The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-24
Not M an y People Of
Cockade City Appear
in Tax Returns.
LAW REQUIRES
COURTS TO ACT
Grand Juries Must Examine
Books-I n 0 m Statements
From City OF Winchester
and County OF Chesterfield
Made Public-Jail Sen
tence Is Possible.

Flty-:our OF the people Of Peters
burg receive an Income Of m"re than
$1,000 IN the course of year The
total income OF those persons "no gave
In ..por, on this head To the com
missioner ot the retenGe 10 lass IMAM
100000
: The largest income IN that city IS
that OF George Cameron ST.. "hc re-
ceives s5o,5ec the year only one other
Petersburg citizen mas an iucou.e ""ich
.Aeecds $4,000.
In Winchester thriy-nine persons
make ropor, o. income IN eN-ess OF
$4,000 the year. 50 one @, them
reaches "a large figure
chc-terhcid Results.
Tnir,y-o one citizens OF CAester;ield /
county report taetr incomes Most %
these axe in Manchester District ~
resilient OF Glover liiu Distri,t receives
more IMAM s 600 Nc year
II IS rather rernsikable that the only
person ia Matoaca District ~ho gets
inor. than 5000 lA coloren man /
James Hugo Johnston president OF t"e
Virginia Normal and Industrial lnstt- /
tutc Furthermore, Professor lonn-
ttun Is tao ulIs negro So fii li-c'f-
.rsl on the taN books so Tho Tunes
iHspaitn INVESTIGATIONS ss -turnns I
AL Income Sot +. ,oiorcd cir1,u Of
iucnnoud pttsrsblrs oi n.nr.co in fde
sven report
courts Power Ample.
There has 0eeu seine nllNy IS 70
tae method HEicl tic Auditor 90 I'uo-
lie Accounts vii pursu, IN n1%in9
court Inquiries into ttN dclinQn'nciHs
Under tho tsN Lass ne wii. NOT - tnr
courts in ali 10 -Hl-tits where ~ appear
from thn taco 81 tn, books oi tine com
sulss1aerH OF the revenue tnat sv;ne-
,nlns Us = rons sl,h IN" taN returns,
y0nt.ue uut INC laNiiy ana iuepuali-
tics and giving tho names ~l,en nee
oA.arN in charging 're grand lr-i'5.
tnt images Win specifi lho Instances
10 wni.n thcv are e%rrciHd 90 roniuc'
Investigations aud 'Nauine "4t-esscs.
IL o. TO- aus ot e.cly court one" /
near 70 eharge tho grand iiii-s 60 eN- I
.onlue tnc books az the comm ~sinrers
q. the revenue IN all counties aud cities F
IN 4diiuuu sp-riro instances VIII be-
look.a into. Fos INSTANCE 1T TO o.
suipos-a mat Au.ltor Moore wii! re-
nl,.st oi to. Judges oi the courts IN
tAc counties a.. Sl@na. Westnvrrland
~potsylvnna ana ott,r counties where
not a siusle citizen has gwen IN
luiiar OF income exceeding $1,000. 10
look into the receipts ot citizens who
or, maniiesty making NOR. ,nan that
sum.
Jail Sentence involved.
II Tho trial jury. atter Indictment,
arc found Is convinced taat the cltizen
made q ials- ,isl tnrousA ignorance
or mistake ne Us to bc allowed TO make
correction GA tho commissioners
books and to pay the tull amount OF
taNcs he should nave PUT down In tho
nrst instance II The jury believes
there was intent to dcfraud tae STATE
ana county or city. he Is 10 ne tined
doubl. the amount OF taNes Win which
h. is propeglS charAraoic. with the
cost Of th. proceedings and a Zee OF
So TO the attorncs fol the Common
wealth. IN addition. ne may be con-
nned ia Jail.
Auditor Moore made oil features OF
the revenue Ian 50 plain in circular
ISSUED by him carly III the year 70 the
revenue officers that II Seems q way
faring man need not have erred. But
they evidently. IN great many OF the
counties. thought IL 4 repetition OF an
npcicnt BLUM. Mr. Moore said yestar-
ID tina, those who so believed Vii.
ND that he is sitting behind run
hand or he would have said SO did he
understand the meaning OF poker
terms He said what meant th. sam
thing.
The following citizens Of the cities
OF Petersburg ana Winchester swore
to income receipts in cAcoss u So 400
the year;
Petersburg.
Blanks $500. a b Bradshor So.
100. W b Beach. S9.5oo. Edgar >
Bowling. $1,000 Edward " Butcher.
$4,000 Rev G. Is. Bryan. $500
{. l. cahaniss, S2.3co. George Cam
eron Sr $4,000, George Cameron. Jr.. |
$4,000 W H. Camp, s2,7oc, W H. /
Cuthbert $3.50
r. r. Davis. ST.. $500, Or. ". f
Drewry $1,000. John G. Dunn. 49l. (
o65
robert NJ Friend. s8.sa5; John W
Friend, IT, $s.75O
John ~ GIL $4,000 Robert Gillian,
s25o0.
snder Hamilton. si7.25o. II. +. Harri I
son 5000. DR. William e. iiarwood.
$500 John W. Hays. $500. LeRoy
b. =. Jones. $4,000. DR. j Boiling
Jones si25o Il H. Jones, $4,000 /
George " Jones s9.7oo. r. Randolph
Jones, $1,000.
II c Kinscy. Si3e5o.
Charles I.unsford, $4,000.
J. NJ Mullen $4,000 John McGin. /
s21oo. William r Mckinney. 81
500; Walter u. Mckinney, $4,000.
william l., Nufer, $4,000
DIR. j. u. os9ornc. $4,000.
r. II. Patterson. s3,l25; y T. Pat
teson, ". $1,000; William Pitcher. So
Wv wmlam Z. Ramey. $4,000. DR.. J. G. !
Rcnnie. $500: T. &. Ribbie s2,40o;
preston l.. Roper. $1,000; Bartlett
Roper. 5000 j ~ Roper. $4,000.
II. s. seward. $4,000. Harvey Seward.
$4,000; Joseph w Seward $4,000;
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