Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-08
TEDDY ANl JOHNSON NAILS II AS
 LEAD MOOSE TICKET 4 LIt--T. J. COLLIER
AFFiDANlTS FROM TAXPAYERS OFFICIALS SAY RAILROADS HAVE NOT GIVEN ONE CENT
 TO ANTI.RRlDEE FUND.

STATE OF ARKANSAS.
 COUNTY OF JEFFERSON.
 1, T. J. Collier, president of the Tax
 Payers Protective Association, state on oath, that neither the St. Louis Southwestern Railroad Co., or the St.
 Louis Iron Mountain X Southern Rail- road Co.,, have contributed any amount whatever to the fight now being made oy the Tax Payers Protective Asso citation, against the formation of the Jefferson County Bridge District, nor
 nas the association and it's officers been promised any amount whatever, by either of the above named railroad
 companies, or any assistance whateV-
 1T from them, although 1 have many
 times asked the two CD railroad com
 panies above named, to contribute,
 out have been told on each occasion
 that they did not care to take any ac-
 tive part in the fight, all rumors to
 the effect that the Tax Payers Protec-
 
 ng paid or have received promises
 0 be paid any amount by either the lbove named railroad companies to make the fight against the Free Bridge, are willful falsehoods. T. J. COLLIER, Subscribed and sworn to before me, this the 7th day of August, 1912 CREED CALDWELL.
 tSeal) Notary Public. 1 STATE OF ARKANSAS.
 ] COUNTY OF JEFFERSON.
 l. J. P. Oracle, secretary of the Tax
 layers Protective Association, do ] state on oath that all receipts and
 disbursements for the Tax Payers
 Protective Association have passed
 trough my hands, and not one dol-
 far has been contributed or promised 1 )y either the St. Louis Southwestern 1 Railroad, or the St. Louis Iron Moun- ain & Southern Railroad Companies l md my books as secretary are open for inspection by any taxpayer in Jefferson county, and at any time. J. P. GRACIE, Subscribed and sworn to before me, 1 this the 7th day of August, 1912. CREED CALDWELL, SeaD Notary Public. STATE OF ARKANSAS.
 COUNTY OF JEFFERSON.
 l, Roane C. Bell, state on oath that 1 have been in the employe of the
 president and secretary of the Tax Payers Protective Association in a confidential capacity, for the last twelve months, I, during that time at the instance of the president of the Tax Payers Protective Association, wrote several letters to the officials )f the Cotton Belt and Iron Moun- tain Railroads, asking for assistance. IS property owners and taxpayers in his county, to aid in the fight against he free bridge, and have read the re- )lies from the officers of the above named railroad companies and know that they have at each reply refused Q contribute or give any assistance 70 the Tax Payers Protective Assc. ;iation, in their fight
 l remember having had a conver- 'ation with s. c. Wei, Mir. w. D. Hearn, and possibly several others Vho are attempting to form the bridge district, and in joking way, may nave gone even so far as to say that the railroads were paying all of the expenses of the fight gainst the free bridge, but whatever was said in that 1 conversation was said by me in al Joking way, with the promoters of the tree bridge and l do not recall just 1 what was said, but I do state on oath that if either of the railroads men, l toned have ever contributed or pro-
 missed one cent in this fight, I do not
 know it, and have not even heard that such a thing was true.
 1 R. c. BELL, Subscribed and sworn to before me,
 this the 7th day of August, 1912 1 CREED CALDWELL.
 (SeaD Notary Public.