The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-20
INTANGIBLE TAX SHOWS DECREASE Choctaw County Gives Blank In
 This Kind of Property JEFFERSON GOES HIGHER Montgomery and Mobile Counties Show Decrease, But Property Valuations
 Otherwise Are Increased
 For the Year.
JEFFERSON GOES HIGHER

Montgomery, October 19-(Special)- Alabamians will be interested to know that the county of Choctaw had on the first day of October, 1907 when the in- tangible taxes were being assessed for the year now current, not one sinble pub lie service corporation nor enterprise that had intangible value. This fact is shown in the books of the state tax com mission and it is the only county in the state thus bereft.
 It is a fact however, that it has now, just built, 12 miles of the Tombigbee Val ley road, with an express route in pros pect and telegraph lines on the way. These have come since the first day of October l. 1907 At that time the county had no railroads nor telegraph lines, was without telephones, water works, ex- press companies, street cars, electric lighting or gas plants, and had no oil or pipe lines
 The figures in the office of the state tax commission show that intangible taxes were returned for the year closing Sep tember 30, 1908 to the value of $19, 321 1895, a decrease over the year before of $1,- 959,S97. The taxes on the amounts will, therefore. be reduced from $13S,2 ,23S to $125,- 5S9 falling off of $12,739 U is a fact. however, that while there have been losses just here, they have been made up in the increases of valuations laid by the counties on the same classes of prop erty.
 Many of the larger counties fell off in this line and for the reason given, among them Montgomery, which dropped from $1,265,3 ,347 to $S34 $50; Mobile from $1 ,S5S, ,3sS to S1,769,565 Jefferson county, which is starring in tax values show slight gain from $5,6l7,3 ,349 to $5,745,s00. The total val uation with five counties out as shown a few days ago, was $16,597, 722 gain over the year ending September 30, 1907, which. with about $2O, 100000 yet to come,
 will make the increase in the neighbor- hood of $6000O,0O0 in spite of the hard times. The increase of 1907 over 1906, as
 shown by the auditor, was s75, 37,90l.
 By Counties.
 Following is the 1908 assessment by
 counties: Autauga, $l56,010; Baldwin, s243
 6S0; Barbour $1S2690 Bibb, $219,o75; Blount, s25l, ,140; Bullock, $134140; Butler, s175,375; Calhoun, $403. $50; Chambers, $l0S l VvOs f-ll0IOhct. nolio-Os 1lliiLOls @OViJlD, Choctaw. nothing; Clarke. s1o1. .570; Clay,
 sSG25; Cleburne, s61 970 Coffee. s45, 200; Col bert, $215,5S5; Conecuh. $154S S05 Coosa, $626, 6S0; Covington, s30S,365 Crenshaw, $0s.- 125; Cullman, s236.975; Dale. $7SS30; Dal- las, $567, ,605; DeKab, $139, ,335 Elmore $270.- 500; Escambia. s26O,0S5; Etowah, s421, 755; Fayette, $S9,0S5; Franklin, $76,T5; Geneva, $202. .7o5; Greene, s79, 455; Hale. s125.625; | Henry, S0,6S0; Houston, $73,S5o; Jackson,
 s1S2, ,550: Jefferson. $5,745,S0O; Lamar, s97. 140; Louderdale, s95,120; Lawrence, s47,- O45; Lee, SS0o940; Limestone. s1S2os0;
 Lowndes, $247.5S0; Macon, s23s, ,660; Madi- 2s5: Marshall, s59,6S5: Mobile, $1, 769 565;
 Monroe s143.17O; Montgomery, sS34 eS0; Morgan, $240,990; Perry, $70130: PcSens
 $72. 2.010. Pike. s109, ,6oO Randolph, s6555; Rus. sell. s71 ,105; Shelby, $252.36O; St. Clair $466,0I5; Sumter. $l43,760; Talladega, ST.. 300; Talapoosa. $96360; Tuscaloosa, s366,- 52O; Walker, $3sS,100 Washington, s126. 435: Wilcox s175,66 Winston s75,85O; 1908 s1s, ,321, ,395; 1907 $21 ,2S1 292 decrease, $,s69 l S97
 i Court of Appeals.
 | The first day of the United States cour l of appeals, October session, did little bu 1 hear arguments in old cases. One Wa. I that of w. H. Smith vs. the Pratt Con I SOl1ddteu COal cOHpdny or lSlrInlfBHdnl | involving attorneys fees; another. Johr 1 Vary vs J. F. B. Jackson, also of Bir 1 mingham, and a third, Claude Gwin, bA 1 next friend vs. Southern railway. The l last two were submitted on briefs ant were of minor importance.
 First Rabies Case. ] State Bacteriologist pr. Mason is treat | ing the first case of rabies presented l to his department since the installation l of the Pasteur treatment facilities. l i is that of a boy who was bitten by { | dog supposed to be mad. The head O {, the dog came in In such decomposed con
 dition that analysis of the brain was diff | cult. and the progress of the malady | if malady there be, must be watched II l the boy. It is very necessary that al
 heads sent in be packed in ice so tha l they get to the department in good con ! dition.
 Dead Man Was Absent. | Henry Hill, an accused man in Jeffer 1 son county. was not a court when hi
 case was called and forfeiture was takei