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ABOUT IBOTflR PER CENT But Part of This Due to Proper As sessments on Timber Lands and Low Valuations on Personal Prop ertyJAlso Help to Offset It "Whereas, the values placed by the assessors on the real ' estate' in Pasquotank county me excessive, unjust, and un . eual, and whereas, there was a mass meeting of the people of Pasquotank County on the fifth day of July UD15 which appointed a committee to go bafore the board of equalization and ask lor a reduction of the xoessive values and the equal ization thereof, and whereas, the Board of Equalization pass ed an order after hearing said committee that they would not increase the values on real estate in the county to exceed twelve per cent and that .they would equalize the values of h real , estate in Pasquotank Count and .whereas, the said Bjaatd, was. in session a i number i4fty andaade Vnuntber of reductions and adjourned till ftridaj, ithe 23rd of July 1915, ito make a final settlement ad judicating the values and wikereas, :at that hearing, dur iag the forenoon, part of the committee attending the session, rt was agreed that the reduc fions should be made, according to the order made and whereas, after the contmlitee had left, a majority of the Board, with out any notice to the com mittee or to the people, rescind ed its former order to increase the values not to exceed twelve per cent, and proceeded to pass an order reducing the values of the land in Salem ten per cent Nixonton 16 2-3 per icent and farm landjs m Elizabeth City, ten per cent, leaving an in crease in 8alem of 16 per cent, Nixonton 21 per cent Providence seven per cent, Mt. Hermon alnrat 22 per cent on farms, Newland about 20 per cent on farms, and the town property in Elizabeth City 18.76 per cent and whereas. ' said order, passed ly the Hoard was unjust and unfair to to the jK'ople of Pasquotank County, iind wliereas the re ttcindind was unjust, unfair, and , ndsleadinir, and wliereax the equalization of said values iof real estate in Pasquotank 'County is unequal .and not Woperly adjusted and whereas J. A. Pinner mid J. M. Jen y iiings v.ere iosed to the re ' Sclnding: of the former order passed by the Hoard at the hearing. Therefore, be it resolved: 1. That we coinnien'1 the course of W. A. Pinner and J. M. Jennings. 2. That we condemn the eourse of the other members of the I Board of Equalization as un just unfair,- and creating an unjust burden of exriessive tax ation upon. -.the , jieople of Pas quotank Cqunty . 3. That we (condemn the course of 'the Chairman of the Board in refusing to call a meet ing of the. board after Its ad journment jn ' Friday when re quested Itb;, do'. Ro by a part of the committee for the purpose of adjusting the i values of the , property. ; . f v' -(The,; foregoing ? ; resolutions !ere ; unanimously a5dpted last gaturday' afternoon' by the mass rbout - an hour's 'discussion. lUtllOIIS for a further, reduction or at least an equalization of the valuations was taken up but it was the sense of the meeting in view of the expense which this tep would involve and of the reductions which had already been secured as well as the improbability of ob taining any relief from the c mmission, that it would be better for the mass meeting simply to register its protest against the action of their re presentatives on the board of equalization . The resolutions quoted above were adopted on this decision- The meeting was lled to gether at three o'clock by its chairman, b, Small. Mr. mall-atated. that . the meeting L had been' called by the Citizens Committee 1 in order -to report to the people of the county what the committee" had done. He called upon E. P. Ajdlett to make this' report. Aydlett's Speech Mr. Aydlett told how the committee had gone first before the county assessor and secured the promise of certain redac tions but not such - concessions us had been asked for by the people. The committee, he went on to say, had therefore gone before the board of Equal ization and secured the passage of a resolution agreeing to meet the demands of the mass meeting after the complaints of individual property owners had been adjusted. When all of this had been done the Register of Deeds had been asked to pre pare a comparative statement showing the increase in the real estate valuations by township. W hen this report had been pre pared the Board met agaiu. Representatives of the commit tee were present at this meet ing until late in the afternoon. Thev received no notification that the board would rescind its former action and were sur prised to learn that it bad done . .... ii. ... : so. As soon as me couiuin iee was apprised of the board's ac tion its chairman was request-j ed to call a meeting of the hoard to meet the citicens com mittee and it was at first tin dci-stood that he would do so. loiter the committee was advised that the chairman had legal ad vice to the effect that he had no power to re-convene the board except upon demand of the (corporation commission. Thereupon the call for the se cond mass meeting was issued. The speaker declared that he did not believe that the Board of Equalization had given the leople a square deal. He un derstood that it was the claim of the members of the board that they . had received word from the corporation commis sion that they had no right to order any general reduction of the assessments. lie pointed out, however, that general re duction had been ordered in various townships and sa.id that he did not see why the board had t any, more, right , tp i-; reduce valuations in one townsnip tnan to reduce them in all townships -' It- Ihaa lieen . reported -M Avdlett said, ""that the fteht MRS. SARAH FROST DEAO Povlar Branch X C July 31 Mrs. Sarah Frost Olltf 0f the most well known and highly Hp preciated christian women . of Poplar Branch, Currituck coun ty. X. C. died at her home Thnmlay July 29th 1915 after a lingering illness of about four weeks. Mrs. Frost was about seventy nine years old and had a large ttttle of devoted friends and relatives who knew and loved her. Hue has left them rich legacy the aroma of a most unselfish and beautiful life. The funeral services were con ducted Friday afternoon July 30th by Rev. J. Y. Old pastor of the Perquimans tcharge as sisted by Rev. C. P. Jerome of Currituck charge at Ebeuezer church near Poplar Ltrauch in the presence of a large number of friends and relative who mourn their loss. Mrs. Frost is survived by six children; .Mrs. iuimund Woodhoues of n. Beau-h, Mrs. P. N. Bray of Hligo, X. 4'., Mrs (Jeorge Cartwright oi Weeks ville, Mrs. L ('. Buiini and Miss Mittie Frost of Poplar Bramih N C. and one son. Mr. Charles Frost of Xorfolk, Va. Mrs. Frost's remains were la'.d! to rest in the family cem etery near Currituck courthouse made by a fev large land own ers in the county, and the at tempt has been made to make the people believe that large pro perty owners would be the only oenenViaries of a reduction." Be asked why the small, farmer and the man owning only a house and lot would not be as muh benefitted as any body else. "And after all", he continued, ' 'the question Is, should Pasquotank be asked to 1 carry more than its share of the general burden of taxation" The speaker pointed out that another way iu which the action of the board was unfair to the people was in the fact that in promising a reduction and then rescinding that promise they had deceived many projerty owners and prevented them from going before the. board to make complaint of over" as sessment. Men had told hun, he said, that they would have gone before the Itoard if they had not Itelieved that there would he a general reduction in their township. General discussion followed Mr. Aydlett's speech and sonm were in favor of pressing the fiht before the corjtoration commission . A committe was appointed onsisting of F. P. Markham, R. (). Mercen, E. F. Aydlett, A. J. Jennings, E Cop pcrsmith and J. W. Perry to draw up resolutions for adopt ion by the meeting, and after discussion the clauses of the resolution providing for pressing the fight, further were stricken out. Mr. Munden's Report Mr. Munden's revised report of the increase iu valuations since the reductions in Halem, Nixonton. and Elizabeth City townships authorized by the Board of Equalization at their hst sitting was read before the mass -meeting and set forth the following facts: The total real and personal trojerty listed' in ' Pasquotank county for taxation amounts to Sfi,0G3,42!UR. an increase , of 5 per vent over last. year's, val ration. This does not Include unlisted real and personal, nro terfv, the valuation on which In the whole county : amounts! ;tp r.151,288, ana brings the A to u rease no 't. 17 per rent (hi jpftl'estate .fflPPft In. theTwhold i nunty the increase i" in valua tions amounts to 25 per "cent r f''n"t 27 pr co"t if t' (' PARKER FAMILY IR RE-UNION The Parker Familv Re-Union Was entertained yesterday by Mrs. r. a. Parker and Mrs. J. W. Wilcox at Mrs. Wilcox's home on JVest Main Htreet. All of the family were present con sisting of the following mem bers: Mr. and Mrs. S M Par ker and children, Edwin and Simpson, of Charlentun, K. C Mr. ami Mrs. J. H. Parker and children, Evelyn, Jake and Al ton; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Par ker apd children, Ben Thach and Elizabeth, of Burgess, X. C; Mr. and Mrs James Moran and children, Isa Parker and James rf Eden ton Miss Annie P. and Hilda Mite Moi.t.i of Ktleu I- n; Mrs. P. A. i :'iker VI I -a i :Mker. Mr. ami Mrs. -I . Y ' .' au s". Ralph of this . , i (1 M l.'.ithci Win t I ai L i- o) I In r: . I'a LOUIS DEFEAT CUBS The Elizabeth Citv Baseball team took both ends of a double Friday alternoon from the Cubs'. The first game was fast and snappy, all the way through, which resulted in a score of 12 to 7. The bat teries were, Elizabeth City, Webb, Perry, Belangia. Cubs Cfady and Baker ; ' The second game was a swat fest, Elizabeth City winning by a score of 15 to 0 but was featured by the Elizabeth City team'M batting, every man get ting a's many as two hits each. One of the' leading features of the game . was a great one hand stab in right field by Beeley and a running shoe lace catch by VVeuo )u (enter. Batteries, Elizabeth City, Twiddy and Belangia; Cubs, Baker, Cooir and !. Cooper. l'.nquent property is included In Walein township the in crease oi,, listed real estate amounts' t f54,732 or IU per cent. Qn personal property in Ha lenj, township there is an increase fof $23,521 .(Ml or 15 ler centV Heal property valuations list ed in Nixonton show an in crease of7C,7HG or 21 per cent. The increase on personal pro perty ill this township amounts to only $5,88(5 or 4 per cent . The-tpcrease on real estate listed '.in Providence amounts to $16,821, or 7 per cent, while on ersoflaj(. property in th.s town ship the books show an im rease on $27,904. )0 or :; per cent. This gives! Providence an in creas6jireal ami personal iro pertyGrf? flfteeu per cent. Infilofant Hermon township the increase oil valuations of listedleiil pr)pcrty is $82.iMW. 00 o'fbrty per cent. About forty- thousand of this increase is oni'tiuiber lands, leaving the increase' on farm lands about 22 per cent. In this township tbere;ls an, actual loss in the value, of persona! property of $2,911.00 or. 4 per cent. Xewland shows an increase in 'assessment s ou liHtel real property of $135,903.00 or (53 perjCent. Over half of thia increase is due to a higher val nation on - timber lands and pr.obably the increase on farm lauds' iu this township does not amount to more than 23 per cjeriti This township shows a lOaaof $18,434.00 in personal property, or 14 per cent. Vltt Elizalieth City township rheVijrease iu the valuations bn' Jisted real estate amounts to fkfyOOS.OO or 15 per tent. J'er scmal, property shows an in crease, of only $60,482. (Ht or fire 'per cent, giving; a general Increase in the township of 12 pWjie'nfr. "tr ' ,Tho' reductions 4n ? real estate ; (dontinyed On Paje Four; : V ' i - FALL III LINE Camden and Currituck Will Have Demonstra tions of Hog Cholera Treatment Mr. . W. Falls, county agri cultural demonstrator, arrived: iu the city Saturday morning1 to begin his work in Pasquotank county. Mr. Fulls will be busily at work in the various sections of the iounty but a letter from any one desiring information or as s stance along agricultural lines will reach him if addressed to to him at Eliabeth City. For two or three weeks Mr. Falls will Is with Dr. Owen in the ser es ot Aiitt-l holera demon strations to- be conducted throughout the county, the first oi whicn is scheduled Tor Au gust llth at Forks Hchoolhouse. Dr. Owen went before the County 'ommlssionera of. Cam den county yesterday for the purpose of securiu? their co operation for a similar cam paign , in , Camden v Funds were appropriated1 and the work will be taken up throughout that county immediately after engagements for demonstration! in Pasquotank have been filled Llr. B. B. Flowe, rtate veter inarian, went betfore the Cur rjtutik Commissioners yesterday on the same mission and se cured an appropriation from them. The work iu that county will follow the cam Iain in Camden. REnALHSHIL9H Rev. II, P. Iamb, pastor of Shiloh Bapiist church iu Cam den county reports one of the greatest revivals within recent years at that church as a re suit of the series of the series of meetings which he has scon dwited there assisted by lr. B. C. Henning of this city. As a result of the meeting twenty rive were received into the church for baptism and six old niendsTs were restored to the fellowship of the church. The members feel, says Mr Ijiimb, that still greater good has been lone in the reconsecration of the regular memls'rs of the church. BABY FINOS I HOME Some one in Elizabeth Ciey and seeiuiuglv some one who reads the comic supplement of the Sunday newspapers tried last week to help baby find a home . A nice little fellow only a few days old was left on the porch at the home of Biddy Crank on corner of Sliephard and Ehringhaus streets, last Thursday night: The family liave purchaed a trad le for him :ind are making him feel at home . GOT HERSELF III TROUBLE Irene Johnson, colored, swore out a warrant against Angie Ruftin, charcimr him with as sault. Ruffin was brought be fore Judge Sawyer Friday morn ing in Police court and Irene ap jK-ared as witness against him, After hearing her testimony Judge Bawyer, reached the, con- etnsunr that the woiuau was as much 'guilty as, the man. As a result Irene is id jail and Ruffin is on tM road ri"v OTHER COUNTIES mama Health Officer Declare! t General Conditions of Town Good and Grow? ing Better ' 'General health and sanitary , conditions in the city good and " improving so says the report of the City Health Officer read, at the meeting of the Board of ; aldermen yesterday, afternoon. City Manager Commander ' has had the chain gang at work on the streets of the town!and they'', are probably cleaner, taking the ' city as a whole, than they have - ever been before. Also vacant ', lots and swamp property is said - - to Im; in the best condition in -v which the citv has ever seen its There was little else of inter-". est at this meeting of the board. The city manager reported that , the property owners ou both Sides of Hcott Street had made satisfactory consessions and the work of laying the sewer along this street was proceeding There was complaint that the , brtek . laid- dflf, reride avenue are not up to the sample fur nished by the brick conipany and " dty manager and board of al-., dermen have agreed that they will. inspect these brick in a body within the next few days.. It was ordered that the City Manager request the Norfolk Southern Railway to extend the shed at the new depot from the depot to Main Street in order to give shelter to those pas sengers getting; off the South- . bound train. Extension of the concrete walk for the length of the shed was also suggested . The town through the City Manager is negotiating with the hosiery mill for a projter dispos ' al of the discharge of the dye vats which at present empties ' into the, open drains of the city. The directors of the hosiery null -have been instructed to connect these vats with the city sewer i regardless of expense and it is only a question of time before the location of this sewer will be iigreed upon. , , An ordinance was passed reg ulating the conduct of hackmen who meet the train at the Nor folk Southern depot and the boajs at the various wharfs of , the city. Such an ordinance was drafted some time ago and was supposed to be in effect but a recent case in police court disclosed the fact that it had never been ratified by the board. The object of this ordinance is to prevent hankmen Yrom in terfering with passengers as thev leave trains so that they may choose their own haekman or walk as they prefer. The city manager was in strutted in cases of sickness where families are unable to secure the services of a physi cian to see that proper medical attention is given. III POLICE T Joe Brooks and Grant Eason were given sixty days on the; road in police court this morn ing for disturbing the peace Saturday night. The offenders were using violent, profane and indecent language on the streets after midnight. ; Robert Kines was given thirty days for beating a negro girl. .v FOR SALE v CHEAT -Que Oliver. Typewriter. In good condition " Herbert Peele. varice oftice. Ad tl, i .y Xj-Jflf-J"-' A I
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