Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-12-23
Wall tho Municipal Books Be
AuSitcc2


Nessrs. %. |. < Titan. G. y. Me-
Charen and IL Undersigned de-
sire that the citizens OF the town .
know just wha; Sc have been T
doing relative a. having she books
Of the city audited. The citizens
in mRss meeting assembled. corr
posed OF something like eighty
or one hundred citizens and tax
payers ~ person, and several
persons being represented by
proxy, authorized Us. az a ccm-
mittee t1 employ q bonded a.
cOuntant ID audit the city books
AZ once we began 10 spliciC bids
from the mo.t rellablc auditing
companies. We finally selected
Mr.. Homer X. Jones Of Memphis.
Tenn. who came recommended
hy many ID the most responsible
firms and private citizens IN Mem
phis and whose bid was the most
reasonable - al! the bids sent IN.
Your committee did MT make
contract with Mr.. Jones. - We
were empowered To- DO. bat p-s-
Z fegred that the citizens apprU-
and ratify our selection. We
called meeting To thaL effect
and the citizens ratified our 800
. lection and asked that W see the
Board Of Mayor and Aldermen
ard yet their consent tp pay the
amount needed. ~ The Dccem-
ber meeting Of tta board the un-
dersiyned made four trius, ga IN
upOu four different nights t. get
a hearing of tins matter before
the board IN regular session. thp
Ir>t time the board was only in
session 4 snort time and adjourn
Ell before taking this matter UP
but were 60 meet the next night.
: met them. as stated. for three
nights after that but il ever there
Was a quorum present was un-
able o. ind il. Not being abie tO
. get shi7 matter before Them when
all were sitting together I then
( went l." them privately and
asked wha; their opinion was
aboui tine matter. knowing that
whatever they decided upon ia
/ private they could easily put into
execution when they net IN reeu-
lar session. Here j. result /
! the conference with each 0f them.
a nearly a. . could ascertain:
NJ. sultan favored the matter,
Ioi course, n else Dr. would never
have aided in the selection.
I Mr. Lgwshee refused T. make
any statement as To what he
would TO; saying he never made
B promises outside the regular Sos
sion.
Mr.. Somsrville stated that in
tue FIRST place b. Dad not thiu'.
Z ln' ratification nce.iuc repre-
~entltive one and therefore the-
'were lot authorized by the ma
lority ot the citizens o. pay an
auditor. He stated further that
should a petition De circulated
pro aad con and then a risjoritv
should ask AN auditor. III n be.
would vote forit. He stated fur
ther thai tie town had no money
f jo pay ta8- amount.
Mr.. Goodwin states that he
mink the books should b.. audi
l;sa stfj-t1rz..as--tv ShUui-f NOT on
back tor ten years: and that he
does not think W. should pay the
amount q bonded auditor would
cost but that We should get some
cheaper man. sOale local man. 70
do the work.
! Mr. Robson states that ne
+ thinks the books should be audi :
,ed but lhal he thinks Writ Ad-
ans should first do his work and
thea Il - are u0t satisfied w
could tnen get an auGitor.
The citizens know the stand the
Mayor took Al the first mass
meeting; he stated that we
should, in his judgment have
" 'rt Adams first; then il tine
people wanted any further ac-
eouuting we could get 1t.
/ | have tried to state the oos;
tioa Of each alderman as clearly
a | could from the converse
tons | had with them relative n
TINS matter. II is clearly shown
by what the above men have
stated that the majority Of the
oo1rd we're not IN favor Of ear-
rying out the demands Of the
people as clearly expressed in the
resolution adopted unaninauSly
/ oy the FIRST mass meeting. the-f
men prelertJ Use their own iudg-
ment IN the matter. u5ok !,
that tho citizens knew VIVA, t1ey
wanted: 1t was the citizens none.
that was % be spent in The main:
u wds not even a dehat.b,e ol,es-
tion - ! view it for the Mayor
and Aldermen. bat their duty
was outlined in the mass rase..
iog, These offers were tileoas-
whose rec1sGs were o. b. .-ys.n-
iasj yet they appear m the roll.
- Tar a. | have stated. L, k4..a
down this investigation. :, :
simply places them in an a.ti-
tude If refusing 10 DE inve.tiga-
tel. Now, m my jldra.eot.
these nIen do not mean IN. ii
this light yet it amounts L, H..
-aHe thing. This ms. rueetie.,
Nas tor 4 specific purpose ard
when they did meet the l
cram resolutions at 49, ~ +
own business; they had the nj,
anu complete right t. do tf1..