Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-06-18
Geo. D. Barnard and County Printing

Geo. D. Barnard ano county Pr1ntIno
rb;. ~,,,;c,. is not about the death OF
60 n ua,,,,d Int h IL ahout his ron.
n~.r,;on with an attempt 10 starye the
on,n,rv nr;p,ers 10 death. Mr.. RaYn.
ayd "a a millionaire printer and stationery
,,ar,1 g, InrI. FOR wears and years
h. hos h.e, do;nv the ~,rintiuu and
fu,pisb;nv the COUNT courts and county
oNc;ais Eli ovey this STATE with their
bianL forms and books. What he
furnishes cost each county several hun.
dy.ds M dollars every wear. He has
been t;ud and good 10 county officials
since time out Of mind and in return for
L;s t;udress uany county officials throw
,b.;r nriutiup 10 him. much of which
could lie done at home lust rs cheap, lust
as good IL not as fancy. The newspaper
men Of Morgan county could do more
nan half OF the work that has been
thyowu IN Mr. barnard. but nome of the
| county official, have. since the county
was oyvanized 10 this day. preferred TO
viye the work 10 Mr.. Barnard in return
Tor his kindness and xopiness to them
The count clerks Office today il full of
stationery furnished by Geo. ID. Barnard
which could have been printed in Yer.
sailles at the same cost to the taxpayers.
| The county clerks Office has in Il today
l~etterheats and envelopes enough to last
4 or s years with the names of r.. X. Buck
and Alfred W. Burns printed on them.
Neither Of these gentlemen are now IN
Office and the stationery thus printed by
Mr.. Barnard and paid for by Morgan
comfy must either be used by another
officer whose name is not printed thereon
or il must be thrown away,
sir. Barnard had been charging this
county $40 % for printing the assessors
list. When Mr.. Monsess went into Office
he declared his intention Of having his
blanks printed in Versailles and told the
court 50. The court called the editor Of
the Statesman in to bid on the work. We
offered 10 do il for $500 and got the job
0by underbidding.) That was las, year.
This wear before the assessor had a
chance 10 make the same order concern
ing his blanks shipment Of these same
blanks came from Mr.. Barnard either
with or w,thou, an order to send them.
Al auv rate the county court paid for
them and without bids.
~, "'v"s ...a.
an oydrr giving !, ali of The county nrint.
ing, but ii does ask the court to make All
ORDER saying ina, all manner OF pruning
."a' 'Ah we u'"e !! IKE lily
,l,os- Of Mr. Barnard be done in this
county, and that all manner Of printing
I be paid for by the county must he
s"nI''.eh W ~. n'en ~ VIC
w. wish 10 .ay in this connection tba,
some Of the county officials now in the
court house absolutely refuse 10 give Mr..
na,n n 'n.,. "",h ""eH ~. ~ ~, ": .ne
uewspape,, Of ,bi, count do their mari
in building up the taxable wealth Of the
county II thus earn a right. tn have q
11a".e 40 ue W"'N 10, ."e ooun.y
here, G,.r IA Hayua,d docs mot A
recent ruling Of the court is that the
newspapers here must underbid II
an"tn'i te, "oik "e,e, no a"en ,u'.ns
d Harnsrd Whv,-vcrsa;Ii.s Sta,rs-
man.
The above indictmen, of the county
court and county officials contains a large
amoun of truth, and, for a wonder, a
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