Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-02
Ex.sUPERvIsoR APPOINTED TO
VACANCY ON BOARD CAUSED
BY DARLING REsloNlNc.
APPOINTMENT FOR ONE
YEAR; JONES ACCEPTS
Successor to Be Elected For Full Term
Next FaII-Auditor, Clerk and Re.
corder, Appointing Board. Unanimous
For Jonss-Has Served Two Terms
as Supervisor.

George w. Darling, supervisor elect
this forenoon qualified, then resigned,
and w. H. Jones, of this city, was Sc
lected to fill the vacancy until the next
election by the appointing board, Au-
dtor A. H. Welker, Clerk Of Courts s.
H. Reilly, and Miss Eta Northup, re-
corder. Mr.. Jones, altho not seeking
the appointment, will accept 1t was
supposed that he would qualify .this at
ternoon and the board Of supervisors
would organize as soon as he did SO.
The appointment Of Jones, who is an
examiner of the board, is for one year,
or until the next election, when the
vacancy will be filed for a full term,
in the usual way.
Appointing Board Unanimous.
Jones appointment was unanimous,
in fact the members of the hoard that
made it considered no one else serious
ly. They were influenced to appoint the
ex-mayor because influential farmers
and business men, who, when 1t became
rumored that Darling would resign,
suggested to the auditor clerk. and re-
corGer that Jones was the logical man
to appoint. The arguments advanced
We're that Jones was a resident OF this
city. from which Darling was elected
to the hoard, and that because of his
past experience on the board Jones
would be the best man to appoint. SUI
pervisors D. c. Maytag and W. A. Mic
coils both expressed satisfaction with
the appointment. Jones served two
terms as supervisor The last one end
ed Jan l. 1905.
Darling Resigns Reluctantly.
1t was with reluctance that Darling
finally decided to resign. He had sew
eral reasons he says, for doing SO. At
the time he was elected not nearly so
much time was required of a supervis-
or to take care of the county's business
as is now demanded, since the new
state road law has gone into effect.
Another reason was that Darling's
business did not take so much of his
time as it has since required. and will
require He fully intended to serve
when he was elected, but wanted to
give the office the time that it deserved.
He found, after he investigated, that he
could not do this without seriously in
terfering with his business so 1t be-
came a question which to give the pre-
ference. He finally decided to resign,
being unwilling to sacrifice his bust
ness, and being unable to attend to 1t
and devote all the time necessary to
the county work
County Funds Lower.
The supervisors will not check the &C
counts of the different county officers,
as has been the custom for great
many years. This work will be per-
formed by the state examiners, and the
state auditor has held that it is not in
cumbent upon supervisors to audit the
detailed accounts. Supervisors Nichols
and Maytag counted the cash this fore
noon, and later the board will cancel
the years warrants.
The count of the cash showed there
is a balance in the treasurer's office
the banks where county money is de-
posted of s31.261.47. OF this amount
s30,323.56 was in the banks. jan 1, 1913
the cash balance was $40. 414.76