The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-13

Show Il decrease. President Garfield
dldnt size mp the fraud OF his own
party and people and tia. pension rolls
to-day contain one million naIncs and
call Tor in annual expenditure OF S11,.-
0o0,OOO. These are q few facts going to
show what the people of the country
have to suffer in order that pension
thieves may fattcn at the public crib.
When one looks backward IL few
years and sees the many and niarNclni!s
changes time has wrought il makes rs
feel quite uncertain of the present
Had We been told two years ago that
Col. w. a. Neal, the Mark lIaIna Of
South Carolina politics, he one man
-rIlincntly above all others in
clcrtlon'crlng, nrganizaiiona and schcn-
Ing, would some day be deserted by
his strongest and most ardent allies,
and t" save himself from Il iclon's cell
have To beg bail OF two of the very
men he had always fought and miliyn-
cl. would have ovcrtaNr, Oiir crcdulity
bryound rrupcl;ition. II only shows
that politicians do noi considcr them
selves on plane with the man who
does their dirty work. nor do they ac-
knowledge their gratitude. To the
contrary they emphasize their cOntcnpt
for him by hcapinS upon him lasc>i
in@ratitlldc and are he most eager to
help him on in his prccpitatc an,l
ltatllnnS fall. We have an idc; la,
the worm will not always taimcIy sub
nit To the inGratcS Iirrl. hut will turn
some day when prosecutions climax is
reached. They greatly rlncrratc Col.
Meals tenacious vitality WHO fondly
hope that he is Il political corpse, li-
vested of the divine allatns by which
he can reach the peoples car and con
vince them that there arc IL great
many others. Neal feels his lillmilia-
ton and il is quite within he range of
probabilities that certain persons will
soon regret ;ilcir ;crs:;liny IL Burning
ship until the ST Il lad claimed the hull.
We rprint in this issue two Ordinances
Of the City Council which are of much
interest to the taxpayers of the city.
The first provides that all maI,,fac-
tories hereafter to be established in the
city, having paid up capital of %25, ,0O0.
or Il plant worth &?J,HO. shall be cx-
cnnpt from municipal taxes. except for
school purposes, for Il term of five years
from establishment. The second pro-
vI'lcS for IL vote OH the question of
whether M not such exemption shall
he allowed. as provided by law. The
City Council, therefore, has merely
submitted the question to the qualified
electors of the City under the follow
i'm, provision Of the Constitution of
!S:E'. Article VIII, Section :: Cities
and towns may exempt from taxation,
by general or special ordinance except
for school purposes, manufacturers
established within their limits for five
successive years from the time of tlit.
establishment of such manufactures;
P'oridrd. That such ordinance shall
be first ratified by majority Of smcll
qualified electors of such city or town
rs shall vote ut an election held for
that purpose" II Il majority of the
votes cast is in favor of tho exemption
the first ordinance will be thereby rat
flied. and the exemption allowed; but
if Il majority shall vote against ratify-
ing the ordinance. then it becomes a
dead letter and the exemption will be
refused. Each citizen thus gets to cx-
press himself on this important matter,
and the question he will have to decide
for himself is. shall |, by my ballot,
encourage manufactures to locate
Within the corporate limits OF he CITY
Of AnlcrsOn-thc Electric City! Can
itnl, like an individual, appreciates
friendly favOrs, not always merely for
the intrinsic value of the favor as mucI,
as for the spirit of kintllincsS and good
will thereby manifested.
Captain Drcyfus has been condemned
for the second time by II packed and
scandalously prciudiccd courtmartial
and sentenced TO ten years imprison-
mcnt. This is a communication fromn
life sentence Of imprisonment incom-
municadO in view OF the development
of "extcnuating evidence" dcduccd by
the trial Just closed. Iti s rumorcd
that inasmuch M lie has served live
years solitary imprisonment, which is
equivalent to ten of ordinary confinc-
mcnt. hc will be released within the
nnxf I.>rf nj snh I:, r,:o,,.l.