The Smyrna call. (Smyrna, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-10-08
YELPING AGAIN.


again attacks the CALL because
we have been somewhat active in
showing up the Addicks Levy
Court which is fast bringing Kent
to the verge of bankruptcy by the
reckless spending of county f.
nances. This is a sore subject
with the Sentinel editors. They
nave resorAd to personal abuse
week after week because there
was nothing else they could do in
defense of Addicks' henchmen.
We consider the source of such
articles and have been amused by
Gales vaporings. The Sentinel
is hireling mouth piece OF. Ad-
dicks hence its editorial utter
ances are bought and paid for by
the Boston adventurer. This
fact is we'll known throughout
the State and the attacks made
upon reputable papers are taken
for what they are worth-noth-
ing, absolutely nothing.
We may be a block-headed
tool, but even if this be so as the
Sentinel says, the fact remains
that we have not been bought by
Addicks' money. Can the Sen
tinel say as much? The Sentinel
claimed recently that the Ad-
dicks Levy Court had paid but
$643 for the attempt to build the
lighthouse road. The writer of
that article knew when he was
penning that sentence that it
was a lie out of the whole cloth.
He is fast becoming a past mas
ter as a perverter of the truth. In
tact the Sentinel's arguments are
made up of a pack of lies, but
they injure no one but them
selves.
Tuesdays meeting of the Levy
Court demonstrated we were
right when we had called for a
halt in spending the county's
money in mere mud piles, ETC.,
for the sake of few of Commits.
sioner Baggs' friends. Commits.
sioner Baggs was determined to
have the causeway built, when il
was not needed, and after vast
ing nearly three thousand dollars
of county funds the Levy Court,
when the Democrats had ma
jority, owing to the absence of a
Republican member, put stop to
the outrageous extravaganza until
an investigation had been made.
That investigation has been COM
pleted. The lie is given the
Sentinel by its own followers.
Republican members of the Court
said Friday in this town that they
would not vote for another cent
to be expended upon Mr.. Baggs'
pet scheme. 1t is useless to in
dulge in further argument about
the matter. Three thousand dol.
lars have been wasted in mire and
according to Mr.. Baggs, it will
take $500 more to complete the
road. Virtually that means 3d.
900 more. Even the Republican
members of the Levy Court were
appalled, when they were made
understand what Mr.. Baggs had
done, and the Duck Creek Com
missioner was called down.
The Sentinel has abused us
= for telling the truth. That hire.
ling mouthpiece has been making
a partisan effort to screen Mr..
Baggs and the other Addicks
members of the Levy Court. II
has only weakened the cause Of
Addicksism in Kent County by
trying to shield the gas mans
henchmen in their extravaganza.
The evils of Addicksism are fast
becoming apparent to the reput
able citizens of the State. Look
at Sussex County. What has
Addicksism done for the people
down there? Bankrupted them,
county orders hawked about, the
county's credit has been impaired
and the attempt to float an issue
of $50, 900 county bonds has
terly failed. The same state OF
affairs will soon exist in Kent
County under Addicks' rule.
The Democrats left the Addicks
Levy Court of Kent balance Of