Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-22
PH|LP0T PRESENTS CORES FIGURES Declares County Clerk Has
 Scrip Ring" in His
 Pocket if One is in Exist
 ence at All.
REPEATS CHALLENGE
Sheriii PhiIpot Says His Opponent Owes Jefferson County Nearly $4,- 900 According to Records of His Own Office-SecOnd Answer.

A READ THIS
 1 Who is the scrip broker and manip- ulator in Jefferson county?
 Here is what Mr. John H. Shelby, your County Treasurer, says: State of Arkansas,
 County of Jefferson I Be 1t remembered that on this day, personally appeared before me, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jeffer- son County, Arkansas, John H. Shel- by who, after being by me duly sworn. states that the following parties pre- sented for payment from October 31st, 1906, to November 1st. 1907, county scrip as follows:
 l C. H. Triplett .............S o94.50 W. B. Alexander ...=......... 15S9.3o Jesse R. Core ...........#.... 60o5 0l
 J. H. SHELBY, 1 County Treasurer. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of December, 1907. EDGAR BREWSTER,
 Clerk of the Circuit Court. l Second.
 The fees for all marriage license is paid to MT. Core in money. In his set clement with the county he paid what was due the county in scrip, thereby doing himself exactly what he charg- ed me with doing. l Third.
 What did the county pay MT. Core from October 31st. 1906, to November 1st, 1907?
 Let the record speak for itself He lissued to himself as County Clerk out of the scrip book in his office from October 31st, 1906, to November 1st, 1907, scrip amounting to $7,373.50. Add to this what his sworn statement shows he received from individuals and marriage license for the same year, which is 3,9O2.46 l lOtal ......... ............ iA'-''.'o To this add the amount
 which paid him for mak-
 ing the tax books on be-
 half of the state ...... 1,0o4.o3 And you have grand total of .......... 12,330 49 Take from this what he
 claims to be his expenses 3,5Ol.oO Which leaves a balance of.. S,S2S.99 finder the law he is allowed 100000 Which leaves due the county 3,S2S.99 He says he owes the county 24O.34 Which are you going to believe, the record or Mr. Cores statement? l If MT. Core owes the county $3,- S2S99 for the past year, evidently the office has paid him as we'll for the two years previous, for which he has made no statement, as the law directs. That would make him owe the county of Jefferson today $11,4S6.97
 Fourth. I He says in his statement, for mak- ing up the tax books for 1907 he re- ceived $1.05453 He received twice that sum. Do not take my word for it, but look at the record. Go to Mir. Cores office and look at the scrip book, and you will find that on Janu- ary 18th, 1907, he drew $1,O54.3S. That is what the county paid him for making I'D the tax books. The state pays the other half, and here it is: Cotton Belt Savings Bank and Trust l Company.
 Pine Bluff, Ark. January p, 1907.
 No. ?. | Pay to the order of J. R. Core, Coun- ty Clerk, $1,054.53, One Thousand tif ty-four and 53-10o Dollars i c. M. Philpot'
 Sheriff and Collector. Amount due from State for making Tax Books.
 Endorsed as follows: J. R. Core, Go. elk.
 Which is right, the record or MT. Core's statements? It is no wonder he did not accept my challenge and