Pocahontas star herald., 1914-05-08


people why bIg corporations are ia.
vored in case Of reduction, or large
property owners, and no member Of
such a broard, or county judge,
will submit TO such criticism. lie
will not make reductions, aud thou.
sands Of acres OF land wall be taxed
at the same ratio as that OF the poor
man. This law should put $500, 600
annually into the state treasury, and
and many times that amount into
the,treasurles of the various counties.
There are many other good fea.
lures to the bill, such as a public
accounting by especial lmprov-
ment district boards, semi.annual
published statements Of the fnan
cIal condition Of cities and towns,
but the thing Of real interest to the
property owner is the death knell to
tax dodging which will be sounded
by this bill If the voters adopt it.
So seldom does one hear Of moon.
shining in Arkansas that 1t Is com.
mon belief that the illicit manufac-
ture of liquor within the borders Of
this state is a thing OF the past.
This, however, is not the case, as
may be seen by an inspection of re
ports made TO the internal revenue
office in Little Rock. Almost daily
this Office receives a report Of an lille
it still, but the location Of the still,
and ITS seizure. are two different
things.
One report shows there is a still
in operation, at times, in a densely
populated portion Of the state, vet
il has been impossible for the officers,
although a number Of strips have
been made, to get hands upon the
out fit. 1t is known to the officers
that the still, when not in operation,
is anchored in the bottom Of a lake,
but until all lakes Of that section are
drsined, he reyenueeofiioers are at a
disadvantage in locating 1t.
Government agents have reports
on stills in about half the counties
of Arkansas, and little fuss is made
when one Of these fall into the hands
OF the government. A seizure was
recently made in Yell county which
shows the completeness Of toe gov.
ernment officers in following up in-
formation on illcIty stills. A
known moonshiner left Alabama.
He carried little baggage, but he
did express a package to himself at
Casa, Ark. The officers suspected
thus, and later when empty kegs he
gan to be a portion of the freight
received at Casa, the officers trans
ferred their their search to that sec
tion, soon locating the still which
officers ia Alabama had sought for
years. The package sent by express
had been the worm for the still,
which was smuggeled past Alabama
officeIers when the trail there became
too hot.
Many of the moonshIners operat-
ing in Arkansas are men who left
Kentucky, Tennessee. Georgia and
Alabama when the officers closed in
too close on them, and 1t is only
question of time until these stills
will be captured or the law breakers
will be forced to make another
change.
Commencement addresses are now
almost a profession, and there are
meu of prominence in Arkansas who
will do practically nothing else for
the next thirty days. Among these
are, Pres. John S. Futrall of the
University of Arkansas; Pres. John
II. Reynolds of Hendrix college;
Geo. b. Cook, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction; and DIR. q.
II. Brough, of the University OF
Arkansas. Dr. Brough is now on.
his round, with 40 commencement
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