The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-07-26
FORCED REPLY TO NO. q.

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You tried to vilify my father while living
because he supported Mr.. Snyder of Mlfllir
for Sheriff and you was defeated. You
wrote letter to Mr. Joseph Martz Of Cata
wissa iu which you made false accusations
against him and secured the letter and
handed II to ex-Sheriff Aaron Smith Of Hem
lock. Since then you turned your atten
tion toward me, until forbearance ceases "a
be virtue and have taken every advan
tage with your vile sheet to glut your ven
geance.
As stated before, you are conducting
, your paper for the sole purpose of applaud.
| ing your friends and denouncing your enc
mics.
You made several abusive statements
about ex-Sheriff Smith of Fishingcreek
because he refused to become tool in
your hands and give you his official patron
age, and had the Associate Judges been
true to their trust and convictions and re-
fused you the license advertisements you
would have poured your spleen upon them
| just as you do upon other officials you fail
| to control.
l care for nothing you said in your last
weeks article, but about teachers certih.
Gates, which you know to be a branded
| falsehood. You made a similar charge in
front of the Central Hotel during our cam
| paign in 'S4 when you said that l had sold
Hon. j. T. Fox OF Beaver and Mr.. G. M.
Ika1ar nf Mi Dlaaaapt n Gra ata
which made you recall quicker than you
said 1t. | never examined Mr.. Ikeler and
as to Mr.. Fox you denied to him of ever
saying 80. 1t appears that lying and de-
ception are your essential elements of sue.
cess. You always lied about that barrel of
whisky you bought and had placed in the
new Jail, to which will refer by and by.
AS to the certificate, | dare you to pro-
duce your author, you branded falsifier.
The first time ever hear of you repeat
ing this falsehood, I'll make you retract 1t
the first opportunity. am sorry you have
not more respect for the teachers.
You want me again to explain about fees,
which is becoming monotonous; however,
FL repeat in substance what 1 said before !;
in the Common Pleas, Orphans Court, and
Oyer and 1erminer, l charge the same as
you did when you were Prothonotary, and
in the Sessions l charge less for instance
for appointment of constable or supervisor
you charged $1.25 for which | charge $780,
and for constables' bonds and returns l
never charged anything, because the fee
bill you are constantly quibbling about
does not allow it, You charged them at
every Session which, amounted to about
$780, 90 during your administration. Do
not take my word for this but ask the con-
stables, they are the best authority. AS
return this money where it properly be-
longs and hereafter teach reform by ex-
ample and not by precept. With you it
has been line upon line, precept upon pre-
cept, here little and there little, until
you filled your pockets with illegal fees,
bridges and Jail contracts, $500. 90 stolen
bond, and shaved sheep orders, and when
the honest taxpayers became disgusted and
turned you out of office, you grew angry,
cursed the Democratic party and bolted the
County, State and National ticket, attempt
ed to join the Republican yarty, but was
rejected as an ex-boss. You purchased a
newspaper of your own cloth and now
would like to be recognized as prominent
editor of the county Oh what jewel
thou art
You want six sgners to paper to call
on you to explain away that $500. 90 stolen
bond. If you will return the amount of it
I'll get you any quantity of signers. You
would succeed about as well as you do in
trying to explain the barrel of whisky
away. l have letter in my possessio n
which you wrote to Mr.. Weirman at Ben
ton asking him to get six of the Grand
Jury to sign paper denying that you had
barrel of whisky at the Jail, out Of which
they freely drank when visiting the public
buildings, so you could explain it away.
You deny charging $500 for advertising
audits, etc, since you announced that you
would charge only $2.00, which is untrue (;
you take three when you can. The last
one paid into the office for you is in the
estate of Thomas Faus, deceased, where
you receipted the record for $500 April
1899. This is just like your barrel OF
whisky. You are fast OF, the record, still
you deny it.
In regard to the marriage license in Lo
Gust, please give me the name of the party
and if | am in error, I'll cheerfully correct
it. The fees are as follows: Where botl
parties are adults 80 cts; where one is
minor so cts. additional, and when botl
are minors 90 cts. more for consent anC
acknowledgements. The Justices cost
are the same as those of the Clerk of tn,
| Orphans Court.
! As to the assessment of '63 you must b,
| getting scarce of ammunition to see il
owned dog; you have been well rewarded
looking after dogs, especially when the,
destroy the farmers sheep, and you ex
planned to them that there was no none
in the treasury and shaved their orders
Had you asked me could have told you
owned no dog and was clerking at Wilkes
barre, No. SO Market st., for NJ. A. Holme
& Co., for three years. during which tim
paid 1884. 90 assessments to fill quotas
and still hold the receipts. You wer
more loyal, you served your county twent
years in the Court House, altered the r,
cords, served as Commissioners clerk, d.
putty Treasurer, board of County Commi
sioners and Deputy Sheriff, all at the sam
time, run and robbed the county, an
made many candidates bite the dust wi
refused to give you half the emolument
provided you assisted them to office, an
, subscribed $500 toward flag for Fisl
ing creek township which you still refu
to pay rolled a barrel of whisky into II
new Jail, perjured yourself in trying
deny it, and deserted and cursed the d
mocratic party because 1t became disgust
, at your loyalty and turned you out.
AS to Jury fee, don't worry. am und
$40, 100000 bond approved by the Cou
and the County owes me more than $50.
worth of Jury fees which will be paid
the county at our next settlement in t
d near future, provided step down and @
II with public funds like you did. then it
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