Milford chronicle., 1908-08-14

an invitation extended to the Chron
nicle, Sussex Republican and the
Sussex Journal in particular, which
was adopted, or said to have been
adopted, at a special session Of the
Levy Court Of Sussex County on
Aug, 4th. to oinvestigate the records
of that body. Ofthis action we have
no official knowledge, as there was
no notice Of the action of the Levy
Court served on US either in person
or by letter from the officers Of the
court; hence the newspaper article
is the only knowledge we have oi
their action. This again emphasizes
the fact of our previous statement.
viz; that the Sussex Court is short
on business methods Of action OF
procedure; which is the very thing
that brought their business matters
so unpleasantly before the public.
We wave the failure to give proper
notice of invitation and the methods
of the Levy Court; for we believe
that they intended all right. We
have never thought for an instant
that the finances of Sussex County
were entangled in any way, or that
the county was in danger Of being
unable to pay its bills in time from
the taxes already levied; but that
the Levy Court did display lack Of
business fnanciering when it held a
special session in the middle of the
summer and made allowances to
drain out all the money in the
treasury, which was already appro-
priated to pay bonds and other bills
falling due at that time. That
alone was a display of either ignor-
ance of the actual conditions, which
should have been known to each
member Of the court, or to a want
Of business sagacity to provide for
the bills allowed. We are not fool
enough to attempt to investigate
the books Of the Levy Court, as it
would be a poor dwelling idiot of
a book keeper who would not have
the books in proper shape for an in
vestigation. We are sure that there
is no short comings to be uncover
ed in Sussex County or its books.
We are sure that there is ample
money levied, but not collected, to
pay all just bills of Sussex County,
and we are equally sure that the
members of the Levy Court are
honest upright citizens but our
criticism has not been along this
line, but along the line that the
members and their advisor, have
failed to display the necessary busi-
ness ability to protect the financial
integrity of the county against its
critics Our knowledge of the past
with the Levy Court Of Sussex,
both under democratic and Repub-
lican management, has shown that
there is a working influence at the
county seat which leads the mem
bers astray unconsciously in some
We know that by a COM
0etitive award of the county print
ng, that hundreds of dollars would
De saved to the taxpayers. The
publication of the ticket before
Election has been one source for a
aving. The amount paid two
,ears ago for printing of the ticket
n two papers alone, would pay for /
Inserting the ticket in each paper
n the county at an advance over t
he regular advertising rates of any
# the papers and all could see it.
The tickets can be printed for thirty O
'er cent less than they have been {
osting, and so it goes along the s
7hole line. We have no grievance I
1ith any member of the Levy Court ;,
S an individual, they are all honest I,
len so far as we know, and want f
} do what is right but the fact is il
laring, that they have either made u
mistake from ignorance of actual = =
or they are hoodwinked 5,
Ito a position that has brought "
scredit upon them as business Sc
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