The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-02-03


my
personally, the result
by having mail county
had explaining
the Every dollar has been accounted for full
due about hfdOen
delivered offered the Mr. Bullock
did
this to a trump card IN the
hands enemies Those
and Mr. Parmaee, all of whom acquainted
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The last charge against is that collected and used
S3o17oo of school funds from Dec. 1903, Sept
18th, 1904.
1908 the books for that into hands Prior 1903
nothing payments county accounts On
December t of that the finance committee partial
ment They charged with the TOTAL SCHOOL TAXES FOR
shown by S251q By Noy aI
had collected and
@ $28 which left total balance due the school fund for
838 This balance subject credit
amount included the total land sales, the
and the balance of my commissions amounting o54 which
deductng which, leaves balance OF
year s28s56 1905 and Sept -
Sept 49, 1904 paid over to the
county treasurer $o1z9 which, OF ovepad
er that BY o443 This paid back
carried forward and credited school for
say here that interest allowed asked for This
figures they appear of the county
which record the board of audit and finance
have been perverted they
FUSED from Dec T. oo to Sept 49, 1904 the sum of szoz
There o finding collect the
Of the board erlnd-h
by SOME
pnva'e individual would have had As is their
official position protects the members of the board and
intention to deliberately nisate the facts and Tins
upon me- is on such miatemn OF facts that the board able TO find r
against and thus do damage
public ror This
would be repatriation which and should be made
am ready willing and final
which county myself have ever
desired that accounts be fairly stated When this done
that owe the county anything will be promptly and eheery
owe the county nothing On the other hand feel satisfied that
G De oud my fof aha to my a hus the kper find
meo6io of land sales for
of $4,000 from the this In
balance OF $3oo coming from schedule for that
fund $4,000 the year In 1905 over
paid the state over $4,000 and this due In the school settlement
the reasurers books show overpad $e3I This Then
credit This the amount of Lumber Bridge
n and7 in Serlings township: And down the list
Isl am not afraid of any complete unbiased impartial settlement This
what want The thing which against onedd
n its face, containing everything
" tanning also many thing which all o.
have been treated so unfairly and unu this that
should say But am advised that this not the time the place
things that could be said and confined giving
this T will judgement Conscious of the
eGd of my own cGnd" and not doubling my own integrity in the
snfe OF the citizens OF my county that when thy know the facts and
an unfair and unjust those it crticses
r. There $ much n the of Us,
81 - - And-s omuchba in the best of U.s.
paf - That it scarcely behooves of us
he -s. To talk about the o us"
of
fully personally by
I'd
do not feel that can close this reply without
assured me OF their confidence and their has been
bear things which have been and
@ think the people of
manhood
life and who have
political matters will believe that have
wrengfuhy of
had
of
F~ W wan
~ ~ N'N0P~a 0eioe "dAhs up tneh minds All have
was pueht nearing will
Democratic friends
tended Col A. Edmund giving the public
a" was the report of the board of audit and
Mt - cordially yours