The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-29
ton and Clifton
Forge Have People
Who Make 81, 900
TAX BOOKS SHOW
MANY ERRORS
One Commissioner Excuses His
Mistakes by Saying School
Teachers Helped Him-Nor-
folk County Musters Fifty
Three Persons Who Make
Enough to Tax.

Enough to Tax.
For' ~ the people ~ staurton re
'eife1 "a income m excess Of 3. 1OC tho
yer II mad popu. ,on in 1910 Of
Chiffon Forge with 5.7is people. has
seventeen who succeed i'm Gaming nv
receiving nore thsu g. ooo
Nofiplk 'ouniy one II the most pop-
-I"us IN ne state. returns nNy-three
l'rsons charg@ahle vita income tax
ia 'le inc county had a population Of
'-,'i' which has since been reduced by
ann"Nations 10 the e,ies Of Norfolk
and Portsmouth ~ the nny-three. all
save 1--WE era in District No which
includes the mazisterlai dis,ri-ts Of
beNp creek weston ilraucn ana Tan
nelH Creek
iinh Many Mistnkc.
~ 'nnnect!on "lin tho examination
~ me hooks turned iu by commissions
eis ~ the revenue. many MISTAKES OF
me most amusing sort ara discovered.
ney are not. however amusing to the
CLERKS IN he Office II hes been found
ne essaiy 70 send back r. GOOD many
~ ihe hooks 'or DIRECTION and scores
- letters asking FOR explanations OF
IL books are oeins san, out
\ commissioner listed The DOGS in his
u. ~ state taxation 81 ali and only
oi county taNes where tho localities sec
r. There is no column for dogs on,
'Af blanks. ana rhiH commissioner fnade
'n- ln letter from the Au1ltor he
is asked wN' be- did not list tic rae
'9ons ana opossums and cniImunks
gon'rsfy TO the eN7ress PRINTED In
stfleiions emphasized in hlacl. ,vue.
many commissioners have scattered
tre re1oris of the examiner ~ raoord
info4eh their books instead ~ listin.
them in one place This must b.
'1tns"d. since lnl'r The new Law the
Auditcr must charge on each car the
Delinquent hduciari taxes OF the yea.
previous
Tcarhcr. Fol- Down,
one commissioner excuses mis- hun.
dreds q: mistakes by explaining that
As books for him
Interest 30 the publication 81 income
tau returns rs increasing daily II
was almost tho sole topic OF CONVEX
ssron 70 Richmond las, week The
tNcitcment has nov been transferred
70 other parts OF tic State. wnsre the
peo0e it up waiting for tn, returns
srum their respective localities
Fears that his neishbors may con
slider hin as rolling IN wealth has
prompted lvanhoe Sclator to ash cor
reetion Nj Sclater was reported yes
freddy from Fiuvanna County as hav-
ing an income Of $4,000 He says he
has only $1,000. The report was cor
rect as Il appears on the books but ne
made his returns for taxation before
ihe law was passed last winter in
rr'asins tho exemption from $1,000 to
5000
Due to tic dropping OF Hsurc. the
income az William kinckle Alien. Of
Amherst, was crroneonsiy printed as
5000 instead of S..oor III, error is ob-
1ious Oh its face since no reported in
some could be less than $4,000.
Following are the figures from the
stiles OF stanton and chiffon Forge:
CITY of stnuntou.
Joseph l. Barth s. 1850. " 4 Bowlos
$4,000 y. C Braxton. $1,000.
e. r. Caldwell. sioao Mrs. r B..
'atlett. s5,5o0 Charles Catlett 5000.
q G child $4,000
pr : DeJarnette $4,000
Edward Echols. $1,000 j. Fred Eli
finger. sii,1o0.
4. C. Gordon. $3.50.
George NJ Harrison. $500. Arister
Hose. s2.Sno. ". u HOLIDAY. seso1.
AIRS C. 4 Holt sa5oo. F t Holt
sS.5oo; Charles : Hunter $500.
" G Kable 5000; Michael Kivlig-
nam, Siipov.
W j. Landes. ss5oo Mrs Kate l.
Mrs c NJ Marquis. s551o. Miss Mary
= Miller. s5.ooo Miss Bette H. Miller.
$4,000 ( Erskine Miller. s5.a4s. ~ W
Mercereau, $1,000
John $. Pancake. $4,000. " A.
Payne. $500. Henry u. Peck. se.els
}. l. Phillips $1,000
i NJ. Quarles $4,000
r Robertson s7na. T. II. Russell
a3,2o).
/. 6 straus ia.s.s. stanton Mini
tary Academy sie.ooo.
" ? Tams. s2.So5
a VI. Nalz, S2l40
\ C. Watts $500 j. l. Witz. $4,000.
j. II Worthineton. $500
city OF clifton Forge.
First Ward-No income returns
Second Ward II Carlisle $4,000
Floyd " King $4,000 n G osg.
s2l)o. B. II Tatum :3.ooo. +. 3. IVES
tarman, $4,000 " W Zimmerman.
$4,000.
Third ward-Georre x. Anderson.
$500. Mrs j G Carpenter. $4,000.
j II Drewry. $4,000 r = Donovan.
s25OO G. NJ Farrar 80 500. a c.
Toard $500. o. 3 Harvey. $500: a.
stewart Jr. $4,000. c. Z. sentz.
$500 W " TAYLOR. $4,000 ] c
NySor. 50, 700
where the Fusionists Live.
The books Of Norfolk County show
the following persons who get more
than ; ooO tho YEAR
Deep Greek District.
Walter r Chesson. $500. i Henry
cotton. 5000 George f. Creekmore.
f2.5Oo
Robert ~ Hendren. 5000
Linwood ] Norheci $1,000
Lindsey ~ sylvester $1,000.