Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-18
Tuesday, September 18, 1905.


Wright's hotel, where they will remain
during their stay in Columbia. At
1890 Wednesday morning a commit
tee Of escort headed by Governor Hey
ward will call on Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
at the hotel At IL o'clock the party
will take automobiles for q ride around
the city, visiting the principal points
of interest. At II o'clock, the speak
ing viii begin on the campus of the
University Of South Carolina. Invoca-
tlon by Bishop Ellison Capers. Pres. w.
A. Clark Of the Columbia Chamber Of
Commerce will preside, and introduce
Mayor T. H. Gibbs, who will welcome
Mr.. Bryan to the city. Mr.. Clark will
then introduce Gov. D. c. Hayward.
who will welcome Mr.. Bryan to the
state and introduce him to the audi
ence. At 1915 Mr.. Bryan's address.
Immediately after the speaking Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan will hold a general
reception in the State House. The au-
dience is requested to repair at once
to the capitol at the conclusion Of Mr..
Bryan's speech. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
will be entertained at luncheon at a
private residence. At p. m, Mr..
Bryan leaves for Augusta. The Co.
lumbia orchestra has been engaged to
furnish music at the speaking and al
so at the reception. A concert will be
given on the campus beginning at 10
o'clock Chairs will be reserved for
the general and ladies' reception COM
mittees. The members of these COM
mittees are requested to call at the
store of Sylvan Bros, corner their
badges, which will entitle them to
chairs.
- Using the comptroller generals
reports for the source Of his infor-
nation, Mr.. Henry w. Miller, who
last week appeared before the state
board of equalization for the South
ern railway, made an incisive analy-
sis of the tax situation In this state,
showing the injustice prevailing in
the great inequality Of valuation. He
said: in 1895 the report shows that
there was given in for taxation mon
ey on hand to the value Of $780,
256. In 1905 II had shrunk to ST.
146,647, whilo the bank statements
show that there was on deposit by
individuals in the state, national and
private banks, $37,090,719. I make
the assertion that there Is more on
deposit in the savings banks Of the
city Of Charleston than Is reported
for the entire state, and in looking
at the value of money In Charleston
county for 1905 I notice the ridicu-
lously low figure Of $110,265. The
solvent credits as given in for 1895
were $4,261,907, while in 1905 they
were $1,7S9,611. the comptroller gen.
erals report shows these remarkable
figures: Horses, average value per
head, $53; cattle, $9.92; mules, $56;
sheep, $1.04; hogs, $2.12. Anybody
knows that II is impossible to buy a
good horse or mule for less than
5000, and here we have Nn assess
ment OF about twenty per cent. Gold
and silver and plated ware were as
sessed in 1905 at $2SS.S61. shrink
age OF 100000 in ten years. Pianos
and organs are assessed at an aver
age of $31 and carriages at SIT. Who
ever heard Of such values? The
census report shows the average
value per acre in 1900 Of farm pro-
ducts $4.47. which Is $1.44 greater
than the average value per acre plac-
ed on the land which raised these
products. The comptroller generals
report, page 80, for 1905, gives the
total fire insurance risks written in
the state for 1904 at $114, 1853, 9S6,
whereas the total Of all insurable
property in the state according to the
tax values is only $90,6S2,S62. 1t is
we'll known that all the property Is
not insured, but assuming that fifty
per cent at full value Is insured, the
total valuation would be $3.50, ,000, 900.
The tax value is therefore less than
forty per cent"
An Anderson special Of Septem-
ber II to News and Courier: AS re-
suit of a disturbance near Piedmont
last night, caused by negroes who
were crazed with religion, one negro
is dead and three others were lodged
in Jail here this afternoon. Two OF
them have been examined for lunacy
and will probably be sent to the asy-
lum. They are undoubtedly crazed
with religious frenzy. They talk ir-
nationally and imagine they are idol
breakers, having destroyed much
valuable property in their houses,
such as pictures, mirrors, clocks.
and musical instruments. One Of
those in jail is quite seriously wound
ed, having three bullets in his body.
The dead negro Is said TO have been
a negro of prominence and worth
several thousand dollars. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. Long who were attacked
by the negroes, are both quite badly
hurt, having been assailed with
rocks. DR.. Trip, who was shot In
the capture of the negroes, Is seri-
ously wounded, but will recover. 1t
is said that he was shot by one OF
his own party by mistake. He was
wounded in the breast. The negroes,
II seems, started out on a regular
rampage, and first attacked a house
occupied by their own race. They
struck terror to the hearts OF the
inmates and they fed. The negroes
proceeded to the house Of Mr. Long,
who is a prominent citizen Of that
section, and assailed Mr.. and Mrs.
Long with rocks, and wounded them
badly AS soon as the reports OF the
outrage went out a crowd gathered
to begin a hunt for the negroes. They
were surrounded in a house and af-
ter several shots were fired by both
sides they were captured. It was In
this skirmish that DR.. Tripp and the
negroes were wounded. The one
who died was named Reed and he
was very badly shot up. The two
who have been examined for lunacy
are William and Elsey Anderson, un-
Gle and nephew. Deputy Scott, who
made the arrests Of the negroes, re-
ports that the house in which the
men were captured was a complete
wreck so far as the furniture was
concerned. Nearly every article OF
household adornment was broken
into pieces the negroes claiming that
such things were idols and should be
destroyed They claim that there
must be a revolution among the peo-
pie and that they must change their
manner of living. 1t is plainly case
of religious fanaticism carried to an
alarming extent and is something out