The Tarboro' southerner., 1870-05-19

are marked paid, will find that the statement
is correct. STILL this trouble and research can
be avoided And we will refer the public to
the conclusion of his report, to which is added
the claims collected since the 10Th day OF July,
1869, to February, 1870.
His report says:
Total audited claims from July 20,
1868, to February Z, 1870; ...... :s26, ,2l7 16
Total amount Of audited claims paid
by County Treasurer to February
Which, deducted from the audited amount,
leaves the sum of 50 944 68 indebtedness of the
county; but of this amount the Treasurer
claims he has paid out s197 80 more than the
amount received, which is added to 9,944 66;
making the Indebtedness of the county, ac-
cordlng to the report, s10,142 49, But let us
examine this little, and see If there are not
some one besides the committee who make
false reports We again take the report of Mr..
Smith, which acknowledges that the sum Of
si9,054 IS has actually been collected. He
also by his OlcH report shows that he has paid
out all told but sl6,272 4S, and hotr he can
deduct the sum of s16272 4S, the amount paid
out, from s19, 054 85, and still leave the county
indebted to him i'll the sum of S197 so, is per-
feet enigma to our mind. Hence the reader
will observe that, according to our lnvestiga-
ton taken from the commissioners report, we
find that the Treasurer should have on hand
or be indebted to the county, 81, t29 %; and,
l,y his own confession, he has on hand, or is
indebted to the county, in the sum of -, 1872
81: And this statement will not admit of q de
ductlon for per centage or commissions. as the
amount less the commissions is reported.
As to the amount reported by the committee
which was paid to DIR. T. c. James for chari-
ty practice by reference to the report we find
that the sum of 3o5.00 was paid him in 1868,
and the snm of 20Q,00 in 1869, if this does
make $500 according to the report
of the committee We must yet learn
to enuineratc, and the itpart shows
that the amount has actually been paid.
How can Mr.. Smith, IN the face of a statement,
10 which he has literally sworn, accuse the
committee for mentioning that which he him.
self has published to the world? Reader DR.:
James does not deny that the sum mentioned
has been paid. His services, if the patients
were poor and unable to pay, shoRfd be renlu-
nerated, and We hope he Will caution Mr.
Smith to make no furthcE denial Of facts while
acting as chairman Of the board of commits
sioneYS-
We think the above facts, as shown from the
report of the committee is sufficient to con-
vince the most incredulOus that the finances of
the county have truly been deplorably man
aged and that the report as rendered by the
commissioners is any thing but clear and sat
isfactorv While Mr.. Smith asserts that the
committee went into the matter bllndly, being
desirous of furnishing q campaign document
for the coming election we will say, that no
better one is needed than his report. To the
charge that his offer to assist i'll the investiga-
ton was refused we add, he had ece,.y oppGr-
t,o,ity to be present. and after py-0iir-.i5g IL,
the Most posdire n,aalner to fianish books dnd
papey;S, instructed III. Willard to dNo,r no
books to be taken ont Of the office hence
1c ,rns one thing to-day, and something else
Tomorrow We will not knowingly do any
man injustice but facts cannot be disguised
And We will conclude by saying, we hope good
men will be put III office and the bitterness Of
the past six years will be buried in one COM
mon interrst-and each one will strive to
btlAt4 Up hi: ,ounty. his State, and his coun-
try.