The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-13
HENDERsoN's TAx-COLLECToR


HENDERsoN's TAx-COLLECToR.
"Assistant Commissioner NJ. l.
Shipmau, who is chairman Of the
Democratic executive committee OF
Henderson county, received a mes :
sage yesterday informing him that
MIR. T.. f. Brooks, Democrat and
chairman of thc county Board OF
Education, had just been elected tax
collector, by the justices Of the peace,
on the second ballot. This Office has
b. en- held by the Republicans ever
since the Civil War.
MIR. Shipman wired the successful
contestant as follows.
Raleigh, June 26.
{. r.. Brooks,
HendersOnviIle. n. G.
Accept congratulations. Now fol
a sweeping victory in county next
year."
The above speaks for itself when
read carefully, for it says: sc. f,
Brooks, a Democrat, had just been
elected tax-collector by the justices
Of the peace" Bat the Ordinary
r. adler would understand from Ship.
mans telegram that Henderson
County, that is usually Republican,
had just gone Democratic. Now fol
the benefit Of your readers, that they
may know how far the Democratic
party will go in the betrayal of their
trust to get an Office, I want you tc
publish chapter 7S4 on pages 113G
aud 1877 acts Of 1903:
SIC. l. There shall be an Office OF
Tax-COllectOr and Treasurer for Hen
dersOn County, and the same is
hereby created separate, apart and
distinct from the Sheriff g office.
Sec. 2. That the duties of the Off
Ger who may be hereafter elected OF
appointed to fill the said Office shall
be the same as those now performed
by the Sheriff Of said County in hi
capacity as tax, collector and treas
urer ex-ofticio and his compensation
the same.
Sec. 8. That the tax-collector snt
treasurer of said County Of Hender-
bOu sIiuII ~. ~a~~.~-a ~ j.-.ssox.
Of the peace Of said County on tn,
third Monday after the first Mon
day in June A. D 1905, and bien
nially thereafter, and his term o.
Office shall begin ON the first Mon
day in June. 1905, and last for tn.
period Of two years.
Sec. 5. That 1t shall be the duty
of the Superior Court Judges WIT
hlod the spring term Of Henderson
Superior Court to appoint a finance
committee, comp9ed of three free
holders and citizens of Henderson
County, whose duty it shall be t.
examine into all the accounts of anc
make settlements with the variou.
county officers; it shall be thei
duty also to examine into the affair
of the county government generally
They shall have charge of the pub
lica'ion of the annual exhibit OF the
county's finances and shall have il
published in any paper in the county
that they may select. Their tern
Of Office shall begin with the spring
term Of Henderson Superior Court
1905, and last one year. or unit
their successors are appoint ed anC
qualified annually thereafter. Tn,
compensation of members Of said
finance committee shall be the SANE
as that now received by the county
commissioners of said county, f.,
the days they are actually employ. d
in the work required to be perform
ed under this act"
You will note that, among othe,
duties, this finance committee is tC
publish the county exhibit. This
was put In, I suppose, for M. l.,
Shipman's especial benefit so that
his paper, the Ere, Gu Broad Hustler,
'uid get the job. BY the way Ship
mans paper must be poor piece OF
property when he has to resort to
such expedients a. this to get pat
ronage, and finally has to take an
office in Raleigh to make q living,
as this telegram intimates.
The Democrats could not carry
Henderson county and thus get the
officers in that way ct the hands OF
the people, and therefore they take
from the people of this white county
practically the Office of sheriff and
the offices of County Commissioners.
and thus doubling, or possibly more
than doubling the cost Of the Com
missioDers to the ta1-myers, for
this law says, the members Of this
finance committee shall have the
same pay per day as the County
Commissioners thereby as MANY
days as need be while the numbf I
Of days the Commissioners can ha
paid for is limited. OF course let it
be remembered the Democrats claim
that all such acts as this are done in
the interests Of white supremacy.
Just think Of such q claim in this
mountain county, where negroes
are nearly as scarce as white ele-
plants are in Forsyth. But this is
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