Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-08-28

10 THE VOTERS OF NoRrHUMRrR.
LAND COyTNTy.

a CAHDs
10 THE VOTERS OF NoRrHUMBER
LAND COUNTY:
The time 10 approaching whel
you viii be called upon 10 elec
county officers for the ensuing term
The interest excited and scrambl,
over the higher paid offices by the can
didstes and their friends in the nas
has diverted the attention of th,
puolic to such an extent from. the
lesser Paid Offices that the majority
OF voters have been educated e
believe that the Importance of ar
Office was only to be judged By tn.
susoant OF salary paid; hence ths
most important offices in the count,
nave failed TO attract attention &c
their importance, and the office has
often tlmes been handed around az Il
It were slot of remnsnta ct bargain
countes. turning out. of course like
the attempt to stop mp q square hole
WITH q round pin--a misfit. -
We have paid dearly, and are still
paying dearly, and / ann afraid will
continue TO pay dearly fer these
misfits. IL 10 only necessary to cali
your attention to two items 20 make
this plain. Our new $500 court
house, less than three years from the
buiiders hands, is sadly in need of
repair and if unattended to will be
IN much worse condition than. the
old one BY the time it is paid for.
Our roads, after having thousands of
dollars expended upon them--that
is, ought to have been expended upon
them-are probably in as bad, If not
worse condition than when not scorked
under the!old system.
Our Board of Supervisors, past and
present, who have been and are estims.
BILE gentlemen, doubtless have dis.
played good Judgment in their chosen
lite work, but, when called upon to
protect the oounty's interest from
shrewd sndoftentimes unscrnpulous
bargain hunters they have not
measured up to the requirements of
the office. For this they are not
wholly to blame, the blame rests with
the people for attempting to fill a.
square office with a round man. IT,
the time ever existed when it was
wise To have misfits in Office that
time has ceased to exist but if we
must still have, these misfits put
them where they will do the least
harm--make. them Commonwealth
Attorney, Tressurers, Sheriffs and
Commissioners Of Revenue, but for
the sake Of the heavy hurdened tax
payer don't have q misfit as super
visor. Let US elect the best suited
men in the county for supervisors,
aud In event that none but misfits
can be found in the county let the
Office be either abolished or the law 40
amended that we may be allowed to |
go elsewhere TO select supervisors.
10 silence the criticism of certain
people as to the motive contained in
this article / viii say that I am not
. candidate for supervisor in auy
sense OF the word for many very good |
reasons. Among them ] imagine the |
duties would be distasteful, and have
no desire to be misfit, but I do
desire to see cur county affairs man |
aged economically and in a business |
like way, and to know when one
dollar has been paid ont that our |
county has received one hundred |
sents worth Of work for it, and not
IS has been often the case, only 10 or
l5 cents.
1t seems to rest entirely with the
Board OF Supervisors whether the
county shall or shall not have a
indebtedness, be it large or
small; whether our roads shall be
or impossible. Having this
great power let us see that this duty
o not intrusted to misfit men but to
men who can and will measure ND
10 the requirements of the Office.
Respectfully.
A VOTER.