Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-06-05
Hog.Ear Ranch, Killer Co.
June 4th, 1870.
Editor BANNER,

HhbaiI y npNAA bNN hth Nblt hbN W. hEuoI~
stand the BANNER in regard to County
printing! and then adds ask Sheriff Brock
man what 4 means, oh that Is a clinnher, he
proved Il by Sheriff Brockman, and your
correspondent IL aware Of the fact that the
indicator a few days since importuned our
County CLERK for two mortal hours to prove
the same fact to wilt: That "eounty print
ing'' means ali printing In a newspaper for
which compensation Is asked or received,
simply, because u Is done orpaid for by a
citixen OF ths county; but che Clerk could
not zee the matter in that light hence the
indicators fact Ia only established ia the
mouth OF one witness and that witness Is ex-
Sheriff Brocknlan. Now Mr.. Editor we pn-
derstand "oounty Printing! 10 mean any
printing that Ia done for the County ss q
corporation, any printing that is under tho
control of sid corporation through its iruss
tees the County Court, and Tor which pay
ment is 10 be made out OF tho general Rove
nus fund OF ssld corporation.
When Wa speak OF the "9ounty Poor
Farm" We refer 10 q farm owned by the
county a. Q corporation, TO support the pau
pers on: we don't mean that every poor farm
in the county whether owned by an individ-
ual or not is 9 ''county poor FARM" when
we speak Of q ''county pauperr we mean q
person supported by the county in its corpor-
ate capacity, and nat q person supported by
the voluntary aid and charity OF individual
citizsns Of tho county. II ''copnty printing"
means what the viRdicstor says It does then
each aud every item OF costs In any suit In
our courts, paid out by citizens OF the county.
Is county printing, and every poor fsHm
owned by any citizen Of the county, is a
''Oounty poor farm" aud every poor person
who receives individual charity, from any
citizen Of tho county 10 q ''county papper."
We have such q thing as Estate Printing"
nov n The VIrdicAsor's logic about county
printing is correes, then zach and every Item
OF coats, expended by any citizen Of tia
State, for printing Is estate printing! the
idsa 10 absurd, the senior editor Of she Vim
diostor with all his Ignorance and egotiGm
knows better, and Il is simply trying to hood.
wink add deceive the unweary in this matter,
as be has endesvored to do IN every thing
else he hSa eyer undertaken,
He is In this matter as he Is In Temperance
and religion, a fraud in ons, & hypOcElte In
the other.
Ho Is In this matter as In politics, q dema-
gogue.
He proclalms Rspublicsnism, why9 because
he wants the county printing; he bolted the
ticket last fall; he run Independent against
the nominee of the party. be voted Tor
Greeiyi the junior Editor voted for Mischal
johnson for State Senator IN 1872, 50 where
10 the mens characters as POLITICIANS, echo
AnsWers whsrei
A fanatic On temperance, his friends at
johnson 81 Brumley's saloon, have taken up
8 subscription TO support him a. a preacher
oh shame, where is thy blush.
lie loves the tax payers and the good peo-
pie generally, lets gee boys, example go fur
Their than precept with US old fsggies:
School T ~, r II. (SprlDg Garden neigh
bOrhood) for the year 1879 has To pay $TS.73a
school tax extra. vhyi Tomson has borrow
cd their money and refuses to pay either the
principal or interest. School T IL, r IA for
the year 1879, has 70 pay $36,S6i extra
school tax, whyg TomSon borrowed their
money and Will not pay the interest, lei
alone the prIncipal. The Sunday School .,
Tusoum6iA has to raise $500 again 4 buy
''meTit c1owns'' for the children. why, oh
whyY "TomSon q Wright have been super
Intending the flock" the VindiOator men have
been round there, they promise the children
every Lords day that the ''crounsn those
beautiful crowns" shall be iortb coming but
alas poor ohildrenl
Ny God, Mr.. Rdltor, Is 1t any wonder they
love the poor tax payers, is any wonder
they hear the chime OF the Sweet Sabbath
Bella with pleasant emotions; Gentlemen,
please don't fall in lore with US, stay away
from our School district, and especially, from
our 'idesr sabbath School" we are poor bul
honest, we don't want to contribute to the
Lord in your style, we want 10 give 1t yolua.
tariIy, as we are assured, the Lord loves
"cheeriul glYer." Stay with Brumley d John
son and II q more convenient season comes
we will call for thee. Mr.. Editor excuse shit
short letter as my hand y old and stiff, |
will write again, perhaps from Mt. Pleasant
and perhaps from some where else.
Pro BONO PUBLIco.
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