Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-26

BALANCE UNSETFLED..... G' Il
Total collections for fre
months, Sept, Oct, Mo-,
Dee. 1907, andJSn, 1905 SlIli 81
Total amount settlement
with Co. Treas. for fye
months as above stated SII93 II
Balance due on seItlengt IS
should have ntcu
made OF or before the ltfh
day Of he following mon, hs
viz: Oct, Nov, and D's,
ig0S. .,'".,",,, s99jl G.
reproduce the above "verifed
statement" and Introduction in full
as the dirtiest specimen of malice
and injustice ever given publica-
ton in the State OF Missouri. |
want it on file So that future gener-
ations may seq to what depths
mendacity, in seeking advantage
through the defamation of an hon
est man, can descend.
Benny says his statement "shows
that 50, 9J1.67 Of the taxpayers
money has been diverted from its
proper channel, but does not show
what has been done with the mon
ey." Truo enough! 1t does not
"show what hiss been done with the
money" 1t wasn't formulated for
that purpose, but to leave the false
impression that the S9,951.67 has
not been accounted for; in other
words, that j. n. Lewis is a de-
faulter to that sum. will proceed
to "show what has been done with
the money"
OF this S9,E5l.67, on January %,
190S--only s days behind time
Mr.. Lewis diablrsed-
To W. r. Gay, Treasurer OF Ironton
school Dist, to. to Arthur Hun,
Treasurer Pilot Knob school Dist, S2l0O 81
To County Treasurer ................ 1850 81
CommissiusI retained. ............ 325 30
s65OG rs
Leaving due to the Treasurer from
the Collector nn the 18th of March,
from all sour es from current tax
es, up to that, late ..,,..,.,...,. ..... S3iI5 ~
Sg95l 81
This last sim (S34l5,42) vas paid
to the Treasurer March 10, 1908
six days before the libelous article
quoted above was published. |
now charge that the writer of the
defamatorr "verifed statement
defamatory because of facts sup
pressed-hlew Of his olcn knowledge
that the SGj06,25, part of the alleg-
ed or insinuated deficit, had been
paid to this Treasurers as above on
January e., 1908; and it was in
cumbent on him-as one not a
malicious ~libeler-to have ascer-
tanned the payment of the remain
ing S3445. 10 on the 18th of March
1908, befrre making a ''verifed
statement"
AS to Mr.. Lewis's failure to turn
all the collections over to the Treas
urer each month as the law directs.
that was wrong. He had conceived
the notion that the road monies
were required to be apportioned
and paid to the Treasurer only al
the end Df his fiscal year, at the
meeting of the County Court il
March, when his annual settlement
is made, The school fund receipts
in September, October and No
vember were not large, and, think
ing the law merely directory, no
mandatory-in fact, he knew moth
ing abcu VI it until advised in Octo'
Der or November--he concluded t
make Dne settlement in January
for all Jour months. ! say this wa
wrong--it was inexcusable. II
oughttso have known the law and
been sure OF his duties. But In ev
idence that he had no Interior pur
, pose in deferring settling and turn
} ing orer the road and school take
5 to the Treasurer, Is the fact that h
/, did MT wait until the 18th of eGc.
/, month, but was always ahead O
, time with the other collections
usually on the ID or Sd OF th
month. This fact Is carefully un
notce In the "yeriGed statement
! callis z forth these remarks.
/, Tt 1t Mr.. Lewis has wllfully via
latet his trust, or erred with CIV.
4 purpose, ! do not believe. He
0 scFuyulously honest; NIL who kno'
!. him will bear out this Statement
3 Mats aware Of his error, hs seek
NO rlbteriuge aud oilers 10 abid
. the ,cnslty. on his own molloi
z he Lac surrendered 90 The count
. conmissl0na amounting 10 ft7.
. matlng good i0uF-iold lts loss
irS.nest. ADD. like 90 honest maj
eta d. Feasy - ntons 10 he llm
fofga fault Tho yeiping gang
8 hOElnN fof political gaia D. acea.