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The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11

Clearwater, Fla, Aug. 81, 1915.
w. E. Macarthur, Montbrook, Fla
Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry
as to conditions in Pinellas county
from a taxation standpoint, and as to
the benefits the creation of the new
county has brought the people, beg
TO say / am a taxpayer in Pinellas
county, and know tax assessments
have doubled three times from what
they were when we were In Hills
borough county. The values Of prop
erty have not increased anything like
our taxes have increased
For 1915 we have 81 mills for state
and county taxes and 25 mills for city
taxes. You can readily see 60 mills
on high valuation is heavy burden
to carry. find that it is difficult TO
rent property that will pay a reason
able income on the investment
AS to our school system, will say
we have a fairly good system Of pub
lie schools, but our school system is
in debt s2O5, ,450.
As TO our roads, we have only a
limited amount of ordinary hard
surfaced roads, and these hard
surfaced roads are badly in need of
repairs Approximately half Of our
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
TAXES TOO HIGH FOR HIM

Sutherland, Fla, Sept. 1, 1915.
L. T. Hendrix, Morriston, Fla.
Dear Sir: am farmer and have
lived here for the past forty years.
own 80 acres of land. In 1911, the
last year paid taxes on this property
in Hillsborough county, my taxes
were S15.06. On Feb. 18th, 1914,
paid S59.74 taxes on the same prop
erty. The last payment was made on
the assessments of Pinellas county.
There are no more improvements on
this land now than there were in 1911,
when we were taken from Hillsbor-
ough and put into Pinellas. Any one
can see from the above that my taxes
have increased nearly four times in
Pinellas county over what they were
in Hillsborough on the same prop
erty.
1 am a poor man and if taxes in
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
GREAT BURDEN ON FARMERS
AND FRUIT GROWERS

Sutherland, Fla, Sept. 2, 1915.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
In regard to county division, we as
farmers and fruit growers of Pinellas
county, think it was-a mistake to cut
away from Hillsboro, as our taxes
are increased two-fold and it only
benefits few people. 1t takes the
same number of officers for Pinellas
as Hillsboro county. Our taxes will
have to be increased from time to
time to meet requirements of county
and our land doesn't produce any
more per acre by the division. We
have failed so far to receive any ben
eft from county division.
S. r. Garrison.
]. H. Hays.
w. c. Garrison.
l.. r. Garrison.
]. J. Garrison.
]. A. Young.
B. C. Allen.
J. A. Garrison.
VIM. o. Hagin.
E. w. Nigels.
J. w. Garrison.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11

crease much more, which they will
have to do for we have no court house
or jail, and are now going TO spend
s715,0OO on brick roads, / viii be
forced to sell my property and move
out of Pinellas county or let it sell
for taxes. AT the rate taxes have in
creased since Pinellas county has been
created, it will only be a few more
years until a farmer cannot own land
on account of the high taxes.
My taxes are not the only ones
that have increased. These conditions
exist all through Pinellas county.
Yours very truly,
]. w. Garrison.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
BURDENED WITH BONDS
TarpOn Springs, Fla, Sept.

Tarpon Springs, Fla, Sept. /.
]. M. Gornto, Wilhston, Fla
Dear Sir: In answer to the ques-
ton as to whether / am satisfied with
breaking away from Hillsboro county
and forming a separate county (Pi-
nellas county, and whether / would
favor the proposition if the matter
was up now for settlement? will an
swer, no!
The expense of the new county sec
ton would not have been nearly so
great as it has been since division to
the present, because we have had the
expense of the county management,
ETC., to pay for extra. The recent
$4,000 bond money is but very re-
Gently expended, and yet how little of
really good work or value we can
show for all that money, because of
in experience in such work.
do not believe we should have had
this new $715,OO0 bond obligation
forced on US at this time; and if new
roads had been provided for, some
COLSbAuCbtOn JISl dS SOON 0o DAASh anu
wider than nine feet and st a much
LIS cost might have been arranged.
OF course our taxes are a great deal
higher, and calling the NSIre higher
does not make it so; property only
sells through demand and it is worth
just what it viii bring. OF course
these are unusual times and condi-
tions, but before this time the values
have not nearly increased as the new
county has forced them, TO meet the
demands of said new county. Times
may be better in a few months and
they may be worse; it may be long
time before conditions get back to
normal Tin other words, normal de-
mand and values). Who knows?
Yours very truly,
j. c. Belkman,
Acting Secretary Board of Trade.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
BLOXHAM WOULD
BE A CALAMITY
TarpOn Springs, Sept. 2, 1915.
fery truly yours,
John c. Blocker.

Tarpon Springs, Sept. 2, 1915.
Mr.. E. A. Osborne, Ocala, Fla
Dear Sir: Re Bloxham county.
You asked for my opinion regard
ing county division, based upon re-
suits of division of this county from
Hillsborough. Ordinarily / would not
advise county division. There prob
ably never was an instance where
county division was a necessity such
as it was in the case of Hillsborough,
as this peninsula was divided from
Hillsborough by nature. / was an ad-
vocate of this division, but / say
frankly, If we had it to do over again,
and knew of the political schemes to
be encountered, i would certainly
fight it for all / was worth.
A county located as yours Is, and
as / understand the situation, it
seems that a division would be moth
ing short of a calamity.
Yours very truly,
A. NJ. Lowe, Cashier,
The Sponge Exchange Bank.
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wants his taxes doubled several times
TO vote against the creation Of any
new county.
I trust that / have given you the
information you wanted. Any way, 1
have given nothing but conditions as
they exist throughout Pinellas county.
Yours very truly,
c. G. Wilder.
My tax receipts dated July 11th,
1911, the last year l paid taxes in
Hillsborough county on lot and W
61a #. lot block 8 H. H. Kinyon add,
l paid S25.35. paid on July 7th,
1915 in Pinellas county, on the same
property s64.05.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
TAXES INCREASED AT TARPoN

Tarpon Springs, Sept. 1, 1915.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Highsmith, Montbrook.
Dear Sir: Replying to yours. j
own a small blacksmith shop in Tar
pom Springs and find my state and
county taxes have doubled more than
three times since Pinellas county was
created over what they were on the
same property in Hillsborough coun-
ty.
Pinellas county has been big dis
appointment to every one. While we
expected a small increase in our taxes,
still we did not expect our taxes to
double three times. We have receiv-
ed practically no benefits from the
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
People Who Want New County What Costs PieIas

public roads have never been hard
surfaced at all.
Our towns, such as st. Petersburg.
Clearwater, Tarpon Springs and
others, pay more than half Of our
taxes; and if we did not have these
large towns to help carry the burden
Of taxation, our farmers would be
ruined with high taxes.
/ understand the proposed Blox-
ham county only has $780, 900 in
taxable property, and with onI. one
incorporated town with 600 inhabi-
tants to carry any of the burden Of
taxation St Petersburg has rpaore
than $3,000,OOO in taxable property,
which is more valuation than ell Of
Bloxham county will have.
We were situated quite differently
here from what the people in the pro-
posed county of Bloxham are. St.
Petersburg is 65 miles from Tampa
by dirt road, and Clearwater 30
miles. / understand Williston is only
II miles from Bronson (your present
county site), while the south end Of
Levy county win be as far from VIII
iston as it now is from Bronson.
Creating a new county certainly
means higher taxes, and my advice to
all taxpayers is to consider the mat
ter carefully, for it is a lifetime con-
tract Yours truly,
J. w. Matchett.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
Mr.. HUGHEY'S MISTAKES

In the last issue of the Williston
Courier appears a letter from Mr.. w.
F. Hughey, formerly of Morriston,
now of Clearwater, in which he holds
Pinellas up as an example for "Blox-
ham," speaks of good times, good
roads, good schools and low taxes in
Pinellas. Strange to say, Mr.. Hugh
ey's letter differs greatly from state
ments made in other letters publish
ed on this page, all of which are
from citizens of longer residence and
greater experience in the new county
than he.
Mr.. Hughey for instance speaks of
good roads built and building while
the Pinellas papers confess their
roads are piecemeal, and do not con-
meet anywhere. But Mr.. Hughey does
not speak of one bond issue for
roads, which some people say was
mostly wasted, nor does he tell of an
other bond issue of $715,000 just vot-
ed. If they had such fine roads why
should they be spending almost three
quarters of a million dollars to i'm
prove them.
Mr.. Hughey speaks of the 1S-mill
tax levy for 1914 as being low. No
taxpayer in Levy or Marion county
would consider it low. The letters
on this page, from reliable, well in
formed citizens of Pinellas say the
tax rate for this year will be %
mills. The state and county levy will
be "a mills. The tax levy for Marion
county hasn't been fixed for 1915, but
in 1914 it was 81 mills, state and
county. Marion county has four miles
of good roads to Pinellas' one, and
they all connect.
Mr.. Hughey speaks of good schools
and well paid teachers in Pinellas
Mr.. Hughey must have not noticed
his new home county much. Pinellas
had good schools for years before il
was a county. The st. Petersburg
school system was famous all over
the United States a dozen years ago
/ Tarpon, Clearwater, Dunedin, Largo
a dozen other places, had gooC
schools, and why? Because the towns
not the county, paid for them, and dc
so now, and pay largely for then
with tourist money. How much tour.
ist money is spent in Bloxham?
Mr.. Hughey is a good man anC
would not knowingly make misstate
ments. We hear he wrote his lettel
at the request of prominent citizer
of "Bloxham," who aided him anC
other citizens of Pinellas in the sep
aration of their county-in othel
words he wrote it in payment of {
political debt. 1t reads like it wa:
written in payment of such debt. i
makes the best showing possible fol
one side, and carefully keeps away
from the other.
When Mr.. Hughey was a citizen Of
Morriston he was well posted on af
fairs in this section, but strange tC
say he was not worker for count!
division. That he is not very wei
posted on its circumstances is shown
by his statement that "Bloxham'
will have about $3,0OO,OOO of taxable
property. He was probably led int
this error by the same person he wa:
paying the political debt to. The tax
able property in the Bloxham pre-
cincts will be $2.3OO,OOO.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11

tremendous increase in taxes. In a
few more years a poor man will not
be able to own property in Pinellas
county on account of high taxes. l
know from experience that old and
large counties are much better and
cheaper than small counties. / would
advise all poor people TO vote against
the creation of any new county.
Yours very truly,
S. J. Cope.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
HENDRIX'S TAXES
MUCH HIGHER

Sutherland, Fla, Sept 1, 1915.
To Whomsoever it May Concern:
This is to certify that taxes on my
property in this county, Pinellas, have
doubled since its division from Hills
boro county.
/ am a taxpayer of this county and
have been a resident in this town for
ten years and was a resident of Hills
boro for forty years.
ID. A. Hendrix.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
MUCH DISAPPOINTED

We, the undersigned citizens, tax
payers and voters Of PinelIas county,
do certify that we are very much dis
appointed with Pinellas county.
First. Taxes have doubled more
than three times over what they
were in HiIlsborough county, on the
same property. The benefits we have
derived from the creation Of Pinellas
county are not to be compared with
the increase IN taxation. We realize
il was a serious mistake when we
were taken from Hillsborough county.
II it were possible to get back IN
Hillsborough county, we would glad
ly 90 back.
NJ. v. McMullen-
Geo. W. Sheffield.
o. Z. Archer.
w. b. Harris.
W. H. Belher.
h Forkel-
G. A. Kuster.
J. w. Booth.
w. A. McMuIlen.
B. L. McMuIIen.
B. p. MeMuIlen.
J. r. McMuIlen-
d. d. McMulIen-
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11

We run all the white schools Of the
county eight months in the year and
require them to do the same class Of
work
Trusting this is satisfactory, am,
Very truly yours,
Dixie NJ. Hollins,
Supt. Public instruction.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11

Transportation men are prophecy
ing a big tourist business for Florida
thsi season. We hope their prophecies
will pan out better than those they
made last autumn.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
Manager of Sponge Exchange.
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
IN PINELLAs

Clearwater, Fla, Aug. 30, 1915.
Mr.. z. A. Osborne, Ocala, Fla.
Dear Sir: Complying with your re-
Guest relative to the school bonds OF
this county, beg to say the school
districts have bonded as follows and
have the mills levied as follows:
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
TAXES HAVE TREBLED

Tarpon Springs, Pinellas Co., Fla
September /, 1915.
j. t. Hutchins, Romeo, Fla
Dear Sir: Having lived in Florida
thirteen years, in Hillsborough coun-
ty before the division of the county
and in Pinellas county since the divis-
ion, am in a position to see the ef-
feet of county division upon the peo-
pie of Pinellas county, and viii say
that the taxes have up to this time
increased more than three times what
they were in Hillsborough county and
still going up as the enclosed lax re-
ceipts will show. Yours truly,
T. j. Petzard,
Manager of Sponge Exchange.
The first year paid taxes in Pi-
nellas county as per tax receipt dated
May 28th, on lots 8, and 5, blk IS.
map of Tarpcn Springs, $20.sO. Ny
tax receipts dated March 10th, 1915,
paid on same property the sum Of
s6O.95.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-05-27
MORE GAME BIRDS
WILL BE IMPORTED.

The State Game and Fish Com
mission has arranged for the inn
portation next fall of 5000 Bob
White quails from Mexico and
5000 more ringneck pheasants
from England. A shipment of
$500 of the latter birds already
has been distributed. The ship
ment will be placed in the hands
of people who volunteer to keep
them in coops, a cock and five
hens TO the coop. The plan OF
Executive Agent Ward is to have
five coops in each county. The
keepers are TO free five birds
received IN their counties and the
game and fish commission will
take an option ON the rest of the
progeny, leaving the original
birds in possession of the keepers
In this way the commission ex'
poets to propagate birds already
acclimated at less expense and
risk than in preserve.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-05-27
SOME FORMS OF
RHEUMATISM DURABLE.

Rheumatism is a disease charac
terized by pains in the joints and
in the muscles. The most com
mon forms are: Acute and Chronic
rheumatism, Rheumatic Head.
aches, Sciatic Rheumatism and
Lumbago. All of these types can
be helped absolutely by applying
some good liniment that pene-
trates. An application of Sloan S
Liniment two or three times a
day to the affected part will give
instant relief. SlOan's Liniment
is good for pain, and especially
Rheumatic Pain, because it pene-
trates TO the seat of the trouble,
sOOthes the afflicted part AMI
draws the pain. "Sloans Linn
ment is all medicine. Get a
25c bottle now. Keep it handy
in case of emergency. (Advt.)
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-05-27
NOTHING BETTER
FOR WEAK WOMEN
%! Never Spent Any Money
That Did Me So Much
Good as That ! Spent for
vin0I."

Bellefontaine. Ohio. 90 wish every
tired, weak, nervous woman could have
Vinol for ! never spent any money In
my life that did me 80 much good "a
that spent for vinol. Ny nerves were
In a very bad condition, max ing me very
weak, tired. and worn out and often
drowsy headachea. ! had tried cod
liver oil, Doctors medicines, and other
preparations without benefit.
Zone day friend asked ma IN ,ry
vinol DID and som my appetite In.
creased, ] alept better and now | am
strong. vigorous and we'll and can do my
Homework with pleasure. Mrs. ]. n
LAMBoRa, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Nervous, weak. tired, worn out wo.
men should take Mrs. l.nmbOrn'a advice
and try Ninol for there are literally
thousands 81 men and women who were
formerly rundown, weak and neryous.
who owe their good health to Vinol.
II IL the medicinal. tissue building ele.
menta ~ the Gods livera, aided hy the
blood making. strengthening Influence
Of tonic iron, contained In Vlnol. which
makes Il 20 efficient Ia all such cases.
Helm & Ellison Druggisis
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-05-27
DoDDER is SERIOUS MENACE
Weed Soon Kills Out Alfalfa " There
10 Much Present-Wlll Not Grow
on Cultivated Plants

Dodder In first introduced in seed
such az alfalfa The seed Of dodder
terminates at the same tine as the
alfalfa. II sends up It's stem. which
twines around the young alfalfa. and
from that time on II In parasite. liv'
ing entirely ON the alfalfa.
Il soon kills out the alfalfa n there
Is much present II spreads entirely
by the seed II dodder Ia general all
over the field. the best thing to do Ia
to pillow the field and plant to some cul'
tiyateG crop as corn for two or three
seasons. when II may again be seeded
20 alfalfa II the dodder occurs only
IN patches the best thing do do IL to
nov the patches before the dOdder
forms seed. The crop should be left
on the field and burned as soon as II
becomes dry II the growth In very
small. II may be necessary 10 scatter
some straw before burning These
patches which are killed by burning
eau be- started again with alfalfa the
same way as the original field.
In the control of dodder the best
thing to do is not to Introduce II In
seeds which are planted on the farm.
Il will not grow on corn or any OF the
common cultivated plants on the farm.
Department OF AgronOmy, oklaho-
laa A. and NJ. College, saltwater.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-05-27
UGH CAL0MEL MAKES
YOU DEATHLY SICK.
Stop Using Dangerous Drug Be
fore it Salivates You. It's
Horriblel

You're bilious, sluggish, consti-
pated and believe you need vile,
dangerous calOmel TO start your
liver and clean your bowels.
Here's my guaranteed Ask
your druggist for SO cent bottle
of Dodson's Liver Tone and take
a spoonful tonight. If il doesn I
start your liver and straighten
you right up better than calo-
mel and without gripping or max
ing you sick want You TO go
back TO the store and get your
money.
Take calOmel today and tomor-
row you will feel weak and sick
and nauseated. Don't lose a
days work. Take a spoonful OF
harmless, vegetable Dodson S Liv'
er Tone tonight and wake up
feeling great. It's perfectly harm
less, so give it 10 your children
any time. Ii can't salivate, SO
let them eat anything afterwards.
(Advt.)
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-05-27
COST OF SAVING A DOLLAR.

There is a fellow in this coun-
ty (you all know him well) who
does not take his home paper.
He saves a dollar a year, in a
way, but this is what it costs him.
He gets his news second, third,
or even fourth hand, often weeks
after il has occurred, always stale,
and usually garbled beyond
recognition.
He knows little of the mercan-
tile opportunities that are offer
ed in the local paper each week,
and because Of the absence of
this information he often pays
more than is necessary for what
he buys.
lie knows nothing of many of
the important events that are TO
occur until they have passed -
and it is too late.
He is never posted on city,
township or county affairs, his
knowledge being limited TO what
Others in their generosity may
choose TO tell him.
He is lowering on the ragged
edge of everything that concerns
his home community, while his
neighbors who take the paper are
wide awake and thoroughly con
versant with local conditions.
He sees others leading the in
tellectual van, while he trails a.
long in their dust.
He is really a bright fellow,
but because of his lack of knowl-
edge concerning current events,
he is generally regarded as
"slow."
Does it pay him to hold onto
that dollar that would pay for
his home paper a yeari
Apparently he thinks 1t does.
But what do you thinki
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-05-27
ADMINISTRATOR s NOTICE.

All persons indebted 10 the es.
tate of Il. q. King, deceased, will
please come forward aud settle
same within the time prescribed
by law, and those having claims
against said estate will present
same to the undersigned admins
traitor ON or before July 10, 1919,
an required by law or be forever
barred.-Norris A. King, Admin
istratOr.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-05-27

The number of horses and mules
being shipped from ports in this
country for use in the war al
ready is reckoned in the hundreds
of thousands. The shipments are
aiding the Allies, since their des-
tinations are ultimately England
and France, and at the same time
they are depriving tins country
of very valuable domestic animals,
The United States, in its foreign
horse trade, also is doing harm
to itself in disposing of great
numbers of mares at a time when
a shortage of brood mares al
ready exists
For the weekend lettuce, rad
lshes, turnip green's, parsnips,
cranberries, grape fruit, etc. -
Ezell 4 Son.
The annual chautauqua in I'm
ion City opens Saturday, June II
the same day ours closes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-05-27
L. o. o. M. NOTICE.

Hickman Lodge No. 1894, Loya
Order of Moose, will meet next
Tuesday night at their new club
rooms at z 80 p. IN. All members
are requested TO attend each
meetng-A. NJ. Shaw, Dictator,
c. N. Reynolds, Secy.