Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-30
THE NEW LEVY AND THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.

The finances Of Worcester County
we're never better cared for than now,
and the County Commissioners deserve
the public commendation for their care
fu consideration of the county business
and the up-to-datc methods they apply
to public affairs.
Under the management of this Board,
Worcester County meets and pays all
expenses As incurred. having placed the
county on a CASH basis last year. In
spite of this. and in the face Of increas-
ed cost of all materials used in the con-
struction Of public roads and bridges,
the high price Of labor, the increased
cost of supplies Of every character, and
the natural demand Of more progress
size people Tor better things in spite
Of an these the levy has been reduced
from 81 To g3c.. reduction from last
year Of 7c.
In many other counties the rate has
been increased this is true especially
in the counties controlled 10y Republi-
cans. who are great on promises, but
short on fullfment
The present Board Of Commissioners
for Worcester County is composed Of
good business men such as We would
bewilling to trust in any capacity calling
for honesty and integrity, and ii is about
time for men who don pay their debts
and have no credit with their fellow
man to cease their harping about dis
honest officials
We cannot resist from injecting into
this editorial comment Of our county
finances some remarks about the pro-
fcssional stink-pots who never lose an
opportunity TO besmirch the character
Of those who serve the people Such
men are sinking cess-pool contain
mating their neghborS and productive
of nothing but harm.
No county in the State has a better
or more upright set Of officials than
Worcester. and the people did we'll to
elect them. For years it has been the
custom of small-bore politicians to re
fleet upon every act Of the County
Commissioners, and attribute To them
some unworthy or dishonest motive
Nine times out of ten the detractors
are men whose lives have becna failure
and their sole pleasure is trying 10 pull
others down 10 their level.
Every man who has the good Of the
county at heart now has an opportun-
ity athome Or abroad TO speak good
and true word for the faithful manage
ment Of our county finances. You can
tell the world that our taxes are lower
than any county in the State, because
in most eases the property is not assess
ed for more than half its value. To be
sure this is not true in ALL cases. but
in the average it will hold good.
Anew assessment Of property in Wor-
cester County, placing the market val
ne upon real estate. would create tax
rate of not more than soc Hence our
claim that Worcester County taxpayers
pay less than any other people in the
state in proportion 70 their worth.
Our county is run economically. and
has always been. We ought to make
the fact known to the world, instead Of
doing as some Of the imported Journals
tic scoundrels have done in the inter-
eat Of the Republican party publishing
70 the world that Worcester is full Of
dishonesty, when they themselves were
thieves, one of the number now
languishing behind prison bars; but such
are the tools Of men who would destroy
the good name and characters of their
ueighbors. IL has not been great
wh|e since Gibson. an escaped convict.
ms& behind prison bars, was occupying
the editorial tripod of county paper.