The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1921-05-27
CITIZENS ENDORSE
SALES TAX plan
DETAILS ARE ARRANGED
Canvass of Entire District to be Made
for Signers of Pledges to Support
Public School.
PLAN OF TAXES FOR CONWAY
SCHOOL.

Soft drinks, including bottled drinks,
ice cream, ice cream cones, cent for
each person served, regardless of price
of drink.
Cigarettes, cent per package.
| Cigars, l cent each.
Moving picture shows, l cent on
ach admission.
Cleaning and pressing work, l cent
on each garment.
Barbering, cent on each shave,
haircut or other item.
Sales Tax.
A general sales tax of per cent, to
be collected only from persons living
in the Conway school district, on all
merchandise sold at retail, including
also the following goods, commodities
or services: Meats, groceries, feed
stuffs, dry goods, shoes, clothing. hard
ware, building material, fire insurance
premiums, abstract fees, shoe repairs,
photographs.
No tax to be collected on fuel, ice,
aundry work, hotel or restaurant bills,
monuments, undertakers' bills.
Owners of stores and their salespeO-
pie will pay the tax when goods are
taken from their own stores.
Luxury taxes to be paid in cash.
Sales tax to be in the form of special
stamps to be attached to purchases in
case of cash sales, or to monthly state
ments when paid in case of credit
sales.
Banks, wholesale houses and all in
dustrial establishments not required to
collect sales taxes to be asked to make
or renew annual subscriptions to
school district.
Although the attendance, due to
numerous other events and the short
notice given, was not so large AS de-
sired, the citizens who were present
at the mass meeting at the public
school auditorium last night unani-
mously endorsed the sales and luxury
tax plan as proposed by the school
board, Rotary and Commercial Clubs
and the merchants for the relief of
the finances of the school district.
The meeting also provided for the for
nation of an executive committee to
have charge of the administration
house-to-house canvass Of the school
district to secure pledges for its
adoption.
Mayor W. D. Cole presided at the
meeting and requested William R.
James of the school board to give a
statement of the financial condition
of the district Mr. James said the
floating debt of the district had now
recalled $4,000 and it would be alb
solutely impossible to reopen the
school next year unless funds from
some outside source were obtained to
supplement the reenue Of the district.
Rev. E. P. J. CARROT made a short
talk in which he pledged his support
to any plan that might be devised
to keep the school going.
f. H. Allison of the school board
then read the schedule of proposed lux
ury and sales taxes which appears at
the head of this article and after
short discussion it was unanimously
adopted on a rising vote.
The discussion conferred mainly up
on the point as to whether if large
majority of the citizens Of the dis
trict committed themselves to the
plan a small minority by declining to
accede to it, would prevent it's opera
ton. On this point it was agreed
that if rs per cent or more of the
people signed the pledge to pay the
special taxes they should be collected
from all without discrimination. W.
NJ. Harrell, one of the leading Yher-
chants, was loudly applauded when
he said that II such a large majority
should petition for the collection of
these taxes and all merchants would
agree to collect them, then if Gus
toner who lived in the Conway dis
trict would come to his store and re-
fuse to pay them he would tell him
to go elsewhere to buy his goods.
In order to prevent a misunder-
standing upon the part of persons liv-
ing in other school districts and trad
ing at Conway it was again emphas-
lied that the sales taxes on merchan-
disc would not be collected from any
one not living in the Conway school
district.
Following the adoption of the sche-
dule by the meeting a motion was
adopted that the chairman appoint
an executive committee of five to have
supervision of the campaign for and
the administration of the sales and
luxury taxes. a thorough house-to-
house canvass of the district for
pledges being contemplated, and the
committee also being authorized to
make notifications in the schedule of