The Brinkley argus., 1915-12-31
To the Voters of Monroe County

In replying to Judge Trice's circu- lar shall confine my remarks strict | ly to his record, and will request any, one who is sufficiently interested to compare same with the records of
 the County Clerk, and when they do I am satisfied you will find them just as 1 state.
 He says that l gave him a state ment May 1, 1913, showing the indebt- edness of the county, from which he figures that he has reduced the indebt- edness of the county. No doubt that | the statement that I gave him was ap- proximately correct, but the Judge, be- ing an old bookkeeper, should remem- Der that when warrants are paid to the Collector for taxes, fines and li- censes, the debit entry is entitled to a credit for like amount Owing to the fact that the Judge would not approve the Treasurers settlement, l the Treasurer has never been allowed credit. I estimate there was fifty or sixty thousand dollars of warrants in the Collectors hands at that time that gave the Judge the statement; then the Judge must have forgotten that he tied up about $19,000 worth of war rants that were filed for reissue. Then there was several thousand
 dollars in warrants that never were | filed for reissue, the amounts above mentioned, in all amounting to about $75,O00 Now, if the Judge will de- duct this from the figures 1 gave him, | it will bring it back in the neighbor- hood of right
 This explanation is unnecessary, as 1 it don't make any difference what he says or what l say about it. The rec ords are what we have to be governed | by; they are his records; his Clerk made them and he examined, ap- proved and signed them, and when he did that they became his records, and they are in the Clerks office now for your inspection. So here it is: 1914
 July 6, 1914-Warrants re- called and reissued. ... .$39, ,434.54 Warrants issued from May
 15, 1913 .................2 25,3S9. .o6 Falls City Construction Co. 109,940.00 s174,763.6 50 By warrants redeemed by Treasurer ..............$ 31, 1,447.42 By balance outstanding .... 143,316.18 $174,763.6O 1915.
 July 6, 1915-Warrants is- sued since July 6, 1914. s 36.763.S5 Outstanding warrants .... 33,376.18 Falls City Construction Go. 109, .00 $1SO,080.03 By warrants redeemed by Treasurer .............$ 3Z,S45.5Z Outstanding warrants .... 37,294.71
 Falls City Construction Co. 109,940.00 $18O,0SO.O3 Monroe County indebted ness, July 6, 1914. $143,, ,316.18 Monroe County indebted ness, December l, 1915.. 163,717.75 5 20.401.57 State of Arkansas, County of Monroe. l, T. T. Malone, Clerk of the Coun- | ty Court within and for Monroe coun- ty, Arkansas, do hereby certify that the above Is true and correct state ment of the finances of Monroe coun- ty, as taken from the records in my office.
 In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of my office, this the 7th day of December, 1915.
 T. T. MALONE, County Clerk of Monroe County, Ark.
 Now, gentlemen, there is no excuse for Judge Trice to be mistaken about
 what he owed on October 9, 1913 (the
 date he called in the scrip).
 There was filed Monroe county war
 rants, $39,43454; he found the county
 owed judgment for the court house,
 $109, ,940.00. These two items were all
 that we owed at that date. Then the
 Judge issued from May 15, 1913, to
 July 6, 1914, $25,3S9.06. making to-
 tai of liabilities, $174,763.60. Then he
 reissued the $39,434.54 in December,
 1913, and his own issue being $25,-
 38906. making a total of $64, ,823.6 60.
 Of this amount there was paid in to
 the Treasurer for tax, fines and li-
 cense, 31.447.42. Then the county
 owed, as his first financial statement
 shows. s143,316.1S.
 If you will compare above financial
 statement made by the Clerk with Judge Trice's circular, you will see that we both agree that on December l, 1915, Monroe county owes $163,- 717.75. Does that not plainly show difference of $20,401.57 against the Judge, and all occurred in a period of seventeen months?
 Here is what the Judge said in his report to the recent Quorum Court, held in October: ''The indebtedness of the county, I am informed by our County Clerk, that we now owe about $156,OO0. This is something in excess of the indebtedness of the county at this time last year." This admission of the Judges convicts him, and it is not necessary for me to make any further comment When he says that he is getting the county out of debt, how do you reconcile that statement of his with the race of his record and his own admission.
 The Judge says in his circular that ne has had more murder and felony :ases to pay off than any other judge D the history of the county. To show