The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-02

the records which nave not and can
not be successfully disputed.
| have done nothing. said nothing,
and written nothing to justify the
unWarranted attacks made on me by
the old combination" and especially
the numerous false insnuations, if not
direct false statements. l have been
accused by them of falsehoOd and
almost every other disreputable act
they are standing sOlidly together and
making assault on me- with al! oe the
zeal and logged persistence Of the
Japanese army in their movement
against Port Arthur but / feel perfect
secure behind a fertilization of facts
and figures which renders my posi-
ton more imDregnable than that of
the Russian garrison. Before leaving
Mr. Allen and the County Home
wish to take his own figures and make
a little calculation for his own benefit
mainly, and incidentally for the bene-
fit of the public. He states that the
meat ration for the inmates of the
County Home is two-thirds pounds
per day for the 70, being the number
reported by him. Now this would re-
quire for the whole years 10,S9S
pounds. We have his own statement
that he produces 15,0 900 pounds on the
farm, none of which is used for feed
ing convicts. Will he tell us what be-
is unaccounted for by his own figures?
And does it not look to the ordinary
farmer like that highly improved
farm of 500 acres ought TO produce
enough bread, vegetables milk, etc,
which he boasts of. to supply their
necessities without the expenditure of
even the $4,000 for which they claim
credit
Dear reader, have you ever attended
a county fair and witnessed that
popular taking game" known as
"thimble rigging or the "three shell
and little bah game? OF course, you
never played the game" for [ never
saw any one who had, but lots of them
who had seen others "taken in" The
outfit consists of one fakir. three half
shells OF English walnuts and little
black ball that reminds ma Of the
Dlus moss pills l was forced to eat
when l was boy. For this reason |
nave always deteSted the game and
everything akin to it and this may ac-
count In measure for my disposition
to uncover and expose the little ball
IN TINS new tangled three shell game,
which has caused the manipulators
and interested parties to :ump on me
so heavily of late. 1t doesn't matter
which one of the shells YOU stake
your money on or which of the three
departments you charge with extrava-
gance they will show you "the little
ball under one Of the other two.
/ will now leave this subject and
Ego on the roads," | will state for
Mr.. Aliens benefit that the reason [
have had nothing to say about my
work IS that 7 am so different from
him both by nature and training that
| do not consider it in good taste to
be constantly "shootin off my lip"
about what "I" have done, but rather
let my work speak for itself. 1 have
no apology to make for my connection
with the construction of the Cary
Road" ! have soma very severe cri-
ticisnss, as Mr.. Allen VIII remember of
his connection with tho same. The
entire work on that road was west of
Williams Mill. as stated by Mr.. Allen,
and between there and Cary. Where
would any prudent man Or one who
had any knowledge of economy or
concern about cost TO the county have
located the Convict camp? Surely
somewhere near where the bulk of the
work was to be done. Where did Mr..
Allen, who has supreme authority III
all these matters, locate it on this