The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-03
To the Delinquent Tax Payers OF tho
Savannah Valley Reily1ad.

| the Town and County Trcasurers Of las.
week 'liat the penalty on the Savannah
Valley Railroad Tax has been postponed to
the 10th of March next. This has been
done at tllc instance of the Directors OF the
Company, in the hope that you would, on
second thought, come forward and pay this
tax without further DELAY. They have read
with regret the advertisement that appeared
two or three weeks ago urging you not only
TO refuse TO pay the tax. but to combine aud
resist its collection at the exr pu.e of law
SUIT; Ihis Is one reason why thy have de
sired this further extension OF time in
which TO pay. and, Ia their Judgment, jus.
tlnes this counter appeal OH their part.
lhey hesitate not TO say that they will dep
| recate law suit as misfurtune-not that
| they have any reason TO doubt the result
out because litigation will certainly engen.
der bitterness of feeling aud absorb a por-
ton oil the Company's means, when they
very much prefer 10 have the good will and
support of the entire community in further.
lug the enterprise, and need all OF their
means to apply To the grading OF the road.
Whiie they viii lot shrink froni the COLI
test, II forced upon them aud lille their
means are amply sufficient to conduct it to
tie end. they have no money to spend vol.
unfairly in this way and they ask you TO
pause ana reflect whether you will not
tious litigation to the tax itself and the
penalty. There is but one class that always
pront ny litigation, while one or the other
OF the parties l,igunts is sure "a lose.
IL you resort To u law suit, and your lii.
CATION should prove successful aud tile ell.
terprisc be thereby defeated, are you xure
that you would be ultimately the gamers
by 1t? Our immunity is prosperous, and
its trade yearly increasing. For facilities of
transportation II is entirely dependent upon
single railroad corIWrxtiUn. BY the inex-
or,,ble laws of trade you who produce the
cotton and consume the goods pay the cost
Of transportation. a few years ago you
felt this TO be SO bun.ensome that you re-
sorted TO the neighbUring market of Green.
vile to sell Your cotton and buy your goods.
IL the ,..tes are easier Iuw, wiiut guarantee
have you that they will remain 80? What
guarantee can you have su certain as that
OF successful competition? Our rural pop.
ulatiOn IL especially interested In this view
of the matter. for they pay for transpurtn.
ton Us well ON their cotton as OH the goods
they consume.
a divided people cannot expect 70 join
in the march Of public improvements
They will soon be outstripped and left be-
nind by other more Ell erprising cunmuni-
ties. and 10 stand still in this age of uro.
gress Is really to go backwards. Anderson
was once thought To be the key 10 unlock
the .granaries OF the West, and TO distribute
~, and iD be OIL the highway from the
North O the South. Butslie has railed so far
10 realize her destiny. a few years ago she
Was offered the opportunity of purchasing
tile Blue Ridge Railroad. with its magniii.
cent promises for the future and its present
utility in connecting us with the Air Line
Railroad; but our people were not agreed
upon It, and the opportunity was lost. The
original curpOratOrS OF the Air Line Road
were citizens OF our Town and County
they unguurtl-dly transferred the charter to
striiigers, and that Road was lost To us.
Now 1t is possible TO recover our lost posi-
tion. A short aud easily graded ruad from
here to Easley's Stutiun for which we liave
cbarter, Will place us practically OH the
Air Line Road. There IL constantly in
cTeasing probability of the cumpletior of
the Old Blue Ridge in the near future.
to get control Of the charter with this view:
a.,d the projection Of IL. Savannah Valley
Railrond. with its greatly shortened distance
To the sea coast, is mentioned as one of the
advantages of this route. AS originally
conceived, this Road was All oifslloot of the
Ola blue Ridge, and there is no doubt TINT
its revival will give greater impetus to the
building of the Blue Ridge Railroad
But what sort OF spectacle shall wo
present to those whose eyes ure turned upon
our route If we quarrel among ourselves
about the small pittance of taxes voted TO
over the matter that must returd the enter
prise and involved a waste Of IL part OF our
small means. This tax is not heavy one.
1t creates no debt, and has been paid by a
large inuj"rity Of the taxpayers, and is utter
oil but general contribution of all our
people, according TO the means of eHcIi one
To build publ improvement, in which ali
are alike interested. In u community like
ours. where none can contribute very much,
this method ut least has the advantage of
distributing the burden equally; and it Is
not right or just that few of the most ell
terprising should bear the expense, when
oil are 20 share the benefits.
A contract to grade twenty miles Of the
Road has been entered into upon the most
fiv0rat;e terms. 1t is thought that OF least
equally favorable. This would Insure the
grading of the entire distance for the
amount nf the taxes.
LII Abbeville County not only has the tax
been promptly paid, but one of the town
ships not taxed under the charter has vol.
unturiy subscribed 5000, and secured It in
u manner acceptable to the Cumpany.
Some of the citizens of that county resisted
thepayment OF the tax levied for the Green.
wood q Augusta Railroad, and appealed to
ehe law, but their resistance was unsuccess.
ful.
For these reasons. 80 briefly touched
upon let us hope that yo.i. who have not
yet paid this tag, will do 50 ut once. and
place the Company in n position TO vigor-
ously prosecute the work with their whole
resources
B. +. WHIrvER.
w. w. HuMPHREys,
j. w. Norris,