The Hayti herald., 1921-12-23
Your Christmas Package-- Your Tax Bill

out and tell who's Who if you gonna. So let uSheIe
say that this ersodic epseaton is to be sort fseal
The story is too long to tell at setting 1t is better
think give it in broken doses, that what follows
may depend somewhat upon the symptoms showssby thel
patient. This is the first Dose and while believe wei
the thoroughly diagnosed prefer to await
the effect whether chill fever is produced, both
If this to hit the right spot it will be doubledin
next. This is merely homeopathic.
But is unfair to The reader to conclude without Civ
ing indications Of what propsoe to discuss let
take squnt at The leads to be followed
In the first place, the assessed valuation of Pemiscot
county is something like So 900, 10000. Rick county!
Rich people! Password: "IaX EN-; tax 'em like hell. And
they did. How? From every direction Legal illegal
WISE unwise and otherwise and in ways yet to be
ed "You don't say so?' Reader, heard your voice
Yes. say did The unfolding of that will be the inter-
esting part of this serial.
mates s725,ooooo "What they gonna do with it,
Don't worry. Trust en for that. They have always
gotten every cent of out of the treasury haven't they
And practically every fund OF the county busted flat
a ritter We ought to close right here, for we might
something it we don't Then, too we need little
help. We to know, Mr. Farmer and Mr. Business
Man, if YOU had pay in Pemsco countys leading
agricultural commodity at 35 cents bushel how
bushels would it take to tan bill of 25,O0OOO
bushels the about the average yield, how
many would it take to produce the corn? How much
would it cost in labor? Was there enough raised
in Peiscot this to the bi er would
have to import few train loads to make up the def
cheney? And. if to haul it out of the fields
and dump it upon the Public Square at Hayti how much
ground would it cover? and after all piled i'm
pyramid how much of the dome of the High School build
ing could you sticking out? if any. We are in ear
about to these questions and the first
who figures the correctly and brings them this
office will be rewarded by having years subscription
credited to his her If to do part
do yours Figure out the and bring them in
We want to if anybody is interested, shall
short this literary otentuay before pealizes into full
flower. You the color of the flower by the burst
ing of the bud. If You like it. come The you
manifest your activity the shall show things up.
Don't let anybody switch you onto the wrong track.
They tell that your taxes high that the Re-
publicaps caused it. There Wise Men in this
county laughing in their sleeves thinking they will shoot
the people with that belief in order that they may divert
WatchtuHoS Of their acts to other shoulders That
is dead duck already, dead and damned The Repubi-
badly enough to blame God Knows and in this
serial, expect hold them strict account but we
shall not forget that county board OF equalization
not all Re uhlicanS We ask figures that problem.
We have that all down pat. All to know is the
size of Pemiscots tax BILL measured in pile of
30 cents buShc', dumped upon the Public Square.
Neighbor, could awaken fine morning, and
behold such mountain of grain in the midst Of town
do you not suppose would think had moved over
night to the promjty of Pixies Peak that Pixies Peak
had moved to us? That brother, is the size Of YOUR
Christmas Package handed to you by--