Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-13
ASSESSMENTS and TAXES
Comprehensive Discussion Of Age
old Problem.
SYSTEMS WRONG AND SYSTEMS RIGHT
South Carolina Has the Most Economi-
cally Operated Government Of Any
State in the Union, and the Highest
Tax Rate by Reason of nequitable
Distribution of the Expense.


Tax Rate by Reason of knequitabl'
Distribution of the Expense.
BY Senator John Il. Hart.
The tax problem is world old. Just
as it is burning issue today, so 1t was
before the birth of Christ. The first
hook in the Bible (Genesis) tells US
that when Abraham had defeated the
Kings in battle and had taken from
them great spoils that the priests were
on hand to demand their tithes tone
tenth). And in the ppiestly code the
material basis of the hierarchy were
the tithes. The priests here demanded
and received the skin of the burnt OF
fering and the breast and shoulder on
the thank offering, and they received
the male frstlings and the first OF the
vineyards and the fields, ana in addl-
tion a tithe. of all that was prcduced.
But this was not all, for there was a
poll tax of one-half shekel. Our Lord
and Master had Bethlehem as his birth
place as q result Of taxation, for ST.
Luke tells us, "And it came to pass IN
those days that there went out a de-
o'eV - oll -, - .anadn ond :, was
while Mary and Joseph were going UP
"out of Gallilee" to be taxed that our
Savior was born.
- -, ho,,o hoen created
"~,o i" - -. daatro,ed he
''''u So .o'.,or oud ,odoy the ereot-
a. aorth o,yes its indepen-
est country Sii e'l, ~ 80 80 80 ~,,h,,,,,
ueiice W ue., -. ,,or.asant,tion 49,.
u laNa'io.' " 80. 80
..,,.,,. ct, will, bo
we lhiiiN '''o iDo g..
Su, Pi '''ne W - e,1s,,. -, ,,o srota
i''' ,,,., ,ry stota IN
s"'eril'D' ''
inc oh'o"' :, ,Ooo roi5 n
@"' ,oo,,,,, ,Iro and
''-o : e - - - 90, ,,,,,cn money in in
o"e '"ii ''''''' -. go. 90, u-..
'o.i,e 1"o - - Ctr raro,ipa
p''a1 az, 60 s,....,S ca.o,i,,, ro;d nearly as
,.... c.. - o,a- half million
inus" -\'" ,soI,o,.or ,,o,,ornment on
uO+i' =, ,,,.,,,r, ond amusement
WV - a. r,,r tho enti-e
-. .
s'"'e soNe. 5, on,v
''u'" ~ oI,
-, o5rootieu and only two
enc l o'"'e' va 20 w., s.o,,,,e ern
'i''i 10 >
s'ates, .,,, raga
o'"' ''o. . e,ar-
'"N 'e' '''t'''" - =, g.. oil tho ototes
ei"i "s.iaee
VI 'he oi e.
o'eSs'Se
:; ,,;obo. IN Sou,h
doH as II 10 ''e te'' 80 -. ..ata
Caro'ii.a '""4 st, ,.'...,.s, s,n,, r,te and
III lhe ohio"'' "' o,h,no
s'aail ihooii'e ' - 49, $500 to~
radlcaHS wro's VIZ '"o .s,a.oa tho
sysIeh' Ah'@ -,
genera "SSeii'"'' " IT,,
mission was appo'i'eu ~ '''''.o
ough eNamiha'lo'i i'iOo ou' ,ySs
and make recoiiiiheiioa''o"'
Hardin Marion Oh eheS'el' ""' A.
man OF TINS con''Rission' anu 80 -
report OF thls coiiii'iisStOn ''''''
debted LOT Hluch tHa'
system was dchoinih''eu u" "a"
ID" eSslem' ..,.,,
Sec. l. Arl' III VI Inc S''''e -.
tion proVides tnat Ihero "n"r
Uniform ana equai i"'e y. aooo.,hI,,
ana TAXATION anu Va. 90 - -, go, :,
snail preScrl'o I'e =, -,
Just Valuatiofi Vi an Pr =. ;, I'm ho
,.a,.,,, ,,,.t be taxed
seen 'hat A+1H pi0iN'''
alhe. .o,,.
IaXes nave Deeii oe'i" p,,,,
for punilc Oehehts feeei'' t,,J
IS assesseo hrS' Wy '"e
or lhree hheiiioe's' -
ooard Oh nine i'icliiDei"' ''N' ,,,..
tax commisslol VI 'i'tee go, g.
10 rhe s'a'e oo"fu VI .a.o,s
no e&aliiiia|ioI 0t C--O =. -. .,oro
cd nor couiu ''0ie 10 WIN -, ths
llfne ah" o,
township anu 'oN"'' , - ,,as.