Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-04-04
ADVERTISER MINT.
To The Voters of Marion County.

Editor of The Jimplecu.e:
allow through the columns of valuable paper
my in regard of the office of Tax Assessor
of Marion county hope the Tax Dodgers will pardon me- but
ron county, stopped majority the
Mid Marion county are paid by men of small means when
small means means farmers and the laboring men
at first though the majority OF the
by rich of plenty and they should be-
and would take they would be- This being n n
the burden of taxes that rests on the poor
For example; The who owns 100 acres of land, two
mules pig and goat is taxed for his
land probably borrowed to build With he also his
Country the eye of the he
and should assess everything in sight A.. -.. =,
He paid $40 acre for for a 100 + which ,s s
which makes total $3.50 Of all his earthly
belongings pays this 1925 hundred
He hide his property but
ders to American citizen and God fearing
his loving wife that he has paid his taxes on odd Beck and by
through the winter and he happy and content thanks
mercy kindness to himself and family He in his hon
here, my honest friends, is where mistaken.
S1u @
of his property and rendng at full value you
thousands of Of land and hundreds Of mules and cattle pu
MENTION he squea and squrms and
Now Mr. Tax Assessor know that have several
aud know what they are e will have
show for sample and of that old Jack and he hardly
SIS $40 head He will next complain to the hard winter
great of them will and he finally gets them assessed
for almost nothing His hogs have strayed off and
find them His goats country
n e 1 S s~ S0S he
Well he gets out his list OF lands long as your Now Mr.
go each tract and value how will do
The 5oacre tracts at acre. 1t did not cost me that This
farm worn out and the Jones farm too poor raise fuss
nd ff old Of ss 'Ss
for it would sell foot of it, And those old houses
Why just that ornery Sam
wife and ten children and % s me S whole years rent Now
you know that of houses that just side the
far out when wet they get and the children
to school half the time and declare don't enough Of
letting him them figure Now Mr. Dodeer
begins my you business 50 du have not
done enough business in the last month don't
finally gets goods $50
tor 100000 Now the honest full value farm and
other the
from 100000 in clean cash that the Assessor has
description '''''
they get rendering the money for
that is hard for the Assessor to get at for many
as and that rom so my ou he
county and send of the and puts
Dodger would his property poor taxes
would the thousands and would be like pulling his eye
teeth them his county he would home happy
did the borng that rended his stuff actual value with
clear conciende and peace with his God and mankind
Now fellow did you stop think Office
Tax Assessor of the most important offices
county? Did stop and think what kind Of you
should choose to till this Officer Is who has lots
friends and rich relatives the county, Is
make of the office who
second term? Is it who will let the rich give their
figures? Is who the laborng people
full value and let the rich value his own? Is
let the wealth of the
OF eXStance, fellow emphatcaly
do not elect of this kind should be
m in Marion County would
his wealth there would be double the money treasury
than there and the county could
county behind, but will think the above
will understand it for yourself and friends
Marion behooves careful
how he casts his and for that will
the whether he rich especially
Will keep watch the Tax Dodgers require
and render their property something
anyway. know the dodgers will this article and
say that not true, but gentlemen don't
word for ALL but the record
yourself. and who the taxes the manW is