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(I .:J " - - ; J.4 ' t i 1 r I i ; j 3 r 5 V i" fSB) 5 1 1 VOL. XXVI, NO 10 j?UXBA3IET AT, OTTrSTinv TAXATION. ' Qraluation Act on-Partisan and Jfon . Political Guarantee Against Exces- , sItc Increase in Taxes The Organl- r zation for Revaluation. (By A. J. Maxwell) None of the features of the revalua- 4 Ttion act is more remarkable than the . manner of its passage by the General - Assembly. An ordinary revision of T j, ' the Machinery Act for the quadren j . nial assesment of real property usu- , ". , alJy occupies several days of discus- - i ? , , sion in each House, and generally .sharp division over some of its pro . visions. The revaluation act well : understood to anticipate a radical de parture from past practice, and an - appraisal of property at its actual . value was passed without an opposi tion vote in either House, practically without discussion," and without an amendment being offered except inci dental ones offered by the committees which prepared the bill. This showed - unanimous recognition for the neces sity of tie undertaking, as well as s complete confidence in the work of the committees which had carefully for mulated the. plans for carrying it out. Jfon-Partlsan and Non-Political. The manner of its passage; with support of ' members of both parties, as well as the provisions of the act, declare its non-partisan and noa po litical purpose. It is a helpful indica-v-tion that a fundamental economic re form of this great importance can be undertaken without partisan disagree ment upon the main question or upon fhe details of the measure for carrying 5t out. The act gives representation io the. minority party in each coun ty by providing that one member or the County Board of Appraisers and Review shall be appointed from the minority party, and it also provides that any undue political activity by any appointee under the act s'hal? be caus for summary dismissal. Guarantee Against Escessi to Increase in Taxei The act carries its owa spoc'Hc guaiantee that its purpose is" to pro vide more equtable means of raiding revenue, and - hot to unlu!y increase the tax burden. When real esrate 4 was revalued in 1915 .ha tota; increase' in valuation was 25.72 per cent. In 1911 the increase was 22.54 por evi:, -and. in 1907 30.38 per cent. i'ho;'.e in- creased valuations did not rev av.lt :?ri' ;;any reduction in tax rata?. On the contrary the tendency of tax rates nave upon an average jdnrJng those years been higher. The revaluation act provides specifically that not more - i "- -than ten ner cent incrensa in revenue Vj&all be raised upoa the revaluation "t actual value in 1920 than will be raised under the old assessment this year, fcy the State or by any county, -City, town or special tax district. So jlie net increase in taxes under this reassessment will oe-less than the in- crease made in any raassasament yir 5 ifc twelve years. Special Session zo Fix Tax Rale As a farther safeguard and nssat nce, It la provided :h.t' f ho reassa iaent, when made, haU not Vr ne.l tentll approved by the General A.em , l)ly, nor until the tax rates hare been adjusted to the new iaisl cf valuation as above indicated,- d that the rates come the maximum rat e! until ..the General Assembly authorizes -an '"tn- v'crcase.'-vTh18 provision anticipates ilaat there . wil be "a special session of f :U e General Assembly, upon call of the &)-';Serein0r, about the first of July, 1920. y - ; ; District Supervisors , The State Tax Commission is to di ' Tide the State into ten districts and . "appoint a supervisor for each district. ' -The district supervisors" will be given ' nployment for at least a rear at a salary of J250 per month and actual traveling expenses to be paid by the ; State. Th4y will be expected to give whnia time to the work. They j . V4-iva w w - ) --U'J?'ywin divide their ' time , between the several counues in meir axBtriw., tu- OP; with tne county assessing r o i Officers. They will, be the direct ? ineans of conUct between the State TCommiaslpn and the assessing oiScers, tnsrti fl their; duty :;ee-tnat'rne work is - being done acording to law, and according to the same interpreta tion of,-the lawiiineach; countynd will be expected to determine tnia.oy fedflc and detailed investigations, as Bsessments , are. being made in the everal coHnties. Cooaty SiperriMri. i SEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY Following is a list of new books re cently received at the Public Library. The Ghost Girl Stackpool. Peace of Roaring River Van Sch aick. Syrider Sinclair. ' . - Firebrand Trevison Setzer. White Man Chamberlain. Simple Souls Turner. Wild Youth Parker. Penny of Top Hill Trail Maniates. . Apartment Next Door Johnston. The Crimson Alibi Cohen. Desert of Wheat Grey. Joan & Peter Wells. - Four Horsemen of Apocalypse Ibanez. The Tin Soldier Bailey. Shavings Lincoln. Elizabeth's Campaign Ward. An American Family Webster. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Connor. Orthodoxy Chesterton. Rocks of Valpre Dell. Desert Gold Grey. Wild Fire Grey. The Tast Trail Grey ' ? Just David Porter. " - V . Romance of a Xmas Card-Vigginf- 'J he Grissly King Curwoodj: ' ' ' Master in the Vineyard Reed -: .Apron Strings Gates. Glory of the Trenches Dawson. The Daughter Rays Reynolds. World's Almanac and Encylopedla for 1919. Little Men Alcott. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Sidney. Little Colonel's House Party John ston. ( Xever Too Late to Mend Read. Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Hope. Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Hope Bobbsey Twins on a House Boat Hope. , t Bunny Brown on an Auto Tour Hope. ' Outdoor Chums on the Lake Allen. Outdoor Chums on the Gulf Allen Girls of Central High at Basket ballMorrison. Girls of Central High on the Stage Morrison. . N point a county supervisor in each county, who is to be the executive offl- 1 cer in charge of the revaluation work. No township lines are recognized. All the property within a county i3 to bo assessed by the same authority under direct supervision of the county super visor. He appoints his own clerks and assistants. The compensation of county supervisor is graduated with reference to the total value of real and. personal property listed in the county, from $100 to $250 per month, according to the following schedule: In counties of less than $3,000,000, f 100 per month. - Between $3,000,000 and $6,000,000, $150 per month. Between $6,000,00 and $10,000,000, $200 per month. Between $10,000,000 and $15,000, 000, $225 per month. Over $15,000,000, $250 per month. County Board of Appraisers The county supervisor, or one of his assistants is to inspect each piece ot real property in the county, and .tv, regujtre . the owner, .to give. & stat'i ment; under path , and in "t detaif as -t its quantity, quality and value. Blank forms for this purpose are to be fur nished by the State Tax Commission and are to cover, auch inquiriea as in the Judgment of the Commission axe necessary to disclose its real value. These statements, when complete for a township are placed before t ho County Boardof Appraisers, and it is this board which fixes the nlu- The c unty supervisor. Is; chairman of tU'. beard and ita two other m tbrir are to be appointed by! the Board of County Commissioners, and are con finned by the State Tax Commission. Appoiatmentu to be Made First Eta day hi Aprfl. Appointment of district and county supervisors is to be made by the State Tax Commission during the months of March and April. The. Board of Coun ty CohVmI?eipners In each county is to appolnt;;at their, regular meeting the first Monday in April; two members of . the County Board N of r ' Appraisers and Review, one trom each political party 1 These appointees receive $5.00 per day when the Board U in nession; and the same mileage as members of the Board of Couaty Com-mi8sioneri. HENDERSON VILLE. N. C. CAPTAIN RICKENBACKEy AMERICA'S ACE OF ACES, AUTOMOBILE MEN'S GREAT HERO Premier Ace Is America's ace of aces, Capt. Ed ward Victor Rickenbacker, is the au tbmobile men's great hero of the war. Rickenbacker is America's air cham pion. In the final summing up of the aviation records he was officially cred ited with bringing down twenty-six German planes. One story from "over there" relates that he fired the last shot of the war. The story states he was flying over the German lines at 10:59 on the morning of Nov. 11, and that he kept his hand on the trigger of his machine gun for just sixty seconds, . driving Germans helter-skelter until the min ute was Tip and the war ended. Capt. "Rick" was leader of the 94th aero pursuit squadron. In a recent letter he said that on the day the ar mistice went into effect Lis squadron was transferred from the First army to the Third army, and was the only pursuit squadron in the American fly- ing service to accompany the Army of Occupation. This unit was credited with bringing down sixty-nine German planes. May Race This Season.. Capt Rickenbacker plans to be fcaclr In the automobile racing game this season. His presence will do much ta ..-- - M. L. SHIPMAN DROPS 15. " r T m , n . . . xu. ij. onipmau, commissioner oi Labor and Printingy was in town fcr a couple of days in the patter part of last week, stopping here on some matters of business after making a trip up into Avery County on an in vestigation for, his department. Mr. Shi pman says that the last sessioa of tUc . legislature was a warm numbe- and that he for one felt like singing the Long Metre Doxology when the lawmakers finally adjourned. Mr. JBhipman was returning to Ral eigh, from Cranberry, N. X3.,, .where, he Bad been making ah in yestigation oi a fatal mine - 'explosion ' on the property of the Cranberry Furnace Company, on March 24th. It 3eem that , two machine drill runners were putting in a hole for a blast, 'vwtea their drill bit ran into a "failed'i charge, put in for a former blast, and which for some reason had failed to explode with the rest of the charges in that blast.; : Th0 charge explode! on contact with the drill, killing, the colored dril runner ' and Mrion&ly a jarlre his white fellow workman BE8IDEKCE BCKN8 The Flat Rock residence of Mc Millan C . King, together ' with all con- Ktents, was totally destroyed Uy,.-" early Tuesday morning. The fire, which apparently ti:led from a defective fire-place tvit, was dlBCOvered about four o'clock, iu the morning before it had,ga4uei grtar. headway, but the terrific 'wiiid cf 'l ues-day- night made any sort of. fire fighting a hopeless (task, and before any of the furnishings could l got- te oat th entire struetur mas a bum of flamt. The los it between IS,tt and $4,00, partially covered l7iisaae. THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1919 ::;iSS:;S:;fe:::::::::ft: Hero of Motordom. bring about the racing boom that auto mobile men predict for 1919. He is one cf the picturesque figures of the war, and his mere entry undoubtedly will draw thousands to the tracks. "Rick's" exploits won him decora tion after decoration. War censorship allowed only the news of his repeated victories to reach this country, but since the armistice wonderful tales of his daring have come across the ocean. It is known he has received the Dis tinguished Service Cross with four oak leaves, equivalent to five citations ; the French Croix de Guerre, and the. dec oration of the Legion of Honor. He may have been honored even further, but those decorations were officially reported. ': - f Capt. Rickenbacker enlisted early in 1917. His first work after reaching France was a Job as chauffeur to Gen. Pershing. That proved too slow for the daredevil of the speedways and he ' secured a transfer to aviation. After completing his course of instruction in April, 1918, he won his title of -ace" In one month by bringing down five German planes, rThen victories, came so fast that "Rickenbacker downs an other" Hunt, was headlined In the papers every UtQe while. , OPERA The person who likes vaudeville, comedy and the one who likes singing, i tne party no likea and the one who likes all four, those who like a goodly dash of novelty bills, all will be wholly pleased with the program that comes to the . Hendersonville Opera" House Friday and Saturday so states Henry Loop who has just re cently made arrangements . with the city to book and put on good attrac jtlonsfpr . us .this, season. . , , Every member of "Shorty Yager's show is an artist, and played many large circuits - Condensing many popular musical ' plays into tablolCf form Mr. Yager? haa succeeded in giv ing his many patrons a performance entirely different 'from any here be fore. -i : Basket Ball 1 f The game of basket ball which was played between. East Flat Rock and Flat Rock teams last Friday afternoon proved te be a very interesting one to the large crowd" -that witnessed It. The score was 25 to 17 in . favor of East Flat Rock The linV up follows: : , Eat Flat Boekj(28); Flat Eeek (17) i Pearl Bryant. . : Margaret Thomas - - Guard . ? - ' v . . . . . . ,t)oiiy: Brooksuire Guard f '. X"-V- . . . ,i-..Neili Peace Syble Capps; Lula Pace. ' . r Center Mfldred Michsel ... . Dorothy, Thomas ...'Forward ' - . Bernioe Case . . , ... . . . . Gertrude Hal! REPCBLICAXS HO?fOR OPPO'EXTS OF WAR Recreants and Reactionaries Get Chairmanships in House of Repre- seniatives. Washington, D. C, March Sl; Re publican recreants and reactionaries men who voted against war with Jeivnany and against preparations for the war and veterans of the Old Guard, under the dominion of Sena tor Penrose and Uncle Joe Cannon, are to share control of the next House of Representatives. Nearly every member chosen for the chairmanship of an important committee is a Republican, with a i-ecord of hostility and active opposi tion to the war or with a reputation as the pleader of special interests. Many of them are in both categories. In making committee assignments the Republican leaders have promoted men who voted against tabling the McLemore resolution, the war reso lution, and the selective draft and who supported the Cooper amendment which sought to nullify the armed neutrality bill. 'The McLemore resolution was a warning to Americans to stay off the high seas.' The war resolution was that declaring a state of war to exist between this country and Germany. The Cooper amendment was intended to' prevent the arming of merchan: ships to protect them against German submarines. The selective service law was that under which was organ ized the great national army that con tributed to the glorious victory over Germany and her allies. It is not surprising that the oppo nents of the war with Germany and obstructionists of its successful pro secution should thus have been re warded. The Mann Comittee on Com mittees by whom they were selected was itself strong with- the same taint. Thirty-one ' cf the thirty-six mem bers of this "steering committee" were in the previous Congress.- Eigh teen" of these thirty-one voted against tabling the McLemore resolution, whose defeat President Wilson phar acterized as the "acid test" of loyalty to American rights. Seventeen of the . .-. .... i . . old members of the committee support ed the Cooper amendment. Record of the New Chairmen. If the choice of these leaders and chairmen of the Republican House was inspired by a desire to reward their un-American performances, performances then that purpose has been successfully accomplished. As Speaker of the House, Repre sentative Gillett of Massachusetts will have the chief post of honor. Mr. GilletVs jrerdjs enough to cave qualified him under the peculiar standards adopted by his Republican associates. He voted against the ship ping board bill, which was to provide the Government with tonnage to trans port supplies and equipment and sol diers to Europe, and against the food survey bill. He answered "present" to the roll call on the great war revenue bill of 1918, when the country was in the midst of the conflict with Germany. Two other Republicans and the only Socialist in the House answered "present" with him. Mr. Gillett had the backing of Senators Lodge and Penrose and of Will H. Hays, chairr man of the -Republican Nation iCom-. mittee. Representative Mondell of Wyo ming is Republican floor leader. He voted against tabling the McLemore resolution and against the selective service bill. He charged that this measure was "palatable to those who Imagine that by the working of this magic selection they and those they love may be excused, and the burden may fall upon those without political social or cayitalistle influence." The Committee on Commltf a se rtm Ranresentative Knataon of Minnesota to the party whip. He de served this of his Repubican fellows, apparently for having voted against the war resolution. Representative Good ot Iowa, who is. to bechairman of the House Com cittee :cor Appropriation'gets. this inv portant post in spite--or because of his vote against the tabling xf the Mc Lemore resolution and of his vote for the Cooper amendment to the armed neutrality' bL Vs; ; " Recreant '"aat Seae&ea&ry In the person of Representative Fordney of Michigan, is combined re- (Cootinued on lass pagO PRICE FIVE CENT TOURISTS GOISG TO CHDEXEY ROCK. Large Amount of Travel Attracted to Chimney Rock OTer Asheville- Char lotte Highway. The beautiful weather that has re cently prevailed in Westren North Carolina the kind of weather that we advertise has caused large num bers of motorists to visit Chimney Rock. Never at this season of the year has there been as heavy travel. Heretofore, Asheville 'people have been rather slow to recognize the -great scenic attraction which Chim ney Rock has offered as an objective point for automobilists for the whole of the "Land of the Sky" and the re cent appreciable increase of travel has been due to a number of causes probably th most important of which is the excellent condition of the Ashe-ville-Charlotte Highway. At the resent Ume the last named thoroughfare is probably in the finest condition of any road crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains and the scenery along this -newroadrjs among the fin est the :East.; At the present time there is engaged a large force of men expending' $100,000 on .hard surfacing the road in' the direction of Chimney Rock, namely; from Biltmore to Fair view. It will be recalled that the stretch of highway has been macadamized for years but the surface became rough and at the present time the Asheville Paving Co., is making this part of the "Chimney Rock Route" a veritably boulvevard by laying a . coat of as phalt upon the old macadam base. When this work is completed it will determine at once a vast and increas ing travel directly from the Piedmont to. Asheville, notwithstanding the con siderably lower elevation which can be attained in crossing the ridge over the route which was previously more' popular by way of Reedy Patch Gap. Both of these entrances to the resort region of North Carolina, however, are destined to become splendid . thoroughfares and nothing should l)e' left undone to keep them in an ; ex cellent state of repair. The Herider-sonville-Charlotte Highway should be second to none as an eastern entrance to our city. WOMAN'S CLUB. The Woman's Club had their meet ing on Wednesday afternoon, March 26, in the school auditorium promptly at 3:30 o'clock.. The president, Mrs. L. M. Colt, asked the meeting to come to order and Mrs. R.T. Wbeelrignt secretary protem, called the rolL It is the custom for the members to re spond with a Current event and the following gave interesting ones, Mes dames L. M. Colt, W. A Carrigan. W. Ewtank, RM. Oates, R. P. Freeze and the Misses Carson. The minutes of last meeting were read and annroved. No special reports had been prepared by the various com mittees. There was an animated dis cussion relative to intertaining the state federation of clubs on June 2. The club will conduct a "Millinery Opening and Rummage Sale," on Sat urday, April 5, in the store "formerly occupied 'by f Pattetsbn tourplement: hefrvfund9 lor the increased demands v.on them. ' .'- Mrs . f Michael Schenck's suggestion about smging the Federation song at every meeting met with approval. Mrs. Colt introduced Miss Evelyn Lee who gave some valuable sugges tions about "Clean-Up-Week." The club would be very glad to have the rummage that is . collected sent to their sale. There were present at ,thts meeting 22. . The new members that were receiv ed were Mrs. Bradley aad Miss Gus- aie Dotsoa. Three otaer names banded is for consideration! -, Thte pro gram was then giren. . "Military Highways," Mrs. E. 1. Ewbank. , Illustrations of the Dixie Higaway were shown by her. "History of the -American NaTy7 Mrs. R. P. Freeze. Both papers were well written-ami instructivrf.C: .The president read tb program for next meeting and - ad journed. ff By Way of Explawatie. Ho Carrie, the eapreeeioa "piptag . of peaco n3 to ao wtia g the peace ptpe. rr- V : ; Pnxes I State Tax tomm'MW" j U T ) 'I
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