The Forrest City times., 1894-07-27
I understood while in the norty,xa.

had armed some O. the colurpd n.<s,, L'Anguille township, all Of which :" nounce as absolutely false in eva,v ae of the word. Chis report is c,r,.u,,tas s"ss ' my political enemies to keep wbi,e fris..S in that township from voting s,, Then suppose it is the same g5ny .. tell the colored people that Am the ,na' Y who posted the notice of wa,n,n,, ,"" ,' them tthe colored peoplel to moy. ont that part of the county. "
 Ton can see that they are playing ,,. double role of dishonesty and treaeb.,, Their intentions are also to turn ,he .., bred vote against ne by such stnF this--none of which they will evar @ able to do.
 In the race for the office two years told the people that 1 was runnjns. ~ my own hook, that was not broogbt o'', by any faction or set Of men: thas h.' making that EiDd Of race wouIs n., put myself under any obligation to ans special man or men, that l wonla t. elected, and that expected to be shprl,y for all the people alike; that 1 would no, discriminate against any taxpayer of ,nr county, etc. ] claim that have earr;at this out to the letter.
 When it comes to ny official dutv have given all parties fair representstia, On our juries. There is not man in ,L. county, who has as much sense as iav bird, but who will bear me out ss to ,ha truthfulness of this statement.
 In looking over my old letter file find several letters that read this way.
 Home. April 10 or 15, as the case ;as, w. k. Wiiliams, Forrest City:
 Friend bill:-Piease do me the kind- ness to hold my tax up jast litt.e wli. ioi ger. know that ,he time IS about ., but am very poor and hard pressed ,or money, and if you will only do this for me this time. you will confer great IA yor. Very truly your friend,
 SIGNED
 Now good people some, not all of inc fellows wiIo wrote these love iet,ers to me are doing everything they can to desea, ne at the September election. 1 will et you be the judge and say what construc- ton you will place oii such triendshh hold no III will or malice towards tAam.hut will promise them Que thing;wh,n they bent me, the sun will rise in the west and set in the east. am in this race to vii, ty big odds, and l expect to win on fair. square and honest pyincIples-by getting more votes than my opponent. If I cai,. not get 1t this way, l do not want it. and won't have it Ny honorable opponent. Mir. 4. C. Wood. who possesses such superior advantage" over me, and has such queitng influence, has issued two circulars. The first one came to to light on Saturday. This one stated that ne was running as a .Demoeratic candidate before the people. subject ,o the September election" l thina some brother put bug in the old man 5 ear. Un Tuesday his next circular appeared, and reads. II announce myself a. can idate before the peopse"---a clear, clean back dOWns from his first proposition. Who viii you vote for2 A man thAt stands flat footed OF his honest convictions, ora man who, at the presen. time. doesn't know which one of the boys he is. l mix a little principle with my politics as veil as greed for office. My motto is: v stand by my first love and never desert the gunsr though 1 go down ill defeat"
 1 have done all l could to help my opponent out, by distributing his circulars throughout that portion of the county which have travelled. but to my satisfaction the boys all tell me that she Oiu man IS nOt III it.
 This IS my first attempt at letter Of this kind. 1 have always been opposed to such methods ot doing business, but feel ing that I wanted to explain the school money business, while writing, have con tinued at greater length than intended
 But before closing desire 10 say that Hon. N. ". Norton Is an honorable citi- zen, stands in the first ranks of his pro- fession, is entirely responsible, and the funds in his hands, retained as fee, VIII be Forthcoming at any time when the proper tribunal shall say, they were nos entitled to receive 1t.
 With good will to all and malice to none. l remain, your obedient servant,
 ". k WILLIAMS.
 The following letter from Attorney Gen eral Clarke, relative to my fees Ill 1ne matter vii! explain itsselt:
 Little Rock, June 5. lssi- Mr. W. E. Williams, Sheriff:
 Dear Sir:-Youu letter of inaairy has heen received. All fees and costs which accrue to officers in the collection oi . debt are to be paid by the defendan' against whom the judgment is rendefeu. The plaintiff is entitled to his money, uh- diminished by any outlay for officers iees earned in the proceedings that 1t was nec essary to resort to in order to make co' lection that should have been made NUT out action. The jndsment awards 70 .'s successful plaintiff all his costs--anu 'n,s means just what it says. The pialhsa gets his money out of tie defendaht a,'r the officers are entitled to thaiEs from '"e same soarce. Oi course, an oincer ".U collects money on execution is entltieu ." deduct all ol his proper fees from the sum collected before paying over to the paala tiif anything. If there is deneieno,1 the plaintiff and not the officer must s'a.1 the loss. If after deductiAg the onicels,