The Harrison times., 1914-05-09


favored, in case of reduction, or the
large property owners, and no mem
Der of such board or county Judge
will submit to such criticism He
will not make any reductions, and
thousands Of acres of land will be
taxed at the same ratio as that Of
the poor man. This law should put
$4,000 annually into the state
treasury and many times that
amount into the treasures of the
various counties.
There are many other good iea-
lures to the bill, such as a public ac-
counting by special improvement
district boards, semi.annual publish.
ed statements of the financial condi.
tion 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 it is COM
mon belief that the illicit manutac-
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 q report OF an
illicit still, but the location OF the
still and its seizure, are two differ
cnt things.
One report shows that there is
still in operation, at times, in a
densely populated portion Of the
state, vet it has been impossible for
the officers, although number Of
trips have been made, to get hands
upon the outfit. 1t is known to the
officers that the still, when not in
operation, is anchored in the bot.
tom of a lake, but until all the lakes
Of that section are drained, the rev.
euue officers are at a disadvantage
in locating it.
/ Government agents have reports
on stills in about half the counties OF
Arkansas, and little fuss is made
when one Of these falls into the
hands Of the government, a seizure
was recently made ia Yell county,
which shows the completeness of the
government officers in following up
information on Illicit stills A
known moonshiner left Alabama
He carried little luggage but he did
express a package to himself at
Casa, Ark, The officers suspected
this, and later when empty kegs be.
gan to be a portion of the freight
received at Casa, the officers trans.
ferred their search TO that section,
soon locating the still, which officers
in Alabama had sought for years,
The package sent by express had
been the worm for the STILL which
was smuggled past Alabama oIlcersi
when the trail there became too hoy
Many Of the moonshiners opegdt-
ing in Arkansas are men who Baye
left Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia
and Alabama when the officers
closed in too close on them, ondft is
only a question Of time until those
stills will be captured or the law
breakers will be forced to make an.
other change
Commencement addresses is now
almost profession, and there are
men Of prominence in Arkansas who
will do practically nothing else for
the next thirty days, Among these
are President John II, Futrcll, Of the
University Of Arkansas, Pres, John
1 II, Reynolds, of Hendrix College
George B Cook, state supefintend'
ent Of public instruction, and DE- c,
II. Brough Of the University of Ark.
ansas, DR.. Brough is now on his
round with forty commencement adj
dresses to deliver, This will require
his absence from the University for
some time, during which Little Rock
will be his headquarters as IL is
more centrally located. DR., Brough
is u candidate for governor at the
next primaries, and he is putting in
good time in the mean time, shaking
hands and getting acquainted, DR.
Brough started his tour Of com
menccment exercises at Gillett last
week,
No matter what has been said of
Little Rock as a city of hospitality,
il must become secondary 20 the
comments which will follow the en-.
tcrtuinment of the Arkansas State
Press Association, which will con-
yene in annual session here on May
18th, 10Th and goth The editors
will be entertained at the principal
hotels Of the city during the three
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