Evening star., 1925-09-02
SOUTH'S TAX LISTS
LED BY RAIL LINES
N. & w., c. & 0. and L. & N.
& Are Only Payers in
Million Class.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY. the Associated Press
ATLANTA, Ga, September 2.-The
South contributed generously this year
TO the Golfers of Uncle Sam through
the income tax route. 1t was revealed
when the income tax lists for 1S24
were opened for public inspection.
Three items of more than million
dollars each were reported, two being
from Virginia and one from Kentucky.
In Virginia the Norfolk and Western
Railroad paid 81 PCS 222 and the Ches-
apeake and Ohio paid $l,5OO,361. In
Louisville the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad showed payment of Sl,7OS,-
625.49.
1t was impossible TO compare the
total returns of this year with that OF
former years, as in some cases the
collectors declined TO reveal the totals
in absence of authority from Wash
ington
The world of sports brought some
interesting figures. In Atlanta il was
revealed that Tyrus Raymond Cobb Of
the Detroit Tigers paid $2,IO4.I6. HIS
home is in Augusta He was out
stripped, however, by w. l.. Noung)
Stribling, who contributed S3.26O.
PA" Stribling followed with So. JAP.
Bobby" Jones, worldfamed golfer,
paid his bit with S20.92. Theodore
tTiger) Flowers, Atlanta negro prize
tS HltI, pdlu 90 to.los
Gamblers Paid $173,37S.
The Gamblers of Atlanta paid a to-
tai of S173,37S.S3. Asa G. Gambler. sr-,
and Asa G.. Gambler. jr., made no indl-
vidual returns, their tax being paid
through Asa G.. Gambler, Inc, which
paid $79, ,050.05. The largest payment
by any one of the family was by c.
Howard Gambler, who paid $S1, S67.38.
IN
of the Coca-Cola Co, paid what is
believed to be the largest individual
tax in Georgia, S247, ,046.64. The Coca
Cola Co. returned a tax of $780,
e57.54, which tops the list for the
State.
Tobacco brought forth the largest
contribution in North Carolina, w. n.
Reynolds, president of the L. }.
Reynolds Tobacco Co. of Winston
Salem, paying $243,395.
The general prosperity of Florida
was reflected in the returns from
that State, there being six individuals
paying taxes above the 100000
mark. They are: James Dering,
Miami, SITS, ,77S.04; William Horlick,
Miami Beach, $146, ,351.S9; Charles
Deering, Miami, $139. 9.S1412; John L.
Harris, Palm Beach, 1927, 1888, and
J. w. Young, Hollywood, SlO7 ,039.4 .43.
Industry Pays Heaviest Tax.
The iron and steel industry nat
uralIy led in Alabama. The Sloss
Sheffield Steel and Iron Co. of Bir-
mingham paid d tax of S225, ,915.42.
The Gulf States Steel Co. was taxed
$64 4,906.5S. Algernon Blair of Mont
gomery led the list of individual
taxpayers with S60,22S96.
Scott L. ProbaSco of Chattanooga
was believed TO be the largest in
dividual taxpayer in Tennessee with
$106. .107.72. The American Snuff Co.
of Memphis paid S272, ,S70.S3. Sena-
tor L. D. Tyson of Knoxville paid
$1S,S4259.
Arkansas was led by w. J. Bu
chanan of Texarkana, with S127,-
4T3.O7
Mrs. A. T. Hert of Louisville,
widow of Alvin T. Hert, who
was national Republican COM
mitteeman from Kentucky, led the
individual returns in the Blue Grass
State with a tax of S5O,6S3.S7. The
next one was James b. Brown of
Louisville with $37,S8123. The Louis
Vile Railway Co. paid $13S,912.96.