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...zoological section, knowns as the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the anthropological section, known as the Peabody Museum, and the botanical, geological, and mineralogical sections. Most publicized collections in the University Museum are the Ware Collection of glass models of flowers in the botanical section and the Holden and Hancock Collections in the mineralogical section...
Albert C. Howell, Fort Hancock, New Jersey--Middletown Township High School, Leonardo, New Jersey...
...Hancock County, where Mr. Blackton says he was shaken down for $8.05, a county tax of 3? per gallon is imposed upon gasoline. In only a few States are county gasoline taxes imposed, but Hancock County is at the top of the list with one of the highest taxes of its kind in the U. S. To make matters worse, the county does not use its gasoline-tax receipts for road building, but devotes them to miscellaneous purposes. The Mississippi State tax is 6? per gallon, although most State taxes are only 3 ?or 4? per gallon...
When a motorist in Hancock County spends $1 for motor fuel, he gets about 50? worth of gasoline and 50? worth of taxes...
Motorists of the State suffer further by the inferior gasoline as taxes encourage bootlegging. For example, an unscrupulous dealer in Hancock County might mix kerosene with his gasoline, and thus avoid a considerable part of the State and county taxes amounting to 9?. The amount he would avoid would depend upon the extent of the adulteration. . . . All Mississippi motorists pay plenty for their gasoline. Some pay a lot more than they think. CAL LEWIS...