Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-11-24
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The Union, Of Monday, contained the fol-
lowing notice:
OFFICE or AUDITOR or SrATL,
COLUMBIA, S G. November 10, 1871,
Ithavings boon reported in some of tho pa
pers, ,.initlIis Stnto, that PROMISE had been
,nads by his Excellency Governor r. II.
Scott to tho late Tax Payers Convention, to
extend the time for tho collection of taxes for
1871, would sny, for tho information of all
concerned, and for the purpose of doing away
with any iii effect which such a report might
in 1nsn. and at the same time TO leave no ex-
cuse Tor non-paymcnt at the proper time, that,
in conference with his ExcclIeucy, this morn
ing, he informed me that he made no such
general promise as has been ascribcd to him.
His Excollency informs me that the com
mittec of the Tax Payers Convention who
waited upon him in reference to matters rcla.
ting to the collection of taxes, after discus
sion of the subject, decided that November
was the proper time for collection of taxes in
those Counties where sea island cotton is
grown, payment could not be made until
March, without sacrifice
! His Excellcncy, therefore, agreed to sus
pend the collection from those upon the sea.
board until that time, where they were una,
bic to pay sooner.
Persons desiring to avail themselves of the
bcnefts of this promise will be required to
fiic petition with the County Auditor .prcv-
Gus to the time at which the penalty attaches,
accompanied by affidavits that returns from
crops had not been received such petitions
will be considered
Tie public will, therefore, place no rel.
ancc upon the report referred to, as l am as.
sured by his Excellcncy that no extensions,
of tir.e, other than those mentioned, will be
granted.
Tho collection of taxes for this fiscal year
will commence on the Goth instant, and con-
tinue until the 18th January xt; after
which time, the penalties prescribed by law
will attach, and be strictly enforced.
County Trcasurers will proceed at once to
enforce the collection Of all delinquent taxes
for previous years.
-,yEDWIN Z. GARY, State Auditor.
Our readers will observe the statement of
the Governor as to the time for the payment
of taxes. Let us now to the record On
page lOl, "procccdings of the Tax payers
Convention" we extract the following:
"The special committee directed By the
Convention to confer with the Governor of
the State in relation to the postponemcnt of
the collection of taxes in November ensuing.
(this month"; beg leave to report:
THAT, impressed with tho conviction, un.
der the peculiar circumstances of the case,
and in view of the fact that the people of the
State arc thus called upon to pay the taxes
'or two scpcrate years in one, Of the justice
of the measure of relief proposed, they have
had an interview with the Governor, who has
authorized them to state to the Convention,
that while the various Offices will be open in
November for the reception of taxes at that
time from such of the citizens as may be then
prepared to pay them; yciMat tie pcriod for
Mctr payment mW he c.rtendcd to the 1st
dhueh, 1872, acuhn ,ohich time, Dpayn,ent
as matle, no penalty aoW attach
"(Signcd) T.Y. SIMONS,
Chairman"
Again, Gen. Butler, Chairman of the Com
mttec of Eleven, on page l04, in his report,
says: "Your committee urged the inability
of the people, after paying the taxes now be-
ing collected to pay a second tax in Novcm
Der next. His Excellcncy said in reply that
it had been represented TO him by we'll in.
formed citizens, in several parts Of the State
that for large class of citizens whose taxes
were small in amount the month of November
was more convenient time of payment than
any other, and he hoped that to this GLASS of
our citizens the collection of the tax at that
time would not prove oppressive. But, yield
ing to the representations Of your committees,
he requested them to report to tho Conven.
ton that he would authorize tho Comptroller
to suspend tho collection Of ihe taxes in all
c'ses where the payment thereof was incon-
yenicnt to the taxpayers. That this post
poacmcnt shall c;rtcn0 tn the 1st Of March,
1877, and that the pcnaiy tor non payment
shall not Je enIorcc,l in the neanfin,e -
Thus report Col. Simons and Gen Butler
thus the record stands, not disputed by Gov.
Scott until November 10, 1871; then as
above, according to the Auditor of the State
he denies that ho mado the promise reported
to the Convention by the chaismcn of two
im'ortant committees What shall be
thought of such Governor? Comment, for
The present, we shall not further makc.-
NHMiG
E:y- 1t is reported that new and strange
disease has made its appearance in tho neigh.
borhood of Dordydcn, Ind. The patient is
taken with chill, alternatod with hot hushcs
of fover, and followed by such cxcruciating
soreness of tho muscles that no can .ardly
be turned on sheet. Ho experiences tho
most intense adherence for food, and his
flesh soon turns spotted. After lingering in
&c Il IL i e.