The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-23


$4,000 worth of cotton sold from the
farm and you nave $4,000 as the an
nual cost to the county of the home
(giving no credit for the 10000 lbs OF
meat corn or vegetables raiSed)
which is just $3.50 per month for
each individual clothed and cared for,
or 1-3 cents each per day. How
| does that compare with Mr.. Filing
tons II IL cents per day in Johnston
county, or the other institutions he
mentions?
02) Eight hundred dollars was
spent at the county's home as fol-
| lows: The roof Of the house occupied
by Mr.. Allen and family was beyond
| repair, two more houses for the in
mates were necessary and many of the
rooms needed repairs, ceiling, etc. For
thes $500 story was added to four
rooms and the whole house re-roofed
and the other building and repairs
| made.
OBJ The contract made with Mr. AL
len long before the present board came
into office. was that Mr.. Allen was to
! have board for himself and family
| be furnished with horse to be kept by
the county. Mr.. Allen maintains no
horses at the expense of the county,
Ialthough he uses two upon the roads,
and he feeds them himself.
Questions s, IA. Is. 16, IL refer to
the expenses put upon the county by
the calling for an election. new regis
tration and advertisement upon the
question of issuing bonds in aid of
! the Raleigh and Pamlico Sound Rail-
road. Now l want to ask Mr.. Norris
! il he knew that every county through
which the road passed but one had
| called new registration, that every
one had gladly paid the expenses of
advertisement, new registration and
election, and not one demanded that
the railroad should pay a dollar OF
such expenses? And that Wake cOun-
ty was not the only county where it
was advertised in more than one pa
| per? The overwhelming vote by which
| the election was carried showed the
wishes of the people in this matter,
and while the expenses were heavy,
| they should and / think will undoubt-
| eddy be paid by the townships vino
voted for the bonds. More than that
| the road will ada many thousands or
dollars to the taxable property of the
county. and more than either, the rail-
road will pay to the townships voting
| bonds $3.50 each year more than the
! interest on the bonds of the townships;
that is the entire cost that Mr. Nor
iris complains of will be repaid in
| three years by the railroad.
OS) Now 1 come to Mr.. Norris
facts truly and as l explained them
| to him, and as he knew at the time
they were. / should say nothing.
The road law was put into operation
| in May and the roads required the
purchase of good many mules. Mr..
| j. G. Ellington, being superintendent
at that time, was cold to buy them.
| and if he wanted assistance to call on
Mr. Allen, who had great experience.
The prices from dealers was very ex-
cessive,s and it being late in the season
there were practically none suitable
| in the hands OF the dealers except al
very high prices, four to five hundred
dollars pair, ana not enough of
| these. To start the work as promptly
as possible mules were picked up over
the county from farmers, mill men,
etc, who had them for sale. Mr..
| Ellington (road superintendent did
on July 7th purchase from w. A. Ell
| ln2ton one mule for 500 without ask
| ing the advice Of Mr.. Allen, Mr..
| J. G. Ellington approved the bill,
stated the facts and the account was
| paid
August 4, 1903 March 8, 1904, these
purchases alleged to be from the w.
G.. Allen, were really purchases by
the road fund Of three mules belong
ing to the county; that is, transfer
from the county farm to the roads
of three mules-the road paying the
county fund fair price for the same.
| Two mules and one horse were bought
by Mr.. j. Ellington from e. T. Scar
| borough for use upon the roads; also
che mule from DR.. McCullers to
match the Scarborough mule by Mr..
Ellington, road superintendent. Mr..
| Ellington acted in all these purchases
| fairly and stated the facts and com
pared prices but he acted upon his
own responsibility. had the power to
| buy under the order OF the board an
| approved these bills Except the pur-
chase OF March, 1904, by the roads
from the county.
| AS to my own mare the facts are
as follows: 1 loaned Mr.. Allen for use
upon the roads to carry the dinner for
| the hands q mare free OF all cost for
several months, while at work, being
| driven over q place where an old
building was recently taken down she
| stepped upon a nail and was ruined.
The balance of the board thought I
should be paid and gave me $75, which
was less than I would have taken
| from any one in q fair sale.
While / have been in office I have
never done anything that l thought
was against the interest OF the county.
| / know that the Introduction of new
| road law, and the increase of the
| property assessed for taxation, stirred
| up by people like Mr. Norris who have
objects in view, have caused much
| prejudice against us. / regret that
such is the case, but 1 have no apollo
gies for my conduct. l have said this
much at length that the people may
have the truth, and that the false
charges insinuated by Mr. Norris, rath-
er than openly made, should be re-
futed.
1 also know that Mr.. Norris has
said he was going to beat the old
board, and that a number of men
are working together to that end.
and have put out slated
ticket for no other avowel
purpose. e., no other avowed pur-
pose. OF course they expect the fruits
of victory and the little offices We fill;
but j do wish the people to con-
slider this slated ticket. How many of
them ever split their ticket? How
many of them We're affiliated with the
independent movement from the DEM
ocratic party? Mr.. Norris is
openly back of them and what
is Mr.. Norris? Isn't he at
| torney for the Dukes Railroad;
| Aren't the Dukes Republican in poll
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