The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-11-16

When profiteerinG in house rent be
came fashionable, she doubled he
rents, sold one of the houses and
bit of the land, for more than Den
mis- paid for the intire PROPERTY. Thi
year her tax was $5,19 more. Tn,
council lads We understand, hat
helped boost prosperity for every
body, by denying themselves, anC
chipping in from the cash box anC
chopping off from the tax list, prop
erty that had been bringing in {
good bit of tax money, so hear, tt
help the new enterprises to gel
started: but the Council lads were
so foolish as to think the people
would be willing to reciprocate by
standing little increase in the as.
SeSSment, made necessary by all
Their self denialS and the increase
cost Of everything for to opyrate
the town, and they raised the as
seSsment; the Widows share of the
increases in taxes being $5,19-just
about ONE-HALF the increase in the
rent of 1 HOUSE for l MONTH
that Maggie had Stun9 her tenants
for, so when she went down to the
city hail about six weeks ago, hear
she raised some sand about the in
crease. She sailed into the City
Hall like a bark under good
breeze; lit into the City Clerk, told
him he was a hi9hbindering foot
pad and a baby murderer; cussed
out the City Treasurer as a parti-
ceps criminiS and shook three ribs
out of her umbrella at the City AS
SCISSOR and accused him of being a
corpus deficit; she spied the Board
Of Trade room and required if them
spalpeenS in there had anything to
do with the City Government" No
mum; says the Mayor who was at
tracted by the disturbance; They
are trying to undo it, though" Then
she started upstairs to bless out the
Mayor and Council; but my dear
woman seq the Mayor, the Mayor
and Council are not in session just
now; And who are you? SEE Mag
gle, I'm the Mayor says he: Oh; we
are, are We, we'll if you don't give
me back my Five Dollars and nine
teen cents I'll knock your block Off.
The Chief Of Police finally quoted
her down but she went up the street
unpacifieG. But Larry, says Mike,
she was very unreasonable; Not
any more or as much, says Larry,
/ as some other citizens who made
thousands where Maggie made dol
lars; citizens who had more sense
and more opportunity than poor
Maggie, OF knowing the troubles the
Council lads we're having, and the
i reasons for it, but rather choose to
stand Oh the street corner and cuss
the council lads for inefficiency,
Acknowledgement, waste and the
Lord knows what, without stopping
to jhiak; SO Maggie wants to hear
This LooSe-us roast the council lads
and kick them in the Stats and learn
all this new tangled government, and
| take her. The was a good crowd
as We know. When the Prisidint of
the Boord of Trade had read his an
nual report showing what was not
accomplished. and the Sicrity his
report, of how much was spent try
ing, and how much the Board lads
had i'll the shape of due by the
members for the next two years to
repeat the performance, Maggie
nud8es me and says: Larry? are
thin two lads some of the boys
who are boosting this new style
government? Yes, SEE |, | believe
SO. "Humpgh" GruntS Maggie. Keep
still Maggie says |. the spaker is 60
ing to spake.
After Lo0S-us unwound himself
for about fifteen minutes. Maggie
whispers; what is the lad talking
about Larry? I don't understand
the divil a bit Of it says she; well
says |, no one here has anything on
you Maggie; they don't either, ex-
cept, that he is throwing off on us,
but keep quiet. But he said some
thing about floods says Maggie;
Will you hold your tongue, says |;
Of course he did; they all do, says
T. She lidiBited and Squirmed for
about fifteen minutes more and
then whispered, | wisht | had gone
to see Fatty Arbuckle instead of
trying to listen to all this bunk:
Maggie, they'll put you out if you
are not quiet says l. Finally like
al Commission Government speak
ers he reached Dayton Ohio. Do
they have this kind Of Government
there Larry, says Maggie; oh yes,
says |; then says Maggie, | don't
want any; I've heard of that place;
that's the place, Datum Ohio, where
they had to invent a cash register
for every citizin to keep himself
honest and don't want any D. d
outsiders from outIandish places in