Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-06
PROPERTY
BOOKS COME IN SLOWLY
Auditor Moore Is Busy Checking
Returns Of Assessors Over
state.
ASHLAND SHOWS PROSPERITY
Alexandria Has Only Eleven Citizens
Whose Incomes Are i'm Excess of
%2.0o0-iSoOkS Filed From Lower
Part of IIcnrico County.

ierSonal property books. showing
the taxable incomes for the smaller
cities and counties or the state. are
coming In slowly 10 &. Lee Moore
state Auditor Of Public Accounts. who
has a large force busy checking up
the returns. Several of the larger
critics have not fled their reports AS
yet.
Returns from the city Of Alexandria
show only eleven persons having AN
income OF $4,000 or more above all cn-
enptions. The total taXabl" income OF
the city aggregates s5o.253. Hanover
County makes "a favorable showing as
compared with other counties of the
state, especially the Ashland District.
where the total taxable incomes
amount 10 $10l.O3J. OF this total the
town Of Ashland represents S3o.o92.
Persons having incomes Of $1,000 or
more above All exemptions follow:
Alexandria.
@. l.. AndcrtOn. $4,000.
o. *. Kirk. $3.50: T. l.. Rust. So
$50: T.. W. Bali $4,000; c. p. Munson.
$3.50; T.. y. Reid. s5.45o; G. W. Ruck-
or. 5000: =. :. Swindeli, $2,2SS: T.. 7.
Fcnwick. $3,G"0. Frank Lyon. $1,i0u;
y. q Yates, $2,i77.
Hanover County.
E"aNc! Dam DiStYict-MrS. ~ =. Ill
lett. $500: T.: L. Pollard, !lS.lc..
Ashland District T.. Drostc. SILL
800; y. l.. Holiaday, sli$lS. Charles G.
600: II. Z W!ciham. s2l.S73: George !.
Anderson, s@.G5n: Hill Carter, $G.slS:
$3.542. - '-'''' " '''''
Henry Distributions
II"nri"o County.
Lower District-Mrs. Belle EossieuH.
$4,000: II. e. Hechlcr. s5.70o.
Upper District-rersona property
books have not AS yet been filed.
Bot"tourt County.
First District-Caleb q. Unnergcr
S5.sG5
second Dis,rict--Mrs II. T.. Jamer-
son. s3.33c; l.. 6. Lockwood. s3.SS2,
buchanan County.
Eastern D!.trict-W. NJ. Ritter Lum-
Der Company. S22,025.
Western District-Nonc.
Carroll County.
Western pistrict-Crccd l.. Hanks,
Eastern Distric,-Curren Dalton. So
1G2.5j.
E.uvnnnn County.
J. Aston Cabcll. $500.
GrrrncSViIlc County.
w. ". Green S2.s26; bradley John
ston, $4,000; L. j. Green, s2.lOO; L.
"; Jordan, siso5; g: l.. vincent, 80
S2.S00; J. ID. PEBBLES, S2.3G5.
According TO q statement given out
in Lynchburg yesterday by William II.
Sncad, commissioner of revenue. the
incomc-taX assessments made in that
city for the current year decreased
slightly more than 100000 as COM
pared with last year. There is an in
crease of three persons assessed this
year with income taxes over the as
scssmcnts in 1914.
some of this decrease" said Mr..
Snead. lis accounted for in the fact
that the exemptions were larger this
year than last, condition due TO the
change made in the tax laws by the
last General Assembly. II is true that
there was some slight gain made by
the tax on single men. but this was
Offset by the increase in the cNemp
lions from $4,000 to S2.il0 in the case
OF many heads Of families. There was
some shrinkagc last year, due TO the
fact that many persons did not have
the income during the last six months
OF the year that they enjoyed the
first half. this being caused by tho
general contraction OF business"
The comparison OF tn. total taxable
incomes made in The Times Dispatch
Thursday was on the net basis for lplj
as against the gross returns for 1914.
This comparison showed a large de
crease in Lynchburg. The assessments
for 1914 were Sl,!ol,?e7. while for the
current year the taxable incomes ag-
grcGate Sl.iS0.i26.