Evening journal., 1913-06-25
SHARP TILT
IN LEVY COURT
OVER BILLS
President Groves Tells Mr..
Smith About Waste Of
Money" in District
CRITICISES WAY STONE
IS PILED In FIELDS

Like a chain Of streaked lightning
from a cloudless sky came the reply
Of President Groves in the Levy Court
yesterday to the insinuations of ex-
travagance made by Messrs Scott
and Smith. During the session mo-
tions were presented by Mr.. Smith
to transfer funds from Red Lion hun-
dred 10 New Castle hundred mainten-
ance fund. President Groves and Mr..
Burris said Il was high time to stop
this transfer business. Mr.. Scott said
II he lived In Red Lion hundred he
would see that there would be use
for the funds right there.
Following the payment of the gem
eral salaries a bill was presented for
the payment of salaries of six clerks
not on the pay roll.
Mr. Scott said that he thought il
time to stop this extra clerk business.
There Is a salary list now of 100000
and every time an extra clerk Is In
stalled he Is squeezed In on the pay
roll. What right has one official TO
employ an extra clerk or to transfer
him from one department to another.
he asked The members of this
court we're not consulted. he added.
Mr. Smith said he always objected TO
the payment Of additional clerks.
President Groves arose at this point
and looking directly az MIR. Scott said.
II Just want TO say that this Court
House Is no more rendezvous for
broken down politicians than ever,
and in your time you know il.
Now then, Mr. Smith, We have
been treated from time to time TO
considerable bombast on your pa l.
II is talk, talk all the time TO gain
newspaper notoriety. So far as YOU
are concerned there is more waste
OF money in your district than IN the
Court House. u amounts TO nothing
less than waste of the taxpayers
money. You are buying carload after
carload OF stone, hauling the stone
into fields or banking Il along the
road and the county will be put to
the extra expense OF loading aud
hauling Il again when II ia put on the
roads. We are tired Of this talk,
talk. of public money when In your
district there Is a constant waste OF
the funds. Now see TO It that unless
these clerks are paid there VIII be
other bills unpaid. know about one
clerk who was transferred 10 the Re
corder of Deeds Office and / say now
that there Is no one In this Court
House has given better return for his
salary than that man"
c.. Candy Hopkins informed the
court that no additional clerks had
been employed by Clerk Of the Peace
Brown. He was given as usual two
clerks 10 assist with copying Of the
assessment Every man In the ofiic,
had TO drop his regular work anS
go on this work In order 70 get
/ done on time. Now the extra clerki
I are on the regular work which wen
/ behind while the assessments weri
being copied. Following this explana
tion the bill for salaries was paid
A few minutes later Mr.. Smith pre-
sented a bill for a carload of ston'
~ Stanton. President Groves look
ing at the hin for S52.50 said Il wa,
an outrage on the people
The president some time ago talke,
OF bombast." said Mr. Smith
President Groves: This is no
bombast. but a defence OF the peo
pies money This carload of stoni
came 10 stanton and was unloaded IN
a field. II is nothing short Of rob
berry"
Mr.. Smith said II is economy To ge
the stone and unload II ahead Of mex
years appropriation.
Are you sure you can get the ston'
when you go after H." asked Mr.
Groves.
Mr. Smith--"Yes. aud this was dom
under the supervision of County Engi
neer Wilson"
President Groves--"Call Mr.. VIII
son and let us see who is wasting thl
funds of the county"
Mr. Wilson came into the court
room and said he told Mr.. Smith Il
unload the stone in order TO saw
demurrage
President Groves and other mem
bers said they would pay this bill, bu
II will be the last of its kind.
II was learned that piles Of ston
lare stored In New Castle and Whit
Clay Creek hundreds. Il was lls
Learned that in this district carload
of stone we're shipped to the wronl
station and a heavy bill was paid 70
freight and demurrage. Much com
ment was heard today regarding tn
little tilt in court and more storm
lsessions are expected because Il
lclaimed one Of the members Of IN
Levy Court has paid no taxes for hi
! property for the years 19l0-1ll2