The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1915-05-07
JAS. M. SHEARER REPLIES
TO THOSE "CHARGES. "


eating Committee.
Ii is charged that the purchase OF sup
plies, such as cement, powder and dyna-
mite. We bought from the highest bidder;
this is so absurd, that it is useless to deny
it to an intelligent people. II is further
charged that we Travelled in hired autos.
admit we did this few times, paying our
own expense. 1t is further charged that
we would not allow the Matlock Valley
road to 90 by the Baptist church; this road
had not been definitely located and all the
commissioners expressed themselves IN Ia
vor of this route. Reference to the Woody
and Biggs route, we had Mr.. Bell to make
survey and estimate on both routes and
he reported the Woody route to be little
further than the Biggs route, but on the
best ground and several hundred dollars
cheaper to construct. 1t is further charged
that Shearer had the road built by his farm
making the road 1850 feet longer, eight per
cent sleeper grade, missing the town OF Far
ner at an extra cost Of $4,000. 1t is
well known fact by the investigating COM
mittee that such charges are absolutely false,
no matter what evidence they may have col
lected: the road runs throug h Main street as
shown ON map made by Mr. Aber, Engineer
for the L. & N. R. r. Co., the only map
ever made of Farmer. The route built IS
ITO feet longer than the Perry Farmer, Run
ion route, much better grade, at an estl-
mate cost of construction of at least
100000 cheaper and of far more service
to the public. The steep grades on this
route is so. 1t is further charged that
the store trade was controlled by Shearer,
this is false and the investigating committee
knew it to be. A reference to the records
will show it is 1t is charged that farmers
teams were discharged from the road and
Iighter teams hired instead. Evidence
given by the foreman will show this to be
false. 1t is further charged that used my
official position for political pusposes' sell
ish ends and personal profit lhls IS false
and the weight of evidence before the IN
vestigating shows it to be. They also
charge me with having built a concrete wall
around my field, which is false. There IS
a cheaply constructed rock wall built from
rock taken from the road bed running by
nv field which had been moved Tor the
benefit of the road, cost of which did not
exceed SIS. There was about two bags OF
cement used in this wall, making the &C.
ment where used, about as visible on the
wall as the usual use Of face powders used
by lady on her face. We built fences all
along the road through property at higher
cost for the distance than this wall cost.
It's also charged that discharged a work
man telling him to get job in Center,s OF
fee because he told Pack he was not for
him. This is false and challenge the pro-
duction of the evidence showing | did. 1t
is further charged that before the August
election there we're more men working
than at and other time, reference to the re-
cords will show this to be false. 1t is fur
Their shown that drew more salary than
any of the other commissioners, which is
false: reference to the records will show
that Mr.. Auburn and Mr.. Center invariably
drew as much and in many months more
than did, ranging from SO to $24 more.
never drew on pay for any time | did
not work. 1902 for sixteen months work
paying my own expenses and being absent
from my business left me in worse shape
financially than when began. never
heard ofthe inner circle. that Mr. Amburn