The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-01-03
THE GOLD LEAF.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1907.
The Pauper Counties.

Newton Enterprise.
We are printing below an interview
with the State Auditor, in which he
deprecates, and Justly so, the fact
that some of the wealthy counties
draw from the Statef for pensions and
public schools more money than they
paw in taxes He attributes this to
Il system OF undertaking the prop
erty for taxation in these counties.
thereby shifting the burden OF sup
pOrting their own schools and pen
siOners to the shoulders OF the tax
PAYERS OF other counties. This is
plainly an evil that calls for atten
ton. If the coming Legislature can
devise a method for securing a uni
form, lust and sane system Of assess
ment OF property throughout the
State, it will deserve the thanks OF
The peOple-at least OF the people in
counts now required to pay money
to other counties, whose people are
as able to pay as they are.
We have commented on the in
equality Of tax assessments before.
Bnt we believe some Of these same
counties that are lodging their share
Of taxation, are Systematically i'm
posing on the State Superintendent
in their drafts on the special hundred
thousand dollars designed for weak
districts. According to the school
law no district can get any help from
this specialfund thatpays the teacher
more than the average price received
by rural teachers in the State. The
average for white teachers in 1906 is
$50. a; for colored teachers 1920
This point was brought to our mind
day or two ago by being shown
letter from the superintendent OF
Burke county to a colored teacher in
this county Offering a school at $40
per month. Burke county last year
drew about $1,000, if our memory
serves US right and we commented on
it at the time, while Catawba took
care of her schools without drawing
cent from the last 100000. We
believe Investigations ought to be
made along some other lines, as we'll
as to the assessment of property.
Raleigh special to Greensboro IN
dustridI News In his report to Cover
nor Glenn and the General Assent bly,.
State Auditor b. F. Dixon empha-
sizes the fact that there are in the
State forty five counties which receive
more money from the State treasury
i'll school appropriations and pen
siOns for soldiers than these counties
put into the State in taxes He will
urge that some steps be taken to
! have the property tax valuations in
these counties raised to scale more
i'll keeping with the valuations in
others counties. In fact he is strong
ly in favor of assessing all property
at its money value and reducing the
rate of taxation. Only in this way
can the State get credit for her real
Importance in valuu tions and at the
same time she can get credit for ex-
ceptiOnally low tax rates.
He says there is no excuse, for in
stance, for the great county of Cum
berland to be q burden to the State
i'll that this county receives from the
State for schOols and pensions "a, 900
more than it pays State taxes. And
Cumberland, a really rich county,
with the fiourishing city of Fayette
vile.
MIR. Dixon says there are some few
sparsely settled and remote counties
with some excuse for being bur-
den to the State, but that the great
majority of the forty-five need re-
adjustment of valuations 50 that the
citizenship, amply able, shall bear
their proportion of the burden of the
State taxation. The State auditor
thinks that there should be some
State official or commission to look
especially after this matter of taxa
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