Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

'cmpu M ehrler payroll. Court
naiiiffs received about SO for the Feb
ruary term and SAC for the May term.
=, me following warrants were drawn
Quilted States mortgage and Trust Co..
for bonds, 1926. 72; Coroner j. L.
Fricls, rent of morgue, $3.50; II. @.
hettew, s557; j. y. Lynn, $50; L. O.
Jones, S22; Court Crier Il. b. Smith,
sa24, 49, The Lynn order was road as
sSo, being for boat hire, but President
Lynn said 1t should be for two months,
instead of one, aud changed the bill to
700. Assessor Neil Kennedy OF the
Fourth district received $50 on account
Of salary.
A STATEMENT FROM ATTORNEY KNOWLES.
MIR, Knowles told tho court he desired
to speak Of personal matter, and Ere.
scented the following statement:
Uertnin reports in the nature of
wilfui and malicious statements hay ing
bsen made by certain individuals un.
friendly to mo, regarding the PRINTING
and cost of tho two Issues Ut county
bonds recently made, | deem it but
Just to myself as we'll rs to the Levy
Court to brand the statements as false
III every respect and the originntors
and pnrveyors, Of thom AS men OF vile
conceptions and wicked motives. Re-
CARELESS OF the truth or fnotg In the
case, thay have circulated the report
and endeavored also to yet the same
report published In the newspapers to
the efleot that the Levy Court had
made two appropriations, one OF 5000
and another of $500 and paid the
aggregate amount, 300, to me for the
engraving and printing OF the 5000
Issue and 70, 900 Issue OF bonds, and
mat OF the S700 only ens-half OF the
amount WIS to be raid for the bonds
and the other half to be retained by
me-, thereby robbing the county of that
amount Of money. Not content with
circulating this report 10 a general
way wherever they could, and en-
deavoring to publish 1t broadcast
through the newspapers, one Of tho
parties. lawyer, went to the judges
OF our courts and there sought to estab-
lish In the minds OF the Judges the
truth OF the above abatement and the
impression Of wrong doing and corrupt
Practice on my part. desire to say
that there has never boon an appro-
priation OF any amount CT money made
Tor the printing of the bonds In ques-
ton, nor have ever received from the
Losy Court or anyone else 30 much rs
the cost OF my travelling expenses in.
CURED 10 making arrangements for the
printing Of the bonds
The cost of printing these two
different issues of bonds, as it appears
by the bill, rendered by the engravere,
is 1886. ~, being SlA2. Sc for each issue,
which is considerably less than nuy
previous issue OF bonds has ever cost
the county. Even the plain litho-
ernphed border and type printed bonds
without coupons hive cost the county
mere than the amount it 10 now paying
These bonds are, perhaps, the most
beautiful specimens OF fine engraving
work ever made bearing the name OF
New Castle county. Each bond of one
ISSUE contains, rs different coupons and
each bond of the other issue having
attached 40 different coupons. In
addition to this each and every bond
is guaranteed as to Its geuuineness and
proper execution by the United States
Mortgage and Trust Co., of Nav York,
one OF the Oldest and wealth lest finan-
cial institutions in the country. and
duly authorized officer Of that company
same L, this city leRt Saturday to wit.
ness and certify tbs proper execution
u each and every one Of the 95 bonds.
This Insurance. ard additional FRO
lection to the bonds guaranteed by
such a reliable. company as IS the |
United States Mortgage and Trust 90. 1
mas never before heen part of the |
security OF our county bonds.
II ! may be permitted to say go, tho /
'ounty has never before bad neater, /
more attractive and more SECURE Issues /,
II bonds than the present ones, and !;
,evcr an Issue of any kind costing the !
county SO little money. 1t Ia, there
ore, but natural for me to resent what |
IAN only appear In face of the facts an |
attempt made to iniure me personally |
md politically and at the same Tins /
,haree the members of the Levy Court
With wilful and reckless extravaganza
n this matter. "
After hearing the statement, the
curt, on motion of Mr.. Armstrong,
adjourned until July 10th, unless
ooner called together. -
The members still fingered, and after
! brief conference, Mr.. Armstrong
noved to reconsider the motion to
Idjourn. This being done, the meeting
vas reopened; then Nj. Armstrong
moved that the attorneys statement be
pread upon the minutes, which motion
vas carried Adjournment was then
AIKEN.