The Monroe journal., 1911-11-21
!. rTER FROM MIR. FLOW.
The Chief Justice Says That He
Has Been a Faithful Servant
and Knows How to Do Bust

ymlr umcalled for onslaught on me
In the last issue of The Journal.
You made an effort to hold me
up TO ridicule and to defame my
character in an official capacity
by not giving the facts as they
are in the ease of State against
J. +. Doster; but went out of the
way to make il appear to the
public that was ON trial. My Of
fetal career is an open book and
| can say that | have tried at
all times to do my duty the best
that knew, irrespective of
whether or not il was popular,
and have done as much as any
one man in Union county 60 en-
force the law and punish crime,
In regard to the magistrates |
can say, that in 50 far as their
powers or jurisdiction goes, that
they do not cost the taxpayers
a penny and that assertion of
yours that the costs now in the
Recorders court goes to the
county and town treasurer, which
YOU said formerly went into the
pockets Of Justices of the peace
and officers induced to drum up
business. is untrue as the eonsta-
bles and sheriff are not on sala-
lies and | know that they do not
donate free their time and servi-
ces to the public.
And again under the jurisdic-
ton of the magistrates the costs,
including one witness, would on
~ be $2.35, whereas in the Re
corders court as now conStitu-
ted it would be $3.50 and in ease
of removal to the Sub Record
er the defendant has to plank
out of his pocket 800, "A thing
unknown in a magistrate s court
to get a removal, thereby calts-
ing a defendant to pay from 81
30 10 $4.95 more for the services
of the court and officers than in
n magistrate IS court, and making
the burdens greater on defend
ants.
So far as You intimate i'm your
article that ii the Supreme court
should sustain ME, | should sug
gest that il would be sustain
Judge Cooke. as the appeal was
from his decision and not mine
then that ! should open my mill
ON the corner" and induce off.
GERS and others to drum up bus
mcSS. ! resent that mtimation an
hurl it at you as being false and
untrue and a charge of your own
creation as have never been
guilty of drumming up business
or having strikers for my mill
on the conner as you charge. !
am always at my business from
early morning until hate at night
and can say it truthfully and
without boast;ng. that | believe
that the people have confidence
enough in me to think and be.
lieve that | know how to issue
papers properly and consequently
they come to me TO have them
issued and not on account of my
drumming or have strikers as
you would make believe in your
article.
| think that ! can say without
beating drums or the blowing OF
horns, that | have. IN my feeble
way, rendered as much service
and time to the people of the
county as YOU or any other man
and a gerat deal Of il without re.
Enumeration.
Referring to Mr.. Nann : two
last reports he says that a
large number of the eases tried
in the Recorder court wer,
originally within the jurisdiction
Of magistrates before the crea
ton Of the Recorders court
Then, that being so, each defend
ant. as heretofore stated, has tC
pay from 1926 to $4.95 more in
costs for being tried by the Re
c0rder or for the pleasure of a
trial before the Sub-Recorder
and the officers-that is, the Re
corder and Solicitor-being on
salaries has to help pay them ia
the way Of taxes. So far as fines
fortfeitures and penalties are cCn
cemed they go TO the schoo
fund, not i'm general fund. n3r in
to the pockets of magistrates
and do not lessen the taxes oI
the people as some are wont tC
make believe.
In conclusion will say that
propose to do and perform my
duties in the future as | have
honestly tried TO do in the past
I'm all legal matters as | under