Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-01-08

Turns. frequently IL Is developed
that parties beaueath much larger
/, sums than theyhad listed during life
, for taxation. Such requests when
! the fact can be ascertained should
have tax placed upon said excess
lequal to the collateral inheritance
tax. or enough to reimburse the State
for at least ten years Of the tax which
it has lost. | think very rigid law
should be passed requiring evidences
Of debt of all kind that is subject tt,
taxation TO be listed with the proper
Pnflicers, and not only should the
courts be required not TO give JUDI
ment when the property has not bee n
properly listed, but heavy penalr,
md fine should be imposed whenever
IN attempt to defraud the State in
Ghis way is discovered. Would it not
be we'll to require listing OF all stock
IN Incorporated companies, and to
pass law invalidating the act of any
corporation where it can be shown
! that any of the stock or securities of
said company, that are proper sub.
! jects OF taxation, have not been listed?
Would it not be we'll also. in order TO
save annoyance to our people, and
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restraint upon corporate power, to
require, when it is feasible. all cor
porations doing business in this State
Co obtain charters from the Slater?
Lest there be those who think |
nave overdrawn the picture of our
difficulties, and am inclined to be
pessimistic l will say ain not with
out an abiding faith in the future.
Ii needs but n retrospective glance
tor all to recognize the wonderful
recuperative powers of our grand old
State. Think OF her condition after
The last gun was fired at APPROXIMATION.
Devastated in field and forest-a half
million of slaves oewildered by their
sudden freedom-alI our flocks and
nerds swept away, moneyless and |
without banks, and millions of debt. |
She was never grander than whe
she barred her bosom and babe her
SONS dig deep for the hidden treasures
the value of which, though thirty
years have passed, cannot be esti-
mated; for as yet the search for them
is but in the dawn. Her primeval
forests, with its varied woods invite
The axe of the capitalist. der
wonderful water power ready for the
spindles of the cotton and other
factories, is eager for utilization.
while eager hands weary from en-
forced idleness beckon anxiOusly for
the holders of money to give them
Cannot we devise means
oy which they can meet in mutual
benefit? All these things demand our
earnest attention.
a flood of memories should warm
our hearts and strengthen our hands
in the discharge of our duties. The
memory of those free and dauntless
spirits who came to our shores, anu
going into the shadowy forest, hewed
Jur Il home for themselves beside
springs where the hand of
the unjust tax gatherer could not
each them; where the soil was boun-
Jiful and the skies were ready to drop
riches upon them, is hallowed by Us
Ill. Such d memory comes to me
low and l ask myself ii we are their
rue descendants, if we are guard
NJ with Jealous eye and vestal care
lie fires OF liberty so bravely be-
lueathed to US? Oh, for re kindling
II patriotic interest among the peo-
Die. When that is aroused nothing
Iore is needed to settle every ques- {
ion promptly and justly.
And it is coming. Seasons of pa ]
lent suffering do not always last. 9
'eriuds OF torpid acquiescence have !
heir reactions. But let public opin- =
On once be thoroughly aroused and :,
hell
Its step is as the tread {
VI flood that leaves its bed.n I
But have detained you too long. t
Ghiuk l am grateful man. The
eople have been good and kind and O
TO me beyond my deserts
ly heart goes out to each man, wo \
Ian and child IL the commonwealth :,
Virginia. | say God bless them =
II. And my great desire is that I'M ;,
er the blessings and guidance of D
racious Providence | may be able n
, acceptably discharge the high and '
duties to which l have b
cen called by the suffrages of kind h
nd generous people. Ii