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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Beware of 0intments for Catar1h that CONTAIN
Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense o. smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip'
tons from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you can pos.
sibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney s. Co.. Toledo, O.,
contains no mercury, and is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces Of the system. In buying. Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure YOU get the genuine. It is taken
internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J
Cheney s Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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THE WHOLE TRUTH.

AS a rule it is always best and
fair whenever a question involy-
ing integrity arises to wait for
both sides to be heard before a
decision is made. It will be re.
memhered during the latter days
of the last session of the legisla-
ture there was a great ado made
over the work done by Col. L. NJ.
Green who was appointed to do
special factoryin Investigating. Mr..
W. +. Stevenson and some of lis
colleagues who are fighting Gov
ernor Blease, attempted to create
the impression that Col. Green
did no work for which he was
employed, but made up his re.
port from the statistics furnish
ed at Green's request by Mr..
Watson. The members of the
House who made this expose,
only gave the correspondence be-
tween Col. Green and Mr.. Wat
son, they withheld the rest of
the Green report, thereby, for
the purpose of discrediting Green
in order to injure the governor,
they misled the legislature, the
same as a lawyer would do did
he mislead the Judge by falsely
quoting from the law books. In
other words, By telling a partial
truth. in effect, it is the worst
character of a lie. Those who
know Col. Green have the high
est respect for his character,
they know him to be very mod.
est young man: when he was the
Columbia correspondent for the
News & Courier, a position he
held with splendid ability, he
was highly esteemed for his re-
liability, until he accepted a COM
mission on the staff Of Governor
Blease, and because he would not
resign from the governors staff
his resignation from the News
and Courier was requested,
Notwithstanding the fact that
members of the News & Courier
staff including its former manag-
ing editor held staff commissions
in the past. But Governor Blease
was not pleasing to the News
& Courier, therefore it's pres
ent managing editor demanded
Green's resignation, which was
given, rather than forfeit his self
respect.
It is the custom whenever
newspapers publish a story
which may be damaging to a
person to give that person the
opportunity to explain, but in
this case Col. Green was not
given this opportunity until re-
Gently The Yorkville Enquirer a
newspaper which we have fre-
quently referred to as one OF the
tairest in the State, edltorially
called attention to the treatment
of Green and asked for the square
deal to be meted out to him. In
response to this Green has given
to the public a full and a com
plete exposition of the deception
resorted to by those who were
endeavoring to injare Governor
BIease through him. Although
quite lengthy we reproduce it as
q matter OF justice.
Editor The Yorkville Enquirer:
The editorial appearing in the
Iorkville Enquirer OF March %
with reference to my work as
factory inspector last year and
with regard to my recent ap.
pointment. affords me the first
real opportunity OF making pub,
lie any statement as to those
matters. The Enquirer has al
ways been regarded paper that
seeks the truth and, notwith-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Sone ENGLISH Names.

It is a difficult matter somet1mes 70
spell an English name from hearing
it pronounced For instance, FarQu-
harson is pronounced Pahrson. This,
however, is simple as A B G" COM
pared with the weird renderings OF
some other names. Who, for instance,
would dream Of pronouncing Wool
fardisworthy Oozry, Wrenfordsielgh
Rensley or Wyrardisbury Raysbury?-
Pearson's.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Her Cultivated Taste.

"Eow Is your daughter getting OLE
with her musicW
every WELL" answered Mr.. CumroG.
"She has got along so far that when Z
ask her to play anything I like she
looks naughty and says, THE tdea!"-
Washington Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
His 2ule In Danger.

The tough looking citizen who had
been sentenced to six months lmprls-
onment ut hard labor for beating up
his wife appealed to the court with
tears in his voice.
"Have a little pity, judge" he
whimpered. II speak to you as man
to man. If you send me up for a
thing like that I'll never be able to
maintain discipline N my family
again.'-CIeveland Plain Dealer.
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Efs SnecfaIfx.

do you speak several languages, fa-
ther!"
t.No, my son." replied Mr.. Henpeck,
gazing sadly at his wife, "but I do
know the mother tongue."-Judge
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Business Courtesy.

Little 1Tillie-Say, pa, what Is bust
ness courtesy? Pa-There are two
kinds Of business courtesy, my son.
One is the kind extended to people
who pay cash, and the other IS extend
ed to people who don't.-London An
STerS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Nature,

Nature never did betray the heart
that loved her: IT'S her privilege
through all the years Of this our life
to lead from Joy to joy.-Wordsworth.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Obseryant Youncster-

Oracle, did you learn anything new
at school today:'
"Sure. I found out how I could eat
an apple without the teacher seem
me- do it."-Chlcago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Aids $e History.

Mrs. Brown-Haven't you found per-
sonally that history always repeats
itself? Mrs. Bliss-Not always. The
neIghbors repeat most Of my history.
New York Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Delicate EIattery.

Silicus-What do you consider the
most delicate form Of dattery? Cyni-
cus-Telling g married man be doesn't
look it.-Philadelphia Record
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to ignore the unjust newspaper
attacks that have been made
upon me, the following language
used in The Enquirer's editorial
has caused me to make this state
ment: 'sIt is q fact that Mr..
Green used in his report quite a
lot Of matter that had been pre-
pared by Mr.. Watson, and to this
extent Mr.. Green was being paid
for work that had already been
done. AS to what original work
Mr.. Green may have done we 90
not know, but somehow we have
never been very much impressed
with all this talk that has been
going on about Green. He used
to be regarded as a bright, able,
high.principled young man, and
we are not inclined to think that
he has undergone any change OF
character. -
1t is not The EnQuirer's kind
reference to me that leads me to
have something to say at this
time, but it is your evident desire
to know the whole truth about
the matter and your Offering Of
this opportunity Of making reply
to your editorial that pressed
upon reading, an opening to me
of which I am glad to take ad-
vantage.
At the outset I wish to impress
that I have never been asked for
la statement by the morning pa
per in Columbia that printed the
first story of the factory inspec-
ton matter. I haze been in the
newspaper work for a number Of
years aud not once have | ever
written an article about a man
without offering him the oppor-
tunity of making reply to any
thing that he desired. Even prls-
oners taken to the penitentiary
under life sentence, have been
asked whether they wished to
say anything for publication.
This is rule among newspapers
of the right kind. Throughout
the range of criticism that I have
received from the press Of this
State-biased as it is in a large
majority of cases-l have been
asked only once for a statement
Of any kind and that request
rather offer of the columns of his
paper-came from Col. William
Banks of the Daily Mail of An
derhon, with reference to the
published statement in an up
State newspaper that I was the
campaign manager for Governor
Blease. Of course, when | say
that the offer is made to men
about whom article are written
for them to make replies, I mean
in cases where some reflection IS
cast. However, it is usually the
custom in all cases to permit a
pubic stament to be made in the
paper publishing the original ar
ticle. The people of South Car
olina may get just a little glimpse
from this of what Governor
BIease has been up against. So
far as the general public is con-
cerned only one side of the pic
ture has been held up to the
light. Except for those who have
seen the official record of par.
dons that has been printed, in
accordance with law, I wonder
how many people have been per-
mitted to know the reasons for
the governors pardons in a large
majority of the cases, particular
ly since last summer. But, this
is just "by the way"
nuHCE CTaTISTTCS
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THOSE STATISTICS.


ed factory inspectorlast summer,
my commission bearing the date:
s:First day of August, 1911.
The commission gave me the
following powers: "A special
agent and hereby empower you
! to make arrests; to enter build
ings; to interview persons; to call
upon any officer or officers in this
State to give you aid and ASS
tance, and, if necessary, to sum-
mon a posse comitatus to assist
you in the discharge of your du-
ties" etc. I shall add the follow
ing section of the commission:
s'You are to receive a salary Of
two hundred $4,000 dollars per
month, payable monthly, from
the special appropriation for the
enforcement Of the laws" The
commission was in force during
the pleasure Of the governor,
and, as already stated by Cover
nor Blease, I retired from the
service December 81, 1911.
I have no reason other than
the desire to set my friends, in
Guiding The Yorkvllle Enquirer,
exactly right in the matter, to
explain the situation as to the
Watson statistics. for Governor
Blease, from whom l received my
commission, has officially stamp
ed my work with a ''well done. !"
It will be seen that I served
only five months in the work Of
factory inspection. In that time
| I did the best could. | merely
wish to call attention to the tact
that I did not serve for an entire
year.
Beginning on page 81 Of the
senate journal of Wednesday,
January II, 1912, will be found
copies Of my reports to Governor
jBlease and his message convey
ing the same to the senate. These
reports were sent in to the gov
ernor monthly. The reports run
from page 27 Of the senate jour
nal of date mentioned above, to
page 81 (including part Of page
81 That is TO say, practically
% pages OF printed matter make
up the reports. In the permanent
senate journal these reports will
also appear.
There has not yet been done
the justice Of printing my reports
by any paper that commented
upon the biased report in the Co
lumbia morning paper. What did
that paper print: It printed
some statistics that it alleged
were obtained from Commission
er Watson's annual report.
Those papers, for the most
part, that commented (and many
Of them in this State, and one or
two in Georgia did comment)
upon the matter, based their con-
clusions upon the story in the
Columbia sheet.
Now let's see what I actually
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He who wishes to secure the good Of
others has already secured his OWL
Corfucius.
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY

Communications mus De accompanied by the
real name and address OF the writer IL order 70
receive attention.
No communication OF personal character
will be published except as an advertisement.
ocd Class matter.
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scissors as has been errOneOuSly,'
stated and, in some instances,
deslgneely misrepresented.
In some cases the statistics
were not used at all in my re,
port, but data obtained by me
were given.
ACTUAL PHYSICAL INSPECTION.
The greatest misrepresenta,
tions that have been made as to
the work done. consisted of the
impression sought to be created
that the statistics constituted my
entire reports. Only briefly has
it been mentioned in the press
that my reports consisted of %
printed pages. What then con-
stltuted the bulk of my reports.
Any one familiar with the in
spection laws knows that it is
required that inspections of mills
be made as to: !. Hours of la
bor. ,. Child labor. 8. SAM
tary conditions and other impor-
tant phases Of the manufacture
ing industry in this State. OF
course the actual physical in
spections Of mills are the most
import feature of the work. Stat
istics constitute only a part of
the matter, as understand the
laws. In my reports | dweit par
ticularly on the question of child
labor and upon physical condl-
tions, etc, as mentioned above.
This statement can be verified by
a reading OF the reports in the
senate journal.
AS to my authority to visit
mills: 1t will be noted in the
quotation from the commission
given in the first part Of my
statement that ! was expressly
given authority to ENTER build
ings." etc. The commission, Of
course, was so framed is to give
me the authority needed to do
the very work that l was to be
in. Yet some Of the
newspapers have stated that |
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02

and compiled all real estate sales in this
state. They have carefully inspected
these sales, and annually inspectors un-
der their direction travel over the state
and by careful inquiry ascertain the
facts in every case. All sales between
relatives, all trades and all sales that
are obviously much below or above true
value are eliminated from the list and
are not used at all BY comparing sale
values to assessments they are able to
ascertain with certainty the relation of
true value to assessed value Of all prop
erty In every assessment district and in
each county in this state 1t is utterly
absurd for any person to set up his
Judgment against theirs. A Judgment
founded on ignorance is not is not iudg
ment at all. 1t is merely wild guess
based on presumption, or for selfish
purpose, viz: if the assessor can be
persuaded to evade assessing at true
value there Is show for the tax
dodger to gain an advantage over his
neighbor.
The tax rate varies in the county.
| will give a few illustrations and take
tax rate of | per cent. to illustrate.
The town of Dodgeville. for instance,
has an assessed average rate of 40. 6
per cent, but for convenience | will
use so per cent. and suppose the tax is
! per cent. of assessed value. Average
of assessed value to true value, so per
cent. for entire sales
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02

the sales all the way from IN average
of 10 per cent of true value in the vii
lage of Highland. the lowest to 80
per cent in the town of Moscow, the
highest
Now, if assessors had assessed Ill
properly III the town ut the same per
centage of true value no Injustice would
be done to the individual tax tax payer.
An examination absolutely proves that
when an assessor departs from the legal
rate of 100 per cent, he never does or
never can follow any other rate. be it
10 per cent 80 per cent, or 50 per cent,
but will be found to be assessing the
different properties in his town at all
| the way from 10 per cent to 100 per
cent, and thus robbng one tax payer
and tavoring another.
! An examination of the assessment in
the different towns of this county shows
that this was done in every assessment
district in 1911. can prove to any
ono by an examination of the assess
ments that tax payers of this county
last year paid many thousands of dol
lars IN taxes they should not have paid
ana other tax payers paid that mnch
less.
by this system some tax PAYERS are
robbed by the assessor while others nav
less than they should.
From an examination of all of the
towns. cities and villages of Iowa coun-
ty in reference to the 1913 sales report
ed by the Tax Commission | find the
same result as in the town of Dodge
vile.
This is no small matter. Annually
by this past system of under assess
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02

This table shows cOnclusively that
low assessments cannot deceive the tax
commission and thereby shift the bur
den to other counties. IT such wan the
purpose in Grant and Iowa it failed.
But much perjury was done and crimes
committed. might call it lying where
1t miserably failed to accomplish its
purpose.
There is but one legal rule for the
assessment Of property in this state.
Section 1852 r.. $. requires that real
property shall be valued by the asses
sor at the full value which can ordi
narily be obtained therefor at private
sale. This is n simple plain rule and
easy to understand. 1t is impossible to
misunderstood it.
This law does not mean:
|. That it should be assessed on
what the assessor thinks it worth. or
what he would give for it,
9 1t does not mean that it should
be assessed at such sum as will bring
a fair income.
3, 1t does not mean what 1t would
sell for ut n public SALE OF forced sale,
or ut II cash sale.
The usual methods of sales of real
estate in these counties is. part cash,
the balance by mortgage on long time
ut Il low rate Of interest In fact most
farmers prefer to sell on those terms
Gentlemen, the state tax commission
during the last ten years have collected
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
lest Many Badger Cows.

Wisconsin farmers are still applyinp
the tuberculin test to dairy cattle in
spite of the fact that the law requiring
such test has been repealed. This is
an indication that farmers realize the
value of making such a test. Since
July 1, 1911, $4,000 doses of tuberculin
have been furnished to stock owners of
the state by the State Live Stock
Sanitary Board of Madison. This tu-
berculin in manufacural by the depart
ment of agricultural bacteriology of
the College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
MINERAL POINT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Result OF the League Contest Last
Friday Evening.

Inc League contest at the p M
church last Friday evening was one of
the most interesting events of the wear.
Belmont and Mineral Point were the
only schools to take part, as Monroe,
Darlington and South Wayne, for some
reason, failed to enter. Several came
over from Belmont to cheer their
speakers and the Mineral Point people
turned out in large numbers to encour-
age our young people. Considerable
school spirit was shown, but the best of
feeling prevailed throughout the even
ing.
Following are the speakers and their
subjects
BOYS oRAToRICAL CONTEST
Character of Democracy-Leroy Ashton Bel
mont
he Court Of Last AppeaI-Osmon Fox, Min
cral Point
Dismemberment of Mexico-John Hanscom,
Mineral Point
The Real Benedict Arnold - Charles Ritter,
Belmont.
Crime, Its Own Detector-Gordon Shepard,
Mineral Point -
Liberty or Death Speech--Ira STAN Belmont
GIRLS, DEcLAMAToRYscoN
The Easter Substitute Blanche Fox, Mineral
Point.
Pro Patria-Vernie Hughes, Belmont.
Patsy-Annette Hutchison Mineral Point
Connor-Eva Schmit, Mineral Point5 &C.
Going of the White Swan - Minnie Speth,
Belmont.
Flagging Of the Cannon Ball-Hilda Williams,
Belmont
The judges were Professor Butler
and Miss Johns, of Dodgeville, and
Professor Arbuthnot, Of GAINESVILLE.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02

In items Williams paid 50. 90, Pearcc
$50. 90. and Wcks 81. 90 more than Just,
while Torgeson paid So. 90 too little. and
Mitchell and Clark were the only ones
who paid n just amount. Wherever a
tax payer pays too much some other
tax payer pays too little.
The tax commission can aud does
protect the different counties from rob
bing each other. The county board
can and sometimes do prevent the
towns and cities from robhing each
other; but they often fail,
The town board of review seldom
take the time and and are usually in
competent to protect the tax payer in
the assessment district from unfair
assessments
The assessors alone protect the tax
payer from unjust discrimination. If
You fail to make a just assessment, the
result is that many tax payers pay too
much and many others pay too little
taxes. In other words, many tax
payers pay taxes that other tax payers
should have paid,
Now, gentlemen, | have before me
the assessment of your county for t0l1.
The tax commission finds the total
value of all real estate in Iowa county
in 1911 to be $32 ,O6l, 5Ss..
1t was assessed in 1911 by the assess e
ors at $l9,067, s72, or 59.47 per cent of
its true value,
This valuation is based on sales ;of
previous five years, and is undoubtedly
correct.
Now. coming Ito the assessment -of
towns, cities and villages, find 1.-THE
assessors have assessed.ireal estate in
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-02
THE DUTIES OF ASSESSORS
AS Explained to Assessors of Iowa County their Annual
Meeting i'll Dodgeville April Is, 1912.
Interesting Reading for All Tax Payers.Some History i'll
REGARD to Assessment and raxaLon

Gentlemen--Th Office of Supervisor
of Assessors is abolished and his du
ties are performed by the Assessor Of
Incomes. | therefore have called you
10 this annual conference for the pur-
pose Of instructing you in your duties
rs the law provides
When ! was supervisor Of assessors
of Grant county for three years ! found
many strange conditions in the assess
ment Of real estate and personal prop
erty. AS lawyer, az district attorney,
and assistant u, 5. attorney, had been
taught that the first duty Of n public
public officer is to ascertain what is the
law governing his official duty; and the
second, to obey the law faithfully. BY
an examination of the statute | find
that all assessors are required to take
the oath of Office which promises under
oath to obey the law Again when the
assessment is completed, the assrssOr is
required to certify under oath that the
assessment he has made is at the true
value as required by law. fully ex-
pected that all assessors and boards of
review would willingly and gladly fol-
low the law | expected Of course
that the wealthy class ana some local
politicians would try to persuade as
SCISSORS to violate their onth of office in
their favor and thereby succeed in hav
ing other tax payers pay part Of their
taxes.
To my great SURPRISE found many
assessors and boards Of review endcav
oring to assist in tax lodging BY