The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, September 14, 1921, Image 2
MR. RISER REPLI1
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To The Editors, The Dispatch-News:
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I read with>a great deal of Interest
Senator Crosson's article In your issue
of Wednesday, September 7 th. (
As a resident and taxpayer of Lexington
county, 1 will thank you to
print my reply to this article in 'as
conspicuous a place as you printed the
fv ; article of Senator Crosson. "
In the beginning, let me say that
I have no desire to gel into any controversy,
with any one, in reference to
the proposed "cut off" of Lexington
county. ^ However, there are some
things in Senator Crossjn's article
that I think1 should be corrected,' in
ord^r that we may keep the record
i straight.
According to Information from
Auditor Dent's office it appears that
tho levy for school district No.'29,
of which Brookland is a part, will be
at least 46 mills this year; that is after
the* 5 mills have been taken off,
which Benator Crosson calls attention
ta in his article.
The tax levy for school district No.
1 in Richland County, of (which Columbia
is a part, only paid 44 mills
last year, and I am Informed by the
auditor of Richland county that it
will not be any higher this year. So
you see that should Brookland vote
to .come into Richland county, and
should Brookland township be established,
that the levy for Richland
county will be less than in Lexington,
county. As a matter of fact the
tax levy of Brookland .toWnship,
should we vote into Richland, would
even be less than the Columbia township
levy, due to the fact that there
are several items of taxation which
the people of Columbia have to pay I
that we .would not have included in
our levy.
I notice that Senator Crosson says
. that he is. informed that the people
of Richland county have not paid
anything on the bridge which connects
Columbia with Brookland. For
this information, I beg to advise, that
v at the time the bridge was made a
free bridge Columbia township, and
not Richland county, assumed this
entire indbetedness, which amounted
to, at that time, $75,000. Since that
time this debt has been reduced to
. $24,500, and there is now in the sink
ins fund. 116,802 to apply against this
124,500.00 which will only leave a
balance due on the bridge .across the
Cdngaree river o^ $7,697.3.7, all of
which can be easily retired in one
yea5*4 time"'by the Columbia township.
Let me state right here that in
case Brookland votes into Richland
county we will not have to assume any
part, of this bridge debt, as the balance
due of $7,697.37, will be paid
by Columbia township, and no other
part of Richland county has ever
paid one dollar to apply on tihtfs
bridge.
The tax levy in Richland county
will be two mills less this yeqr, on
account of the fact that at* the last
t session of the legislature the two mill
property tax for good roads was suspended.
This will not only jipply to
Richland and Lexington county, but
to every county in the state.
Furthermore, Columbia township,
in which the city of Columbia is located,
pays over three-fourths of the
entire tax of the couniv. Thia nf
course does not apply to the Special
levies voted by the various townships
for special purposes.
The senator is again in errop when
he states that the indebtedness of
Richland county amounts to $3,100,000.00.
He included in this amount
ro&d bonds, bridge bonds, jail bonds,
etc. As a matter of fac? the bridge
bonds have been practically retired, as
I have shown above, a large sum has
already been set aside in the sinking
fund for the jail bonds, and the two
million dollar road bonds are now
being retired, and a considerable
sinking fund has already been created
for their retirement,
Another thing to consider is that
the taxable property in Richland
ctounty amounts to nearly thirty mil
lion dollars, and I dare say that when
we figure the taxable property in
Richland county, and in Lexington
county, and the relative debts owed
by the two counties you will find that
our own county of Lexington oWcs as
much money in proportion as Richland
does.
S^eral years ago a certain section
of Lexington county, known as the
Dutch Fork, voted to come into Rlch-v
land county. It is not necessary for
mo to call/to any one's attention the
fine lands in the Dutch Fork. Upon
investigation, I find that farm lands in
the Dutch Fork section of Richland
county are returned for taxation at
$4.00 per acre. Upon further investigation
I find that farm lands on the
Richland side of Congaree river are
returned for taxation at $5.00 per
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ES IN DETAIL
DSSON'S ARTICLE
I acre, the highest farm land in the
county being $10.00 per acre. I wonder
how Lexington county's assessment
compares with this.
In reply to the Senator's article in
reference to land returned at $100.00*
per sue, j. una upon investigation that
the only land returned at $100.00 in
Richland county, is land that adjoins
the city of Columbia, that has been divided
Into front foot lots and sold and
buildings erected thereon.
Upon further investigation I find
that none of the money realized from
,the sale of road bonds can be spent
inside the incorporate limits of the
city of Columbia, all of this money
has to be spent In the ruraf districts,
notwithstanding the fact that thti
people of. the Columbia township pay \
three-fourths of the bond issue.
A great many of the people who
live in Brookland work in Columbia.
A great many of these good people arc
not fortunate enough to own land, but
Still thev have to nnv ronrl fnv T
was very much surprised upon investigation
to And that the road tax in
Richland county is only a dollar per
year, whereas the road tax in Lexington
county is five dollars per year.
Think of it, if \ve were residents of
Richland county, each and every one
of us, would save $4.00 per year, per
person, and to people who work by
the day for their living this is quite
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I was also very much gratified t
find that Richland, county has one o
the most up-to-date school system
in the state. An old Lexington coun
ty boy, G. Miller ??leq.zer, is count
superintendent of education of Rich
land county. Last year Richlan
"tAmty spent more ^money on thei
public schools than any other count
in the stite of South Carolina, not
withstanding the fact that Richlan
county does not rank as the wealth!
est county in the state. I was ver
much pleased to ilnd upon investiga
tion that each and every school teach
er in Richland county last year wa
paid ^ielr salary in full, each montl
Not a single teacher, either male o
female, .white or colored, had to wai
on their money. Can Lexingto
cobnty say as much? Is it not a fac
that even today there are quite
number of school teachers in Lexing
ton county, who have not had the!
' salaries paid for last session's work
At the present time Richlan*
i county has four complete chaingang
working county roads. This is in ex
cess of the work that is being don
by the Richland County Highwa
Commission and the State Highwa
Commission. I do not think there i
any doubt, but what if we voted int
Richland county there would be avail
able immediately one of these chain
gangs for the Brookland township, t
work our sadly neglected streets an<
roads.
' The Dutch Fork section, whicl
voted into Richiand county severa
years ago, today is having spent ii
their vicinity $250,000.00 for a har<
surface road from the city limits t<
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the Newberry county line,
o The people of Columbia did not
f promise this road to the Dutch Fork
a citizens, but they are getting it.
i- It must be very evident to every
y o^ie living in !Richland county that a
new bridge is sadly needed in the
d place of the one which now connects
Brooklaud with Columbia .If the
y people of the Brookland area vote to
come into .Richland county we will
d have every right to expect that in
i- the veiy near future the people of
y Richland county will build a new
bridge in the place of the old one.
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- .....j uu .it nttu it ii?w oriuge
a across the river, but we need a llrst
i. class and up to date bridge, large
r enough for a double track streetcar
It track, two ample foot walks, as well
n as two drive ways. That this bridge
:t is badly and sadly needed, no one will
a deny, and judging the people of Rlch>
land county by the past, I do not
r think there is any question but what
? we will get such a bridge as 1 have
d outlined above.
a While .making my investigation,
> about the various propositions in cone
nection with the annexation I heard
y that there was a movement on foot to
y create a new county and make Batess
burg the county seat. 1 wonder if
o Jhis move on the part of the people
- oi the Leesville and Batesburg dis
trict has anything to do with their
u objecting to the people of the Brook3
land area uniting with Kichland?
I also tind that although the people
ti of Columbia are very anxious for us |
1 to join Richland county, stil at the J
i same time they have been very con- i
i servative in their promises made us.
a X have not found a single person up
to the present time, who does not
warht us to come in,- but I could not
help but be impressed by the conservative
manner in which they have
made pro'mises as to what they are
going to do for us, when we get in.
Mr. Kditor please pardon this
lengthy communication, but 1 could
(not resist the temptation of calling the
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Instead of Calomel
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attention of the citizens of the Brookland
area, to some of the statements
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in Sundtor Crosson's article. ^
. 3. W. RISER. i
September 12, 1921, /
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BIRTHDAY FARTY.
Master Clyde Roof gave a delightful
birthday party to a?host of his
friends %n Wednesday, August 31st.
Ir was his fifteenth birthday.
It was also the seventh birthday of
little Miss Ruby Shealy who was hostess
with him.
These were games and gayety for!
all of the little folks. Some of the
older ones too.
There was a splendid dinner served
at noon which all enjoyed very much.
In the afternon they gave a cake
walk and served ice cream and ice
cold lemonade.
The following were the guestB of
Master Clyde and Miss Ruby: Annie
Hallman. Haskell Hallman, "Willie
Hallman, Delia Hallman, Leona Hallman,
Elbert Hallman, Joe Hallman,
J. M. Roof, Karl, Irby and Juanita .
Shealy, Miss Leila Brooks of Saluda,
JJugene and Mildred Kaminer and |
Nannie Wooten.
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