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j COBLES CASH GARAGE FORD REPAIRING A SPECIALTIY. 5 Next to Baptist Church. FISK. TIRES. FORD TARTS. ! CKKTT I'KCES TRUE VALUA TION OF ntOPEKTY BE filVEX Says Mr. Average CitUen Need Xot Feir That Mr. Undesirable Hi wen Will lie Allowed to Gt Away With ( heap Valuation. The Journal has received the fol lowing letter from Governor T. V. Bickett. addressed to Mr. Average Average Citizen, which should be o Jl mmm 1 e71ui;L-.lm''! I 0 II y M I .t I mi mt&bH&mgm&imm ill UnUl iLlO ,:; i iMte p i :l lPlSlllM if K...v: v---- J ftV&llllil I MlJF','l,l!li,,,,l l TALK about smokes, Prince Albert is geared to a joyhandout standard that just lavishes smokehappiness on every man game enough to make a bee line for a tidy red tin and a jimmy pipe old or new ! Get it straight that what you've hankered for in pipe or cigarette makin's smokes youH find aplenty in P. A. That's because P. A. has the quality! You can't any more make Prince Albert bite your tongue or parch your threat than you can make a horse drink when he's of the water ! Eite and parch are cut out by our exclusive patented process 1 You just lay back like a regular fellow and puff to beat the cards and wonder why in samhill you didn't nail a section in the P. A. smokepasture longer than you care to remember back ! - -I -.. JtA k .11 !! j . :. ; . My IVar Mr. Average Citiien: An intimate acquaintance with you, ex pending over a number of years, leads iue to write you this intensely person is! letter. I know that you love the i truth, that you despise injustice, that !vou are a robust rhamninn nf the square deal. The possession by you of the cardinal virtues makes North Carolina a truly great State. The luost vital power of the State is the power to tax, and you believe that this vital power should be exer- Icised with a full knowledge of the truth. You believe that from this full knowledge of the truth there will flow perfect equality in taxation. For the first time in the history of the State, you. Mr. Average Citiien. r.tve it in your power to write the full truth and perfect equality in the zx books of the State. You have nevtr been called upon to do this be fore: indeed, you have never been : ruined to do (his before. Hut now the General Assembly has enacted a !lav.' that (.laces the matter entirely in your hands. The new law is written c correct principles. The machin try for its enforcement is adequate Kid appropriate. The law is so writ ten that it will be easy for the citizen to do the right and hard for him to do the wron. But on you. Mr. Average 'Citizen, rests the responsibility of de termining wheiher or not the wise and just purpose of the law shall be , tarried out. j Now, Mr. Average Citizen, you will ' receive a questionnaire and will be , called upon to swear before God and 'to all your fellow-citizens what is the fair market value of your property. iW'hen you come to take this solemn oath it will be helpful to you to put io your own conscience this question: "If I did not own this property, but i wanted to buy it, what would I be : Justified in paying for it?" and. again: 'if I wanted to sell this prop erty, not at a forced sale, but in the wav and on the terms that property of this class is generally sold in this j community, what do I really believe I could get for it?" The answer to these questions will point with rea sonable accuracy to me iair martlet lvalue cf your property. This fair I market value you must write down in your questionnaire, else you will cease to become Mr. Average Citizen and become Mr. Undesirable Citizen. When you, Mr. Average Citizen, tell the truth about your property," it v ill do no good for your neighbor, M:. Undesirable Citizen, to tell a lie aiot!t his property, because the books ;show truly what the property of Mr. j Average Citizen is worth, this evi dence will clearly and conclusively show what the property of Mr. L'n- 1 ('.e-Mrable Citizen is worth. The local and district assessors , when th?y jcouie to fix the value of property, will I be governored by the sworn testimony !of Mr. Average Citizen. And when you, Mr. Average Citi zen, tell the unvarnished truth about your property, that truth will wipe out every discrimination and every nequality In taxation in North Caro lina. True values are always equal values, but the greatest expert cannot l'Sy S B.v rVnce Albert tctryu'hert tobacco it told. Toppy red bags, 5ty$iS'rf's)i' ! tidy red tint, handsome pound and half pound tin humidors and i I iStnMl.i-$ moittener top that keept the tobacco in $uch perfect condition. I inequality In taxation in North Caro- ' v m Z n, V lina. True values are always equal R.J. RaynoftlftTobiiceoCo, R. J. Reynold Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, N. C values, but the greatest expert cannot 1 j Fill up Your"Crank Case" With "Green Flag"Motor Oil, And Ride as Easy as an Airplane! A smooth rcnnine rr.ctor, valh her pewer to r.olch, running without a "buck or u iiuzr? or a jar, makes it a genuine pleasure ii diivins & car. CcTcct and QUALITY lubrication is the srwer. It's fee dcr ence between trouble and pleasure. To ticce w!. arcrt ciate Just what correct and "ccid.ly" Ialrie.ticn mewvx. tl:b information is supervlyovj. Tey con't Hat :r.c trcullts. Most of them use "GREEN FLAG" MOTC7? OIL cr.da Jvely, and Lve forcctten whet erjbe trc-cLlct." ere. Your engine and motor are IuWica?ed by a spcriij t ys tera, provided by tho manufacturer for t!;t portal. TLi system readies everj' part cf the m&i.'ve icver zsA iis parts with minuto reyulsrity. If His fcctanttlc system cf lubrication were not provided, you cotld ret run a rr.oicr car at alL If yoa had to personally oil seme 15 or 20 r-trts of the engine crd meter every day Lcfon yoa startJ out, erea if such a plan was accessary, and ycu knew extcfJy where and hc-iv to distribute lb oil, very few motor cars would te in operilion. But tfce Iuhriciiing system of ev , c: rav cbvinfe any alienticn on your part extent having tie ci! pv ia ihe heart of the system as you coed'it. That's ci:y. Ycu just L-iva up and have the dealer put in the rccosiary trjccr'. Ett the jrer.oral failing of most driv ers of a,-- ;c tut thew drive i? and say "GIVE ME A QUART OF OIL" Thfat un?t the correct way to ask for i. ta j?et tho !t rsa!ts. Drive un and say "GIVE ME A QUART OF 'GREEN FLAG' GIL. , There arm auwbrr of "GREEN FLAG" MOTOR OIL sta tical in ll.U ceuctr. Ti tfrnlcri art well-known nd rclisLla, r,J rej can Ivy fcGRN FLAG" MOTOR OIL from any on cf i!im wilH in aiturieco tLt you r (tttinf lh bt oil, and the grtia of oi! bet c?ictl for your noetic. It will ntr you to iriwa out of your way to buy "GREEN FLAG" MOTOR OIL from any of tho following w.Il-known daaN cm TILE HENDERSON GARAGE AND MACHINE CO. Monroe, N. C. hi equalize a series of falsehoods. When all the property in the State shall be placed on the fcooks at its fair market value, many benefits will accrue to you, Mr. Average Cititea. 1. You will have the great satis faction of knowing that the record writteu by all the people of the State is a true record and not a libel on the commonwealth. This knowledge will wonderfully strengthen the moral fiber of our people. 2. You will know that every dis crimination In taxation is wiped out, and that every citizen carrying his far part of the burden. 3. As the values go up the rate of taxation will go down, and hereafter North Carolina will be known far and wide as a wealthy State with a low rate of taxation instead of a poor State with a hlrh rate of taxation. 4. The General Assembly has made a pledpe not to collect, under the proposed true valuation of property, revenues greater than ten per cent in excess of the revenues collected under the present false values. This means that the total revenues collected by the State shall not be greater than ten er cent in excess of the total rev enues collected under the present law. This most emphatically does not mean that no particular citizen will have to pay taxesMn excess of ten ncr cent of the amount he has here tofore paid. A particular citizen may ray less taxes than he has exer paid before. He may pay double what he has heretofore paid. This depends on whether or not he has heretofore paid more than his fair share the in crease as to him will be less accord ing to his true worth. If he has paid more than his fair share the increase as to him will be less than ten per cent; if he has paid less than his fair share, the Increase as to him will be more than ten per cent. You. Mr. Average Citizen, will at once perceive the essential Justice In thus equalling the public burden. I call on you to lend your vigorous sup port, first, by example, and then by precept, to this attempt by the Gener al Assembly to build up a taxation system in North Carolina grounded on perfect truth and perfect justice. By so doing you will help to practi cally demonstrate that it is profitable in money and In morals to a people as well as to an individual to tell the truth and shame the devil. Sincere ly yours, T. W Bickett. German naval appropriations seem to have included a sinking fund. Brooklyn Eagle. K-it of the Condition of The Farmers & Merchants Bank at Monroe, in the State of North Car olina. at the close of business, June 30, 1919. KKSOl'liCE.. Loans and Discounts .. f 31?.. 233. 6:! Overdrafts, unsecured ... 2,944.53 I'nited States Bonds and Liberty Bonds Furniture and Kixtuers . All real estate owned . . Cash in vault and net amount due from Banks, Bankers and Trust Companies.. 89,183.39 Cash items held over 24 hours Checks for clearing Liberty Bond Account . . War Savings Certificates Summer Schools. A great many patrons of the schools of the county have nude re quests for Summer Schools. For the information of these and any other patrons. 1 publish herewith a state ment from Dr. E. C. Brooks. State Superintendent of Public Instructor.. This information Is in reply to a let ter askinr whetVr the six months tvhool term wH be divided. "If you mean by summer school to 'divide the six months term into two parts and have a few weeks in the summer and the remainder next win ter I wish to say that this will he il legal. The law says that the s.houl term shall be continuous. Therefor it would be a violation of the In to have such a umner school In a dis trict where theu is no special tax, a id I do not believe it would be aJ visable to have .t In a district where here is a special tax although there are enough funds to run a school from seven and one half to eight months." (Signed) E. C. BROOKS. You will notice from this state ment that there can be no school this Summer in a district where there Is no special tax. No one can question the wisdom of this ruling. We hope the day is at hand when we can run our schools for eight months contin uously where there Is a special tax. RAY FUNDERBCRK. S;ul Fate of a Ham. A young man entered the village shop and, complained to the owner that a ham he had purchased there a few days before had proved not to be good. "The ham is all right, sir!" Insist ed the shopkeeper. ",o; it isn't." insisted the other. "It's bad!" "How can that be," continued the shopkeeper, "when it was cured only last week?" The young man reflected a mom ent, and then suggested: "Maybe It's had a relapse." Lon don Blighty. Golfer "Aren't you awars that It is very dangerous to allow a child to run about the links alone?'' Maid '"S all right, sirthe poor little feller's Itone deaf." Wanted 5.100.00 6.730.23 . 754.11 .. 512.31 4,924.49 1.190.00 . 837.54 Total 455.412.23 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in. . . . $60,000.00 Surplus Fund 23,600.00 Undivided Profits, less current expenses and taxes paid. 6,668.35 Dividends unpaid 35.00 Notes and bills rediscount od NONE Bills l'ayoble NONE Deposits subject to check 272,496.76 Demand Certificates of De posit 89.150.14 Cashier's Cheeks .outstanding 603.86 Certified Checks 1.616.72 Due to State Banks, Bankers and Trust Companies .. 1,341.40 Total 455.412.23 State of North Carolina, County of Union: I, C. B. Adams, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement 1s true to the best of my knowledge and belief. C. B. ADAM'S, Cashier. Correct Attest: ' . W. M. GORDON. F. G. HENDERSON, M. K. LEE, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th, day of July, 1919. H. E. LEE. Notary Public. KiHrt of the Condition of The Savings Loan and Trust Co. at Monroe, In the State of North Car olina, at the close of business June 30, 1919. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts .. $183,221.83 Overdrafts ; . . 1,291.51 United States Bonds and Liberty Bonds and W.S.S 12.326.00 Furniture and Fixtures .. 1.749.40 All real estate owned .... 3,239.42 Cash In vault and net amt. due from Banks, Bankers and Trust Companies. . 24,122.42 Cash items held over 24 hours 1.001.25 Checks for clearing ,1,815.62 Insurance Investment .... 1,000.00 Building Fund 305.70 Total TO DO YOUR ELECTRICAL WORK All work dime ucronling to Utiles anil SHilii'atioiiN of S. K. I'. Aknu ciatlitn. Agents for IlRIA'O LIMITING SYSTKM. MOMtOK KLKCTRIC SKKVIC COMPANY . Ii. IIKI.DKKM.W Prnprlctor K. Franklin Street. Telephone No. 471. MASCOT The American Limestone Co., of Knoxville, Tenn., guarantees every car of Mascot Limestone from their plant to contain 95 Calcium Car bonate Equivalents. Mascot Limestone Is nil mined from a Solid led ire of Tennessee Rnrk at n. depth of 300 to 800 feet underground ana is uiererore rree rrom soil, sand or silt. Absolutely bone-drybecause it Is kiln-dried. The best time to haul limestone to your farm Is July and August. You'll then have It ready for fall sowings. Let us quote you wholesale prices at your station. Union Supply Company, DISTUIIiUTOaS MAIISHVILLK, N. C. . .. 230.083.15 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid In $25,000.00. Surplus Fund 12.500.00 Undivided Profits, less current expenses and taxes paid. . 2.8R4.28 Dividends Unpaid 10.00 Bills Payable 45,000.0 HeposltR subject to check 61.746.30 Demand Certificates of De posit 46,404,3.11 Savings Deposits 14,903.61 Cashier's Checks outstanding 284.75 Trust Deposits 21.349.Sfi Total 230.083.16 State of North Carolina, County of Union, July 15, 1919. I. H. B. Clark. Cashier oX the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true to the best of ,my knowl edge and belief. H. B. CLARJC, Castiier. Correct Attest: R. A. MORROW. S. O. BLAIR, O. B. NANCE, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of July, 1919. C. W. BAUCOM, Notary Public. NOTICE. To all real estate owners In Union County: 4Qnder the Revaluation Act as passed by the last General Assem bly, I am required to mall to each owner of lands and lots a questionn aire for each tract or lot owned. All persons who havo received questionnaires or that will receive questionnaires hereafter ara required to have them filled out ready to bo laken up by myself or uiy assistants when wo visit your lands and lots and In case you cannot fill them out the law requires us to give you the nec essary assistance. The questionnaires io not have to be returned to me by m.Vl but to be held by the parties receiving until called for and your real estata in spected. I hope that all owr.fri of real property will give all lesired Infor mation about their property. " M. L. FLOW. CouDy Supervisor. aundry 1U CHARLOTTE STEAM LAUNDRY Call Phone 89 or 113 or leave at Five Point Grocery Store. - i G. B. CALDWELL, Jr.
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