The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-08

ne ona oniY the flsss C Aagnxs and
October. 1909. charged 20 him ~
The Board ct EAaea,ion. e.passQ asnt-
ly AmAn. their treasurer. waz ailow-
ed TO keGp all these nnes from year
10 year and the school ehildren have
10 that extsnt he~n the aossrs Tie
settlement book II ny authority Tor
the above statement. and our exani-
nation shows none OF xhrna charges
except as above stated.
In the third place. tha tar abstract
of 1895 shows that there we're nnss.
penalties. and forfelsures reported
TO the Register Of Deeds. amounting
10 s2sss7. to which the schools
were entitled and which was In the
hands Of Aman their treasurer. but
the Board OF Education failed TO
take this sum from the abstract and
charge IL TO Aman and therefore he
was not made TO account for IL and
schools were the losers again.
We get this item from the abstract
itself and the settlement book does
not show IL was ever charged TO
Aman.
In the fourth place. the tax alb
stract of 1906. shows that there were
| fines, penalties and forfeitures re-
ported to the Register OF Deeds for
that year amounting TO s5ss.s6 TO
which the schools were entitled. and
which had been collected by Aman.
their treasurer. yet this Board of
Education did not charge those
! funds to Aman on their settlement
book and made no demand on him
| for them and he was allowed To
keep his large sum belonging to the
schools OF the country. and the chill
dren were the losers again. We
have carefully examined these abb
stracts and the settlement book with
Aman and no such items appear "a
have been charged TO him on that
book.
In the fifth place, We have exam
ined the abstract OF unlisted taxa
bles for 1905 and find that there was
real and personal property amount
ing to $36,926, on which the schools
are entitled to the tax of Is cents
on 500 valuation of property anc
We find also on this abstract 10 poll:
on which the schools were entitled
to $50 each and to our wonder
ment, neither these taxes nor these
pools were charged to Aman. by the
Board of Education, which 1t wa
their duty to do, and Aman, thefl
treasurer, is the winner, and th'
school children are again the loser
thereby, on account of this mex
plainable neglect on the part of ou
Democratic Board of Education t
do their duty. If you doubt the yer
acity of this statement, turn to tn
abstract and see the charge and the
; examine the settlement book and Sc
If he is charged with one cent or thi
tax.
What the Abstracts Show.
e In the sixth place. We nave exam
e ined the abstracts of unlistables 10
f the year 1906 and we find that ther
y was real and personal property i
e this abstract amounting to $104,74
Il on which the schools are entitled
t eighteen cents on each 500 theree
d and we also find on this abstract 8
polls on which the schools are ei
titled to $3.50 each, yet to our SUI
prise not a dollar of this tax fro
these polls and property was carrie
IS to the settlement book by the Boar
e of Education and charged to Anna
y their treasurer, and by this lack
Is diligence on the part of the Dem
sr cratic Board of Education, Aman
IS gain the winner and the school CHI
"a dren the losers.
r Let it be understood that we a
OF not guessing at the facts, but ha
re made a careful examination OF Z
ht abstract and the settlement bo'
Id and we are relating what these oi
m cial records show, simply that a
or nothing more, and as we have sa
ne repeatedly above If we have ma
h fany misstatement we want our err
y printed out and we shall be only {
in glad to be shown to the contrary.
"a From our examination, there
ny pears to have been the most carel'
ce and negligent administration OF
Sc school affairs by these Legisiat
Oh appointed guardians OF the sacl
'ut school fund Of our county, that
he ever imposed upon an inoffens
ers public.
Can 1t be that these modern He
we ers have nodded and allowed
DC school children of the. county to
ae- deprived of their honest tax MOI
we by a Board of incapable school
zen cials, a bunch of sleeping beau'
my which could not be elected by
people, but were put upon us by I
to State Pie Dispensary at Ralei
known as a Democratic Legislatul
We have shown in former
Gle in these columns that they
III violated the law in not settling '
-. Aman when he went out OF once
, . December, 1906, and had failed
'ooi require him at that time to
e. over his books. papers and once
Mr.. Turner, his successor. We I
o shown that this Board did not
so much as hold meeting In
III . cember, 1906, when their treas
oo went out of Office. We have sh
oo that at the January meeting, j
=. lust one month after he went ou
81. Office and his successor elected