The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-10-14

thisyear than last, they have found.
cd their arguments accordingly,
and accuse the Democratic officials
Of various shortcomings, intima.
ting even that there was something
near to dishonesty 10 this respect.
We have at considerable trouble
and expense gone to the bottom Of
the subject, have taken a peep at
the Auditors books, and in discus.
sing this matter we know what we
are talking about. The whole
trouble directly lies with the sher.
ifs Of the State, nearly all Of whom
are indebted to the State in a great.
81 or less amount. We peeped at
the Auditors book on the 22d day
ofseplember, and our figures are
what they showed at that time,
The Martinsburg Independent
from which the extract at the be.
ginning of this article is taken as a
Republican paper, and the organ Of
the sheriff Of Berkeley county who
is likewise a Republican. The
sheriff Of Berkeley county owes the
State according tothe books, State
tax SLIGO, State school tax $1,000,
total $4,000 for the year 1884, all
Of which is unpaid.
The Marshall county Republican
paper has repeated the stale story
about school money, and We find
that its sheriff, Republican, is.
charged with
State tax.".r....."~.".o."."..". $1,000
State school tax...,..... ......,.".... 5000
Total .."............. ......... .......u $1,000
Amount paid ..."...... ..........".... 5000
leaving slO,SOO due the State for
1884.
Monongalia county which has an
alleged newspaper called the Post
has reiterated the Islander, and
against its Republican sheriff there
is charged
State tax ,'.''.." .",,"" $4,000
State school tax".".,.,......"",.." 500
sl8,loO
of which he has paid only $1,000,
leaving him owing the State 3d..
800 for the year 1854, ora good deal
more than one half of his total tax.
The. two Republican papers Of
Jackson county have chewed over
the same story, and there we find
shat the Republican sheriff Of 1884
Is charged with
Stale TAX ;.'''"'''".' '."".."... -" S6,SVv
State school ...,...."..... $500
$4,000
Of which be has paid a meagre 81.
500, leaving him behind $1,000 to
the State for 1854.
Preston county is famous princi.
pally for its phenomenal Republi.
ean majority, and its Republican
sheriff gets in the category with
the rest. He is charged with
State tax .... $500
State school tax...."""."."""m 200
$1,000
Of (which hehas paid beggarly 49,.
800, leaving him behind for the
year 1884, s7,7OO.
The Taylor county Republican
papers have had their fun over the
matter along with the rest, but
they have not mentioned their Re
publican sheriff, and we call their
attention to the following fgureps
Amount due the State for
slatetax ."."..." 400
State school tax..".............".....- $500
$4,000
amount paid $1,000, leaving bal
ance due the State for 1884 Of s1O,.
900.
The State Journal, regarded as the
Republican organ Of Parkersburg,
has for weeks done nothing bnt
howl about the school money short.
age. The sheriff of this county for
the year 1884 is din the box" along
with the others. He is charged
with
Etnte tax ,,,,,.,,. ,,,,........ Slh TQg
State sChool tax".."...."...","... l3,4O2
$50, 1893
Of which he has paid slO,S72, leav.
ing him in debt to the State for
1884 to tho amount of 1926,
1t is useless to prolong the enum
Grafton of delinquent sherias.
They are indebted to the State for
the taxes to an amount greatly ex.
ceeding S25OOOO, And the minu
test examination failed to show u
single Republican sheriff, except
W. E Bier, Of Peasants county,
who was not behind with his set.
Elements.
W. do not stop at this time to