West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-11-21

oherlH SHAW and his Deputies in
form US that collections are better
this year than any time since thew
have been in the office. The dis
count days last month were u regu-
lar jam all day, and people crowded
IN to meet the officers and lift their
tax receipts. Tire farmers specially
were very prompt aud took adyan-
tage of the discount, and all h.a
money left after their interview with
the tax collectors. Deputy Sheriff
Fearer, In Grant, took in over
$4,000 on his discount day, and
Deputy Sheriff Sch@ffer, who col
lected in Pleasant district, says he
never saw such rush as he had on
discount day at Valley Point. He
got there and opened up about ten
o'clock that day and never got to
sit down till seven that evening.
Didn't get time to eat bite of din
ner, and couldn't even take a chew
Oh tobacco till two o'clock IN the
afternoon. He took in nearly $4,000
from the farmers down there that
day. and says it didn't break any
OF them, either. We consider this
very very good for Pleasant district,
Tor there is not town in the dis
trict, and no village even with over
half dozen houses. Several peo
pie came into the Office here and
wanted to pay their taxes before
the receipts were ready, and quite
a sum was taken in before discount
day here. We saw one man pay in
$500 taxes on discount day, as soon
as business opened up, and the
Sherlif's office was crowded with
tax payers that morning by nine
o'clock. All this is due partly to
returning prosperity and partly to
Sheriff Shaw's vigorous and BUSH
ness like method of doing business
and enforcing prompt collections.
The people kicked on 1t at first.
but they are coming to it now and
beginning to like it, and approve of
the Sheriif's promptness in paying
up and making them pay up. 1t is
really no kindness, but a positive
injury and injustice for a Sheriff to
indulge tax payers and allow them
TO go from year to year without
paying. 1t cripples the Sheriff and
seriously interferes with the coun
tvs finances, and in the end works
hardship on the non tax payer.
Because If ne would pay up every
year, he could do 1T easily and
hardly miss it, if he would only
think so, but when it runs several
years and adds interest and cost. it
is likely to become such sum that
property has to be sacrificed to meet
1t. And thus it works an injury to
the deluded citizen, whom the Sher.
1T thinks he has been favoring. If
tax payers know they must pay up
promptly every year, they will get
ready to meet 1T, and be able to do
so without any hardship about it.
They have whole year to get ready
for it, and there is not dozen peo-
pie in this county, who are subject
to taxation. but can meet it prompt
ly II they will make the proper
effort, and no man who does not
pay tax should be allowed to vote.
and the delinquents at every voting
place should he posted there on
election day and their votes chaI-
lenged and refused unless they
could produce a tax receipt. While
we may not be able to agree with
Sheriff Shaw in politics, nor APP
prove of all he does, we certainly
credit HIM for inaugurating a new
and long needed method in enforc-
ing prompt collection Of taxes, and
even compelling the dellnquents
themselves 20 approve of it.
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