Graham guardian., 1900-01-12
CIRCULHIIOn
OVEN 900,
hid InCRrHNnG.
FRIDAY. JANUARY. u, 1909.
oAUeMT AGAIN.

N~ lines Ia the GuAEssAN regarding the
n,.,,s,,ns mapi,,ula,ion ofcounty funas never
s.,,x "a hiring ssvth coluan or two ~ billings
,,,e and f,ilsesoods from TIE Bulletin
( we editor AZ the Bulletin eau no more tell the
mum abo,st The 6oAEaIAS than no can help
i,rlsn0 f,r ofnce for himself and relatives, Ifor
-one of whom he Is ne~ making frantic efforts to
nave Tive way TO the district sStorney's oklce
and we ,,resumciis therefore IasNionable. Last
wool ,he pulletiu distorted lot of figures and
thep attempted 90 draw eomparison between
whst It received su 1874 and SHAT the GUARDIAN
,eooiyrd In 1895 COR county a6vertising But in
doing this Mr. Kelly hgurel In the quarter IN
the GuARDtSs7s 1897 contract, that ran the
bi1hest Evsry one knows that the county con
tracts for ans year begins in April and ends IN
April our demands ON the county ander the
cotract for 8s0s were as fellows:
lst auarser April. May and June 80. SleS.SS
2nd Quarter, July, August and
sep,an,s,.r .r..............,..., 4. ,SSSo.5o
ard auarter. October, November and
December r............ ..,............ .-,,.sl2l'eO
4th quarter, January, February and
Mars Observation-Disclosures. ..s ss %
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ...-..... so2'4A
The ditferance between the Bullotins figures
aud lfe true figures:
sBolietins figures ...,..,.".'','.'..'Sl'e 'Sl'e'4|v
True figures .......... ..,......,. s762 40
,,,,rar.nno ..... ssl1 .55
rhe Bulletin simply lied s7ll 55. But even II
sthe Bulletins statement were rte few figures
a. 10 what the GuARDIAS saved the county VIII
nroye Interesting for IL must be remembered
thai the Bulletin bid on the county advertising
that wear aud failed to get it because 1t was
higher than the GUARDIAN.
What IL would have cost under the
Bulletins bid OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 'si'sz-VV
The Bulletins distorted figures of
the GUARDIANS demand ...",,...' 'Sl,9l4.W
Money saved by the GUARDIANS
h,a ........... 80. .,.,.... S2lSOt
Yetthe Bulletin attempts to show that It has
saved Graham county money on printing bills
,lur statements are borne out by dates and
records, the Bulletins are not; but then people
do NOT expect the Bulletin to tell the truth, nor
have they for several years, therefore WIZ
not he much disappointed. But 1t seems to us
that A person must be exceedingly depravec
who will dlstort facts SIS the editor Of the Bull
letin d,d In this case. II is fact that the
onarter's advertising that he purloined from
The contract Of 1897 was executed in the caland-
-er year 1898 but was lot and paid for under the
coptvaet of IS7 Besides all this as all other
branches of the countys business increases
each year, its printing increases corresponding
sy vet Notwithstanding this TACT the GUARDIAN
did all OF the county's advertising in 1925 for
s7e2 is, while, according TO its own statement
the bulletin received on its contract for 1894
slOie. 70. the advertising In the GUARDIAN cost
fng $3.50 "a less than in the Bulletin,
The GrARpIAs heretofore has paid no atten
don TO the bulletins attacks on Mr.. Jones as that
sheet is unable to iniure him or IT is simply
like a mongrel swapping at his heels
Hsays: "He posted handbil.s all over the
county in 1891, pledging himself to start another
paper and reduce county printing" And Mr.,
Jones did start another paper, the GUARDIAN,
/ and the FIRST year saved to the people more than
a. 500 In printing bills, and its bid every year
since has been lower than the Bulletins, II
4 says the records show that the GUARDIAN had
The advertising in 1898 at price greater than the
Bulletin had 1t for in 1894. This is an absolute
falsehood, without any foundation whatever.
4 With the county printing increasing each
year, if the Bulletin had had no competitor, the
work would have cost double what Il has since
4 the GUARDIAN vas established. The prices of
Y county printing we're never 50 low as since the
II GUAEDIAN WAS established,
Mr. Kelly formerly received 75c, per inch for
y minutes or tht boafnt MthtN i1teiFink ~ Pci
mch. He received $3.50 per inch for the fake
tax list. we are receiving 72Ke. per ine5. He
received SIS o. per 1000 for receipts, VIC are re-
ceiging SEQ. he received Ss for letter heads
and s. 90 Tor envelopes. we are receiving %. 80
4 and 81 90 for the same work. This looks as
though the GuARDIAS is saving nothing 20 the
tax pgxsrs doesatits
Az2IgRen Mr.. Kelly attempts to make Mr.. Jones
Irresponsible for the GUARDIAN he takes posi-
n 9tion he knows to be absolutely false, for since
lls25 Mr., Jones has had no more to do with the
management of this paper than stranger. Its
present editor and manager has conducted
every branch entirely; has prepared and bid on
ail county work In the name Of John J. Birdno,
hfnd has had Mr. Jones interest In the paper
leased and under his absolute control.
Kelly is pretty cunning. but with all OF his
EnnningneSs. he always gets CAUGHT.
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