The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-08-20

Butler and Graham McKinnon,
Members of Board of Audit
and Finance-Also a Short
Statement by Chairman of the
Board Sheriff Mcleod Still
Owes the County and No Find
ings Have been Withdrawn.
To the Editor of The Robesonian.
Owing to the fact that many
erroneous reports are in circula-
ton, and some have been pub
lished in the newspapers of the
county, we feel it our duty to
the public, and to ourselves, to
make the following statement:
We met a committee Of the |
board Of county commissioners,
which committee was composed |
of Mr.. J. w. Carter, Mr.. A. R.
McEachern and Mr.. A. L. Bull
lock, on the-day of June 1908,
the purpose of our meeting with
them being to give them such in
formation as we had relating
to the taxes for the year 1906.
We. employed Mr.. ]. P. Stansel,
as accountant, and the board of
commissioners employed Mr.. A.
T. Parmele. These two gentle
men made up a statement of ac-
count for the year 1906 alone,
that is, the fiscal year of 1907
1907, and BY this statement Of
account made up by Messrs.
Stansel and Parmele, it appears
that ex-Sheriff Geo. B. Mcleod is
due for the special school taxes
for the fiscal year 19O6-19O7 to
Britt's Nd. l, Back Swamp No.
8, St. PauPs No. 6, Lumber
Bridge No. l and No. 3, Parkton
No. 1,Sterling's No. 2and No. 7,
Burnt Swamp No. l and No.
3, and MaXton No. l the sum of
$271.2 &c, which amount he is still
due these special school dis
tricts.
1t appears further that he has
overpaid Saddle Tree No. 4 the
sum of 1924, Lumber Bridge No.
8, $98. 8.88, but these amounts we
neither allowed, nor did we in
tend to allow him as credits or
, the balances due by him to Back
Swamp, Britt's, St. Paul's, Lum-
= ber Bridge etc., the specia
school districts above enumer.
t ated..
This account also shows tina
he is due road taxes, for the yea
" 1906, to Alfordsville, Bacl
! Swamp, Howellsville, Lumber
= ton, Parkton, Red Springs, Sad
II die Tree, Sterling's, st. Paul
and Thomson's, the sum of 81,
y 6.63; that he has overpaid Blu
Springs, Britt's, Lumber Bridge
Maxton, Raft Swamp, Wishart's s
- the sum of 81, 342.09, but w
neither intended to allow him
7 nor did we allow him t
:, offset what he owed Back swamp
Burnt Swamp, etc., with tn
amount he had overpaid Blu
Springs, Britt's etc., so that Q
the road taxes for the yea
= 1906, he is now legally due tn
sum of 81, 1886. SO, and Of specis
" school taxes, the sum of $271. *
We do not understand that eth
=, er the board of commissioners Q
- the county or ourselves, are al
I'LL thorized by law to permit him t
of charge one township, or specis
school district, with money h
has improperly paid to another
We have never made any repol
or signed any statement that tn
''' county Of Robson was indebte
til to Sheriff Mcleod in any amour
re whatever, for the taxes of 190t
en- or for any other year. On tn
Ell contrary, the recapitulation {
on the taxes for that year which hs
been published in the newspaper
and which appears in the statt
ment made by Messrs. Stans'
!. and Parmele, also shows tn;
the county did not owe him an!
thing for the taxes of 1906.
In communication lately pul
: lished by Sheriff Mcleod, h
states that we have reported
Z balance of 1898. SO due him. Th
q was derived by him from a r.
capitulation of all the taxes {
the State and county, made /
Messrs. Stansel and Parmel
and did not contain the full a
count, as made out by Stans
and Parmele, showing the leg;
balances due by Sheriff McLec
S. to road and special school di
, tricts, as hereinbefore stated.
K. The only substantial differen,
in the account, as made out (
Messrs. Stansel and Parmel
and thei account made out
the expert accountants en-
ployed by US was in a cree
of 1882. 81, allowed to Sher
n Mcleod. This credit was due
7 an error of Mr.. D. w. Bulloc
- in transferring the bank stock
Lumberton township from t
scrolls to the tax books. The
is also an allowance of $521. I
j commissions due Sheriff McLe
- by State for State taxes. tt
allowance to him of commissio
for State taxes has nothing to
with the amount due by him
any county fund, and we do n
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