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Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1920-03-11
TAxfASSESSMENT LAW

ty to be assessed "at its cash val
ue." Still requiring two affida-
Wits of the assessor.
The legislature of 1899, unde
|Lov. Benton Mcmillan, passed |
most comprehensive assessment
bill in which it was provided tina
all property should be assessed a
ut actual cash value" Under this
act the assessor was required to
make an oath that he would assess
all property at it actual cash val
ue, and, after having made his as
sessment he was required again
to swear that he had in fact as
sessed all property "at its actual
cash value" In this act it was al
so provided that it was unlawful
to willingly, knowingly or neglig-
emily assess any property at less
than it's actual cash value"
The succeeding legislature in
1901, under Gov, Mcmillan, passed
Ianother assessment law requiring
all property to be assessed at its
actual cash value. This act remain
ed in force until chapter 602, acts
of 1907, under Gov. Malcolm r.
Patterson, when another compre
hensive assessment lam was pas
sed, which provided that all pro-
perry shall be assessed at its &C
tual cash value"
! 1t is this act passed by Gov. Pat
~terson's administration which is
now in force in Tennessee. That
act stands today just as it stood
then so far as the standard of val
ues in makinb assessments is con
cerned.
The Supreme Court of Tennes-
speaking through judge John S.
Wilkes, in the cas- Of Carroll VS.
Alsop, 23rd Pickle, page 2ea uses
THIS language.
There are ten, two fundamen
tai principles 10 be taken as guide
in assessing property under our
constitution and laws: (1) That
all property shall bee assessed at
at it's actual sach value; and (2)
that taxes shall be equal and UNI
form. The latter proposition flows
naturally and inevitably as a col
lcray to the former, for, when all
property is assessed at its actual
cash value, then all taxes become
equal and uniform. However diff
ticult it may be to arrive at the
first result, it is imperativesly de
manded by the constitution and
laws and the second u~naviodably
and from necessity follows it, and
to adopt cash valuation is the on
ly basis upon which it is prac-
ticable to make taxes equal and
uniform
This decision Of the Supreme
court was rendered in 1901, and
this is the law under which we
have been operating in Tennessee
ever since, and is the law today.
The Democratic platform ad-
opted in 1914 on which Gov. Rye
was first elected declared:
"In the assessment of property
we favor a policy having for its
object a fair equitable and just
treatment of all taxpayers alike.
We oppose discrimination among
the different classes of taxpayers
and demand that all property
real, personal, mixed-be compel
ed to bear its proportionate part
of the tax burden, subject only
to those exemptions authorized
by the constitution of our state
The legislature was instructed
That a tax Commission be Great.
ed and empowered to make all tax
assessments uniformly and thoro-
ly.
In his measure to the ieg.sfs
itura of Al CIV, NSo eo;a.
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The only girl!
lTO BE CONTLNUEDD
MORE THAN GREAT PAINTER
Gustave Dore Is Declared to Have
Been an Accomplished Player
on the Violin.

Gustave Dore (the painter) was said
to be famous on the violin, and his
claims to consideration were far from
inconsiderable. He had acquired val
liable instrument. on which he used to
play Berlioz's concertOs with a really
extraordinary facility and spirit. These
superficial works were enough for his
musical powers. The surprising thing
about his execution was that he never
worked at it. If he could not get a
thing at once, he gave it up for good
and all.
We lived in the same quarter and
visited each other frequently. AS we
almost never were of the same opinion
about anything. we had interminable
arguments, entirely free from rancor.
which we thoroughly enjoyed. l have
seen him painting away on thirty can
vases at the same time in his immense
studio Three seriously studied pic
lures would have been worth more.
At heart this great, overgrown. jovial
boy was melancholy and sensitive. He
died young of heart disease. aggra-
waited by grief over the death of his
mother, from whom he had never been
separated. | dedicated slight piece
written for the violin to Dore. 1t
you'd be entirely unknown had not
Johannes Wolf. the violinlst of queens
and expresses. done me the favor of
placing it in his repertory and bringing
his fine talent to its aid.-"AnecdoteS,
by Saint-SaenS.
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this that a child might have followed
him.
MY deductions are substantiated."
| he summed up, "by the fact that Otis
and his following are not bulling the
market as you supposed they would.
! What's more. they're not going to bull
Ii. I've put myself in their place. Otis
and company will make their attack
when the enemy is in its most vulner-
able state, and that's just the condi-
ton the enemy's in now"
! There was conversational pause.
while Hunt reperused some of the pa
| pers scattered about the desk.
$50 you think we'd better unload?"
he said finally, sitting back and mo
| tioning to Haki to fill his champagne
/ goblet
"As though our lives depended on
| it,"
Hunt watched the servant fill his
glass, then lifted it and surveyed his
host solemnly across its rim.
$50 be it." he rumbled In sepul-
chral voice. 1.-The blame be upon your
head if we lose"
Fitzhugh's prediction was bounti-
| fully fulfilled next day. December
! wheat went tumbling and crumbting.
Hunt. thanks to Fitzhugh. managed
| to squirm from under with a whole
skin and few thousands profit. Hur-
rying through the outer Office of Bur-
| ton e Burton, he spied FitZhugh and
fell upon him with open arms, pressing
into his hand a check for thirty thou
sand dollars.
what had we better do now, DanT'
"Sell December wheat. It's going to
zero. This slump will keep up indefi-
nitely."
"Right-o" Hunt was fairly burning
with excitement-the gamblers ex-
element, than which there is none
more feverish.
You may sell half million for me.
You'd better sell an equal amount
yourself" FitZhugh produced a slen-
der check-boOk and started to fill out
a check. Abruptly he paused. bit his
lip, made as if to return his fountain
pen to his pocket. Il forgot some
| thing" he said slowly.
whats wrong Dan? Hunt looked
properly sclicitous.
"My-a draft. Should have been
sent from New York day before yes
/ terday My brother has it, but he's sud
I denly fallen i'll. Probably forgot all
about it, That's all. I'm sorry, Hunt,
| but I can offer you nothing except my
personal check, and that'll be only for
| a few thousands
In q flash all of Hunts reverence
! for wealth and his desire to tOady to
| 1t were to the front What an oppor-
| tunity to be of service to this man of
millionsI He could have wished for
nothing better. Don't worry about
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PRINCIPAL Aid to Learninu.

In 1856 the schoolhouse in the
mountain grove district of Cedar
county. otherwise known as Possum
Hollow. was not very elaborate af-
fair. reminisces Joe Upton of the FL
dorado News. 1t was built of logs
with mud chinking. The door was in
the front end and part of one log
was cut out of the rear and on each
side to admit the light. There was
no glass for window panes. The floor
vas the bare ground. The seats were
made Of logs split in half with the
bark side down and four stobS driven
in them for legs. Books were few
and there were no hlackhOardS. IT
was heated by Il fireplace which with
its flue was made out of logs daubed
with mud. Yet there those children
got somewhat of an education. princi-
pally because they wanted 20 get it.
Kansas City Times.
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The City OF
Purple Dreams


goal is not yet in sight. but I'm run
ming fast"
This he attached to the draft and
sealed in an envelope. which he adj
dressed and mailed to her while re-
morse was hot upon him.
From the post office he went to a
hotel in Randolph street, asked for
stationery and wrote the following:
Dear Hunt
l have just received bad news. My
brother Is at the point of death. Must
hurry to his bedside. May see you In a
couple of weeks. Meanwhile. good luck!
Yours. T.
He directed this to Hunts home ad-
dress. took it to the district messenger
office in the hotel and left orders for
its delivery at nine o'clock.
Had anyone looked for Fitzhugh
that night in his apartment, or in the
theaters or hotel Hobbies. or in any of
the other places where he usually
spent his evenings: it would have been
in vain. He would not have been
found
But In vile saloon in lower Clark
street a tall, trampish-loOking man
with a pointed beard, attfred in ragged
habiliments and wearing low upon his
brow an old SLOUGH hat fully half a
size too large, was carousing delirious-
ly with the muddled denizens, leading
them in maudlin song, and melting
them to drunken ribaldry.
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CHAPTER viii.

Fitzhugh's debauch lasted two
weeks. Then he sobered up and went
home. Under cover OF the somnolence
that enveloped the apartment building
at four o'clock in the morning he stole
up the six flights of stairs to his rooms
unobseryed, and let himself in without
awakening his valet. He removed his
shabby apparel. his decrepit hat. Sc
creted them in a wardrobe and went
to the bathroom. When he entered his
bedroom, glowing from a brisk scrub
and attired in silk pajamas. he looked
a little tired. 1t was not, however. a
physical tiredness. FitZhugh felt. men
tally, like man who had taken very
arduous journey in search Of gold only
to find he had been chasing rainbow.
He climbed in between the snowy
sheets of his bed and lay very still.
His eyes were closed. but he was not
asleep.
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MDDf} EVENING
TALL
"a @ nary Graham
A Bonner g S e. *
THE MEAN FLIES,

Il was so mean this morning" said
the fly. Eyes. 1 was just as mean as
could be-"
"And so was l." said the second
fly.
Tell me about it," said the visitor
ny. Il love to hear of mean acts.
They make me buzz with happiness.
Indeed, l enjoy hearing of mean acts
second only to doing them myself.
Il like to go on sweets and eat
other creatures food-iust nibble at
1t, you know. l don't care whether
am brushed away or not. l come right
back again.
THE other day some people were
having lunch and some of my brothers
and sisters were fearfully annoying.
We knew it. We knew we weren't
wanted But that didn't matter to
us. We stayed about and bothered
the people dreadfully.
"They brushed us off and said:
"Oh, dear, those horrible flies, why
can't we get rid of them?"
WED go back again and bother
them. We. Were just as mean as mean
| could be-"
Il can see," said the first fly, that
you will enjoy our story"
EYES," said the second fly, 81 can
see that, too. You will appreciate
| it."
do tell it to me-" said the visitor
| fly.
WELL" said the first fly, 'this
morning there was little girl asleep"
Eyes, yes" buzzed the visitor fly,
"this sounds mean and nice"
sit is" said the second fly.
PRAY continue" said the visitor
fly.
"Well," said the first fly. "this little
girl had been to fancy dress party
| the night before. She had had
beautiful time. 1 was on the ceiling
when 1 heard her telling her mother
about it.
ut was very late when she got
home and she had had such a very ex-
citing time that she was all tired
out.
"She told her mother all about the
costumes and what every one did and
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said and what games they played and
fooled everyone else.
"WeIl, just as her mother was say
ing good night to her and was kiss
ing her and wishing her pleasant
dreams and all that foOlishness, .
heard her say:
"'NOw, dearie, you can sleep late.
for tomorrow is Saturday. Don't wake
up for breakfast. You can have some
fruit and milk any time you get up
or you needn't get up until lunch time
If you don't want to. You can have
a great, long rest
"'Oh, Pm so glad said the little
girl to herself, for I just feel as
though l could sleep and sleep
"That was enough for me-" said the
first fly.
"And for me-" said the second fly.
"This sounds wonderful" said the
visitor fly. do go on"
"Well, she was just so tired and
sleepy that it was fun to be so mean,"
said the first fly. IF she hadn't been
so tired and so sleepy it wouldn't have
been half such fun"
"You can understand" said the sec
ond fly.
Easily" said the visitor fly.
"And." said the first fly, "early this
morning | began my work, just when
she was sleeping so hard because she
was so tired. l got on her face and
there / stuck until she had to half
wake up and brush me off"
"Then," said the second fly. 81 did
the same and got on the other side OF
her face"
"She tried to lie on one side and
then on the other" said the first fly.
"Then she tried to cover up her
head, and of course she was most I'M
comfortable doing that, for she
couldn't breathe that way" said the
second fly.
$50 between us we wouldn't let
her sleep. and she was so tired oh.
so terribly tired. and so terribly
sleepy that it was great fun"
"WonderfuI, wonderful said the
visitor fly.
And when she went downstairs so
early, for she couldn't sleep, and her
mother asked why, she said:
1.-The flies simply wouldn't let me
sleep
wasn't that CREATE" said the first
fly.
yes, wasn't it," added the second
fly.
Great buzzed the visitor fly.
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Himself In Without Awakening His
Valet.
that for a minute. DAN" He spoke
with the utmost friendliness. "I'll at
| tend TO your margins for you. Five
| hundred thousand. believe you said?"
Yes" Fitzhugh rapidly filled out a
check for twenty thousand dollars.
Take this. anyhow, Hunt" He tore
the check from the book. "Just as an
evidence of good faith" he laughed.
The cOurtier took the check in the
same jocular spirit in which 1t was
offered. scarcely glaucing at its figure.
After little they parted. Hunt hasten
ing 70 the private Office of Burton,
senior.
Fitzhugh went straight to his bank
and deposited the thirty thousand dot
lars. Immediately afterwards he
started back 10 the Board of Trade.
When nearly there. however, he
stopped. paused irreSOlute, then turned
and walked slowly i'm another direc-
ton. For over nm hour he roamed
reStlesSly about the loop He seemed
ntirm of purpose. aimless of destina-
ton.
Once. without exactly knowing why.
he entered the post office and strolled
abSently about the dark corridors. He
was leaving by the western entrance.
when. happening to glance TO his left.
he saw on the glass over doorway
General Delivery"
He came TO dead halt. A hot
blush of shame pricked him. He felt
suddenly mean. contemplate He en-
tered the room and asked if there were
any mail for Daniel Fitzhugh. The
clerk handed him half-dozen letters
poStmarked from a small town in Rus
STA.
He opened and read them one by
one. standing near the window. In all
of them Esther breathed her love for
letters progressed. In the first two
she wrote chiefly of him and secondly
OF the work she was doing for the
Cause. The next one was solely about
him and there was moro insistent
note in her passionate declarations.
In the third was tone of despair. a
hint OF fond hopes fast slipping away !:
and the last two were filed with hit
ter reproaches. piteous pleadings-
| jealousy
From word she let drop in one Of
the earlier missives he OWNED she
u-oS IN 5;ra paad - ,,,orax E,xnr AZ
that moment she might be suffering
! from lack of necessities.
He stuffed the letters In cost
| pocket. went TO his bank and procured
4 bill Of exchange TO her order for a
| thousand dollars.
At one of the public desks he wrote
on the back of deposit-sIip: THE
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requisitioned by the authorities of the
army of occupation. The subject
of American graveyards in Germany
will be a proper matter for set
Element by one of the many commits
sions resulting from the Paris peace
conference.
While the graves registration sery-
ice had nothing to do with burisls.
it was required to identify bodies
whenever possible, and register all
graves, appropriately mark them and
maintain such a complete system Of
records that information might be fur
nlshed relatives of the dead and that
places of burial might be located
whenever desired.
Graves in Excellent Condition.
1t is reported that before his death,
Theodore Roosevelt requested that the
body of his son. Quentin. who was
shot down IN Il battle with Hun air.
men, remain where he fell and not be
returned to the United States at the
conclusion of the war.
That the graves are in excellent
condition is assured by the graves
registration service. A short time ago
Major Lemly received a letter from
Lieutenant Colonel Pierce relative to
the matter of the grave of lieutenant
Mccoy, son of Chief Justice Mccoy Of
the District of Columbia supreme
court. The grave was definitely To-
Gated and marked with the regulation
temporary cross, the lieutenant's per-
sonal Identification tag and an al
luminum plate bearing his name, RANK,
company and regiment.
Elaborate arrangements were made
abroad by Americans and foreigners
alike to observe Memorial day.
According to the latest figures avail
able there are 374. 0O2 bodies buried In
the national cemeteries. OF this total
153,147 are unknown. OF all inter-
ments in national cemeteries approxl-
mately 10000 are those of Confed-
crates. Arlington, Va, is the largest
national cemetery, its area being 40S
square acres. More than $4,000 bod
les are buried in Arlington
The one national cemetery of which
very few Americans know of is the
one in Mexico City More than 1,5OO
Americans are buried there in a plot
only two acres square.
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Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Florida, and
dispatched TO France.
1t was the business of the graves
registration service to locate all Gem
eteries under the prescribed procedure
under the laws of the country in
which they are established. In France,
Belgium and Italy practically the same
laws exist. and the same procedure is
followed in establishing American
burial grounds.
An officer of the graves registration
service took the initiative in all ac-
questions. A letter was prepared
for the signature of the commander-in-
chief, addressed to the French military
mission, or the commanding general
of the region. if in the zone of the
INTERIOR asking for the allotment of
whatever space was required.
Inspect and Test Grounds.
Commissions We're then appointed by
the French authorities. consisting of
representatives of the engineers, Sani-
tary department, the project and the
ministry of war. and the American
authorities designated an American
officer of the graves registration serv-
ice as the fifth member of the COM
mission.
The commission inspected and test
ed the grounds, in company with the
municipal authorities, making recon-
mendatiOnS upon which the ministry
Of war procured the ground for the
French state and set it aside for an
American cemetery. 1t is thereafter
controlled and administered entirely
by the graves registration service.
On the battle front space was
chosen by the American commanding
generals directly. or through an Off
Ger of the graves registration service.
However, the same procedure of ac-
QUESTION was followed, the only diff
ference being that the emergencies of
battle were met promptly, and the
slower process of legal formalities ar
ranged afterward.
Graves Given to the A. &. F.
In many cases, plots in French GEM
eteries have been given to the A f. F.
These include space for % to 500 ~
more graves. In Great Britain
government provided ample cemetel
space for American use and requested
that the expense he borne by the Brit
ish people. In Germany space was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-06-01

A Brussels refugee returning TO his
native village found his home destroy
ed beyond repair Out of material
from abandoned army hutments he
built new house and. attending auc-
ton sales, gradually replaced his fur
niture. At one of those sales he came
across an old picture in very mod
est frame and covered so thick with
dust as to be almost indistinguish-
able. In a sporty way he bid for the
picture and it was knocked down to
him for $50. He cleaned the picture
and found it was an old Flemish
painting. Taking ii TO an expert, he
was offered $4,000 for it. The
painting vas found 10 be an authentic
Rembrandt.
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INTO THE DEPTHS.

Synopsis.-Typical tramp in ap-
pearance, Daniel Randolph t1tz-
hugh, while crossing a Chicago
street, causes the wreck of an auto
whose chauffeur disables 1t trying
to avoid running him down IN
pity the occupant of the auto. a
young girl. saves him from arrest
and gives him a dollar, telling MIN
to buy soap, and wash. HIS sense
of shame is touched, and he I'M
proves his appearance. That nlsht'
he meets Esther Strom. a Russian
anarchist, who induces F1tzhush
TO address a meeting. tltzhusn
visits oymington Otis. prominent
II aEcier, and displaying a pack
age which l.e says captains dyna-
mite, demands $4,000. Otis gives
him a check. At the house ne
meets the girl who had given him
the dollar, and learns she Is hath-
leen Otis. She recognizes MIN.
Ashamed, ne tears up the check
and escapes, but is arrested. Es-
Their visits Fitzhugh in jail and
makes arrangements for procuring
legal advice. His trial is speedily
completed and he is found insane
and committed to an asylum. from
which he easily makes his escape.
Fitzhugh takes refuge In Chicago.
with Esther. who has become in
fatuated with him. His one icea Is
to become rich and win Kathleen
IN fight with Ni1oIay, Jealous ad-
mirer of Esther, Fitzhugh worsts
him. Securing mental employment
he learns that Nikolay has been
found dead in Esther's house, and
In letter to him she admits the
killing, telling him she did 1t for
his sake and that she has gone
away. He sees Kathleen from
distance. and Is strengthened In
his determination to win her. Fitz-
hugh attracts the attention of
Quigg, dealer in bogus stocks. Fitz-
hugh acts as a decoy for gullible
investors. Staked by h $ employer
in a poker game for high stakes he
meets wheat pit speculator. Hen
ry Hunt, who believes him to be a
New York man of wealth. With
his poker winnings he joins Hunt
In wheat deal. Through Hunts
operations Fitzhugh nets nearly
$4,000
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Whv He Envied George.

Bobby wish l Rad been George
Washington.
MOther-Why so. dear?
Bobby-Well. ma. he couldn't tell a
lie, and so when he was visiting ana
was asked if he would like another
piece of pie, instead of saying no for
poIiteness sake he told the truth and
said yes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-06-01
ETHICS AND EPIGRAM.

There's nothing holier in heaven
than your own little job" and THE
man who fills his little niche on earth
in the very best way that it can be
filled, is as good as any angel in
heaven" are two sayings which sound
Ike different versions of the same cpl
gram Of Rev. Robert ]. MacAlpine in
his address 10 the kiwanis club.
Whether Pastor MacAlpine said both
:hese things. or only one of them, he
2at a grand truth in a crisp form
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-06-01
Dove FIGURES in Folklore.

The dove or pigeon has occupied
a prominent place in folklore, legend
and history since the bird brought the
olive branch to Noah. The earlier
artists used the dove frequently in
their religious paintings. The Ma
donna and Child" and the angels are
shown with white pigeons fluttering
eAnut them. The bird was made the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-06-01

Song birds may be protected from
cats by winding four or five strands Of
barbed wire around the tree trunks.
Cats have a great dislike for barbed
wire and will not cross it. The wire
will not harm the trees and can be re-
moved when the birds leave.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-06-01
Bird of III Omen

The raven figures in many super
stitions and Is invariably considered
a bird of il, vmen, and its unexpected
appearance a sign of death or disaster.
1t was dedicated by the Romans to
Apollo. and there is a strange Greek
legend telling how the bird was chang.
ed from white to black.