Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-01-31
THOMAS REDUs

THOMAS REpUs
Ridgelv Lodge No. y, l. Q. o. F.,
ownes . valuable lot in the town of
starkville. upon which it has erected
valuable two-story brick building; the
frs, floor OF said building is rented as
q ssorehouse st $500 per annum, and
the second floor or . part of 1t. is rented
as dental office. The lodge claims
this property to be exempt from tax
alton under Section STA A. C.. which
tdD exempts all property, real or per
sonal. belonging to any charitable so-
ciety, used exclusively for the purpose
of said society. and not for profit
The exemption cannot be maintained;
IL does not come within the letter OF
the act The property is used for profit,
and not for charity. and 50 cannot be
exempt 1t 10 said in argument that
the income is used for charity. and that
makes it the same in effect as IL the
property itself was used for charity.
But that is not the letter Of the law,
nor its spirit.
A large part Of the funds OF the So
ciety is paid for sick and burial benefits
to the members of the order, whether
rich or poor, and to this extent the
funds are not used for charity. and the
exemption could not be sustained, even
II the statute had exempted the prop
erty from taxation when the profits are
used exclusively for charity.
The property is subject to taxation
The State - Leester, IS n. j. L. b.,
los; Trustees. ETC., vs. Boiler. so Ga,
$50; Methodist Church vs.. Hinton. 10 Ia
T. A. notes; Library Association Vs.
Pelton, IS Ohio, 253; Morris vs. Masons,
ss Texas, e9s.
The decision of the chancellor is
affirmed.
Opinion delivered by Justice Terral-
The ss, 900 bond Of J. Z. Gibson. the
Indiana building contractor and oriber,
has been forfeited TO Hinds county. He
failed to put in his appearances at court
although he wired his attorney he
was en- route for Jackson The officers
of the First National Bank, with whom
he deposited s5. 200. made his bond He
is still subject to arrest. and reqnisi-
tiou will doubtless be issued for that
purpose. tSince the foregoing was
written Gibsou was arrested while en-
deavoring to escape from Indiana Gov.
Longino made requisition on the gov
ernor of Indiana. and dispatched two
officers to Lansing. Mich, on the night
Of the s3d.l
Hon. Joseph W. Bailey-s Mississippi
product-was elected United States SEN
stor by the Texas legislature on the
I'D instant
The Masous Of Columbus have pur-
chased . splendid property on Main
street, opposite the Gilmer hotel. and
will convert it into . splendid temple,
with elegant apartments for the differ
ent branches Of the order. Columbua
Lodge No S was chartered in 1s22-
The executiue committee of the Ma
tional Editorial Association has named
Buffalo. July 10th, ~ the place and
time for their next annual session.
Among the topics in the program !.
The Ethics OF Journalism" assigned
to Capt p. K. Mayors. OF Mississippi
1t viii be considered on high plane.
The old home Of Justice Lamar. .
Oxford, was badly damaged BY fire OF
the night of the 18th Inst. The kitchen
diningroom and rear rooms OF tn
mansion were entirely destroyed.
Mississippi was not forgotten in th'
rivers and harbor bill Of sixty millions
Pearl river ID to be surveyed from II
mouth to Monticello. and $1,000 sppro
priated for Improving the stream Fo
Matches hArbos, e50.ooo Homochitt
river, q. Loo, ChickaaAhay river, $S, ooe
Horn Island pass 10 to be surveyed 7
ascertain II twenty-five feet OF waite
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