The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-20

was so anxious to raise tax money, and
would not approve the resolution to
extend the time, has not yet paid his
own taxes.
| TILLMAN's TRIBUTE.
Editorial in the State.
Now that we have veracious ac-
count Of the tax returns Of our distin-
guished Governor, we know how much
I to expect Of him as taxpayer and
maker of issues.
How impregnable is the position Of
our Governor! How magnifcently he
responds to the call of his State for
funds! How gloriously he sacrifices
the interests of B. R. Tillman to the
good of the oppressed people he rules!
The State has the largest daily circu-
lation in Edgefeld. That may seem
strange for an anti-Admini.tration
paper, especially when Edgefeld is the
home of the Administration, but it's
so. "When you see it in the State, it's
sow We knew, when we made an ap-
peal to the people of Edgefeld for the
true figures Of our noble Governors tax
returns, that we would get them. We
have not been disappointed.
Let us analyZe those returns!
Item No. is '65 COWS, $780," This
means that each COW was worth Sl0.77,
according to the Governors sworn
statement. He sold twelve Of them to
the Lunatic Asylum for S442.40, or
S36. 6.S6 each. You can decide whether
he sold them for over three times their
value to an institution under his direct
control, or whether he returned them
for taxation at less than one-third their
actual value. You deposit your faith,
ard take your choice. Which was it?
"Four mules, at S75 EACH" Mules
have fallen in Meriwether township,
evidently. Who wouldn't like to buy
the Governors mules at the Governors
price?
-Four horses, at $62. 50 EACH" Horses
are awfully cheap in Meriwether town.
ship! Would that we could buy the
Governors horses at his own valuation!
But We couldn't!
Fifteen hogs, $1,000" Certainly
our Governor must be the cheapest hog
raiser in the State. Would that we
could learn his secret of raising hogs
not pigs-for Sl.33 each. At that rate
we would all be rich.
zone watch, $4,000" How econom-
ical a man. our Governor! Has any
body seen him in possession of a gold
watch? No, indeed! Silver it is, at the
best. A Waterbury movement, at
that! Forty dollars! A Spartan, truly!
Zone piano, $1,000" Please note how
our Executive combines an esthetic
love of music with a devotion to econ
omy! Twenty dollars for a piano!
What make is on the market at that
figure? We read of great bargains at
$500. Can we not all get the Cover
nor's bargain directory" and save
ourselves cold, hard cash?
"Household furniture, 5000" How
many pictures, flowers and jogging
boards"
"Seven hundred and sixty-five acres
of land, s2,7CO." What an admirable
farmer our farmer Governor must be,
when his home estate, which has re-
ceived the benefit of all his industry
and intelligence, is worth, house inclu-
ded, 1892 an acre! Let the nations
wonder,
More COWS at $40 each, more mules
at $50 each, more hogs at Sl.OO each, a
wagon at $50, and. finally ! ,125 acres of
land at s., 500, or s3.337 per acre! Prodi-
gious. What farming success! What
thrifty agriculturist! What vera
cious tax payer. With mouths agape We
stand waiting for additional evidences
of B. r. Tillman's integrity.
"Finally, at last Anxious as he
was to squeeze the taxpayers out OF
their taxes without an extension OF
time, the recipient, as be was, of s., 500
salary for the year 1891, it appears that
our patriotic Governor has not yet paid
bis taxes-not even on $50 pianos and
So land. Surely, if the Executive, so
fixed, could require this extension, the
people-the poor, common people,
with pianos worth more than $50, and
land worth more than IS an acre-must
have required more.
After all, does it not show how a
flatuient "Reformer" can reform every
thing but himself? Does it not show
how cheap and scanty the basis, upon
which men stand who pretend to i'm
prove everybody besides themselves, by
law and ukase?
If, after this exhibit, B. r. Tillman
can still summon effrontery enough to
demand double assessments Of banks |
and railroads; if he can still pose as
raprecortative of honest DeODle against |