The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-26


law by submitting the report To
other favored ones. Their aft
davlts aud statements, instead Of
generating them, show further
violation OF the law.
The public can see that we, not
being of the favored ones, haa tu
rely for our information on those
who had seen the report. Col.
Edmund was among the favored,
and be states in nls affidavit that
ne might have stated at some
time in casual conversation that
it was Friday night when be saw
the report" When the writer
and George B, Mcleod, ex sher-
if of RooesOn county, heard Col.
Edmund say that it was Friday
night We took it that b = would
say it again. There is further
evidence in our possession as to
the time Of it's being read to Col.
Edmund, and we believe, If
called upun, Mr.. r. c. Lawrence |
will make a statement that it was
Friday night he saw Col. Ed
mund behind closed doors with
the report being read to him
But a reading OF the law and af
tidavits and statements furnished
to the public by the attorney for
the board of audit and finance is
sufficient to show that We were
correct when We charged that
the report was submitted to
Col. S. A. Edmund, leader Of the
Repu blican party of the county
: and read to him behind closed
! doors, at night, days before the
report was made public"
; TheatteL tionofthepublicis called
to the fact that in their further
3 report" published in The Rob
. esonian March 9Th, the board OF
audit and finance states we i'm
mediateiy upon signing it (mean
Y ing thereby the first repOrt) de-
t livered same to Mr.. ia. Sharpe
e editor Of The Robesonian, fol
}. blication. and directed our az
# torney to file copy with thu
CON missioners, and transmit
third to the solicitor, as the Law
requires" Note the board o
Ie audit and finance say that the,
!. delivered the same to Mr.. J. A
.s Sharpe, and directed their attoT
,r ney to file copy with the com
'. missioners and transmit a thir
w to the solicitor. Mr.. Sharpe say
of in his statement in The Robe
III sOnian of March 18th that Go
err n. A. Mclean brought the RI
e. port to him." Mr.. Sharpe, a.
tie cording to his own statement, lie.
or that night for Charlotte, and at
,e, cording to the directions of til
Id board of audit and finance or
to copy should have gone to tt
be registers office and the othe
N, transmitted to the solicitor.
id is fair to presume that one
to these copies, according to the a
,at tidavits and statements of the a
to torney for the board of audit ar
on finance. was submitted to O.
nd Edmund before the legal Gust
dian could get it. No copy W
filed with the com missioners u
,re til Tuesday, December oath,
ch is shown by the affidavit of N
Bullock, the register of deco
AS stated by US before, no col
Irt. was transmitted to the solicitC
nod button the contrary, during t
md February term of court
IF solicitor was called to the wa
mar room in the Waverly Hotel,
tor the chairman of the board of al
,te- it and finance and there in tt
hat secret manner copy was Civ
flo to him. This was months AFT
ars the attorney had been direct
lic to transmit it to the solicitor a
II after it had been submitted
ho him.
ono The board of audit and finar
INA. labored for eight long mont
fnr- preparing it's report. import
tho help that rendered a bill for So
was for its services. In addition to
p of it had not numerous counsel"I
.hor counsel of it's own choosing al
mn. cost to the county of$1O0. With
of this the one object in vi
the seems to have been to bring {
that credit upon the administered
him of the affairs of the county ;
her crush certain individuals.
ida. facts are before the public, {
,nev by their Judgment we will abb
and Unless unusual circumstan
!, A. require it we shall have moth
list, 1ufther TO sag ~
N 70 'Pilate saith unto him, VIVA