The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-06

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soonsg orders @ere hawam4 aboug
att soi1 for - cents oH tgr dollar
Every order sAAt their nuaxa @
County Commissioners issued. w&@
an imposition ard fraud apes is
holder. IA that IL promised 10 pap
100 eents Oh the dollar. shen ia
reality Be realized only 80 eent3 OF
he dollar. Since Sheriff jenkins re-
established the credit and standing
Of county orders. 10 par value. every
man sho gets at order for service
or Tor anything done for the county.
be gets 100 cents for every dollars
worth Of county orders he holds.
After Sheriff Jenkins went out Of
Office. Sheriff ]. ]. Johnson kept or
ders up 10 par value also Under
Sheriff Milliken's administration. he
paid par value for county orders.
but his County Commissioners CDem-
ocratsl have had 10 issue $50. 900 In
bonds TO do 1t.
W. Fl. Ward. Superintendent at
the County Home" spends much Of
| his time in electioneering for the
| Democratic ticket He seems 10 be
very much interested and quite &C
tive.
The records in the Register Of
Deeds Office here were In suhc a tan
gled and mixed-up condition two
years ago, under w. +. Brooks ad-
ministration that IL took five men"
I-Messrs. Brooks, Atwater and Poe.
of Chatham, and Messrs. Holloway
and Mcneil, of Lee County about
two weeks TO get them in any kind
OF shape, and then when they did
make a report one of the above
named parties said that mo man liv-
ing could take Brooks books and
make an intelligent and correct re-
port from them" The present Reg
|
has his books in such fine shape that
it does not take weeks to get at any
information wanted.
The two Republicans, in thi:
county, who have served Chatham al
Sheriff, have handled the count,
store county orders to par value, and
in both instances they have Away!
settled up in full for ever cent charg
ed against them, and made no "mis
takes" which had to be corrected
afterward.
What can the Democrats say fol-
the men they elected to the office o.
Sheriff.
x;se county bridge at Moore's Mil
on Haw River was let to contrac
two years ago for s1,s72. Nearl.
$4,000 was finally paid for the jol
and part of it fell down within &
short time after it was accepted by &
Democratic Board of County Com
missioners and their board of road
commissioners.
Your Uncle Abe Lane had nothing
to do with accepting this trap. By
the way this trap is having to be re
paired, for Jas. A. Thomas received
last month $4,000 for repairs (?)
on this bridge.
Chatham County farmers, il you
want lower prices for what you raise
vote the Democratic ticket. They
(the Democrats) say that prices are
too high.
We know of bridge in this Coun
tv that was repaired some time ago
and the county paid for 5000 fee
of lumber to use in the repair. II
was believed by some Republican,
that no such amount of lumber was
furnished, so they went and meas
ured and it and found that really
only zoos feet had been furnished
Democratic heelers got pay for 1893;
feet of lumber for this bridge tina
was not delivered. We know of an
ing of bridge across little branch
L. was advertised to be let out to the
lowest bidder, and the lowest respon
sible bid was $4,000. COMMISSIONS
Wilson took one of his friends ther
and let him do the job and paid him
$4,000 for a $4,000 job.
Can any Democrat in Chatham
County name any Democratic Sheriff
who has served as sheriff since the
late war, who has settled up in full
and left a clean, clear balance sheet
Take plenty of time and answer thi!
question.
1t is hard to suit a Democrat
When they were in full power, the
farmers produce was at starvation
prices, and they cried "over-produc.
ton" Now under good prices fol
everything the farmers raise they
are not pleased. and they are crying
out, High cost of living"
The Democratic candidate in this
/ coupty will Rud If arou0h cloddfp0s