The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-12
MONROE CO. FORMS
TAXPAYERS LEAGUE
Members Oblisate Themselves Vote Only For Those C.nd
dates Who Pledge Themselves To Attempt Reduction
Of Expenditures.

lditures.
The following news item from the
Aberdeen Weekly Of August 9Th,
shows that the people in every section,
in South Mississippi, in the Delta, IN
Central Mississippi, in East Missis-
Isippi-all over the State, are protest
ing against the tax burdens that have
grown so onerOus. The action Of
the Monroe County citizens show that
they mean business and will but
serve to heighten the spirit to fight
high taxes in other parts of the State:
Responding to call issued by Capt.
Geo. c. Paine to meet for discussion
of high taxes now apparently onerors
to the people of Mississippi, five or
six hundred tax payers met at the
county court house Monday and en-
tered heartily into the discussion.
Capt. Geo. c. Paine presided as chair
man, and in a straightforward and
earnest talk made plain the tax situa.
ton.
Speeches were made by Hons. w.
G. Sykes, State Senator; w. B.
| Watkins and Jesse NJ. Coleman, Rep
resentatives from this county. Each
OF the above gentlemen gave an ac-
count of his stewardship and made
evident that neither Of them was re-
sponsible for. the existing high cost
of state and county government.
Numerous citizens also made talks,
among them Hon. G. NJ. Holmes,
Messrs. G. w. Wood, E B. Heller and
Joe Bowling.
A committe was appointed by the
Taxpayers League after it had per-
fected organization to draft resolu-
tions, which after being read, were
unanimously adopted. Following are
the resolutions:
The taxpayers of Monroe County,
in mass meeting have, owing to the
Oppressive taxes imposed upon the
lstate and county by the legislature
and by the county authorities of 1920,
reached the conclusion that they
must either abandon their homes and
move to some other state or retain
their homes and force the tax op-
fpressors to leave the state, therefore,
lbe it e
Resolved, /, That the taxpayers Of
Monroe County will not abandon their
homes and native state, but will try
and force the tax cabal in the state
to leave the state or desist from their
Oppressive taxes, by, first, organizing
themselves into q county taxpayers
league, to be officered by a president
and vice-president and secretary in
each supervisors district in the coun-
ty, and second, by obliging each and
every member of the league not to
vote for any candidate for Office,
either county or state, who VIII not
agree in writing TO vote: (a) to re-
peal the county salary law for county
officers; (b) to vote to reduce all and
each appropriation made by the last
Legislature (c) to vote to reduce the
salaries of all executive judicial and
> other state officers at least one-third
Of the salary they are now receiving,
and Id TO vote to abolish all orna-
mental and useless Offices state and
/ county. which are too numerous to
mention. and (e) to either abolish
!. the tax commission. or to so change
its power as to depriving it of its
autocratic and despotic perogatlves.
Resolved, 8, That we earnestly ap-
peal to all the taxpayers of the state
to form similar leagues in each coun-
ity to the league formed in old Mon
, roe, because we are convinced that
|: if the taxpayers do not have earnest
and complete cooperation in their
efforts to stop the increase of taxa
ton we will soon become bankrupt
class. We insist that each county in
, the state organize Immediately and
begin the work of guarding and pro-
tecting our homes from the rapacity
of the horde of tax oppressors who
z now dominate the state. The tax:
ipayers are numerous and brave
enough to carry the reforms herein
! expressed or similar as outlined in
these resolutions, so let's -all get to-
gether and work for our common
; good.
The following were appointed
chairmen of their respective super
, visors' district to organize the tax
payers of same and report to the
central organization at a time to be
! announced later:
E Thos. Caldwell, 1st district.
Frank Durret, End district.
C. w. Rye, 3rd district. j..
!. 3. N. Edens, 4th district.
: w. L. c. Bailey and S. W. Word,
= 9Th district.