The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
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! Jofrnal and the Soothside Senti-
lnes appears a card supposed tC
answer nay announcement as Z
candidate for representative.
am accused of falsifying and mis-.
leading. The writer o f that
article has proved neither, b5t
US: says not guilty. Mr.. Chris
tan starts oIt by saving the
Judges were honest men and true
Democrats Call of them) but a
few days after the election he ac-
cused some of being thieves and
would not trust them as far as be
could throw his horse by the tail.
Mighty quick change. MIR. Chris
tian says he has paid every cent
as required by law. Section 1875,
page Io4, of the school Law says
be shall go upon the oyster beds
of the planters and assess the
value planted oysters and
shells and report TO the clerk of
the County the amount and the
Clerk shall make out four reports
and the inspector shall collect
their taxes after the bills have
been made out by the Clerk and
the money shall be paid to state,
county and district. Mr.. Perciful
says he can find no record where
he has ever paid anything to the
Treasurer from this fund. MIR.
Christian states he received Is
per cent. of the oyster vote.
Healy got 81 in his district and
there were over Oh hundred
votes cast in the district. | am
unable to figure Is per cent. out
of that and he also says he would
have gotten Capt. Somers' vote
if he had, not been in the field.
Capt. SomeTs carried a majority
at Cobb's Creek and l know the
men that voted for him and they
would not have voted for Chris
tian and are now supporting me.
But why do the oYstermen vote
for himl Because some are afraid
of him and others be has shown
favors to. He has rented out
natural rocks to some and others
have been let off and not fined
when they violated the law, for 1
have heard them say so and l
have heard some say he told them
he could put them out of business.
Mr.. Christian SAYS he had no con
troll over the Committee S actions.
He was one ofthe old Committee
and | have heard of nothing he
did to bring about a recount. One
of the men who stood with him in
selecting a new committee told
me the matter was. talked over by
Christian and others and he was
assured that if he would help them
elect this committee they would
recount the ballots. but they re-
fused and my informant says he
wiped his hands of the whole
mess. | have a witness to this
statement. None are so blind as
those that don't want to see,
did not think that anyone would
think my allusion to an examina
tion was as to physical statue
and l am sure no one but Mr..
Christian would. have thought of
that comparison. for his beautiful
statue and form is we'll known and
mine could not compare with it.
He says | resemble Falstaff and
suppose he has seen him as he
has seen nearly every thing else,
| would remind him of quotation
from Julius Ceaser which l think
would describe him. "XOn Casius
has Lean and hungry look. he
has been thinking to much.
Such men are dangerous" Mr.
| Christian calls attention to my
vote four years ago. My name
was before the people but / die
not make speech or talk pri
| vately to any one for his vote
land | carried a larger percentage
in nay district than he did and my
opponent only got 7 votes a
| Cobb's Greek, and got 20 two
Iyears ago against Christian,
| got'neariy one hundred votes ii
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