The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-12

stdntlin@ our Cause was Lost. still We
nre q bend OF brothers, and cherish
fond rccollcciiohs ofthc many vicissi-
tcdc:, of our army lie.
Very respectfully,
j. II. HorLEs,
Formerly 1t. CO. {, 18th :. &. V.
TJIE .isSESs MfsNr OrL.iNDS.
-Nrs"r*. J.dToTS:- 1t. will soon be
li"C, H.'tvr Il recent 40, of tlic Lc4is-
latur,, 10 H:"r>S our lands for tuNu-
.,,oI. The constitution framed by
rcgucs and ignorant negroes in con-
vcnion--the supreme 'Mw Of the
land nnvcrlhclcss-prcScribcs that all
t"AcS on property shall be levied cd
co'D,rnr--DM cash ya'ucs-ud ruI0.rln;
Il custom house term, meaning i'll
voice price, actual cash cost. What is
Gny commodity actually worth? What
il will bring in cash. Every one
krows everything real or personal
sold on crcdit brings more than l.,
val"c. Now, this very. ingenious
Lcgisla,urc Of Ours cEactS that our
lands Shall be assessed Il, and by the
RACES Obtained Il! Commissioners, sales
for thc division Of estates, whi,h bv
the pr"c ice OF the courts are made on
credits OF two and three years. Sol
vent estates with ambitious heirs
:'Wavs ~cll at even oyef credit values,
1,i ~ I;
I'D; Gdy" had before him and to make
the property bring as much rs posi-
bic. l'il>olvcnt, the hungry .crGdi-
tors make il bring ihrEG Value,
hop u 10 rc?!iXc the same jan three
years c.cdi,. licucc estates sold Tor
division bring usua'ly three times
wEat they arc worth. and by this very
!;ihu REFORM law our lands are TO be
va)Ucd a. thi'cc times the price we can
aciuaily sell Them for. Three times
,hcir 0d "G|o.cAA value, and we arc
il ,.::.a!ly 20 be taxed II mills on l.lc
COLLAR for State and county purposes.
brt aciu"llv lii,y-oEc mills on tic dol
lar Of ar,uai vi!Ucs, which VIC lave in
hand. tn!y i've per cent. and Il
';,!c over. You see our Suions have
whipped the (GcviD old man round
Che s.ump 10 keep us poor, ignorant
Il rncvS 1;om Knowing how much VIC
&C taxed. and this tax il 10 be paid
out Of dotlon AZ six and Il quarter cents
naH pound, making il uiorc burden
some than any tax the rngucs ever
levied wlli!t in power, or say double
taNAtion under Il reform and honest
government. fl is Il wonder our pco-
pie don't again rise up and form tax
III 'ons, and cvcu send u committee to
sec Returning Rogue Hayes on the
subject. | am but plain farmer
and know not whether ! am correct or
not; but would ask what you call
the whipping round in valucs-a
swindlc or no swindlc? Did they SO
reason: We must have so much
money. The taxes NUT be less,
no. nally, than under he rogucs.
Properly has deprecated; therefore 10
hide INC burden from thc masses, we
must have the assessment made at
fictitious values. And if this don't
bring enough is there not some kind
Of All cqualiziny board, bcQucathcd to
Is by 'hc Radicals, that can double
thc value again? 1t all seems TO an
Old farmer like supreme farce. 10
lang him for owning $1,000 in real
estate, when his ncighbors know he
owns but $3.50 il. value. Tell him he
is rich as ali excuse to plundcr him,
There was once a man named John
IIampdcn who made noise about
being uniustly taxed. Tt is great
pity this man could not be back again.
He might help to save us from being
plundcrcd. He might apply for ali
injunction to restrain somebody.
~r FARMER. .