Milford chronicle., 1923-09-14

IT is POSSIBLE for the aggregation which creates the
editorial matter used by the Sussex Journal printed at
Georgetown make many mis-statements and tell de-
berate lies matters pertaining to politics, that
the slow moving Robert G. Houston revols Only in
intervals does Bob" Houston become pencil pusher in
the capacity Editor of his paper the Sussex Republi
can which also printed at Georgetown but last week
the first column of his editorial called out the fact
that statements printed from time to time the Sussex
Journal, touching purported about public affairs
especially Department its administra-
TORS are deliberately the purpose of
influencing the uniformed who may be influenced to
pose operation of enacted to raise money main
tanning the schools and other affairs in Delaware Mr.
Houston in his Sussex Republican last week printed the
following facts to reute the deliberate false statements
made from time time, by the Sussex Journal and it is
worth reading by all fair-minded people He says:
"Our neighbor the Sussex Journal is unjust and in its
criticism of the Deputy Collector of Income Taxes of this
County him of neglect of duty; of deliberate
y prositung the of his Office to give Justices of
the Peace rake7O and of general inef1cency Of
fcia very lbeous article fact. None of which
justified by the facts have occurred of course
in establishing the law. The tax Office first duty
to send out blanks to everyone and everyone in the State
required to make return. The only way the office
had to the of all taxable in the State
from the assessment lists registration lists, voting
lists and from people in different districts who
quanted with the people of those districts Women
not assessed hence that list in securing the
of taXables Many did not register and
vote hence other information to resort
ed to- to find all the taxables By this MEANS there of
occurred many Implications Some people foolish
y go by their middle Legally it is part ones
and the law requires them to be by
They known by their middle vote by
their full This the errors
and considering the number of taxables about "a 00O
comparatively few have However, if ev
cry taxable had obeyed the law and return these
would not have occurred and most of these
have been caused by the people themselves the
lectOrs have been msled by the people themselves All
these taxabes who indicted sent several no
tices. One man made his wife's return under
name while she voted under another OF
the list twice How could the collector
she the person? Mr. Bryan to whom the Jour-
nal REFERS paid his tax and took his receipt Waman
leaving the tax against Waitman Bryan unpaid. How
could the collector know that the who paid
Waitman really named Bryan? No person knows every
man and woman in Sussex County and officials
not supposed to know and these charges against
the State Income Tax Collector unfair and unjust He
has tried to enforce this law fairly and efficiently and
yet people have tried to avoid paying this and
have been encouraged by prominent leaders who should
and do know better The collector has only sought
force the law and to that all paid the tax
dodgers not permitted to get off from paying the
tax This Office has collected $4,000 per-
in this county yet only 1879 registered
only 18,200 voted at last election We think this good
record and received benefit the
collection of this tax for school purposes which laid
to tighten the tax real estate"