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GASTONIA, N. C ? TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1011.
NO. 23,
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OVER GASTON COUNTY.
LODGE REORGANIZED.
ST0N'IA MAY LOSE.
MIUX L HOVE DEAD..
5T0N'S TAXAELE PROPERTY.
ROCK NEEDED.
GAZET
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RUNAWAY ACCIDENT, " ; "-
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' Mr. Fletcher Cosby Severely Injured
, at Bessemer CityHome Talent
; , Play Pleases Breezy Briefs." '" '
Correspondence of the Gazette. X f -
-BESSEMER CITY, March 28. ,
; At thevopera hall Friday night a
large, and delighted crowd witnessed
"The Woven Web," a love story of
y the civil war, played by the Kings
'Mountain young.' people under the
. auspices of the Daughters of " the
Confederacy" for the benefit of the
Betterment Association here. The
'. Association has been quite active re-
cently.and, In addition to he work1
already accomplished, a number of
other' things l' are planned for ' the
near'' future., A number of out-of-town
visitors were here to see the
.;VPlay.:.;;VJv';:-''' Vv'WY
What came very .near being a fa
tal and horrible .runaway accident
, occurred in the heart of town Satur
day afternoon when a horse driven
; ; by Mr. Fletcher Cosby became fright
ened and overturned the buggy, pin
ning Mr. Cosby under it." Only the
quick work of some by-standers sav
ed his life.' As it was be suffered
severe bruises about the head and
had four ribs broken.- Ills condition
is satisfactory today. ' -
: ' Rev. Dr. H. K. oyer, of States
vllle, delivered a forceful and elo
quent missionary sermon in the
' .Methodist church here last Sunday.
l ?. Rev, L. B." Hohbs, of the Baptist
.church,' has accepted a call to the
Belmont Baptist church for half
time. "Mr. iHobbs preached In Bel
mont Sunday morning and night.
Rev. R. P." Caldwell, of Groveton
A. R. P. church,. Charlotte, has rnov-
" d his family here and will serve the
. A. R. P. congregation as pastor. "Mr.
Caldwell is occupying the rouse re
cently vacated by Mr. Cicero Moore.
; . Mr. S. J. Durham has been In de
, mand the past, week for educational
addresses in the county. "He also
addressed the people of Lincolnton
" - on the subject of Odd Fellowship.
i Mr. Tom Simpson j and Mr. Ed
Reel, formerly of this place, but for
. the past year of Concord, have mov
. ed their families here and accepted,
positions In the Vermont Mill. , Mr.
Travers Moose has also accepted a
position here and will In the near fu
ture move his family from Concord.
' ,. Mr. R. C. Kennedy and Rev. J. F,
'. Armstrong took a day off last Wed
' nesday which they spent on Kings
Mountain and at Sparrow Springs.
Lowell Locals.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LOWELL, March .28. Postmaster
M. A. Teagu fell off a wagnand
.broke his right arm last Wednesday,
but . Is getting along fairly ' well,
though still confined to his home.
Mr. D. W. Meacham has bought the
J. M. Llneberger house and lot from
the heirs.' .This gives Mr. Meacham
considerable' holdings In town prop
erty. Mrs. C. W. Nipper and chil
dren returned last Friday- from Col
umbia, S. C, after a two weeks visit
to relatives. Miss Edith Robinson
is visiting homefolks here for a few
days- and will return x to Converse
College, Spartanburg.1 S. C. Wednes
day. Prof. John Hamseur visited
homefolks near Bessemer City Fri
day of last week ; ran down to Char
lotte to see theTall game Saturday
and spent the night in the city..
Mr.' and Mrs. J. L. Thompson return
ed today from a visit of several days
; to" Mrs. Thompson's old home , at
Wllllamston, 6. C. ''.'..' ;.''; -;
''- A new bridge has just been finish
ed across Duhart creek at the old
ford" near Mr. S. . J. Gaston's. The
McAden Mills has about exceeded
In getting a gasoline enSJae to run
the fiat cars between Lowell and
McAdenville. Mr.' - McCurry, rail
road contractor for this section of
the new Interurban line, has about
gotten all his equipment here.' Also
Messrs. Ford .ft Cornelius, cocrete
. contractors are getting In tmn and
material and will be ready W a few
days to begin work and they things
will begin to look. lively. It's been a
- long-time since old Gaston has had
any railroading done and perhaps it
will be a long time before we have
another as this gives us four and all
unsolicited, . I understand. Mrs.
Mattie .Groves, of Gastonia, visited
her father-In-la w, Mr. R. A. Coves,
Saturday, returning Monday to her
home. We are not sure who the
Iron Station , correspondent was that
sent in the pleadings for old Lincoln
eountyi to be. spa red the slicing by
the new county advocates, but like
him .we feel a little Interest In the
Bessemer City Pythian Take cb New
life OfllceN Elected and Install
ed by Grand Chancellor McCau
land. f .
Several members of .Gastonia
LpdgeNo. 53 Knights of Pythils
went ro Bessemer City Friday afte
noon on No. 41 to attend a confer
ence between Grand Chancellor . A.
E. McCausland and the members of
Whetstone Lodge No.: 104 with ref
erence to the advisability of re-organizing
that lodge,, which has. been
Inoperative for the past .'year ; or
more. f The party returned to Gas
tonia Friday night on No. 40. , It
was composed of Messrs. J. H, Ken
nedy,' S. A.- Robinson, J. W. Cttlp.
Cbas Ford, T. A. Wlls.lns, D. A. Gar
rison, W. H. Hardin, J. W. Atkins,
G.,H.'-'Manrln.r:,.:-;'ft ;0.;;.;v;
; The Besfeemer City Pythian treat
ed the Gastonians tp. a sumptuous
supper at the boarding- house of Mrs.
Williams, after which the party met
with .the" members ' of Whetstone
Lodge room. Grand Chancellor Mc
Causland was present and presented
the matter of re-organization In a
plain business talk to the members.
-At the .conclusion, of his talk the
Grand Chancellor asked for an ex
pression of opinion from the mem
bers and It was unanimously agreed
that the time Was ripe for re-organization.
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.'This, was at once effected by the
election of the following officers for
the ensuing term Chancellor Com
mander, R. C. Kennedy; Vice Chan
cellor. W," L." Ormand; Prelate, D.
K. Tate; Master at Arms, T. S.
Clark; Master , of Finance, ..H. 8.
Young; Keeper of Records and Seal,
J. J. Ormand; Master of Exchequer,
E. L. Froneberger; Master of Work,'
E. P. Reel. . . . s"
. Immediately after the election, the
officers were installed by - Grand
Chancellor McCausland. The lodge
starts off with 23 active members
and will hold its first regular meet
ing next Monday night.".
in soam.
A wedding - of Interest' to many
Gastonians took place at Laurens,
S. C, Saturday morning, the 25th In
stant, when "Miss Rebecca Jessie
Black well became the bride of Mr.
Hugh Langford Moore, of Gastonia.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Legare Bell Black well and is a
young lady of many personal charms
and accomplishments. She has for
the past three-years, until recently,
held a position as stenographer In
the offices of the Loray 'Mill. The
groom has been connected with the
Loray Mill offices here for . the past
five or six years and has , many
friends in Gastonia. Mr, and Mrs.
Moore will be at home at Mayes
worth, where the groom is connected
with the Mayesworth Mill; having
recently been transferred, to that
point from Gastonia.
The coming of twenty or twenty
five officers of the North Carolina
National Guards the first week' In
May will probably be ' the occasion
for . several social functions in their
honor. They will be here for three
days when the teams from the twelve
companies of the Flrst Regiment
will assemble , here for target prac
tice. The dates are May 3, 4 and 6.
There wlll.be about 150 men here
for the target shoot
; Things Doing in the South,
Salisbury Post
It you .don't believe the South is
attracting, much attention:, at - the
present time, just read this squib
from The Cleveland (Leader and per
haps you'll change your mind: "The
South now -has a third of the army,
a, section of the navy. Col. Rooose-
velt Secretary Knox, President Taft,
the - major' league baseball clubs,
"Flhgy Conners, and a revolution
at Its back-doors Is there anything
else It wants?" :.1:'.'' "'.viv'.
The will be a business meeting
of the congregation of the First Bap
tlst church tomorrow night. vAIl
members' are urged to attend. .
Miss Evelyn Johnston, of .Char
lotte, Is spending the week here
with her!brotherM'r' Rufus John
ston. . ' 71 ' -'.
old eouhty's welfare and therefore
we say, "Sic him." Mr. T. P. Ran
kin has accepted a position with
Messrs. G. M. Gulllck ft Co., of Bel
mont, but spends the nights at home.
Lack of Interest on Part of Local
Business Men'- JHay Result t in
North Carolina' Interurban y RaH-
J yy Company - Pushing on to
llciuirlotte as Termfnal Iiint An
Interview -. - witu r vtce-iresiaent
, Bdbington. ' , ;
A The following ( story anent the
North Carolina Inlerurban" Railway
Company's plans from V Sunday's
Charlotte Observer will be of Inter
est to This Gazette's readers: ,: '
- Mr. George ' L. McKayj financial
agent of the North Carolina Interur
ban Electric Railway, which it Is
proposed to build between Ashevllle
and Charlotte, Btates that "work will
begin the middle of May on the con
struction of this road. The- follow
ing from The Asheville Citizen , in
regard to the project will be of great
interest here owing to the fact that
Charlotte will be the eastern termin
al of the road: ... ;:: v :
"By the f5th of May dirt will be
Bylng in the construction of 1 the
North Carolina Interurban Electric
Railway lrom Asheville ,' to Char
lotte. Such was the statement yes
terday afternoon to a Citizen repor
ter. by Mr. George L. McKay, the fi
nancial agent of the company, who
is here In the Interest of the fran
chise for the company into Asheville,
which was asked for .some months
ago.''' ;'-'.. V ' y'fy'-J'-'y
"The tatement that actual con
struction 'would be in progress with
in the next two months was based by
Mr. 'McKay on the fact that arrange
ments for the financing of the road
have been practically completed.
That Is the faioney has been promis
ed, and the deal for It' has been clos
ed, but the capitals to be furnished
b French capitalists, and there are
yet certain details to be consummat
ed before everything will be in read
iness. ' V:.'1 v ... : .',.'. ':. ';''"
. ' "In speaking of the equipment of
the road, Mf. McKayyesterday stit
ed .that the plan, was to have eighteen
sixty-foot double compartment cars
for the local service, these to make
an 'average of twenty-five miles an
hour, and to be operated for sixteen
hours a day. There are to be six
sixty-five foot double compartment
express cars for express service,
these to "be operated at an average
rate of forty miles an hour. , These
will be through cars, and will oper
ate at Intervals through the day and
night. At night when the passenger
traffic is out of the way the freight
will be handled. For this there wTH
be forty-eight . flat and - box cars
drawnby electric locomotives, four
of the latter being provided. For
switching purposes at the terminals
there will be steam locomotives.
"Th4"electrlc power Is expected to
be generated to 4 large extent from
the waters of Broad river and Its
tributaries, but there are several oth
er waterpowers along the route
which are held under option. The
power which can be generated from
Broad river Is estimated at seven
thousand horsepower.
'That Charlotte will be the east
ern terminal of the road Is practical'
ly assured. Gastonia, which was the
point tentatively selected. Is thought
to be inadequate for the purpose of
the road, and that it will be extend
ed the short distance on to the larg
est city. In the State is now being
planned.", ' ....' " ' .
Yesterday a Gazette reporter call
ed at thevOffice.o Mr. R. B. Bablng
toa, general manager and treasurer
of the Piedmont Telephone ft Tele
graph Co., who is vice-presidednt
and chairman of the executive com
mittee of the North Carolina Inter
urban ; Railway Company, to inter
view . him with regard to The Ob
server's story as re-printed above.
Asked as o the probability 6f the
road being constructed Mr. Babing
ton said: Mr, McKay Is in a posi
tion to know what is going to be the
outcome of the interurban. fie be
lieves the line will be built but as to
when work will actually be com
menced he Is not in a position to say.
However, the prospects look encour
aging for an earl beginning of act
ual .dirt-moving and wheu tbej-oad
it teady for the cars wi b op
erated very nearly along, the II as
given above. I .
- .Regarding- the statement as to the
eastern terminal being Charlotte In
stead of Gastonia, Mr. Babington
says' that Gastonia has always been
considered bythe promotors to be
the proper point for the terminal and
transfer point v with the Southern
Railway and the Piedmont Traction
Company, until very recently. - We
says that his associates do not feel
like the business interests of the
Confederate Veteran Passes Away
- Advanced Age at Home of Mr. V
- F. Bra&ley on Route One Burl
( This Afternoon at Olney. .
Mr.' Thomas L. Howe died at 11
30 o'clock last' night at the home of
his son-in-law, Mr. W. F. Bradley, on
route one, a mile and a half west of
Gastonia. Death was due to dropsy
from which he had suffered for some
time. Mr. Howe had been in feeble
health for a year or more and had
been confined to bis bed for the vast
six or eight weeks. Up till the past
two or three months he was able to
do some work. '. '.;-..;;' .,, ri ,
: "Mr. Howe was a son of the. late
Mr. James JHowe and was born in
York bounty, South Carolina, ' near
Clover, October 18, 1834, being In
his 77th year at the time of his
death. When a young man he moved
to Alabama where he married a 'Miss
Green. As V a result of that union
three children survive, viz: Mrs. W.
F Bradley, of Gastonia, route one;
Calvin B. How, of Taylor, S. C. and
LewlrM'. Howe, of Anniston, Ala." At
the outbreak of the civil war he vol
unteered and went with an Alabama
regiment to the front. At the close
of the war be returned to Alabama
where he remained till about S0
years ago when be moved back to
uaston, ais second wire, who sur
vives, was a Miss 'McAllister.
Mr. Howe was the last member of
his Immediate family. "His only
brother, avid Howe, died at Pleas
ant nidge some two or three years
ago. , ; .-.
Deceased was a member of the
Loray Presbyterian - church. : His
pastor, Rev. A. 6. Anderson, con
ducted the funeral services at Olney
this afternoon. Mr. Howe was a
good citizen and a hard-working, In
dustrious farmer. He was well Ilk
ed by all who knew him and-fcad
many friends who will learn with
regret of his passing..
Mr. Jenkins Better. ' .
Reports from the bedside of Mr.
George A. Jenkins, who has been
confined at' the City Hospital since
Monday night, the 20th, suffering
from a gunshot wound sustained" at
the hands of Spate Elmore, are most
encouraging. His wound Is doing
nicely and he Is resting well. His
physicians now hold out strong
hopes for his recovery, which fact
brings rejoicing to his wide circle of
friends.
Missionary Meeting. .
At the First Presbyterian church
tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock
the Daughters of the King will give
their - annual missionary entertain
ment. There will be an Interesting
program of songs ' and recitations,
and a missionary address. A free
will offering for missions will be
taken.- The public Is cordially Invit
ed to.attend. . The meeting will close
in ample time for all who wish to at
tend the Wofford Glee Club'concert
at the auditorium
hi their page advertisement, on
page six the - J. M. Belk Company
announce their ' Spring millinery
opening for Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week..'.':"
Mr. Charles Cobie, of Forest
Hill. Cabarrus county has moved to
Bessemer City, where he has a posi
tion with the Hues Manufacturing
Company, ; '
Mr. J. Lee ttobinson, treasurer
of the First Presbyterian church, has
received and forwarded $129.52 for
the Chinese relief fund. V '
town" have given the matter any
consideration whatever and that, de
spite' all his efforts to the contrary,
the general offices and terminals may
go to Charlotte, which' town, he add
ed, goes after and, generally gets
anything in 'sight. In this part " of
North Carolina to say the least. If
Gastonia's business men would get
busy and see that we do our part by
this . line, like' the ;-- other towns
through which It will run are doing,
she will then have some grounds for
a claim. . If she stands still and will
not mover nor even consider the
probability of the line . being built,
you may' rest : assured ' that our
neighbor town over the river, which
is getting busy, will land, the road
and 'continue to be "the largest city
in the State," while Gastonia and
other' towns stand idly by, taking
what Is left or is thrust upon us.
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Books Show a Total of $11,301,-
. 1 Si92A6, Including Privilege Taxes
Marriage License Taxes, Double
Taxes, Etc. The Figures.
' Below ; are ' given figures taken
from the 1910 tax books, or rather
from the abstracts furnished by Reg
ister of Deeds Smith : to the State.
These figures are quite Interesting.
As shown therein the total valuation
of all 4 real estate, Including .town
lots, ' Is $6,761.00.00. The total
valuation of all taxable property. In
cluding . real estate, personal prop
erty, corporation excess, privilege
taxes, double taxes, marriage li
cense fees,' etc., ,1s $11,361,492.16.
' Following are the figures In de
tail: REAL ESTATE. ,
FARM LANDSWHITE OWNERS.
Crowders Mountain Township.
20,915 acres . $685,303.00
' Cherryvllle Township.
39,919 acres 612,383.00
Dallas Township. x
85,253 acres . .' .V 611,464.00
Gastohia Township (city.) '
473 acres ........... 509,655.00
Gastonia T. (outside.)
37TH9 acres 1,419,330.00
River Bend Township.
33,776 acres 547,747.00
South Point Township.
41,113' acres v. 1.130,172.00
Total ...... .$5,516,054.00
FARM LANDS COLORED OWN
ERS.
. .Crowders 'Mountain Township.
1,835 acres .14,281.00
Cherryvllle Township.
919 .acres 7,355.00
Dallas Township.
1,259
acres .... .... 11,890.00
Gastonia Township (outside.)
701 acres ,318.00
IRIver Bend Towaship.
1,321 acres .... 13,483.00
South Point Township.
1,394 acres 11,983.00
Total ... ;....$$5,310.p0
TOWN LOTS WHITE OWNERS.
Crowders "Mtn. Township.
1.111 lots ...... .... $159,490.00
Cherryvllle Township.
261 lots ...... ..... 85,447.00
Dallas Township. x 1
174 lots ...... ...... 67,180.00
Gastonia Township (city.)
810 lots ...... ...... 624,810.00
Gastonia Township (outside.)
216 lots 40.140.00
ft-TfVAf Honrl i
v v uu svnHeuiy,
270 lots 93,118.00
' South Point Township.
267. lots .... 70,755.00
ToUl ...... .....$1,140,940.00
TOWN LOTS COLORED OWNERS
crowders Mtn. Township.
85 lots ....... ...... 4,710.00
Cherryvllle Township.
9 lots ...... 1,310.00
Dallas Township.
66 lots 8,250.00
Gastonia T. (city.)
106 lots 19,905.00
Gastonia T. (outside.)
7 lots 1,135.00
River Bend Township.
16 lots ...... 1,155.00
. South Point Township.
22 lots 1.91ET.00
ToUI
,$38,380.00
i
AGGREGATE VALUE OF
ESTATE WHITE.
Crowders Mountain
(REAL
' Township .
Cherryvllle T.
Dallas T. ..... . .
Gastonia (city)
Gastonia (outside)
$844
.697
678
1,134
1,459
640
1200
,793.00
,830.00
,644.00
,465.00
.470.00
,865.00
.927.00
River Bend T.
South. Point T.
Total ...... .....$6,656
,994.00
AGGREGATE VALUE OF
' ' ESTATE: COLORED
REAL
Crowders Mtn. T.
Cherry vllle.T. . .
18
8
'20
19
15
.991.00
,665.00
Dallas T.
e i
.140.00
Gastonia T. (city). ...
Gastonia T. (outside)..
River Bend T. . . . . . .
South Point T. .......
,905.00
,453.00
,034. P0
.898.00
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Total ...... ......$104,086.00
Grand total value of
all real estate ......$6,761,080.00
- '; ' MISCELLANEOUS, . .
1986 Horses .........1140.568.00
2960 Mules ........... 234.372.00
7 Jacks and Jennets . .-. ; 395.00
23 Goats ;' 24.00
7,419 Cattle ........ i 102.839.00
7,218 Hogs ..... 3711.00
457; SheepL ..... .... . . 596.00
58 Dogs . ... . . . . . ; 1.208.00
222. Bicycles . .'.' . . . v; 2,318.00
Farming Utensils . . . . . 46,600.00
Tools of 'Mechanics.... ; 6,(10.00
Work on Gastonla-Besseraer City
Macadam Road Nearlug .Comple
tionMuch Hook Needed to Fin-l
ish Macadamizing 'V
The road-grading force under
Capt. N. G. Todd is now making fine
progress on the road between Besse
mer City and Gastonia, having reach
ed Mr. J. R. Shannon's farm, proba
bly a little more than half way. The
convict force has begun the laying
of rock on the Bessemer City enj
This six mile stretch of roaiwten
completed, will be the final link In a
continuous line of macadam road ex
tending from Union church near the
York county line through Gastonia'
to Cherryvllle and the Lincoln coun
ty line. The road from Gastonia In
to the Union section Is already .
known, as one of the best roads in
the county and we are told that the
road from Bessemer City to Cherry
vllle Is an excellent one. Hence the
Imperative necessity of keeping the.
standard of the part now under con
struction up to that already finished.
The Gazette regrets to learn, how
ever, that there Is a grave likelihood
that the county autnorltles will go
to some other part of the county
and leave about half of the road
from Bessemer to Gastonia un-ma-cadamlzed,
all because the citizens
along the road for two or .three
miles out of Gastonia have failed to
place sufficient rocfc for the work of
macadamizing the road. , There are
other rdads in the county along
which the rock has already been In
place several years and it Is the fix
ed policy of the county commission
ers to work where the citizens have
shown sufficient Interest In ; obtain
ing a road to place plenty, of rock
along the line.' v5':-:,
The county pays for this ' rock,
we understand, 'at the rate of fifty
cents per cubic yard, which is suf
ficient to cover the cost of placing
It inmost localities. : It would seem
however,, that even i if there were
some slight loss in placing the rock
at this price, the citizens along the
route of a proposed, macadam road
should be sufficiently Interested ' to
get the rock placed promptly.'Ther .
is need, we are told, of 8,000 or 10,
000 yards to complete the Bessemer
City-Gastonia road and this amount :
could be placed by citizens along the ,
route within ; two y or three weeks 1
without any great neglect of their
regular farm work. . " , t 44
, We are Informed that the' Besse
mer City people are thoroughly
aroused to the Importance ' of this
matter and have raised a fund,
which up to yesterday had reached
the sum of $200-, to supplement the '
money which the county pays- for
rock. We hope that Gastonia ciU- -sens
will take the matter up at onee
so that the early completion of this
Important road may be assured. .
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Born ' -.::;;: :':;:;.' '; f j
To Mr.'and "Mrs. J. William Moore, '
of Spencer Mountain. Sunday, March :
26th, 1911, a daughter.
Carnegie has given $1,000 toward
the purchase of a pipe organ for the
Baptist church at Fayetteville. The
congregation raised a similar a
mount. .
Household Goods ......
Provisions . .... . . . . .
Flre Arms . . , . ... . . . ,
Scientific Instruments.."
Money on Hand ... . . . .
Solvent Credits ...... V
Money Investments, etc.
Value of Cotton In Seed
' and v Lint
Musical Instruments. . . ,
Plated and Silverware.
Watches and Jewelry. ; V
Goods, Wares, Mdse.,
etc,1
Private Banks, Money,
Credits, Stock, etc., .
All other Personal Prop-
167,070.00
24.587.00
9.101.00 .
1,798.00
61,261.00
T27.826.00
1.980.00 .
348,627.00
"- 65,027.00
3,372.00
21,351.00
248,178.00
2.500.00
340,588.00
erty , . . k . . .
Total .... .
... . .... S ,
......$2,586,111.00
Real Estate .$6,761,080.00
Personal Property. . . . , 3,686,111.00
Bank Stock . . ...... 191.941.4T
Railroads, Telegrdph -
Co's., etc. . . 1.373,324.80
Corporation Excess . . 582,430.00
Total-'.,
...$11,494,887.33
The total amount of taxes for
this year on the property r. saowa
above," together with double . tax
amounting .to '.S2.83; privlles
taxes, discoveries, 'etc., amounting ta
$1,895.78 and marriage tax j
amounting to $498.00 is $119,350.-11.
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