The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 9, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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La wyers.
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Hux taken Ihi- I .end in Texas on account of
11h Xouriidiitig qualities. Once Tried Always
Used. Kor .sale In liuKtrop by
V. SCHILL, Manager.
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0HGA1N & GARWOOD
Attorney s-al-Law.
liHMtrop, Texan.
Will practice" In all the higher uii In-
ferior court*
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PA(iK & HIGG1NS
Attorneys-at-Law,
Hiintrop, Toan
Will prH> lice in nil On* r nirt* « l ll o Mate.
Drni'K—Over Firm National Hank
J. W. JONKS J. « JONK8.
JONES & .IONKS
Attorney s-at Line.
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Ort u i I.'j> t«ir* In Krharil IIiiIWIIiik
E, Bastian, Sr.,
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STOVES, HARDWARE & TINWARE.
All kinds of REPAIRS
TIN . WORE
A SPEl'lAl.TY.
Promptly and
Neatly Done.
JAS. W. MORRIS,
Attorney at Law.
HASTMOr
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I' () MAKK ROOM for New Orders, I will sell my present stock at
-*■ ("jreally Reduced 1'rices. It shall he my study, in the future, as in
past, to please my friends and customers, liotli in quality and price.
Thanking one ami all for their very liberal patronage during the 152 years
I have done business here, I ask a contiuance of same at the "old stand."
E. BASTIAN, Sr.
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All bufelnes* will receive careful ami
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A Attorney-at Law,
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OKKM K -Ovei Kli.v National Hunk.
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Attorney-at Law and
C ounty . ittorney.
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Will practice in hII l'ie lliKlu r <'<HIH .
J . B. I'HK'K
County Judge ana
> Attorney-at Law.
Hastrop, Thau
Will practice In a!) the IkIkI««tt'ourts.
Physician* and Surgeons.
H. !'• Ll'CKEI' 1 , M. 1) • .
Physician i_v' Surgeon.
Hastmpf Texan.
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W. E. l'OWl.Klf, M. J>
Physician and Surgeon.
Ilastrop, Texas
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H. U- COM lis, M. I)
County Physician
and Surgeon.
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Dentists.
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Best hiked
CUhene Best Knouun
Wlien 83,000 flicyles of one name are
sold in one year by one manufacturer,
the chances are that that make of Bicy
cle is apt to be well known. It also fol-
lows that it must be a <>;ood one to find
so many purchasers. Buyers are better
posted and more particular than they
used to be. This makes it easier to sell
CRESCENTS
PRICES. $20, $25, $30 for Juveniles.
$50 for Adults.
$75 for Tandem and Chainless
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X)K. N. G. FOWLER
Pentist.
OFPICF -0 er Klr«t National Wntik.
SAMUEL C. I.UCKETT,...
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How Shall We Know
WAR REVENUE BILL.
MAXI'FAf'Ti:HKI) BY
SAX ANTON ID
BREWING
ASSOCIATION
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the MAN except r[t
by his appearance?
The True Man
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will dress neatly.
He has regard for
his looks, and is ?
careful of the es-
teem in which peo- $
pie hold him.
His Clothes are Made by
rn. K^sselus,
THE tailor;
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^ D. P. S., (Pentist.)
Orrt< a ttaynle HuIMIiik. Mavuuii. Ktoor.
It will pay you to examine his line and «♦
leave your order for a handsome garment. V
SUITS, $20.00 and up. \
PANTS, $4.00 and up. 4*
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Taxes Everything and Everybody,
and Hits the Stay-at-Homes.
From the Austin statesman :
To the stay-at-homes the war Is
just beginning to be fell and felt, in
a most vital place—the pocket. The
war revenue bill is one of those drag
net affairs that lands every body and
every thing high ami dry on the
beach From present indications
there seems to be nothing that has
been overlooked in the matter of
taxes, and it is to be wondered at
that the able solotis up at Washing-
ton tlid not lax a man for kissing
his wife or sweetheart.
One irate citizen yesterday, who
is liable to get caught 011 all sides
by this drag net of u measure, said
111 perfect disgust: "Here we are
being taxed to pay for a war that
we never had any business getting
into. We are being etupoverlataed
for the purpose of freeing a lot of
negroes down there iu Cuba, who are
smoking and eating up our men's
provisions and have not shown llie
slightest desire so far to help secure
tlicir freedom by jtssigting us in
lighting." While this man doubt-
less voices the sentiments of many
in this city, the cold fact stares 11s
iu the face that we have gotten into
the war and now the question arises
how are we going to get out of it.
Another very important feature a
bout this whole matter is that the
taxes imposed by this war revenue
bill are not to be treated lightly,
and lite public shiuld bear that in
mind. Everything and everybody
is being taxed. You can not do any-
thing now without paying for it, and
at present there are many people
who are not exactly able to pay for
this band playing. In their iguor
auce of the law they may say, well
1 will go on and do this tliimg and
that and nobody will know that I am
evading the law. Here is where you
should be very careful. Ignorance
of the law is uu excuse, and if yon
ar.' caught violating this war revenue
hill you will be punished quite as
severely a though you had violated
some other measure of Uncle Sam's.
Kvr\ body had better read up on
this bill very carefully ami see to il
that they do not violate its provis-
ions. In order that the public may
fully appreciate that which is not
taxed and can enjoy it all the more
the non taxed articles and pleasures
ur< outlined as follows.
Air, water, natural heat and cold
ehuich fairs, church suppers, ice
cream, boat riding on moonlight
nights, buggy riding, street car rid-
ing, sitting down, standing up, pick-
ing your teeth in front of the big-
gest hotel in town, talking about the
war, telling of what you would do
if you were iu Sampson's place and
giving advice to people suffering
with toothache.
While you can Indulge in all the
above without paying taxes and pos-
sibly a few others, there are not
many. There are a great many
things on which you must pay taxes
and you must pay iu advance too.
Hut to get down to the meat of
the war revenue bill it is well to uote
that every bond, debenture or cer-
tificate of indebtedness issued by a
company or corporation will be tax-
ed . cents on every $IU0 of face val-
ue, and every transfer of slock can
lie accomplished only by pasting on
the evidences of these transactions,
stamps amounting to 0 cents for
each 8100 face value. Whenever
a sale or agreement to sell any pro-
duels or merchandise for present or
future delivery is made, stamps
must be canceled 1 cent for every
SI on in value of such sale. When a
bauk check, draft or certificate of
deposit is presented for payment it
must bear a 2-eent stamp.
There has been some controversy
over the question yf how these
stamps shall be provided. The banks
of this city have decided that cus-
tomers must provide their own
stamps. 1 nland bills of exchange
can be made legal only by stamping
tlicm with a 2-cent stamp for each
8100: foreign bills double that a-
mouut. A bill of lading or receipt
for any goods to be exported must
bear a 10-cent stamp. Every bun-
tile sent by express or frieglit must
have a ) -cent stamp. Telephone
companies must keep account of
messages or conversations for which
there is a charge of lf cents or over
and must pay the government 1 cent
for cach message. In addition to
fees of notaries public signing bonds,
guaranteeing faithful performance of
duty, the signers must see that
a .>0 cent stamp is attached. When-
ever a ship is chartered that charter
must bear a stamp for tonnage less
than IlOO tons, a $"> stamp for .'100
autl <>00 tons; 810 stamp over (500.
Nearly all kinds of contracts are
taxable. A broker's note, or memo
raudum of sale of goods must be
ornamented with a 10-cent stamp;
any deed whereby land or improve-
ments are sold or transferred is tax-
ed at the rate of .r 0 cents for each
8500. A telegram must have a 1-
eeut stamp.
The entry of goods in a ware-
house must be accompanied by a
2a-cent stamp if of a value of less
than 8100; a 50-cent stamp be-
tween 8100 and 8" 0O anil a 81 stamp
if in excess of 8* 00.
When goods come out of a bonded
warehouse they they must bear an-
other stamp with a face value of .r 0
cents. All kinds of insurance will
hit subject to taxation, except such
insurance concerns as are run on a
plan of co operation, which does not
yield a profit to those not insured.
For each 8100 of life insurance
taken out there is a tax of M cents,
so that the tax on the usual 81000
policy will be HO cents; marine in-
land, lire, casualty, and guarantee
insurance unit pay a tax equal to
one half of I cent on each dollar of
the premium charged. Every lease
for the renl "f land or houses if for
one year will he stamped with a
cent stamp; if between one and
three years, 50 cents and over three
years 81. Mortgages a 25-cent
stamp between 81000 and Sl'i'-'O,
and with another similar stamp for
each 8500 additional.
Il lias been estimated that 8100,-
000,000 is spent annually by Ameri-
cans traveling abroad, 111 the fu-
ture these travelers must have their
passage tickets stumps. It will take1
C. Erhard & Son .,.
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DRUGGISTS
Hastkop,
i ticx as. . .
Proscription* carefully eooi-
pounded hi all hours...Pat-
knt iMkdicinks of all kluds.
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three eighths of one cent; between
15 and 25 cents, live-eighths of one
cent; for each additional cents in
price, live-eighths of one cent.
Perfumery, cosmetics and other
similar articles are taxed according
to the retail price at the same rale
adopted for proprietary medicines.
Chewing gum is taxed I per cent
on its retail price. Sparkling or
other wines, when bottled, arj
taxed I cent per pint or less; Scents
for bottles containing more than a
pint.
Corporations or individuals refin-
ing sugar or petroleum, or running
pipe line, w hose'annual receipts ar*
over 8250,000, will pay one-fourth
of 1 per cent on their gross receipts
in excess of 8250,000.
Every man riding in a palace car
or occuyying a berth in a sleeping
car will ha>e his ticket ornamented
with a 1-ccnt stamp, which the law
states must be paid by the company
issuing it.
Personal property, as legacies or
distributive shares arising from per-
sonal property transferred by a per-
son having it iu trust, is taxed.
Where the value is between 810,000
ami 25,000 the tax ranges from 75
cents to 85 for every 8100 of value,
according to the degree of relation-
ship, b' lween the deceased and the
person titled to any beuellcial in-
terest iu such property. Where the
value is between 825,000 ami f 100,-
000, the rates of duty are multiplied
by one and one-half, where between
$500,000 and 81,000,000 they are
multiplied by two and one-one half,
where between 8100,000 and 8500,-
000 they are multiplied by two,
where between 8500,000 ami 81,000,-
: 000 they are multiplied by two and
1 one half, and where in excess of 81,-
| 000,000 they arc to be multiplied by
| three.
Persons, corporations, ctc , en•
1 gaged in making, packing or repack-
ing mixed Hour shall pay a tax at
a 81 stamp if the ticket carrying ,, . , is,., .
' ■' * the rate of S12 per annum,
them from the shores of America , , >;• . , ,, . . ,
i In addition to the above, barrelt
costs more than 8:'>0, 8'"> if costing . 1 .
h I of mixed Hour of between 1)8 and l.Mi
between 8;>0 and 8ii'«, and 85 if , . , , . ,
pounds must bear a I cent stamp,
between PJ and its pounds, a 2-cent
costing more that 8<>0
it has been common for people to
give proxies for voting al elections
stamp; between 24 1 2
pounds, a 1-cent stamp.
and I'.*
of ollicers of corporations or asso-
ciations.
can
liner, ale or porter will be taxed
in the future such proxies I8*' inhU'H'1 "'.$t lH'r ,)Hrrel-
, ... - .,! Hankers will be taxed 8 0 if the
be successfully challenge,1 if („,es not exceet, 825.000 and
they do not have attached to them for every 81000 in ad ition to
a lO cent stamp. Exceptions are j that amount of capital. Stock
made in the cases of proxies for vot- j brokers will pay 850; pawnbrokers
and commercial brokers, 820; cus-
tomhouse brokers, 810.
l'ropiietors of theatres, museums
and concert halls will pay 8100 per
annumn iu cities of more than 25,-
000 inhabitants.
, , , , Proprietors of circuses must pay
etc., are taxed at a higher rate; in gl()0 M(] h|| oU|cr p,l|)1|c ahowH ^
such cases a 25-cent stamp is neces- money the tax is 810,
sary. ' .'roprietors of bowling alleys ami
People do not like to have their r' wiI1 PB* 85 for eadl
_ .1 ,. alley or table.
1'lie lax on tobacco J doubled and
irig for ollicers of religious, charit-
able, literary societies ami ollicers of
1 public cemeteries.
Powers of attorney for the sale or
renting real estate, stocks, bonds,
notes protested. Such a proceeding
not only injures the credit of the
party making the note, but it costs
something; iu the future it will
made 12 cents a pound, aud a tax of
81 and $:i.60 on every 1000 cigars
and 81-50 and > i.tlOon every lt)oo
cost still more, for I nclc Sam must cjK'^ttcM ^cording to
Iheir weight. Dealers in tobacco
get 25 cents whenever such action
is taken.
Proprietary medicines are taxed,
but physicians' perscriptlons are ex-
empt from taxation. The tax on
arc also taxed according to tiieir
sale.
Several penalties are provided for
violations of the law. Stamps must be
destroyed or effaced, or those who
attempt to evade the payment of
mediclual proprietary articles aud taxes by any method may have a
preparations as follows: \\ hen the heavy tine or a long term ofimprsou-
retail price is 5 cents,|one-eighth of a ">ent, or both, staring them in the
cent: where retail price is between aV'' • 1 ,
( omtucrral paper not properly
cuts, t wo.eighths of one damped will not be held valid by
between 10 ami 15
5 ami 10
ecu I ,
cents, the courts.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 9, 1898, newspaper, July 9, 1898; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205404/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.