The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-30
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, JUNE 80, 1898.

Graded School Fund:
1897 by Page. .$16,14 -
1898 by Jones. .......... 14,9o3.42
Excess in 1897. 1,196.10
Road Tax Fund:
1897 by Page. ............S 6,946.56
lSoS by Jones. 6,4O4. IL
Excess in 1897. 5i2.45
State Tax Fund:
1897 by Page. .............. SOS, 259.93
1913 by Jones. ............. 26,lo2.S4
Excess in 1897. ...........S 2,10T09
"These figures, furnished by the Reg
lister of Deeds of Wake county and the
State Treasurer, show that under "a
Democratic sheriff the tax collected for
the several items was greater than under
the Republican sheriff as follows:
General school tax. 80, $3.50. 0S
County tax. ................. 1,73S.47
Graded school taX........... 1,196.1O|
Road tax. o42.4o
State tax. .................. 2,10T.09t
Total ................ SO, 473.19
Evidently the reporter who furnished
the above figures to your paper was
led into Il great error. Let us be fair
and reason on the figures you print; !
you state Sheriff Page collected as fol-
lows, in 1897:
General School Fund. ..$ 30 223 Dc
County Fund ............. 31013.41
Graded School Fund. 500. 16,149.52
Road Fund. ............... 6,946.56
Total IS S6332. -
State Fund ...............S 2S,2J9.93
Grand total. 81 If 80. IS
1t will he seen that Sheriff Page col
lected $114.592.6S, though only charged
with $113 1927. (This S1t3, 1922 is
the amount charged against me, while
the State apportionment is also my set
Element, Sheriff Pages state settlement
being only $26,S92.99. Sheriff Page is
charged on tax books of 1896. with
sos. 1912. including back taxes col
ected) Nothing is deducted for com
missions, delinquents or insolvcnts.
Now let us take the report of Sheriff
Page as recorded in the Register of
Deeds office taken from his abstract of
settlement which is correct
General School fund. ....... $40. 962.:5J
County ..... Zi.SiZ.3D
Graded school. .............. 12,SS6.33
Road ........ ............. o,ZJI2o
Total .............. .ST2,91S.1S
Commissions ..........S 1867 10
Grand Total. .S76,946.21
My settlement with the Board of
County Commissioners, as you printed,
was NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .S1S,9I6.O0
Sheriff Page .............. ib,94b.ZI
Differences in my favor. ..... 2,O29.7S
Still uncolIected. but charged
against me. ........ -,bJl.-b
Total Observation-Disclosures. 1851 .04
Sheriff Page also has credit for
amounts collected for the years 1894
%, of $156.43, which cannot be proper
ly credited to 1896 taxes, though in
Guided in the amount.
My settlement with the State
treasurer ....,........... -S.-fi'5J
And Sheriff Pages settlement
is ...... ............ 26,S92.99
Difference in my favor. ..... 1851 81
ment that my collections would exceed
Sheriff Pages $1,000, is an under eS-
innate.
The total excess for State and county
is $4,691.94
do not ask you to publish this II X
have given you one wrong figure i'll the
comparative statements. and to satisfy
you. if you or any representative you
I .,bn fnll xr On
over the statement with You to verify the
above, and then ask that you do me
the justice to publish this statement as
submitted.
Yours very respectfully.
III. T. JONES,
Sheriff Wake County.
l.. Sin reply to your recent editorial
on Wake County Finances, you write as
follows:
THE Wake county tax payers would
also like TO ask the Forsyth editor what
has become of the money heretofore paid
by the sheriff of Wake on the unlisted
property and property listed by the
sheriff. Last year it amounted to some
thing like $500. In the recent state
ment taken from the records of the
board of the settlement with Sheriff
Jones there is no amount given from this
source
If you will carefully read the debit
side Of my settlement you will see that
/ have returned under Listed by order
of the County Commissioners, 81
470.22; last year it amounted to 81
5000.
Surely your reporter did not willfully
mistate these things to deceive the pub
lie? IL. i. JONES.
When Sheriff Jones desired the fore
going published. we requested him to get
an official statement under seal of the
Register of Deeds of the amounts. We
desired to have the Register of Deeds
officially to certify to his figures. He
has furnished the following statement
for publications:
STATEMENT By THE REGISTER
OF DEEDS.