Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I In the Name of Sense, I that good common sense ft of which all of us have a | share, how can you continue HI to buy ordinary soda crackers, m stale and dusty as they must I be, when for 5^ you can get I Uneeda Biscuit j fresh from the oven, protected JKf v JErom dir^ ''by a package the I very beauty of which makes I you hungry* M r M? vZ"b cTb o7 1 I UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. ri Full Line Collins and Caskets Always on Hand. 1 111 Mr. Hodges, an Expert Embalmer, now with J. F. H H Floyd & Co., Spartanburg, will do our embalming M LI on short notice. Calls answered day or night. H H Hearse sent to any part of the county. First class H El service guaranteed to all H ? TV /T O O ^ UNDERTAKER ANI) M m JVL. W. nU DU, EMBALMER. || We very much appreciate the large patronage our Drug Store has received during the year 1906. We wish our friends a Happy New Year, and beg to assure them that it is our constant endeavor to give them the best values for their money in Drugs, Druggists' Sundries, Toilet and The Rice Drug Co. I jiiTIMii for"i9ol | It is with pleasure that we greet every citizen of jfl Union and Union county, and we wish for one and || all a Bright, Prosperous and Happy New Year. gj Just a year or so ago we launched out into the Sj Furniture Business and it is to YOl! thnt i#S _ _ _ . ^ wiKIl > V V V/WC I our thanks for the success that we have attained. Ml WE ARE HERE TO STAY ? And will in a short time double our stock of Fur- ^ niture, and with your continued assistance, we g expect to handle the Finest Line, the Largest Line, || the most Complete Line and Up-to-Date of Fine H Furniture that has ever been handled in Union, gj NOW FOR ONE AND ALL ^ We wish to express our profound gratitude for past H favors and ask for a continuance of same. H THE NEW FURNITURE STORE. g - ? ? & ^ Doors, 1 Blinds and Vw Building Material I m ORDD BT MAIL MtOM 1 ' ( L COLUMBIAt^UMBER &Nyaca ~~ ^ W^V iVNVnow "Juj, p Johnson." >, 3ft. i-' ' ' - WHY TAXES ARE HIGHER. t Interesting Paper By Treasurer Bartles Prepared for The Times. 3 t Some time ago on account of the i many complaints heard by The Times l editors, concerning the seemingly high t rate of taxes, we requested Treasurer c Bartles to give us a statement for the 3 benefit of the taxpayers. In compli- 5 ance with this request the following < paper was prepared for The Times and j with pleasure we give it to our read- f ers: "I want it understood in the beginning, that I am not writing for publicity, but to give you some facts, so far! as I am informed, in reference to high taxes. As you all should know, I have nothing to do with making taxes high or making taxes low. My duty is to collect what the auditor directs me to collect, according to the tax "dupWfAa^ which is made up by him and turned over to me to collect by. So I neither make tax returns or take tax returns, consequently I am not entitled to any praise for taxes being low nor am I to blame when taxes are high. The question is asked me many times every day, "Why are taxes so high?" This question is a hard one to answer correctly. Taxes are high, it is true, but just exactly what makes them so high is the question. Now I am going to give you some facts and let you consider for yourselves why taxes are as high as they are. To consider the matter intelligently, we will take up one tax department at the time. We will first take up State tax. In 1897. the first year after North Pacolet was taken off of Union, the State tax collected by Union county and turned over to the State was $17.000. I11 1895 the amount collected andf turend over to the State was $27,500! In 1896. this year, the tax duplic:;#? calls for $29,200 for State. Now liss J ten: Uivon county is paying this year,' 1906.$ i 2,200 more to the Statae than i(t 1906. $12,200 more to the State than it did in 1897. which was the first year after North Pacolet was taken oflf. Now just why this is the case I do not know. You should know the reason why just as much so as myself. I, and so do you. know that Clemson has been built of late years and so has Winthrop. Whether they ought to have been established or not is not for me to say; but they have been es, tablisiied, and it took money to establish them. It also takes annually a right good appropriation from the State to keep them going. The State house, penitentiary and asylum all have been improved, and it took more money to do this. So much for State tax. Now we will take up school tax and renovate that. In 1897 we collected > for constitutional school $10,000; for polls. $2,600; for special school$. 2,.too; making a total of $14,900 for school purposes. This was the amount of school tax paid in by the tax payers for 1897. Now in 1905, the amount of I school tax paid J" bv the- taxpayers ! as follows; ConstituWnaf .U?, ,W,IU St.ooo; $i5,??o. 1 pnitl in by the ?i?A0f19,fy{V'> tor 1005. $26.6co. School tax 011 the tax duplicate to he collected tor too6, this year, is as follows: Constitutional. $17,500: polls. ' $4,000: special school. $0,800; making a total of $31,300. Now you see that the school taxes have increased from 18:4,900 in 1807. to $31,300 in 1006. makii:ig an increase in school tax since i 1897 of $16,400. We are paying out this year for the education of the children | in Union county, $16400 more than we did in 1807. As a matter of fact, this' | money has to c<>mc out of the tax pay- j j'Tx' pockets; conser|uently, taxes are i i made higher. Just why it takes .00 more now than it did in iS<>7 for , school, I am not ahle to say. unless I here are more children to educate, mire school houses to build, and more teachers to pay, and longer terms. MAKES WORK'EASIER. Union People Are Pleased to Learn How It Is Done. It's pretty hard to attend to duties' with a constantly aching back; with an- J; noying urinary disorders. Doan's Kidney I'ills make work easier. They cure , backache. They cure every kidney i)l. ; J. I). Coin, carnentr-r c n ?V?%., V...I, savs: "My hack Rave mc so much pain j} it times that I was unable to work and i ( could hardly get about at all. This < condition continued for a long time! ( and caused me a great deal of suffer-j? ing. annoyance and trouble. 1 finally !c tried Doan's Kidney Pills, my attention < having been attracted to them by the c strong endorsement made for them j and since using my back has not'd pained me and has gained much in c strength. 1 am convinced of the mer- c its of the remedy and am perfectly h willing that my name should be used 1 li is a reference." !a For sale by all dealers. Price 50'h rents. Foster-^iUmr-ndone / '6iaV\vit1i a great heart gh of1 so kind to his neighbors. j \ r, , ? - H "'r rhe school trustees or the superinendent of education might answer the juestion. Now as to ordinary county: In 1897, !>I3>50o was paid in for ordinary couny purposes. In 1905. $17,500 was paid n for ordinary county purposes. In 1906. $23,500 was paid in for ordinary county purposes. This makes an increase for 1906 over that of 1897, p9.800.. But, mind you. in iq05. when 7,500 was paid in by the taxpayers }f Union county for ordinary county jurposes, also was $10,000 collected rom the county dispensary, all of which was placed to the credit of or-1 iinary county, making a total of 527.-1 500 for ordinary county purposes for 1905. Now. in 1906. while the taxpay-| its arc paying $5,800 more for ordi-i tary county purposes, than they did n 1905, at the same time the county is doing on $4,200 less than it did in j 1905, from the fact that the full deficiency from the county dispensary has not been made up by the tax levy. | This information, or explanation, may he a little complicating to some, but if you will observe closely you will see the point. In 1897, $3,400 was paid in for road. This does not include commutation ! road. In 1905, $5,000 was paid in for' road. In 1906, $17,500 is the amount: to be paid in for road. This makes the road tax for 1906 exceed that of 1897 j ,u? e,. *1*1,:^ ence of money expended certainly demands more taxes. This money is paid out on orders from the supervisor and the commissioners, as well as that of ordinary county. Interest collected for railroad bonds in 1897. $9/00: collected in 1905 for interest 011 railroad bonds, $6,200. In 1906 the tax duplicate calls for $7,200 for interest on railroad bonds. Sinking fund collected for the year 1897. $7,000. Sinking fund collected for 1905, nothing. Sinking fund collected for 1906. 110th?n t. So you see there is $7,000 less colfcocted for H>05 and than there was in 1897, for sinking fund. Now you will have to read this carefully in order to understand it. During the year 1807 you paid taxes as follows School. $14,900; State, $17,000; ordinary county. $13,500; road, $3,400; interest on railroad bonds, $9,600; sinking fund, $7,000: for the aid of Confederate soldiers, nothing. During this year, 1906, you paid taxes as follows: School, $31,300; State. $29,200; ordinary county, $23,300: road, $17,500; interest on railroad bonds, $7,200; sinking fund, nothing; for the aid of Confederate soldiers. $2,900. Now the above statement explains itself if you will read and study it. I forgot to mention that in 1897, or a year or so before that time, there was 110 aid given the Confederate soldiers. But now, 1906, the State aids them to the amount of $200,000. This, of course, recpiires more taxes. You will also notice, from the above statement that in tS<>"7 there was tin aid j given the Confederate soldiers by Un, ion county; hut this year, as has been I the case for several years, there is \-2 I mill levied for the aid of Confederate I sold | i Now, this is a long and tedious stateiraent, but 1 have given you facts. Von jwill see from the above statement that taxes since 1807 have incerased considerably. Whether they have been judiciously paid out or not I am not able lo say, since T have nothing to do with 'hat part oi the business. It is the general impression among the people < { the county, that those who work lor the county charge more for their vork than they ought to. If this is true, of course it will require more taxes than it would if the work was done for a reasonable amount. To get this ..Id county out of debt, arid reduce the taxes, everybody must v.hrk together for the good of the county. After reading and studying tite above statement, ii you can suggest any reform I am satisfied that the authorities would be glad to hear from you. So long as you charge the county more than the work you do is worth, and vote a special school or any other specific tax upon yourselves, so long will the taxes be high. There are onlytwo things that make your taxes higher this year than they were last yea- | namely: Your property lias been assessed for more than it was last year iiu! a levy of z mills for macadamizing roads. Now. as to the macadamizing ?f the roads, ior which $11,500 is colected this year, I must say that 1 am lot in favor of it. I have been, am low, and will always be, opposed to mdertaking to macadamize the roads f Union county. Simply from the act that the county is not financially ih e to do it. It is too slow a proe s. It concentrates too much money ni a short distance of road. It acoinmodates too few people for the iniount of money spent. $11,500 julic lously spent to improve roads all >vi r the county, instead of putting it >11 a few miles of roads, certainly will >e of more general good to the pubic lat large. It is certainly very pleasntl to ride over the roads where they a\|e been macadamized; the principal f. '-?^(,but it is not prayciaalf for Un^ | Recording to my belief. * SEVEN.); i Beiu > I \ 1 l- . M. I The Co? I is more dangerous to your or morphine habits, for it Pneumonia and Death. awful results of Coughs i I DR. K I NEW DH I FOR COUGHS I CURED HER P H "Three years ago I was do' H work, or even walk across t H King's New Discovery, and gained 58 pounds in weight MRS. A. C. WILLIAMS, Ba I Price, 50c and $1.00 RECOMMEND! IHHI AND I ALL PR! fTowTJ Is the House that t and * ============ J Call on us for Feathi + tresses, Furni SHORT PROFITS IS 01)1 I LOWE & ^ Main Street ia? 3 3 '3 3 '3 3 v> ;> O |l RY ONE OF I OLIVER CHILEE 2 AND IF YOU ARE N( & SAME AND QE $ UNION HARDEN ^ HARDWARE LEADER, ^C-C-g>g-C- <> -C<^J THE TIME fl( When Feather beds will again adr gj of buying any more soon, let un W making ami selling a 30 pound I |{ nun- that you can't invent $10.00 r gt pair, $1.">6; 10 pounds to pair, $2 W stoves, etc , am! nearly everything m Mr, C. A. Vaughan will have rim gt the country with IhhIh ami pillows. ^ ear them, <lrop us a card. Res] {.TURNER 6 I f i -*r " **- 1 eh Habit I' JNC'S I yCOVERY I 3 AND COLDS I ERMANENTLY. I wn with a bad cough, unablo to H he room. I began taking Dr. H it cured me permanently. I H and am in splendid health." H One Done Gives Relief 9 jf OUARANTKID ^ IOLD ? JGGISTS. CARNELL I / sells you Furniture Stoves. i / er Beds, Springs, Mat- ^ iture and Stoves/ AND QUICK SALES ft Mono. GARNELL. f TO union, 2>. u. t OUR GENUINE | D TURN PLOWS f | '" '' V'r""rfrliJjiv' *T?' -"yi- " 5*^_ )T SATISFIED RETURN 5* T YOUR MONEY. Wl /ARE COMPANY, ? UNION, S. C. g ( g- - - ^C -C? ? - iSg 5^ I comfort to tne nome. If you think ^ ank that yon give uh h call. We are ^ r>ed for $10.00, l>e*t ticking, and feel tion* profitably. Pillows, 6 pound* to 40 .fiO. We also have quilt*, blankets, ^ else that jiertaina to housefurnishings. irge of our wagon travelling through 40 Listen for the bells. 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