The Citizen, 1917-08-09

The New Ren- lucky Tax Laws The State Tax League has given out the following statement: There are many changes in the Kentucky tax laws which go into effect Sept 1 and taxpayers should be deeply interested Farmers will be benefited by the lower State tax rate on hands and improvements from 55 to 40 cents on each $100 valuation and on livestock from 55 to 10 cents for State purposes Bonds stocks mortgages and accounts will be ex exempt - empt exempt from local taxation as will also agricultural implements and products grown within the year are exempt from all taxation Money deposited in bank will be taxed at only 10 cents on the $100 instead of the 55 cents as hereto heretofore - fore heretofore This will result in a large saving to taxpayers who have been listing their property at a fair valu valuation - ation valuation Merchants will have only State taxes to pav on their notes and ac accounts - counts accounts at the r ite of 40 cents on each $100 and 10 cents on bank de deposits - posits deposits Other property such as real estate merchandise etc is subject to State tax rate of only 40 cents instead of 55 cents Manufacturers are exempted from local taxes on their machinery raw material and product notes and accounts and will be taxed for State purposes only on such prop property - erty property at 40 cents on the $100 and 10 cents on bank deposits Oil all other property the State tax is on only - ly only 40 cents on each $100 and the local taxes are fixed in the locali localities - ties localities where their business is conduc conducted - ted conducted Bonds stocks mortgages notes and accounts are taxable for State purposes only at 40 cents on the $100 and exempt from local taxa tion The State tax on real estate household goods merchandise ve vehicles - hicles vehicles and other property owned by individuals has been reduced from 55 to 40 cenjs a reduction of 37 1-2 per cent Additional revenue to justify the reduction and increase the State revenue is to come from bonds stocks notes and accounts mineral and timber rights and roy royalties - alties royalties and by equalization of no notoriously - toriously notoriously undervalued assessments and as each class of proporty no matter by whom owned will be assessed and taxed uniformly the advantage to taxpayers generally and the State at large will be very great The State needs more revenue to meet the present deficit and the idea is to get more property to tax rather than to impose more taxes on property now paying more than its share and under the new and more equitable laws this can be ac accomplished - complished accomplished The State Tax Commission is go going - ing going about the work in the right way to subject every kind of prop property - erty property to its fair share of taxation and correct the evils heretofore ex existing - isting existing whereby many property owners paid more than their just due and others escaped entirely The Commission is endowed with power to enforce the laws and bring the delinqents to a sense of their responsibility and obligation

Freak Aids A Missouri newspaper man lias made the following collection of frekks in advertising and show what the misplacing or omission of word or comma does for a sen sentence: - tence: sentence: Wanted - A furnished room by an old lady with electric lights Wanted - A room by a young man with both kinds of gas Wanted - A room by young gen gentleman - tleman gentleman with double doors Wanted - A man to take care of house flannels Wanted - Ladies to sew buttons to the second story of Smith & Jones Building Wanted a dog by a little boy with pointed ears Wanted a nice young man to run pool room out of town Wanted - A boy who can open oysters with references Wanted - A organist and a boy who can blow same Wanted - A boy to be inside and partly outside the counter Wanted a room for two young gentlemen aliout 20 long and 20 feet broad Wanted - By respectable girl her passage to New York willing to take charge of children and a sail sailor - or sailor Wanted - A furnished room by a lady about 16 feet square Wanted - A cow by ati old lady with crumpled horns For Sale - A farm by an old gen tleinan without outbuildings For Sale - Nice mattress by an old lady full of feathers For Sale - A piano by young lady with mahogony legs who going abroad in an iron frame For Sale - A nice large dog will ea' anything very fond of chil children - dren children For Sale - A cottage by a gentle gentleman - man gentleman with bay windows For Sale - A parlor suit by an old lady stuffed with hair

Uncle Ike comes to you this week probably the best informed old soul by reason of being in com company - pany company with Joe Law Jim Hagan and Frank Johnson He now knows every one's name from Hol Holland - land Holland to Jack Hollow and clear on top of Vinegar Hill and a large portion of Box Town and over in Scottsville Two strong men grabbed Uncle Ike and started to 'ail with him but for the timely rival of Henry Cole who decoyed him rescued him from his captors for a five minutes' talk when he took Uncle Ike on his back and trotted at the rate of a mile a min minute - ute minute wading Long Creek and land landing - ing landing Uncle Ike safely in the Rural Home country Everybody hallowed at Uncle Henry to save Uncle Ike for the great Allen County Fair to band over that barrel of salt to the ug ugliest - liest ugliest man in the ugly man's ring Uncle Ike hopes to see the first aeroplane ever brought to Allen county at the Fair This would bring the greatest crowd ever seen in Allen's capital Also a baloon ascension with a triple paracheutte leap together with a military dis display - play display giving the people some idea as to what is going on in the war zones across the seas T B Dix Dixon - on Dixon blow your great big bugle and call every school child of Allen county with their teachers and let them see the first aeroplane that comes to Allen county Who will be the first to start to petition every lover of prosperity to help with his "long green"

gu too The muscles lack tone They become nervous irritable despondent melancholy the brain fags and the memory fails Therefore if you wish to preserve your youthful vim vigor and vitality to a ripe old age yon must supply the deficiency of Phos Phosphates - phates Phosphates lacking in yuur food by using Argo-Phosphate the form of Phos Phosphate - phate Phosphate most easily assimilated NOTICE: Argo-Phosphate which is recommended and prescribed by physicians in all enemie cases is not a secret or patent medicine but one that is sold and recoinended by well known druggists everywhere and phy physicians - sicians physicians arc daily prescribing the con constituents - stituents constituents contained in it Being en entirely - tirely entirely unlike many other Phosphates it is easily assimilated and will be found effective in the treatment of indigestion and stomach troubles as well as for cure worn nervous condi conditions - tions conditions The manufacturers of Argo Argo-Phosphate - Phosphate Argo-Phosphate will forfeit to any charit charitable - able charitable institution $20000 if they can cannot - not cannot treat any man or woman under 05 who lacks Phosphates and in increase - crease increase their strength and endurance from 100 per cent to 300 per cent or more in one month's time if they are free from organic trouble It is dis-

Atlanta Ga Dr F A Jacobson says that Phosphates are just as es essential - sential essential to any man or woman who (ires easily is nervous or irritable make it grow The lack of Pbosphulo is the cause of all enemie conditions and the administration of 5-graiu worn out or looks haggard and pale to make a strong robust vigorous healthy body ua they are to cotton to Argo-Phosphate tablets will increase the strength and endurance of weak nervous care worn men and women 300 icr cent in two or three weeks time in many instances and their con continued - tinued continued use will build up the whole nervous system and give new life vim vigor and vitality to the whole body I always prescribe Argo Argo-I'hosphate - I'hosphate Argo-I'hosphate to patients who are pule mid colorless and it is surprising to see bow quickly a few weeks treat treatment - ment treatment will transform a pale face to a rosy checked beauty There can be no rosy cheeked healthy beautiful w oman without their system is suffici sufficiently - ently sufficiently supplied with Phosphates In recent interviews with physicians on the grave and serious consequences of a deficiency of Phosphates in the blood of American men and women I have strongly emphasized the fact

An Atlanta man makes new discov cry that makes an old face look years younger If your skin is dark brow or covered with freckles or blemishei just use a little Cocotone Skin Whitener it's made with cocoanut oil and is perfectly harmless A few days' use will improve our looks loir The wornout skin comes otf evenly leaving no evidence of the treatment the new healthy under skin tippearing ns a lovely new com plexion Just nsk your druggist for an ounc of ocotone Skin Whitener and he will not supply you send twenty live cents to The UucotOno Co At Atlanta - lanta Atlanta (la and they will send yon hox by return mail If your hair is hard to comb kinky nappy and will never stay straight just use Cocotone Hai Dressing and it will become straight figure i lie assessment ranges long soft glossy and beautiful in from $9389 per acre in Jefferson few days Mail orders filled '25c for

I take this method of expressing my lasting gratitude to all those loyal friends who so loyally voted and worked for me in my race for Sheriff in the primary last Saturday I had formidable opposition and made a hard fight but for the untiring work of my friends I could not have reached my life's ambition I have for a long lime wanted to serve my county as Sheriff and now that I ant accorded that privilege I desire out of a full heart to thank all those who in any way assisted me I have no unkind word to say against anyone who worked or vot ed against me and wish here to reiterate my statement made when I announced for this important office - I will do my very best to serv the people as Sheriff in a creditable impartial and fearless manner Faithfully A LEE WILLIAMS

which are fair and just to all Where accurate returns are made as of Sepeniber 1 the property owners will be immune from past omissions and delinquents may be proceeded against for ten years back so there is every inducement to comply with such just and equable laws and as the principles in involved are worked out there will be further reductions in the tax rates and in time the entire exemption of land for State pur purposes - poses purposes as in other States where the same laws are in practice Computations made by M M Logan member of the Kentucky State Tax Commission disclose the inequaly of the taxation in the Commonwealth inasmuch as some rich agricultural and mining couti ties assess the land at a very low