Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-07-14
A Letter from Collector Everett.

e. S. INTERNAL REVENUE.
COLLECTOR OFFICE,
5TH DISTRICT, n. c.
July 1st. 1881.
Ed. PATRIor:-The North 4Stgte
this week as usual contains an in
famous falsehood against me as
Collector of this District. For six
months the Editor and Proprietor
of that paper has attempted : to
bIacken my character to the pub
lie by wiley traducing me in the
columns of this paper. will at
the proper time properly show
him up to the people of North
Carolina. / shall not. do this 50
far as / am personally concerned,
for I despise newspaper attacks
but to do the State Il public SER
vice. The paper above alluded to
indirectly charges that I as Col
lector have appointed to Office six
of the relatives Of Judge Starbuck,
and thereby further charging that
l am unduly Influenced in the
management Of my Office by Mr..
Starbuck. It further states that
six of Judge Starbuck's relatives
would be forced out of the Col
lector's service by the Department
order forbidding the employ yment
Of more than one member Of the
same family. When l took charge
Of the Collectors Office Mr.. L. A.
Ebert, Judge. Starbuekes son-in-
law was Cashier, having been ap-
pointed by William II. Wheeler. j
retained Mr.. Ebert in the office be-
cause of his efficiency. After hav-
ing promised Mr.. j. Blickenderfer
of Salem, Stamp Clerk. | ascer-
tanned to my great surprise that he
was related to Mrs. .Starbuck. !
proposed to Gen. Clark. Chief
Clerk of the Internal Revenue
Bureau to cancel his appointment
But because Of Mr.. Blickender-
fer's fine business qualities and the
| fur ther fact that he had served
for three years in the Union Ar
my he was not willing for me te
do so, and Mr.. B. is in. the office
A few days since ascertained that
Mr.. Q. A. Starbuck, appointed by
William IL. Wheeler, was Judge
Starbuck's nephew and | at once
asked for his resignation. This is
a list of the Judges relatives anc
shows by whom they were put il
Office and how they got there. We
will now see how this order of the
Department has been enforced il
this District in the last three years
| found on taking charge OF the
Collectors Office, Chas. E. Sober
George Wheeler, George w. Chat
fin, brother-in-law, brother ane
first cousin, to the Collector, oc.
cupying good paying places. J
W. Goslen, Stamp Collector ane
Anderson Stipe, Deputy Collector
brothers-in -in-law. 3. F. Bynum
ST., and B. F. Bynum, Jr., fathe
and son, Deputy Collectors. j. F
Tucker and F. A. Tucker, frs
cousins, Storekeepers and Guagers
Mlllard Masten, Storekeeper ane
Huager, brother ..in-law Of F. A
Tucker. Leander Nelson and W
r. Bennett, Storekeepers ane
Guagers, Uncle and Nephew. F
I. Walser and r. Walser, brothers
General Storekeeper and Guage
and Deputy Collector, D. G. Wei
ker and W. A. Welker, Storekeep-
er and Guager, Uncle and Nephew
P. A. Wilson and Thomas j Will
son, father ana son, Storekeepe
and Guager and Deputy Collector
will not extend the list.
could if | would, but enough i
the above is exposed to the public
Did the patriotic (21 and honora
BILE (D sheet, presided over b
Thomas B. Keogh, ever call for a
enforcement OF the Departlnen
order until now? The secret {
the vile warfare OF the Mort
State upon me is found in the fac
that Deputy Collectors will n
longer solicit and receive sub
scriptlons aud advertisements fe
its dirty pages, and that it will ne
be kept afioat by the Governme1
advertising for this District.
Very respectfully,
+. GoERGE B. EVERETT,
Collector 5th Dist, N. G.