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Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-05-29

the board that enough personal
property will be uncovered tC
provide sufficient revenue to GOV.
er the costs of the investigations
many times over.
The following is quoted from
the report: 1T was the evident
purpose of the Legislature ulti-
mately to secure a fair and uni
form assessment of all the the
property in the state on a basis
of actual cash value. The idea OBJ
tanned that some rule of percent
age might be applied that would
bring about uniformity in the
assessment of 1919, and this
board, hoping this might be ture,
tried out various percentage
rules, only to find that the ap-
plication of a percentage rule to
1919 assessment, as made, would
not remove the inequalities and
bring about uniformity, but
would aggravate the existing
evils. The facts developed de-
monstrated that the only way in
which an assessment can be
made in accordance with the
aw is to begin at the founda-
tion and value every kind of
property in the state at actual
cash value. While such a plan
will require time and expense.
when the assessment is once
made it will stand on its merit,
and there will be little occasion
in the future for changing the
assessment of real estate, except
at long intervals or to cover i'm
provements that may be made
from year to year.
THE Investigations already
made lead to the belief that
enough real estate and personal
property that has been escaping
taxation will be added to the tax
roll by this investigation to cover
many times the cost of making
the assessment for 1920, and
much of property will be uncov-
cred and assessed for the year
1919 and some Of it back assessed
where it has altogether escaped
taxation.
THE new assessment, when
completed as planned. will show
more than double the amount of
taxable property in the state
when compared with the 1919
assessment, but the sliding scale
of rates which will be applied
will cut the taxes down until
there will be no material change
in the amount of the taxes which
the average tax payer will have
to pay.
I'm the opinion of the board a
fair valuation of the property to
be assessed will not affect the
average taxpayer, except to put
him nearer on an equal footing
with those who have been escap-
ing a just share Of the burden
of taxation. Such an assessment
as that planned will place Tenn,
essee before the world, showing
wealth in proportion to popula-
tion more in harmony
with the showing made by her
sister states. and if there should
be any legislation by Congress
distributing the benefits of leg
islation on the basis of the wealth
and population Tennessee will
stand in line to receive her part
of it. The showing which the
state will make as a progressive
state will stimulate state pride
and spirit of progress which
will finally enable us to revise
our state constitution and make
that an up-to-date instrument.
The board ventures to express
the hope that every good citizen
will make it a part of his busi-
ness to help the chief tax statis-
tician, his assistants and his
board to uncover all property
heretofore escaping taxation and
to arrive at the actual cash value
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Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-05-29

A Colorado livestock producer lost
$500 by overcrowding car Of cattle
going to market. Seven animals aieo
en- route.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-05-29

Missouri thinks that yellow corn
produces eggs with yellower yoiks'
such as the markets delnand, and gives
the legs Of the chickens more color.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-05-29

In Edgar County. Illinois. livestock
has assumed enough importanee TO
Justify the building Of pavilion fs
livestock sales.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-02

people. As far as we we're concerned
they treated us fairly well, but they
tried to steal all OF our equipment.
Nothing could be left by itself. NJ
ter leaving this little village we went
through Saarbourg, Germany. This
is good sized town, but we didn't
stop there About six miles from
there we campcd at Wiltingen. This
was a nice little village on the rail
road and Saar river This is the
23rd OF December. The next morn
ing we lett there and passed through
Trier, Germany, pronounced in
English TreveS), and on to another
little village, Ruwer-paulin. At that
place is where ! spent my Christmas.
1t really seemed bit like Christmas
after all. In all the houses were
Christmas trees and by the way our
boxes had been held up for us and
were delivered about noon Christ
mas and, believe me, they sure was
appreciated. received mine Q. X.
and thanks very. very much for the
things, Everything was all right,
the smokes, gum, candy. soap and
container and pencil. Tell all inter
csted in the box that | thank them
very much. OF course, you and dad
are included. After we received our
boxes the y. NJ. {. \. and Red Cross
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-02

Back with our own Division again,
We settled down in content.
Waiting for orders to move to the
front
From the G, Il. Q to be sent.
1t was then the world learned OF
the glorious work
Our Infantry boys had done;
OF the smashing advance they
made at Rheims,
And the beating they gave the
Hun.
Advance three Kilos! their orders
= were,
And the to hold the line.
1t was twenty-three Kilos before
they stopped.
They we're headed for the Rhine.
New to them was the roar OF guns,
And new was the sight OF death,
But, with the courage OF veterans,
They fought TO their dying breath.
The regulars called them Rockies
Because they were new at the
game.
History will call them Heroes,
And well they deserve the name.
For such are the men OF the 56th,
Raised on the hills and plains
OF Texas and Oklahoma,
Where men have red blood in their
veins.
And OF such are the men OF the
- \. f. f.;
All OF them great and small.
Born meath the glorious Stars and
Stripes
The grandest flag OF them all.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-02

the cessation oil hostilities. In fact,
the Germans were in a part of the
town and our army in the opposite
edge when the armistice was signed.
However, our army held the other
side OF the river (the west bank
clear down to Sedan. The trenches
and emplacements, machine gun
pits, etc, indicate that the Germans
meant to put up strong resistance
at this place. which is damaged very
little, Few shells had been fired
into town, though they did very lit
tie damage,
OF the pre-war population OF sew
eral thousand. Stenay had less than
400 French inhabitants when we ar
rived. But refugees have been ar
irving daily, also passing through,
going south, and some northward.
1t is a sad sight to see these poor
people returning, especially those re-
turning from Germany. They are
dirty, hungry. very thinly clad, and
usually weary from long tramping.
And what do they find on their re-
turn? Their homes ruined; win
dowS broken, furniture missing, or
broken and destroyed, no money, no
food their little farm in such shape
as to be non-productiye for years,
and perhaps requiring months OF
work, filling in trenches, removing
wire cntanglemeutS, dugouts, etc, all
the time working cautiously to pre-
vent being blown to bits by eXplo-
sion OF hand grenade or live shell.
This part of France is in sad
plight, but our government is help
ing them. We furnish them trans.
portation, particularly to those re-
turning from Germany, as they are
travelling the direction our trucks
go empty. The quartermaSter also
feeds them, and the military police
assist them to temporary shelter
while on the road.
We found this town in a deplor-
l able state. Ihe main street obstruc-
.tions placed by the Germans. had
been removed, but the accumulated
trash and debris OF four years occu-
patton by the Germans was still in
the alleys, front and back yards, etc.
Our men were turned to with shov-
els, brooms and wheclbarrows, and
working Sundays and holidays alike,
we soon had the old town looking
fairly well, and now YOU can get
about without wading through piles
of trash.
As my letter has already grown
long, will close and write again
soon. expect to travel over an
other part OF the country in the near
future and will write YOU about it.
| hope YOU have missed the FLU"
am O. X. Wishing you very
merry Christmas, and with all my
love to YOU, am as ever
Yours,
ROY L.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-02

or six miles, We came to the top and
to a little village where a part OF the
regiment stopped. This was the
coldest place have been in my life.
The north pole is just two miles
south OF this place. We came on
little farther into another village
where | thought we had settled for
while, but the colonel came around
and said there were too many bill
letcd there, SO we moved to this
place. Everything is pretty conven-
lent. You see the soldiers are bill
letcd in the houses, ! have a room
in the same building as the office,
which is on the second floor OF
cafe and wine shop. l have a nice
feather bed, stove, electric light. ]
am sure ! will need them this win
ter ii stay here, for we are on top
of the mountains, which are about
5000 or 1000 feet above sea level. 1t
is warm today, but the first day we
arrived the snow was drifted i'm some
places waist deep. Must close now,
will write again soon. Yours, Roy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-02
From StenaY to Germany

"Monzelfeldt, Germany, Dec. so.
| know YOU are wondering why |
have not written in the last three or
four weeks. | will try and tell you
about it. On December 18th we lett
Stenay, where | was stationed when
] last wrote you, and started on our
march to Germany. | have been on
the road ever since that time, arriv-
ing at this place, which is supposed
to be our destination for a few
weeks. | will give YOU the way
came. If YOU remember in my last
letters at Stenay | told YOU it had
been raining ever since some time in
November; well, it is still at it.
Leaving Stenay, France, the stops
for the night are as follows: Tametz
Pillon and Nillcr-la- Montague
These three towns are in France
Leaving Niller-la- a-Montagn., after
twenty-four hours rest, we crossed
over a part OF Belgium into LuNum,
bourg and camped in Burgem, Lux
umbourg. From there to Hagen
Lorraine and rested another twenty.
four hours. The next stop was il
Oberleuken, Germany, where we
rested for three days, This was oul
first experience with the German
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-02
How 1t Happened"

Mrs. ]. d. Payne and Miss Pearl
Payne, 222 Sixth avenue north
west recently received a letter from
their son and brother, Pvt. James
Paul Payne, Supply Company,
l33rd Field Artillery, 36th Division
in which he stated "Will see you
all soon, ii nothing happens, as we
have orders to return home" En-
closed in the letter was a little
brochure, How it Happened"
privately printed by Pvt. Edwin
II. Underhill, Headquarters Motor
Battalion, 1llth Ammunition Train
which is dedicated to Lieut.-Col-
onel II. f. Stevenson, Command
ing Officer, lllth Ammunition
Train as follows:
"Who with a sturdy heart and
steady hand,
Has piloted our little band
Through all our travels both on
land and sea
And won respect from his entire
command.
And in the coming year Apres La
Guerre,
When we again are scattered far
and near
May thoughts Of his old regiment
be classed
Among the memories he holds dear.
How 1t Happened
1t was back in old Camp Bowie,
We signed for our trip to France,
And swapped our old serge
breeches
For a pair OF khaki pants.
The c. o. said we were leaving
In couple OF weeks or so,
But the weeks rolled by and the
months rolled by
Still we didn't go.
The Battle OF TT. Worth dragged
along,
The Alhambra lost its charm,
And finally they gave us furloughs
And sent us back to the farm.
1t commenced to look like they
didn't need
Our services over in France,
And the S6th Division
Would never be given a chance.
At last an order came one dav
For us all to pack up our rags;
SO we struck our tents and rolled
our packs,
And packed our barrack bags.
Twas a happy bunch that LETT that
day
For the Embarkation Port.
We knew that He'll awaited us.
But the Yank is dead game sport.
From town to town, from state to
state,
Our troop train sped along,
And the further we got the prouder
we were
OF the country to whom we be-
long.
We realized then why the Hun
must be stopped
With his bloody, clutching hand,
To save from the curse of slavery
Oar beautiful God-given land.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-02

\ week at New York ior supplies
and rest,
And visit to Coney Isle;
a trip to the docks where the trans
ports lay,
And we faced the East with
smile.
\ smile the World has learned to
know
Is made in the l. 5. A..
\ smile the Huns will never forget
For many and many a day.
The Statue OF Libetry waved fare
well
As our transports passed that day.
] bet she will turn a back ward Flip
When we come home to stay.
And SO for twelve long days we
sailed
Over the bounding Main.
Some OF the days were full OF joy,
And some OF them full OF pain.
Many a healthy lunch was lost
In the wake Of Our noble ship;
And many man cussed Kaiser
Bill,
As his stomach he'd tightly grip.
But after the first few days had
passed
And once more we could eat our
beans,
We spent our time in walking the
deck,
And looking for submarines
We didn't have to watch very long
They came in a flock one day,
\ dozen or more OF the black-nosed
snakes
In the path OF our transports lay.
The sound OF alarms; the roar OF
guns;
The jar OF the depth-Bombs dis
charge.
A sudden lurch; full speed ahead,
And the throb our engines large.
Twas the first that told us the bat
tie was on,
And we all made a run ior the deck.
We thought from the noise and up
roar,
Our transport must be wreck.
But our sturdy old ship was still
on the Job,
And, as we looked out DER the rail.
Our greyhound destroyers darted
by
With their nose on the submarines
trail.
For twenty-four hours we held
them at bay,
-. ,'"' o"'''e on l'e waves
'''o ','''e -''i''i'''u 'uDI'lar'i'c'
~ "olG sem
U L eoIu ana Wa'eFy grave
I,y, RuI y, WIl@l OF the men OF !he 5oth
While the battle was in full sway?
D'd lney gro" SICK ana weak from
rear
ANU I'II Oh their knees and pray :
~ ~, ie'''e''iper corIec'S
"ey greeted each Shot with
S"eer'
NiG WIIeh torpedo passed our
~, DOW
lhey gave 1t laugh and a sneer,
a lew ,,'S,.n more days OF wind and
""''s'
Ana 1Si:,l we sighted our haven OF rest;
W. w .'n many many d haPPy heart aboard
we entered the HarDor OF BreSt.
nj,
Al a. oleau @ ana I., soW,DeIIy SOW, meat
Enu r, l.e,tr a Gld chicken or turkey
A'''i t'S'e "all 81 sweet
rnil'i''I5il'o'l r ram
W. Oo''l lPdlllSS went 10 the
r, '.eie'leS' s
ne 'eS' were 'oIu TO remain
ros. f.,,, ~.
tn r, I6oi' scia"se &C. iana le't Ito. TO roam;
The labor world., 1919-11-22
MAKES Nj STRONG SPEECH AGAnlsT
7 MSTRIKE PROVISION IN Bill


Congressman W. Carss the Duluth district took an ac
part in Congress this week opposing the Esch bill Duuhi
particularly interested in the fight he made against
the railroads to reener the steamship business Mr. Cass ade
good impression and when his five minutes had expired ao
additional tme during which he attacked the antke
Of the bill. ..>: s.#s
He held that denying labor the right strike
destroy the and influence of the four railroad
over their members 1t would radicals and bohevsts
they would be the first to take advantage Of
would use it propaganda Hep said Mr. o
radcasm and Boshevism by not passing such legislation"
other things Mr. Carss said: :
Will Accept Judgment of Voters =" y Hs.4 -
asks that the railroads Of the United
under operation for years after
peace and then would willing accept the Judgment
OF the nation expressed election question
permanent government operation return private
ment -
1.-The Ech bill consciencee betrayal of the public
hat Its supporters realize not the kind of legislation
pear the light honest criticism the way
the bill has been handled the house. vaates apparently
Of railroad securities at least So
water and directs the Interstate Commerce
American people through and
pay dividends those shadow dollars MEANS
to Interstate Commerce Commissioner Woolley at least
increase Such would take ST @
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take with them when they go back to
their native countries. Can you beat
it?'' ...'
The wonder is that there should be
any money left in this country after a
few of these men have gone back.
AS for the coal miners being mostly
foreigners, what about it? This was
never held against them in the days
when they were being exploited with
out limit and were power1ess to re-
sist the rapacity Of their exploiters.
On the contrary, it is we'll known that
the mine operators always preferred
foreign to American miners, because
these could be more easily exploited.
But now, that these foreigners have
learned to organize and have, built up
q power that can command-to q de-
gree at least-the respect due to hui
manity, that is what is making them
Bolshevists, revolutionary and danger
GUS to our system Of civilization
II it were true. as. our <manufactur-
eesrss OF poisonous gas tell uS, sthat e these
miners aim At the oyer oy..e Efhroy ;ote our
= IslA.a n
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government; would not the opportunes
time for such undertaking have been
while the country was at war? What
If they had struck then, and refused
to work? But we find that during the
war the coal miners of this country
refrained from making any demands
whatever that might, have embarrassed
the. government; and no. complaints
were heard against them that they had
conducted themselves any other way
than with loyalty to our government.
i How, then, do these facts tally, with
the statements we, have read in news:
papers and periodicals for the last sew
eral weeks that these foreigners were
Bolsheviks, revolutionary, stuffed mp
with the money Of the poor mine oper-
ators, and wanting to destroy our form
( Of government? IS. IS. ss.zsif 5+.css :.c
No doubt II. the publishers ofssuch
staten ents were questioned as to the
probity Of same, they would take refs
uge behind their good intention: hut
does good causesneed appeal "a pop.
nlss pre3eu,d 4 lee g wont q s. ss
The labor world., 1919-11-22
STATE EuMAIiniii;;;:::>% m :: - lotto STIR !.
Up TROUBLE IN STEEL STRIKE
Illinois States Attorney Royne Unnasks Thug Detective Agency
Engaged By Steel Barons TO CT cate Dssenson Among Work.
Ws; Planned 10 Divide Aliens and Provoke Riots.

CHICAGO Nov 2Fve taxi loads of policemen and detectives
directed by States Attorney Hoyne raed the offices Of the Sher
Service arrested so people and onscaed Of letters
and documents The Sherman Service adverises itself abor
coaclator and has branch offices New York. Philadelphia
Toronto St. Louis Cleveland Detroit Boston and New Haven
Charges conspiracy oment riots and other forms OF
violence together with the wholesale destruction of property part
cf to break the steel strike mad statement by the
attorney whose attention first called to the Sherman outfit
by Edward Nokel secretary Of the Chicago Federation Of Labor
The states attorney named the Illinois Steel and the Steel
Tube connection with the of the
onspators The specific charge against the detective
that employed uggers stir trouble where strikes exist
order to bring about the use of federal troops.
He Was Real "Conciiator'
According to the states attorney r. Phillips with the title Of
advisor director had charge the thuggey He directed the
ugge the smashing of windows cutting automobile tires the burn
of buildings and the fomenng Of racial preudces the
strikers while processing in the business of concator
The telephone wire to Phillips luxurious home tapped and
with the suggers recorded In instance operator
No. 5 reported the advisory director from South Chicago
had located urstory wooden building filled with lamp black
Phillips reped II glad you keeping your eyes open
That would be good place for a fire.
Among the documents seized by the police Of this
letter forwarded October 10 to c. A. Slman assistant
president of the Steel and Tube Company of America
The labor world., 1919-11-22

agencies get busy. It is then the hum
BILE coal digger occupies large space
on the front pages of newspapers and
lengthy editorials are devoted to him.
But this, especially in a certain class
of publications, is not so much to give
news to the readers or to advance an
unbiased opinion as it is 10 poison the
peoples mind against the strikers.
First of all it is impressed on the
mind Of the readers that these miners
are mostlyv vforeigners-and: this snot
intended. as a compliment, either.
Then, that they are. Bolsheviks, +. w.
WIS, aiming at nothing less than the
destruction Of our, social system and
the overthrow. of our form OF govern
nlent. Also, that the Foreigners have
not come to this country etoystay and
become citizens, but :merety&to work
few years in coal mines, where they
receive large pay, from which they
are said to- amass enough IN 81 short
time ito return to- their native coui1-
tries to live the rest OF: their lives III
wealth aud otaents1la ii iulnl1l +,
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statements need mo comment. But
with: some people they have some ef-
feet, and that is why they are made.
One Of our daily papers here not
long ago devoted an editorial telling
its readers how the coal miners earned
on an average Of $1.400 year and
were making from IS to So. a day,
but carefully omitted mentioning that
in none of the coal mines during the
summer were the miners allowed to
work more, than three days a week,
ann In many cases even less than
,three days; and that during that time
the price of coal was steadily gong
up, on the xpretext that coal was
scarce on account Of the scarcity OF
labor. ...4s
t$Of~course-$6 a day is good wagesk
but even -atsthat, three days can only
foot up to t18 pertweek. = : r.. =.
. And this is the 3prince1y income these
.nien. are receiving, upon which they
have; to support themselves and their
! sfa1n1i iias and from sgv ich are told
lay Asad ttee lasrrys : sums they
=
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court uPH0LDS
ASSEMbLACE BAN
Pennsylvania Judge Declares
City Authorities Have Right ::
To Prevent Meetings.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov: 1s.-
Mayor Babcock and other city off,
Gals have been upheld by Common
Pleas Court Judges Shafer and Ford
in refusing to permit a meeting Of a
lodge of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin workers in the
steel strike zone.
The court said that if the atten-
dance at the meeting had been con-
fined to members Of the lodge 'It
would take very strong circumstances
to: justify the prevention Of such meet
ing, but in this case the number of
people who attempted to attend the
meeting was such as to indicate very
plainly that whatever it might be
named it would have been in fact a
mass meeting"
The court gave clear intimation that
the city authorities have the right to
prohibit any mass meeting, although
the federal constitution declares in
favor of. free. assemblage to peacefully
| discuss grievances. q