Star And Republican Banner (Newspaper) - May 31, 1907, Abbeville, Alabama Uh MAY 31,1907. 28 MILLIONS ARE ADDED TO TAX Board of Tax Commis Resting After a Strenuous RAILROADS MUST Just Share o f the Burdens of members of the state of are a after a strenuous which they the of the traction transportation and sleeping car pipe telephone and session was over by Fred A. secretary of who is chairman under the law enacted by the recent legislature relie ving the governor of service on the board authorizing him to appoint a new member in his The board aa now constituted has four republicans nnd one work at the session that has just closed was of a very high It went into every feature very thoroughly and at every a determination to do the right thing as near as corporations not able to deceive the board although it may be said that very few to tactics a system devi ied by the board the were to make a clean breast at all their earn aud cost of The beard also asked for the of various officials in order that iey might arr ve at a correct valuation the earning powers of the IS board inc eased the valuation of le corporate nearly unlucky for the corporate but a just according to the belief of every of the The railroads w ii t harder than any other Their demanded that fchey be Let alone and many asked for a on thiS ground that so maiay unfair laws have been enacted by the nation and s ate that the railroads are sure to lose their owu statements the was hardly a road that did not show a big increase in earnings indicating condition of proa never The board took the position that under those the roads should be compelled to bear a just and fair proportion of the burden of for which has an ' of 2400 showed that its net per mile for the entire last exceeded 810,000. Yet the representative of the road insisted that the valuation should be - Members of the board said that the showing of the roads was so good that it was necessary to raise the valuation of their increase in railroad valuations was about 89.000,000. The board increased the companies nearly which will compel the Standard Oil Company to pay more Transportation and sleeping car came in for a slight board took the position that may yet be classed among the they were Dot very much although will be considerably higher than two years The express companies were assessed at about the same figure as last will be of the will appeal from the valuations fixed by the board but it is not likely that the itter will make any change as it went every case so carefully that the feel that they arrived at a corral The board will meet bhe middle to hear appeals 11 be in session fifteen days it will meet for a thirty day session to equalize the tion of real It is apparent thit the board has made a effort to fix the valuation on railroads and other corporate properties so that they will have to bear a just share of the burden of The increased revenue to the state and counties as the result of new on properties will be a very large LECTURE Exceptionally Strong Course Has Been HIS Man Made Money From Roller Skating Of must be seen before it is and it is the ability to see the that makes for the success of the American in Frequently this sense must be whetted by but once the opportunity it must be met with bold A young man of good plenty of and a of found himself in a northwestern city with 816 and some good looking He had no other resources and he realized that it was up to He saw that roller skating was a popular street sport with by found that there was no rink in went to see a hardware merchant and lound he could get a supply of skates from the factory if he would guarantee to pay for them in weekly in He took the He found a big empty which had been an elephant on the hands of the real estate agent He rented and the agent was impressed by the of that he did not dare ask for a deposit because he was afraid of offending his new The he in popularizing himself with the boys about the and getting acquainted with the different newspaper frum whom he had to procure needful The skates were paid for in the course of and before his lease had expired the young man had 98,000 to the good and his nerve was still J. large part of the people of Kansas were Untold thousands are the victims of all sorts of A record of the ones makes Kansas look like an the drug stores did more business Sunday than they have done in many than ever lu spite of the epidemic of variegated diseases the doctors had a sleepy but before night the drug clerks were wan and worn from Kansas used the same beer and persons see a connection be tween this condition of affairs and ihe fact that the saloons have been closed and the brewers and wholesale liquor dealers driven out of one way to get a drink in to a drug store and sign a to the effect that the ij for medicinal the purchaser must designate the malady with which he is disease known to medical science has its according to Insomnia and indigestion are the most but St. Vitus's dance is running and the palsy is staggering through the is flying and yellow fover victims walk the and nobody seems to be afraid of catching it from Bright's typhoid scarlet cuts and to mention warts and all these things and many more baer or whiskey is the only sure guaranteed to cure or money want ads bring of the strongest lecture courses ever selected has been contracted for for the coming It consist of four numbers and will cost to maintain it. The numbers have been most carefully selected and it is believed the high grade of the talent will appeal to the people of Odun and vicinity in such a way as to make the course a great The course will consist of a combination of musical numbers and first number in the course will be Original Carolinian Jubilee one of the oldest and most popular jubilee companies in was organized in 1882 and reorganized in 1891. The musicians now in the have sung together for six consecutive years and in that time have given over twelve hundred They have a repertoire of over three hundred songs and give a program of un usual old plantation negro melodies and a great variety of the old fashioned jubilee The following from the Dodge Press indi cates the quality of the IS stating it very mildly to say that the entire audience was perfectly even captivated with the Some of those accustomed regularly to attend the best pro it far away the best entertain ment given in Dodge City for ten Others said it was the best ever presented in the whilst others voted it in all the best they ever attended any and as they have met most flat receptions from such highly cultured audiences as gather in Trinity New York Beecher's in The Te in and the best in St. and hosts of lesser it is perhaps to be regarded as extravagant or wholly unwarranted As each one of the company the claim of being not only an but a in the particular part it would be unjust to begin giv ing encomiums upon any certain Performing as a company they are probably at their very The male in their more humorous are a host that the audi ence will scarcely let retire frum the The twin sisters with a power and pathos that perfectly thrills and entrances their The piano solos by Walter Carter were pronounced by those versed in piano music as worth the price of the and entitling him to rank as the If the Carolinians return to Dodge City the largest auditorium would be crowded to its second number will be the famous lecture Trial of Jesus the Christ From a Legal by Hon. George W. Indiana lawyer of This of the as discussed by this great lawyer is intensely interesting and He tells why the life of Jesus was the conspiracy to seize His the the trial before the Jewish His appearance before showing wherein the laws were violated and the ends of justice It is not a but a dramatic presentation of the law and facts in the greatest trial of third number will be the Alice Dale This company is an exponent of popular but not at the sacrifice of art. Each member is an artist of ability and has the unqualified of approval of audiences everywhere for talent and Alice is so well known and her reputation is such that it is safe to say she has no superior in her In presenting the Southern scenes and among she was and in crooning the lullabies of the old black she a program entirely new and intensely fourth number is a lecture by Dr. George L. Cole on Ancient Dr. Cole is one of the most successful and upon the American His natural taste for his personal experience in field his great success in the ruins and monuments of a prehistoric the results attending his work of excavating in the mounds and buildings rank him among the foremost archaeologists of the Ilia are unique and with taken on his successive tripa While hit lectures are interesting a scientific they never get dry and being relieved by laughable incidents of travel by pack adventures in making perilous ascents and descents to those wonderful palaces on the cliffs more than feet from the bottom of the admission price to each will be 50c, but season tickets will be sold for 11.00. These will entitle the holder to a reserved seat at each of the four The object in se curing this for O Jon is to get a series of high grade and the object in putting the season tickets at such a low figure is to make it passible for a large of people to take advantage of the opportunity to see and hear the best talent tickets mav be secured and seats reserved at Checking indeed a business and he who tries to get along without one is at great It is not required that a person should have a large bulk of business in order to open an Professional farmers and even are running checking accounts If you have never done business in this and are not familar with the come to us and we will get you National evening at the residence of the officiating C. H. was the scene of a pleasing when Fay Gore of Burns City and Miss Pauline Keller of Brown were united in bride is the beautiful daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morton Keller of Martin County and is a cultured young groom is the only son of Mr. and J. 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And that reminds us of a A subscriber once received a dun through the and it made him He went to see the editor about it and the editor showed him a few duns of his for one for one for one for one for and several said the didn't get mad these came because I knew that all I had to do was reliable gentlemen like you to come and help me and then I could settle all of When the subscriber saw how it was he paid and renewed for another The way to live a Happy Life is to make others where the
