The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-20
CHARGES DROPPED
AZ joint SESSION
City Council May Decide To
Take Over and Operate The.
Anderson Abattoir .,,.,,,

For six months or longer city coun-
Gil has been perplexed by the question
OF the Anderson absttoir and the. meet
ing. held last night, q netting called by
the mayor. for the purpose of consid-
eFing the abattOir question, did but
little in the way of Strengthening up
the wrangle. Two points in the last
nights meeting stand cut clearly: The
Investigation of charges made by n. ID.
Henderson against DIR. j. G.. Mitchell,
which investigation was REQUESTED by
DR.. Mitchell, was last night dropped
after council had considered the uues-
tiOn In its various phases. The meet
ing at which these charges we're con-
sidered was a joint affair, the entire
board of health berg In session with
council.
1t will be remel cred that DR..
Mitchell was criticised at a meeting
Of council held a week ago by the pro-
prietor of the abattoir and the meat
inspector had requested, of council
that an investigation be had. The mat
ter was gone into at, length last night
as to what construction they had put
on Mr.. HendersOp's remarks made be-
fore council, and--all told, over an
hour was consumed. Finally on mo-
tion made by DIR. Ashmore the board
of health laid aside the investigation
and similar action was taken by Gbun-
Gil on Mr. Elmore's motion.
The next matter taken up was the
abattoir question, and u petition was
presented by tn i. market men of the.
city in which they prayed ;ttfiIatt !, the
city would AXE, over the abattoir and
turn 1t into municipal affair without
any raise, of pricess Tho meat market.
men said in their petition that they,
could not afford to pay more than, the
present rate for butchering. When
this petition vas presented a general
discussion was opened and every one
in the council chamber seemed to
want a say as,to what do.
Council considerad Sthias matter Fn-
about three hours, every feature OF
the management being considered, the
FEASIBILITY of making money being dis
cussed and all interested parties were
given an opportunity TO say, what they
wanted and, desired. The mayor said
Inat ne favored the idea OF the city.
buying the abatt6ir. Mr.; Carter then
moved that thai q IfSszilatA :..n:. .h=
plant. i1aS.51 .Ns.i e.
Mr, Elmore moved that theibfeseut
proprietor of the ahattoir either do
this work In conformance to the city's
or ha1e sliss ilicense re-
woke hut when lihe got ii6 set6nd To
this molten, he ltlKalt ihove6 that a
iconirniftee OF ttfee m bers 6fs toun-
ell .fbe appointelf to eiHef the abat-
.toir and its wofking lita a. view OK
taking ober the plant, yfe 'askeid that,
the ma suf he, ii lnstnb llof .til Is eoifi-
IA sStgt1 40. iysl sststi
q q q aaelssi6h then al 11ssse aato sa4ilfstsiv
eF1 or not his would aff6fd immediate
relisf to the. butchers9 and lAEs.I Hens
derson ggreed that he would continue
TO slanghtet the cat tlas. .sors ha,e mars
lSets pfoS ided he copld, Jq Sc, every
day of the week I'd iiihss kaH oil sbliiS Three
.days Of z!Slls week aa heFetofpre.
I The same price will be GIIafgai for
this work until the conn tee can re-
port to- council as has been tsis GUS
tom heretofore. Tse may0f announ-
ced that he wpiild supp ii:g inSes4
Hgsta ssommi K. - gss4sss. ..,::s: ::;a
looking into the ltifairss \. Alderman
Farmer and speartnae ana M .alliourn-
ment was mad at midnigflt.