenever a
school ma'am turns up her nose and
draws down the corners of her mouth
at the suggestion of going to a hot
dog stand after the show, ifs a safe'
bet that she's been out of collge at
least ten years.
Springtime says a woman is never
too old to make is fool out of some
boob. "
A father blames pool rooms for his
son's downfall when he should blame
himself and his own neglect to hold
woodshed father and son meetings
with the boy.
Sam Vaughn ' says he who laughs
last is usually last to get the joke.
You can explode a theory and you
can nail a lie, but you can't drown
a rumor, because it floats, thinks Cy
Kology.
Dewey Cherry says a newspaper
was considered the best source of in
formation and then the woman's club
was instituted.
The world over, the most enlight
ened and progressive agricultural dis
tricts are found where livestock pro
vides one of the chief sources of in
come.
By the fireside stiU the ligl|t is shin
ing,
The children's arms round the par
ents twining.
From love so sweet, 0 who would
roam? # ^
Be it eve* so homely, home is home?
?MULOCK.
FRESH MEAT WILL
TAKE CONSISTORY
Ahoskie sent up another bunch of
candidates for the 32nd degree of
Masonry this week. They are Jas. I.
Crawford, Dr. L. K. Walker, R. H.
Jernigan, J. N. Vann, J. L. Sawyer,
T. W. Sears, A. M. Browne, and Rog
er B. Johnson. These eight men
left here Tuesday morning for New
Bern where the Eastern Temple is
located.
Before they finish with the Cere-'
monial, they will be put through all of
the antics attendant upon these oc
casions, and will emerge from them
full fledged Shriners. There are al
ready several Shriners in Ahoskie,
hnd other sections of Hertford
County; and tall of a local organise^i
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PROFESSIONAL
CARDS
Dr. C. G. Powell
DENTIST
Phone No. 10. Ahoekie, N. C.
R. R. ALLEN & SON
Doalor. In
SASH, DOORS, BUNDS, WINDOW
GLASS, HARDWARE, PAINTS,
and BUILDING MATERIALS
GENERALLY
Wholesale and Retail
927 Washington Square
SUFFOLK, VA.
TOMBSTONES
OF ANY DESCRIPTION
i V
. See or Write
J. B. MODLIN
AHOSKIE, N. 0.
Agent for
?COGGINS MARBLE CO.
Dr. W. C. Mercer
DENTIST
Offices over Mrs. Britton's store
Ahoekie, N. C.
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JUNIPER HEART SHINGLES
-?The Wood Eternal
. . For Salo By
C. B. MORRIS
Colerain, N. C.
Ask for delhrery, prices and samples
DR. ARCHIE SMITHER
Practice limited to
Examination and Diagnosis
of the Eyes and the
Fitting of Glasses
I
Own .Optical Laboratory on
Premises
Suite No. 505-06-08-10-12-13
National Bank Building
SUFFOLK, VA.
MARY F. HUFF
Palmer Graduate Chiropractor
Tarboro, N. C.
Over Farmers' Bank Tarboro, N. C.
Office Hoars?9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
2:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. Tuesday
and Friday from 7 to 8 p- m.
Phones?Residence 612. Office 567. i
J. A. HORTON
UNDERTAKER
Ahoskie, : N. C.
I am now located in the Hobbs
Garage with a complete line of
Coffins, Caskets and Steel
Vaults
Prices very reasonable.
DR. CHARLES J. SAWYER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
AHOSKIE, N. C.
Every Tuesday and Wednesday
Farmers' Atlantic Bank Building
10:00 A. M. to If P. M.
In Windsor office: Saturdays and
Mondays. +?
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OLD AT 30 OR ?
.YOIINC AT SO ? [
. The choice is largely up
to you. If your blood lacks
red corpuscles, you're go
ing to be fagged and drag
ged out, you're going to
lack "pep," to look sallow
and unhealthy, to grow old
before your time.
DR. MILES' TONIC
actually increases the num
ber or red corpuscles in the
* blood. It makes the cheeks
pltimp and rosy, stimulates
the digestive organs, cre
ates a healthy appetite, and
leads to increased vigor
and yitality. First bottle
guaranteed to help you or
money refunded.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST
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tv Wonderful array of
NEW EASTER SUITS, WRAPS AND DRESSES
Arriving daily bringing with them Fifth Avenue's
Distinctve Charms and Style
Suits in Taiored Models, Balkan Blouse Effects and the
Wrap-Across Side Ties which are the newest feauture
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Smart dresses ni Canton, Flat Crepe, Alltyme Crepe and
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Big line in all the newest models in Suits for Men,
Young Men and Boys
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are FLORSHEIM SHOES; their excellent quality and attractive
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Dress Goods Here
We still have a wide range of selections in Dress
Goods for the Ladies. All ldnds of material and
designs that will suit. Come around and take a look
at our new line.
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AHOSKIE, N. C.
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