The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04
OPPOSITION DEVELOPS.
The Formation Of Salem County
Not a Certainty-A Meeting Held
to Protest Against the New
County and an Ad-
dress Issued.

Ata meeting held at Rose Hill on October
cath, 1896. ,here were presen,:-Col h. E.
T. Pseo,es. r N Coooe.. NJ G R.tseaterg,
La. White. J W Weldon, W. F. Smith,
RE L Kisyia, Jebo PArneil. ". N. Hud-
son. N e. An,erson, r. B. Wilson, W. K
Crosswe!l. !. N Smith, J. Coussr. j. l. Par
rott. W. ]. McKaio, E. Alexander d G.
Mares.
Col He L Peehles was called to the
chair and yr. W. ] MeKaia was appointed
Secretary
Mr IT. 6. Ryt,enberg explained the object
of the mresing.
A committee consisting Of Nessrs u. &
Ryttenberg. R u Cooper and L White
was appointed to prepare business for the
meeting
The comm,,tee submitted the following
resolatioos:
aWhereas, the proposed new Couoty Of
Salem must start OF with IT'S proportion OF
the large bonded debts Of the counties OF
Kersbav, 800. 900 and of Sumter Sl5,-
0o0 and of Darlington, if any, hes;des i''s
proportion of the large floating debts that
may be owing by the said three counties; and
Whereas, that portion of Sumter county
proposed to be embraced in the new county, II
formed, will be it's most valuable territory;
and
Whereas, taxation will oe greater upon
that portion f Sumter county 80 embraced
than upon any other portion Of the proposed
new conotv;
Now be it resolved, that we the ci.!zeos Of
that portion Of Sum er cOao,y 80 proposed
to be e.nbraced, iu meeting assembled at Rose
Hill, this 28th day of October 1895. deem il
nnwise; aud against our foanciai Interests to
separate from our old county and ihos our
den ourselves with debts which we had no
part io contracting and ~hich Can not io'any
~wav bring beneht TO es
Further resolved: That committee be
empowered to have L ese resolutions en-
bodied In an address 10 be printed and
brought to the attention Of that portion of
the citizens of Sumter ccnnt5, most inter-
ested
Aessrs Ryt,enherg and Cooper spoke in
favo. Of the resolutions aud Mr.. J L. Parrott
spoke agsins, them and in favor OF the new
county
The resolutions were then unanimously
adopted, Messrs. Parrott and Crosswell NO,
: voting. W j. $czAIH,
Secretary
/ To the Voters of Sumter County 10 the Ter
rifory Proposed TO be Embraced in the New
County Of '.SAlem I"
What hava the majority of us to>expect in
Screating uew conuty
Article Z, Section 6, of the new Coustitu-
tian says '.Ail new counties hereafter form
ed shal, bear q jnst arportionment OF the
raid Indebtedness Ct the old county or
counties from which they haye been formed"
We understand ths. the bonded INDEBTED
ness of Kershaw county is 500. 600, tha, OF
Sumter county Sis. 900, 80 that the new
county win have 10 bear i,s proportion Of
Sl1s, 600 together With iss proportion of the
indeb,edoess Of Darlington County.
Where Sumter cGunty now has ouly to pay
half of the expenses Of keeping up your
brldgea on Lynches river you will We TO
keep them all up you will bave to build
: new rosds, Jail, court house and poor house.
How is sit TO be doe Z Taxes.
SnGfer couaty With it's Sc, ,0oo, 600 taxable
property barely makes eods meet 90 mills
county taxes. which yields $4,000 What
uillil be ia Ssiem county2 Taxable proper
~ $3.50, ,HO0. Three mills levy will only
yield So, 400 It will take at leeast 5 !, 500 to
81, ,so0of this annually to pay your share of
interest on the boaded debt, leaving you
about. the amount It ncw costs the county of
S1mserstO pay court expenses
If syon vote for the new county, do 90 with
yonr eyes open. You will certainly have
more taxes to yay.
In 1887 Darling,oa's county tax was two
and one-haif mills, in 1888 Florence was cut
of from it, and what has been DarlingtoD's 8
tax since then Z In 1888, 4 mills in 1889,
mills in 1880, mills in 1891, 81 mills
ia 1892, 81 mills; 1893, mills in 1894, 8
mills; 1895, 81 mill. Marion county, Of
which PARTON of Florence came. paid 10
1887, 3 mills 1896, Al mills
So we see that q portion Of Florence coun-
" 10 Darlington county Ia 1887 paid coucty
tax d mills, thatportion In Marion paid 3
mills, and have they found it cheaper sinee?
here is the tax of Florence county !: 10
1888, the year it was created, mills; in
: 1889, 4 mills in 1890, q mills; 1891, 81
mills /; in 1892, 81 mills; in 1898, SIS
milis !; 1894, 81 mills in 1896, 4a mills,
Nand all this w;.nout any portion Of interest
on bonded debts, as there was no bonded
debt.
Do these figures bear out the claim that
taxes are less in small counties than in large
ones?
Florence people then paid q and mills
and now pay 4a mills, and yet Fioreoce has
8 taxable property Of more than double what
Salem will have.
Kershaw is email county her county
tax this year is only e3 mills, of which p
mills is for in,e.est on railroad bonds
We have been reliably informed that
leaders in the Few county movement admit
that The deb, of the new county will be
$35. 900.
We ask the voters TO PAUSE AND CON-
SIDER WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
How to Cure Bilious Collie
suffered for weeks With collie and pains in
mr. stomach caused By biliQusness and had 10