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»' rg' - ’A Vjrte' $ ®F fV. • ’ n* ■ nil .Alii ■!■■ urrent Revaluation ... Jones County officials are pre , dieting a eonsiderafciebMWtin the tax valuations in the county when the current revaluation is com pleted. Present total assessed val uation of the county is $6,938,8*2. This total valuation is divided ■ »; ifoUows: • $*,081,135 tor real Iipplej:’iraiu<#,$2,250,287 for per-1 ami property valuations and *607,420 tor vahiatita of property in the county which is evaluated h* the state Board of Allotments and Appeals, and includes rafl is, uttoties aito certain bank property. ', Potiocksville Township which is the largest in area is also the most highly valued in the figures com piled to the office of Tax Collector Zelle Pollock. There the reas estate is valued at »,««£» and per aonal "rciperty is on the hooks for a totat valuation of Wjmm Trenton rownsaip razors seconn m the tax valuations among Jones County’s seven townships with real estate priced at IU0JS4, personal property tabbed at $425,701 for a total of $1,236,246. .Ranking third is White Oak 'w^;j*tal: , totSi of $74t,SI5. TuckahpeTownshipin the west ern side of the county bad its real estate tagged at $426,163 and per sonal property at $257,275 for a total, .of $683,458. Chinquapin Township’s real es tate is priced at $456,687, its per sonal property at $216,394 for a total of $673,061. f And the cdunty’s smallest town chip, Cypress Creek, which has a high percentage of wood lands has real estate priced at $330,239 and ■ jifthyrw'i' Negroes Pay 13 Per Cent Jones County’s Taxes a study ot one isse tax listed valuations for Jones County re veals that 13 per cent of the coun ty’s tax listed valuation is made fry negroes, who amount to 45.37 per cent of the county’s popula A breakdown oy townships re peals a wide difference in various of the county as to the part ttMt JM0roM,$tay ip tee ownership of property, and, hence, in the pay ment of taxation. • ' Ranging from Trenton Township wfrere U per cent Of the tax listed valuation is by negroes down to 3 per cent in Cypress Creek Town ship. This percentage includes both real estate’ and personal property listings. In IVentocl^ Township with the heaviest negro listings the total figures are $1,043,048 white listing and $103,196 negro listing. PoincfcsviBe Township had the next highest negro listing with 17 per cent of its total valuation ascribed to negroes. The actual fi gures are white $1,413,376 and ne Township’s valuation per cent negro with $604,355 for white ownership and $79,030 for negro, ‘f■* ! • - 'Chinquapin Township lists 6 per cent negro ownership as revealed in the totals of $633,545 ,for .whites and $39,536 for negroes. In Cypress Creek Township where negro ownership is lowest in the county with just 3 per cent hold ings the figures are $560,539 for its personal property at; $249,633 for a township total of $579,271. Jones Animals are Well Distributed if Tax Record’s Right No township in Jones County has a comer on livestock if records in the office of Tax Collector Zeile Pollock are accurate, and' they generally are. The, county, for instance had 6,731 hogs listed for taxation this year and they were spread as follows: Tucfcaboe Township 962, Pollocks ville all, Cypress Creek 800, Bea ver Creek 862, Trenton 189, Chin quapin 688 and White Oak 429. Scarce as milk cows are in the tax records, they too were spread pretty well about the county with its 471 scattered as follows: Pol fodksville 162, Trenton 80, Beaver Creek 60, Ttockahoe 50, Cypress Creek 46, White Oak 38 and Chin quapin 36. v and iWhlte Oak 40. i How about mules? Only 921 in the county and by township they were located like this: Trenton 201, Polloeksville 189, Chinquapin 153, Tuekaboe 118, Beaver Creek 137, Cypress Creek 63 and White Oak Beef type animals were far more numerously reported to the tax listers with 1,999 appearing on re cord. Polloeksville ^ownship bad whites and $18,732 tor negroes. If real estate values alone are considered and personal property is ignored the negro holdings of land by township breakdown as follows: White Ook 15 per cent, Polloeksville 17 per cent, Trenton 19 per cent, Chinquapin 2 per cent, Cypress Creek 1 per cent, Tucka hoe 12 per cent and Beaver Creek ' 12 per cent. Elected President ' Twenty-OBe < mA, - members of the MaysrvHle and Belgrade Me ttwdist churches, met in a supper session in the Maysvffle church to Iona a new Methodist Men’s dub. Alter some ddspusslOu {he* men agreed unanimously to elect a-slate of officers am} apply for a char Leonard Thompson, was elected president, WIHdam kali Mattocks, irlce-president, Thomas Conway, secretary and treasurer, and Ab bott Meadows, program Chairman. Two men from Belgrade joined in the planning session. The men were served a supper of Italian sityte spaghetti, tossed salad, French bread, chocolate pudding, and coffee. Those men who were present will engage in an intensive effort to add new members to their group. 55. , Mules were out-numbered over three -to-one with 2,735 cars and trucks listed for the county and spread among the townships as foHavrs. PoBocksville 70B, Trenton 483, White Oak 380, Beaver Creek 308, Chinquapin 3X8, Cypress Creek : 286, Tuekajioe 268. The 6,121 folks living on Jones Farms were pretty well fixed for eggs and fried chicken with 23,361 chickens listed for taxation last year. They were scattered about the townships idee this: Trenton 4438, PoMocfcsville 3,813, Beaver Creek 3,708, Tuefcahoe 3,407, Cy press Creek 3,221, Chinquapin 3,022 and White Oak was low in the poultry department with just 1,952 listed. I Hunting is a pretty popular sport among Jones Countians who dogs for taxes last year | - One “Doubting Thomas” around the court house expressed the view that these were mighty low dog figures, since he believed he had heard that many chasing one fox. He admitted, however, the pos sibility that some of those fox hounds may have been from other counties. 1 Jones was certainly a fine coun ty for a romantically inclined “lady dog” to make heir home, since the tax department records indicate that there were only 202 lady dogs in the county and 819 gentlemen dogs. haturally ■» with Nk^^JHVNRPI ™' "wjyiifr' i fii ccnooi r. jmmi ■-. flppfji ■ .wi^pti'yj commented upon and is th# type scroll V «Mch OMWiMr Luther, Hodge* and educational | and .*►> Atetrlal. / aoupht to oftabtWi thiuuBhout tha, a»t* Irt imlertoprnvtdatraifltnpil»J*W Hargett, both of Trardon. Tho Huff mart* are brother*. • < , r/ ; Nargajtt ia thg a«t gf Mr. and - B UamanH Wpt'i Modem* ape apeclalfadng In elec ! mx^A r»iBn tiliniat— . mum V V WBI.jpvna FNHr»ClVyillOn vQtffWi and alt three Janas Countian* are grddvatai of Jonae Central High Schott; ' The First Baptist Church will Jiold its annual spring revival from Ma«* 31 through April 7, 'with services beginning each evening at 7:30. Rev. Guthrie Caivard, Missionary of the Atlantic Association, will he the evangelist for this series of services. The various choirs of the church assisted by Mrs. L. l. Mattocks will provide the special music each evening. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. Jones County Real Estate Transfers Transfers of real estate reported in the past week by the office of Jones County Register of Deeds Mrs. Danis Koonce included the following: March 21&t U acres of land in Beaver Creek 'Township from Lon nie Groom and others to James Groom. March 22nd two Poilocksvflle lots from R. P. Bender to Harry C. Mallard. March 22nd IS acres of land in Tuckahoe Township from Eliza Jones to Heber Jones and on the same date 45 acres of Tuckahoe Township land from Eliza Jones to Bverette Jones. March 25th 345 1-2 acres of Tuck ahoe Township land from Lindsay V. Maness to Jesse T. Maness Jr. i _____ Marriage License I Jones County Register of Deeds i Mrs. Darris Koonce announces the issue of only one marriage license in the past week and it went to of Pol 11, All farmers who have a net in come of $400 or more must file Federal Tax Returns to report ijheir self-employment income for /Social Security Credit. The requirement to file a self emiploy ment return is based on the farmer’s earnings or profit. The fil ,ing of a return does not necessarily require a person to pay income tax, although he miiglht be required to pay Social Security Tax. Farmers are required to pay So cial Security Tax if net profit from farming is $400 or more. This pro .vision of the law is compulsory. ,The law also provides a special method of figuring net earnings from farming operations for So cial Security purposes only. Farmers who gross not more than ,$1800 in any taxable year ending ^December 31, 1956 or later, may report two-thirds of their gross, ■even though net profit is less than $400. Farmers who report on a calen dar year basis may exercise this option in repotting their income for 1956. ff the farmer’s gross income is more than $1800 and net profit is less than $1200 he may report $1200 as net profit. If net profit is over $1200 there is no option and the farmer must use his ac tual net. In order to report earnings pro sily, a farmer’s Social Security Number must be shown on his re turn.
Jones County Journal (Trenton, N.C.)
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March 28, 1957, edition 1
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