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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-10-11
Kings Daughters Flower Show.

The Kings Daughters will have a
Flower Show on Wednesday, the Odd OF
October, at the Armory. Doors open
at three O'Clock. Admission 10 cents.
There will be prizes offered for the
finest specimens of the following pot
flowers Bigonias, Palms, Geraniums,
Fancy Leaved Geraniums, Maiden Hair
Ferns, two kinds, large and small leaf,
Boston Ferns, Ostrich Plume Ferns,
Asparagus Fennissimus, Asparagus
Sprengeri, Asparagus Plumosus.
All who are willing to assist in this
way of raising funds for the hospital
please send plants to be exhibited to the
Armory, Wednesday, the 23d of Octo-
Der, between ten and twelve o'clock.
Donations of pot plants to be sold for
the benefit of the Hospital Fund will be
gladly received, as there will be sepa-
rate table for all plants for this pur-
pose.
Please mark your name distinctly on
each plant, and state whether for ex-
hIbit or to be sold for benefit of the
Kings Daughters. All contributors
kindly send on Thursday morning, Oc-
tober the Gath, between ten and twelve,
for their plants Refreshments will be
sold, and among the other attractions
will be an art gallery and post Office,
where all who come will find a letter.
All wishing further information can
communicate with the undersigned
committee.
MRS. E. G.. CHEsLEY,
MRS. ALEX. MCDoUGALL,
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-10-11
BOARD TRADE
MEETS AGAIN.
Tuesday EvsnlnS. October 18th, az
EIK's Hall.

The Tallahassee Board of Trade will
resume its regular meetings again, be-
ginning next Tuesday evening, October
18th, at Elk's Hall at 8 o'clock. All
members are respectfully requested to
be present as business Of Importance
will be transacted and other matters of
public interest taken up and discussed.
This business organization has the gen.
eral best interest of Tallahassee and
Leon county at heart and should be en-
couraged every way possible by our
full citizenship.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-10-11
College Notes.

II takes something more than down.
pour of rain to quench the enthusiasm
of a college society, consequently the
storm of last Saturday evening deferred
but few of the adherents Of the Thalian
Debating Society from attending the
social affair of that date.
Invitations "a the townspeOple were
general and were responded 10 by quite
a number of the girls friends who arc
interested in all their doings
Sunday was bright again and the air
was delightfully."- fresh, tempting an
other crowd from town 10 extend their
afternoon walk out TO the chapel.
where the first College Vesper service
of the session was to be held at five
o'clock. This service was very popular
last year, and will doubtless be so again,
since the music Is of high grade and
we'll rendered The pipe organ is an
exceptionally fine instrument, and the
piano OF the best make, and both are
manipulated by real artists.
The program of last Sunday is given
below
/. Organ, Traumerei, Schumann, Miss
Foster. 2. Hymn-Abide With Me.
3. Prayer. 4. Organ and Piano, Aben-
died, Schumann, Miss Foster, Miss
Keipp 8. Quartet, In Heavenly Love
Abiding, Mendelssohn, Miss Cline, Mr..
Murphree, Miss Keipp, MIR. Foster. 6.
Scripture Reading, z. Organ, Evening
Song, Bairstow, Miss Foster. 8. Voice.
J Jerusalem, Thou That Killest the
PROPHETS. Mendelssohn, Miss Cline. 8
}enedlction. 10. Organ, Toccato, VOLS.
Lenholme, Miss Foster
Misses Alice Corbett, Mary Reynolds
and Shirley Long, three Of last years
graduates. are taking post graduate
course. Heretofore Miss Long has re-
sided with relatives in town. but this
year she will be an inmate Of the Col
lege
Miss Mary Horne has returned and is
again presiding at the kindergarten
piano, much to the satisfaction Of the
little ones who found It dull without
their music.
And now IL transpires that Professor
Williams slept day and night on that
fishing party, waking only long enough
70 eat the fish the preachers caught,
which accounts for many discrepancies
in the various reports received at this
Office relative to that st. Marks trip.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-10-11
MRS. f. G.. CHEsLEY,
MRS. ALEX. MCDoUGALL,
MISS MARY ID. LEWIS.
Masonic Meetings

jackson Lodge No. l, F & A. M, will
meet in regular communication on the
lst and 3rd Mondays in each month,
at O'Clock p. M henderson, sister
lodges cordially invited to attend.
S. MAY WALKER, w. M.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-10-11
Cheated Death.

Kidney trouble often ends fatally,
but by choosing the right medicine, r.
II. Wolfe, Of bear Grove, Iowa, cheated
death. He says 1.-TWO years ago
mad Kidney Trouble, which caused me
great pain, suffering and anxiety, but
/ took Electric Bltters, which effected
ccmplete cure. have also found
them Of great bspeft In general debit
ity and nerve trouble, and keep them
constantly on hand. since, IS find they
have no equal. AL druggists, guaraIi-
tees them At 50 cents.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-10-11

Fun line 81 the famons .sAdlsr't
Cloves just Ia at Burns q Co. store. g
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-10-11

tx. ApOc 81 IAse ~ thee pressnts :;
trust ard confidence % Ire Ability. f-
dsllfr and pFudsnee 81 Sydney /. Wales
4 - haNebg cOBatifute and appoiat the
sid Ep4nay i. WALES agent fuf the
elaea 81 Florida before the department
- Wanhtngfgn City, and 90 ask and
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-05-16

Investigations 10 discover how best
to finance movements to improve the
condition OF our farmers, our city
workers. and our home-makers have
led to the discovery of fact worthy
of most serious consideration. In its
early days. the country being small
and jeopardiZed by external foes, the
general government reserved the right
to levy indirect taxes, as on imports,
on alcohol and on tobacco. The states
and lesser political divisions, on the
other hand, raise their revenues by
more direct taxation, as on personal
property, on incomes OF corporations
and Of individuals, and on inherit
ances.
II so happens that since the federal
government and the state were al
lowed these sources of income vast
economic changes have taken place,
placing the federal government great
ly at an advantage as compared with
all the states combined In securing
taxes. With the enormous develop
ment Of manufactured products and
the increased power of the people to
purchase them, and with the greatly
cheapened transportation resulting
from the circulation of vastly greater
quantities of commodities, the rev.
enues obtained by the federal govern
ment have enormously increased. The
states, on the other hand, find II i'm
practicable to secure such large
amounts OF public revenue from the
more direct forms of taxation. This is
clearly illustrated by the fact that
the federal government thus secures
in taxes revenues amounting annually
to $500, 100000. This is $40 per
capita, or nearly $50 per family. The
states, on the other hand, annually
bring into their state treasures only
50 to SO per capita, or about 5000 ,OO0.-
900. II should be observed that rev.
enues derived by cities, counties,
townships, and other political bodies
make the state and local taxes pre-.
sumably somewhat larger than the
federal revenue. The fact that the
state legislator is often chosen under
pledge to keep down state expenses,
while the federal legislator is expect.
ed to secure all he can get for his
state from federal appropriations, has
not little to do with the relatively
larger growth OF the federal budget.
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BABE IN ARMS,
Mother Shot BY Unknown Assassin
While Standing In Her Door.

Cleveland. O.-Standing at her back
door with four-month-old babe in her
arms, Mrs. Concetta Monello, wife OF
an employee of the city water depart.
ment, was shot in the head by an un-
known assassin.
The police have arrested two Ital-
ians as witnesses, but they admit
neither of the men shot the woman.
The police net is out for the arrest
OF man seen loafing about the Mo-
nello premises for several days past.
The husband was at the city hall
when the shooting occurred. and he
offers no suggestion to solve the mys-
terry. When the woman dies, as the
hospital physicians say she will, 1t will
be the third murder in as many days
that the Cleveland police have yet to
solve.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-05-16
TAXATION REVISION
IN MANY STATES

Bills to create tax commissions are
pending before the general assembly
Of the following states: Alabama,
Delaware, Idaho. Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Min.
nesota, Oregon and Wyoming. In
some Of the states these bills have
been made laws, and the probability
is that bills will be enacted by a ma
1ority Of the states, II not by all of
them. This shows conclusively that
the problem of how to improve the
state and local taxation system is q
question Of vital and urgent impor-
tance in nearly every state in the
Union.
Principles Of taxation, like all eco
nomic principles. are universal in
their application. Work done In one
state may be made useful In all other
states. BY making Investigations and
guiding discussion on similar lines,
and then comparing results, the peo-
pie In each state can help all other
states and be helped by what all other
states accomplish,
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A PRETTY ROMANCE
viii Terminate In a Marriage at Hon
olulu Of Millionaire Potter.

Dast Liverpool, GA pretty 10
nance, begun amid the book shelves
In the Carnegie library at East Liver
pool, will terminate within few
weeks In marriage at Honolulu, Ha,
watian Islands. Beneath the sunny
skies Of the Pacific Miss Gertrude Ba.
ker Is awaiting the coming Of her
lover, William e. PHILIPPE, millionaire
pottery manufacturer OF Bast Liver.
pool. Mr.. Phillips is now travelling to
Honolulu as fast as train and ship can
take him.
Miss Baker, 25, Is the stepdaughter
Of the late Gen. Benjamin Jones', OF
Mt. Vernon, o., who In his day was
one Of the foremost men In Ohio mill
tary AFFAIRS.
About two years ago Gen. Jones
died, and Miss Baker accepted q minor
position in the Carnegie library at
East Liverpool. Mr.. Phillips, who is
Junior partner In the great pottery
arm Of Smith q Phillips, met her
there, and from that time on he took
q remarkable interest in books, partic
ularly those In the Carnegie library.
For year Mr.. Phillips and Miss Ba
ker were much In each others com.
pany. Finally the young woman re-
ceived an offer OF the superintendency
OF the Carnegie library at Honolulu.
Mr.. Phillips begged her not to go, but
she insisted.
Distance seemed to only lend en-.
chantment to the two lovers, and they
kept up regular correspondence. In
letter after letter Mr.. Phillips begged
the girl to become his wife, and
finally he received the longed for an.
swer only a few days ago. Hastily
packing his trunks he started for San
Francisco.
After the wedding, which will take
place in Honolulu as soon as he ar
rives, Mr.. Phillips will take his bride
to Japan and then on a trip around
the world
Miss Baker Is a niece of former Gov.
Nash, Of Ohio, and a cousin Of B. F.
Jones, jr., the young multimillionaire
steel king Of Pittsburg.
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WORK or TAX COMMISSIONS
Review Of Progress Being Made. In
Other States,


The com mission of California was
created in 1905, charged with thor.
ough investigation of the whole prob.
lem of taxation. Its report is a COM
prehenslve discussion of the questions
that are now confronting most Of our
states, but its recommendations are
moderate. The tax on personal prop
erty is unquaifedly condemned as in.
volving glaring inequalities between
different classes of property, between
county anil county, between city and
city, between city and county, be-
tween man and man. The attempts to
"equalize" the tax by state boards
only serve to intensity the injustices
and inequ ality. Moreover, the tax Is q
veritable school for perjury"
This language has become familiar.
II has been used by dozen commits
sions In as many states.
The California commission favors
complete separation of state from To-
cal taxation. II would give counties
and cities the exclusive right to tax
real and personal property, or real
property alone, and reserve for the
state corporations and franchise taxes.
Minor suggestions are added, and all
are ably defended.
A tax commission was named by
the Massachusetts legislature to con-
slider reforms Immediately practicable
rather than profound and fundamental
changes in the system of taxation The
legislature believes that Il is desir-
able to make improvements in the
present system which shall prove
stepping stones to more radical
changes.
The report recommends a number
of new taxes and of notifications that
are calculated to render the state and
the counties more independent Of each
other IN taxation Home rule Is recog-
nized ms the ideal to work for, and
Independence is to be made complete
in the future. Among the specific rec.
concentrations are these: The taxation
Of bllboards; the extension of the in.
heritance tax to direct SUGGESTIONS;
the imposition of franchise tax on
express companies; graded tax on
automobiles; tax on stock transfers
similar to that which has proved so
successful in New York; and, finally,
the retention by the state Of all fran.
chise taxes on railroad, telegraph and
telephone companies.
The commission estimates that the
state will gain over s3.000,OO0 annually
from these new sources of revenue
and such gain will enable 1t to abolish
the direct tax on real and personal
property, except for local purposes
indianapolis Star.
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Government COSTS
TOO MUCH.

The state of Wisconsin is about to
erect a new capitol building at a pro-
posed cost OF from four to six million
dollars. AS such things go, perhaps
the trifie of two millions difference In
the figures given is not worthy Of con-
sideration, especially when It is un.
derstood that the state OF Wisconsin
has plenty of money on hand.
correspondent, in describing the
glories of the proposed new capitol,
says that the state is able to build It
at this time because of the large sums
which Wisconsin legislation has re-
Gently diverted from the Golfers Of the
corporations Of the state into the
state treasury. This proceeding is said
to have afforded the people Of that
commonwealth great relief from taxa
tion.
This may look to some persons like
the economy of true craftsmanship,
but there are common, everyday citi-
zens who may be tempted to inquire
what right any state has to assess
taxes upon either the people or the
corporations, for the purpose of squan-
dering $6,000,000 on a public building.
AS long as such crimes against the
taxpayers, both individual and corpor-
ate, continue to be the rule, the state
must practice extortion in some direc-
tion in order to make the extrava-
gance possible. II Is no apology to say
that the corporations pay the cost.
Why should they or anybody else pay
It.?
The fact is that in the majority Of
states the amount of revenue neces-
sary to be raised in order to carry on
the government Is estimated on the
basis OF all that 1t is possible to ex-
pend for specific purpose after the
money has been collected. The object
Is to get money-not much difference
how, but "get IT," OF course, there is
no way to spend It until II is in hand,
but after that there is no restraint
upon the spending Of It. And so great
reformers inspire legislation to
squeeze great sums from great cor
poratiops, whenever the people rebel
against such taxation, and the fact
that the people do not directly pay
the cost is set up as not only the ex-
cuse for, but the justification Of, pub
lie expeditures entirely beyond rea-
son.
Government costs too much in this
country. The expense Of administering
1t Is often in excess OF the benefits de-
rived, when there are any. The six
million-dollar state capitol in the mod
est little city Of Madison, Wis, will
look like a forty-thousand-dollar dia-
mond In the shirt bosom OF two
dollar man. II will be a lasting evil
dence Of republican degeneracy, and
1t will not suffice as an apology for it's
existence to say that It was paid for
by the corporations. Editorial: The
Ohio Magazine. February. 1907.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL ELLIS
Suggests q Safeguard Against state
Extravauance,

Danger to state In securing all its
revenue from excise or privilege taxes,
was shown by Attorney General Wade
II. Ellis, in an address before the
Commercial club on Taxation" He
argued that the people would, to a
large extent, lose their touch with the
state government, II they made no d.
rect contribution to its support
through the medium Of taxes.
To avoid the danger the speaker
suggested that the legislature levy an
annual assessment against the coun-
ties equal TO about 10 per cent OF the
cost of operating the state govern
ment. This assessment to be divided
in proportion to the amount Of taxes
raised by each county for county pur-
poses. The attorney general suggest
ed that this would serve all practical
results Of entirely separating state
from local taxation, while at the Same
time 1t has many commendable fea-
lures Of Its own.
Xenia. o.
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A PERMANENT TAX COMMISSION.

The sentiment in favor of per.
manent tax commission grows strong
er. The tax committees have found
the need for authentic and exhaustive
information on the various plans of
taxation. and many members have de-
clared that the legislature should
enact very few tax laws until a COM
petent commission has had an oppor-
tunity to investigate the results Of
such laws IN other ststes.---Ninnesp
Oils (Minn.) Tribune.
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REcoNclLED AT cHILD's GRAVE
But Did Not emarry-ohIo Physician
Is Again Sued.

Norwalk, O.-In the divorce suit
brought by Mrs. Lucy b. Aurand
against DR.. Hiram c. Aurand. one OF
the most prominent physicians Of
Bellevue. o., she charges cruelty and
infidelity. In q cross-petition the doc
tor also charges unfaithfulness and de-
clares that her actic IS have injured
his practice.
Some years ago. when they were liv-
ing at Dumontville, Mrs Aurand obtain
ed divorce. There were three chill
dren One of them died and the par
ents became reconciled at the grave.
They have lived together ever since.
4 Mrs Aurand told Judge Alexander
that there was no second ceremony.
and that the doctor had assured her
none was necessary.
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Heir TO Millions,

Toledo, O.-James G. Moffitt, a bill
distributor, has fallen heir to $S.000,-
900, his fathers share of the Mont
estate In England His fathers uncle
was lost at sea, leaving an immense
estate. Moffit received notice from
the court In England that his claim
was roalizad
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-05-16

The New York customs appraisers
have now decided that an accordion is
a musical instrument and not toy,
- 1t has been classed heretofore.
This means that you will have to pay
. higher duty on the next accordion
you bring In, but you will then be
clae:ed as = musician instead of as q
child. t. EF',7'..
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"But," said the lawyer, "your case
seems hopeless. don't see what l
can do for you. You admit that you
beat your wife,"
eyes" replied the defendant, "but
my wife's testimony win discount that.
Shed never admit that she was
beaten. Catholic Standard and
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Unknown Man Killed.

Lima, O.-An unidentified body lies
In the morgue here, horribly mangled,
as the result Of being crushed under Q
c., II, g d. train. 1t Is that of a man
of so, with brown eyes, black mustache
and hair heavily tinged with gray
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Entire Train DsralIed.

Marietta O.-While running thirty
miles IN hour an entire train. consist
Ing Of baggage express and three day
coaches. on the Pennsylvania railroad,
left the rails at Whipple. this county.
but remained upright on the embank.
ment. No one was hurt.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-05-16
OIL MANAGER Fined.

Canton, O.-Manager Craig, OF the
Craig Lubricant and Grease Co.,
charged with having violated the state
law by selling oil which was not up to
the requirements and which did not
contain the label, was fihed $40 and
costs In each of five cases.
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Prohlbs Meet.

Ada. O.-The Ohio state prohibition
convention and oratorioal contest was
held at Ohio Northern university un-
der the direction Of National Secretary
d. A. Polling. OF Canton, assisted, by
General Secretary Werner, Of Chicago.
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Grand Jury Indicts saIoonkeepsr.

Washington C. H., O.-The Fayetts
county grand Jury returned an indict-
ment against George Kirby. the NIL
ledgeville saloonkeeper, who shot and
killed Fred Marchant, wealthy citi-
rem, while near Kirby's saloon, May /,
for murder In the first degree.
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Wool Wanted

At the old stand, next door to the
Pence Furniture Store, West Walnut
st. @. r. BROWN & 90.
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Program Of Hearings Tax Commission
Of Ohio.

MAJ 6--Taxation of Manufacturing
and Mercantile Industries.
June 3-Taxation Of Agricultural In
dustries.
Sept. s--Taxation OF Banking. Insur-
ance and Building and Loan As
sociations, Moneys and Credits.
oct 7-Taxation Of Public Service
Corporations,
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Call on John Pfarr for cleaning and
repairing Isl West Main steet.
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FEDERAL And STATE TAXES ;
BY w. M. HAYS.

u. s. Asst. Sec'y OF Agriculture.
(F'rom an address on Country
Life Education.")
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-23
CAPT. JOHN
 IS A CANDIDATE

Capt. John Irving, who Is now in the Atlin district, will be the liberal candi- date for membership in the British Col umbia parliament for that riding He is running against Or. II. F.. Young the present member and conservative candidate for reelection. Capt. Irving represented the Atlin-Cassiar district on the long ago, and made very pouu lar member. He has many friends in the North, and if any enc can defeat Dr. Young it is conceded that Capt. Irving is the man who can do it.
 There is d general belief amO1E the people that the liberals are slated to carry the elCtion which will take place in 10 days and it is being urged in be- half of Capt. Irving that It were well for Atlin to have member who Is in sympathy with the administration.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-23

Or. Young will have an opponent 10 the A,lin district worthy of his best steel. Capt John Irving is one of the most popular men in all the West. His chances of success are enhanced by the fact that the liberal party seems very likely 10 win the election in the westermost Canadian province which will take place February2.