The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-29

finally dying on August seth.
1t must also be remembered that 1t
took some days for the afflicted widow
to qualify as administrative, and ne
cessarily other days elapsed before
Capt. Cokes accounts could be gone
over. And then on September 18th,
when these things had been decently
done, there was paid into the State
Treasury every cent that was ascer-
tanned to be due and was then payable
to the Treasury by Capt. Coke, to-wit:
s15 $50 "a on general fund and $S41.6s on
educa tiOnal fund.
DR.. Thompson, with an audacity and
with a recklessness in statement that
is more amazing than any denial Ihave
ever heard from any witness in any
court house, declares to the people OF
North Carolina, that no such payment
was made, and with easy Indifference
he assails the character of gentle
man who is in his grave, and could not
answer him.
But the TreaSurer's books show that
the payment was made. The publish
ed Auditors report for the year end
ing November Both, 1895, pages SO and
60, shows that the payment was made;
and the following STATEMENT by Mr.
]. W. Denmark, chief clerk in the
Treasury Department, shows that il
was made.
4 find the following entries on the
daily balance book, showing receipt
from Secretary of State, as follows:
Fees, Secretary of State to
September 1........ ........s 3,13G. IS
Tax on Insurance Companies. II, 343. "a
Sales Of Laws and Journals -. 600
seal Tax .......... ............. 81. 5t
Supreme Court Reports ....., 1922
s15, $50 "a
This entry is on daily balance Sep
TENDER 18th. 1855:
ON the same day and page appears
also an entry:
Corporation tax, New Hanover
county 49,. .......... $ 5000
And also, Entries of vacant
lands ...... .......... ........ 1916S
To total Board of Educa-
ton account ........... % S4l6S
Respectfully.
(Signed) j. w. DENMARK,
~ Chief Clerk.
Sept I, 1898, Raleigh"
That no such payment was made is
the basis on which the superstructure
of DIR. Thompson's fabrication rests.
The fact is that the payment was
made. and so DR.. ThompsOn's assault
on the character of Capt. Coke in the
matter. is shown to be without any
foundation whatever
In connection with the absve DR..
Thompson also said:
My fellow citizens: One other re-
markable thing. When | went into
the office Capt Cooke, my immediate
predecessor, said to me: Here l have
this much money on hand and he
passed over balance sheet which we
both signed. He turned over the money
to me. Octavius Coke. his predeces-
sGr, died about the LIST of September.
1895. Capt Cooke was appointed, and
went into office September End. There
is not in that office one particle of
record of a settlement between the
outgoing and incoming Secretary OF
State
Not bit. And yet in the midst of
all these things they say you are go
ing back into the Democratic party.
lightly nice. isn't it? They howl mig
ger Make it black they think. and
then you can't see these things
And yet there was such a settlement:
ana there was written evidence of it,
and l left it in the office when l turned
the office over IL DR.. Thompson.
When Mrs. Coke had qualified as ad-
ministra triX. she selected Mr.. Charles
II. HelVin to represent Can't. Coke,
and | selected Mr.. Robert T. Gray to
countants in the state. He is president
Of the Raleigh National Bank. Mr..
Gray is a lawyer Of high standing: the
reporter Of the SUpgeme Court. and
likewise has the reputation of being a
Very superior accountant.
These gentlemen. assisted by Mr.
PlummeT Bachelor. who had been the
chief CLERK in the Secretary's office for
many years, made an examination and
report such as the important nature
Of the proceedings required. and ascer-
tanned the exact amount that was due
by Cant. COke's administration to the
State Treasury, on every account: and
their renorr was accented by me- and
the money found by them to be due TO