The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-28

d. ti,,,. ''''NlNN OF state elee-
40 you, .,', are made up from the general
SO 'N''''"' ana not from the primaries.
At capital and Corporation. g., ,u..,..,,
~ a gentleman who has been vsr,
IA a'''Ve Tor many years Ia the industrial
A. 'V'''opment OF the South, and who r.-
s'deS IN Kentucky, was invited IN rro.
s pare paper for the Southern Tndns
2 , ,l'a! convention, Huntsville. Ala. Oct
g lo,it on Legislation Of the south as
d A"ectihg Capital and Corporations II
:, '"e SOUTH and he asked the editor Of
. inns department ITO outline the condi,
o 'ioh ana trend Of legislation in Nissls.
tions,n etc. p''a'
10 we replied that the laws OF Nlssis.
supp In letter and spirit are speciolIy
., friendly TO capital and corporations
. Inc constitutional convention Of lsoo
passed an exemption ordinance evernt
ing factories for ten years, expiripo
jan /, 1900 And the legislature If
1870 amended the exemption sections of
the code by providing that all Factories
established before Jan. /, 1906, shall be |
exempt from all State, comfy and mn.
nicipal taxation for ten years, except
that "a factory or manufacture belong.
ing TO or being in trust or combine
shall not enjoy exemption from taxa.
ton
any foreign corporation of any kind
may be chartered in Mississippi on the
payment of recording fee Of IS. 90, and
1t may turn loose millions Of capital in
the State in manufacturing. and be ex.
empt for ten years Or it NAV operate
in Mississippi If chartered in another
state. Not so in Illinois. The Glucose
Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey
puts $1,000, 900 of its capital at work in
Illinois, but it pays one per cent, or
$1,000 for the privilege Of having its
New Jersey charter recorded in the
Office of the secretary of State. Glu.
cose can come into Mississippi without
any expense whatever, or without
notice to any official, State, county or
municipal
The privilege tax law does not in
clude many items taxed in other States; I
and while railroads and other corpora. I
tions must be assessed lat their true c
value" and on the ad valorem princi. {
pie, the assessments thereof are gener. c
ally accepted as reasonable and eauita. a
BILE. 9
In view of the very liberal exemp- :
tions to capital invested in factories the
wonder is that millions do not come Il
here where the raw material is abund-
ant, and where labor is cheap and relia. 7
Bile. These exemption laws should II
have wider publicity than their appear ,
ance in the pamphlet acts, =,
Straight From the Shoulder.
The editor of this department is MAX p
ing some inquiries as to the registered a
and actual vote in the several counties, o
the vote in the primaries and in the Il
general election. Observing that the b
total registered vote of Marshall coun-
ty for 1899 is 2,3l3, and that the aggre. II
gate highest vote cast for any one office l
Sheriff in the last primary, was only d
1,5lS, we asked for an explanation, and Ut
here it is, ample and explicit: Ut
The difference of 795 between the total ne
vote, and the vote cast in the III
Democratic primary election, is explained re
in this way: The Democratic executive &C
of Marshall county when they
passed upon the qualification of voters al N
owed no one to vote who was not Dem
)crat, and who was not qualified elector "'
II the general election to be held in Novem-
Der 1899 Democrats who had not paid all
axes on or before the LIST of February
S99 for the two preceding years, were not
lllowed to vote And the committee also SD
tated in their regulations that if the man Fl
ayers OF election dld not comply with their ye
rider, that particular box, where the rule
vas ignored, would be thrown out, and not n.
ounted | think all the counties should 80
ave adopted the same kind of a ruling.
f negroes Republicans and persons who -
viii not pay their taxes, are allowed to
ote in Democratic primaries, it will only -
e few years before the party is split ''''
tide open, and we will find ourselves where crt
7e were in 1875. | see trouble ahead if this am
hing is not stopped, and as a member of me
he State Democratic Committee l shall II
Sc every effort to have the State COM Gre
littee in the next campaign lay down the flu
NV for every county in the State as we COZ
ad it in Marshall. introduced the fol sal
wing resolution in our last Democratic mil
Dunty convention, which was adopted ret
unanimously: "
The Democracy of Marshall county in H.,
segate convention assembled having con- -
lcted their own primary elections IN com 'il'
lance with the provisions of the statute, neN
ssre to place themselves on record as in
undermining the methods understood to .
ave been pursued in various counties OF
e State, through which, in the interest of cltl
dividual aspirants, the votes of negroes, Ell Il
I'd others than Democrats have been &C Tn,
pted and counted, thus defeating the -.
ishes of loyal adherents of the party, and i"s
bverting the objects designed to be at and
ined through an honest primary election. nila
oelleVe II 70 pe Sno uu.5 ava"ntiva inf
mmittee TO examine into and correct the ora
-ong, attempted to be accomplished
rough the action of counties that nave
untenanced these irregularities, and cali o
ION the committee to call new primaries 10,
the counties known to have ignored the
W. Very truly yours, Geo
GEORGE c. MYERS. ~ n
This is the correct doctrine, and it ber
ould be enforced not only for polit- oiot
Il but financial reasons. The letter -;
d spirit of the franchise clause of the ~
Institution is, that no one shall be my
rmitted to vote who has not paid his 'P
xes; and while criminal prosecution ~,
, the non-payment of polltax is for on Ui
iden, the publications now being and
Lde in several newspapers of the s+a,.
ate show that there are thousands,