Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-21
Pine Bluff Company's As sessment On Real and Personal Property
 Down S107, 800.
IN INCREASES ARE MADE
\ Few Smaller Reductions Also List. cd Board Has \oi tompipt-
 ct ilS Work

n" Jefferson C7unty Equal lAteu 3o;9'j, Nh!tI has been in ses ion since September and promises t,t be a. work fir several M=rkS y4t YG>- crday recorded the largest q | mesJ noti>eabe reduction II as .cssm0n yet nGade and onr of iii lar%f st 5tc. creases eyer made gn lhr assessment b@oks i'll his county
 The assessment of thc Pt' BIutf Company, owner Ff thp light, va CT and sleet "a lWay plants in his e..y, was marked down" $l0I,oo. I ,a redu ,tion Was made by tAe Board an the personal and real property ot t6e ccm.'aly and was made al the IT. stance of Fwesden. F. C. Bridges, wha appeared before E, and, alter severas hours argumen and reason- ing, during which the valnes Of the company were gone inio thoroughly, . that tfe company properties had been assessed ent rely tCo high. The were iisied by the State Tax Comm S. $ ien. The assessors Valua ion on tne personal property of he company was s336,370 ad the Equalization Board fixed it to real $2RS,S7o. The other reduction in assessment on zeal estate, to make up the total reduction of $107 300 was made on various p eces of property owned by the ccmHany in lhis ely.
 The Board which is composed of D. l.. Franklin, chairman; Captain J. B. Avery, Captain J. D. Miner, Gus Petty and J. P. Walt, has also made severa.. large increases in assess ments and number of smaller ones. A few reduct ons on personal and real property were listed. The Board has not completed it's work, but Eas unt the latter par of October to do SC. Many property owners have ap- peared before the Board urging re- auctions ard prcge sting against in- creases that the Board planned tG make. As socn as it becomes known that the Board has made many large increases it is likely that other pso tests will be filed with it. Stare TaX Com missioner Dave Ga,es confelred with the Board the early part oI the week relative to assessments.
 Among the increases of $1,O0o or over that have been made are:
 Alexander Bro. hers Sl0,oOo Pine Bluff Cotton Oil Mill .... 5000 Arkansas Cotton Oil Company. o,0oO Bank Clerks investment Go. S,600 Bluff City OIL Mill ........... z,3o0 Claud Clegg and Go. ...-..... l,Zo0 Cenenmers, Ice & Coal Co. 1900 Nead-Hudson omnanv 5000 w A Matthews & Co. 4,5C0 I w Sanders 1000 w. J. Sheppard ............. Z,ooo Singcr Sewing Machine Co.,. o,l0V I, Y Wertheimer ... 1000 Westbrook Grain & Com. Co.,. 2,Ooo I & McDonnell ... S,900 VI Payne. Sherrill. Ark. .... 1000
 h J. w. J2nes & Co. .......,.... l,to0
 (Stock and merchar disel J. w. Jcnes & Co. .......... 3,200
 (jewelry, money and cfedits) J. w. Crawford .............. 3,o00 T. s. James .... 2,000 F. A. Sch cker .... 2,500 ]. A. Clement ....... coco Pine Bluff Trust Co. ......a-. 1,S0o B. H. Christopher ............ 1000 J. H. Hudson ................ 2,o0o F. Moore .......s.. ......... l,oVV ]. D. Wilbourne ........ 1,250 1 w. g. Harris. .......... 2,100 l Tom smifb " 1000 | Henry B. Speers .... 2,50O
 Decreases:
 Pine Bluff Company .... $l07 LOO w. C. Davidson .s......... l30 F'rench Dry Clearing Works. GOO Mrs. s N. Reeder ........... 2ao Mrs. c. W. Brown ......... aoO