The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-06-08

iays to como. But 10 the issue.--
WHY docs this 'DIsEsrEREsrED NAN
J. N. N, squirin Ike o worm in hot
psl,es, ut our report? 10 says, he.
co uae he Is discnterested.' Well. do
we usually fret about things In which
we have no intercs:? let the public
answer. Whydoes he boldly assert,
gross injustice has been done Cook|
Bccu use no Is discntcrestcd. Why
does be rush into print, 20 comment
on his report, bringing county in
debt TO Cook, over $4,000? He is
Why did no not leave
The reports 10 speak for themselves
o. published aud leaye the question
Of right o. wrong TO the sound jadg.
mert oil fair and impartial jury?
The legitimate answer to all these
interrogations, Is not that lie is disin.
terested, bnt OH the contrary he has
vital interests ut stake. The tefal-
caliun of Cook, " such be true, makes
this disinierested man. this fair man,
this inialible man. Judging BY bis
cha, &C against Us. q d.fiuller 10 tho
discharge OF hia official duty. Why?
Because lie is the auditor Of the coun.
ty and should have long since repor.
ted the fact, iftrue, and ordered suit
brought on hi, C's bond. This dis.
interested man says we refused to
give g., crcdi, for land redemplions,
to which he was entitled. We would
ask. did We not even 90 so far, as to
credit him with oil the land redemp.
lions, even using his own private
memoranda book to ascertain the
amount, when same should have ap-
pcarcd of record in YOUR Office? You
have great presumption, to say least
OF your course. 10 rush into print,
and attempt to srow your report corr
ect, and our. false, and q, doing
Cook gross injustice Why? Be-
cause this question, which report !,
correct. il for the Judgment Of twcivc
unbiased minds. aud VIC do not fear
the result. Bnt to the question, why
did you not, as the custodian Of tho
record, and auditor for The county.
furnish w with The cash book Of
Cook, provided for by nets lSIj,page
80, section 10, which ell voters
should see and read for Themselves,
Hau this book been produced, md
kept us the law requires, there void.
have bccu TO trouble in arriving at
tie proper result. See also uc,s 1876,
page 5. section SIS, same ucts pugc
l47, section IS 80, and then tell tho
pcoplc,i il the record in YOUR Office is
in accordance with tho above require.
Incn,s. Tell the people, docs tho
cash book show, what j. required by
the above acts. Most assuredly not,
If We can read English and know
anything of figures. Does the rec'
ord of your Office anywhere show,
where Cook, alter allowance of the.
delinqucn: list by Supervisors, was
ever recharged with same. o. aaidI
nets require? Certainly not. Again.
name or point out the record in your
Office, where Cook was ever Charged
with the delinquent lit, left uncol.
lecled hy Matthews. az the low res
quired should have been done? II is
not there. Tell the people what res
cord in your Office shows how much
of the eleven thousand dollars, of-
linquent tax was collected, when
and at whit da.c aud from what per-,
sons as required By law. Tell ,hc peo.
pie, doe, the record show, the sworn
report Of Cook monthly as to amount.
of delinquent taxes collected, and
from whom, rs required by above
acts. Again see nets 1878, page So,
section Gland tell the people, wheih-
or or no, you have carried out the.
provisions Of this act. Did you is>
cue blank receipts fnr all The dclin.
quenis,signed in blank. by yourself.
anu did you chargethe collector with
tic entire delinquent list as required
BY this ac,?. II so, then tell us how
many receipts you charged to him,
Cook, and how many did he return.
to you not used or collected? Have,
you in. fact kept any such account
II 80, il was not shown rs. Explain
why you did not issue The blank re-
ccipts and charge them to collector
as required by said act? Tell us how
much delinquent tax was collected In
1878 & 10, II you receipted for it oil
~ required la sai6 oct? You fret
at the land redemption and yet you,
never undertake to explain, how 1t
is, that out OF $1,000 delinquent tax.
only $500 is reported as collected
during six years. You soy, we have
done Cook 'gros, injustice" We don't
profess to be inialible, nor shall NC
comment on our figures. but We arc
perfectly willing for jury of twelve
good citizens to pass on our report,
and it is not for Us to brand anyone
with doing'gross injustice in The mat
ter. We, as stated, have been forc-
I'd 10 soy what we have,and notthat
wc,are acting as ArroRNEYsfor any.
one, nor do We propose to shoulder
any ones burden. but SIMPLY to re-
pell the uncalled for and inherited
attack made on US, by one, from
whom It comes, We must say, in bad
laste. Let uncle b. attorneys NAM