The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-10

acre oft and know personally nothing
about it. It has been represented to
me as good timber land-good cypress
swamp land-swamp land-pasture
land and marsh land accordingly as j.
was located. But whatever the land
may have been worth-the mode of
selling was wrong, and do say it has
not been properly sold. Not sold as a
set of business men would have sold
land. Not sold as executors or admin
istrators would have sold estate land.
No mans land should be sold without
his knowing it. Who in this assembly
has ever seen notice of sale Of one
acre of this $4,000 acres sold August /,
1892; or of this 350,000 acres sold pre-
viously? Not one OF US, and the whole
State is in as great ignorance as We are
on this matter. Our land-your land
and my land-we all own it's gone
it has been sold from under our feet
and We know nothing at all about it.
This land is under the supervision
of the Sinking Fund Commission,
which is composed Of the Governor,
Attorney-General, Comproller-General,
Secretary of State, the Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee in the
House and of the Judiciary Committee
of the Senate.
The points that DR.. Mcintosh made
were in brief these:
1st. This land had never been ap-
praised before it was put on the mar
ket, as is done by the United States
and all the States that have State land
to SILL: and it should have been with.
drawn from sale if it did not bring the
appraised price.
2. This land had not been properly
advertised and sold so as to realize its
full value.
8. If, as has been said by Mr.. Gibbes,
these lands were sold to get them back
on the tax lists, what does it amount
to to sell 1000 acres of land atl5 cents
an acre-only $50, and the tax on that
would be say only $1.50.
The State sacrifices her land and
when it is put on the tax list, the taxes
at last amount to nothing and the
State loses her land and gets no return.
DR.. Mcintosh said he wanted Gov.
Tillman to explain it. He was only
stating facts as he had received them
from the Secretary of States office IN
Columbia.
There were several questions and q
good many Interruptions during the
speech. It was evident that this was
a new and unexpected issue and nc
one present seemed prepared to meet
it or 10 answer it.
r0IyN,y ruATpM.N~ II IT RrEASE
was called for and mounted again the
Sheppard wagon, but did not reply to
DR.. Mcintosh further than to say that
it was very remarkable thing to him
that DR.. Mcintosh would get ia his
buggy and ride eighteen miles simply
to cay that some few thousand acres OF
State land had been sold. He thought
it was better to sell it at a low price and
get it on the tax books, than to let il
stand as it has been and pay nc
taxes to the State: He then
talked about Richardson's administra.
tion being in debt and Sheppard's bank
charging 10 per cent. At the cnnclu'
sion of this the crowd repaird to the
base ball ground and gave vent to their
enthusiasm by applauding for their
favorite men.
There were quite number of ladies
present at the meeting and every thing
passed off serenely.
Messrs. Fant and MeCarley served a
good barbecue dinner.
Whitmires has not grown any since
my last visit, out when the new bridge
that is now being constructed across
the Enoree by Mr.. J. L. Aull is COM
pleted, and Union is thus brought
nearer, things will liven up with the fall
trade. -.-. E. F. A.