Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-06-28
REPLY TO JUDGE JONES.
Mr. John T. Marsh. In Brief Letter,
Quotes Facts aud Figures.

To tine Voters ana Tax Payers Of jefferson
County:
1t was not my purpose to mention
any ri the official acts OF my oppo-
nent through tie public press, he
canse these matters should be con
fined within the limits OF our own
county, but as he has seen proper tn
use my name very freely through this
channel, no other alternative is LETT
me. | was so careful about the pub
LEGATION OF Judge Jones official acts
that I went in person over this cOun-
Is and insisted that all voters should
examine the recOFds themselves, there
! by keeping the matter AT home.
am very much surprised that
Judge Jones should attempt to pre-
sent such perverted statement to
the voters III His county disappeared
I in tire Press Eagle and Daily Com
mercial, fnasmueh as he has so sig
nallv failed To snbstantiate a single
assertion. He charges me with hav-
ing spoken falsely Of his official rec
ord. but remember. fellow citizens,
/ have only reproduced the county
court records. In order that you
may Judge correctly OF the truth or
; falsity Of these statements, II is your
solemn duty, as citizens of this eoun-
tY, to eXamine the Records yourselves.
This I have repeatedly urged YOU to
do ever since announced my eaDdi-
daey but fearing you would not,
have secured certified statements
from our county clerk bearing the
seal ri his Office, which iii themselves
explain In you the conduct al Judge
Jones since ne assumed the response
bic duties OF This office
About the most conspicuous thing
in he article published in the Press
Eagle and Daily Commercial by
Judge Jones. is his emphatic declara-
tion that he gave the delinquent tax
list Il THOROUGH personal TNyEsTIGA-
FIoN and had done much more with
tina list than any OF his predecessors
had done lie also says in Il com
muuication 10 voter OF this county
that he gave EVERY NAME on that
b delinquent List his Personal lNYEs
TIGATIoN, but when | asked why he
did not, after such a close examina-
ton discover his own name, Jones &
Jones and Met L. Jones, all Of which
appeared ON that list, and with which
he credited The collector, he made no
reply. Does anybody know why he
failed to answer? For fear that
Judge Jones Will say tile Delinquent
Tax List for 1881. 1856. 1SsS. 1889, 1890.
and 1881 did not eantain his name.
refer you to the following certified
statement by the clerk of the county
court.
STATE or ARKANSAS,
County Qf Je6eesoa
I. Gordon 4. Greaafea, CEerh II
tie Comfy Court rjthia ami for The
GoaHtV and State aforesaid ia herebR
certify Hai ape8 me application Of NJ.
John r HalSh ! hare efamt,ted HI
Pefsoaai Ior BootS fo1 me gear 1855
and md that " u Joacs perXaDai
property Ieas assessed 1T 0pe HuHdIed
$500 Dollars, uiH penalty. The
Personal Tar Books for 1886 sbo4e W
d. ZONES aSScsSed lojth poll and peno7fn
The Personal Tar Books for tic geor
1857 ID moi contain tie name u ". d.
Jones The Personal Ta3 Books for
the gedrS 1883, 1889, 1890. and 1891
sho1c that w. u tones tcas assessed
loih poll and peaaitg for said lle4u,s. all
q iohleh 1caS returned deijnqucaf b0 the
Collectors for said gears
-4itd also that Jones d. Jones and Net
l.. Jones oppear upoa the Personal DE-
ha4Heat List for the geaf 1891, and
thu the Collector 'eaS all0med credit 1o..
sad Personal Delinquent List foi 1891 |
and that said credit 1cos oppr0ued BV /
ne County Cout on august Isl, 1898. I
as IS Sho3ca IN tie County C9art Record T
BOOK p, pages IS a,ta 80
also certify thai tie margins ~ The
Personal Tar Books for the Beors 1855.
1880, 1888, 1889, 1890 aud 1891 sh0r
tdaf the personal tatcs u " d. .J0aes
Eeteop Nag 10, 1894, charged 10 The
toliectoe. And that Me pe4soaai ta.e-S
y ,lot,es d fumes aud M l. lanes pe5.e
rlSa ettfged 10 The GoHeefoy q, .Hag 10
1894. {
n testimony rdereof 7 hereu.to set 5
~ h0,,d nqd scat ftts ~, daa II .nag.
.S94
GORDON = GREENFIELD.
Yerk.. 5
Another very conspicuous thing +
bout his article : that in all this Il
sngthy explanation he dos not say 4
ne word ahout his taxes for 1875, =
$50, 1888, 1889 and 1890, and only at c
emp to explain about 1891. The q
aeords show, as per the clerk state Fl
lent above, that his personal taxes G
II az the se Years were returned de t
nqne It hy The collector. Why does Y
G iemaiA s'lenta Can any taxpayer Z
Spla'n?. i
Judge Jones claims To have had +
'ccipt for his taxes for 1891. but lost Ii
. lie also claimed in his speech AT u
IA. sons Chapel 10 be Ignorant 81 !
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