The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-11-03
SIMPSONS DEFICIT
LARGEST in STATE
h'Nhat Ten Years Radical
5'5s Role Brought to County
SsTs
mr.. B. R, LACY'S FIGURES

mr.. B. R. LACY'S flGURES
, Sampson County Pays Into State
Treasury $1O,1l4!24 and the State
oq Pays Out for Sampson County $1S'-
CSC. 42-RadicaI Rule Makes De-
nett Greater Than Any County in
North Carolina-A Warning to
Other Counties.
To The Editor:
1t is not pleasant to advertise ones
own county as a bankrupt, but the n
.nancial condition of Sampson county
after ten years of Fusion and Repuo-
hcan. misrnanagement should be made
known, in order that the good citizens
of other counties may take warning
therefrom.
The Radical county candidates are
: stating all over Sampson county, as
they did in the campaign immediate
Iy preceding the exposure of the
ssnasty mess" Of stealing, forgeries and
.fIdk6 SSll16I1SllSS lAd( 0@AAP0SA NNN
ty owes nothing, and has a surplus or
eight to ten thousand dollars in her
treasury.
I have secured from Hon. B. r.
Lacy, Treasurer Of North Carolina, the
following facts and figures which
speak for themselves, and show the
truth which he that run may read.
Yours truly,
A. F. JOHNSON,
Clinton, N. c., Oct. %, 1910.
State of North Carolina.
B.. r. Lacy, State Treasurer, Treasury
Department, Raleigh, Oct. z, 1910.
Mr.. A. F. Johnson,
Clinton. N. C.
Dear Sfr:-Replying to your in
quiry as to what Sampson county re-
ceives from the State of North Caro-
lima, / will say that my books show
as follows:
For the Institution for the
deaf, dumb and blind at
Raleigh =. =. . . . . . IS 1,70S.43
For. the Deaf and Dumb at
MOrgantOn . . .. .. . . >. ., 10000
For the Soldiers Home at
Raleigh . . .. -. . . 112.7S
For the State Hospital at
Goldsboro . . :. . . -. e. .. 4Os.0S
For the State Hospital at
Morganton :. 49,. 1,O22.OO
For the State Hospital at
Raleigh -. go. . . . {. -. 2,696.20
For the Pensions to Samp-
son county . . . . .. =. 7,O5S.OO
For appropriation to public
Scnools :. -.-. :. % 4,S94.9S
Total eos to the STATE is. SIS, 6s5. AZ
Amount received by State from
Sampson county =. +. =. =. . . 10, 414.24
This shows that in the year 1908.
Sampson county received from the
State of North Carolina for the above
purposes sS,271.18 more than she
paid into the Treasury. The cost of
Sampson county to the State is de-
termined as follows:
Sampson county has nine inmates
In the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institu-
-tiOn at Raleigh, which costs the State
s ,703.43, or $500 apiece.
In the school for the Deaf ond Dumb
at Morganton, Sampson county has
four inmates which costs the State
100000 apiece amounting to $4,000.
Sampson county is weak on soldiers
at the home. There is only one from
Sampson county in the Soldiers Home,
and he costs the State $112.78 The
State Hospital at G%oldsboro has four
negroes from Sampson county which
the state $4O3.O S, or about a hundred
dollars apiece.
r. The State Hospital at Morganton
has eight inmates from Sampson
county, which costs the State s 1,O22,-
90, or about $4,000 apiece.
In h State Hospital at Raleigh it
has seventeen inmates, which costs the
State $2,G96.20, or about $500 apiece.
The appropriation for pensions is
81, 800.
The appropriation for public schools
is 81, 1874. 90. -.H
These make a total that the .tSate
pays out for Sampson county of SIS
6S5.42. and as the county only paws in
sl0,414.24, T'have to go into the pocket
10f other counties to make 4Ro the de-
~ffcit of $8,271.18. To make it clearer.
if all counties in the State were like
Sampson county we should be hone
-tS SAOPII CD SIG uO0S 4uOL '1uT-
nish one cent towards the support of
'her Legislature, her judges, or her
State officers. In fact, Sampson coun-
ty has a. larger deficit than any other
county in the State.
Yours truly,
BRIL-. B, r. LACY
State Treasurer.
cine above figures are from the hi
efnial report for 1907 and 1908. Re-
ports for 1900 and 1910 will not be
ont until December, but there is little
probability that the figures will be.
materially changed.-Editor.)
Governor AycOck Tells Why a Young.
/ Nan Should Enter Actively Into
,r the Democratic Party.
, Young men are always generous.
Selfishness has not been developed in
them. They realize that life is a.
struggle, but they also know that the
ultimate results are in favor of those
who are right. The democratic no rt,,