The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-10-11
AN ADDRESS
r,.on the Chairman of the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee

|MR. EDITOR;
N'N notice in the las. issue of
.ho indicator Mr.. Ratliff in try
NO NO TO defend his record, which
|MT l. C. Clark is turning search
| |light upon, takes occasion to say
hat Mr.. |. H. Hollingsworth is
;neligible mel to hold Office if elected.
40 not think his article de
serves any notice if it were not tor
,be fact. that left uncontradlcted,
: m;oht deter some honest man
from voting for Mr.. Hollingsworth
tor fear of his vote being lost. |
had anticipated the Populltes
would resort to this extremity be-
fore the canvass was over, and we
are fully prepared to meet 1t;
Before Mr.. Hollingsworth was
cermitted by his friends to become
candidate for the nomination,
,b;s question was thoroughly inves-
,;gated and settled in his favor.
Mr.. Ratliffs article on the sub
;ect is unfair and untrue. Unfair
because it does not state all the
facts. and untrue because the law
i against what he stated.
The facts are these: When the
firm Of L. H. Hollingsworth <
Son failed on Aug. 10Th 1898, Mr.
! H. Hollingsworth was a mem
her Of that firm. What is know
&c the Cotton Tax had been as
sessed against all the merchants II
Kosciusko, Miss, including Hol
;nosworth &Son. The law attha
time exempted the cotton while /
the hands of the producer, bu
made it liable to taxation IN tn
hands of the purchaser from tn
PRODUCER. When this firm talle
all taxes of every kind were pal
for the firm and the indlvldu;
members thereof, except this CO
Ton Tax" which had been resiste
bv great many merchants. Sue
opposition arose to the tax, tn;
the Legislature of 1894 repe1le
this tax, as will be shown by re
erence to the Acts of 1894, pas
26 Article a." where they e
empted "all farm products rals'
in this State" from taxation.
There was no saving clause
tached to this Act whereby tax
before levied could be collecte
and nothing was saved from
operation. This Act thereby
lieved the firm of Hollingswortf
Son from any liability for SAID t
and all other taxes both individ'
and firm, having been paid, a
this Cotton Tax" having been
pealed, Mr., ]. II. Hollingswo
, thereby became a qualified el
tor, registered, and voted IN
I" last election and was never CT
lenged by any one. Mr.. Holm
worth served as a Grand Juror
l, the September term OF Clr'
Court, 1894. Drew his war;;
and the Sheriff endorsed on
back of same ''no taxes due,
twas collected.
II. A tax under our law is lab
ans due the State or county, for wi
TT! person can be sued and j
nj ment recovered, and the ;
gM could not sue for tax that
"a. been repealed. The repeal re
tss' ed the liability, and made hl'
qualified elector under the Co
.. tuition, and as such can hold o
= Avery grave question exist
to whether or not the assessl
arss IN this case would be a hal
yiw against Mr.. !. H. Hollingsw
eath' even if the tax had not been
eya pealed. And again Mr.. Holl
ohe worth will have become rel
New lrom any liability for any
,axes, by two years having ru
lore his term will have begun
, ~ indeed he possessed any such
)l Qualification as Mr.. Ratliii Y
nave the people believe (whi'
"a not true) it would not result
q s,dvantage to Mr.. Rathit II
pts,. holllngsworth received the
SS number of votes, Tor katll
- ing the minority candidate,
yK not be entitled to the election
;. uhcate from the Election Cor
Si0ners nor could he take III