Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-14

The I1EI9ALDiS CrItlcls1las Justified
ane: It's COURSE ia the Past Sustained
One of the deficiencies noted by Mr.
| Blanchard when here last week was
the absence from The County Clerks
Office Of two very important books.
They are necessary in order to keep
I. complete check on the treasurer s
accounts and should have been in the
Office as soon as the first taxes began
to come in. We have called attention
to these facts repeatedly. Have in
sisted for three wears, through the
Herald and otherwise. that the
county records in the clerks Office
were not being kept according to law:
that there was no way under the loose
LOOMS and Williams regime for an
outsider to determine whether the
treasurer's accounts we're correct or
not. We called on LOOMS and Will
Jams for a report Of the exact tinan-
cial condition OF Jerauid county and
got certified report giving the receipts
and expenditures with balance on
| hand Of $S3l29,55 while at the same
time. rs was afterwards discovered,
there was probably a deficiency of
several hundred dollars instead OF {.
Surplus" What more could have
been expected with their careless sys-
TEN of book keeping? OF course the
county commissioners and county at
torney, hired by the people to protect
Their interests, should have seen that
the accounts and monies were being
properly managed. This they neg
lected to do and Jerauld county has
had to saiger. The HERALD has fear
lessly and untlinchingly denounced
such doings and, not being fit subject
for either brides or threats, has IS q
consequence been presistently perse-
cuted and boycotted.
| There are some, (not county officials
who were so sensitive concerning our
criticisms that they with drew all pat
rcnage even refusing to take the paper,
which WAS our first intimation that
they considered themselves of 1.-The
ring So mote it be; they put the
shoe on which we had not intended for
them and we had nothing to say. We
have always kept the columns Of our
paper open for a free discussion Of
county affairs, pro and con, never hay
ing suppressed IN article that had the
genuine signature. We 90 not believe
in throwing dustin the dear" readers
eyes while their pockets are being
ri fed, hence have told the exact truth
regarding county affairs as far as we
were able to learn. The systematic eff
fort being made just now by few at
the Springs in order to finally crush
tha HERALD may just as we'll be aban-
doned. AS long IS the honest law
abiding taxpayers OF our county stand
by the Peoples paper" just so long the
HERALD IS HERE TO STAY.
We are no carpet baggers. We pay
taxes III four out of fifteen townships
in Jcraula county. and after three
years hard woE:. and three per-
cent-a-month, the HTRALD outfit
is practically free Of debt. This in
the face Of constant alscouagernents
and wholesale boy-cotting. For the
friends who have stood by us through
thick and thin" we have the warmest
and kindest CT feelings, and we trust
that those Who are so bitterly oppos-
ing us will soon be led to see the error
Of their ways and realize tho utter
futility Of their efforts to crush the
ilEEAlD. AS soon as practicable we
expect to have q new press, SO as to
enlarge and otherwise improve the
HERALD, making it the largest as well
as the best paper in this part Of Da-
kota.
All ministers of every denomination
are urgently requested to preach
health sermon at all their appoint
ments Sabbath, June 23rd, from list.
Cor: 3:l'. NETIIE G. HALL,
supt Hygiene, Oak. w. C.T.U.
Merit Wins.
We desire to say to our citizens,
that Tor years we have been selling DR..
Kings New discovery for Consump-
tlon, Dr. Kings New Life Pills, t;ucls-
lens Arnica S;ilve and Electric Blt.ers.
and have never have handled RENE
dies that sell as we'll, or that have
given such universal satisfaction. We
do not hesitate to guarantee the,n
every time, and we stand ready to re-
fund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
renldies have won their great popu-
larity purely On their merits. a. M
Matthias, Druggist.
If Mrs j Ellen Eoster of Iowa is to
be rewarded for her party services.
why have the recognition go by proxy
in ths appointment Of her husband