The Clifton clarion., 1885-07-29

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 scount with what you conside @just for the insertion, and oblige 9 Yours truly,
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 FL. yoelckel. Esq, Solomonville, AT. d DEAR SIR:-In answer to you $ article published in the last CHA ;sRIoN, I would state that, again, yor 9are of wrong, as will be readily
 sshown by the following figure: sherewith. You claim that G. II 4Stevens assessed cattle last yeal Eat SI5, and I claim that in some gcases he assessed them as high as SS21.S6. The figures given below 55were taken by me from the min 5utes of the Board of Equalization Band found to be as follows, to-wit q H. c. Rockers cattle, as origl- 4nally assessed by G. H. Stevens in s1SS4, SIS per head.
 a c. T. Leitch's cattle, as origi- snally assessed by G. H. Stevens in F19S4, S17.9S per head.
 R. R. Trips cattle, as originally assessed by G. H. Stevens in 1884, sS1S per head.
 ] Jones & Ming's cattle, as origi- snally assessed by G. H. Stevens sin 1884, S17.50 per head.
 3 c. B. Martins cattle, as origi- 3nally assessed by G. H. Stevens Fin 1884, SIS per head.
 AlcGieghan's cattle, as orgi- snally assessed by G. H. Stevens lin 1884, S21.S6 per head.
 Which goes to show that the sbold assertions you make are founded not on facts, but on sfctions. Secondly, you claim that ] the present Assessor is not as 3ocmpetent as Mir. Stevens was. Well, my dear friend, I will admit that, and even go further, and say that it is surprising that such fel- Jews as you and those who make you believe that you know some thing; who are gifted with such al wonderful brain, stay in Solo, knoxville, when there are so many 'wider fields abroad in which you, could develop into something: higher than Deputy Treasurer,i etc. Referring to the competency of: my predecessor, I would mentionl that, from my perusal of the same, minutes of the Board heretofore mentioned, I found that MT. Ste-i 'vens' assessment roll for 1881 wasi 'raised as follows, to-wit: McGinuess, raised on cows. calves, horses and wagon, fromI nothing to S400.
 T. McMurran, raised on 300:
 cattle from nothing to S5,250.
 Norton & Stewart, on furni-'' \
 ture and machinery, from nothing:
 to S1,OOO. |
 Why, then, Mir. Voelckel, didi
 your infallible Assessor overlook that amount of property? Was its
 not known that Mir. McMurran. had a COW or two? Was it nots known that Messrs. Norton &:S Stewart had some furniture ins their place of buslness7
 Ihave heard lately that Mir. S;asj would be made to pay by some of the gentlemen from SolomonvilleS for any taxes lost to the countys through his fault. Nevertheless E I find that in the April meeting of the Board of Supervisors thisS year Mir. G. H. Stevens was cred ited with SS6S of uncollectableg taxes, and why were those taxesf uncollectable? That I don't know X but I can account for S1S0 ofl those uncollectable taxes in thiss way: That Mir. Stevens taxed Mir. Woods, post trader at Thomas,s for that amount on personal prop-s erty, which he should have col E lected forthwith, but Mir. Woods5 told Stevens that as he (W.) wasa a going to sell out, he (S.) coulds collect that amount from the in-s post trader, Mir. McGin ness, who, however, when calleds upon for the money, stated thatt as he had come into possession ofa the place after the 1st of June,E E there was no law to compel hims to pay these taxes, and therefores he declined paying the money,s saying that Mir. Woods was thes proper man to tackle, but as thes latter gentleman was then out of: : the Territory, Graham county wass minus those S1S0, which then weres ! passed to the account of uncol-; lectable taxes. Why was 1t thusly.s .s