The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-07-08

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money and the rc"t viii e. begging.
a word to tho wiso is st ii lent,
The Dcllnqu ent Tax Sales.
Son c time sincc, wo published q
partial list Of lands in tho several
Cour tics advertised for taxes, and
suggest, d that full tablo lie pre-
pared by the News,und Courier. Thi>
paper has done the work handsomely.
1t makes the following exhibit Of tax
sales and rorfcitures in only 10
counties in 1873 aud 1871.
Numl CT Of acrcs sold for taxes, Q3, ,239
" forreiie for taxes. 343,97l
Total, acres. ... 1920
No. pieces sold aud forfeited, 1889
The News aud Courier presents
tho following information given by
its correspondents in the different
counties. Road this and ask whcth.
or there is any need Of tx unions.
In Chester and Marion Counties
tie vnlu ,,lon of property for taxes
VAS 50 excessive that reusscss,nent
vas ordered, and the sales Of d.lin-
q"c"t property have uvt yc: taken
,laoe.
=. The taxes for which 749 acres
of land wee sold in Abbovllle Cuun-
ty amounted, with the costs. to $94S,
or 81 l3 an acre aud in Aiken,
where 1890 ac' os were sold $l,4l4
Or seven and half cents an ,crc.
3. The two acres Of land f,rfcitod
To the State ~ Anderson were the
,.0,n.ot, ads OF two co orrd m,n, " hu
bought them a year or two aAo.
1 In u, rnwcIl Comfy. lnrgc
quantity OF real estate belonging to
uulorcd men was sold or forfeited for
uura,h taxes, and the executions on
personal property, mostly Of ucgroes,
were very numerous.
5 In Re.ufnrt County, m"ny
tracts uf lnnd belonging to colorcd
persons wcto ao!d, particularly the
lands bought ut the United States
tax sales. About one hundred tr"cts
Of fifteen n"rcs each were thus wrcs-
ted from them by taxation. No
colvr.d persons bought any land at
the sale, although muny small, tracts
we're PIT up. Murh Of tho land for
fcitcd is said to have been marsh and
swamp land.
6. In Co!lcton County, G9,272
acres OF land were svld or fortcilcd)
net more than a dean pieces were
olhj fr taxes and costs amounting
to - 2l6 or ten cents an ncrr.
| 7. Asa proof that ,!losc persons
WHO could la.sc tho mun.y, at any
prize, did pny their taxes, it may br
mentioned that, in Darlington, Is
per cent. per nnnum VAS paid for the
loans of money TO be used III the
1 pnym Of taxes.
3 In Gcorgeto~n not a single ont.
siaer made bid at the tax sale, and
every piece Of property which was
put up was forfeited to the State.
.. The luud sold for taxes in l.. ir.
field was mostly in small tracts of
from Is to l:i2 acres, worth about 81
m acre. The holding Of large tracts
vf lands by individuals did not cause
;hcsc sales.
10. 0,c large trrct Of land in
kcrshaw which was forfeited belongs
to an estate, and will soon be re-
deemed. Generally, tho value Of the
land which wus forfeited was very
light.
II. The taxpayers in o. once
managed in some Way to pay up very
closely ; but our correspondent says
that tney feel none the lcss oppress~
cd, because tho taxes absorbed mo st
Of their earnings, and forced them in
! many cases, to dony their families
much needed comforts.
u. In Spartanburg, q whito county
the delinquent taxes did not amount
to 5000.
l3. In York County the f4iluro to
pay taxes on the li0 acres which were
sold, resulted, net from inability to
pay, but from oarelessposs, from liti.
CATION pending, or tho death Of own.
crs. The fo,feited tract was in liti.
cation.
Tho general result, an shown by
tho table is that in 10 Of countie.
tho current year, 93,239 acres, equal
to ll6 square miles Of land have
been sold for taxes, and 343,97l
acres 537 square miles, havo been
forfeited to, and arc held by the
State.-Ncws Il: Courier.