The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-31
THE MOORE BOND CASE.
4 Card From Major X. W. Millsnps In
Reference Thereto.

Editor Brookharen Ledger
Although 1t is folly to hope that a tri,,
statement of the late settlement of tn,
More bond case is desired by those per
sons, who, in a spirit'of Office seeking and
self emolument, misrepresented fact
to you and have conspired together to
prejudice the public mind, and prevent
fair trial, yet | accept the privilege accord
ed in your Last weeks paper of submit
ting FIRST, the following extracts from tn,
Record Of proceedings Of the Board o.
Supervisors!
PROPOSITION OF R. W. MILLsAPs.
To Hon. Board Supervisors, Lincoln co..
| propose as surety on John. ID
Moere's Sherif's bond to come in and
make same settlement for the year 1872
and the time | was his b%ondsman, tina
said Moore shanld have made, | being al
lowed the usual Sherif's commissions fol
making settlement full and final.
| not only propose to make good the
deficit, but pay interest from same time
and after same manner that the count,
adopted for paying of its outstanding in
debedness in 1877. If the Board adopt
this proposition, | beg them to appoint &
committee of experts to take the books
make up the a,nount and | will settle ii al
once. [Signed r. W. MrLLsAPs.
The Board, on motion, adopted thi'
plan of settlement, with the additions
condition that said r. w. Millsaps pay
the cost, of said Circuit Court suit.
A. O. Cox, NJ. w. Neyels. r. II. Thomp
son were appointed a committee to exam
inc, compute and ascertain amount due
and report to- morrow morning.
TUESDAY, JULY s, 1S79.-A. .. Cox, NJ
w. Nevis, tw Of said committee ap'
pointed yesterday to compute amount due
On claims sued on in Circuit Court, o
Lincoln county, wherein h. w. MIilsap'
/ was defendant on basis indicated BY the
Board, report that they find the actual de-
falcation to be the sum Of Sl,4N.33
Said report received and committee dis
charged and it is ordered that said amonn
be received from said II. w. Mlllsaps ii
anv outstanding warrants issued prior I,
the present year. And SAID Millsap'
| forthwith appeared before the Board and
paid into the Board in warrants 'ssned II
year 1877 the sum Of 1910 IS, and il
warrants issued prior to 3lSt December
| 1876, $430.75. on which there was due two
years interest, S6S 81; whole Of said war
rants with said interest amounting t.
81, 40 SO where1pon it il ordered that TIL,
same be received by the county in fnl
payment of said Indebtedness and tina
said suit in Circuit Court be dismissed OF
payment of all costs by said defendanr
Millsaps and said warrants cancelled
which, is forthwith DONE
Extract Record Supervisors,
: BRooKHAvEN, July II, 1879.
Reed this dav of R. w. MiIlsnps $3.50
costs of suit No. ass State of Miss fol-
Use etc. Va. r. w. Millsaps, ct al.
Signed. 40. Cox, Sheriff.
By J. l.. MlKELL, D, S,
The ahoye is the record evidence of tbs
settlement. And | feel that there has
been no compromise with me: and wher
the Board exacted every cent of the de-
fault and ~interes: thereon at same rate and
time the county pays, they did all tina
nOnOf ana nOneNN "ouiu ptihhit 'ioiH "
do. Observe the fullness of the PROPOSE.
lion they acted Onto pay all the dffci
uik interest, whether $3.50 or 10000, and
the amount to be obtained by experts oil
their own choosing, and the county attor'
nev to be put on the committee, and tc
abide the result, pay promptly, AMI the
cost OF the suit besides.
If the Board of Supervisors had eontin
ueH the suit after the securely offered to
paw the full AMOUNT OF d,fault and in
terest, and after several wears of conflict in
tho courts, eventually last it'Hil, as | con-
tend there was a good chance to do, they
woulv have deserved censure. There
could be no fuller or f,irer proposition
made, unles. rs you say, interest should
have run from time Of default.
Practically that was the case. "a ! held
obligations of the county from the date OF
default. and asked that Justice he done me
in the settlement, and ii they charged in
terest beyond 1877. to allow interest and
not present the county in the attitude Of q
swindler that had two measures of Justice.
to NE surreptiouSly as advantage might
dictate.
Now in regard to Mr.. Allen Smith step
ping in between the Board of Supervisors
and the people. it is true lust this far:
After The committee had reported the en-
tire default to be, with interest added
>1,4i0, and the same was approved, Mr..
Smith and | retired to a room IN the court
house to settle on This basis, but the Board
of Super visors did the stepping in be-
tween'' Allen Smith and the people, and
said they saw no Use in the people paving
out $40 commissions for work they could
do themselves and this has been the cause
of all the trouble. If Mr.. Smith had been
allowed to receive the Sl,4i0 and got his
three per cent commissions thereon, moth
ing more would ever have been heard OF
the case.
What shall we say of Mr.. Smith icing a
default, and beginning a new suit, when
he was present INT heard the report OF
experts declare the total default to be
81 ,440 and started to receive the amount,
ard was only prevented by the Board
from doing so? Should not this circum-
stance have caused him to pause? The
certificate Of default is notorionsly
untrue. Yet, after all this, I do not blame
| Mr.. Smith. | believe the condition OF
the Treasury is Il sealed book to him, and
he is dependent upon others, and il liable
to be misled. Through the curtain 1 i'm
agine 1 see the shadow of a big lawyer,
fee which will be put, 800 or late, on the
public canvass and then all things will be
made plain.
| also fail to see the honor reflected or
his county in this t.: ansaction. Where i,
the good faith of the county settling a
debt with one Of ia citizens and the mex
day after getting his money suing for the
debt over again? l Fnow it is the law Of
buIldozery to sell a man a house in the day
time and after getting the money burn il
down at night before the purchaser move.
in, but / hope the county will hesitate long
before adopting this new code of morals
No wonder the country WAS surprised
and none were more surprised than the
Board of Supervisors when the truth was
at last learned, after so much wilful mis-.
representation, that the default was only
81 .440.
In regard to 1877 warrants objected To-
they were the same kind received from
Mr.. Smith the same day.
| know. Mr.. Editor. that it is a popular
thing to talk ofin campaign,to make votes
$40 600 from q rich Spectator to build a