The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-21
The County Poor House Again.

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LIN the first place mem 10 lr lust rs
brief i'll my reply rs possible. Its
very clear TO every one who has ro,l
my first piece and Mr.. Snrlyrnvc's re-
ply, that we are Il long WAYS n,art IN
rcfcrcncc to the keeping of panl,rrs in
Abbcville Conniy's poor house. pr,.
pose iii the outset to give Mr.. L.vun',
last letter in which he explains more
satisfactorily than | could how Mr.
SnclgrOvc gets up such enormous liz
ures on him. You see he shows very
clearly where and how Mr.. :. has
charged him up to certain expenses
twice. Here is Mr.. Lyons letter:
OFFICE Or
SUPERVISOR, AEHENIi Cur\rl.
ABBEvIILE. :. C.. Nov. II. lS.,S.
II. II. Edwards. Anderson. =. c.
Dcar Sir: Your letter of the 10th lust.
received. had no idea the questions
asked i'll reference 10 pauprr'S farm
WAS intended t" get up amy contrn-
versv in your County or would have
refused. But as there seems to hc :,
make ii rs plain as possible. When we
commenced on the LIST day OF january.
1891, we had no supplies on hand. We
spent during the year for making crop.
paying steward, hands, doctor bills,
preaching and everything on palucrs
account SlSH.7G. On the lst day OF
January. 1898, We had on hand $4,000
worth of corn, fodder, peas. &r., and
100000 already sold to County teams.
making S55O.6O that should be taken
from the total cost SlS:H..G. tas I'LL of it
could have 'bccn disposed of and left
us where we were 1St .Iuu.. 81. leaving
actual cost Sl,30l.1G.
The value of all other farm products
should not hive been added. us it is
brought in the second time, and
thought he (Nir. SnclgrOvc) wanted to
know what the. total products were
worth estimated 255O.M (yuu add the
value of corn. fodder, oats. Sc, you
will find it amounted to about ss55G.O1 J
IL you commence any business with
nothing Oh hand, and charge yourself
with every dollar used in the business,
you should have credit for what you
have made with it.
Now, OH the lst day of January, '0N.
will see what we have OH hand, and
that will be charged with the cXpendi-
lures for the next year just az we had
about S350.00 OH hand 1st January, '09,
will be charged to expenditures for 9S.
Yours &c,
JNo. LYON.
think Mr.. Lyon has made it az plain
as it la possible for any man tOmaks. it.
And You see he positively cOntradicts
Mr.. SnclgrOve's statement. You will
notice in the expense account of Mr..
paupers ami pay minister. What
about AndersOn's poor. There is no
provision made whatever for the spiri-
tual bettermcntOfO OurpOOr. suppose
Mr. >. thinks that it Il man il SO unfOr-
tunatc as to go to the poor house that
he is uncapaciatcd to receive the gOs-
rcl. Ours is tile only County. SO far :as
am informed, but whnt has preach
ing. But am getting Off the subject
to keep 35 paupers last year. You sec
he makes it considerably less than
did. made it $4,000 per capita per
annilm, whereas he makes it $37.2S,
nearly threo dollars per annum less
than made it, saw Mr.. Snelgrove
OH the street the other day and made
this proposition to him: told him we
would leave the matter to six disinter-
ested men-three to be selected by MIR.
s. and three by myself-thcy to go to
Abbeville and make q thorough inves-
te4tion of this matter, and if the per
capita cost for q pauper exceeded $500
per annunl, would pay for the inves-
tigation, if it was less he would pay
the expenses. He declined the prOpOsi-
ton. Now, any man with II thiInble
full of eense knows that Mr.. s. would
~
that his statement was a correct one,
OF in other words if he thought it was
true statement, as he styles it.
stated that it took $4,000 per pauper u
year in Abbeville. Mr.. s. says it takes
$74.O0 per annum. Mr.. Lyon, who is
in position to know, says it takes
S37.28. 1t does seem with the margin
he has to play ON (fOr he makes it
almost dOublc) he might come up or
yJD lysf A. ftxyf lfNlSJs
proposition is still open for Mr.. Smell
groves acceptance any time he may
choose.
Now, / have another statement that
ia even more startling than the COM
parisOn between Anderson poor hOu sc
and Abbeville's, and that is this {:
That it takes more money to run An
derson's poor house than it does to run
Abbeviile, Newberry. Laurens and
Pickens Counties combined. Now
yo..'vs sUt il, aiid defy Mr.. Snelgrove
or any other man to disprOvc it. Mr..
s., if YOU will give him the opportunity
to exl lain, is q great economist, great
indeed, notwithstanding the fact that
our taxes are climbing. higher and
higher each year of his administration.
And will go still further and say. un-
and that very soon. we will find our
selves in most depl0rable condition
for we have already a past indebted
ness that is. piling up at an enormous
rate-but Of course Mr.. s. says nothing
about that. MIR. s., explain if you
please, why this continual increase in
taxesf You know that l know anG.
any other sensible man knows, that
there is no necessity for an increase of
taxation without corresponding in
crease in the expenses of running the
County government. Just let any man
open Ills mouth, or make any statement
of !fhcts, give any comparisons, you
will be met by such epithets, as lie,
misrepresentation. misleading the peO-
pie, &c. Such as that is notarg,,ment,
neither does it pay the peoples taxes.
For my own part, propose to let the
people be the judges as to who has lied
in this matter.
1t seems to me that have made as
fair proposition as it is possible for
any man to make. Imean in reference
to having n committee go to Abbeville
and make n report. Unless he accepts
it, ! cannot afford to take any further
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