Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-10
THE REF0RNER" IS AFTER scAlPS
SOME INTERESTING CLIPPINGS FROM LATEST ISSUE

NJ. l.. Carter in the presence Of W.
b. Honaker paid to w. + Stinson.
the kinsman OF Davis. $500 as
fee for whlskey license on Crane
Creek; but | suppose The RepubH-
can thinks this is nothing wrong, as
1t is case of dog eat dog"
Davis was a member of the coun-
ty court when T.. V. Blankenship
was awarded the contract for pa MT
ing the water tank in The court
house square at the price of Sl1O.
when j. l.. Houchins offered to do
the work for SIS. and Dock Oxley
offered to do it for $S6. But ac-
cording to the code OF morals adop-
ted by the Republican especially
during campaigns)r there is nothing
wrong in this.
The records of the county show
that the court paid w. c. Hedr.ck
S44.30 for printing tax tickets, also
paid Mercer Republican $14.G4 for
blank indictments; paid J. NJ. Nc
Garth 500 for prosecuting Ben
Gray, paid j. Frank Maynard $GC
for going to Wayne county TO as
certain the indebtedness of Mercer
county and later paid j Frank May
nard $500 for part services in as
pertaining county indebtedness. and
stu later $3.50 FOR asccrtainins
1
Sutton $50 and John Foot $40 for
assisting said Maynard Now if The
Reformer has been correctly in
formed as to the law governing
these allowances they are each and
every one illegal and in violation OF
law, and still The Republican says:
There is nothing wrong with the
court so far as DAVIS is concerned
Yet Davis was a member OF the
court during all the time all OF
these claims were allowed, and we
all to find anywhere upon the rec
ord where he opposed the allow
ance of these claims. These trans
actions look a little shady to an
honest man, we don't know how
they appear to the Republican.
And this same Davis Thorn was a
member OF the court aud present
when the following illegal allow
noes were made. Mercer Republi-
can BLANK indctmen.s $500, w. p.
Hawley, making on tax tickets
S17S.55, w p. Hawley, supplies for
sheriff's Office, $3.50, j. e. r..
Sentz making off tax tickets. SILL
| so; J II Craft. visits to Riley
| Reed. SIS; Mercer Republican
blanks for sheriff, $3.50; c. b. Mar
Tin, bonds for road surveyors, $40;
| w. p. Hawley, making off tax tick
cts, $500; w. P. Hawley, making
| on tax tickets, $50; L. B. Farley.
publishing notices for taxes $500;
each and all of the foregoing items
are illegal and burden placed up
On the tax payers that the statute
oS West Virginia does not allow
and Davis Thorn voted for these
and he we'll knew that they were
Illegal or else the legat adviser of
The county court is not the abest
prosecutor in the county.
We do not charge that the coun-
ty court got rake off, in these
matters but leave the public to draw
is own conclusion. Voters OF Mer-
GER county these are only a few OF
the instances in which your money
has been squandered by pronigate
court only a few of the instances
in which the money you lave earn
ed BY honest toll had been taken
from your pockets ana placed in the
pockets of the men who in no sense
were entitled to 1t, and that done
by a man who is now asking you
10 install him for another six years.
so that he may aga "go and do
likewise"
Now it occurs to us that even the
Republican will admit that there is
some ground for slight suspicion
Of wrongdoing from the above items
taken from the records If the
above facts are true, and even The
Republican dare not dispute them.
there is at least a semblance of
wrong, yes We should think these
are right shady transact ons and
these are showl from the records.
and not these only. but many more
acts that would bring the blush OF
shame TO any honest na-'s -a
and The Reformer wii. ;.} .'s peo-
pie Of them from time to time
look out for them.