Sharp County record., 1896-02-14
DAVID I. KING,
ArqiH Replies to The arkansas Mixers
Thrusa Gt COHgiy OBIc!Gs,
.FnrroR RgcORD:

Inen5l7 noticed By the grand uoEH oil
the keep of tbs grass" party jaa' st
this time as I have been b7 Winfield
Ssoot MORGAN, in the last issue Of the Ar
kansas K.czsr.
It seems tha. after seeing ny article IL
the Hus,lsr-uerali Of The 3O.h nit he
discovered tRss his klowlsiga Of .aa !aE
a5d facrs was not so extensive OF certain
As he presumed, anI after pondsviug, for
ZEN davs or more. over the valuable in
formation he SO gratuitolsly offered
benightei RI people. wdom he attempted
:, enligh,en. aad after seeing ny short
bnt simDIe statement of the law and
facts. he has, at last, worked up an
aouilibrium between the two hemis'
pbsreg Of his braiu, and IS brought to the
cold realities Of natural exis.9nc" and
Acknowledges that he vas wrong and
was right, aad in the ezu5ar aree Of HI
nature he g,sIashes over with aeknoWI-
adgamsnts of his lack Of information and
10 be certain that no one should doubt
but what he has read the law I called
his attention to, he placed his picture at
the head of his article, with the sta
e5o.s" in hand examining for himself.
If he had gone to this trouble before ne
ind tod the af.resaid misguided article
and indicted LOT Of other people, II
would doubtless have saved him the rid
icule he brought upon himself. de tries
in this artic to play the Ben II Imam
act and redeem himself By the use ot
sarcasm, but.he should remember that
sarcasm without wit, sis like song
without tune.
In Mr., Saoot Morgan's first article IN
the Kicker, he said Is was very eYldeDf
that some,of the men who have been
handling he-couuty funds have grown
richer, while the county has grown
! | poorer.r and when called his attention
,, to the fact that the .trea5urers ana col
t leotors are the only county officers Whl
I handle any county funds, and that those
with whom | was associated in office
had not grown rich. he sbroadans hi
statement and puts it county officers
Well, Just because they do not all
quit paupers Mr.. Seoos need not weary
He.has never so far JOS / am able t(
learn, lost anything on the county Of
ficars, either. through f,aud, negligence
nor incompetency. l well remember the
incident of his redeemiag the $40 acres OF
land he speaks of. and have examined
the records appertaining thereto,-I false
have certificate from the clerk show
-, - LaLA----. ls~=-----s-s--r-.. =
any one, a1 that they were. not .pa'a on
by any one, and tbs. they were duly re-
turned,as forfeited by the collector, and
that 1, as cl ERIK, duly advertised then, ,fol
sale-as the records show. and athati OF
the 22nd day Of May, 1894, W. s. Nor
P gan applied to.redeem same The treas
- urers books show that the smoun
necessary to redeem - S29 34.-was on sal,
!. day paid into the treasury for that Dnr
70 pose. The records show that the c,erI
10 made,the entries Of redemption. on SAN
q day, and duly charged the treasurer viii
We said amount, and that certificate Of re
ne demption was duly.issued to sad w. s
!. Morgan. | also we'll remember that
70 received Mr. Morgan's money at Hardl
ID and came down.and placed same in tn,
Of treasury for him, and Wearied over th'
,o books all day hunting out the land h
is wished to redeem, saved him q long trip,
aud attorneys fee BY doing this for him
for nothing, while he was doubtless en
gagged in writing Democratic prayers
os vol remember assisting him and ID,
II collector on two different occasions il
strengthening up some Of his lands tha
he had allowed to get in tangIe, 70
which expected TO receive bis gratefa
b thanks, which would'havo been big pay
' but hnd that was mistaken.
Mr. Morgan further states sonsthin
IF about ether lands being forfeited, an,
others assessed, ETC., and .ays it at m
: door. presume from the way he talk
n chat he thinks was clark assessor aud
y collector all at the samo time.
e lie then takes me to task for sayin,
!, that l bad made my settlements regular
It ly and that they had always been ap
h proved by the court and that .he coumis
0 sioners Of accounts had found no fau
- with them. He SAYS be has afdavic
c from as good men as thore are in tht
% county that the commissioners Of 40.
counts had discovered mistakes 10 nv
books which aggregate vast amount
Y bu, there was no attemp. to fraud ,o so;
j. h0 stated in his d-st article that credible
persons bad informed him mauy things
, which 10 ssem1, turned ou; 10 be no,