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BIufFton and the Red Cross.
Following the interview of Misa
Clara Barton, president of the Red
Cross Association, published in the
News aud Courer of June 23rd,
comes a letter from Messrs Thomas
Martin, Clarance B. Kirk, a?d John
Warnock, the duly appointed Relief
Committee of Blof?ton Township,
in which they say, among other
things :
We say without hesitation that
Miss Barton knew at the time of her
interview that every statement she
made about storm sufferers was false
and that they were studied false
hoods to injure our cause, or any
other honest one, simply because lier
career on the sea islands was ended
by tbe fact that she could no longer
hide the wolf under sheep's clothing
to the eyes of every honest South
Carolinian on this seacoast, and as
she could not longer benefit her sel
fish ends she now would rather see
our people starved than be helped.
We deny the truthfulness of every
statement she made and we will
prove them false to every fair-minded
person living, We assert that Miss
Barton has never been in Blufftou
Township, and therefore knows noth
ing of the wants and suffering o? our
people, or that her representatives,
John McDonald and wife, have ever
investigated the needs of these peo
ple, except through negroes, nor that
are fit subjects to send among our
people, for when they came to Bluff
ton they came with negroes, they
slept eat and drank with negroes
while in the township, and visited
and associated entirely and alone
with negroes, and therefore are not
fit for such a position, and our white
sufferers are accordingly left without
resource, except to the charity of our
own people, whom they honor and re
spect.
We deny that a single applicant
for help in our township owns one
third of the 3,000 acres of land that
Miss Barton says he does or that any
such person ever asked her for aid.
We refer to the Auditor's books of
Beaufort County to show the land
question and we dare Miss Barton
to name the person she insinuates, and
this by the consent of each sufferer.
It is ungrateful and low to insinuate
such charges against one of our suf
ferers when she knows there is not
one word of truth in it We do
know, however, of a poor widow on
our list with nine children. (Mrs.
Jane Hodge) who owns 100 acres of
land and five old cows and can
neither sell or borrow on same to get
meat and bread with, and who was
deeply distressed before help came,
whose condition was known by Miss
Barton's negro agent here Pompey
Riley, who recommend her to Miss
Barton in person as one is need, and
yet Miss Barton with all of her pious
and h on-partisan pretensions refused
to assist her after this poor widow
had gone to Beaufort to beg for help,
her excuse being that she owned
laud and cows, as if the whole
cyclone country was not owned by
some one.
To prove that her excuse to this
poor woman is not a principled one
we will say here that she helped a
negro, man, without children to care
for, living in this place, who is worth
and owns five times more property
than Mis. ?odge ; his name is Cyrus
Garvey.
We deny that Miss Barton has
ever built one-twentieth of the 6,000
houses she claimed to have built, for
the simple reason that outside of the
town of Beaufort there are only 3,
172 houses of every description in
Beaufort County, which covers nine
teuths of her territory. We refer to
the puclic records in the Auditor's
office of Beaufort County for the
exact figures, which are for towns
1,031, country 3,172 total number of
houses in county 4,203.
We deny further that Miss Barton
has ever made any effort here to re
lieve our people, and we aseert that
not only our people but the negroes
are worse off to-day than ever before,
and will be until corn and potatoes
lipen in August. It is perfect folly
to speak of their raising truck to
either eat or sell ; outside of town
limits there are nut $500 worth raised
by them in the whole county. Miss
Barton claims that she has only re
ceived about ?3-.000. Out of this
amount expenses have been $6,500,
(although her people work without
pay,) leaving a cash balance of $25,
500, with which, she says, ehe has
fed 35,000 people for nine months,
besides building 6,000 houses.
Further to substantiate their case,
they say :
Mr. G. W. Wi?kins, a partner and
mauager of one of the largeet sea
island cotton firms in Carolina, buy
ing direct from the farmer, with mer
cantile houses all over the couuty,
and who has been living on these
islands for twenty-two years, know
log every house and nearly every
person from St Helena Sound to
Broad River, feeds thousands each
j week and lias forty families living in
j tents without a house to their name,
j Does this look like every one has
I been housed and fed ' better than
ever before?" Mr. Wilkins says:
"Inside of ten days after the storm I
was on all the islands that border the
sea between St. Helena Sound and
Port Royal Harbor I went to nearly
every cabin, saw most of the people
and talked with them, and 1 found
most of the plantations and islands
in the same condition, as that of St
Helena. There were six hundred
and twenty-seven houses damaged
aud destroyed on St. Helena Island,
and I will defy any one to find one
house that the Red Cross put up or
repaired so that the people could live
in it comfortably. I have not seen
a single building in any section that
was started and completed by the
Red Cross. As for people being
housed in comfortable shape I will
say that in September last I received
100 tents and gave them to the peo
ple, forty of which are still out and
occupied."
This would seem to make a direct
issue of fact between Miss Barton
and Mr. Wilkins, and to justify the
Relief Committee in presenting their
view of the situation. After a para
graph devoted to a scathing arraign
ment of Miss Barton, the Committee
conclude by saying :
We still say to our fellow citizens
of South Carolina, notwithstanding the
opposition of this woman, that our
people must be helped through their
troubles uhtil the 15th of August,
and we know by the past that our
appeal will not be in vain. We again
extend our thanks for%the prompt re
sponse to the call of our people.
Hon. George D. Tillman
Declines to be a Candidate for
Governor.
Clark's Hill, S. C July 12, 1894.
Editor Register : I ask space in your
paper to publish this letter. ? am not
a candidate for Governor, and as I am
tired of writing separate private letters
to that effect, I hope this public re
sponse will suffice for a reply to numer
ous unanswered solicitations from strong
meo of all political factions, more or
less, residing in nearly every county in
the State, urgiog me to enter the guber
natorial race.
To say nothing of being very, very
busy with farming operations and re
building my dwelling house which was
recently burned, many other reasons
concur to prevent me from standing for
Governor, only one of which I will men
tion, deeming it all sufficient.
I am not one of those who seem to
think that Edge?eld and four of its ad
joining counties are the State of South
Carolina, and therefore it occurs to me
that the eternal fitness of things forbid
an E'Jgefield man should run for Gov
ernor in the pending canvass. Edge
field may produce all the Caesars and
six-sevenths of the thirty-four other
counties may furnish most of the un
derlingers of South Carolina, still I can
not divest myself of the belief that a
majority of the other counties likewise
have good material. Some of them an
abundance of it, for making Senators,
Congressmen, Judges, Governors, or
State House officers.
Remembering the many high places
Edgefield men (including myself) have
filled siGce 1876. and considering that
she cow has a United States Senator,
a Congressman, a Governor and a Cir
cuit Judge actually in office, while at
the same time she has two candidates
for the Senate, one candidate for Con
gress, one candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, one candidate for Secretary
of State and still another candidate for
Railroad Commissioner, 1f I were to
come out fcr Governor also I fear thou
sands of modest men would marvel at
such audacious impudeoce.
This geographical argument in favor
of assigning honorable civil distinctions
to different localities, is something akin
to a just proportion or rotation, is
unually all powerful and it cannot be
long ere most of the underling counties
of the State shall assert their natural
sentiment of self-respect and reciprocal
equality in awarding political honors.
Hence, I do not care to provoke too
much the fatigued indignation of the
supposed underlings, who, sooner or
later, according to the law of all reac
tions, shall surely combine to retaliate
against Edgefield, and when that revul
sion comes, as come it must, or elee all
history is a lie, a generation or two will
likely have to pass before another Edge
field man shall be able to get any posi
tion outside of his county.
I other words, I cannot stand for
Governor now, because I have a too
lively sense of the indecency of a few
counties, or a few families, or the same
county, or the same family, at the same
I time attempting to monopolize the best
I offices of the State.
: I sincerely thank my many zealous
friends in all parts of South Carolina
I for their generous confidence and cordial
j assurance of support, and deeply regret
j that I cannot comply with their wishes
I at this time.
{ G. D. Tillman. I
Tax Assessments.
How the State Board Equalized
Assessments.
Palling up the Real Estate Figures.
State, July 13.
The State board of equalization
has finished its work. The assess
ment on real estate has been slightly
raised, but not as much as some want
ed. Yet there will no doubt be consid
etable complaint about what was done.
It looked as if every member of the
committee was looking out for his
own interests and in one or two in
stances there seemed to be a plain
desire to shove the burden of the
increase in assessments on the pro
perty in the towns and cities. * The
assessment raises are thought to be
sufficient to meet the loss of phos
phate revenue on the basis of taxa
tion fixed by the General Assem
bly.
After some debate it was decided
to amend the return from the various
counties as follows :
Beaufort, 10 per cent reduction ;
Berkeley, 10 per cent reduction ;
Georgetown, 10 per cent, reduction,
Horry, 5 per cent, increase ; Marion,
10 per cent, increase ; Sumter, 12
per cent, increase; Williamsburg, 2
per cent increase ; Clarendon, per
cent, increase ; Edgefield, 10 per
cent, increase ; Orangeburg, 20 per
cent, increase, Lexington, 10 per
cent, increase ; Kershaw, 8 per cent,
increase ; Chesterfield, 5 per cent,
increase ; Fairfield, 8 per cent, in
crease ; Andereon, 4 per cent, re
duction on ail buildings outside of
the cities and towns ; Oconee 10 per
cent, increase ; Laurens, 4 per cent,
increase The returns from all of
the other counties were accepted as
made by the various county boards.
After this preliminary re vison of the
assessments was made, the following
motion was accepted :
"Resolved, That when a per cent,
is added or deducted to any county,
it shall.apply to all real property in
such county, unless the county be
specified."
At the afternoon session a
special committee from Orangeburg
was heard and the increase on
Orangeburg county was cut from 20
to 10 per cent.
It was after the preliminary figures
had been agreed upon that the final
struggle came. A special committee
was appointed to see what if any fur
ther equalization might be requisite.
The committeee returned with a re
port which recommended an increase
on all of the counties in the first di
vision of 10 per cent ; an increase of
10 per cent, on all of the counties in
the second division, with the excep
tion of Florence and Clarendon,
which it was suggested ought to be
raised 20 per cent. A general in
crease of 10 per cent, was recom?
mended for the counties in the third
division and an all round increase of
4 per cent for the tier of coun
ties in the fourth division. All of
these increases were on lands 5out
side of towns and cities, and included
improvements.
The idea of the committee was to
make the equalization run the assess
ments on the lauds up in this way :
First division?present assessed
value per acre, $2 66 ; per cent, in
crease suggested, 10 ; per acre as re
commended, $3.14.
Second division?present assessed
value per acre, $4.04 ; per cent, in
crease suggested, 10 ; per acre as
recommended, $4.44.
Third division?present assessed
value per acre, $3 37 ; per cent. in.
crease suggested. 10 ; per acre as re
commended, ?3.70.
Fourth division?present assessed
value per acre, $4.81 ; per cent, in
crease suggested, 4 ; per acre as re
commended, $5 00.
The proposition came like a cy
clone on the board and there were
cries from all around the room that
no further increases were wanted.
Dr. Baer, who acted as chairman of
the committee, said that the com
mittee did not go through the work
for the mere fun of the thing. That
Mr. Norton, the secretary of the
board, who was familiar with the
needs of the State, had told them
that it was desired to raise the
assessment to $100,000,000 as the
State had, for the present at least,
lost the phosphate royalty.
Mr. Magruder of Florence said
that the proposed increase for his
county was entirely too high.
Mr. Hardin of Chester thought
that his county was out of propor
tion with the other sections of the
State.
Mr. Magill of Anderson moved as
an amendment to the committee's
report that the real estate in towns
and cities be included iu the pro
posed raise, so that the increase
would be general over the divisions.
This was acceptable under the cir
cumstances, to the committee.
Mr. Hardee then made a vigorous
fight to have the percentage on Beau
fort and the other "storm swept"
counties taken off altogether. JJe
argued that these counties had more
than done their duty in the amount
of phosphate royalty that had been
paid to the State. This section was
now ni distress and he called upen
the members of the board to help
them out.
Mr. Breeden moved that the returns
as amended be accepted as final. He
said that if the State did not raise
the necessary money on the assess
ment as amended by the changes
made yesterday, that the State
had better borrow the money. This
was promptly voted down.
Mr. Lyles of Union solved the
problem when he moved that the
committee's report be amended by
dividing the per cent, recommended ;
that is where 10 per cent, increase
was suggested to make it 5 per cent,
and so on. After Florence and
Clarendon were placed on a par with
the other counties in that section the j
amendment was accepted and the
final equalization stood.
The districts will be as follows :
First?Beaufort, Colleton, Hamp
ton, Charleston, Berkeley, George
town, Horry and Williamsburg?5
per cent, increase.
Second?Barnwell, Orangebuig,
Sumter, Darlington, Marion, Marl
boro, Florence and Edgefield?5 per
cent, increase.
Third?Aiken, Lexington, Richland,
Kershaw, Lancaster and Chesterfield
?5 per cent, increase.
Fourth ? Anderson, Abbeville,
Newberry, Laurens, Greenville, Spar
tanburg, Chester, York, Pickens and
Oconee?2 per cent, increase.
These final increases are in addi
tion to the amendments that were
made prior to the general raise ; for
instance, the increase on the return
as submitted from Edgefield will be
15 per cent-, 10 per cent in the first
raise and 5 per cent on the general
increase. Sumter will be raisd 17
per cent, on all real estate and so
on.
For those who wish to see how the
assessments stand, the following ab
stract of the aggregate real estate re
turned is given. It is :
Abbeville, $ 4,111,485
Aiken, 3,146,781
Anderson, 3,538,956
' Barnwell, 3,713,025
Beaufort, 1,957,255
Berkeley, 2,612,465
Charleston, 13,094,08*
Chester, 2,159,175
Chesterfield, 848,105
Clarendon, 1,364,840
Colleton, 2,107,568
Darlington, 2,341,465
Edgefield, 3,871,040
Fairfield, 1,959,919
Florence, 1,984,610
Georgetown, 1,263,800
Greenville, 4,242,540
Hampton, 1,015,666
Horry, 829,907
Kershaw, 1,689,340
Lancaster, 1,154,578
Laurens, 2,524,930
Lexington, 1,658,050
Marion, 2,511,657
Marlboro, 1,707,925
Newberry, 2,756,480
Oconee, 1,366,670
Orangeburg, 3,492,770
Pickens, 1,048,328
Richknd, 4,200,650
Spartanburg, 5,098,320
Sumter, 3,416,600
Union, 1,959,660
Williamsburg, 1,249,472
York, 3,288,130
Total $95,276,241
The following resolution, intro
duced by Col. Benj. Stokes, was
passed, looking ? an equalization of
bank and factory stock :
"Whereas, There is some misun
derstanding in relation to the scope
of the duties of the bod}' in respect
to personal property and the right of
appeal, as *o where vests the Appel
late Court, as to the special subject
of taxation, including banking, pro
perty of a personal nature and
Charleston ; Therefore
"Resolved, That in the opinion of
the board that all appeals by the tax
payer can only be from the board of
assessors to the county board of
equalization, winch board has cogni
zance of the subject matter, and its
decision is final. That there is an
underlying principle of law that the
right of the State to appeal does not
exist."
A motion to exempt Beaufort,
Georgetown and Berkeley from the
increase was lost.
It was recommended that Mr. Nor
ton be paid $50 for his services as
clerk.
Ac about 6 o'clock the board ad
journed.
The French Chamber of Deputies has
rejected a bill imposing an income tax.
An Ola rashi?nea Tieup
If you would know more about the
young man's quarrel with this surly
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MUSHED M T? WUPEB
Speaker Crisp has been Dominated
for re-electiou from the Third Congres
sional District of Georgia.
Perry Hail shot a&d killed D. L.
Smith oear Lewiedale on the 12th
instant. There was an old grudge
between the men.
Mr. E. M. Wells got an order last
Monday about 1 o'clock for a carload of
oats to be shipped to Wilmington, N. C.
Before the deed was dooe Mr. Wells
had the car loaded with oats in bulk and
ready for shipment The strike had
caused the tying up of so many trains
in the West that it was impossible to
get oats from that direction, and there
fore arrangements had to be made else
where. Hence the order to Mr. Wells.
Mr. Wells has two or three more car
loads and probably as many as twenty
five car loads could i>e famished from
this vicinity could tbe orders for them
be obtained. So far as I know this is
the first car load of oats shipped any
where from the Pee-Dee section. If
the river would only stay within its
banks at the proper time for the next
few years as maoy as twenty-five car
loads of oats and probably more could
be shipped from Cheraw every year ?
Cheraw Cor. News & Courier.
"The Three C'e authorities have
notified the Secretary of State that they
will change the name of the corporation
to **The Ohio River and Charleston
Railroad Company," with a capital of
$15,000,000 It is currently reported
that they will now take steps to extend
the road from Camden to Suinter, where
they will make connection with the
Atlantic Coast Line."?York ville "?eo
mao.
A well-bred man puts bis hands over
his mouth when he yawns : but not oce
io 10,000 koows why. The reason is
this : "Four or five hundred years ago
there was a superstition common in
Europe that the devil was always lying
in wait to enter a man's body, and take
possession of bun. Sarau generally
went iu by the mouth ; but when he
had waited a reasonable time and tbe
man did not open his mouth the devil
made htm yawu, and while his mouth
was opened jumped down his throat.
So many ca>e$ of this kind occurred
that the people learned ?> make the
sign of the cross over their mouth when
ever they yawued, in order to scare
away the devil. The peasantry in Italy
and Spain still adhere to this method ;
but most other people have dispensed
with the cross sign, and keep out the
devil by simply placing the hand before
the lips. It is a most remarkable
survival of a practice after its signifi
cance has perished.
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