The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-08-10

Mr.. Robinson thinks this news,
paper was unfair last week In SIM
ling out him and a few other Mai
Streeters as examples of the lo,t
valuation some local tax payers pu,
on their property when they come Il
give in their taxes. Mr.. Robinsoi
says his tax listings are in lin
with everybody else of prOminenc.
in town and he invites show dow,
Il have studied the tax Sheets.
says Mr.. Robinson" and ! find thai
my tax listings are In line wit
everybody else whose listings
have noted. My home, a gift q
Mrs. Robinson from her father, Il
listed at $4,000. i didn't build thu
house and didn't appraise 1t for taS
alton. If I had built my own homt
,E would have been much mqrl
modest than the one / occupy. ~
"If any one thinks my chatteis ar
not listed high enough, then d0p'i
ilame ina; Ihtlye been gnffied in nj |
listings 81 the tax listers fhemselveI
! who have repeatedly volunteered thy
opinion that my listings were higfi
If my personal property IS valuet
too low, then um perfectly willin!
for the county to appoint appraisers
to go into my home and appraiss
the inside of my house just as thel
appraise the outside, provided, o.
course, they appraised everybody'I
household and kitchen furniturtl
automobiles, jewelry, wearing aH
parel. etc. In the same way"
Mr.. RObinsOn's suggestion that of
ficial. appraisers enter ;the homej
Of prominent citizens aud give thei
chattels the once-over will hardl:.
set we'll with. prominent Elizabeth
Citizens. Lets see now how sons
others list their property. Tn;
figures cited are for a number OF
the city's most luxuriously furnlshf
ed homes.
DR.. A. l.. Pendleton lists his 'futi
niture at $1,1S5; his family's jewelrd
at $500 and his automobiles, one o1
which is a Lincoln, ut 81, 400. HI
Main st. residence is listed al
$4,000. as 81
Federal Judge /. M. Meekins list
his furniture at $1,000, the family
jewelry at $1,000. His home "a
$4,000
DIR. l.. S. Blades lists his furni!
ture at $1,SO0: jewelry $500; auto!
mobiles $1,25O. His home is listetl
at $1G.290.
+ The. Hon. J. c. B. EhringhauI
list his household and kitchen furnII
ture $1.210: his two automobilei
1.4OO. His home is listed ut $13.,
500.
L. G. Blades lists his furnitnrj
at $500: jewelry $3.50; radio $40,
.yp automobiles $1,000. His homf
dn Pennsylvania Ave. is listed a.
$6.35O.
DR.. X. Z, Hendricks lists thf
household an kitchen furniture iI
his palatial MAJ st. home ut $965
his radio ut $25; ..rwelry $3.50. Hi
home Is listed ut $500.
DR.. ii. ID. Walker lists his house
hold and Kitchen furnit,.re at $500
two automobiles 500; js"elry, $50
His home is listed ut $4,000. .S.
Mayor Jerome Flora lists $1,19g
for furniture; $500 for jewelry
$500 for silver ware and 5000 TO;
one automobile.
Judge Walter l.. Small lists hi:
furniture at $3.50, jewelry at $50,
and one automobile at $500. ~
County Trial Judge P. G. Sawyei
lists his household and kitchen fur,
niture at S325, two automobiles a
$3.50 and the family jewelry at $3.50
W. G. Gather, active vice presi
dent Of the First & Citizens Nationai
Bank fists his furniture at $780,
two automobiles at $1,000 ane
jewelry at $500. ~
And 80 now we have the low dOwI
Oh how poor our foremost citizenk
are in houehold and kitchen furni'
ture, automobiles, jewelry, etc
when they come to face the ta3
listers. Mr. Robinson, who didn't
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