Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-11
Cur TaxoS.

Orp worthy Tax-collector has just made The touf
or Edresld on his final trip for the blessed year loot
IT,. basnow doubtless the largest "pe' in The DIS
,;, .,ourb 10 make.sevcral of us rich II the state
u.ouId saw so. But the State has TO be supported
d tho States officer will be found at an early oay
,ro,,;nr along down towards our Capital, with his
nocLsts I Of cash 10 help pay the current expenses
If onr body polite True, many and many dime
will thereby bid adeu 10 The hoows anu ll'i-si'es
nh;cb rroduced them But the good old Ship must
be KEEP, in sailing order and he is an unworthy 'oya-
,vbo b.pr,,ges his share Of the funds required 10
Keep her bravey up against the breeze win toPga'
liant huttering high and every rope tightly drawn.
Such. we are srre is the sentiment of the vast bulk
Of our fellow. citizens. But there Will ne grumo"s
and ill.natured spirits among every people, Always
ready to carp and snap any thing that touches 'he'
Akin 10 these, il not one Of them, is "TAX'FArER,
who writes for the present number OF the AdrcrttSeF
E him and his like we assume the task OF pennins
fv lines of information on the subject ot our IN
creased taxes.
The State tax is verSlittle larger than 1t was last
wear. We have no. referred to the Act and 10 not
remember the precise difference; but We iec' contueh'
IN saving that il is nconsderaby small lle District
-, !, ;s winch has given such alarm to snarlers.
This ;s higher than it has been for many years. lhe
Road tax alone is 50 per cent upon the o'a'e .aA'
Then the Commissioners Of the Poor have cause" u
he assessed tax of II per cent and tile Commissioners
Of Public Building of Sper cent upon the sa'e TAX
making in all sum-total OF near 10 per cent FROM
this efs,a,ement, "TAx-PAyER" may discover lil he
.hoose ~ do sol that the Commissioners OF Roads,
Brdres and Ferries are mainly chargeable with these
heavy taxes il it be a charge at all. But we are ai
from regarding it in that light These Ds'ric o'eei'
are bound to superntend that portion ot our Dis'fc
affairs committed to their care and 10 see that ever
thing in their department, far as pracucaole' oe
kept continually in good condition. 1t Is we'll kho"'
that the eshets and heavy rains last year were very
destructive in their effects, especially as to the bridges
throughout our District. considerable public e1
pense was thus unavoidably incurred; or else ou
Commissioners must have attempted no repairs 10
the nubljc convenience. Would this have been tOera
tod, Would "TAx.PAYEE" even have sanctioned
such parsimony We hope not. Our Commissioner
of Roads are generally respectable men and men o
substance and of course in assessing any tax the!
lrow that they TOO must come in for their full shar
of the burden, whatever that may be- Is 1t probable
then that they would exercise the least exorbitance
this matter, or step inch beyond what the acta
necessities of the District required Something the
are bound to do, if they would avoid being reurne
TO Court And we commend them Tor doing ina
something efficiently. The same may be said OF III
other sets of Commissioners and of their acts. Ii
then neither our Legislators nor the Commissioner
nor any other individuals who are to blame for th
increase of taxalion-but stern Necessity; and, lro
though her rod may be, he is poor philosopher VIII
canno, take her lessons patiently. In this par,cula
matter however, her rod has been laid upon US ligh
". We are doing finely compared with some othe
Districts. Take Pickens for instance While Edge
field has had to raise only so per cent upon her Stat
,a, for road purposes her smaller sister of the mour
,ains paid last year nearly 100. "TAx-PArER" an
his followers would do we'll to go and try Pickens fc
wear or two They might come back satisfied Wit
old EJgefeld.