Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-10-24


lands & KoHN, Brunswick Bldg. Neg York
Peoples Gas Bldg, Chicago.
THIS is circus season in South
Georgia and it is circus day in
Americas. The newspapers of the
state have been featuring editorials
recently upon the circus, the thrills
it brings to US all, and on how its
interest never wanes, despite the
coming and going of the years To
most of us circus day is holiday that
old and young look forward to from
the moment the gaudy posters with
their bareback riders, ferocious ami
mails and vaulting acrobats make
their appearance until the gray dawn
ing of the day the nomadic enter
tainers detrain. There is something
in the circus that appeals to the
documentary nature, to the instincts,
that makes US forget our business,
our worries, our most intimate in
terests for the time being, to follow
the lure of the sawdust ring.
There are those who object to the
circus and its coming; they say it
does no good and takes the money
out of the community. But you can
put it down in the top of your hat
that none of those who make these
objections are the youngsters, and
likewise there are none of them who
are not among those who feel that it
costs them a little in the way of
profits that might have been.
Really. the circus brings happiness
and contentment to the countryside
that nothing else can bring. It is the
corn-feld darkey's entertainment for
the whole year; it is the street ur-
chin's INSTALLATION of fairyland; it
is every mans land of make-believe
come true.
THE Marion County Patriot speaks
out. There is tax lodging in
Marion, and it demands that the COM
ing grard jury get after the big
fish that have been getting away. 1t
says in the current issue of that
splendid little weekly:
@We would respectfully suggest
that the grand jury get busy the first
day of court and begin thorough in
vestigation of the manner in which
our people return their PROF erty for
taxation.
Take, for instance, Tic ten cases
enumerated below, and you will ge,
only vague idea of just how many
taxpayers are lodging taxes. 1t is
not just; it is not right, and some
thing must be done.
''We can see no reason far paying
tax receiver and tax equalizer3 for
doing absolutely an injury t. the
county. The committee appointed to
Investigate this matter should be
composed of men of intelligence and
honesty.
"There are many things to be in.
vestigated by a grand jury besides
little niger skin game All VIC
lations of the law should be investi
gated and all violators of the law
should be punished.
Eve are after big game at this
session of court, and the big game
to bag at this term are the tax
dodgers. Taxes are high and hare
To pay and the burden should beal
equally on the rich and poor alike.
,,94"Go after this matter with glove
off, Mr.. Grand Juror, and let's ge
results. Have these tax dodgers call
ed before your body and find the sea
son they refuse to return their prop
erty for taxes.
- "Get in behind your tax receiver
and board of tax equalizers and maxi
them show their hands.
There are favors being shown
some folks in Marion county anC
the same should stop"
Here follow ten specific instances
of alleged tax lodging with names
omitted, but which evidently Editol
Hirschburg is prepared to substan
tate with records.
So
MT is evident that Marion county il
confronted with the same condi
tons existing elsewhere. They eXis
in Sumter county, and, SO far as WI
are able to ascertain, to greater o.
lesser extent in every other county
1t is the way of the world. The
great majority of people go quietl!
along their way, give in their meagel
= property year after year at its full
worth and pay their taxes withou
protest-although sometimes with q;
misunderstanding their assess
ments too small, usually, to be worth
protesting. And the comparative few
may always be depended upon t
give in as little of their propert!
as possible, fight every effort to un
cover more of it or assess it on I
basis Of value given the smaller man
holdings, and shirk his share of th'
public burden in every available way
1t is difference in individuals. Ant
the big fellow usually gets ava!
with it because he is big fellow ant
has the ability to do it.