The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-11-16
SUED FOR HIS TAXES.
EX SHERIFF TEAGUE AND HIS
BONDSMEN IN THE COURTS.
by County Fathers-The Bondsmen
What DIR, league Says

What DR.. league Says
The County Commissioners have
| entered suit against ex Sheriff league
and his bondsmen.
A summons has been served on DR..
league and the men on his bond re-
que5tlng them to appear at the next
term of the court and answer the
complaint filed againt them.
The suit is for taxes which are
overdue but which remain uncollected.
The ex-sheriff is behind with his
| collections something like nine or ten
thousand dollars, divided as follows
General fund, So, 105.
School tax, between $1,000 and
s., 900.
Railroad, 81, 37363.
The State tax has been settled in
full, it having been made last May.
THE BONDsNIEN.
DR.. leagues bondsmen are as fol-
lows:
First bond for $4,000, on county,
poor, school and special taxes, NJ E
league, A L Motsinger, Daniel Smith,
L z Matthews, Joe jacobs, A + Rob
ersOn, FL r Starbuck, E e Kapp. w j
Ellis, III II Long, w B Ellis, G 5 Haul
ser, L NJ Harper, Jacob Tise, E w
Burk, w Mckaughn, III Beeson,
J @ Spach.
Second bond, for s4o,0 600, on general
taxes, NJ E league, II r Starbuck, L
F Davis, r w Hedgecock. H A Hes
ter. John y Fulp, V w Perry, A S
Waggoner, Willis Marshall, NJ H
Dawson. J w Hester, II c Hedgecock,
G w Smith, p y Wilson, Z L Pope, J
p Sell, John Beeson, Jacob H Mock,
] A DOuthit, Jacob Tise. W B Ellis,
r f Byerly, Q S Hauser, w A Lowery,
w ) Linyille.
The case will hardly be tried at
the next term Of court which opens
on Monday, December 4th However,
DR.. league and his bondsmen will be
required to be present or fill an an
SWer to the suit.
TALK WITH DIR. LEAGUE.
A SENTINEL. representative called
upon the eX-sheriff Tuesday for
an interview. At first he declined to
talk on the subject in question, say
ing that ne did not care to say any
thing for publication for fear the pub
lie might think he was trying TO de-
fend himself.
After assuring him that the public
would be interested in any statement
to speak of the matter which the
court will evidently be called upon to
settle.
DR.. league spoke of the stringency
in money matters, as everybody
knows. He said that he was not
alone in being behind with his collec-
tiOns. WinSton's former as well as her
present taX-cOllectOr, are behind with
their collections. Besides the Com
mis- lnninnf wit h
Sheriff Boyer. If the same time al
lowed him was extended to DR..
league he would have until next Au
gust to complete his collections.
DIR. league admits that he is be-
hind with his collections but he tells
why this state of affairs exists. He
says that it is true he could have col
lected some of them by selling the
property of parties of small means,
but he did not have the heart to do
this. Besides, just at this time land
during the summer) it would be diff
cult TO find buyers. The only way to
property and haul it to some public
place.
DIR. league claims that he is the
only sheriff who has ever paid his
railroad taxes in full at the time they
fell due. This he has done every year
except this one. The overplus is now
due the Wachovia bank. The taxes
of 1889, when DIR. league turned over
the office to MIR. Boyer, after the lat
ter had won the contested election
case, were settled in full, as was also
the taxes for 1891.
The Commissioners claim that they
need the taxes uncOllected in order to
meet the running expenses of the
county