The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-06-30
Col. HenSlEE RehYs
TO JUDGE WeehS

I Last wess judge Joe B Weeml
bad iengthy article 10 the Herald
sspIyins 10 my staiemen, OF Jan.
Ind. 10 which urged economy "a
public affair.
| Judge Wsems TOOK lssu. ~ith ~,
statement, TIA. the iax levy 10 iell
wn tp. .0On % more than /, eat
two ysAfs psevlous 10 1919
received ny lniorustion iror
ICoun,y Court Ciers, Melvin Hams
hy letter dated Aay 10Th. issl ID
shieh Nt. Harris advised me a,
iolIows
| Taxes charged trustee inr
| yen 1919 ..--- go 800.
Taxee charged uu.,ss ior
.. rear lafo,a ,,y-.., tss ~ II
Tsnes charged trustee
year 1871 .te0, 7lI ~
Mt Ham. stated that thea,
egures "do aot include the pubic
utilitiss shich means The value,
ot the railroads telegraph aud .vls
phone companies ssfr no, neludsd
IN the above total, also the priv,
lsse taxes and aivslofem taXes col.
ssc7s,f iron merchants and o.Aes
clssser OF business we're no, 10
ciuded. County Trustee ssydsn
Hunt. has IN convsrss,ion With
me. yrtlhed the figure. given me by
Nc. Hairs, so II 10 not question
oi whether Judge Weem. is night u,
l sru right. but is =. question oj
whether the County Cour, Clerk
and County Trustee sr wrong. OF
the County Judge is srons.
| Judge W-ems. in his article. said
that personal property vas escaping
taxa,lon and made reference TO
certain bsnk. oi the county On
Investigating the oounty trustee .
book. | dnd that the different
banks oi the county are assessed
and have paid taxes On lao per cen,
oi their capita stock Of their eur
plus and their undivided PROFITS; 10
othd words, the banks oi the
county sre paying taHe. on the iull
smount Of their capital and proAts.
Judge We~ms next says tha. the
merchants ase not paying the prop.
~ amount Of taxes This may be
true, but II II Ia. 10 II not the do, Y
d the county judge 10 see that the
merchants do not escape bearing
theiv just share Of tan burdep.'
On investigation ! hnd that 'hs
railroads ia Dickson County are
| paying into the county 10000
less ior taxss than they paid two
years ago and the farmers and other
|feai-estats owners are paying about
F1Sn, ,WU on Moix thai They pad
two yeafs ego.
There 10 a genera tendency to
reduce the sases II lsbms fsrm
ere have already experienced 4
great reduction IN the rsic- II the
products Of the soil and yet Judge
Weens lsavss The impression tha,
h~ wili recommend 10 tn. county
court next Monday an ing'esse 10
|lalas.
The farmer does no, nay hi,
taxes directly With products raised
irom hi. farm. hu, indirectly he
doe. THE, In 1919 corn ss .-lhns
in Dickson County easily At ~ 90
per barrel and The taxes collected
In our county for .hs. rsr ~ca4i1
run 1AO 0NW II the i.rme, bad
paid 1919 taxes in corn i, would
hav. required seventy o.. hundred
barrel This yesr when 1871 taxes
ar. being paid the 1srms ,ecsiv
ing sbru, 81 % ~. hu.hs' iot 90
ecsn. With 1897 ovu tH,0O %.
II the isrme, should par ,h@.s ssIs
in eoso. be would b. required to
deliver 10 the county trustee tssp,y
tso ,hnusaud and Az. hunt bar
rel, o, xould be forced in pay,ns
1877 taxa TO deliver ,hre TINES ~
much corn ~ in psyint 1919 tsses,
and vet some Will recommend 10
the county cocr usxs Menday an
increase In tai rate
Litsis over three lourhs II tsIfs
collected By the county rra@~ and
BY th. county cour, elsrh are trm
leyies made by the couo,y tosst
The Other one fourth 10 frcm ssvies
made by th. iesisls.ur tcr state
pusrc&<s. bat a D1eksco Coon,r l.
. email county With . large school
population. practically oil N II.
mcney ierisA ard collected by
Legislature scta fos state purposes
10 returned 10 the coon.y 10 he *
pended 90 our roads, h,ghusys and
expeuded IN cur high schoob md
common achccls. In cxhM words. !
practically oil si ID. money col
lecsed fns laxee hx oil purpose 10
Dscksor h xAally sp~ss In Diehsnn
county