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WANTS JUSTICE IN THE MATTER OF TAXES Correspondent Thisnks Land In Stokes Is Not Assessed At Its ° True Value —Advice To Farmers Sanford, N. C., Jan. 22. Editor Reporter : The question I want to discuss is the equalization of taxes. I believe in justice and the law says everything shall be assessed at its true value. I think r- i its true value is what it will bring in dollars and cents. If that is not the true meaning I cannot understand it. If a man has horses, mules, wagons, farming implements, tools of mechanics, money or bank stock or any other property he is required to give it in and be sworn to its correctness over his signature and if that man fails to give it in / at its true value he has sworn , falsely. That is the way I see it but here comes a man with hun dreds of acres of land valued at one fourth its worth but he says I did not value it; the as sessors valued it and if they don't (value it correctly it is not my fault I did not swear to the cor rectness of it. As I understand this is the year to re-assess the lands of Stokes I would like to call the 1 assessors attention to this. I sup pose they are sworn. A good I many men that have spare put it in land be cause the taxes are nothing, i They hold this land in large boundaries, while if they had to pay full value like other property they would turn it loose and good hard working - poor men could have a chance to buy, and ' jt would make a better class of citizens for the men that till the soil to own it. besides if a poor man is laying up money to buy him a home he has to pay taxes \ on every cent or swear falsely Awhile the above land holders dodge behind the assessors. I understand there is land selling all the way from S2O to SIOO per £cre and none of it taxed over $7 or $8 per acre. The conten tion is this, it is worth what it will bring in dollars and cents. I hope to see the day when justice will be meted out to the t rich and poor alike. If you | could tax land in Stokes accord- I ing to what it sells for the aver i age in taxes would build good I roads all over the county if we could use it that way but as I (understand the most of the tax goes to the State. Now I don't believe in the Henry George single tax theory but in simple 1 justice to poor and rich alike. You farmers in Stokes raise all the hog and homing you need and build a few good roads in Stokes every year and you will 1 prosper. Sincerely, •h D. S. W. i be Taylor Hotel. To the Traveling Public and Friends of the Taylor House : I wish to say to you all that after thi.s date I will be in ujpharge of the hotel and will be there to attend to your wants in person. I have been con nected with Mr. Taylor in his mercantile business as salesman for the past fifteen years and know how he wishes his hotel conducted - first-class fare, clean rooms and bedding and cour teous treatment, which he al ways gives to one and all. I will try to conduct the hotel on the same high standard that ihe always did, and will not have lit otherwise. Stop with me and I give me a trial. Very respectfully, L. B. SIMMONS. The Savings Bank. Charlotte Chronicle. In an article intended to show the rapid development of the savings banks in this country and the good they are doing, The New Orleans Picayune takes the Empire State of New York as an instance. It says that statistics of the savings banks in that Commonwealth show that there are now 2,886,910 separate ac counts in such institutions in the State, showing that cne person in every three has money on de posit in some savings bank, and during the past year the number of these savings accounts has in creased more than one hundred thousand, while the amount on deposit has increased $54,000,001 equal to six dollars for every man, woman and child in the great State of New York. The Picayune says conditions in other States are without doubt pretty much the same in a greater or less degree. Such statistics the accuracy of which there is no reason whatever to doubt, cer tainly indicate that the American masses are thrifty and are not squandering their substances, as so many also of our own wise acres so frequently claim. If to savings deposits be added the amount that wage-earners invest in co-operative savings and loan 1 associations and in life insurance it becomes apparent that our masses are not only thrifty but arc distinctly prosperous, and that, too, in spite of the fact that the last two years have not been as satisfactory from a bus iness and financial standpoint as could be wished. This tendency toward thrift is steadily growing as deposits are increasing at a comparatively rapid rate, hold ing eut the hope that eventually your American people will earn quite as great a reputation of thrift and economy as the French or Germans. SAVED TWO LIVES. "Neither my sister nor myself might be living to-day, if it had not been for Dr. King's New Discovery" writes A. D. McDon ald, of Fayettville, N. C. R. F D. No. 8, "for we both had frightful coughs that no other remedy could help. We were told my sister had consumption. She was very weak and had night sweats but your wonder ful medicine completely cured us both. It's the best I ever used or heard of." For sore lungs, coughs, colds, hemorrhage, la grippe, asthma, hay fever, croup, whooping cough, all bronchial troubles, it surpretne. Trial bottle free. 50c ana SI.OO. Guar anteed by all Druggists. Notice to the Public During Januarv we will con tinue to sell go-.nU at the same prices we sold them during our cut, price sale before Xtnas. LEWIS SI.VMONS. sjan2t Pilot }.lt., N. C. GOWANS King off Externals Is the Original in (he field of external rem edies for all forms of inflammation such as pneumonia, croup and colds. Nothing can approach Gowans. It stands supreme. We have been Belling Gowans Preparation lor Pneumonia and Colds ever since it wna put ttn the market, and have found it one of our moat satisfactory sellers. CARPENtER UROS, Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Greenville, 8. C., July If, 1010. IUY TO-DAY! HAVE IT IN THE NOME All DraitUl*. »1. BOe. ll*. «OW*N NttMCALCO.. DURHAM, N. 0. THE DANBURY REPORTER GOLD MINE IS PAYING WELL. Bringing Out Rich Ore From Mine in Yadkin County. According to reports, the gold mine which is just now being rapidly developed seven miles I south of Yadkinville, Yadkin' county, is getting to be of con- j siderable consequence. The j company owns 66 acres of land, | and on the property, they have, erected a ten-stamp mill, tubej mill, complete cyanide plant, with 100 tons capacity, bunk house, assay office, etc. This mine has been under de velopment for four years, and the ore which is being taken out is bringing from S4O to S3OO per ton. The company has spent a vast amount of money in deve loping the mine. One shaft has been sunk 100 feet, drifting 400 feet to the east and 80 feet to the west. Also two other shafts have been sunk, one be ing 80 feet deep and containing a nine-foot vein of ore and the other being 35 feet deep, with an incline north. P. L. Culler, the painter, paper-hanger and decorator, King, N. C. exfeb23 T ; THIRD ROUND FOR THE 1910 TAXES. i will meet the people of Stokes county at the following times and plucee for the purpose of collecting the taxes for the yeur 1910 : Walnut Cove, (Bunk of Stokes Co.), Mon., Jan. 2s, 1911, 9a. in. to .'1 p. m. l'lne Hall. Tues.. " 24, " 9 " " " 1 " " Germanton, Wed., " 25, " 9 " " "4" " King, Thurs.," 2(i, " 9 4"" Pinnacle, Frl., " 27, " 9 " " "4" " O. W. Neal'sStore, (now Morefleld's), Satur., " 2*, " Ip.m. " 3"" Sandy Kldge, (WillShelton'sStore), Mon., , " 30, " 10a. m. " 3" " J. Wesley Morefleld's Store, Tues.. " 31. " 9" " " 3" " Lawsonville, (Sheppard's Store), Wed., Feb. 1, " 9" " " 3"" Smith's I'. (). (Smith's Store), Thurs.," 2, '• It" " " 8" " Frauelseo, Frl., " 3, " 9 " " "3" " Covington's S. H. (George's Store), Sat., " 4, " 9 " " " 3" " Danbury, Mon. " I!. " 1 have already made two rounds In the county for the taxes of 1910, and gone to a great many more places than the law requires me to do, and have pleaded earnestly with the people to meet me and pay their taxes, mud yet,less than one-tenth of the taxes for 1910 havebeen paid. There Is an erroneous Idea In the minds of some people about the time for the pay ment of taxes, and they think they have until Sept. 1911 In which to pay for the year 1910. This is a great mistake, for all taxes for the year 1910, w ere due and payable Sept. 1. 1910, and must be collected and applied to the purposes for which levied long iK'foreSept. 1911. The county, school, poor, and State taxes are badly needed In order io meet the necessary expenses, and 1 now earnestly request you to set- He on this round. If you do not do so, you will l»e put to cost and i rouble, for 1 mean to collect the taxes, aud have gfven every one ample uppori unity to pay. and If they will not pay without cost and trouble, (In- fnulr will l»e theirs and not nitne. I give you fair warning by tills notice, and mean exactly what 1 say. Respectfully, C. M. .fOXES, Sheriff. iJiin. 3rd. 1911. " - - Saw Mills and Wood Working Machinery For the best lines built, at right prices, don't buy till you see i IT. J. THORE j WESTFIELD, N. C. f—BB—B—HB Highest Cash Prices Paid For Chickens and Eggs. | McGEEHEE & CO., MADISON, N. C. Wishing You a Happy Prosperous New Year We start the sixth year of business toth deposits lar ger than ever before, with about 600 depositors on our books; with the record of having never lost a loan; and resolved to maintain our policy of doing business only on a safe and conservative basis. We invite every person in Stokes county who handles money, whether in large or small amounts, to open an account with us. Check books furnished free, or 4 cent, interest paid on sav ings accounts. | The Bank of Stokes Co. We are glad to announce to our friends that JACK MILL is now back with us for the balance of the season. He will be on every sale and will give his personal attention to each pile of your tobacco and see that every pile brings the top market price. Mr. Hill has been a famer all his life and is now, and he knows how to sympathize with the farmers. He is recognized as one of the best judges of tobacco in the State, and this enables him to be a great help to you in selling your tobacco. If you have sold with us, you will come again; if you have not, don't put it off any longer, for you are losing money. Bring us > our NEXT LOAD and you will be pleased with your sale. Jack Hill Is buying a lot of tobacco and is the most liberal buyer on the market. He wants a large quantity of good wrap pers and is paying high prices for them. He is no stranger to the farmers of this section, as he has been on the Winston market for 19 years and has helped to bring about the best accommodations that the farmers have ever had in Winston. The far mers' interest is first with him, his own next. He will always meet you with a smile and a kind word that is natural with him. Sales at the Leader are averaging high and our en tire sales for several days during November were around $12.00 per hundred average and for some days the average was around $13.00 per hundred. Our first sale days for December are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Come to see us. Your friends, LEADER WAREHOUSE. I Walnut Cove Roller Mills. We only run Mill 5 days out of each wekk, but do not run on Thursday. We have a large custom grinding but want more, and we guarantee to please every one. So you people who are not in the habit of coming to us will please come and try us. If we don't please you come back and tell us. We sell flour, meal, chop, bran and corn and buy wheat. Yours for more business, JOHN R. LACKEY WALNUT COVE, N. C. I PARTRIDGE PLYMOTH ROCKS Do you keep poultry for pleasure or pro fit ? PARTRIDGE PLYMOTH ROCKS win give you both. My birds are winter layers and good payers. > ggs $3.00 per setting of 15. Eggs from heavy laying Single Comb Brown Leghorns $1.50 per setting. Good hatch guaranteed. JULIUS 0. YOUNG, Danbury, N. C. Page 7
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