Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-04
PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY
OF JEFFERSON FOR 1904 is
$1O516.1O.
Shows An Increase of More Than
Million and a EaIf Dollars
Over Last Year.
OTHER INTERESTING FIGURES

County Clerk E. B. Bloom and his eg
fcient deputy. Mr.. L. T. Sallee, have
completed the tedious work of compii-
ing the personal anG real estate tax
books of this county. The work Of
preparing these books is the most
troubles ONE and difficult work that is
done in the county clerks office, annu-
ally. and 1t is no small job. The entire
work required about four months. Ow-
ing to the fact that the assessors
books were handed tc the clerk
month later this year than usual the
work had to be pushed.
1t is absolutely necessary that the
tax books be turned over to the sher-
if the first Monday in January and Mr..
Bloom realized that he had no time to
lose in order to accomplish the task.
He engaged the services of three ex-
ira deputies, Messrs NJ Hanf, A. T.
Loving and Meyer Solmson and Mr..
Bloom, Mr.. Sallee and the other depu.
Nties worked late into the night max
AAg the extensions, additions, etc. Mr..
- Flee was compelled to remain at his
1bme with his books Tor about week,
lowing to the many interruptions to
which he was subjected while at work
at the Office. He was therefore able
to complete his WORK on the real es-
tate book three or four days before the
other work was compSted. The most
difficult part of the work done On the
personal tax book, which was COM
piled most accurately by Mr. Bloom
came on last Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. 1t required two days to
transfer the totals of the number of
polls, horses, sheep, cattle, watches,
carriages and their respective vaula-
tons, OF each township to another
book. These totals had to be totaled
again and then the second totals, whicn
form the final recapitulation, had to
be copied into the back Of the personal
tax book.
Then came the work ct making a
grand total. Considerable trouble is
experienced in balancing the final re-
capitulation page. The hands of the
town clock in the courthouse tower
pointed to exactly 80 o'clcck Sunday
morning when the force in the county
clerks office completed it's labors.
The wonderful growth Of Jefferson
county during 1903 is very apparent in
The increases that are shown by the
tax books The increasing wealth of
the county is also noticeable. The to-
tai valuation of personal property is
shown by the late books to be s4,213-
760 in 1903 compared with $3,GSO,65O
the year previous, an increase of s533-
110.
The toal number of white polls in
the county is given to be 31O3 with g.,
VoI In 1902, an increase of only 46.
\There are now 1864 cclored polls in
the county. The 1902 books showed
1884, or an increase during 1908 of
$50.
Ihere are now 5,453 horses in Jeffer-
son county, compared with 5,522 in
1902, or SO less.
There are 11,795 cows valued at s96..
740.
There are GAS mules which are as
sessed at $34O,395.
The sheep column on the tax books
IS small enc. the animals numbering
1'o3S with total valuation of s1,465.
The total number of hogs in this
county is. 9,957 and the taxable value
pr the pork family is $13,56o.
Ire total number of buggies and
errlages in the county is 4,439. There
9 l,212 gold and silver watches as
SEQ as compared with 1,165 in 1902.
ne people of this county are also
1lcally inclined, as will be shown
P21 planes on the personal tax
he total value Of goods and mer-
andise is placed at $742,980. Total |