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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-04
SHIFTING TAE Tax suRpEN.

One Of the favorite would.be bril-
liant assertions OF the anti-tax re-
formers last fall was that the Repub.
licans In their endeavor to readjust
the tax burden would take 1t from
one shoulder of the farmer and ordi.
nary tax payer and place it gently
over on the other The placing upon
the counties of some OF the taxes
heretofore borne by the State was
given as the reason for the assertion,
although in reality the amount placed
back upon the counties was a small
percentage Of what has been paid by
the counties into the State treasury.
In order that a true conception of
the shifting of the tax burden may be
seen we give herewith a carefully
prepared illustration based on actual
conditions, in conformity with the
tax rates and the report of the land
commissioners. We take farm, a
city residence, a business building
and a coal field, using the Fairmont
district rate of levy for the farm and
the coal field, and the district and cor
poration levy both for the residence
and business building. The taxes are
given on these properties for the
three years 1904, 1905 and 1906, for
purposes OF comparison. A farm of
100 acres is on the assessors book un.
der the old assessment at 10 dollars
per acre, or 1920; residence in the
city Of Fairmont Is on at $1,000; a
hnsiness building at $4,000 and Il
coal field of 500 acres, at $40 per
acre. or $1,000. Under the reassess.
nent they stand as follows:
Comparative Values. 1904 1905.
ioo-acre farm $780,. 81 200 80 400
residence ,.,....... 1000 5000
Bnsiness building 80. 5000 10000
Coal field. ..... 5000 10000
In making the calculation care has
been taken TO keep within the legal
increase for next year and due allow.
ance for the reduction In State taxes
by reason of the increased valuations
throughout the State Upon this basis
we have reckoned the rate next year
in the city OF Fairmont at rs cents
on the 500. instead of $3.50 this year
and 1926 last year. In Fairmont
district, proper. the rate is placed at
~ cents on the 800 instead of s1.5O
this year and s1.75 last. On this basis
the tax receipts for the farm, the city
residence, the business building and
the coal field viii show the following:
Taxes for 1904 1905 1906
Farm ......s 21.00 $ 1900 $ zoos
City residence $3.50 $500 $3.50
Business bldg. 1850 125.Oo $1,000
Coal land So. $3.50 1900 12e.oo
Total s2S5.5o $4,000 ssos.5s
The above figures show that under
the new laws the tax burden VIII rest
Just a little more heavily on the broad
and able shoulders of the wealthy
while the masses the small property
owners--will enjoy a great decrease
in their tax tickets.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-04
Leased wire telegrnphic service by
Pnblishers' Press Association. Special

Leased wire telegraphic service by
Pnblishers' Press Association. Special
correspondents at Charleston, Park.
srsburg and other cities in the State.
The West virginian is fol sale at
tho following places:
A. G. Martins book store, Main st.
Clyde Holt.s cigar store, Main st.
Kinkead news stand. Main street.
MERGERS confectionery, opposite
Watson Hotel.
Yost Billiard Parlors. Fairmont
svenne.
A. Merrideld's store, Locust avenue.
Fred Harris confectionery. Water
street
,. w orr's news stand, Monongah.
Claude Higginbotham. Company
Store, Watson.
Emmett Ices news stand. Manning.
ton.
Abbey Burke. agent, Rivesville.
Miss sallie E. Martin. postomce.
Tairyiew.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-04

The Sim crow" car will be adopted
in this State before the year 1910.
This is a prediction, and not a threat
Gazette.
But coming from the bald.headed
source it does, old george byrne, it
would have no weight either as pre-
diction or threat.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-04

! make the prediction with absolute
confidence that in the next Lesisla.
ture there will not be a voice raised
for repeal of the tax bills, and by that
time there will be left few public
men who will have the hardihood to
admit that they ever opposed them
Governor VIM. M. o. Dawson.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-04

1t is estimated that the war between
Russia and Japan cost the former ST.
s75,o0o.ooo and the latter 81, 600 .Q0O.-
900. This is the money cost only.
What 1t cost in blood has not been
computed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-04

Special train leaves Fairmont at
$50 A. NJ.
Beautiful scenery en- route.
Most delightful season in the noun
tains. VAS.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-04

Lost anything? A West yirginian
want ad. will find it for you.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-04

The West virginian is delivered by
carrier to all parts Of the city and
The nearby towns. II single copy
q missed. notify us at once SO that
an investigation may be made.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-04
ONLY SIPS TO CUMBERLAND

And Return Via Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, Sunday, September 10.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

wives. a man who is married a few
years is expected to have junior wives
The chief wife has the Superinfendence
of the others and looks after the house
hold The punishment she inflfcts for
laziness is 10 Danish the junior wife from
her meals until hunger brings her 10 her
senses. 1t a junior wife is obstrepcrOuS
she is put IN a slave stock.
The authority OF a chief wife is not a
matter TO jest with. If 3 junior wife gets
unruly the whipping post Is made use OF
This does not annoy her lord. for Al
rican men have little sentiment Tor their
wives and feel none for their junior
wives. They are his ehattels. having tho
same value as his cattle-Derhaps less
When man is pressed for money he
usually sells his wife and not his cattle
He expects them to cultivate the soil and
cut down the trees. and when he finds
time or has the inclination he helps
them.
Mrs. Macdonald SAYS that she amused
herself by taking the loads OF wood cut
down by the women and placing them
next to those OF the men, explaining tina Z
civilized men try to relieve women or
hardships, but they shook their heads and
answered that their lords would never
submit TO this bumilit--.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
Baltimore SUM-

baltimore sun
Only a kiss on the baby's face.
- only a kiss with a mothers grace
% simple thing that the sunbeams
And the PEGS ha-hahed from where they
quaffed.
Only kiss, but the face was fair.
And nobody knew what love was
Nobody knew-but mother.
Only a word to mothers jov.
only word to her parting bow
ana the changing lights on the window
shone
As her boy went out in the world alone
only a word from mother brave
But nobody knew the love it gave
Nobody knew-but mother.
Only sigh for a w7ayward son.
only IA sigh, but a hopeless one,
ana the lights burned dimly and shone
with a blur
Could a mother condemn? IT'S human to
Only a sigh as she took his part.
But NOBODY knew what it cost her
Nobody knew-but mother.
Only sob as the tomb doors close.
only a sob. but it upward rose,
Ana the lights In the window flickered
and died,
And with them her hope, her joy, her
pride.
Only sob as she turned away:
But nobody knew as she knelt to
pray
Nobody knew-but mother.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
ANDY BURT.

Andy" Burt has answered the last
summons. Friday evening he entered
upon the sleep that knows no waking
in this world. So passes a good soldier
a brave officer of the peace, a faithful
friend For Andrew ]. Burt there will
be sincere mourning among hundreds
Of his friends and acquaintance, for he
was the sort of man that makes friends
easily. that holds friends firmly. True
blue was Andy Burt. Peace to him,
the peace that passeth all understand
ing.'i
Illness had kept Captain Burt out of
the public eye for the past two or three
years. Up to 1903, however. he was
prominently before the people, first as
a police officer, then as sheriff, as detec-
tive and finally as volunteer officer
in the United states army. In all of
these positions he did his duty faith
fully and well. The men under his
Command have nothing but the warm
est regard for him. the public he has
served will remember him with oAIy the
kindliest feelings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
VoTiNG MACHINES.

The council has by resolution decided
to look into the matter Of voting ma
chimes for use in city elections At the
last session OF the legislature a law pro-
viding for a voting machine commits
sion was enacted and cities and couI.-
ties were authorized to purchase chem
In the event that they seemed likely 20
prove successful. On this latter point
there is little room for argument. Vet
ing machines have been used success
fully in several of the eastern states
and cities. They have many times
demonstrated their fitness for the work
required.
The Salt Lake council cannot afford,
however, to so into ne matter TOO
swiftly. The most careful Investigation
must be made and only the voting ma
chine that has stood the, test OF time.
the machine that can prove its ability
to do the work here, should be chosen.
In other cities the makers of machines
have permitted the use Of them ia cleo
lions with the understanding that they
would be purchased il they were salts
factory. No maker whose maLhine is
honest in workmanship and in execu-
ton viii refuse 20 permit such a test
here.
Salt Lake is entitled to whatever
profit there may be in the experience OF
other cities. Let US have the best vot-
ing machines or none. And the point as
to which IS the best can only be deter
mined by a thorough trial That vot-
ing machines save money, that they are
very much more satisfactory in every
respect than the cumbersome Austral-
ian ballot. IS testified to by UMPIRE
JUDGED experts. Think OF the satisfac-
ton of knowing the full detailed vote
of an election within five minutes after
the closing Of the polls.
The detailed figures on the election in
salt Lake county last year were not
known for several days after the votes
had been cast In several districts the
election officers were counting ballots
on the Thursday morning after the
election on Tuesday. 1t is not necessary
to point out the possibilities of error
and of fraud in such work. And the
Voting machine does away with all that
sort Of thing. There can be no tamper-
ing with the vote when the machines
are used.
Another advantage is that fewer Of
hcers are necessary, and no ballots are
required Then the modern machine is
SO simple that a child can operate it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
WOMEN MUST KNEEL TO MEN.
This Is the Law Among Many Tribes
Of East Central Africa.
Chicago Tribune.)


Men in Africa, and especially in East
Central Africa, believe that their women
are their interiors. and many centuries
ago they made law that has worn it.
self into custom that women must ac-
knowledge this by always kneeling when
they meet a man
Duff Macdonald who spent many wears
as a missionary in that country. says that
AFRICAN women hold a most degraded DO
sltion, and are looked upon pretty gem
orally beasts OF burden caDabIe or
doing all the hard work When woman
meets any man, be it her husband or a
stranger, at home or on the road. she Is
expected TO "taidiGala' that is to kneel
and clap her hands 10 the lord of crea-
ton as he Passes Although z woman
may have slaves of her own she OBJ
serves this custom whenever She meets
them on the highway.
Macdonald adds: whenever we saw =
woman go out of her way with the inten-
ton OF kneeling before us though she
carried hundredWeight on her head.
With II, we shouted: You are losing
your way: this is the path. and she took
II. glad that she might dispense with this
custom
Certain it is that if the African woman
kneels before stranger or slave. she
prOstTates herself most humbl-r before
her husband-her lord and master He
Is her fathe1 and she is his child. he
commands and she obeys: he may inflict
punishment and she accepts T.
The title of father is given to all
old people; a man of thirty Will say: II
am only a child; ask the old man.
The woman must submit, of course She
Is her husbands chattel; he has bought
her for two skins of a buck. and this Is
fair price for one wife. He often gets
them in payment for debts.
If a girl is not a first wife she counts
for little, as these Africans usually have
one chief wife and three or four miner
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
YOUNG MN IN PoLIrics.

Ten years ago a young man who held
a good position with private corpora
tiOn in an eastern city left his place IN
order to accept a political appointment
in one of the city Offices. A few days
ago this same young man, without
money. without friends, died In an at
tack Of delirium tremens. II the truth
is told on his grave stone the inscrip-
ton VIII read: Ruined by politics"
This may be called an extreme case,
an exception. Unfortunately, it Is
nothing Of the sort. In your own ac4
Quaintance there must be one or more
young men whom politics has ruined.
Perhaps they have not gone into
drunlSards' graves, but some of them
are near to that end. and others are
moneyless. friendless, useless. They
became accustomed TO political Office
and when the upheaval came they were
untitled for ordinary work.
II they had never left their. original
positions, if they had continued to de-
vote their entire time to their private
business, giving no thought to some
thing easy in the political line" they
would have been solid, substantial.
useful citizens. Political Office Of the
ordinary sort is mighty good thing
for the average young American to let
severely alone. No matter how good
II may seem to him at the time, he can
not afford to take it.
View the question from the sordid
standpoint of money. We will say that
a young man who Is earning 500 a
month in a business house is given a
city position at $125 a month. He thinks
he is going 10 make, and consequently
TO save, more money. The first thing
that looms fup on his political horizon
is the political assessment. He cannot
get out OF paying Il.
Then come the thousand and enc lit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

tie gratis that are worked on Office
holders. He must buy tickets for this.
that and the other thing. He must be
a good fellow, for he is expected TO
make friends for himself and his chief.
The Sons of Buttinskis give an outing.
He must go out and buy beer, pay for
rattle tickets and ''be a prince" That
S125 a month is dwindling rapidly now.
The young man is lucky if 500 of it is
available for his personal use
Meanwhile lac is forming harmful as
sociations. He is beginning to believe
that public money is easy money; that
he should do just as little work for it as
possible. Time passes and the young
man becomes more triffng every day.
less fitted to make a place for himself
in the world of business. Then comes
the inevitable. His party goes out OF
power. He finds himself without posi-
ton, without money. And it is surpris-
ing how rapidly the friends of a de-
posed public Official drift away from
him.
If the young man had continued In
his original occupation the chances are
that his salary would have been adj
Vanced. his position bettered. the
friendship of his employers strength
ened. AS it is, he is nothing, has moth
ing.
There are exceptions TO the rule, yes.
but it may be laid down as a very safe
general proposition that the young
man who takes a public office out of line
with the work in which he has been
trained and in which he expects to
make his career, is gambling desper-
ately with his most precious possess
sions, character and future.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
SAVED BY A WOMAN.

A woman has, temporarily at least.
saved Johann Hoch, wife-murderer.
from the ganows. There is no good rea-
son for doubling that Hoch should have
paid the penalty prescribed for him on
the day appointed. He had a fair trial
and It was shown to the satisfaction of
an unprejudiced jury that he had muir
dured at least one wife. There are
many reasons for believing that he
murdered others. Yet woman
saves him from the gaIIows. A
member Of the sex he has, according
TO his own statements, treated so
brutality, SO cruelty. comes forward to
lift the moose from his forfeited neck.
It is difficult to understand how,
under the circumstances, any woman
could do thing like this If ever a
scoundreI deserved death, whether he
committed the crime of murder or not
that man is Johann Hoch. The hearts
of at least a score of women We're
broken by him. He married, robbed
and perhaps murdered them as the
mood came to him. Perhaps murder
was the least of his crimes, for death
could not have been terrifying to wo-
men whose lives were linked with the
life of Hoch.
Now justice is TO be deprived for a
time, certainly, and perhaps entirely, of
her due This because a woman inter-
Vened. This woman furnishes or
guarantees enough money to pay for an
appeal for Hoch to the supreme court
of Illinois. 1t is claimed, as it is al
ways claimed for murderers, that Hoch
did not receive a fair trial That there
may have been a few errors in the hear
ing we do not dispute. but that the de-
PENDANT was proven guilty is beyond all
argument. Hoch is a red-handed muir
derer, bigamist and breaker of wo-
mems hearts. He should have been
hanged.
We are sorry the woman who saved
Hoch could fosget the wrongs ,this
scoundrel did to her sisters. The only
possible explanation of her course is
that she is temporarily Of unsound
mind. That is the charitable view. We
cannot believe that one woman in
hundred thousand would defend Hoch
privately, TO say nothing of posing in
the fierce white light of public opinion
as his friend. The one woman's action
win Justify Hoch to HOch It viii
strengthen his opinion that women are
weaklings, mentally and physically, that
they were made to be toyed with,
beaten, abused, murdered by men.
Fortunately, however, Hoch's path
still tends towards the gallows. HIS
case Will be passed upon by an unsyrn-
pathetic court, a court that is sworn to
do justice, and it is not to be believed
that he will escape death at the hands
of the law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
Where the Gang Rules.


Colonel Sheldon Potter who represents
reformed Philadelphia in the headship of
the citys police department. was talking
at a dinner party about gang rule and
municipal corruption
Gang rule" he said "encourages bad
habits, rI&1enness, a hundred evils This
was we'll SHOWN in school board meet
ing IN New England town. Corruption
IN that town was rampant. and in con-
sequence dissipation was rampant. too.
We'll, at the school beard meeting
speak of il was said that the clerk long
before the nights business ended. was
signing checks with the whisky and
drinking the ink"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
Real Thinq.
(Chicage Daily News. }

Chicago Daily News.)
What SORT of labor is best paid IN
this country asked the English tour
iSt-
Field labor" answered the native
American.
us that fact?" queried the English
man. who was inclined TO be a bit skep-
tical
Sure" replied the other. you ought
to see the salaries our baseball players
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

Informed by Mrs. Slidel of the indignity
heaPed upon her by sending her Z letter
by d man who had a sort of yoke tpon
his shoulders with two great pans OF
milk pendant therefrom, his rage for a
moment knew no bounds. 1t was greater
than IT would have been had he been
called an aboiitionist. Writ was scolded
from Dan TO Beersheba- SiidelF first
vented his 1r3 uDOn old Father Bassett.
VINO was responsible for the conduct of
the pages. and Bassett went for Writ
the scenes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

There wasn't any criticism of Paul
Morton for quitting an $4,000 govern
ment job in. order to accept a private
position at $4,000 a year because the
government was mighty glad to get rid
Of Paul.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

An Indiana man has been arrested
for stealing twelve cents from a SAL
walton Army donation box. There's a
case where about two months in prison
for each cent stolen would about fit the
crime.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

The astonishing feature about the de-
parture of George T. Moore from the
agricultural department is that his
record is such that he cannot be criti-
cized. Mr.. Moore is almost unique in
this respect.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
Thought Most of Hat.

t-NtW nOfk w OTAG.)
When the wind was in its most ca
PRECIOUS mood yesterday afternoon a wo-
man at that mysterious age when her
friends speak Of her as well preserved
made a dash around the Fifth avenue
corner or the F'latirOn building. Her
gown was the highest of summer mus
Inns, and on her head she wore a mar
Vicious creation of gauze and flowers.
Every Vagabond breeze in that Vicin-
lty instantly saw an opportunity to do
stunts. Sooner than il takes to tell il.
the summer muslin was describing the
most alarming aerial flights. But its
owner, hand on either side of her hat,
kept on as stubbOrnly as though such
display Of open-work hosiery were an
everyday affair.
Madam cried another woman, rush.
ing up to her, holding her own draper
les in a tight embrace, you are prob
ably not aware OF il, but your Skirts
are above your knees"
Il don't care" retorted the other. never
moving a finger from the flower-laden
bonnet. I've had these legs for forty
eight years. but 1 have just bought this
hat and paid S1S for it, and 1 don't mean
TO lose il"
DR.. VIM. +. Carver, champion shot
IF he T-xrH,fls4tnra G.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

One of the parties to the suit on a
note on which the signer was expected
to pay four per cent per month interest
ought to be beaten. We won't say
which party this is but we will say it
isn't the signer of the note.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

A broker who sued for 100000. as
commission for selling a mine has lost
the suit. Surely a modest little de-
mand Ike that should have been favor
ably acted upon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

Secretary Of the Navy Bonaparte an
nounees that he will accept no railroad
passes. He probably expects to do most
of his travelling on a government yacht -.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
A Gentle Reminder,

Detroit Free PreSS.5
Mrs. Blue-Nv husband is TO tired hear
ing about coal bills that don't dare nner-
ton IL to him again, and We're all out
What shall l do?
Mrs. True-Let his freeze for a while
and he'll mink Of ii himself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

Talking about quitting one place for
another with a higher salary-didn't
Mr.. Roosevelt quit an $4,000 job to ac-
cept one that pays $4,000?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
Doing His Best With Two Feet.
' York Tele<ram.)

(New York TeleSram.)
Notice that Colonel Roosevelt is camp
ing on Lloyds Neck, l.. I. Wish he's
jump on the necks of some Of the other
fellows who deserve it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
Had Better Ring the Door Bell.

(kanSaS City starr
What happened to the man who was
arrested for climbing over the White
House fence ought TO be a warning to
Thomas W. Lawson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
Vanished Like Smoke.
(ChicaRo Newsl

AS examples Of mysterious disappear
anCeS Willie TaScOtt and Charlie Rns
were not in it with Scotty of Death Val
ley.