The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-09-10


in fact and detail-grOwing out of
publication made by bin, (Moore) in
said Star" dating back to about
June or July, End or 9Th, and the ar
ticle aforesaid passed my glimpse.
While at home, on proceeding Sab
bath, ! merely locked it over; fol-
lowing in conversation with gentlemen
tax payerstof Pamela county, | stated
that, from the article aforesaid, in
ferred that he Moore, Sheriff. was in
favor of interdicting to the Police
Court the holding on TO theiriast levy
of SO per cent. county tax, / advocat-
ing at the same time, the propriety Of
levying a smaller county tax, saying
that as 40 or so per cent. county tax
had paid avery heavy debt, that there,
was no good reason why the Police
should burthen us with enormous
taxes, as we had heavy railroad
debt against us, as well as short crops
and other Indebtedness, to contend
against. / further argued, in that
memorable, unsolicited speech, noted
by him, the said +. Moore, that there
was no reason for making county or
individual pay before he was in debt;
and that IS Or 80 per cent. would de-
! fray all expenses incurred by said
county. Now to the last paragraph
mentioned in Mr.. +. MOore's first and
last letter. and last memorable docu--
ment. Heretofore our county scrip.
has been below par, but this need not
be the ease any longer, for there arc
plenty of funds In the hands of tho
County Treasurer to liquidate all the
claims against the county. Note
This is rs it should be. Previous to
this, it has been the case when pub
lie Job was let out, it WAS generally
done at u discount of from 10 to so
per cent. Any one doing work for the
county. after this time. may be assur-
| Ell of getting their scrip eaSht-d imme-
diately Gu presentation lIark I'm
less the Board of the Police Court
| shall retrogade hack 10 their old ruin
| Gus course" liz explanation, he II.
| MOore) takes occasion 10 say, any one
can see at glance, that the ruinous
course spoken OF above. is that of SUI
| fering the county ~ become bankrupt
Nell. fellow citizens, ask you, a.
honest and unPrGudiced men, TO look
! To Mr. Moorers Ers, letter or circular,
to his charge against ire Of falsehooG.
| quoted III the Star" of the 2Tth ult.,
md say who is wrong. | ask, for in
| formation, whe; did Mr.. T. Moore
mean 20 say, when he said, in his last
paragraph, az particularized by him.
| in his last card TO the public, Things
are as they should be- Now, ask
in the name Of justice to him CMoore)
| and myself, how can things be as they
are if they were reversed by the Po-
lice Court (Allusion only, from be-
ginning to end, in relation 10 taxable
articles and reyenue.) Then, ! ask,
what did he (Moorc) mean, when be
said in a public Journal. unless the
Board of Police retrogade back to its
old ruinous course! Let it be I'M
derstood, fellow citizens, that in 1855,
the Court levied upon YOU and /, 40
per cent, being inadequate TO defray
the entire expenses and Indebtedness
of said county; they levied SO per
cent, as we'll rs per cent. for poor
tax. The levy, he said. in said first
letter. as alluded to, overwent our
county indebtedness, leaving money
in the Treasury and this is what he
says is Gas it should be-" Mind you,
reader. / charged Moore with being
in favor of SO per cent.-taken from
his first published note What does
he say in mention to the Board of Po-
lice }-"Unless you retrogade back to
your old, ruinOus course" Well, fell
low citizens, men as We are couldn't
go higher than SO per cent. under the
State law, with the levy of county tax.
| again ask, what did he mean when
he says things are "as they should
be ;" Can the Board go forward and