Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-11-07

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estion. n.-How came the cor ( uexed
lved in debt? We aaYac Inty so in
cause the. white haizei .uaker joke,
IN who perpetratelN / old gentle
t venture tc suppose would surely
rown into the eyes that such dust
the eve Of his ret Of the taxpayers,
old or would bfj -irement from office,
that they Wop nd them SO effectual-
We his most Id be satisfied to re-
le and boac lstounding statement as
se to thoe' fde 1t certainly is no
lst pay who own property, and
unty The sum Of $34, 900 that the
otest wes, and we may naturally
usE against the light, as well as So
,v cical and untrue method, en-
ed in the communication in ques-
N, to show the origin Of the debt.
I have no idea" said poor Harold
! Skimpole, "whether it is few shilings
or few thousand pounds; how should
[, who know nothing about money
In the second paragraph Of this most
extraordinary paper the writer tells US
that had the same ruling been adopt
ed by Judge Maher's predecessors, two
thousand dollars per term Of court"
say twelve terms; "would have been
saved, and the county working on a
cash basis all the time, could have also
saved ten thousand dollars additional"
making, don't you see, just the sum
total of Indebtedness. One newly pa
tented stove saved one half the fuel;
ergo, a second would save the whole.
The G. G.. G.. could not have locked at
the record in his office, or if he has,
how can he Justify his departure from
verify in such statement; first, be-
cause those records will show that at
no term of the court previous to Feb
ruary, 1872, did the entire cost Of ju.
rors, witnesses ard officers Of court
amount to $1,000, which, he says
would have been saved: and, second,
he knows or might know from the same
source that since the beginning Of 1870, !
the costs of court have nat Jcen paid at !
all, simply because under his admins |
traton Of the finances, it has taken
every cent Of the amount of tax col
lected, to pay for Hospur bridge ard !
road contracts, for feeding the unfor-
tunatts at the aims house and
Jail, and the payment Of certain
preferred bills. What then becomes
of the audaciOus assumption that by
the cOnnivance Of poo; Judge Tlatt
and Judge Ffrmer, the officers OF court
have been enriched at the expense Of the
county. The clerk is actually the only
officer who is III any manner affected By
the ruling Of Judge Nahcr, and he is as
much rejoiced at the just conclusion Of
His Honor as any one else can be, mas
much as his share Of the tax to meet ad-
ditional expenses under former rulings,
fully eGualed his extra receipts No,
Mr. Chairman the re&ponsiJiIity-and
it is grave one-rcSts in large measure
upon the board Of Coanty Commissioners
for the creation Of so huge debt, an
no ruling Of a most cstimablc Judge en-
alter the fact, nor relieve the retiring
Chairman from the charge Of having
proved, to say the least. an Indifferent
Had the other members Of
he board had an equal voice in the de-
ermining Of vital questions, involving %
argc expenditures, the &c. c. c.
night to that extent have divided the
cprobaton Of the community he ,ceks :
o mistify ard u.i.Icad, on his retire {
ncnt; as it Is, HI; broad shoulders
must bear very nearly sthc whole bur-
len. Every just ruling Of presiding '
u1ge Is Il puoHc 0e',sAc ann do'l''' t
ess the peoHi2 OF beaufort count :
VII nave l"f'hrr cause 10 honof ana
li'hn JhaSe .Ha'lcf 10Y a "l$' ana
eheilcial administration oi Ills ol!ice, 'Nt y
o:hing that he can No will cancel obIiga-
or, ,I.o,1,. ;nc,,rr,J ~, r.I;o,., -, From, il
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