The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-04
CRUSHED BY HEAVY TAXES.
wHoLBsALE coNFIsoATToS or Es.'
TATEs IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

Homesteads md uouschoId Good. under IN.
Hammer-Thc Impoverished Condition 81
the PeopIe-The state Bank swindis.
CHARLEsToN, 8. O., June LIN every
county in this state the officiai Journals ere
teemine with advertisements OF tan sales upon
the property Of the citizens at the suit OF d. n.
Chamberlain 4 90. The ofnoIal journal Of Omar
Ieston county has four double columns Of these
unfortunates. When an attorney collects foe
his clients he issues his execution. In this osss
Chamberlain issues his executions aRsnst real
estate, homestead, and household good through
his tax collectors. And for whstf freudu-
lent clsim--stste Bank bills, which should hsvs
been burned after payment eight year, ago. OF
the reported burning and actual paying the
country has been appraised. Joe Crews. the wit
ness OF the burning, 10 dead. The Radicals sag
the Ku-Kiux killed him. The Democrats say
the Radicals did It; and Crews, on his death
bed, said Chamberlain knew all about H. He d
out Of the way.
Tho bills came to life after their burniae
They we're rendered for the payment Of thu
taxes for which these executions are levied, ss-
cording TO the contract on their face, which hss
Court. Championships clients held from etO00m
TO 100000 Of them. Some $4,000 OF taxes were
the two-mlll tar at the last Legislature We.
| proposed by Chamberlain to absorb them, and
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to 20. The large CORPORATIONS and then the peo-
pie purchased and rendered them. Nearly the
tender. The balance which remainsd, a clause
/ In the tax bill provided for-that they shou!d
redeem forfeited lands ana past due taxes. stu
| few remained. discrimination was made
| twenty per cent. would cover the balance lInools
lected; twenty per cent. penalty was still out
Those who had rendered State bank bills there
for. by an order o. the Administrations, could
get their receipts by paying thor tender with
| twenty per cent. added thereto.
AN OUTRAGE.
Under the whip and lash OF the law. the
twenty per cent. has TO be added to the amount
rendered, or the Sheriff sells the property accord
ing to his advertisement Is not this an outraged
One-fourth Of the property In South Carolins
clients interests. because the citzens will nog
pay blackmsil oftwenty per cent on the tsxesi
But retribution comes home. 1t Is not tho poo!
rule, he has had no faith In princes and has paid
In his taxes. 1t is the rich who are caught
Those men who have been throwing up. tbsii
hats for fusion and Chamberlain--they who ara
ionsed to the cliaue~they who dictated thss
all must bow their knees to the Reform Gov.
ernor"-these are they who now suffer in thu
II there YVES any justice in the land, the whole
scheme Of robbery would be enjoined Not STATE
have been redeemed and should have w, bees
burned long ago. The payment Of taxes by the
the eSllecion Of The selling vsiSo of His Ss
They are now pretty nearly all redeemed asecoed
appropriations unpaid for the present wear, ana
thus so per cent Will have to be added TO tho
next tax bill. Chamberlain and his clients ara
certainly reapins the beneft OF their speouls-
ton, which has caused the deficiency.
although the legislators have not all been paid
their pittance, and the attaches OF the General
Assembly have only received one-third OF their
AN INDEPENDENT JUDGE.
The enormity of the demand has called ous
some OF the latent strength OF the Judiciary
| The LoQtslatufe. time o. enacted that
Judge could enjoin the collection Of taxes. But
sssopped 1 the s' sales throughout the he state AZ
though this will defer tue collection OF the
per IT,, 1Sr awhile and M
benefited BY the decision are beginning . ses
that the sham reform Of his Excellency u
always and only money In his purse.
The Governor lately went into caucus q
Republicans, when ono OF them sarcastioallD
said, elcome back among the thievesr The
bland Governor replied that he was never IN
The case against ex-Gov. Moses for larceny
has been nolle pressed at Oraneebura The Grand
coed. 10th Moses and wnippef have been thross-
sned with indictments II they persist In their
them dare the Governor to proceed, and init.
mate that misery likes company. They wiz
or Sumter bar become the prosecutors. There
are serious spprehensions upon the part OF many
good citizens, however, that resort to violence
win he had In order TO prevent these men from
holding court.
, WORK ron CHAMBERLAIN.
Tho commissions OF Judges Reed and Shaw.
the incumbents, read for one year and nine
months, which time expires In August. Cham
Derllin's Democratic friends are buoyed up with
, the txOectatiOn that his fertile brain will work
out some device before then To relieve the situa-
ton Of the Judges elect.
Tho nrst OF June has arrived and the
State Treasurer will say 20 all applicants fos
their regular dues that the State has sus-
pended payment" The taxes which were levied
were two mills short OF the amount necessary
to pay expenses. bankers to whom application
was made In January to advance the funds
requisite to pay the interest on the state debe
declined upon this very account. Hence de-
nciency was not unexpected But II has been
increased. About one-fourth OF the taxes have
been rendered IN state Bank bills, and IA these
a bills cannot be reissued, the deficiency has
grown apace. The law requires that the Treas-
, urer shall pay each specific appropriation pre-
rata. The pro rata shares Of the State oficeu
, and penal and charitable institutions Will thus
expire at the end Of this month. and from thai
time until a new tax levy they must 20 without
| remuneration.