The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1920-12-29
TAKES IN $1,3OO,OOO
OF INCOME TAXES
United States Revenue officer Collects
A Large Sum from Missis-
sippians.

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 17.-Between De-
cember 1 and Is inclusive, the United
States Internal Revenue collector at
Jackson collected the SUM of $1,000, 900,
of which large sum $5SOOOO came in
on the first day. The time for paying
this income tax expired with December
Is, and notices of delinquencies are
now being sent out to all persons who
have not paid.
1t takes time to make out all these
bills, or statements, and get them into
the hands of the delinquents, and
many of them will have a few more
days of grace, as the per cent dam
ages will not be assessed and collected
until such notices of delinquency is
served. 1t is therefore to the interest
of the large number of persons who
have not as yet paid their income taxes
to pay at once-or before they are
served with notice of their delinquency.
The total collection of the revenue
office here this year have been in ex-
cess of $12.OOO,OOO.
GOVERNOR IS SPEAKER
A few weeks ago a social and edu-
cational club was organized at the
State Hospital for the Insane, with Su-
perintendent Mitehell as president. The
object of the club is for the social
amusement of the employees of the big
stitution. The idea is to have promi-
number. The idea is to have .promi-
nent men and women invited to ad-
dress the club at the semi-monthly
meeting as one of the chief educational
aids. Last night Governor Russell
was present, speaking on Good Citi-
zenship," He took an optimistic view
of the situation geenrally and urging
his hearers to do their part as best
they can.
COTTONSEED SELLS CHEAP
The board of trustees of the peniten-
tiary have sold thirty-five carloads of
cottonseed, about 700 tons, to S. Z.
Rirdsong, of Jackson. at $26.75 per ton.
that being the best bid filed with the
secretary of the board. In view of the
fact that the trustees were setting their
cottonseed last year this time at from
$50 to $S5 per ton, they are not in any
hurry to sell the remainder of their
crop.
ROBERTSON, NOT ROBERTSON
A similarity of names has brought
good many inquiries and protests to
the wrong state official. Frank Rober-
son. attorney general coming in for a
good deal of the criticism that is
intended for Stokes v. Robertson. rev.
enue agent on account of his monster
| suit against the fire insurance COM
panies. "They are jumping on me-
| says the attorney general, "for what the
| revenue agent has done, and a MEM
Der of the fire department told me.
good -naturedly, that he was going to
just let my house burn up the first
time it caught"
AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS
The Birmingham police department
| has notified J. ]. Conan secretary of
the penitentiary board of trustees that
he has Marion Chitwood, a white man
who escaped from the penitentiary sew
eral years ago, in Jail, and asks that
| he be sent for. Chitwood was SEN
fenced to serve life sentence in 1902,
for murder committed in 1ttawamba
| county, but in 1903 while working on
| the new capitol grounds here at Jack
son. made his escape and has never
been heard of until now. Arrangements
are being made to send man who
used to know him back in Ittawamba
county to Birmingham to identify him
as the man wanted.