The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-10-29
ANDERSON s. G, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 1902

~ e1o SuiScu OCateS court ana thus
evaae % the decisions Of the State court.
Lawn townships, in Greenville County,
aione amounts in .pyincipa! and accrued
interest to something like thirty thous-
9n0 d0llars each. The principal of
ponds on behalf of COkesbury, Ninety
Six and Cooper townships amount to
S4S.0W; The other townships are simi-
IasAy affected. You can imagine what
an enormous tax will be required to
pay ths debt.. and the number Of
order TO meet this unjust tax, if some
means OF escape cannot DO devised.
IL nangs over the property of the said
townships as black as black cloud.
striking terror to the hearts of our
cltizensnip, shutting out all rays of
nope for the future. Unless relief is
nad TINS debt will practically destroy
tne value OF our property, since no one
would care to purchase property, or
move into township with such an
enormous debt hanging over it. We
are advised that the supreme court of
the Unified States itself has decided
that IN cases like this, where the char
ters OF the municipal corporations are
repealed, and their corporate agents
removed, there would be no longer in
existence anyone upon whom the Fed
erai courts could lay their hands in
order to enforce the collection of the
tax provided for by the Act, and that
the said court is limited in it's jurisdic-
ton to enforcing the machinery pro
vided for by the Act authorizing the
levy OF the tax; that it cannot itself
levy the tax, IOr can it place the said
townships in the hands of receiver,
and that in such cases the creditors are
without remedy except to apply to the
Legislature for relief.
If this constitutional amendment,
therefore, is voted, the tow ns,lips
having no longer any legal existence
whom the Federal courts could Law
their hands for the purpose of c0mpell-
ing the levy of the tax and we would
thereby be relieved from the payment
of this unjust, illegal and iniGuitoue
tax which we are called upon to pay,
and FOR which there is no considera-
ton either legal or moral.
we. therefore. aBk our fellOw-citi-
zens To stand Dy the decision of the
State court, IT q citizen of South
Carolina held any Of these bonds he
of the Federal courts @ nonresident
purchaser for valuable consideration
ard without notice can recover, there
by unjustly discriminating against the
citizens Of our own State if the said
debt ia just one and should be paid.
We most earnestly ask our fellow
citizens to be sure to vote the VI inted
tickets, which will be furnished the
managers at the next general election,
Constitutional Amendment Of Sec
tiOn II Of Article VII of the Constitu-
tion, relating to Counties and County
Government, Yes" and also use their
influence at the polls to see that others
vote the same way. "Do unto others
as you would have others do unto
y,ou'' under similar circumstances is all
that we ask.
Dunklin-C. D. Smith, L. T. H. Dan
iel, Jesse L. French.
Oak Lawn-Dr. V. D. Hopkins, w.
A: McKelvey. Geo. w. Sullivan.
Snliivan--Wm. D. Sullivan, R. w.
Nichols, John w. Beeks.
Cokeabury--Wm. j. Moore, T. j.
Ellis, W. 81. Moore.
Ninety Six-M. n. Coleman, j. P.
Phillips, G. II. Taylor.
Cooper. H. Brooks, r. w. Town
Pine Grove and Huiet--J. E. Brun-
son, w. B. Stevens.