Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-01-11

each other III battle fought shoulder to
shoulder for the flag.
What we are able to & i've is but pit
tancc, but i; helps and we should give it
checrinlly. Last year you appropriated
Tor pensions TO Confederate soldiers and
widows Of soldiers the SUM of SIoo, 900. [
recommend like appropriation this year.
It is important that this appropriation
should bc expended and distributed wise
ly and i'll such a manner as to meet the
intention of the appropriations The Sc
lection Of good, competent, and conscicn-
tlous township and county boards, men
who know the conditions and arc ac-
Glalntcd with the needs of the applicants,
Is OF very great Importance. Ii is difficult
to get men to work without pay, and
while i'll this case il seems that good men
might be found who would he willing to
serve without compensation, suggest
that You consider the wisdom and ahvisa-
billty OF allowing the members Of the
county and township boards one dollar
per day for not exceeding two days for
this service.
AS yoN VIII sec from the report Of tic
Comptroller General, there were on the
pension roll the past year 7,I5S pension
ers. Ot this number 2,OIo arc widows of
soldiers. The total amount diSburscd in
pensions WAS $YS,675.So. The widows
| we're paid S5S,AI2 and the soldiers S0o,-
365.@.
DIRECT TAX.
Under the provisions OF ihc Act Of Con-
SreSS August S, 1861, 4 direct tax was im-
posed upon the citizens of the United
States, and part OF ii WAS apportioncd to
| and assessed upon The State Of South Car.
DINA. Direct Tax Commissioners were
appointed to demonstrate this law, but at
that time no part of the State of South
Carolina WAS under Federal control. In
November, 1861, the whole Of the Darisl,
OF 81. Helena, and all OF that portion of
st. lukc's, which vas composed of is
lands, fell into !,c hands Of Federal
forces, and the Direct Tax Commissions
crS established themselves at that point,
and under the administration OF the law
all OF the property belonging to the cil-
HcnS ol those two parishes was sold and
bought by the United States, and rcsold
under the provisions OF that Act, and Of
other Acts ancndatOrv thereto, and these
citizens were entirely divcstcd OF their
properties 1.atcrupOn the determination
ol the war portion OF the direct tax as,
| SrsScd TO the State Of South Carolina was
collected III Chan tcSton and III some othr,
lower counties of the State. The pro-
cccds arising from the sale of the lands in
Beaufort went into the Treasury of tie
United States under the different laws re-
lalnS thereto, and have been disposed OF
by the United States Government in ac-
Cordancc with those laws.
\ number OF school farms, consisting
each of 100 acres, carved out Of the plan
tations entirely i'll st. Helena parish, were
reserved from the early sales, and leased
by the Government, and rents collected
ard separately kept, and at the close OF
the war the Government found itself in
possession OF these school farms, of a nuin-
bcr OF houses and lots III the town of Bcau-
fort, and 4 number of lots in what was
then known as Port Royal City, Il nvth-
cal city sought to be laid ont and cslab-
| liShcd by the Direct Tax Commissioners,
and which, though thoroughly laid out
and projected. failed TO become a city,
and Is now part of three plantations in
ST. Helena parish
jy special enactment Act Of Congress,
July 70, lSo6) il was directed that these
school farms, houses and lots in beaufort.
and lots III the city of Port Royal on st.
Helena Island. should be sold and thr
proceeds invested in bonds of the United
States, and the interest used under dircc-
ton Of the Secretary Of the Treasury IN
the support of schools, without dstinc-
ton OF color or race, OH the islands in the
parishes Of ST. Helena and ST. I,ukc's,
and by subsequent Act of Congress, ap.
proved March ;, 1873, il was directed that
III addition to these funds the rents de
rived from the lots of school farm lands
should be likewise invested in such bonds
OF the United States, and all of these
bonds retained by the Secretary of the
Treasury as fund for the use and sIn-
port Of free public schools in the parishrs
OF ST. Helena and ST. I.ul;c'S, South Car
| ollna, i'll equal parts, thc interest of
which should be annually expended To
increase the efficiency OF any free public
schools cStah'i;;ii'., .ri.,i sustained in said
| parishes by authority of said State, iCsucl
school shall exist otherwise at the discrc-
| ton OF the commissioners herein nau,cd
| and special board of three commission