Orrville Courier Crescent (Newspaper) - July 21, 1913, Orrville, Ohio GROWS NEARLY One Day When Children Are Given Fresh Air Folks Seem Happy When They Alight From the Passenger Couple Florence Wertz and Patrick both of were wedded on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at the parsonage of the Reformed The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. E. They will make their home on a farm near auto party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rousch and son Edward Saturday forenoon witnessed a busy I and Miss all of scene about the A. C. depot were entertained at the home when citizens gathered to meet the I of Mr. and A. B. Houser on little folks coming for a two I and 82 under the direction of Manager Kinney Nuptials alighted from the Mr. Kinney A pretty wedding occurred a student at Oberlin also July 15," when Miss Nelle Y. M. C. A. and has been Slusser became the bride of C. A. connected with this work during the The wedding ocurred at the past nine home of the bride's the loss of a sheet containing Rev. Halfaker The the names of several only 82 bride is a popular lady and is of the 95 assigned to Orrville came on | well known around while the but arrangements have groom was a former Cleveland completed whereby those delayed I but recently came to Marshallville to and 28 more will arrive on Tuesday | practice They will make on train 502. I their home in families asked for one or two of the little visitors after the Every Sunday Class Will lists had been sent who will be The Every Sunday Class of the from Tuesday's group Christian Sunday School will be at the regular monthly wishful many of 1 meeting at the home of Mrs. A. E. the little tots stepped from the train on North Elm the arms of the committee day July 23rd. Mrs. Kraus en who were there to meet will be assisted by Mr. and Mrs. C. while a few of the smallest ones were A. and Mr. and Mrs. R G. somewhat frightened for the I All members and associates Each bore a tag with the name of the 1 are earnestly requested to be to whom the child had One little who had Guests spent several summers in fresh air Mrs. Harry Chaffin and Miss Anna but who was not tagged at hello girls at the Wayne boarded the train on his I County telephone drove to the own and arrived with J home of the latter's parents at The little fellow found a where a pleasant afternoon when Uncle Ed Kraft was Mr. Chaffin joined the stepped forward and bade Charley ladies in the evening and accompan Ross with them Mrs. A. I. Fouch children seemed happy when two little of once the hands of their Some | ing just returned from a visit with went to the while others were friends at were also present taken into the homes of town in the where they will remain for the two after which they will again re- Entertain in Honor of turn to their various homes in the Mr. and Mrs. Amos Brenneman eri Below we publish the names of Friday at their country the parties who volunteered their east of to a and are entertaining their licious dinner and supper in honor of company in great birthday of B. G. H. Mrs. Jos. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. L. Mrs. Joseph Mrs. John Marty and daughter Lil Norman Mrs. Caroline Sheppard and Mrs. Daniel Mrs. Oliver daughter Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Martin Mrs. Bowman and Ralph and Rhoda Mrs. J. D. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mrs. D. Mrs. J. W. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Marty and sons Mrs Rebecca Mrs. and Theodore and daughter P. M. Mrs. C. C. Mrs. and Mr and Mrs. Edward Miss | Miss Edith Miss Leora Stam Mrs. Elizabeth Miss Mabel Mrs. Mrs. C. D. Mrs. E. C. Mrs. Peter Mrs. Gideon Mrs. W. F. Mrs. Mrs. H. C. Mrs. Lewis Mrs. J. D. Mrs. C. L. Mrs. Frank Miss Emily Mrs S Mrs. Grace Mr. Martin Amal Mrs. David Yeakley of Mrs. H. W. Mrs. Conrad Edward Mrs. C. D. Mrs. Mrs. Bessie Mrs. Ralph Mrs. Peter Mrs. Abe Mrs. M. C Miss Lura Miss Florence Mrs. W. J. Mrs. Orrin Mrs. B. B. Mrs. Mabel Mrs. Charles Mrs. Mrs. May STATE TAX SAYS Plan to Solons in Special TUESDAY DUPLICATE IS Flourishing Condition of the State Treasury Also Warrants deduction in Attempts of Preceding Administrations to Correct Evils of Taxation System In Force Before Law Will Be Given by the Orrville Citizens as Announced Below Will Be Rendered on That fifth open air band concert given on Tuesday A Lemuel I in which there are some special Mrs. Mrs. Peter features has been carefully prepared Mr. Fred Mrs. Frank their Among Mrs. Melvin by is a Mrs. Mrs. Fred Mrs. musical number worthy of the time Mrs. Mrs. attending the Mrs. Rev. Smith of Help swell the The following Mr. H. E. Mrs. A. W. numbers have been selected for A. B. Mr. H. E. July 21st, beginning at John SHUT I saw mill -on the Flickinger farm will be shut down until after Columbia as Crites Co. have bought a new threshing Aboard For and expect to thresh in the | vicinity of Crites requested a season ticket for the Chautauqua entitles you to No extra vacation Aug. Orrville's big THEATER I FOR under this head will be at the rate of 6c per line the Universal Service I insertion and 3c per line each No charge less than 10c. coolest place in Best in touring in the for week beginning July 20. Ford touring 1914 reduced Snyder's experienced girl for Family of per C. C. Sale or city water and Inquire D. Hills of three reel Wife on a Searches For His Long Lost Special No. 3, World Film Corporation presents Outlaw in four A gripping western comedy filled with dare-devil thrilling and I CooperT Smaltz the two reel Masked of the No. 2), series I Elza D. Doctor of No. 7; Call 108 E. O. tf versal Ike in Pursuit of For holding from 240 mated 1000 J. M. a Persian two reel on North Inquire Alex Preserving 96 i For corner Church and Money Bag 1Eclair: street lota 0 is Kept From Being An | two For 4 passenger Sandhill I Peninsula wood range one baby the benefit of the public | if sold Inquire of C. A. NulL announce that is in 15 8 more series to For city water 1 Inquire D. G. July 20.Governor James M. Cox today submitted to the general assembly In special session his message dealing with tax affairs and recommending a reduction in the state tax levy as To the General in the general fiscal and taxation affairs of the state suggest to me the necessity and propriety of convening your honorable body in special The state laws provide a levy of taxes for certain specific This tax rate was determined by the amount of money needed for these and the size of the total state tax the condition of the state treasury also being an element in the since draft on the general revenue fund is provided under certain state tax duplicate has assumed such under the recent change in the methods of listing and the financial condition of the commonwealth is so that the rate carried by the state levy can with be imposed this needlessly assess taxes from the communities is so repugnant to every Idea of public policy that the small financial cost of bringing you and the personal inconvenience occasioned the are considerations vastly I feel both by the relief that can be afforded the people and the spirit of patriotism that possesses your honorable therefore submit for your determination in this message the sole question of reducing the state tax to Moral If it is then the weight of taxation will not only be reduced on our households and but spur will be given by the state government to the moral sense which in awakening is demanding lower tax rates in every taxing subdivision in Never in our history has so much attention been given to the gen eral subject of taxation as and nothing can be more helpful to the welfare of our people than the pres ent discussion which is going on every where within our Not only is the real economic meaning of taxation and its relation to social and governmental life to be better understood as a but the moral aspect of the subject will leave so deep an impression that our taxation policies in the future will be a surer guarantee of the equality of rights under our institutions of It is not surprising that we should at this time be in the midst of an economic development that has excited and held general It is purely It is only the inevitable result of a day universally in gov but the readjustment in large part comes from an internal movement that began long ago in Ohio The cycle of events to which it joins dates back to the early eighties in Ohio's At that time the unfair and inefficient system of listing property for taxation led to serious consequences in the fiscal affairs of the It was the practice then to support tire state in large by direct Under date of 6, 1886, Governor Joseph B. Foraker sent a special message to the general assembly in which the very first words were financial condition of the needs recommended that the state is sue bonds to the limit of the tional authority for th purpose of paying current But the significance of that document was the analysis of conditions existent Governor Foraker submitted this observation as a striking of governmental Personal Property 1883 the value for taxation of the personal property of the as shown by the grand was In 1884 it shrank to 1528,298,871, and for 1885 dwindled again to This loss has been made up largely by the steady growth of the valuation of real estate on account of new but the loss was greater than the increase last and the result is shown in the fact that the grand aggregate of all the property of the both real and amounted in to but against for 1884, or a loss of moral phase of the situation was presented in these Idea seems to prevail * * * that there is no harm in cheating the although to do so a false must be made and perjury must be This offense against the state and good morals is too committed by men of wealth high character and of position in excise taxes were suggested and It was urged that a revaluation nil property be made at once of waiting for the next decennial valuation of 1890." It was further recommended that a state board of consisting of eight be appointed as well as revise and the valuations to bo The essence of the whole situation at that time was epitomized in the is also thought men so selected will have the interests of the whole state more in mind than If they be elected to represent some particular district or in which case experience has shown they are too apt to act as though their highest duty was to secure the lowest possible valuation for their respective It is further recommended that in all cities having a board of tax commissioners It be made the duty of such board to all the assessors and It is confidently believed that if such legislation can be secured as is here attempted to be the tax duplicate can be so increased as to approximate our real and that valuations can be so equalized as to secure uniformity and justice lor the whole Emergency When Governor under date of Jan. 4, 1887, presented his regular message to legislature the financial emergency was so pressing that he reminded that body again of what he believed should be done In the way of taxation His earnest conviction with reference to the real remedy is shown in the following excel pt from his further recommendation is also repeated that the assessors of personal property be appointed in ail The recommendation is confined to cities because the constitution requires the election of all township fiscal condition of the state was such that the public mind remained more or less centered on taxation and what was known as the Massie headed by Senator Meade Massie of was appointed under the provisions of a senate joint adopted March 24, 1888. The preamble Is a manifest need of and demand for a revision of our present system of committee In its immediately sensed the basic fundamental and In its report the same kind of comparisons of personal returns in the large and small coun ties that we are now so familiar was set That then was the same as that corrected by the Warnes law enacted in this state a year ago is plainly shown by the following declaration by the legislative have tried to secure a better class of assessors by extending their terms of office and increasing their We have tried to compel them to do their duty faithfully by placing them under a more binding larger and greater penalties for malfeasance or We have tried to improve the form of the tax list and to compel each person to ac tually swear to his We do not know what more can be done to se cure full and fair returns of personal and continued despite the fact that the public intelligence recognized the injustice of and matters had not been improved by the of the tax inquisitor the operations of which brought scandals that shocked the sensibilities of the The processes of public went and in 1893 the administration of Governor William was historically attached to the taxation The commission appointed by in its personnel and performance made a deep impression on the thought of the It recommended the appointment of a state tax to which the listing of public utilities would be and the appointment of Recounts records next disclose the administration of Governor Andrew Harris in an effort to provide relief from taxation A commission was and it recounted the evils so well known It ably submitted in which Governor Harris excise taxes had been and the state government was in some from a condition of constant financial This in some measure delayed the final remedial but the report of the Mc Kinley commission was a vital even though action on its suggestion was not taken while he served as the state The apparent influence of public utility companies in making possible returns more or less grotesque in local subdivisions brought a new irritant to the and Governor Harmon renewed the discussion of the subject and it be came a leading feature of his The state tax commission was and its service in listing public utilities soon demonstrated the wisdom of the The McKinley commission had shown that in 1892 the entire valuation of railroad property was but while the horses of the state were listed for almost half that amount An important thing in the whole development of the subject of taxation was the passage of the Smith 1 per cent which carried a limitation on the tax rate within the subdivisions of the It had the double purpose of enforcing and by tho reduced of bringing intangible property The result in listed intangible property in 1913. That Governor as the advocate of the Smith 1 per cent recognized as a buttress and protection to that the abolition of system of electing Is shows by hia last message to the legislature Jan. 6, 1912, In which he speaking of tho Smith unfortunate failure of the Edwards at the last session has pre thus full enjoyment of the result in The work of elective ward township assessors han proved a failure in Ohio and That proposed to substitute for these and for city boards of review a deputy tax commissioner in each county to act under direction of the state tax with power to employ necessary This review shows how tile intelligence and patriotism of the state persisted through three dominated at all times by the lofty ideal of so shaping our laws as to distribute the burdens of government It is also worthy of note that every serious attempt to bring about a remedy was along the same Sermon by Rev. R. J. Beard at the Methodist Order of Railroad Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad together with the Auxiliaries observed memorial day The different organizations met in the new O. R. C. hail at 1:30 and marched to the Methodist church where a splendid and appropriate service was preached by Rev. R. J. Beard at 2:00 A song entitled Life's Railway to dedicated to the railroad men by Mr. was sung by Miss Roxine Immediately following the services an automobile conveyed several men to Crown Hill cemetery where the grave of the only deceased member interred at Orrville was HAVE BEEN the Various toiles in tte Public Four straight defeats on but we're still hoping to see a Canton considered the fastest amateur team in Stark won from our boys but it took big hits to do it. a triple and two home The effort to press into the public I one not allowed on account of the idea that the appointment of assessors is a mere caprice of the present conceived for some ulterior purpose is both futile and The assessor who did his duty was never That is the history of the old plan Now in full and open man to can citizens of a great deny that the desire to elect assessors wherever It remains lodged is coupled with the knowledge that these officers always entered upon their duties under a sense of more or less The vote of the property holder was in the assessor's mind and human with its permitted the selfish consideration to enter first lu his mental attitude towards his Is it is it worthy of a great to try to convince ourselves that a sublime principle has been as a matter of the controlling thought ie to withhold our vote for if not How often has it been charged that people were In that very remote contingency there is ample facility for against a The prevailing complaint is that too many individuals and interests have not been paying their share of and ordinarily the offender has been the artful skilled and resourceful cutting spelled two were down in the first inning two doubles and a scored two Another run in the 4th was a terrific home run drive over center In the 7th a base and single scored the final tallies for the scored one in the second on a stolen base and two infield Nothing doing for our side until the 8th, when although seven men only one In the ninth after two were gone a stolen base and another single scored the final tally of the The 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9R.H.E. Canton 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 05 9 5 Orrville 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 7 3 Skelley and Hostetler and Kraft and well attended meeting of was at the town hall Friday Campaigners were enthusiastic over the prospects of a most successful week of August 16, when the program will be The town has been divided into five districts and each of the captains will have charge of his The ten committeemen under the captains will make a house to house canvas in their respective The work is begun Wednesday morning and continue until H. P. the very sort i heim has succeeded G. C. Smith as an individual was influential in I captain of squad No. 3 and declares his ward or and his known be heard was strongly suggestive to Under the operations of be to when the new the Standard Oil com- approached on the subject of buying without submitted to an a season The committees are increase in Hancock county this year made up of men who have their own of ten million value of ten business to look hence townships in the The body can lend a helping hand towards plain meaning of this is that the bringing about success in the final ers in ten townships have in the I wind-up of the sale of Nearly All Rooms the Same Faces Will Again at tlie Opening of Board of Education has selected their corps of instructors for the Walnut street and Oak street schools and one grade of the Maple street Prof. W. W. who was employed for a term of two years at the beginning of the last will again be found at the head of Orrville's educational Besides it will be pleasing to note that many other positions are this to be filled by the same efficient The high school as far as is known at this time will have the same force of At least all were re-elected and assigned as W. E. D. L. German and F. L. E. Walnut first and third and Ada V. fifth and Grace L. seventh and Edith Sti Fannie Grace Helen Blanche Luella Fannie fifth and the Maple street school which was opened April 6, 1914, and partly occupied during the remainder of the only one Miss has been She will be assigned to the first and second While there are still six weeks of Prof. the teachers and the Board of Education are already making preparations toward the opening of the fall It will be an entirely new organization as ample school facilities have been provided at the completion of the school house in the west end of been paying a large part of this company's In a large city a man whose name was never on the tax duplicate before was listed this year for in Standard Oil The average return by home owners in the working man's districts of that city is so that 600 workmen have been paying this man's taxes for the policeman to guard him at the lire department that protected the roof under which he This is more than is a and it is high time such practices came to an end in this The commission of William after stating plainly that the system was indefensible and centered Its en on two basic That the appointment of a state tax commission which should value all public utilities and control the taxing policy of the state in order to render the system uniform as the constitution OF MRS. Anna relict of Adam passed to her reward Sunday afternoon at the age of 73 She resided with her Mrs. Lemuel south of Deceased was stricken with paralysis during the past winter and again in from which the aged lady gradually became weaker until the Her husband preceded her in death about 20 years Three Mrs. Mrs. Barbara Eshleman and Melvin sur The funeral will be held Wednesday from the house at 9 o'clock and at Martins church Commissioner JOHN H. of Baughman for County W. J. of Canaan township The appointment of County 1910, the first recommendation was adopted in the act creating the tax commission of Ohio and giving to that commission supervision over the assessment of real estate and original jurisdiction in the assessment of the property of public As a result the grand real estate duplicate of the state was increased from in 1910 to in 1913an increase of public utilities were increased from in to in 1913au increase of and banks were increased from in 1910 to in 1913an increase of in taxing affairs when the present administration came into being was MAN Prominent Citizen of Defiance County M. of for County H. of Green township for County L. of Clinton town for County Sugar Creek for County W. of for County B. of for County M. of Chester town for County Common Judge LYMAN R. of term for Common Pleas E. WEYGANDT for Common Pleas Judge Recorder FLEMING of I for County D. of Clinton County of Court C. W. of West for i Clerk of H. FRANKS for Clerk F. of Out of had been an adequate assessment of the property of public utilities and banks and of real all of which was done under the supervision of the tax commission of There had been made an increase of four billion dollars in these classes of When the present administration came into power the personal property of individuals and the of for erty of Incorporated companies wero C. F. of only classes of property in this ton for state that were not listed by the tax JOS. W. of East Union or under its - that while the four billions of L of increase to real ' close second m the primaries m 1910, and banks had brought about defeated by only eleven a reduction in tax the owners property and shared In that reduction WILLIS of Sugar Creek increased thely valuer for State Uone Number of Orrville People Attended the Funeral at His Home on the benefit of. relatives and friends in Old we publish from the Defiance News an account of the death of T. F. who was a former citizen of the residing at the time east of Deceased had a number of relatives and in this community at the time of his The article Flemming Dowell was born Dec. 14, 1835, near Mt. Holmes his parents being Jacob Dowell and Elizabeth Harold He was one of a family of 11 5 sons and 6 he being the 9th child of the family and the 5th Of these all have preceded him in death with exception of one Mrs. Hester now residing in 111. April 27, 1865, he was united in marriage with Miss Lucy J. also of Holmes They resided in Holmes county until 1876, being 41 years on the farm on which he was They then moved to Wayne thence to Saginaw Mich. In the fall of 1882 the family moved to residing here continually since that One son was born to this Orin W. who with his mother and his C. Jacob father of the was a pioneer Methodist the son being a member of that religious body for over 20 Deceased passed away July 11, 1914, his age being 78 7 and He WHS home man and loved his fireside very was a model husband and kind As a citizen he was honored and respected by all and his upright and just life made his word as good as He was sincere in his steadfast and true to his Loved loyal to his country and his to his resting place honored and Funeral services were held from the family West Hicks Tuesday afternoon at 2 Interment in Forest Home Rev. G Hall of the ML E. church from abroad who attended the funeral on Tuesday were Frary and daughter of Mrs. I. O. of Mr. and Mrs. Corwin D. O. E. Mowrer and Clarence of Mrs. Amanda Bradwick and Mrs. Roland of Ft. of Mrs. B. B. of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Dohm and Earl of Mrs. J. M. of Waynes law was enacted prt | C. T. of for disappointing in the lest named marily to extend tho juris diction County as tto te Qa | PHILIP of County ED. 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