The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-02-23
AS TO PAUPER COUNTIES.


Senator Gardner, of Cleveland
objects to having his county ap-
pear in the pauper list and of,
fered a resolution in the Senate re
Gently setting forth his views with
reference thereto. A press report
of the senate proceedings says of
the resolution, which finally went
to the committee on ~appropria-
lions and grievances so that the
treasurer might be heard:
Senator o. Max Gardner, of Cleve-
land, introduced a joint resolution of
vital interest to many counties in the
state. 1t is directed to state treasurer
B. r. Lacy to forthwith furnish this
general assembly a revised list of the
counties after having credited them
with the taxes paid on public service
corporations. bank stock and corpor-
ate excess. Speaking on his resolution
Senator Gardner in a clear, vigorous
address told of the modification and
humiliation his county had suffered
on. account of the. charge that it was
a pauDer county. He showed by the
report of the state treasurer that
Cleveland county was accredited with
receiving $2,884..09 more than it paid
into the state and that the treasury
had failed to credit his county with
the taxes paid direct into the treas
ury by the public service corporations,
banks and corporate excess and that
his county paid $3,008.49 in this man
ner, thus making it a surplus coun-
ty. by $124,35.- He charged that the
only money credited to the counties
By the treasurer has been the money
paid by the sheriffs, and that the mon
ey from the counties paid on public
service corporations has not been
credited to the accounts of the vari-
Gus counties. The senator cited the
financial condition of other counties
as bearing out his claims and showed
the difference if they had been credit
ed with all taxes from whatever source
paid by them into the state treasury.
He contended that it was a Islander
TO publish to the world that e tain
counties we're deficit or pauper coun-
ties, when they actually paid more
money into the state treasury than
they received from the state. He said
he did not desire to criticize Mr.. Lacy
but argued that he should be Iequirz
ed 20 change his system of bookkeep-
mg so as to be fair to all counties.
Senator Gardiner asked Tor the I'M
mediate passage OF MS esoiution."
Senator Gardner contends that
when the amounts many counties
pay directly into the state treas.
arer on railroads, banks, corpora
tons and corporation excess are
taken into account they will be
found III the credit. list" Referr>
ing to his own county of-Glaveland
Senator Gardner says:
cleveland county is charged with
a deficit of two thousand, eight hun
dred and eighty-four dollars and nine
cents, and the uncredited tax paid
direct into the state treasury; on rail
roads, two thousand, three hundred
and nine dollars and se~yenty-one
cents; on banks, one thousand, five
hundred and eighty-one dollars and
seyenty-one cents; corporate, excess
one hundred and seventeen dollars and
sixteen cents, or a total of three thou
n6Au dnu scISuI uJlldfS ana IOrLy-IOur
ectns, thus giving Cleveland county
a surplus of one hundred and twenty
four dollars an t%hirty-ive cents.
Among the other counties he
brings out of the hole" in a SINH
lar maner are:
rockingham, Iredell, Cumber-
lan9 and Union. Henderson re-
mai@s in the deficit column. but
the amount charged against her
at Hr deducting the railroad and
ether corporation taxes, is consid-
e-ably less than $2,268.74 as re.
ported by the State Treasurer.
Of course Treasurer Lacy in.
tended no reflection upon any
county and, in response to the
Gardner resolution, will give each
one full credit foreVerydoHar paic
into the treasury from W~hatsoevel
source. And the word stpauper'
will doubtless be elimanted in. al
published reports hereafter.
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