The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-08-25
ADAMS IS Att AGAIN
says Tho Clarke County Times In
Terror.

AAAENEt
Up from Clarke county comosR vail
Revenue Agent Writ Adams II vat it /
again to uso the expressive headline
ii the Clarke Comfy Times Il Is need
less to specify what he is ut Mr.
Adams reputation as collector oi back
taxes is co.extensiye with the statc.lln
deed Is gathorer Of ancient and rare
indebtedness, he deserves 70 rank with
the most strcnowned collectors oi antiqui
ty and IS not unworthy Of being men
toned Ia Tie sarue breath with Ebers
the great Egyptiau archaoologiat The
| with our revenue agent but the so
preme court has decided that these con
Germs arc liable nnd It IS really hia dntJ
! 10 collect thc taxes ID question. But tho
man who haa 10 pay out money can.
never be inside to sec the reasoning III
matters ii This sort anyway Here "
what the above mentioned valuable q
change ssys of the matter
The arguseyed Writ Adams has
commenced hia work 81 this county by
pouncing down upon The stonowall
Manufacturing 90 and the stonewall
Cotton Millslike an eagle after its prey,
to The time of 8f7@iW
Just think, we havebeeu able to man.
age our own affairs IN Clarke county
for lo these many yearsi Our officers
have been second to none in the state
ana everything has been moving along
II peace and harmony tin Writ Adams
aeeidea wv officers of Clarke county
needed guardian, and thereby brought
.uit III tic nome Of Clarke county
against the st0newall Manufacturing
compspy tor Sl8.0iiS8, and the Stone.
wall Cotton Mills FOR s3,0OO0l claim.
Inc ssrsped taxes on the two industries
since iss6 We presume be would have
gone bach to the birth " Adam and nf
n the death Of the devil had The statut'
permitted him.
Ith perfectly ridiculous that th'
stonswail Cotton Mills, the successor Z
rbe stonswall Manufacturing Company
.bonld bs called upon by onr graspinl
feyspns agent for fl78llsi taxes o.
tb.ir exemptions. This industry ha
been having its taxes from year 10 yea
and ia county fathers have never ones
Bopsd tho assessments and exemptions
for llis rcsson things have been movinI
along according to law and all siat
apd county taxes duehaye been prompt
ly paid
I'VE fssi assured III saying that IN
R,onswsll Cotton Mills pas annually Y
y fbe stats and county treasures te
limos more taxes than any other induI
~ II individual within The borders
clnrle county This corporation an
"a prpdecsssor have done more for th
psor roinsn and children Of this count
lhsn everything else combined.
eliminate the tazea paid by u
stonswsIl factory and We dare say q
county paper would hot bo worth
esnis 81 the dollar Instead of tryir
% crush such institutions let us try
get moro into our county
Itis getiing q that Tie name Of ou
genial revenue agent ia enough
lfnQliten tie average busing man iHI
aDilepgy Br 30 man wotteth where
wbom he sill strike next Perhaps
was SOME Thoughts llke tie preceadin
which inspired the following verses
an anonytnous yeriiier
why is to bauk tT0ubled
way ta ni reliant wall
WITS dotb he iWtgi3 owngr
N0g iura exceeding wls
Wby are tle cit, pegp'e
s. 1iIelly cgsl doWa
Ans me news ~ spreading
Wirl Adams q g town
Ueaa tbs wide trse cprucr
Taeg gather aeg2w