Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-19
HERE AND THERE.

That dog tailed cotton they are
getting out now is bringing pretty
good price-frum twenty TO thirty
cents pound. That Is more than
they would have gotten for II II they
had gotten il picked along IN December
when IL was due 10 be picked. IL Is
more than any of those of the present
generation have ever gotten for any
kind of cotton. II is fine. that thirty
cents pound. but there Is just one
drawback. The seed wont bring the
old market price or anything like IT,
There is reason. Nobody would
want to plant seed that had been out
in the weather all winter. and as Tor
the OIL and meal value, II Is just not
there. The only thing about them
that is as good as IL was Is the hulls.
They have not got as much OIL IN
them as october and November seed
10y about or 5 gallons to the ton.
That proposition for a partnership
bridge over the catawba river AZ
Wright'S is dead for the present. anu
there is no probability of it's revival
for some time to comc--at least not
before the next session of the general
assembly. The York delegation WAS
willing to do about all II thought
York county ought 10 do. which was
Of the bridge: but the representative
of Mecklenburg would not come TO
terms with the York delegation. He
had some kind Of Il proposition I"
divide the expense OH Il basis OF taN-
able polls: bit even that was not de-
finite and clear. The position of the
York delegation WAS that II Is desir-
able to have bridge at Wright
ferry: but since MecklcnburE VIII
derive most of the commercial bcnc-
tit. Mecklenburg should pay most "f
the expense.
The various township boards of
equalization have in prospect quite Il
serious tanglc with reference to equal
iZing the returns this year-more so
than usual. The state tax commits
sion. II will be remsmbered, made a
pass at the proposition Of having all
property returned at full 100 per
cent valuation OH promise or cut
ting the assessment so per cent. IL
will be remembered that II was pub
liShcd from Columbia that II was the
auditors Of the state who determined
on this plan. But that was buncombc.
for the auditors did nothing OF the
kind. At the recent session OF the
general assembly members raised Il
al
much us II IL might result in the abo-
lition of the state tax commission.
While that row was on there came
from the tax commission declara-
ton for the adoption of ~ per
cent basis of returns. That looked "A
little like compromise. People
were not certain as to whether II
meant for the property owner to re-
turn his property ut 100 per cent
with the understanding that II would
bc cut to ~ per cent, or whether II
meant the property owner was cx-
pcctcd to make his original returns
on IL basis of what he thought was
about ~ per cent of the value of his
property. Since the adjournment OF
the legislature the commission has
made il clear that the property own
er WAS expected to return his proper
" on Il basis of 100 per cent. with
the understanding that the cqualiZa-
tion boards would cut il to AZ per
cent But that does not clarity the
matter. Examination Of the returns
in the office of the auditor shows that
while some people returned some OF
their property. especially personal
property, at full market value. very
few of them returned all Of their
property at any such value. and the
great majority Hldue lneiT IeluIHS vi
the same old basis. or on less bas-
is. Now the puzzle is like this: The
county board Of commissioners har-
ing made it's estimates on the same
old basis. and the levy having been
fixed on that basis. and the returns
having been made somewhere near
that basis. what II the local boards
should attempt TO fix assessments up
on Il 100 per cent basis" If they
should do this. and their order should
stand, the county would raise three
times as much money as il has any
need for. But that Is not all. With
some people having raised their as
sesScd values on some things To close
to 100 per cent and others having
allowed values to stand as they were.
how is the board going TO manage
without penalizing those who came
nearest to making tho kind OF re-
turn they were instructed 10 make?
These are some Of the puzzles that
the local boards will have to deal
with: but there are others. and just
how II Is all going to work out re-
mains to he seen.