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Show WON THE APPLES e Cox won ti barrel of apples from a Van West county farmer a few yearsi I ago. At Delphoa he wa- telling his audience that a new tax law. but re-centl) re-centl) enacted would reduce their taxes. "iio ernor." said an obi farmer, wno arose In the back part of the; house, we e heard that story before be-fore You've got to show me." My friend said 1 he governor. "I'll bet you a So hat to a red apple that the new law reduces your taxes." "I'll make p a barrel." the old fellow fel-low replied, while the crowd laughed. Some months later the governor wasi ap'-alilng at Lima. YVhlle he was eat-I Ing his supper ait the hotel the colored I head waiter stepped up and said a man was outside and wanted lo see i jthe governor. The governor had him shown In. It was the Van Wert county i farmer he had bet with I "I Just wanted to say. governor," he began, "that I'll ship that barrel of' apples to Columbus tomorrow. The new law saved me just $15.20 in spiel lot the fact that I turned in $110u morel of personal property." I ... |