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Identifier: Boone_County_Recorder_Vol_40_1914 (find matches)
Title: Boone County Recorder
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Boone County Recorder
Subjects: Boone County, Kentucky newspapers
Publisher: Boone County Recorder
Contributing Library: Boone County Public Library
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mm -0 1 BOONE COUNTY RECORDER REGARD FOR THE LAW. Ignorance of the l.aw Is no excuseand disregard of the Law Is a crime.When Laws are bo obnoxious as tcafford excuses for non-compliance the;should be changed, and the peoplehave thia right. If your right handoffend you, cut it off, was no idle InJunction, but means the offense shouldbe removed rather than the mutllalion of the member. Our Tax Laws are distasteful anddetrimental, but the remedy should beto amend them Instead of allowingthem to undermine the morals of thepeople by openly disregarding them. The successful evasion of one Law»ay encourage the violation of othenand In time breed a contempt for allLaws. While every citisen owes obediencela the Laws, the Iaws should be madefair and equal to every citizen. The Tax Laws are neither fair not•qual and aro productive of deceit anddishonor and if for no other reasonthan this should be changed. State News.
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UNIFORM TAXATION. f Property differs so greatly in character and earning power it has alwaysbeen impossible to tax the variouskinds uniformly. Every attempt totax- movable property the same as lmmovable property has failed and will Citizens of Barbourvillc will paya reward of $25 for the arrest andconviction of any person puttingout poison for dogs.—MountainAdvocate. It is customary for the Sundayschools to hold a rally day aboutnow, but the boys seem to thinkthe proper inducements are notoffered until Christmas.—Owens-boro Inquirer. The mothers in Turkey are rais-ing little Turks for perhaps nncertain death in the war. The far-mers of America are raising bigturks for certain death on Thanksgiving.—Russellville Times. A woman was kicked on the chinby a mule, causing her to bite offthe end of her tongue, and herhusband several times since re-fused the offer of $1,000 for themule.—Russellville Democrat. Mr. John Insko, who raised ncrop of tobacco on the farm ofMr. David S. Gay,

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