Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01
C0rNTY PRINTING.

are uneQua1t6u- lHSy kfFGt0 NHOu OhN9
published in their last issueRhat we
had presented a" bill of'SIo to the
Commissioners for tabular work, as
shown by the Auditors books, that
they were publishing that which was
FALSE in every particular. 1t IS
not true that we ever presented such
bill-it is not true that the Auditor
hooks show any such bill, either.
The whole thing is falsehood, wick
e1ly and maliciously concocted by |
our neighbors, to assist them in
bolstering up a bad case. We never
resorted to any trick in order to OBJ
tain higher price from patrons than
we agreed to do work for, which is
more than some other people we
know, can say, if they tell the
truth!
The above is from the Register of
last week professedIy in reply to an
article in the HERALD of the previous
week. 1t is not, nor has it ever been,
our design to nisrepresent brother
Gould, nor anybody else; nor have
we ever found fault with any of our
county officers for any job of printing
they have given him. we have only
exposed some cases where he has
charged in excess of the prices for
which he agreed to do the work, and
we have not done this until after he
has, week after week, charged us with
making exorbitant charges against
the county for work we have done
for the county; not until We were
forced in self defense against his un
blushing charges that the Commits
sioners had allowed us unjustifable
bills for our work, for the purpose of
sustaining Republican partisan press !
not until brother Gould has repeatedly
charged us and the County Commis-
sioners scitb This method Of stealing
from the county. And when called
on. officially to state in what particu-
lar we had overcharged, he was put
in the very unpleasant position of Q
willful slanderer, from the fact that he
was unable to put his finger upon q
single charge we had made against the
county that was not strictly within the
limits of the bill of prices for adver.
tising, which he and ourselves had
agreed upon, and which is the bill OF
prices agreed upon by the publishers
all over the State: These are facts
the people should know before they
condemn us upon the slanderous as
sertions of man who is notorious
for being innocent of telling the truth
about political opponent when he
thinks be can make d lie answer his
internal schemes better
Now, IN relation to his charging
extra for the printing of The Auditor
and Commissioners Report referred
to, it must be remembered, that upor
his own proposition to the Court o
Common Pleas, consummated will
the County Auditor, he was to pub
lisii the report for 25 per cent. les
than we had agreed to do it for-ou
proposition being at full rates; an
he, after agreeing with us in the pres
ence of the Auditor of the county t
do it at full rates, secretly author
zed, the Auditor, and Judge Brigg
also, to inform the Judge of th
Court Dickey.) that he would do th
advertising for 25 per cent. less tha
our agreement, or % per cent. les
than we had agreed to do it for. w
both got the work-we at full price
because we would do it for no les
and he at 25 per cent. less than OF
price, because he feared he would M
get it at full price,
Now for the sequel. We will s.
by Gould's own affidavit who is tt
LIAR-an appellation that he h
been in theB habit of applying to L
We wish ,thereader to remember th
our bill for the work referred to W
$24O. We want the public to remel
her that Gould, was to do the sar
work in. accordance to his own pro
osition, for 25 per cent. less-whi
would have been $3.50 But what a
the facts We will here give Goul6
own statement, made under oat
which, we presume, he will not den
simply, because he cannot help hi
self, and not for any regard he h
for truth.
Here is the evidence we produt
in which if will be seen that he seo
Iicts himself, and that, too, under t
-aolemnities of an oath. We find t
following in the Auditors office, a
produce it in support of what we ha
heretofore said, which brother Cot
has repeatedly denounced as o
Now we will see who is the liar:
Comm missfoners Of Fayctte County:
To W.. @, GoUBD & Co., DIR.
Dec. 19, 1867. To publishing in
Ohio State Register by order of Coz
three weeks, Commissioners Report, 81
On the 18th day of December 1867, 7
sonally appeared before me, a Justice
the Peace, in andfor the County of F
cite, State Of 0hie,W. G. Gould, who,
fng duly sworn, dotl'depose and say
the above account is just and true, and
accordance with the understanding of
Court of Common Pleas, ordering the p
lication thereof.
(Signed) W. G. GOULD,
Editor Ohio State Registe,
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
18th daY of Decemhnr 1857.