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The Tradiir; PubH Liberally Patron! il".ei:.r.U i.0 j i CIA for The Trs t ,' I ' I li Watch For Tho Bidders V NASHVILLE, North Carolina, July 24th, 1919.1 no. 1:0. V ? 1, , !.-- i - 1 I 1 1 r . , i i , i '.rt cf i . ( . . ; A '. : m a v i!l i 1 1 t i l t.. I lv;. with i:. (! , .:n, t' '" '-,ry r:;.,- 1 cf in each triT. :'. m. If without n bnsikingf hfnu, we'll welcome your account ' Tb rint Nalicr! EanX ' Rocky Dust, N. . . ' --Safest For Saving- ;. THE NATIONAL MI i7 . 0Frxc::Y;;xuNT rocky nourtT. n. c. Capital and Surplus $200,000.00 Compounded Quarterly " On -: Savings.': ;-;. . Your Businzss Solicited. Thos. U. Cattle, President R. H Ricks. "I Vice-President A. P. Thorpe. ; . Vice-President. J. L. Suiter. - -"-fCashier. ' W. G. Robbina,' ' Asst Ca'hier. N. S. Bennett, . Asst. Cashier. V; rs Frcni nhvilh Stop At The- Flirty i..c"..t hul v ' 213 S. Main St. ; For Ladies and Gentlemen, ' European Plan' : Central Location. Steam Heat and Running Water in Every Room, E?st Senice Crrantee'J; C: ".i llz ; Ye:r RIGHT! Look Dressed Up At All Times. Ilava Your Clothes Cleaned e.t.1 Frc::cJi by tha L.. j. j. l rAic n, rrcp'r. .. N. C. i Oucotionnaires Have Been Mailed to Property Owners to. Fill Out. Property Owners t'rfed to Cooper. ate With Township Field-Work-, ers On Their Rounds County Auditor John L. Cornwell, who is supervisor of the work in volving a re valuation of all the real and personal propety under the legislation enacted ' by the last General Assembly, set to work thla week mailing: questionnaires to property owners. Each letter is ac companied by a uniform letter of explantion prepared by the State Tax Commission In which the full purposes and intent of the question naire - are set iortn,- wnue we questionnaire Itself also ' carries explicit instruction; to all property owners. . ; - . ; v . ' The first questions' have been mailed ' to the property owners residing: in Coopers Township, and each person receiving: the question naire is expected to promptly fill out same ar. I have in readiness lor tne field workers, who will call vwithin the rlext' t few days, take up, the questionnaires and secure such other data as will enable them to handle this important question with justice and fairness to all concerned. ', It is expected the field workers will complete their personal canvass by Friday, July25ttv. Then the question naires will be sent to land owners in. another " township until every township in the county has been covered., " :'? v" V .' V:""' ElanX for LbtlnJ Land Acreage. ; The purpose of this blank is to dis close the fair, actual cash value of the tract of land : listed. It carries the guarantee of the state thut the purpose is not to -increase the total amount of taxes -paid, but to find the value of each separate piece of property equally; and by the .same standard rule, so that equal justice r:ay be done to each tax payer. The total increase in taxes cannot exceed ten Der cent for the state, for the county, for any special taxi district. A separate blank must be filled out for each separate piece of real prop erty. The supervisor must require that full answer be made to," every question." If you cannot answer any question - with absolute accuracy, give, the answer that - represents your beat judgment as an estimate, The I ?.rJ of appraisers will not be bnun T by your answer aa to the ac- 'i.a of the property Your r ijould represent your best v.t of the value. The assess ; ,:1 r . present the best judg " t'.e county hoard of ap i, v 1 ich may be "higher , or f i y jrs, - You will in any v i in writing by mail ,t made, and, will 'be -y to be heard if in it ia e Md for : .1 c 'i ..'.ae. -iov Mo city cify ii.- i . f.t cf rsrrs in culliv...;on, 3 or pa3ture, T -1 I, UuTiL TillS WEEK Has timber right been sold, and conveyed?. J.. - , j If yes. to whom?.... What' was the consideration saleT....' Give ' amount of insurance of on buildings?. , If whole property was rented in 1918, what was the value in money of rent received?.... , , . rIf cultivated by owner, or partly cultivated and partly rented, what was. the fair rental value of the wholet...y ";'. -?: When did you acquire this tract of land?..;. ..i, " ' If by purchase, what was consider ation?.... .. ; Were there any circumstances connected with the sale which caus ed it to sell for more or less than its value at that time?.,.. u Give cost of improvements made since purchase? , . Have yon sold any part of it since purchase?.... v - -f . If yes, at what price per acre?.. ., . What part sold worth more or less per acre than balance of tract? -c,:. Have you had a genuine offer for this tractor any part of it, i the last two years?.- , . ,J. i t. . . ; .. II yes, Kive uiKoest uueri.... , ; SUte of North Caroliua-County of..;..;.:..-.V-...l':r,v:-7-;.: I I......... ...II.... do solemnly swear (or affirmthat to the test of my knowledge, information and be lief, the fore going: statement (or statements) contains a true, full and correct list of all real property own ed by me on the first day of May, one thousand nine-hundred and nine teen, or which I am authorized or required to list as agent for another; that such property baa been' fully and fairly described and its true con dition representd;,thatl have in no caseought to mialdad, the supervis or or his assiatance fl')o the entire quantity, ' quality jar value of the property; that 1 have;, to the best of my knowledge and judgment, valued the said property at its true and. Ac tual value' on the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine teen, by which I mean the price that could be obtained for said .property at private or voluntary tale for cash, and .not the price which might be realized at a force or auction sale; that I have made full and true ' an swers to all questions with respect to the value and condition of such property that 1 have been required to answer; so help me, God DUTIES OF lELFARE : OFFICER AND PEOPLE Responsibilities Resting Upon Citizens Are Not Considered Trivial. Just at this. time theJBoard of Ed' ucation is laying special. 'Stress upon and trying to iraprr i up6n the citizens oj; wasn county; tae respon- sibities resting upon them in carry. ag out the Compulsory Attendance Law. which is published in full else where in the Graphic. The law like-wise imposes certain duties upon the County Superintendent ' of l ublic Welfare, who can only make i' a purposes and intent of the law . "..dive fcy a hearty co-operation . ! l' ?; - -ri!3 snd public generally, jtiea are tmposea n 1 i Ly '' ' . To i t i c r 'j tut CI. i C " to 1 lit'. ;on of the ; act, i r 1 1 : t. i "cer to : t pre children to school and seek to reme dy the cauge. ' : 8. As probation officer and as (chool attendance officer looking out to neglected and truant children he will come in contact with the homes of such 'children. Many of these homes, and no doubt, most of them, are homes of poverty, neglect or 'shiftlessness, and often objects of charity. He roust know when charitable hlp Is needed and when it should be withheld, and ..other means used. This naturally' makes him the most suitable person to ad vise the public officials regarding the distribution of the poor funds, and under the direction of the Coun ty Commissioners he should investi gate every case where; applications for relief are made. . Cften un worthy persons are on the- rolls and worthy persons will not apply be cause of the stigma attaching to the matter. He should be able from first-hand knowledge te recommend who should be helped and who should not be. 'In many : counties the poor funds have grown enor mously and there are but few In stances where this is managed sys tematically, either for the best In terest of the poor or for the interer est of the taxpayers. :' - . ; ; ' 4. - He should know of the blind, the deaf, the cripple and the sick children in the county, and see that proper care and attention ia given them, and If they are subjects for institutional care or training that they be sent to the proper places. 6. He will visit the county heme, the prjson, the jalland make re port to the State Board on their condition and assist in making sug gestions for improvements. Paroled prisoners in the county will be re ferred to him, and he will assist in reporting the cases of insanity and feeblemindedness, and in getting them in State institutions and in helDinar them in their, own homes after they are discharged. , ' v:; 6. . In short, he will investigate the causes of distress m any and every form nd wist in'rellevln'g them,, and cooperate with the county and officials and all private agencies and. persons preventing unworthy charity and securing worthy help, 7. : He will study the subject or recreation and amusement and' seek to introduce wholesome agencies and to suppress, bad , ones and to keep out the'vicious. v He will encourage the establishment of playgrounds and games, and aid the officials; In the enforcement jf the laws against vice and bad conditions geneiauy. 8. He will co-operate with the churches, the schools and all other agencies and persons who are seek- inirto make a better and cleaner community, - Doring the six months when the schools are in operation the enforcement of the attendance laws will consume much of his time, for tfiis must be done with tact ' and discretion and with a view - of ' help- inir parents te see the error of not doing their best to keep the children in school. The poor, the sick, the afflicted will always be with us, and it will be his duty to .understand how' far these causes go towards truancy at school, and to seek to remedy them. , ,' , - HEAVY RAIN STORMS : SwEEFiuG Tilt STATE AM Rivers KaSInl New Blgn-Water Maris and Flooding Surronndinj cantry, DomaSinj Crops. -. . The heavy rainstorms which have prevailed throughout the state and especially in all Eastern North Caro lina has caused many of the princ pal streams to reach new hjgh-watei marks and is causing considerable damage. ? ' ' ' ,f 1 - Roanoke River reached a newjiigh record by rising more than 45 feet, rr".t floods of water .inundating i 'i in the vicinity of the State i ; il surrounding country. - " r F.iver is a rolling, seething i cf muddy water, : far out- " - i 3 t anks and has reached . t has caused much dam- 5 s o lions of Nash and c -Msa. At - r'rin i ' . ' ' :c plant h: ! to ; f c ' ;ion on t c 1 ' :i v ' r ; ', : '.1 s'.r - i i' 3 T : ; "e t C GOVERNOR BICKETT ISSUES LET TER TO "MR. AVERAGE CITIZEN. f YOUR LAND VALUES Trmk Host Be Told If Valuations n Norm Carolina Are To Be Fairly and Impartially Equalized. My dear Mr. Average Citizen: An Intimate acquaintance with you extending over a number of years, leads me to write you this intensely personal letter. I know that you love the truth, that you despise injustic, that you are a robust champion ' of the spuare deal. The possession by you of the cardinal virtues 1 makes North Carolina a truly great State. The most vital power ef the State la the power to tax, and you believe that this vital power should be exer cised 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 Citizen, have it in your power' to write the . full truth, and perfect equality in the tax books of ' the State. ' You have never been called upon to do this before; indeed, you have never been permitted to do this before. But now the General As sembly has enacted a law that places the matter entirely in your hands. The new tax taw is written On correct principles. The machinery for its enforcement is adequate. The law is so written that it will be ieasy for the citizen tb do right and hard for him to do wrong. But on you, Mr, Average Citizen, rests the responsi bility of determining whether or not the wise and just purpose of the law shall be carried 6ut. , ' Now Mr. Average Citizen, you will receive a questionnaire and will be called upon to swear before God and. id all your fellow citizens what is the fair market value of your property. When you come to take this , solemn oath it will be helpful to you, to put to your own conscience this question: "If I did not own this property, but wanted to buy it, what would I be justified 'in paying for it?", and, again: "If I - want to sell this property, not at a forced sale but in the 'way and on the terms, that property of this class is generally soidm. this community, what do I really believe I could get for it?" The answerto these questions will point with reasonable accuracy to the fair market value of your property. This fair market value yon must write down in your questionnaire, else you will cease to be Mr. Average Citizen and become Mr. Undesirable Citizen. . , . J When you, Mr. Average Citizen, tell the truth about your property, it will do no good for your neighbor Mr, Undesirable Citizen, to tell a lie about his property, because when the books i show truly what the! property of Mr. Average Citizen is worth, this evidence will clearly and conclusively show what the property of Mr. Undesirable Citizen is worth. The local ' and district assessors, when they "come to fix the value of property, will be governed by the sworn testimony of Mr. Average Citizen. . And when you, Mr. Average Citi zen, tell the unvarnished trutn abput' your property, that . truth will wipe out every discrimination and every inequality in taxation in North Carolina. True values are al ways equal values, but the greatest expert cannot equalize a series of falsehoods. , , , , - When all" the property in the State shall be placed on the books at its fair market value, many benefits will accrue to yon, Mr. Average Citi zen. ' -. 1. You will have the great satis-.) faction of knowing that the record written by all the people of the State is a record and hot a libel ; on the commonwealth, This knowledge will wonderfully ; strengthen the moral fiber of our' people. ' : jj si: y , 2. You will know that every dis crimination in taxation is wiped out, and that every citizen is carrying his fair part of the burden. -3. . As the values go up the rate t .lion will go down, hereafter ' Tlh Carolina will te known far 1 3 a wc-.!'.hy Z 'iv i'.h a. low lecled under the present false values. This means that the total . revenues collected by the State shall not Jx grater than ten per cent in excess of the total revenues collected under the present law. This jinost emphatically- dors not -mean that no particular citizen will have to pay taxes in excess of ten per cent of the amount he had heretofore paid. A particular citizen may pay less taxes than he hu paid before. He may pay double what he 'has here tofore paid. Thie depends - on whether or not he has heretofore paid his fair share of the 'taxes ac cording to his true worth. If he has paid more than his fair share the increase as to him wiil 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 equalizing the public 1 burden. I call on you to lend your . vigorous support, first, by example, and then by precept, to this attempt! by the General Assembly to build up a tax ation system in North Carolina grounded on perfect truth and perfect justice. By so doing you will help to practically demonstrate that it is profitable hi money and in morals to a people as well as to an individual to tell the truth and shame the devil. Sincerely yours, TW, Bickett. Raleigh, N. C July II, 1919. JUDGE AUSTIN DE SCRIBES CENTENERY In an Interesting .Discourse He Por trays Imposing Scenes Enacted at Great Jubilee at . toiumbus. 1 An interesting and ' iustructive occasion was the address of! Judge Samuel F. Austin in NashviUe Meth odist Church' last Sunday evening and in which Judge Austin rave a brief yet very graphic description of the great Centerary Jubilee held in Columbus, Ohio, some days ago and which' he attended. In recounting those incidents of the Jubilee which fmade an impression upon him, Judge Austin dispensed quite a bit of inter esting information touching the customs of the poeples of the earth who had assembled in Columbus bringing with them trophies land relice of practically all nations. His description of the great Pageant staged for the edification and in struction of attendants upon the Jubilee and which was a portrayal of biblical history touching the in cidents in the life of Christ from the humble manger in Bethelera (.until the Crucifixion was indeed impres sive and instructive. ' ( MORE LIBERAL CASH PREMIUMS THIS YEAR State Fair Association Materially In creases Cash Prizes For County and Individual Exhibits. At the Fifty-Eighth North Caro lina State Fair, to be held in Raleigh on October 20 to 25, the Fair Association is planning to give away over $1500 in prizes to farmers mak ing the best display of field and garden crops. One thousand dollars of this money will be awarded for county exhibits made under the supervision 1 of the county agent of the Agricultural Extension Service or someone else who has been authorized by the County Board of Commissioners. ' - As it now stands, at least four counties have signified their inten tion of competing for -this prize money.' The additional sum of $500 will be distributed in premiums for the bestcolleoted agricultural exhib it by any indivibual farmer In North Carolina, In this case, all of the pro ducts . exhibited must be grown on the exhibitors own farm. - :. The county winning first prize in its display will be awarded f 200 in carh; the second premium is ? 230; t'.e tl.Td tlCO; the fourth tlCD, md ' " THE Wide-Awake Tanner fa no more contest with Blip ehocl methods .in handling his personal, household and,' farm finances than with un scientific, haphazard - nieth- ods in the management of the farm itself . ' 1 .. The maintenance of a Checking Account provides for a simple, accurate system of book-keeping which baa many,, times, proved its worth. , , . j . j " ' . . . k. ,i 'it. t It Is a modern necessity and con venience that no alert, progres sive farmer can afford to OVERLOOK. ! 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