The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-06-03
Too Late to Cry Reflection After
Being Overtaken by the Truth.

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Too Late to Cry Reflection After
Being Overtaken by the Truth.
Editor Union Times: To corroborate
the letter of Mr.. Edd Tanner, which
you SO kindly gave to the people in your
last issue. l beg to reproduce same with
the addition of two letters from the Hon.
L. j. Betenbaugh, in which he makes a
silly effort to clean the wrongs of l. NJ
Mobey.
Mr.. II. j. Betenbaugh,
My dear friend: When workt d the
road last had failed to pay my read
tax. But Mr.. Mobley went to town and
got the money and paid three of us for
working the road when it was our duty
| to work. AS we don't want any dirty
dollars, and knowing the same to be il
| legal, we have concluded to return the
money to its proper place, the county
| treasury. l write to ask you will you
| receipt us for same; please answer by
| return mail. Your good friend,
EDD TAMER.
Replies:
Union, Apr. 10. 1904.
Mr.. Edd Tanner,
Delta, S. @.
Dear Sir: Yours of the 18th to hand,
and will say in reply, that know moth.
ing of the matter to which you refer, So
you will have to see MIR. Mobley. l will
see him about it when he comes up.
Respectfully
II. j. BETENBAUGH,
Supr. U G..
Second letter:
Union, Apr 90 1904.
Mr.. Edd Tanner,
Delta, S. G..
Dear Sir: Mr.. Mobley is up here this
morning and has explained the matter
to me, and | remember the circumstance
now. 1t was this: the overseer had a
right, as we unperstand the law, to work
hands anywhere from to 8 days. Mr.
MObley thinking 2 days enough, sug-
gested TO the board that yon bp paid for
12 days as you had already worked
days besides. The board agreed with
him in the matter and paid you accord
ingly, you had cleared the law If the
overseer saw proper when you woI ked 2
days, / understand you had done that,
now the 1-2 days for which you we've
paid for was no dirty dollars, as I see it,
nor you need not refund, but if il was
your intention to refund, why did you
not do so two years ago as it WAS year
before last. Respectfully,
T. j. BETENGAGH,
Supr. U. G.
Now Mr.. Editor not wishing to take
up too much space IN the dear old Times
who has always been found in the front
rank battlinli for the good of her penpir,
| will make this epistle as breif as pos
sible. To speak mildly of the Hon. Z
J. Betenbaugh's letter of A lIil 20, pre-
sumed to be dictated by l. M. Mobley.
which dom; contain as much truth as
Can be found in box of concentrated
lye, only it admits to paying delinquent
road hands the peoples money. To con-
vict man on his own evidence is the
pride or our courts, it removes all doubt
aS 10 his guilt, and DESTROYS all opp l.
tunity for an appeal. only asR Tie
people of Union county to consult their
memory as to how the roads were
| worked in 1902, year before last, as Mr..
Bctenbaugh so states. | refer tho pei
pie OF Union county To every road over
| seer, to every delinquent hand who
| worked on the public highway In
1892, that being the first year that pre-
| cnct road law went into effect, which
| caused some confusion in the campaign
| of that year, and at some places the Can
didate3 had to explain the law from d
political stand; there was no stipulation
for the number of days that delinquent
hands should work in 1892 The road
t. which Mr.. Betenbaugh referred to,
the delinquent hands worked 4 1-2 DAYS.
The Overseer ON his road told me about
! the paying of these delinquent NEIL.
Said he had voted for Mr. Beteubaugh
in the first primary, but he would not
vote for him in the second primary for
Mr.. Mobley could not get the money out
of the treasury unless Mr. Beteubuugh
mad been willing We have his lord
that he voted for DR., Bates at the st cond
primary. If the people of Union county
find my statement TO be true. Mr. Mob
Icy stands convicted upon his own evil
dence for wrongly using the peoples
money. But what about Mr. Beten-
baugh's deep memory, to remember cir
cumstances as that never did exist; he
surely can forecast the future. | have
other complaints On my desk similar To
he one hereby stated and do hope that
Mr. MObley can hatch up something bet
ter to meet them. As people, we are
not immune to political rot, for Instance,
lake man who is perfectly honest
would not handle dirty dollar for the
world, but let this man believe that the
public funds are going to waste when he
goes to make his tax return, ten to one
that his assessment is made far below
par, all of which for the want OF conf
dence in the dear old county, and the
honest few will have The burden of tax
allon TO meet. w. NJ ENGLISH.