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Friday, Janntry 3,1913 TWO TOT ASHEVILLE OAZITTE-RiWS c it- r I 1 5! I i. it : ?iy F if ' 1.1 i' li it 3 IS; if- h ii. ii 1 ' I.I i l it til p 'ii fe !? ; FROM 20 to 25 Per Cent Reduction Sale ON Men's Heavy Suits and Overcoats AND Heavy Underwear L W. GLASER 1 8 Patton Ave. T IN WEST ASHEVILLE People to Decide Whether They Wish Town Incorpor ated with Asheville. Gallatin Roberts, lower house of I he lias liren inviteil t ""'"' . meet with the j..-opU- ol' West Asheville tonight the odd Kcllows hall when they will discuss and endeavor to determine what form of municipal government they will Rive the town: whether it will he Incorporated separately or with Asheville. It is said that many of the people favor the Incorporation with this i ity liecnu.se they wish to get the benefit of the Asheville water system. The town was chartered two year. ago as a solitary district, ami it is understood that the system has not operated satisfactorily, altogether. LIBRARY REPORT I let ion. The following 1 Us. ill titles in all were shelved in I'a.-k Memorial libra ry during liec-mber: Adams, si i let of lncs-.nie I'ov. "I will." n I III IK il vll-l. Andrews. Marshal: Allen. II r..i:i. -.: I'.rone: Atkinson, Groyfrl.ir's la.bl.v; I'arhour. ('ronton (hums. Peach. Ne'er Mo Will t second eopyi; l;irm Inghani. Simpklns' I "lot . Hi ow n. So. ret of the Chin Castle, Sure of Life; ('coke. Milium: Curtis, Slory of Cot ton; Dntkain l:,..on. lulu-titan,.; Peering. N,r,,-i- !u With Mexican Hungers: li.-h.-m, Itetwei it Two Thieves: I),-.. mil. nid Cluster TV I -s (second .op', i: liiv. 1'ittv Hide at Home: lli:ilv. !: Sheer Pluck; ll-w-itt. Mrs. lanceii.t: Hughe. Miss :.ls and Air. :'T; Johnston, Mare Wares The Solid Nourishment In n morning dish of Grape-Nuts with cream jmts one in fint fettle for tho'day's work. "Wrong food is usually tlie main cause of various aches and ills (always handicaps) and proper fowl is needed to correct tliem. , . . For building Brain and IJrawn ' jio other ; food equata (Drape-Nuts. "There's a Reason PoHtum Cril Co., Ltfl. I'.attln Crek. Mich. U n Promised Iinil; Ux-ke. Morals if .Marcus (inleyno (second nivl; Mer rick. ThU Stage of l-'ools; ippenhcim, Templing of TaviTnake; Scawell, Sim if c..umhus; Sinclair. Flaw in tin Crystal: Spearman. Mountain Divide; Toiii'msou. Young Minute man of jlMJ: We'ls, Marriage; Williamson. ! Heather Moon. : Noii-rielion. J Kobinson, lmproemcnt of Tmviis lain! Cities; Savary, Sell' 't ions: I to.' : and poetical Writings. 1 HAVE NO RIGHT TO DENY I CHILD MEDICAL AID ! Mich Is D-o-lsioii of iliiil-e In Case of S f MrnilM-r if tin- VIoiiM liil,n . i J . 'fSJJti pjjmjoasy titf Xlon City, 111., Jan. :;. Kor liic lirst time the iiucstlon whether incmlicrs of the Zionist colony have the riKht to deny their children medical attention was luouyht into court yesterday. The decision was contrary to the tenets of the sect which rely on prayer to cure all ills. .Indue P. I j. Persons, slttini-' at U aukcKan, 111., delivered the rulin ; In the case of a hoy sufferinw: from : throat disease. An old.r In-other applied to th court to order a physician sent to th hoy. The sic k hoy said he wanted ; doctor and Judm- Persons Kntnled Irin tin r:m to seek medical aid. GREENSBORO Mis. sarnli ewwell lenil a Kcalli ut Slier rit Mariano in lirccnslKi-ro. OA . E TI E- V K WH BVKF.M', n.iii.Y sawn ucu.uisa. ( Jreensliero. Jan. :!. News h is liecu received here of tl death of Mrs. Sara K. Newell, which oci urred Tuesday nlht at 1 I o'clock at the home of her son several mile north of town. Mrs. Newell wan t wars of at;i and was well kiuiwn ii he count). Surviving are four child ren; Walter Newell, with whom she ua living: John Newell und .Mr. Mattie Swain of Winston-Salem, ami Mrs. Minnie Jesup of Sutnmerlield township. A .pilet home wedding of Interest In many friends und acquaintance in (ireensboro and llullford occurred Wednesday mornlns Ht 1 1 o'clock Hi the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Tu- scy, with whom the hrlde resided when Hies Virginia SkeeneH and David l York, a prominent farmer of the Summer township section, plighted their troth. Th wedding ceremony wan witnessed liy a itumlier of friend ot the contracting partle. Follow Ing the wedding Mr. and Mn. York left for Wilmington, whera they will spend a few days, and upon their re turn will reside on Mr. YorVs farm In the country. A message received here last night announced the death at Hller . City yenterday afternoon ot Scott Jordan. after an nines of nevera) days. The deceased was a brother of A. D. Jor dan, a local merchant, and an uncle of ). I'VYork and U II. Jordan of this city, . lis was about 10. years of age and una of the most respected and prominent citizens of Slier city. Fre quently he has visited In Oroenshoro and to many nepl of this city he was known- and highly regarded. . T. M. C. A. BOW IAN (J. In the duck pin tournament of the Y. M. (.. A. last night. Terry'a team defeated Merrlmon'a bowlers, winning two out of three games and scoring a greater total by 9 pins. The scores follow: Total lOt 21 304 IS 3(4 20 It? 103324 103211 1031 211 121 Merrlinon .' '. .' M 4 Uroek lit 4 Jumes ...... US s Grand totals . 23 J74 Terry; 123 . t Sugg ...... f Uowenbein ... 110 120 Grand toUU . 32 JU BOARD 0 F I Scheme Devised by Special Committee to Equalize Taxation in State. In June, 1911, the Asheville board of trade appointed a special commit tee, W. Vance Urown, K. Stlkeleather and K. M. Weaver, to investigate and report upon desirable taxation legisla tion for the state. Their report was presented to the board, and adopted. although it was not deemed advisable to carry out cerUtin recommendations, as to re questijig the governor to appoint a committee to draft a bill. etc. The re port has been sent to the newspapers of the state, has been much discussed and commended by many. The report follows: Your tux committee beg to make the following report and to ask that this board endorse the views herein expressed and recommended to thi public and our- Legislature that tin same be given due consideration as near as possible carried into el- feet by legislation. We approached the question of changing our present method of tax ation with sonte fear that no improve ment would he accomplished, from the fact that other people, organiz ed und unorganized, had for many years past worked with little if any result, but feeling that if the Board of Trade of Asheville would push a movement to change the present al most insufferable iVinditlons. some thing could lie done, we have gone into the matter very thoroughly, con sulted with some of the best legal Uent in the city and with those who have had experience in legislation. county and city affairs, and taking as base our present system, have, we believe, evolve. 1 a plan that is 'Within the present constitution of the state tnd will make an equitable system of axation for North Carolina. We may- state also that the gentlemen we have ailed in to help us on this matter are thoroimhly in accord with the report herein submitted and have pledged their support if the question is taken up by the board of trade. ' As long ao as 1902 our state board of tax commissioners made a report to the governor and legislature, rec ommending changes in the law as then in force, very much the same we now recommend and we tin- crstaiid that their views have not banned since that time; an.l after this hoard has received tills report xvv ask that we be allowed to communi- ate the same to them and if po--si- ly get their endorsement of it. We tin lerstand that various members of the legislature have attempted to have changes made in cotnformlty with the tax commissioners' report of 1902, but for various causes, pol itical an 1 otherwise, it has been im possible lo carry them through with in tile short time that the legisla ture is in session.. And we advise in the first place that the governor be isked to appoint a commission to In I'stlgate the subject and prepare t ill. or that this board appoint a com miltee requesting- them to draw ; ill that Mill be ready for the next uislature, and which before I' eiii lies the legislature will be so well ndorsed that opposition, political an-' thi-rwise, will he inercomc casilv within the time limit of the legisla lure. II it were possible lo amend oui state constitution ill one or Iwo of its liillses. il would be possible to drivv 1 1 1 a soine"'!-: t : ! ha r, i nti now propose, and in this conne- I lull we recommend also that the me-- rnoi- in- ask,td to appoint a oommis- iou to advise changes in the state onstttotaei. so that this e entuall.s an be done. We have had to worl- within our present state constitution ind P bus been difficult to fully carrv en the idi-vs that vutir cnmmltte' Vollld advofat:-. Y.VTV they b-ull wphin th.- constitution. Taking th nivlee of tie- attorneys in counsel with its In drawing up this plan, we believe that th-- plan is well within and feus ible under Hie present state constitu tion. A gn at fault with the present law If that while real estate Is- valued by tlu assessors at Irom thirty to sixty pet ent of its selling value, personal prop erty Is demanded to be listed by the owners ut full market value and th iwner will not do It. Also there Is no plan to detlnltely determine what market" value Is. Kor this evasion by the owner of personal propertj there are several causes given; (ti) It la understood that personal property Is to be Hated at one-third ot one-half of Its value. (hi Thnt Ihe market value Is thi price it would bring at a forced sale. (c) The tax levy rate (I H percent! Is so high that the owner cannot af ford to pay on the full value, d) It being generally known that real property has such a low ti.uiess ment, the owner will absolutely r fuse to list personal property at any higher value or will evade It get her alto Ho that the trouble with the present law Is In fact FirstThere is no one definite fixed way of valuing nil classes of properly subject to taxation, or real and person al property are not each valed by th same parties nor from the same basis. Second That'the high rate levy drives Into concealment or undervalun tlon personal property. Thus by the present arrangement the more honest citizen Is mule ted though tempted to He somewhat, whil the more dishonest Is rewarded by psylng less tax money. Items such a cash, notes, good accounts, and In fact All personal property, are not listed at more than one-third of their value when they are listed at all. There are some exceptions to this gnd more pecially Is the exception found with widows and orphans, whose personal property Is In the hand of trustees or guardians, from the fact that few trus tees or guardians are willing to do for others what they will do fur thetn selves. There Is one other point lo ths pres ent law that keeps the assessment of all property low, and, therefor, th tag levy high, for. of course, a certain definite amount of money must be raised whatever the assessment may be, and that Is the Jealousy between th counties, no county wanting to pay TRADES ASSESSMEN 1 more' than what It considers Its' fair: share of the state's tax. The present law has tried to overcome this by the state board of equalisation, but In our opinion this Is an entire failure. Also Il is our opinion that it 19 impossible to equalize the assessment of the same class of property all over I'.w state and we advise that this plan be abandoned and that the state revenue, excepting a nominal amount, be raised other than by ad valorem tax, leaving It to each county to value , the property within the county without thought of whether the next county or a county in another part of the state is valuing like property at the same figure or or the same basis. The matter of taxation resolves It self into two problems: lxical and state; and we advise that they should be separated. To this end we recom mend that the entire state revenue, except the amount that would be raised by not more than live cents on the hundred dollars valuation of prop crty, shall be raised other than by a ' valorem tax, and that the counties, cities and towns be prohibited from levying any tax other tium nd valorem tax. leaving all other special and in come taxes exclusively for state pur poses. We advise that the nominal amount that the state receives from ad valorem tax be .used entirely for edu cational and state Institution purposes. In order to comply with the state con stitution that provides that the county tax "shall be levied in the same man ner as state tax and shall never exceed the double of the state tax. except for special purposes and with the special pi roval of the general assembly, wi oiiinii-nd that the state levy not to eed live cents on the hundred did s valuation on the property subject taxation and If possible to make Ibis only three cents, and under the lause of the constitution above men- uied, let the general assembly pass laws permitting the county to levy pel ial taxes for county purposes. This is a clause in the constitution that should be amended, (letting the state revenue from other than the ad valo m leaves it to the county authorities ml the people of the county to make their own assessments and values and e advise that the county authorities be authoried to appoint the requisite number of assessors and that they be mployed permanently In this post lion. We advise that all the property ithln the counties, both real and personal, that Is subject to taxation hull first of all be listed by the owner or legally constituted agent in separate arcels. and by them and at the same time valued at the price or value in money they would accept for same and then as a second step let the assessors heck over the listing and valuing by the owner and they using the rule or standard, us hereinafter set forth make the assessment, raising or low ering the value put on by the owner is thev lodge the true value demands. Listing by the owner is one step and the first one. The checking up by the tssessers is to be another step, sec ondarv lo the listing by the owner, ex eptitig where the assessors discovei r attempt to discover real or personal property that litis not peon listen oi Itti'd by the owner. We recommend that the rule ot talidard. by which the value lor lasa Ion of both real and pi rsoiuil prep rty subject to (axV.tion. eseepling a' laal yash, is computed, shall be ei.n- h i cent of tile value in money liui' the same would he transferred lo- from owner, who was a willing seller w illing purchaser. This per. en: igc Pcing we believe t tic true v tun n money- of real and personal prop rty, excepting actual cash. I'he board of assessors made permit nent and appointed by the county utt thoiitics and at work the year round hecking up the listing of property or taxation, should be Riven power lo amnion witnesses to see the bonkr inventories, insurance policieE- and ither papers of the ov tiers, so as to e tier enable them to determine the alue and ownership. We recommend that the tux levy -n property assessed for ad valorem lax shall never exceed for the com blued state, county and city taxes more than one per cent of the assessed ,alue of such property (such value having been obtained in the mnnnei above set forth I, and we recommend that this one per cent be divided ho that the state's three to five cents on :he hundred dollars valuation added to the county rate shall not combined exceed forty cents on each hundred lollars valuation and that the city or town tux levy shall never exceed sixty ems on the hundred dollars valuation of property, except when further tax may be necessary in order to pay prln cipul or interest of debts contracted or where the higher rate shall have been voted on by the people. We believe that If property Is as sessed by the standard above set forth the tax rate lew limited to one per cent, and each county allowed to make Its assessments with the knowledge that regardless of how high Its asses sors may place the valuation it will not be paying more than its fair quo! towards state revenues, (hat the total assessed valuation In each county will be raised from three to five times Hnd while the tax levy proposed to be -allowed may seem low it will iu fact raise much more money than on dcr the present system. These are the vtssentlal features of our plan. . Then we recommend thnt the state having given up all its Interest In the ad valorem tax, except what It will return In the shape of - educational purposes, shall have all the tax that the counties are at present receiving from special subjects of taxation and also shall f receive the Income tax. If It h. . d that this does not raise enough tax for the state' pur pose-), the Income tax could be in creased to two or three per cent. As under this scheme counties only will be interested (for nil practical purposes). In the result of the valua tlon of property all questions of equal latlon of tax as between counties may be eliminated and the present board of equalization abolished. We recommend that properly ex em pi fiom taxation shall be detlnltely set forth in the law, so that there can be no question upon what property Is or Is not subject to taxation. - We recommend that the report of the board of commissioners of 1102 be read by this board. Wn have not herein set forth all the almost Insufferable conditions ex let In under the present law, nor have we set I forth the advantage that would ac crue to business and people generallt if thi present plan were carried Into effect. To do thi would take up many more page. W all know that, the present law I wrong and your com mltte believes that If (ho plan herein outlined were carried Into effect that at least all would be taxed equall upon what ubt,ut thijr had snl Effective Home Remedy For Lung Trouble It U a serious matter- when the lungs are affected. A trip away or to a sanltorium ia not only expensive, but It involves separaUon from home and frtends. Some are benefited, but few can safely return. Eckman's Al terative la effective for home treat ment. For example; 231 S. Atlantic Ave., Hadonfleld, N. J. .rtnr.lt, men- In the fall Ol 130b 1 contracted a very severe cold, which settled on my lungs. At last l began to raise sputum, and my physician then told me I must go to California immediately. At this time I was aa vised lo tiik Eckman's Alterative. I stayed at home and commenced tak ing it the Inst week In October. I be c., t.t imnrnv-p nnrl the Hrst week in January, 1906, I resumed my regular occupation, having gained 25 pounds, fully restored to neaun. it is now Ave years since my recovery has been effected, and I cannot praise Eckman's Alterative too nigniy. i nave recouir mended it with excellent results." (Signed) W. M. TATEM. Eckman's Alterative Is effective In itronchltis Asthma. Hnv Fever: Throat and Lung Troubles, and in up building the system, uoes not con tain noisons. nutates or habit-form ing drugs. For sale by all leading druggists. Ask for booklet telling of recoveries, and write to Eckman Ijilroratory. Philadelphia, Pa., for ad ditional evidence. (Adv.) Ihe different governments' revenues iiulil lie very materially Increased. Wc nsk that the board of trade make this plan its own and appoint committee to push the - matter In very way up to legislative action. DEALS I?f DIRT. Eugene K. Cocke to Wells Green, consideration lot on Depot street; 1325. Justin Wohlfarth to Rowenn L. ocke, lot on Pearson drive; consid eration 9500. James I Wagner to Oliver I). Revell; lot on Soco street; constidera- tion $800. T. J. Binder to Georgia Morgan, lot on Hill street; $10 and other con siderations. Fannie Young to Z. V' Young, land in Falrvlew township; consideration f 213.63. John C. Drewry to M. J. Carpenter et ul.. lot on Depot street; considera tion 1050. Painting. Painting Is the invention of heaven, the most n m ien t and most ukiu to na ture. -Ken Jonsou. NOTICE We have moved our business from 45 So. Main St. to 19 S, Main St Tills move coming ut this time fore ed us to postpone the drawing for all verwnre advertised for Jan 1st. To give everyone an equal chance to be present with his ticget, Iwe will set Saturday, Feb. 1, 1913 at 3 o'clock, p, for this drawing. Everybody holding tickets come to our store, 19 So. Main St., and bring your tickets on that day, date and time. Smiiinniioil Drug C. 2S0-3t. The Real Thing Heal economy, as all know, consists in buying good grades when tc be had un der value. Now is the time to pick a good High Art Suit or Overcoat or both since you can secure them MUCH BELOW THE PRICES OF A FEW WEEKS AGO. V The same large discount npplieH to Boys' and Youth's Suits and Over coats. We can fit almost any body yet. ' ; . We shall try to servo " you well. We be- llcvo you will think -. . t so If ' you try us. H. REDWOOD & CO :-it r 1 TURKISH BATH TOWELS - By a very large purchase we have secured smno extra ordi nary values in Turkish Bath Towels. We are offering: them to yott at n saving of fifty to seven ty-five per cent. A large selection from 15c to $1 per pair Don't miss tliis opportunity ten get these towels at this largo saving. People's Department Store v It Pays to Trade Here. 40-42 PATTON AVE. A FEW NEW YEAR'S RE- MARKS THAT MEAN MUCH The interest manifested, in our store and stock' during V.)V2 by the people of Asheville and Western N. 0., has sur passed our most fond expectation. AVo have exerted every effort that our buying facilities permit and we strive to keep on hand a stock that is un surpassed in variety, quality, quantity and value. ' ' display one of the largest stocks of furniture and home furnishings in the South. The iisf-ortnient is all that the most- exacting custoiuer could want to choose from, our terms to reliable parties always pnrve satisfactory and if you wish to buy a larger bill of goods than you can con veniently pay for at the time, wo can get together on the in stallments so that the bills will not prove a great tax on your weekly or monthly income. If such a thing is possible we will handle - a larger and more extensive variety of goods during 1913 than wc did in 1012. Our buyer leaves for the Northern market in a few days lo select new goods. It is his intention to buy in large quantities at rock bottom prices from the leading manufacturers, and it is natural enough that wc should get exceptional price concessions, for we buy early, we pay cash and buv liberally. NURSERY STOCK Direct to Planter. ; AMOOR RIVER PRIVET Absolutely hardy, of the easiest culture.' We make a specialty of this stock, and sell It and other nursey slock at wry reasonable prices , No use paying high prices when you can get the , stock direct from the grower and guaranleod to please and save nearly half your money. Bend us a trial order, we can and will please you. You will then send us other order without our having to sale you for them. VALDESIAN NURSERIES Bostic, N. C. TODAY: PRINCESS THEATRE The Picture House of Quality PROGRAM The Mayor from Ireland, Druina. ... Kalem A Modern Atlanta, Drama. . . ... ... . . . . . .Vitagraph The Little Organ Player of San Juan, Drama . .Selig My Baby, Drama ... , ,, ...Biograph SPECIAL MUSICAL PROGRAM Open from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. ( Adults 10c Children 5c. J. I.. SMATHERS & SONS Mammoth Furniture Store. 15-17 North Main St. .. i .
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