The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-17
TAX RATE REPORTS
RECEIVED BY THE CONTROLLER
GENERAL FOR 100 COUNTIES.
NOTHING TO S37.36 ON $1,000
is THE WAY THE SCALE OF THE
VARIOUS RATES RANGES.

Terrell County Bears on the Palm
with Her Record of No Tax Rate.
CIinch IL Second with "A Rate of
S2.5O-WiIcOx Is the Highest, Be-
Court HOuse-Ncws Notes of the
state and Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 16-The Con-
troller General has received re-
ports of the tax rates of 100 out of
the 1877 counties in the state, these
rates being sent to him so that he
can determine the amount each coun-
ty is entitled to receive from the rail-
roads and other corporations whose
returns are made only to him.
These tax rates vary all the way
from nothing at all to $37.36 on $1,000
The latter very high rates is that of
Wilcox county, and is accounted for
by the fact that new Court House
is to be built this year. The assess
ment for the Court House alone Is
more than $50 on $1,000, leaving the
rate for other purposes about 81. With
the state tax rate added. each proper
ty owner in Wilcox will have TO pay
this year total of 1925 on $1,000
The county which has no tax rate
at all is Terrell, sufficient income
being received from the county dis
pensary to pay all of the countys ex-
penses The next highest rate is that
of Douglas county. which is S13, while
johnson charges 81 and Butts so on
$1,000 Clinch county has the lowest
rate except Terrell, it being $3.50 on
$1,000.
sales of Fertilizer.
The fertilizer bulletin of the Depart
ment of Agriculture for the season
1902-O3 was issued to-day. 1t shows the
sales OF commercial fertilizers in Geor-
gia during the season have been 62s, 4S4.3
tons, an increase of nearly 175.0OO tons
over last year. The sales in 1s74-75,
the first year of which any record was
kept, were 4s.64s tons.
builders Checks Returned.
Their checks were returned to-day
10 ali but four OF the bidders on the
new union passenger station, to be
built in Atlanta, one of the firms, whose
bid is still under consideration being
John H. Mckenzie & Sons of Augusta,
who built the new depot in Savannah.
The others are Northern bidders. 1t
will be several days yet before the
contract is finally let.
1t is said the cost will be about $780,
600. which does not include the train
shed.
Declares Collier VIII Forged.
David N. Carvalho, the we'll known
handwriting expert of New York,
stated to-day in an interview that, In
his opinion, the will of George w. Col
lier is forgery. The same conclusion
has been arrived at by e. F. Hay, an
other expert from Washington. Both
will be put on the witness stand when
the case comes up for trial.
The will. as has been stated. is on
thin tissue paper. something like
"himsy," and various opinions have
been given with regard to it. Some
say 1t is an impression copy. others that
the signature was traced, and still otn-
er experts declare it a forgery.
The heirs are engaged in trying to
prove the document forgery, and to
have II thrown out of court. 1t holds
the property intact for ten years, and
1t is said they want it Immediately
availa bile.
Money Needed to Move 1t.
1t may be that popular subscrlp-
tlon VIII have to be taken up I'm order
to get the Georgia exhibit to st.
Louis. The resolution, which appro-
priated 100000 for getting up Geor-
gla exhibit, specifically provided that
the money was 10 b s ent in the prepa-
ration OF q state museum to be kept
in the State Capitol. It permits the
sending of this museum out of the
state and to st. Louis, provided the
state shall pay nothing for transpor-
tation.
1t was the understanding at the time
the resolution was passed that the
railroads would probably transport the
exhibit free of cost but 1t is now
learned that they have declined to do
this. Gov. Terrell has been comforting
with representatives of some of the
roads to see what can be done and the
best is probably reduced rates. so far
as can be seen at the present time.
1t looks. therefore, as if outside aid
will have to be secured to get the ex-
hibit to st. Louis.
1000 Krngs for Troops.
The state has received a consign-
ment of 1000 Krag-Jorgensen rifles
from the United States government and
the Adjutant General will complete
the distribution of them as soon as
possible, collecting the old Springfield
rifles and returning them to the United
State War Department
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