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at (Seeds’ office, and the stoeniffj
to the Snatneiqg ui negnaltar eJec-j
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of mtiscellaroeous activities that |
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I Sjjjjli ALL SALES FINAL... NO EXCHANGES... NO REFUNDS 11
II BOYS' GRAB TABLES I I CHILDREN S GRAB TABLES I
■ Our buyers were forftmate to fee able to buy the entire closeout line Our buyers were fortunate to be able to buy the entire closeout winter H
■ of children's slightly irresmiar dbilldirem's wear items from the Robville line of children’s wear from the famous make “Chick-N-Chuck” chil- B
■ Manufact urcwg Company! This feug shipment includes little boys’ dren's wear factories! This tremendous group includes corduroy over- 9
H shirts .. - HW* boys’ dress pamtts ._ _ and btth boys’ sport coats up alls .. . corduroy pants and jacket sets .. . flannel shirt and lined H
■ to size 10! la also 'roriudes dress sttylle boxer short pants! poplin pants set .. . and many other items too numerous to mention! H
H Sizes 1 to 3 and 3 to 6X! For boys and girls! H
■ Each item with values from sl.9# to $81.99 each! Slight imperfects ... 9
■ b«ait real Values from 51.99 to $6.99 each! Buy now and save! yi
I 50c - SI.OO - $2.00 SI.OO-$1.25-$2.00 I
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I 4by 6 Foot Size BOYS’ SHORT SLEEVE Boys' Shin And I
I Textured Rugs Snnrt SllirtQ Lined Pants Set I
E A giant size fine pi«t «f tor UjlUll kj ILO dtous
H the home! Can be used, in any nm Slightly imperfect sport shirts in sizes 6to 16 years in made with a flannel sport shirt and a H
H in the house! Assarted ceiccsi: At c-ooi summer fabrics that are ideal for the months ahead! flannel lined poplin pair of boxer H
■ this price stock up now—saw! Washable fabrics! Grab a group now at this low price! pants. Sizes for the little tots! B
I $7.00 values to $1.29 each 75c qSTgrt $ 1.25 I
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1 Bovs’ Slight Women’s Melt’s Slight Womens
■ Sumner ¥ —T * House l>eacn 1
I Gowns Imperfect Irregular Shorts I
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■ mer batistes ant mrber to! nt dresses in assoru-l m/m# |¥lr L#
niul sheer fabriea'' X«l A ¥IW M 1 L sizes! Values to S2<*9 each" ¥ W JTX £
■ aH siaes but values from Save bis money heie! styles an.l si/.-s lake
■ $2.39 to $4.99 «Ktht - •> .'"in pick, values Pi $2.99.
I $1.25 Coats $1.50 Shirts SI.OO |
.? A smsatAraial group of A tremendous value in
fl ciSfie-i-r jmpcrfect sport ■HBMBMmffff men’s cotton twill work I
m caste Star the little boys rr*j » o_ -a- shirts in the 00101:5 of _ _
I Mell’« Dns« iron® stars 3to 18 years! ftIUS opOrt khaki and grey! These LtldieS Beach * *
■ Lees off peeves in. some are slight imperfects in ■
■ CL* f. sims and small lots Cl-.in.f-o most aU sizes! Now ' s Wlwu.lv
m ijllirts ion (ottiaer sizes! Ideal for Oilll IS your chance to stock up kHIUI IS
PbisaiiMr and the summer on your needs at this ~. „ , . .
■ -S£ SwSs alMadr SUr* 2*oSX in sliKh. Im- low price- s”as mad, P Pv famous S
■ £ SCTH* VALUES TO SUM perfect sport shirts for the VALUES TO 52.59! Blue Bell lh.it usually B
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l| SI.OO I $2-00 50c I |sl-50 $1,25 |i
I »■=. ll S I DEI mens SPORT SHIRTS I
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■ H liBOWS O UllS rics that usually sell front $1.29 each to $2.99
■ Or erotre Tate ywc i*tk at Cnz> warm union suits in each! You'll want to be down early when the I
■ aam « tuts pm*' r mi an tih& a»«, jci« ... odd sizes for (he boys: doors open to take advantage of this big group' B
■ YUwngW ,a ** : a *‘ - Values to $129 each. Plen- , S K .> B
9 toe- ty of time left for wear
I 50C 50C ‘ “ 'bTI- usually sell from >7 Co
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* I Wtai * a ** r * c ‘ I I Rush down ... be here when the doors
If •* I I B p en there are grab tables loaded with BV ¥ll |BK
, 4 I I wrar ' apparel for the boys and girls at
values tO wlto I 888 111 real bargain prices! We’ve cleaned house
I I «f all Fall and Winter goods and they
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Arf ttisese serrites are a variable
I it® and serve *3 people of the
I MMfy.
J Otsmattaes depend art property
-I taxes t® ffiananee their activities,
i A sfflrenmg! aisd stable property
1 tax fease. tfcerefibre. is needed
tt@ tEtaaiinee eoManty services. The
couimiiiies of the state stared unit
ed agahast wetoteemimg tftis tax
Ifaase mitthi exemptions. If some
jSaiaite off property amp exempted
;! tflramm toxattoon, it not only means
! ttSnat the exermpted property re
! ceives ffiree services. It also
I mneams thiat the cost of these ser
ij vices is sfciifted to other taxpay
ers.
1 A strong! and sffitWe tax base,
.ate® nreams one where afi prop-
TUE CHOW AM HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1888.
j erty is placed on the books and
* valued uniformly. If some prup
-1 erty is placed on tne books at
j a fraction of value, far below
(other property, it means not
’only that it gets a partial free
rate, but also that its equitable
share of the tax burden is shift- j
ed to other property. You can:
see that with the heavy financial!
burden counties carry, we can-'
not afford either to exempt i
property or to undervalue it. <
Tax Listing and Assessing
Perhaps a brief mention of
property tax listing and assess
ing will help you understand
how it works.
Each board of county com
missioners appoints a county tax
supervisor. The tax supervisor*
is responsible for the listing and
assessing of property for pur
poses of taxation. In December
of each year, the tax supervisor,
with the approval of the board
of county commissioners, ap
points list takers for each town
ship. Every person owning
property must appear before the
list taker in his township in
January and give the list taker
an itemized list of all real and
. personal property that he owns.
; The list taker, with the help
Jof the taxpayer, determines a
l value for each item of personal
property, attempting to place on
j each item a value equal to com
parable property owned and list
'ed by other taxpayers. Real
i property generally retains the
value placed on it at the time
of the last county-wide valua
tion of all real property. In
case of improvements to realj
property or exceptional circum-1
[stances involving change ini
value, the real property may be
reassessed. Periodically, all real
property is revalued, generally
with the help of expert proper
ty appraisers. No matter who
places a value on his property. l
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each taxpayer has the right to
: appeal any decision as to the
value to the board of county
commissioners. The board hears
. these appeals in March of each
year.
Revaluation Os
, Real Property
[ Let me explain the revalua
[ tion procedure. The 1959 Gen
i eral Assembly provided a brand
■ new revaluation system. The
■ legislation had been thoroughly
1 studied and heartily endorsed by
• our Association, prior to its in- 1
■ traduction. It required each
■ county to revalue real property (
i every eight years. The eight-*
[ year period was fixed with two
■ | things in mind. First, there is
ilthe substantial cost of revalua
■ tion, when done properly. See
l ond. there is the fact that over
a period of years, circumstances
surrounding real property will
i change; some property will in
,l crease in value, while other
!
property decreases. Without re
valuation. the tax burden shifts
from property that feeromwes un
der valued to property that has
been overvalued. To oounuy of-];
ficials experienced sn the prob
lems of revaluation, and the ne
cessity for it as well as the east.*
the eight-year period snakes
good sense.
Prior to revaluation, the boun-!
ty 'tax supervisor, subject cf
course to the board ®f (county j
commissioners Which appoints
I him, prepares uniform schedules
jof value. Each parcel off real,
, property must Inc visited fey |
| competent appraisers and valued;
I according to the schedules. This'
i val ue is to be based <om market j
value. A real property record as
to be prepared, showing how the! 1
value of each percel was ar-|
t rived at. Finally, the board pi
county commissioners s»Sects. a.: !
assessment ratio, after corns:..
tion with officials of ciitaes ami*
towns in the countv that
use the lax values fixed : v tr.
county. This assessment rat;t|
I may be 30 per cent. 'B3 v-t ■ j
'SO per cent. 70 pci cent. - _r •*
ratio that the bu: . d f .-
commission*rs chouses It ”. '
then be applied to the an. se. •
value -of all real and p* -- -
property, and the result.r,i . t
ure becomes the vai-m- : *~\?
purposes.
Let me go back now to
the law calls the .:vn>, ter' |
appraisers” who mu,' \ ,-.t .
value each parcel of rt.-.l r>
! erty. The law lea\<s - t>. ~
cretion of the board ot .•>.,»;> ;
commissioners who to-sc ;.w-j
pie will bo. Some count.!- .
used local people, working .. ter
the supervision "f the tax - .x.-
visor or a professional appr.t.ser.
Many counties, however, h.t'.x
found it hard to find competent
local people. The competes::
ones have their own tv.; .ness; s
which they cannot leave, and|
many hesitate to get involved n
the valuation disputes that off
ten arise. So a large number
of counties in recent years haw
turned to professional apprais* i
firms.
These firms employ pe,'-p'.e|
who are usually profess. «a!l\ ■
trained, experienced, and
tial. Sometimes n is s.,id 3 hat
they do not know local prob
lems. But this can fee taken
care of in the development t.f
the uniform schedules of value
that must be used These
schedules can lie developed whtt
the help of advisory cotwr-ittees
composed of local p, pb a,,:.
do know local condn ,n> The
people who serve on advisory
committees do not ge: jnvoiv-.\i
in the valuation of individua
parcels, and as a result, compe
tent local people are often .
ing to serve in thi- c.'.mt,c
on a part-time basis.
How about the cost of . re
valuation? Often it > assumed
that the high cost of rev.
tion comes only with .1 -
ployment of profess:or..*’. a : ; ■
praisal firms. Actually, tr ... r. if
the cost can bo attributed t ■ the
requirement of th« .a»
each parcel be v,sited and ap
praised. This individual ap
praisal is the only fairway. but
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• is means that a lot of time is
, uavolved. Whoever is hired to
do a competent job will cost
money, whether the person is a
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County Government
Deserves Support
As I have talked to people
, ever the state. I have found a |
, lot of support for county gov
ernment. The support comes!
"from oeople who understand!
county government, what it is.
and what its problems are —peo- 1
p> who take an active interest
! am their county government. It
;; ss rare to find an informed per
-1 son. who -is not interested. The
' constant grumblers seem to be
H . '
those who understand the least
!anid show the least interest.
County officials want their
c t...'ers to be informed about
/county government. They
‘ wt.zens will I'e interested
•• :.u their county government.
They desire citizen support of
nnty government. And they
'jwti.om.e constructive criticism
jw'-'eu citizens have it to offer.
The mote of county comm is- 1
t s.'i tiers could well be stated in
|th - -• "If you are satisfied
jtv ''' your county government.
tu it v :r neighh* rs: if you arc
it ' tel v o.ir count v conun is-1
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ADVANCE CLUB MEETS 1
I
On Monday the Advance Com
"munity 4-H Club had its month
"ly xt’.'i: at the community
:: ; :u .i.r.g The meeting was call-;
Jed to order by the president.
' Jack Per:-y The meeting was
■ tttvta.i opened by saying the
4-H Pledge Carolyn Bass read
the devotionaL followed bv the
I. re's Prayer. The secretary
called the roll and read the
Titr tes of the last meeting.
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PAGE THREE
; Two new members, Earl JoneA
i and Barbara Bass, were reported. -
As a community project tne
i 4-H members voted to beautify '
! lira community building grounds
at the last meeting. This pro- j
ject was to include filling in the
yard, arrange for better park
ing facilities and help with the
planting of shrubbery. Mrs.
1 1 Carlton Perry, adult leader, '
, sugggested that the club begins
“ 1 immediately on the beautifica
- 11 tion of the community building
| grounds. It was decided that ■
, the boys should meet at the
• 1 community building Saturday
-1 morning at 9 o’clock to begin
i hauling dirt. The girls are to
‘ meet with Airs. Carlton Perry
'at 11 o'clock to prepare sand
: wiches for the boys.
Harry Venters asked if Afi*
' vance wov'd like to appoint
: • throe- or four people to attend
‘the recreational workshop at
1 i Chowan Community Building on
. 1 Monday. Tuesday and Wednes
day . night. Jack Perry. Kay
and Nelia Lowe and Zackie Har
i rell were elected to represent
the club.
Mr. Venters gave a denton
i stration-talk about the import
i a nee of keeping accurate 4-H
record bowks.
The meeting adjourned and
; Mrs. Carlton Perry served deli-
I cious refreshments. A recrea
| tional program followed the
! meeting.
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