Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-02
A CORRECTION

In Regard to Petitions r., o.
FLOYD cOnnty-T'e County Not 5', nr,. &
To the Gazette. e. =, Isl,
1 desire to correct an s-.-,,.
Della Plain, Floyd COUNTY IT, ''--.ea .',a
pesred In your issue Of the Dc, -. "--ca a.
to the organization Of said Fi,r, Is IN regard
true that the citizens Of Floyd co-n.r Il 3
on the 10th inst. with petition and Inc over
same to TIE commissi oners, con-. PRESENTED
close examination Of the -. Opea
was found that there were -.'-'oa
addressed 10 the Commissioners, 80. oas
y Term, los9, one August term ans - FslrCs-
Der term, with the year sc-4r..s,s'. = Wen.
the supposed qualified VET, - o--. ONE q
on All three petitions The aarrfs---'-lV Ines were
state that several CT liens Of ES5 an u.d 10:
leaSt parties that represent abort I.,--al F, a
- -. 1'ote properly are opposed ~ ,L--S
ganizatloc OF said COUNTY u0t.f e. y .le O.
100 qualified voters, As The Is,- - nave lac
nave employed Attorney E. b. C,o-irt --IsS, AMI
pace 70 oppose the same. The rer-5 20 oi tais
=; 80 ~ ,5iI LalLSh! does not give the Ian "
The law is: When any moi,
mas oeen attached TO anOth-- crrrr.- SS11l.7
dlciai or other purposes and Gesf~.s = Vt u
IZe' d pSIlIloh expressing such desire sf-ss---'
a=F.g
suoh unorganiZed county. may h. ---9e--IIs IN
the commissioners court of the CONN = .s- u
such unorganlZed county is 49, ~ "elc1
thereuPon it shall be the duty Of SAL Co..! and
proceed without delay TO the o-rs-i- C.lly g
such county. The higher courts Of RI ..ol %
have decided that the cc9I,,i-,s sale
court have authority ~
gate any petition presenter ~ -t.ss.,-
Inc IDEA! The gentleman saws If Fr,-J
taken away Crosby will have u ,iisI-,-1..o!u y
he had looked over the tax rolls fas 80 ---S II
would not have ma e this state-7a1. ~, ~
and the hve attached counties rer,-asS-,. 10y
three million dollars, and the assessed y ---'
ton OF Floyd Is SigS, U.s.. ONLY aboyt vs., Ia
teenth of the total valustE on. This Il o!-l.-
to the rolls OF 1853, On file. '-0'-'-S
we admit that the COmlcissioners' corrf fs D.
publican, or supposed to be but -1q- i ", - -
that Crosby county il, for az the last e7sc-iss-
there was not single Republican VOTE ca. =
crosby county, and only fifteen Pro-ihi,i,-
votes. The people Of this county are r5ostII
Southern IN their princIDleS e,E :!
welcome all good honest people ~
settle among US. II has been va-v
unfortunate for a great manv OF the Wsstss
counties, to have certain class Of peorIe ssr-is
in them, known as professional organize-s-f5
is their business, to get the county seat and an
Office II they can, and when this is done and tlev
are ousted from Office, thev Vtill 20 to arotLt..
unorganized county. We are Of the oDfniar -
at least have been informed by citizens of Fiori
county, that great many Of the best citizen,
are not anxious TO organize, until they have TIA
l50 qualified voters.
This section of the country IS on q boom 4
great many prospectors have been in cur town
Our people are very anxious for the railroads N
build in this country.
l hope The GAZETTE viii please pardon me f,-
occupying so much valuable space, but. know
ing as we all do, that TIE GAzETTE is friend n
the West, and desires to correct any stateman.
that is liable to mislead people and prsiudica
them against our county. E. B. COvNGToS.