The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-21

amounts of this size without charge
to the county therefor. in exchange,
and these pieces of exchange We're
received daily and held by Mr.. Nor
ven, county treasurer, until he re-
about December LIST, 1903, when he
then gave the county the credit in his
ledger of which Mr.. Betty SPEAKS, and
in which he attempts TO convey the
impression that Mr. Shock had pos
session of the bonds all this time.
when ii is a fact that the very day that
| wired the bank to deliver the bonds
to Shock x Co., or order, Mr.. Shock
was in Beaumont, and left for st,
Louis. and the bonds were in the Aus
tin National Bank.
AS to why We did not deposit the
bonds in our local banks, ana borrow
money on them. | will say that the
county was doing business with the
First National ana the American Ma
tional Banks of Beaumont. and they
held the countys paper for large
amounts of money. which was matur-
ing, and which the county had Dor
rOWCd from them to do road work,
which had to be done prior to that
time or not at all, and which were to
be paid Tor from the sale of these
bonds, and the banks would not loan
money ON bond security. and they,
each, together with Mr.. Leon X.
Levy, of this city, who had just re
turned from the east. and who was
familiar with the money market, 2X-
pressed 10 mo. as did oth"" citizens,
satisfaction at our being fortunate
enough at that time to sell the bonds
and close ;hC matter as we did.
This is a complete record of the
bond transactions. and the financial
part of them was transacted through
the American National Bank of Beau
mont, and the Austin National Bank
of Austin, and the check for the 1X-
change was made payable to the
county treasurer of Jefferson county,
ANA moi E" me. and ii,cy wifi vouch for
IN" currrClhcsS of same, as will Mr..
Norvol, the county treasurer, as well
rs other county officers who were Ia
mllIa" with the transactions, and can
hr further verified by the records Of
This county. ana the documents we
hn!d, and which Mr. Betty o. any one
"!#" cold have seen il they had want
cd ru.
As 40 nav mainrcritv i'm the bond or
den of August ION. 1901. that ne
charge / will say that everybody
ADMIT the court house knows that
onpp-Dd jhi, issue OF bonds. and did
everything honorable To defeat its
passage. iona thp commissioners con-
tended lhai tho pauplr were clam1rInr
I"r "#I-. aul iha, the money was
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n" shunld have asked some lawyer
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son 100" ur0or and she Minutes. as the
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