The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-06-23

.coa,isasd IRON Gre. p.las)

fees for the service thsy recdsf thsar
patruns and they cost ths county
nothing except tina Truxiss who u
paid q commission and the State rsys
d good par. Of that ne respcnsi-
hilFty Of any office In the county 10
worth tbs entire salary, counting
ncthing fer the work
We are paying cur elsmsnsasy
school teachers far below The ayeraes|
salary and we are paying our labor
fer road WORK bsicw the average
wage
Col Hsnslee suggests in his article
further economy We are buying
practically Aaihias. aaysax nothing
tina, 10 no, absolutely necessary. ard
the only way 10 econonsiIs further. 10
10 reduce salaries Of 0ffieiAls and
school teachers ard wages Of cur
road labor and 70 Do this salghs cause
. strike,
Dfekssr ~ u % csc 10000 bsssiasss4
The First National Bank Of which Col
Henslee /. president is 81 .cseo, COO 90
business and dare say that the esnk
pays far more in official salaries ihaa
does the county.
Reference is made by Col Hsnsles
10 a solution u cur financial sondi-
ton. think know this solution.
that 10 10 put the personal property
OF the county on the tar book and let
IL bear Us Just part Of the burden
We have near ten million Dollars
worth Of personal property IN the
county the greater part OF which -
owned BY the Weather class Of cur
citizens, and sr have less than org
hall millions Dollars 81 Il on thu
books This is all wrong. ], Is the
| wrsiss.sr class whe AIS hiding out
their personal property and secre'tns
il from he tar ASSESSOR, while the
small farmer and home owner cannot
| hide out his farm or home, so he pays
the bill. To illustrate fully what
mean, | invite anyone 10 20 10 the
assessors records and take the
schedules 81 ten or twenty Of the
wealthss, men you know in Dickson
You viii be surprised 10 learn that
practically every one Of them sweat
| that they have less than One Thou.
sand Dollars worth Of personal prop
.srtY and they pay no tar on u. Go
also 10 The County Court Clerk. ~.
| fifr ana zee the schedules Allied e1'
by your largest merchants. COMPANY
! tex&, with their ineaius tax returns
or the report given Brads,reet OF
X. G. Dunn $50. and YOU will agar
be surprised They report TO tAs
county from 10 20 IS per cent th'
amount they report 20 Dunn a Co
Il is Just as wrong to cheat the eoun
| ~ in this-way a. !, would be 10 chca
your nearest ncighbor,
| We should first put all the property
on the tax book, then our Court shoul'
| calculate the smallest amount that i
necessary 90 run the county. and MAX
the levy accordingly
We cannot afford 10 bx our sehoo
levy at less than 30 cents on III
| 800 90 as We will lose the create
| part II state aid, We cannot afor'
| 10 levy less than Is cents for hsg|
! schools as We will again, As we di'
this year lose great deal Of stat
aid The legislature fixes our toa
and pike take, al 10 cents on N
$4,000 We have 10 raise I'll 100.
| 90 for interest on our 1918 bonds. an
| 100000 for interest on our 1874
bonds and We should make q sui
fieien, levy 10 pay this and create
: small sinking fund We should max
levy sufficient 10 pay od our II
,erest warrants on the jail and Hig
School Building accounts. and this
only matter u calculation Ou
County expenses run ~ the minimum
i about sl6, 1000 90 q year and our lev
on property should raise about fl2
10000 II this amount This is q
: the accounts exeep. the Bridge ar
Ferry, and | have nothing 10 say n
nor against them.
I think /, would be good busirs'
advice 10 advise the court to make Il
above calculations and make the ls'
IL accordingly, and thighs the advice
recommendation ! shall give them
July
I'll I recall that we had an econon
y speech when we made our last le,
and We took i, when We came TO o.
high school and 1913 highway DO,
q levies Because We refused 30 add
VI cents extra 10 our high school le'
1--WE received si,e@A n, ifys from =
state shan We ~aaad otherwise Ia
" gotten. and the very next court '
" borrowed 100000 10 run our hi
schools the full term We also i
+, duccd cur 1918 Highway Bond ia
:, and collected less than the m.ers
:" alone, and today VIZ are further
dSrs -hsr yrs- aru i'rcrts~d Il
rs Is bad advice and should not be hSts
j ed 70 again
We should use every possible cccr
my, but in doing this we should =
nj forge, The duty We owe 10 our Oh
Q Ciren 10 educate them. nor the duty
the public 10 supply an efficien. ~
ernmer,. nor the duty we owe 10 q
y creditors 10 pay BAR debts nor d
~ duty 70 always keep the name Of G
county above rvrresch.
III JOE Il. wEEMS