Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-09
THE personal TAXPAYERs
or Crittendcn County, Ark, Ask iO-be
Relieved of the Tax for 1851.

The personal taxpayers of Crittenden
county met i'll mass meeting at the court
house in the town of Marion on Saturday,
A pril 8, 1882. The meeting was organized
by electiHg the Hon. \. {. Brewer chairman,
aud Charles Fox secretary.
The Object Of the meeting having been ex-
planned by the chairman to be TO take into
consideration the propriety of seeking relief
from the collection of the taxes due on
personal property f,r the year 1881, which
are now due and being collected from the
citiz ms of said county, who are unable to
pay the some by reason of the drouth and
loss by short crops CT 1881, and the long and
continued overflow and inundation for the
past three months
On motion ID. w. Lewis, w. p. Gibbs ard
DJr,ey Summerell were appointed commit
tee Of three to draft suitable resolutions, and
they, sfser short absence. made the follow
ing report;
ResOiced That we, in mass meeting assembled
affirm that we are wholly unable to pay the taxes
now due upon our personally ut the present time,
owing to the short crops OF 1851 aud the long-con
tinued and unprecedented overflow aud flood now
existing, and having existed for the past three
months and having sustained innumcrable loss
OF stock, which is our only property. and the same
being now upon the tax books against and in the
hands of the collector of said county for collection.
Rcsclpod That 1t is the unaniDous opinion of
this meeting that at a meeting had and held by a
few of the real estate owners OF said county in
the town OF Marion ON the Sd day of April 1882
they entirely misrepresented the facts when
they said that they had been overburdened with
the care and feeding hungry class of destitute
aborers, and 1t was TO us to whom said meeting
referred-the pc sonal taxpayers OF said county
but that they, while protesting to feed the desti
tute laborers,'' had actually petitiOned the
UNIFIED States government, and were actually feed.
ing those who were unfortunately destitute from
the provisions furnished by the generosity of said
government. and while pretending to have such
charity and sympathy for the personal
wholly and totally 70 gotten and ignored
i'll the so called mass convention petition
ing for relief from the taxes now due; and it
is fact that all of said IRE sir who were in and
entirely composed that so-called mass convention
aforesaid did not in the least reflect the sentiments
OF nine-tenths of the resident real estate owners
and aXpayers of laid county, but were only work
ing for their own selfish ends and aggrandiZement,
and deceitlully pampering TO the wishes of the
nonresident taxpayers of said county of Critten.
den. who own nearly three-fifths OF the tillable
lands OF said county.
ResO,C,d, That we petition the governor and
all lawful authorities for general relief in the
premises, and that the secretary of This meet
ing be required to furnish the governor with a
copy of these proceedings. and a copy also TO the
Memphis DAILY ArPEAb and the daily papers of
Little Rock. And while doubling the power of
the governor TO act in the premises if there is
possibility of relief in Gods name remember the
destitute owners of personal property, who the
actual sufferers.
All of which is hereby respectfully sub
mitted. W.. P. GIBBS,
ID. SUMMERELL,
d. W. LEWIS,
Committee.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
~ G. BREMER Chairman.