Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-19
REPLY OF JESSE K. CORE
To the Statement of C. IT, phiIpot Published in the
 Daily Papers of December I7th, 1907.

eiil ol tulS |oS,o4o.ol. HIS question he has never answered, and cannot.
 MT. Shelby in his sworn statement says that large amount of this scrip was issued ill the name of Mir w. E. Alexander; some ill the name of Mir Triplett and some in the name of Buckston & Skinner. l know MT. AL eXander and MT. Triplett and have heard of Mir. Skinner but don t know Mir. Buckston, but just why these people should be the favos= few among all of the tax payers of the county, is up to the voters to say.
 ME Philpot charges that 1 owe the county $1,054.53 for work done on the tax books from October 31, 1906, to November 1st, 1907, that does not justly belong to me This work vas done during the months of June, July, August and September, 1906, and vas justly allowed me by County Judge Gould, so if l receive any money tl.at does not belong to me, just jump on to the county judge or appeal to Judge Grace, a just judge, and by his decision will I abide
 Now, MT, Phllpot, before ;ou un- dertake to charge me with fees to which l am not lawfully emitted, I would suggest that you Sweep be- fore your own door, because l now charge that under the laws of the State of Arkansas, you are only enti- tied to receive the sum of $5,00O for each year of service during your term Of office, and that you have recently claimed you have laid before Judge Grace your claims against the county of Jefferson for 5000 as Sheriff and $5000 as Collector of taxes, when in truth and in fact under the law you are not entitled to receive more than $5,00O for both offices. Again l say, Sweep before your own door,"
 l say that as Collector you have charged the people of this county $6,- 274.11 and that you then deducted as expenses $3,50S.10, among which ex- penses is $250 paid for legal advice. By what authority do you charge the people of this county $250 for legal advice? In other words, are you not capable of collecting the taxes of this county without paying a lawyer $250 fn fo11 hnu, "a rrhic &CS0 should have been paid out of your own pocket, and not out of the money of he people.
 The law provides in Section 6394 of kirby's Digest that the Prosecuting At- torney, without fee or reward, shall give his opinion to any Sheriff, Con- stable. Justice of the Peace, or Coun- V Court if required, on any question of law in which the State or county is concerned.
 I further charge that as Sheriff, MT Philpot, you have charged the county of efferson the sum of $1I87S.86, and that you claim as expenses the sum of $S.135.49. leaving net profit to you of $3,7l.37 and that among the ex- penses you charged to the county are the following:
 Paid c. T. Robinson for Cotton As sociation, $500; paid A. J. Stewart for bloodhounds, $25.00; paid J. M. High tower for horse, $2o0.o0: paid James Gould for horse, $115.00; paid attor- ney for legal services, $250.00. By. what authority does Mir. Philpot charge the county with S. % paid Mr. Robinson? Did he charge the county with this $500 as his subscription to the Cotton Association? And he, too, a cotton planter!
 A. J. Stewart is the chief of police of the city of Pine Bluff; by what authority did he charge the people with this $25.O0 for bloodhounds?
 I paid MT. Robinson as collector for the Cotton Association $500, but nev- CT dreamed Of putting it in my account aSdlOSI the county. gave MI. A. C. Stewart $25.00 to buy the bloodhounds but l never thought of making the people of the county pay me back as did MT Philpot. The horses buy pay for myself and do not charge them as an expense against the county, but MT. Philpot did. He bought a horse from Mr. Hightower and charged the county $2O000 for it, and he bought a horse from Judge Gould and charged the county $115.00 for it. Where is there any law that authorizes him to make the tax payer buy his horses? He Is using them. Is he paying any rent to the people for them? Who ever heard of such charges made against this county or any other coun- ty in the State of Arkansas? You may search the records of this county and