Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 132, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 19, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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The Daily Bulletin
MAYES PRINTING COMPANY Proprietors.
Entered at the Brownwood Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter.
REVENU
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OFFICER
Says Property Must be Rendered
at True Value.
Subscription Per Month.
.50c
WILL H. 'MAYES Managing Etlitor.
fi. F. MAYES. Business Manager. .C. A. TUN NELL. City Editor.
IE: G. SFJTZ Daily Circulator. E. E. KIRKPATRICK. Associate hdm.r.
. w. R. D.ULA. Foreman Mech. Dept.
A QUEER ARGUMENT.
There are some people who argue that saloons make people
better in that they are not tempted to resort to questionable
methods to get their liquor. As a matter of fact the saloon entices
the voung man into becoming a drinking man while the law
down club with its barroom features disgusts any young man who
has any sense of decency. There is in the world a certain per
centage of people who are criminally inclined any way who have
no ideals of right living who delight in the doggery and other
low down surroundings and associations and these are equally
at home in the club room or in the low down saloon. If there
were saloons'in the town of the better class where some attempts
.-were made to have the laws observed this class would not patron-
ize them but would hunt up the alley saloon where filth and crime
predominates. These people are the class that make up the crap
shooters the tin horn gamblers the nickle flippers the negro lov-
er the slugger and the all round tough. They exist to a certain
extent whether there are saloons or not. At Ballinger where
there'are saloons a constable unaided rounded m twenty.-two of
these fellows last Sunday in an alley back of a saloon besides
making a few other arrests. The world is pretty much the same
everywhere and the main hope of reformers is in keeping the
young from being educated in the ways of the wrong doer. It is
hard indeed to reform an old tough whose favorite report is the
t-. h A-rn ac Tf ic hnvH th train a hoc: away from its
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HE THREHTEN8JPR0SECUTI0N
And Says He Will Visit Counties Where
Property is Not Rendered t It's
True Value.
The following letter was re-
ceived yesterday from State
Revenue Officer W. J. McDonald
by Tax Assessor Cox and if the
officer means business it might
be of interest to the taxpayers
who has not yet rendered his
property and sworn to its valua-
tion: M. M. Cox Tax- Assessor.
Dear Sir. As state revenue
agent with well defined duties
imposed upon me I feel called
upon to communicate with tax
assessors relative to the rendi-
tion and assessment of real and
personal property for taxation.
I am impressed with the proprie-
ty of my writing some of the tax
assessors especially in view of
the tax methods adopted in the
assessment of taxes heretofore.
An inspection of the tax rolls
of vour county for 1906 and
that I have true answers made
to ali questions propounded tome I
touching the same so help me
God."
Art. 5100. "The assessor of
taxes for every failure or neg-
lect to administer the oath or
affirmation described in article
5098 to each person rendering a
list of taxable property to him
unless the person refuses to qual-
ify shall forfeit fifty dollars to
be deducted out of his ' commis-
sions upon full and satisfactory
information furnished the county
judge; and for each and every
failure or neglect to attest the
oath subscribed to as provided
in said article shall forfeit the
sum of fifty dollars upon satis-
factory information furnished
the county judge. The forfeit-
ures imposed by this article
shall be deducted from the as-
sessors commissions on the as-
sessment for county taxes."
In the intangible tax case
which involve the constitution-
ality and validity of the Williams
Intangible Tax Laws the Su-
preme Court used among Other
things the following very signi-
ficant language in the opinion
handed down March 1st of this
year4 :
"All property as appears from
or in bank notes and other cred-
its and other articles subject to
taxation real as well as personal
property.
I desire the full co-operation of
the county tax officials and
boards of equalization in all of
these matters pertaining to taxa-
tion to the end that we may
reach as nearly as may be prac-
ticable that equality and uni-
formity contemplated by the
Constitution and laws.
If you have heretofore given
out lists and had partiesto ren-
der their taxes without having
sworn to them I would suggest
that you recall such lists.
I would appreciate a reply to
this letter at your earliest con-
venience. I also call your espec-
ial attention to article 5062 of
the Revised Statute as well as to
the oath required by the comp-
troller. Respectfully yours
v. j Mcdonald
State Revenue Agent
You know Eldredge. At library
Monday night. dl34
ITER VERY LOW
People along Bayou and Slough
complain of sewer system
; SUMMER PICNICS. .
A few days ago the Bulletin had something to say about sum-
mer entertainments and deplored the fact that Biwnwood is a
little behind in this matter. The Forth Worth Record takes up
the matter and suggests summer picnics and red bugs as plea--euro;
wn irh nnv -nlace can eniov. The Record says:
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"Has Brownwood forgotten the picnic? It is true that a town
may not be blessed with medicinal wells nature may not have j
.carved out inviting valleys nor attractive piles of rock and even
-.i . i r. nJvlorl in enmp ntner direction. J
OTT3te-pte fails to property is escaping
i - 1L.-.ij unnn fho Ton w wnman wnn nnes not like ifhir hv nnr. hpmtr 01
Claim auenuun. vniwc ia -u ; r
to hie awav to the woods or in lieu of the woods some other se-
cluded spot and eat roast chicken and stringy jam while the cor-
dial green bug and friendly ants make the acquaintance of their
spines?"
Of course Brownwood will have the usual number of picnics
and then there will be fishing on the creek banks camping out at
night and experiencing rain storms in camp. The chicken crop
is already growing the ham is ripe for -the the harvest the peach
trees are all a bloom the berries will soon be ready to be convert-
ed into jam and there is no reason why the Brownwood citizen
.should not be happy.
some vears prior Liiei iiLo uisciua-1 .
esthete that both andj - amJ
personal property is assessed at u amendgt-y
nn v n certain ner cent of its T H. I . - . . .
.i .. i .(... . thereto is to ne -assessed ul -us
r"15' .T"' . . ; r:I. . value meaning by this as ap
.-' r.JIIH I I HI I I I V III IT V illltr
and laws of the state.
onlv a certain pel
alue instead of "at its value"
as required uy uie .unsuiuuun - Uc
ite. I will - . . .
fiaKe occasion aunng tM - t Q l the Supreme
i - i x. 1.U- court savs -but v. e must pie-
pracfcable and exam me .nto the rs
jmode of renO.t.on and assess- ()o
ment - not on ly with reference to n( wilI obey the law; If
valuation but o personal proper- r be
jty not rendered for taxes at al inequality can re-
and.I hope to have your assist-1 ' assessors
ance. aii aasses m . per.u.w. assessing the proper-
property IS escaping at'on s in their respective counties
either by not being on the tax "ef " ' . t cooma
ITT ilnrini. lul' l-i50 CUUil '
roils or UIl aucuuut ui uimu
THEY WANT BELIEF AT ONCE
Meeting of the city council toaifht
promises to be one of worry
for councilmen
Since the sewer system was
inaugurated in Brownwood there
has been constant complaint from
the people who live along the
slough and Bayou east of town
I but the kick has never been so
jstrenious as it is today. The
j water in the Bayou is low in
fact below the Swinden dam the
1. : i. . i;r fvnm fV.a
sewer and the condition is very
filthy. r
It is understood that the mat-
ter is to be brought before the
council tonight and a warm timei
is expected as the people are in
earnest about the relief they
are seeking.
Rapid Transitions.
"You don't. quite kt?c up .ih
the changes in climate." :
'-No" a lowered the weather-!;-reau.
oifieiiij.- "Our hhtmng taici.
lator has b-en n little indisposed.'
Washington 'Star;
I'apn'n Fa nit;
Father I have jtist-IioanI tliat .tliat
fncorrigibte sou of tiije" has jwt or.:'."
rfed a well kuown aet'reijs. DrtusJ.ti-?-WelK
you l3ko. .voHrielf. to l!ame. f..
tlior. Father Lion do joii uiai:i t!. i
out? .Uaiigfiter-ITayc'it't .Vc. cfii-
told him to hitch his wagon to a si '!'
YonncV Mapizlne
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TAKE CARE OF THE TREES. . .
Some people seem to think that the only thing necessary to do
to get trees to grow is to plant them. It is absolutely necessary
in this countrv to give shade trees some water for the first sea-
son or two. Fruit trees will thrive' where the ground is kept
stirred on top and a dust mulch thus kept to draw the water from
deep down in the gromid but in the hard ground of the streets or
average town yard watering is necessary. Do not make the mis-
take of watering trees too much. If you keep the ground soaked
all the while the roots will soon rot and the tree will die the
water soaking into the roots that have been cut and the soil be-
coming heavy and soggy. As a rule once in two weeks is often
enough to water a tree and then it should be watered good given
as much as can be (put around it but avoiding as far as possible
having the water stand right around the body of the tree as that
tends to scald it. After the second season the tree is pretty well
able to take care of itself only requiring water m extremely dry
spells of weather
Daily Bulletin is 50 cents
valuation by the tax payers and
tax officials and I call your at-
tention to the following articles
is
not
the plaintiff company
without a remedy."
TVio lnw nnw renuires tax as
x iiv "'-"
of our laws relative to taxation i sessors ana tneir aepuue
All of Chapter 3 relative to -ar -"dennxes for
o410" eSPv."Cl f f ' ottos to the tax list and I re-
5098 and ol00 which last n.;rsr
tioned art cle of the statutes a iSdering taxes
read as follows: I uwoif n- for ornorations
Art. 5098. "The assessor of "
The -eitypttant tnnnpetwl lowlly.
"Whin's -1 he trouble?" Jisked
rhimpanzee.
"Soniehody'-s Avorketl tlio shell .tii-tnv
on mo."' replied the pachyderm as he
threw away the baj: of empty peanut
shells which had Just been handed f
him.
Commissioner Clay Here
W. J. Clay former superin-
tendent of the Dublin schools
and ex-commissioner of Insur-
ance under Lanham is in the
city today in the interest oi the
Southern National Fire Insur-
ance company of Austin. Since
his term of office expired Mr.
Clay has been acting as special
agent for the Southern National
and is placing the company with
agents over the state.
There is probably not a better
informed man in the state on
insurance than Prof. Clay and
as an all round pleasant gentle-
man he has no superiors. The
Bulletin was favored with a
pleasant call from him this afternoon.
taxes shall also requ.re each per- han(J ad
son rendering a list of taxable the truth of the rendi-
property to h.m for taxat.on a s to the value of the prop-
under tne assessment jaws to - . f f fL.nf
. ' rtv as well as to the tact tnat
subscribe to the following oath if oll . ... tnv.
np nMii ih i in til ii -'
or affirmation which shall be
written or printed at the bottom
of each inventory to-wit: 'I
(filling the Wank with the
name of the person subscribing)
do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that the above inventory ren-
dered by me contains a full true
and complete list of all taxable
property owned or held by me in
my own name (qr for others as
the case may be naming the
person or firm for whom he ren-
dered the . list) in this county
subject to taxation by the laws
of this state on the 1st day of
January A. D. 1- - (filling
the blank with the year); and
oVdo rnprt.v ?for taxation and
V ft.
that you have them sign the list
with their own hands..
This duty is imposed upon you
by the law and . I suppose that I
am not presumptious in asking
you to follow it strictly so that j
there will be no embarrassment
whatever when I call for the 1
purpose of making an investiga-
tion not only as to the rendition
and assessment but as to the
equalization bysyour equalization
board. .
It is especially important for.
you to make inquiry of every
person relative to money on hand
Have You Noticed It
The little Dry Goods Store on the cor
ner next to the Postoffice.
We are going to open for business
Tuesday or Wednesday.
EVERYTHING XEW.
Dry Goods Notions Shoes and Hats.
STOP AND SEE US
THE LITTLE DRY GOODS STORE
J. L. KING Proprietor.
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Mayes, Will H. Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 132, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 19, 1907, newspaper, March 19, 1907; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth345742/m1/4/?q=cemetery: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.