The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-04-03
THE SAXTANIG REP,
AND IT'S INFAMOUS SNEAK SPY
EDITOR, j. j. CLARK.
A Few More Facts Fair Private Sale and Forced
Sale Contrasted--Clark as Reporter Compared
With Clark as EdltOr-"Der Ish Lie
QUIZ. The Saxton Family, Congress-
man Mckinley Included,

tinues its infamous course in its war upon
the unfortunate sureties of George Fess-
ler; and ]. ]. Clark's articles now appear
as editorials. Is this "bold sodger boy"
afraid now to sign his articles2 Is this
the mighty champion braggart who
boasted he was going to face the music ?
In his article this week he attempts to
show the financial condition of the bail,
giving his estimate of their real and per-
sonal property. To show the little
reliance on the statements of this scoun'
drel, we need only say, that, in this ar
ticle in the Repository, he puts one man
down as worth $4,000 above all indebt-
edness and his wife's dover interest, and
this same man is reported in Dun & Co.'S
book by their spy informer ]. j. Clark,
as worthless. Which Of his reports is
correct? Let him answer.
Another Of the balls property, pri'
vate residence, is put down at $1,000,
and estimates that judgment and exeCu-
tion would realize $1,000, after paying
liens and do Ter, amounting to $l0,500
It will be seen that this estimate is bas.
ed on the supposition that the residence
sells at forced sale for the amount. Sup.
pose, however, it only sells for half this
sum, what will be realized on execution Z?
We might go on aud show the utter
worthlessness of his calculations in ev-
cry case, and thus the whole estimates
would vanish into thin air. There is a
material difference between private sale
on time payments and forced sale on ex-
ecution. No one knows it better, too,
than this man Clark, who has been a
sCCurge upon our town.
Besides, what can ne tell as to the real
condition of the bondsmen financially.
aud the amount to be got at forced sale ?
How can he ascertain their honest in
debtedness? And, supposing the suit
goes on, and, as usual in such cases, lasts
for years-what will then be the Condi'
ton? In the Wayne county cases one
has been pending for six years or 30, and
the other three years or more, and no
conclusion yet. This base infOrmer and
sneak spy, and tbe infamous Repository
may imagine they are doing big thing
in thus exposing the private affairs and
financial condition of good citizens, but
it only shows their baseness in mean
attempt. Would any honorable man
or decent lawyer be guilty Of such con-
duet?
We say, then, that the statements pa
raded in the Repository are wholly unre-
liable in all respects The list Of proper
ty is incorrect, and the estimates given
as to what would be realized thereirom
utterly prepos,erous or grossly eEaggar-
ated. Even the indebtedness, liens, &c.,
is given far below what it actually is.
This much We know, though not paid
spy for a commercial agency or any one
else.
What can we reason but from what we
know? And surely, the experience Of
forced sales during the last few years
should satisfy all reasonable men as to
the best course to pursue in this deficit
matter. The County Commissioners will
not be governed in their action, if act
Element is concluded, by the diCtation of
plundering, bounding, pir4tical reporters
for commercial agencies; but they will
act like reasonable men, as if managing
their own business.
We cite a couple of noted cases not
given in our last weeks article, to show
how property is sacrificed and debts un-
paid. The Safe works, including realty,
were cold at assignee's sale for $29. 900,
and they cost over one hundred thou.
sand The Press works brought $4,000,
and cost five or six times that sum-
We could, if time and space allow ed,
give column after column of such cases.
The history of our two building assoCia-
tions would furnish many examples Of
worthy citizens driven out of their homes
to satisfy executions for amounts, small
in comparison to the cost and real value
of these homes Numerous and cad are
the cases that have occurred during the
last few years. Suffering and despair
have rested upon many worthy families,
under heartless writs of legal execution.
Such legal ghouIs as CLARK, however
feel mo Compunctlous visitings of ma.
ture,"
Farm properly is no exception to the
rule, as we demonstrated last week,
though we gave partition cases, always
more favorable for good sale. In his
article, Mr.. Clark values the farms be-
longing to the bail al $40, $50, 500 and
Sl2O an acre respectively. We have no
dea that the land in question would
bring half of it, put up at forced sale.
he quotes Mr.. John Poutius and H. II.
Hou5el as authority for his estimates.
Farmers are not good judgec of the value
If property at forced sales. 1t is not
n their line of business.
Andrew POntius Esq, recently bought
Mrs. Monnin's fac farm, % miles from
own, on the Berlin road, for SIS. 900, be-
ng $l9l per acre. This purchase, too,
vas on long time. This farm is under
aid with coal, and bank on it has been
worked for years and is now. Aultmau
( Co., have contract for twenty thou
jaud bushels, to be delivered between
his time and August next, from this
osnk. A good brick house is on the
arm ,,Sb barn and other conyeuienCes.