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The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-08-03

mind now and that ID why the tax
rate is so high? A few figures from
the personal assessment roll will an.
swer this for you. Only $50 worth oil
jewelry on tax roll, only $3.50 worth
OF household furniture, only s6 pis-
tolls, seven guns only $179,S25 worth
OF merchandise, only $12s, ,035 worth
Of machinery will show YOU that Il
takes the high rate on such low
valuation to get the amount oi
money necessary to get by with. By
carefully noticing the figures taken
from the tax roll and drawing on
your thinking faculties a little You
viii have some idea as to what es-
capes taxation, thereby making the
valuation low, the rate high on the
tax payer that has his property
properly assessed. / would not at
tempt 60 place the blame on anyone.
II | could, but II should be called on
for IN explanation would say that
| could not afford TO give In my horse
worth $50, for $3.50 at the same
time knowing that my neighbor's
horse worth 500, was on the roll
for $50, as / would pay the same rate
and thereby pay twice as much tax az
my neighbor. With this remark you
can see that we, as individuals, are
not willing to put The valuation
up and are not willing. for the other
fellow to give In our property and
value 1t. To remedy che whole sit.
nation | think 1t necessary for every
citizen TO make 1t q part OF d citizens
duty to see that all taxable property
gets on the tax roll together with
theirs at d reasonable valuation that
will place all tax payers ON an equa
basis.
After all permit little theorizing
You bought mule paid for 1t, and
thought nothing about it ii the mul,
was u good one and did the work
you had for 1t, but n the mule failed
to deliver the goods on account D
being bllnhs deaf or lamed yon knew "
you had the had end Of the deal bul
said nothing still hpcanse you madt
y bad buy and had no one to place
the blame on. Therefore yon had to
console yourself that you were not q
Judge OF u good nrule- and In thnt I'm.
stance you might have come out bet
ter had someone bought for you,
Now, you turn your money over I'd
some one else TO buy for you aud ii
spent well, or to your satisfaction,
well enough, but II In your Judge
lnent their Judgement was bad, 1t Il
easy 60 say that you are not getting
value received for your money. And
II was the same result as II you
bought the bad mule. Thcu after Ill
1t is y matter OF whether or moi
your tax money IL spent well as tx
whrther or not you get value receiy
ed Tor 1t.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-08-03
oCOBLA

George Bounds and Jackson Per-
kins attended the singing at Proyi-
dence Sunday.
Tslmage and Mrs. Chandler and
children left Sunday to visit relatives
in Leake Co.
Mack Garter was visiting home
folks here Sunday.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-08-03

4 ~ hds Detn my extreme pleasure tO
ne closely affiliated with the Sherriff's
5ssdice OF Neshoba County during the
|Ctesent administration and have had
the pleasure OF meeting near ninety
per cent Of the tax payers of the
County. Iiyou you have been among
>that number. had the pleasure ot
|taking your hard earned moDev, II
kyou were satisfied to leave 1t In my
care believing that Ii would be ap
bropriated In such q way that yon
would get value received for 1t. On
She other hand II you were supicipus
that It would not be spent In a way
shat you would get value received
or 1t, i suffered with you as much
be rejoiced with the other fellow
make the above statments upon my
personal observation OF you as you
appeared before me to part with
That which you are called upon
esxrly to deposit with the tax col.
ector and as u rule, express your
eelf freely az to your opinion OF
County affairs generally. find that
yeventy per cent Of the taxpayers,
tnclrldtng myself before connected
with the sherriff's Office, are at a
oss to know just what becomes
with their money after turned into
Athe hands OF the collector, l do not
ynean to insinuate In any way that
You should or that you have had IN
opportunity TO know, but do mean
that you should have an opportunity
10 know and that 1t is a part OF
Your duty as a Taxpayer TO see to
y that your money is used In a way
nat you Will get value received for
q Time nor space win not permit
me 70 discuss the snbiect enough in
detaii to do 1t justice. but VIII offer
Eou few figures as a matter Of
EecoFd, 90 that you can arrive at q
conclusion for yourself.
\ For the fiscal tax paying year
hding October 1921. collected from
the taxpayers OF Neshoba County
4 $2O5, ,O5O45. The Number OF tax-pay-
|. rs being approximately 5000 makes
hs average tax payers amount $92.
b. II you pay more than the $22.75
Eou are fortunate enough to have
more property than the average,
and II your tax was less than the
2275 you were fortunate not tn
have much tax to pay. For $22 rs
You send your children to school one
\ Year, help pay all district, county
ystate and National officers, help
support all the public institutions
and have the happy privilege OF
fbeing citizen and tax payer Of
Neshoba County. Taking ten OF the
Iargest tax payers Of the county will
keduce the average tax payer one
orth, or In other words taking
5eemer Mfg. Co. Burnside Land and
lImber Co., Bank Of Philadelphia,
Citizens Bank, The J. X. Buck walter
Lumber Co, Henderson Molpus Go,
L, Mars Bros. Dew,sese GammIll Lbr.
Co, q. M.N.Ity. to-, e. r. Donald 4
Bon, tax amounts to over $50. 10000
nlone, or near one forth OF the total
collections. Your $22.75 Ia a proper.
sional part Of the $2O5. .O50.45 and a
-...<~-ksx,xnl ~, - - kha GSE x,C7 El
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-08-03

FOR sALE--80 bushels Burr clover
seed Nj per buahel 3 weeks old reg-
istered Q ~ Pigs out Of litter o. IA
80 each. Young Rhode Island Red
cOckerels your choice N 20 each.
Some beef cows and scrub goats.
j . 6mit d philp Miss h $40
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-08-03

Beat 4 Babtist Sunday school rally
at Hope Aug the 9Th. All S.. S.Work-
ers invited to attend. J. 4. Jolly,
county Pres.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-08-03

T. B. Williams, the president Of the
Neshoba County Fair Association
has been active in advancing the
Fairs cause in State and County. He
will preside at tile coming session.
The Devils Lake world., 1922-10-04

County Court from Jan. l, 1921
to Date.
Number of estates admitted to pro-
bate, 80.
Value of estates (as shown by the
invent (ory and Appraisement) ad-
mitted to probate, $1,146,862.88.
Number of guardianship cases, mi
nors, and incompetent jersons, ad-
mitted to probte, FL.
Value of estates closed since be-
ginning of present administration,
$449, ,429.58.
Number of estates closed since be-
ginning of present administration, 80.
Number of land sales, 10.
The Devils Lake world., 1922-10-04

Claims on file OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -----------------------3,24463l ,244 63
Ramsey County the close Of
g.sl ..-oo,o.
The Devils Lake world., 1922-10-04

Number of personal property sales,
IL.
Number of Annal Accounts Guar
dian's,) Administrators and Execu-
tors, &c.
Amount of fees paid to County Ire
asurer, for marriage fees, Petitir2
fees, etc. $648.00.
Amount of Inheritance tax assess
ed and paid, $10,077.80.
Number Of Mothers Pensions grant
ed, Ia.
Number of patients admitted to
Insane hospital, IA.
Number of marriage licenses issued
213.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

of life as whole. and his exposi-
ton of the progressive fitness and
adaptability of all the various parts
that work together to make up our
universe. His minute. examination
of some of these parts does not blind
him to the whole, and he makes the
reader see how each atom is striving
to fit itself into the immense COM
posite fabric of life.
These six lectures aim TO give
vivid pictures of the great haunts
of animal life. and to get glimpses
of the subtle ways in which living
creatures solve the problems of par
ticular places" Ii is of course, a
selection. very well made choice OF
examples. drawn from many fields.
to illustrate various methods OF
adaptation and growth. For exam
pie. in the chapter on THE Conquest
of the Dry Land" we get a glimpse
of certain betwixt and between ami
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

to men of every type of mind. There
are many distinguished names in the
history OF angling This ex-
plains the size of the fisherman's
library: there are plenty of readers.
The late Mr. Daniel B. Fearing of
New York was said to have accumu-
lated something like 10000 volumes
on the sport, and I do not suppose
he regarded his collectors business
as concluded. And every year adds
new books to the total" So far as
known this literature begins in a
book written about the third century
B. C. Then there is great gap till
about the middle of the fifteenth CEN
tury. when THE Treatyse on Fyssh-
ynge" was presumably composed.
This book got into print in 1896.
Mr.. Sheringham tells us that Ro-
nalds's Fly Fishers Entomology"
is the first really standard authority
on the subject. and it is still the
standard eighty-four years after it
first appeared. He instigated fresh
interest in fly fishing as an art,
which led to the dry fly entomology
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

of Halford. Mr.. Sheringham declares
that he has always wondered that
we do not owe the first definite i'm
pulse to dry fly fishing from Ronalds
himself He observed so closely and
knew the ways of flies and trout so
thoroughly that he must even have
been on the verge Of enlightenment"
The editor goes into an elaborate
geological theory bearing on the dry
fly matter. He also has much infer
nation as to tackle and gives expert
advice to his readers. He praises
American rods. but finally refuses 10
believe that the English rods cannot
be made equally well. The colored
plates scattered through the book
give exact color details of the myriad
flies, and the process of tying a
fly" is explained pictorially. Two
plates of modern flies are added in
this volume to the series in Ronalds's
book. The volume has long been
reckoned a necessary possession of
the fly fisherman as well as of the
collector. The present issue is likely
to be fully and widely appreciated.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

salmon is the same fish all the time.
Plus ca change. plus c'est Ia meme
chose.
And as to the relative catches,
now and then. Mr.. Sheringham says:
'As regards the catch OF fish by
the rod it is probable that the ang-
ling has not greatly deteriorated
since Scrope's day. In 1920 the river
had what was considered to be the
best spring season in its annals,
though the autumn fishing was not
at all good. But the total catch of
fish is very much less than it was
early in the last century. !.
Pollution. the increased land drain
age and the operation Of the nets all,
no doubt, had played a part in the
decline"
knowledge of the salmon has much
increased in recent times. and among
most important is the science of
scale reading. a modern development
which" says Mr.. Sheringham. ''has
enabled us TO pronounce with good
deal of certainty as to the age of the
fish and the main outlines OF their
life history. The study of
fish scales was first undertaken by
Dutch naturalist, Leeuwenhoeck.
in the seventeenth century. /.
The pioneer of salmon scale reading
was Mr. II. w. Johnston. who pub
lished the first statement on the
subject in the Field newspaper in
1904" The reproductions, in line en-
craving. of fish scales are among the
most interesting details in this book
of fascination for the angler. There
is no space for more than the most
desultory reference TO the great mass
of modern statistics OF fishing, be-
sides all the detail of Scrope's per-
sonal experiences. which fill these
pages. The illustrations. printed In
many colors. are OF the greatest deli
cacy, and a large number of old
cravings and prints. several by the
hands of distinguished Academicians.
add to the beauty and interest Of the
treatise.
In his introduction to Alfred Ro-
maids. book Mr.. Sheringham re-
marks that "the literature Of fly
fishing is now perhaps richer than
that of any other individual section
OF sport. II seems to appeal
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

contained in text book, the salient
characteristics of songsters, of skies,
of trees and of countrysides; and this
is infused with such a definite pas
sion for the things described that
a direct contact is made. 1t is re-
fresning in period in which Ameri-
can verse and American prose-not
English verse or prose-are distin-
guished by either an odd disregard
of nature or else a strange Aramaic
perverted sense that it is merely the
reflection of mans moods or pas
sions. to come across anything that
has the translucent separate quality
of sunshine or spring or call notes.
Dr. Van Dyke has wisely included.
and with a fine disregard of con-
temporary criticism. all his poems
having to do with the subject In
question. The gesture is a satisfac-
tory one; simple. self-contained, and
that of an experienced and learned
man. To many some of the earlier
poems may seem old fashioned and
ingenious. OF course. And why
not? DR.. Van Dyke has been writ
ing for five decades, and it is only
the very young and ignorant reader
or critic who magines that the value
of a piece of literary work can be
measured by immediate fashions.
Also it is only tie very young and
ignorant critic who fails to under
stand that in order to judge a man
reasonably it is necessary to take
not the sum total of his output, not
his average, but the highest point
reached; the times he has struck a
dominant note. Otherwise, all poets
are condemned-Blake, Wordsworth.
Shelley. Milton, Tennyson. Browning.
changes quite SO fast as the mode in
literature, and since no poet can tell,
nor any one of his readers. nor any
one of his critics. while he is still
alive, the exact value Of a separate
example of lis writing, nor for many
years after his death, the wise poet
puts his wares on the table and lets
the world make choice. After all.
the intelligent man can do for him.
self, without the aid Of critics. in
respect to a living man what time
invariably does for dead man. Tie
process of winnowing is not a new
one. Yet even here dogmatism
pauses What pleases one intelli-
gent man frequently fails to please
another.
Recently in reviewing the collected
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
DR.. Van Dyke and the Open Life


/" HIS is a good book and has a
good form, even down to the
grass green of it's cover. for
it was evidently intended by the pub
fishers to be slipped into a mans
pocket during the summer months
or in camp or on July or August
walks. Here has been collected all
of DR.. Van Dykes poetry dealing
directly with the out of doors. from
"The After Echo" and ssDulciora" of
his earliest writing days 1871,
when he-was still an undergraduate
at Princeton-to his Salute 20 the
Trees" written in 1920. A long span
of work and long span of love and
observation-fifty years.
The little book-for wisely enough,
as has been indicated, it is a little
book, as all books of poetry should
be: although it is a compact little
book and solids divided into four
sections. The first, entitled "Of
Birds and Flowers" contains DR.. Van
Dykes famous bird songs, such as
1.-THE yeery," 1.-The Maryland Yellow
throat" 1.-THE Anglers Reveille," and
so on. The second section-"Of
Skies and Seasons Tulips
Bloom" Salute to the Trees" How
Spring Comes to Shasta JIM"
Spring in the South,' Spring in
the North" and numerous others.
The third section-"Of the Unfailing
Light''-The Grand Canyon" and
perhaps DR.. Van Dykes best beloved
poem, "The God of the Open Air"
And the fourth and final section
"Wayfaring Psalms in PALESTINE
the by no means so well known un-
rhymed hymns such as THE Path
way of Rivers and 1.-THE Distant
Road"
The book has a wide appeal out
side of its appeal to the lovers OF
poetry. 1t has a historical value
as showing the development of
ran's powers: a technical value.
since many important metrical forms
have been used and very practical
value: the last concerning any one
of thousands of nature lovers and
bird lovers and sportsmen. DR.. Van
Dyke has put into words. in way
much more easily to be remembered
than if the same information were
SONGS OUT OF DOORS. BY Henry
Van Dyke. Charles Scribners Sons.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
For Brothers of the Conpleat Angler

THE FLY FISHERS ENTOMOLOGY.
with coiored representations of the
natural and artificial insect, and
fess observations and instructions
o. trout and grayling fishing. BY
ALFRED Ronalds. A new edition with
colbrcd plates. edited by IL. L.
Sheringham. fishing editor of the
Field Cincinnati: Stewart, Kidd
Company.
DAYS AND NIGHTS OF SALMON
FISHING IN THE TWEED. With
a short account OF the natural his
tory and habits of the salmon. By
William Scrope. Edited with intro
duction notes and appendix by II. I.
Sheringham. Cincinnati: Stewart
Kidd Company.
"HE fishing editor OF the London
Field has done good turn to
the great family of game
fishermen throughout the country by
editing new editions of these two
famous old books, one of which,
Ronalds's, was first published in
1886. and the other, Scrope's stand
ard treatise on salmon fishing. first
saw the light in 1913. The two hand
some volumes now find an American
publisher. and are hence more read
ily accessible 10 a greater number of
American fishermen than heretofore.
Mr.. Sheringham declares that
Soropes book is "a great classic
and one which is now very hard to
come by. The first edition is held at
a very high price, the edition of 1854
almost as rare, and the only modern
edition twenty years old and out of
print. Besides the literary quality OF
its author, the technical interest OF
the book is very great. Says Mr.
Sheringham: we murmur. Tempord
fpuidRtuF and nos mntdmHr in ills
when we read the chapter on salmon
spearing or the injunction that
salmon TO be taken recte ST possis
81 non quocunqae modo? But
in other respects the interest Is
flesh and topical. The way of a
salmon with a fly in 1921 is just
what it was in 1912, and IL Scrope
were TO revisit the Tweed to-day he
would surely fin1 himself just as
sao>cssful N angler. perhaps more
successful, thanks TO the later i'm
provements in equipment. For the
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

measured by the number Of indi-
viduals he has given to the family
Of fiction. 1t is necessary to 90
even further back than that and
recall an ancient critical assertion
much overlooked. A mans value
and interest as a novelist or poet
or anything else is measured by the
definiteness of tie shadow he casts
upon. the screen of life; by his abil-
ity to project his personality and by
the worth Of that personality.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

work of any man over 80 one has
found oneself sooner or later. and
much to ones irritation, adopting
slightly defensive attitude. The
defensive attitude in reality is not
necessary: is becoming increasingly
less so. Even the "Junior Intelli-
gentsia' is beginning to settle. down
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

Songs Out OF Doors" is one refiec-
ton of a many sided and uniquely
valuable personality: one of the half
dozen or SO really great personali-
ties-already accredited: that is-at
present left in the country.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
The Open Shore
The Open Sea

THE HAUNTS OF LIFE BY ]. Ar
thur Thomson. Harcourt, Brace <
Co.
TTyHATEVER Prof. Thomson
w has to say carries the
weight of authority, as he
is universally recognized as one of
the leading biologists of the day. In
addition to scientific precision he al
so has the none too common faculty
of simple. direct narrative. a rare
ability to make things clear and un-
derstandible. IL he has not quite
the magic touch of Hudson or the
charm of our own Beebe he is. none
the less the poet and seer as well
as the scientist combination that
is not common but involves no con-
tradiction. His greatest value lies
precisely in the breadth and COM
prehensiveness of his view. his vision
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

Harry A. Franck, according to a
note issued by his publishers, has
been talking to capacity houses out
on the Pacific coast. The folks out
there seem fairly avid for stories of
his travel experiences. In Seattle
money had to be returned on 200
tickets OF people who had not been
prompt to arrive. for there was no
way to accommodate them, though
Sir Auckland Geddes and Marsha.
Joffre we're both holding receptions
in the city the same evening.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

mails that are At present making tn
transition between water and dry
land. He tells US that:
"On many tropical shores there II
a quaint fish called Periopthalmos,
with protruding. very mobile eyes.
At low tide it slzips about among the
rocks. hunting small animals. even
catching insects. As it Chambers on
to the exposed, bent knee-like roots
OF the mangrove trees, 1t may be
spoken Of as fish that climbs trees"
The various chapters deal with THE
School of the Shore" THE Open Sea-"
with its whales, sea serpents, bar
nacles, swimmers and drifters.
Great Deeps." with their uncar
creatures, 1.-The Fresh Waters"
finally with 1.-The Mastery of the a,
1t is a fascination narrative, fun
entertainment as well as informa-
tion. But more important is the gen.
eral conclusion, which is suggested
in his discussion of the little known
great deeps of the oceans. when he
remarks:
mot the least of our gains is this,
the demonstration that there are no
slums in nature. In these inaccessi-
BILE haunts. in this world of darkness,
there is the same order. the same
fitness, the same finished perfection.
the same beauty that we find else
where"
The book is very well made, and
elaborately illustrated with many
striking and unusual photographs,
such as that of the huddled group
of strange birds on broad pillar OF
rock in the Farne Islands. and also
with numerous well made drawings.
1t is popular science at its best
strictly scientific. and nevertheless
wholly popular in its intelligibility
and in its wide interest.
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

and have babies and perceive the
startling truth that history did not
begin on Armistice Day nor was any
especially new revelation given.
Hayward Broun has said recently
that a mans value as a novelist is
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-22
IDLE CARS DECREASE.

Washington. July 2i.-FreiGht cars
idle on American railroads, because 81
business conditions, totaled 4eo'loo
cars on July !. compared with HE9'o'l
on June 90. OF reduction OF +'''''
cars, according 10 reports Just teoe'Eeu
frop, tho railroads OF the United States
hy m. CIR Service Division Of the
American Railway Association.
TohulatIons showed that OF the total
oS9.o2 were surplus freight cars (that
is. cars in good repair in excess or cur
rem, freight reQuiremertsl, which was
n reduction since June 20 at lO,t0o
cars. while the remaining 1890 were
freight cars in bad order In excess OF
tho normal number unfit for service.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-22
RRIEHT OUTLOOK FOR MUNICIPAL
BONDS, DECLAREjR0C BAB50N
MERGER OF LARGE
TRUCK INTERESTS

Action OF far reaching significance in
the motor truck industry Is involved IN
the formation Of the Industrial Motors
Corporation under the laws OF the State
OF Delaware announced this week
The new corporation is holding com
pany with an authorized capital OF J.
600. 900 shares OF no par value, all IN
ono class.
The announced purpose OF the cor
poration is TO acquire and hold the
stocks. securities and properties CT
motor vehicle and accessory manutac'
turing and selling corporations ana TO
manufacture and sell motor vehicles
and accessories.
Tho first two units included IN the
new corporation are the Selden Truck
Corporation Of Rochester, y. \. ana INC
Atlas Truck Corporation OF YORK IA
Both of these companies occupy an I'M
nortQnt and commanding position IN
the truck industry. Their business as
stated by their officers. has SHOWN
steady Improvement during the past lie"
months.
1t is expected by officers OF the new
corporation that other important units
will be rapidly acquired.