The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-06-22

ooOh, yct you puueu w WIN eSo'
iisnl, Tor We know not what else I"
term il, havegone so far as to soy, all
the most intelligent men agree with
me- and denounced US as deliberate,
ly doing gross injustice when ~
fact out OF your own mouth you soy
i did not examine the cash book,
or il 60 you took il of in some -e,
cluded place, and never permitted us
TO investigate IL with you % was
your duty.
Hang your head in shame after
lhi-, aud when the Board meets, &c.
turn the $24.00 and tell them, you
have betrayed the trust coniidcd TO
yon, and after you have surrendered
The twenty.four pieces, then go Out
and hang Yourself. This would he
an honest confession, which is said
to he good for the SOUL How did
,hey know, i was disiutcresled.' We
did no, know it, but your friends
and supporters had said you were
The only disinteresled man IN The
committee ia mislakeltis not ours.
i cxamircd Cooks account long he.
fore that august . to | committee
was appointed aud had no demands
to make &C. How comes it then, we
never heard Of the county owing Mr..
Cook over $4,000, until The invc-ti.
CATION Of the august 9 to |. Was IL,
that You intended to swindle Mr..
Cojk out Of S30O0,as the good audi
tor, for the usc OF the people? Take ei
lher horn oflhis dilema In your pre-
vious examination, did you examine
the cash book or in yonr last? II so,
you were guilty of a fraud ia taking
the Investigation all to yourself, when
We should have gone through it will,
YOU? Take either horn CT this di.ema.
You say, we did not call for The
cash book, We called Tor al records
pertaining to the ollice,and even ad
hitting VIC did not, it was unnccc4.
sary, for the calling or you would
have been simply calling on ourSclv's,
as you were one Of the august . 10 |
appointed to make the investigation,
aud You were placed on the commit
tee, in consequences OF your position
az auditor, and familiarity with The
record, and YOU were armed with all
the authority to make q full ana
thorough invcsti Cation, and yet you
never examined the cash book, hui
bring county in debt oyer $4,000 on
general principals. This i. like your
assertion. 'Eckels said. conuly owed
uncle Billy $500 What II pity,
poor Eckels is dead and not here TO
prove il!
You knew full we'll that il you did
no; charge him with these laad pur.
chascs, which account for themselves,
your report would have brought
county in deht to g., q result which,
You set out to avoid This is an.
other of your bald assertions, and to
say least of it, Is nnbecoICing o gen.
tleman. You admit, we were fore.
ed to use C's. private memoranda
hook to ascertain land redemplions
&C., Why? Because The record in
your Office did not show it. What
should have appeared ofrccord?' Ev'
cry acre of la.d sold for taxes, eth.
cr to the State or individuals, when
redeemed or rc,cntcred from the
State, by what persons redeemed or
re.en,cr'd, dalcof rcdemptlou,amount
paid &c. See rev. code 1871, section
1901 1902 e. 1903 and zee if you
can't tel, to what law We refer? Put
on your speclacles and look close.
Had the record thus appeared, the
memoranda book would not have
been necessary. He says, acts 1915
section -, page 80 does not provide
for a cash book nor did we ever say
it did, but said act provides this, the
lax,collcctur shall report all insol.
vent & delinquent tax payers to the
b. of ). on lst Monday Of March aud
upon the same being allowed the
county Treasurer snail rcchirgc Him,
the tax collector, with said dclin-
qucnt list Tell the public, where
Cook was ever rccharged, with the
delinquent list OF 10 as required, or
where he made his final report Oh
LIST Monday Of Oct. under oath as 10
dclinquenls uncellcclcd as sec . OF
said act requires. He says, the act
requiring the rccharge OF The delin-
Quent list Was repealed, 80 it was
gu, why did you not give The subsli.
,ute, which is more stringent, viz:
Act 1916, page l6O, sec. 90, duty Of
collector Us to delinquents.' That the
receipts OF all such delinquent tax.
payers shall he tho printed du2li.
cate forms furnished by the auditor,
aud The collector is restrained from
receipting said delinquents, than by
duplicate uD.cr fine aud forfeiture
Said collector is required to report
monthly under oath the amour, of
delinquent taxes collected Has
this hcen done? Certainly not, and
you will no, dare tellthe public, there
is u duplicate tax receipt, in your Of
flee, for all deliuquents, who paid ai'
ter lst Monday in March Of each
year. Why did you notlstalc,whiIc
hi, act repeats act Of '75,yet is moro
stringent, and that the records OF
your Office are not in accordance
with their requircmcnls,aud that tho