'THIS AS11EVTLLE CITIZEN. MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1920.
BIG PER GENT. OF 1919
TAXES ALREADY PAID
TO MAKE PLANS FOR
WOMEN'S GAMP HERE
LISTING OF PERSONAL PROPERTY THRIFT WEEK WILL
UNDER THE NEW REVALUATION ACT! BE CARRIED TO SHOPS
a
JIEPORT MADE BY GRAND JURY
TO COURT.
SEVERAL THOUSAND EXPECTED
TO TAKE TRAINING.
Huiicombe Treasury Now Has on Miss Susanna Cocroft Will Be Jo
Hunri $133,374.70 Offices of the j Charge of Camp -Conference to
Officials Made Large Sum. Bo Held In Raleigh.
The grand Jury reporting at this Mayor Gallatin Roberta has accept
term of superior court for Buncombe ed an invitation to attend a confer
oountv. filed a detailed stntement in i ence to bo held in Ra'elgh, Jan. 28
which it is shown that 71 per cent
of the taxes for 1919 have been paid.
This is considered good collections in
that the first month's penalty of ono
per cent additional for all taxes re
maining; unpaid. Is January.
On January 15 In the Buncombe
treasury there were $133,374.70, ac
cording; to the grand Jury report or
dered made public by Judge Webb.
In reporting the financial condition
of the various courthouse offices the
Jury filed the following: "We find
the sheriff's office pays to the county
a profit over and above expenses of
about $6,000. We find the clerk's of
fice made a profit of $3,500 over and
above expenses for the year 1919.
We found that the register of deeds
office made a profit for the county of
$3,000 over -and above expenses."
The grand Jury flrrtt visited the
county home when a tour of inspec
tion of the public institutions was
started. The Jurymen reported that
they found located on the concrete
road, five miles west or Asheville, a
beautiful structure, and a county farm
of 365 acres There are now 33 in
mates who stated to the Jurymen that
they are being well cared for nnrt re
ceive a BufHcient quantity of well pro
pared food. The home is in charge
or Superintendent and Mrs. McHone,
and they are fully discharging their
duty, according to the Jurymen. They
round 1,300 three-pound cans, and 135
gallons of berries which had been put
up for use at the home.
On the county home farm T57
bushels of wheat 700 bushels of corn
and 52 bushels of rye, produced last
year were inspectod by tho Jury
and reported of a high grade
and quality. Moro than 1,600 pounds
of meat raised on the farm was found
stored In the smoke house, and the
jury in reference to this reported "it
speaks for itself."
At tho reformatory, run jointly by
the county and city, the jury reported
finding 10 boys who stated that the
environment there is made as much
like home as possible and that they
are entirely satisfied With the treat
ment they are receiving. Superinten
dent and Mrs. R. B. Edwards, who
have charge of the boys were highly
commended by the Jury.
"We also visited the convict camp
and we found everything In such good
condition that wo ate dinner at tho
camp. We found in this camp 34 pris
oners who are under the supervision
of Captain Parker, whom we oom
mend for his work," said the Jury in
reporting the condition of the county
kuhvici camp recently consolidated at
.any mountain
At the jail the Jury reported finding
everything in good condition and said
the prisoners spoke well of their
treatment, saying they receive plenty
of wholesome food and have good
iea, ah ceiis were if una clean. The
Installation of a new rango in the
Kitcnen was recommended.
to 30, In the interest of the proposed
U. S. Training camp, which Susanna
Cocroft will establish near Oteen,
where she expects to train , several
thousand women this summer.
Miss Cocroft will attend the Raleigh
meeting and many prominent men
and women from various sections of
the state will be in attendance at this
time. Letters have been sent out by
the Raleigh Women's club, at whose
home the meeting wl'l bo held and re
sponses have been very favorable, It'
as slated.
Miss Cocroft states that arrange
ments are going forward to equip the
ca
High Value Personal Property Must Be Reflected on Tax
Books A Real Listing of Solvent Credits Payment
Cannot Be Enforced If Property Is Not Listed.
SPEAKERS Willi CARRY SPECIAL
MESSAGES. .
Various Speakers to Apixtnr auMert-j
ings Under Auspices of Local i
Y. M. C. A. Committee.
Personal property will be listed as
of the first day of January, and will
be actually listed between the first
day of January and tho fifteenth day
of May.
Between these dates the county
supervisor will publish notice of a
schedulo of appointments In each
township in his county to meet the
taxpayers and receive their list.
Any citizen who wants to get it
on his hands before theso appoint
ments can give In at any tlmo to the
county supervisor at his office In the
county seat town.
How to Value Personal Property.
At its actual cash value on Jan
uary 1.
. The state Is putting it up to you
good and hard now, fr. Citizen, to
do the square thing. It has given you
an exemption of $300 in value, has
ten in our lax laws llwit payment of
credits could not bo enforced In the
the courts If the credit were not
listed for taxes, but there whh a loop
hole, in that credits were listed In 0
lump sum and not Itemized. So a
nominal sum could bo listed, and this
used
on which recovery was sought.
The local Y. M. C. A.. In carrying
out tho plan of tho National Thrift
Week which is promoted by the in
dustrial department of the V. M. O.
, M1 parrv the mpHsaKO Of thrift
to cover the particular credit ,,' tho jnjUHtrial plants of tho city,
lich recovery was sought. The i ,,,, f (h r,.r -,rvlco held
rovaluntlon act requires an itemized,,, , ,.,, u,. hi. week some luv-
schedulo of all notes, with name of mn partiouiariv interested In the spo
the maker. Bank accounts may bojcln, mcSHaK(, of the thrift program
listed in lump sum. Liabilities claim-1 f ,,,, Ulty wlll g,.uk. The program
ed as offset against credits listed are - ,ur,f, ,,.. I ..n Sunday afternoon
i hiko requu-eu i ui-iiuz.-u. jv w,n a special Thrift message bcar-
amp for 1,000 women but that she ...... , ,., . .,. .',.
ance
when the camp gets under way next
duced tax rate,
Personal property of practically all
VE- LiB "eld.,tht ,he warlklnds his increased' in cash vTluo in
ur,aiiiiriii will luiiiiaii loins una
other equipment for he camp and
that a fee will be charged for those
that enter, which will cover the ex
penses of the camp.
Miss Cocroft, who is from Chicago.
was commander of the V. S. Training
Corps for Women during the war and
as a result of her remarkable success
with the corps, she was asked to take
up ;hls work
WILL PAY STUDENTS
FOR USELESS ROOKS
Parents Will Bo Compensated By
State When Text Books Arc Ren
dered rscfess by Change.
THRIVE WORKERS
WILL MEET TONIGHT
Sapper Will Bo Served and Details
Worked Out for Drive to Bo Con
ducted on Tuesday.
Supper will be served this evening
at 6:30 o'clock by the ladles' auxil
iary of the Y. M. C. A., which will
be the beginning of the big one day
arive tor lunds ror the local Y. M
C A., ror the current year. II. A.
Dunham, the director of the cam
paign, has lined up with him about
7 6 or tne best canvassers of the city
and these men will doubtless go out
and secure the funds necessary. The
association Is merging all their calls
for expenses during the year into
one campaign thus saving the city
irom several cans during the year.
The captains of the drive are: P.
R. Allen, C. H. Honess, J. J. Nichols,
Frank Smith, Chester Brown, B. C.
Greene. E. E. Wheeler and Dr. J. T.
Sevier.
All the workers arff urired to be on
time this evening and hear the plans
ior tne a rive.
GENERAL'S QUINT IS
GETTING INTO FORM
Arbogast Absent and His place Is De
clared Hard to Fill.
(Sneclal to The Citizen.)
LEXINGTON, Va., Jan. 18. The
Generals' qufnt la rapidly rounding
into rorm. ine game witn Hampden
Sldney gave Coach Raftery an oppor
tunity to observe his new combination
in action and to form some definite
idea of what to expect from the blue
and white team. Captain Bryanl.
Hines and McCain are playing an ex
cellent game ably backed by Engle
tfy, the old reliable of the 1919 quint.
Arbogast of the last year's team, has
been declared Ineligible, and His ab
sence will be felt considerably. How
ever, Moore, of the Great Lakes team,
is showing up In splendid fashion. He
is an excellent shot and a fast and
sure floor worker, scoring more points
than any other man In the game
against Hampden-Bidney.
Raftery says that his varsltv team
is not picked yet and this in spits of
tne tact mat ail tne men mentioned
above are experienced players. There
are three men, Buskirk, Johnson and
Harris, of the last year's scrubs who
are showing up well and who may se
cure places better this year, Buskirk
and Harris were given an, opportun
ity in Tuesday's game and both
pleased the coach. Besides these old
men there are several new players
who have caught the eye of the
coach. On the whole the Generals
are in about as good shape as ever
and every opponent of , the. season
may expect a -lively game.
tinder a new legislative act parents,
whose xhildren enrolled in the high
schools of the state, will be enumer
ated for text books that have to be
abandoned, when the children move
from one county to another. The
enforcement of the act is now In the
hands of Supt. II. P. Harding, of
Charlotte.
"We have been called to meet In
Raleigh January 28," said Superinten
dent Harding, "to adopt a list of high
school text books, and it is the nlan of
the committee to make this list clastic,
so that each county can choose from
several books adopted, the text book
which tho county committee, to be
named for the purpose, shall select.
"It is because of the probable differ
ence In the high school text book lists
of the various counties, that the stato
has provided a reasonable remunera
tion to parents or pupils who move to
a new county and have to buy new
high school-books." - ..
The committee has examined nearly
500 books and has held one session in
Raleigh. The meeting January 28 will
complete the work of this committee.
Members of the state committee are
N. A. Walker, of ChaDel Hill, state
high school Inspector; H, B. Smith, of
New Bern; Superintendent Holton, of
Durham county; Principal Dry, of the
town of Cary, and Superintendent H.
P. Harding of Charlotte.
Each county In the state will have
a con
oooks rrom the Interchangeable Ht
that wil. be announced by the state
committee from Raleigh.
list indebtedness to U as an offset If
he fulls to list hi credits against A.
All Property Muxt lie Lasted.
Our supreme court has said that
the legal fiction that personal prop
erty follows tho domicile of the own
er has no application to mutters of
revenue, and our tax laws provide
that it shall not apply to tangible
personal property, but that such
property shall bo listed where located.
There are vast quantities of per
ing on the thought of "Hliaro witn
others."
Tho members of tho Underwriters
association of the city are taking
sperlul interest In the programs and
will preach the gospel of insurance
on Monday In shops of the city.
The following places will be visited
on Monday with insurance speakers:
Southern Hound house Dan Hill.
Carolina Machine company Thus.
Hume.
National Casket company Col.
about tho same proportion as real
properly. nuiitti jiruju-i iy in nm oiuii jJohn Under
The tax lister Is expecting you to to non-resident owners. All such ' lnlmeryj r Martin
have this standard of value In mind property muxt be listed where lo- HtrMt ..ar barn Mr Taylor
when listing your personal property cated. cither by the owner or some ,,,llna WoHd- proaUcfs company
conservative actual cash value, Jan- one as agent for the owner. j u v wnion.i
uary 1 basis. , . Solvent Credit. I -"; Nola ml
Ho also exDects you to have a good The general rule that personal
memory and return a complete list, property follows the domicile of tho
of all the personal property owned owner does not even apply to sol
or which you may be under obllga- vent credits in many cases. (Itcd
tlon to return as trustee in any enpac- moml vs. Commissioners, 87th N. C.)
ily for another. I If the owner maintains an establish-
The administration of this rcval-led business agency, all credits in
uatlon act will bo a great disappoint-1 cldent to such agency in this state,
ment if It falls to disclose the listing and extended in the course of such
of u, vast amount in quantity and i business located in this state, hae a
value of personal property, both tan-1 taxable situs here and must bnf so
gible and intangible. listed. In all cases of non-resulent
Listing of Solvent Credits. corporations doing business in' this
The revaluation act anticipates a: stato. report of such credits will be
full listing of solvent credits. No
citizen can hereafter satisfy his con
science by dodging this issue, for tax
rates that confiscate Income from sol
vent credits wlll no longer prevail
against them. Any ono who here
after evades his legal obligation in
this matter becomes a plain tax
dodger, and with the knowledge that
a real effort will be made to locate
him if he does dodge.
It has for several years been writ-
made to the stato tax commission
and certified to the county in which
agency is located.
Who Are Residents?
Our tax laws establish a definition
of citizenship for purposes of taxa
tion that is clear and simple: "When
a person. has two or more places in
which he occasionally dwells, his
residence shall be the place at which
he resided the longest period of time
the preceding 12 months."
LOCAL HIGH WILL
PLAY RUTHERFORD
Basketball Game Scheduled for Vcb.
3 at Local School Trip to Knox
vllle Next.
The next game on the schedule of
the Asheville high school basketball
team is on Februarys, with:Jtutner
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO
AUTO NEAR ARDEN
Flve-Posseugcr Car Turned Over Kin
Imnlunent and Woman Hurt The
Names Could Not Be Learned.
sentatives of their special companies
but will explain the need of each per
Bon carrying insurance for tho pro
tection of their homes.
Tins other subjects to be presented
during tho week and their speakers
as well as places meetings will be
held arc as follows:
Tuesday Carolina Woods Products
company "Own your own homo day."
Speaker Charles R. Moore.
Wednesday Southerni Round house
"To emphasize the importance of
making a will,", speaker Zob. Curtis.
Thursday National Casket com
pany "Tho interests of employer and
employe" N. Bucknor, secretary
Board of Trado.
Kriday Hans Rees tannery "Fam
ily Budget Day" Edwin Gill, speaker.
In oarrying out this program the
association will carry the message of
Thrift to hundreds of men of the city.
A number of business houses of tho
city are carrying large ads in tho in
terest of tho National Thrift programs.
30- DRESSES -30
Excellent Styles and Materials
Selected from our Stock
. $25 to $37.50 Values
Special Price $15
Today Only
Our January Clearance
Sale
is without a doubt the opportunity
of the season for you to obtain high
. grade merchandise at so low a price.
J. J. BRITT SPOKE
AT BARNARDSVILLE
Meeting Held for Enforcement
Prohibition in Country.
of
An automobile aceidenf occurred
yesterday afternoon about five o'clock, movement
when a five-passengor Bulck automo-
A meeting was held yesterday morn
ing at B.arnardsville and one yesterday
afternoon at Democrat in the interest
of the enforcement of prohibition.
Considerable Interest was shown In the
and among those who
ford college, and will be flayed at the bl'e ran off a 10-foot embankment on
local high school gymnasium. This the road this side of Arden. Up to'
game js being looked forward to with midnight last night it had not been
much interest by the local basket- learned who the parties were, but it
ball fans, as it is understood that tho was stated that the car had a North
Rutherford team is a strong one, and, Carolina license number on it which
the local team will no doubt put up
a splendid contest with them.
The second event on the schedule
is a trip on February 8 to 10 to Knox-
ville. Tenn., where they will meet
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,.,-.,,!., m . . , tne learns vi me vemiu.. m&u
oT'o'm? the Sonant TS i F?"nta'n 9 ! f .thAl
irip win uuumieoa ira mi cujujuuio
one, not only a a basketball trip but
also as one of pleasure.
This trip will probably end the
basketball season for the local high
school. So far the season has been a
very successful one, although the lo
cals have lost one or two games, they
have won the remaining pnes with
high scores.
SCHEDULE OF GAMES
OF STATE COLLEGE
Sixteen Contests Have Been Contracted
By Manager Stafford.
ASK COMMISSIONERS
TO RACK MOVEMENT
Board of Trade Seeks Support; of the
County Board for Proposed Good
Roads Legislation.
v
KJx Isass-MurinsforRcd.
J2 ness. Soreness, Granu-
I m LTvTV . " sicningjanc
UN 1.1 LJ
ErfUdsi t Drops After the
Bumlnff of the Eyes o
w Maries, Metorki
I4asiM jre Hexasdjr Co Cblct .
The county commissioners are ex
pected to endorse officially the pro
posed legislation for srond roartu
which means the authorizing of bonds
for the building of highways in all
sections of the state, when they meet
In regular session this morning at the
courthouse. Secretary N. Buckner, of
the Board of. Trade, has p'aced the
matter oeiore me commissioners and
their endorsement of the 'movement
nas been sought by many other mo.
pie.
Neither of the three commissioners
would commit themselves whrtn
questioned concerning their attitude
lowaru tne project, but it Is under
stood they are all favorable to the
good road legislation. -'
Other than this matter nothing of
copeuim importance is exnnctMl tn
command the attention of the com
missioners today.
LEAGUE TEAMS TO
PLAY HERE MAR. 29
ATLANTA, Ca,. Jan. 18. Klhrn
games will be played in the Joint ex
hibition series between the Rnitnn
Nationals and the Detroit Americana,
according to the schedule announced
here tonight by Walter E. Hapgood,
business manager of the Braves.
i ne scneauie follows: -
March 23. at Columbus. On.: 24th.
Moultrie, Ga.; 26th, Valdosta, Ga.;
26th.' Eastman, Ga.: 27th, Macon.
Ga.; 28th, Atlanta, Ga.: 29th. Ashe
ville, N. G; 80th, Spencer. N. C;
Jlst, Greensboro, N. C: Anril 1st.
Goldsboro, N. C; 2nd, Durham, N.
3rd, Bluefleld, W. Va.: 4th.
Charleston, W. Va.; 6th, Huntington,
W. Va.; th, Parkersburg, W. Va.;
7th, Clarksburg, W. Va.; 8th. Klkins,
W. Va.; 9th. Cumberland, Md.
On April 10 Detroit plays in In
dianapolis and Boston at Jersey City.
MEMPHIS CLUB GETS
GOLF TOURNAMENT
19
was 48-859.
It is understood that there were
five passengers in the tear, three men
and two women and the cause of the
accident has not been ascertained.
It was stated that one of the party
had received a bad cut about her face
when she was thrown through the
windshield of the oar wheh It turned
up on Its side. None of the other
members of the party were hurt, it
was stated.
spoke was J, J. Brltt, who read the
18th amendment, (he history and tne
adoption of the prohibition law. He
also explained the legislation and
the enforcement of it.
A large attendance was present
and much Interest was shown in the
meetings. v
Under the auspices of the American
Business Man's Committee a dinner is
to be given In New York city today In
honor of the United States senators
who on November 8, 1919, voted for
reservations to the League of Nations
covenant.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. The western
amateur golf championship tourna
ment was awarded to the Memphis
Pntintrv nlnh tonlrht at th annual
meeting of the Western Golf associa
tion here
This is the first time the western
amateur championship has been
awarded to a, club south of the Ohio
river.
The directors set . the amateur
championship for July IS to u, but
left the dates for the other two events
until later to avoid conflict with the
United Slates Golf association, which
has not yet announced its tourna
ment dates.
WEST RALEIGH. Jan. 18. A par
tial schedule of games for the Stato
college basketball team, announced by
Graduate Manager T. H. Stafford,
calls for 16 contests with six exhibi
tions of the popular indoor sport
stand on the Kalelgh auditorium
court. An exchange of games with j
every college in the state is a feature
while nines with V. P. I., 8outh At
lantic champions of 1919, Washington
and Lee, and the strong quintet rep
resenting the Lynchburg Athletic
club wtu be played on foreign soil.
Another game with Carolina will
be arranged for the University court
and the management is negotiating
with several other strong; teams for
games in Raleigh.
The schedule completed to .date fol
lows: Jan. 21 Elon at Raleigh.
Jan. 27 'Davidson at Raleigh.
Jan. 80 Guilford at Raleigh.
Feb. 2 Wake Forest at Raleigh.
$b. 7 Trinity at Raleigh.
Feb. 14 Wake Forest at Wake
Forest.
Feb. 21 V. P. I. at Richmond. Va.
Feb. 2S Elon at Elon.
Feb. 24 Lynchburg Athletic Club
at Lynchburg, Va.
Feb. 26 Washington and Lee at
Lexington, Va.
Feb. 29 Guilford at Guilford. !
Feb. 27 Charlotte 'Y" at Charlotte.
Feb. 28 Davidson at Davidson.
March 6 Carolina at Raleigh.
Coach Crosier, the former wily men
tor of so many famous quints at
Wake Forest, is now. directing the
Tech play. The' preliminary work of
the squad before the holidays gives
promises of another great Red and
White team this year.
Captain Cllne, Ripple, Groome,
Park, Ourley, and Deal, all members
of former championship teams, re
ported for practice last night. In ad
dition to these men there are a num
ber of promising candidates from last
year's squad with several likely look
ing lads from the freshman class
pushing, the regulars hard for positions.
WILL OPEN OFFICE
AS ACCOUNTANT
Announcement is made by W. 11
Zimmerman that he has opened a
public accountant's office at room
No. 217 Drhumor building, the for-!
mer quarters of D. G. Dovenish. Mr. '
Zimmerman has been connected with!
business concerns in Asheville sl"ce I
1905: and Is well known in the city.
He ' was formerly with the coxe !
estate offices on Government street
and- for several months he has been j
with Gude and company and Grude-
Krebs and company, as auditor, on
the Job at Oteen.
NEW PARTS
FOR OLD
Bring us your broken cast
ing or metal articles of any
description and we'll give a
new one at a fraction of its
cost
Asheville Welding
Co.
Phone 1116. 63-66 Biltmore Ave.
The Leading Corporation in an
$800,000,000 Industry.
Purchasers of Famous Players-Lasky Corpo
ration 8 Preferred Stock enjoy a preferred
interest in the leading corporation in the mo
tion picture industry, Figures compiled by
The Wall Street Journal indicate that more
than $800,000,000 is invested in motion pic .
ture theatres in this country. As the largest
single factor in the industry. Famous Players-'
Lasky Corporation supplies 75 of these the
atres all or part of the time.
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Preferred '
is an 8 Cumulatiye Stock and has tho valu
able privilege of conversion into Common
Stock (now listed on New York Stock Ex
change) at the holder's option.
The Corporation's net earnings (after taxes) . ,
are at the tate of five times dividend require- .
ments on the Preferred Stock. Net assets,
$223 per share. ' ',
Subscriptions received at tlOO per shato
and accrued dividends, yielding per cent.
lCxempt front Normal Federal Income Tax.
DURFEY & MARR
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
RALEIGH, N. C.
Genuine Imported , ,
ROCQUEFORT CHEESE
Securely packed in foil to retain its rich,
delicious flavor
SAWYER GROCERY CO.
Bneeessnrs to lawyer A Stttaawy
OTie STOKE Banltary Where QTJAXJTY la raraeBonat
Phoas tSOft . S Crtliea
NOTICE.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Blue Ridge Building
Loan Association will be held on
Wednesday, January Slat. 1920. at
4:30 p. m. in the Board .Room, No.
30 Paragon building.
EDWIN h. RAT.
Soc-Treas.
' .. . 1-11-1
Arnold (Chick) Oandil, first base
man of the Chicago American league
baseball team, bora at BC Paul, tl
ears ago today.
The Beauties of Springtime U Sot
Told Alone In Flowers and Foliage
-
Mew ppM .
Stlylles
In Dainty Footwear
Advanced styles of our New Spring Pumps and Oxfords have arrived and each
express will each day from now until Spring, add styles and modes that will
easily distinguish and thoroughly establish our claim for
leadership in newer and better qualities.
To See These is to Know the Styles
for Spring
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Easy to Find ' . 4 Bfltmore At. " , Worth Finding