The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-07
Dr.. u. ". Stuart. salary.

| N"NiES hoh+ASS, i'%CCIGg POOR, 14J.JE
oc"Fge Holmes, kuIyiLg Eauper<, 1000
George, iCiaes, SuncricG, 2C2C
Rebccca Williams, nurse, 1900
! standard, printing. 11.aO
Standard, printing, 100
Standard, printing, 1900
i. n. Johnson, coroner, 1000
On Thursday wtiile the board were IN
session, school teacher from the Dis
! trict OF BiuiIton, presented his certificate
TO draw his salary for the month Of
June. He was informed that here were no
funds according to the Treasures report
In point of fact, however there was Il
balance of S27t. 90, to the credet of the
district, so that the teacher was paid af-
ter the mistake had been pointed out
by the School Commissioner. Had the
latter not been on hand, the teacher
would have gone back to Bluffton, with
empty purse, and the old cry of ''no
funds" in his ears. The commits ,io ners
spent two days in trying to figure out the
prorata of money due on school claims
that any school boy of ordinary intel!i-
gence could have. done in few minutes.
and knowing their incapacity and ignor-
ance OF such business they were obliged to
call in their friends to help them ont
1t Will be seen that the commissioners
paid George Holmes $1GO.52, on account
OF the poor house, and there are no bills
on file in their office for which this
amount was paid and there are no re-
ports from the treasurer on file for last
month. 1t is an acknowledged fact that
john Hum was the best chairman the
county commissioners ever had, and at :
tended to its, duties faithfully and who
would never bemean himself for love of
money or office. Ills successor shouid
adopt the motto.
| TIC bill, you think Is Incorrect. vbv t,l.c -,
m I'll submission wl..t y8u'd hryc itmak. :,
ne :ollowiLG was adopted some tim G
during the recent session of the cou,tv
! commissioners.
hesotred 1st. The people and county
commissioners of B. G.. have heard viii
surprise and unfclgned regret of the sus-
pension for cause of George Holmes ESQ
! Treasurer of said county.
I Etsotrsd 2d. That his integrity. canac-
itS anc efficiency as n public officer cvid
chccd In the iaithiul discharge o his onc
: ,'us and responsible duties durlnm fin.
iasi thirty months and confirmed bv the
recent l!csentmcnt OF the Grand jury
not onl, eommcnds him to the friendly
considerations, but. likewise assures the
unimPalred confidence and esteem of the
! people and commissioners of Beaufort
con"'y. U nann iogsly- adopted.
If by the above DR.. Pritchard means
to express his surprise and regret at the
'atc treasurer having SO .mscooducted
affairs us to have given cause for his sus-
pension from office, he manifcsts a derrcc
"f 1cellnS which docs credit to his head
ana heart, as the saying is. And no
"oubt III that way he only echoes the
sentiments of the people of the County.
VINO also regret that person who ha,
oech supported by them for thirty months
on very liberal allowance (the amount
Oh which his own attorney WAS permitted
to hx), could not suffer himself to bes
governed by the;laws which defined bis
duties and privileges. Such is the most
charitable Interpretation of the resoIu-
hons passed by the county commission
ers.
Or were they adopted at some moment
"pp"rtuncly seized. wlep the public eve
was not present to sean the membeIe
features, and detect either the suppress
ed smile of irony,r or the blush of cons.
clous effroRtery which must have rested
on inc countenancc of The chairman:
we the people ofEngland," proclaimed
the three tailors ofToolcy street, and in
manner equally calculated to call forth
shouts of dcrisive laughter P. p. ey.
claims " he people and County Commits
sioners OF Beaufort County" And then
10 make matters worse comes the n lin
sion TO the condemnation which his pro-
tege received at the hands of the Grand
jury; that Jury which had for several
DAYS listened to testimony that showed
.haI the county treasurer had been en-
gagea In that every extensive trading in
county paper, which reflects discrcdit
on the county and is criminal offense if
indglged in by county officers"
wen may the deposedtr. ex.
''a'm ~saEo me from my friends"