The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-26
JUDGE WEAR BECOMES DESPERAlTI'
He Is Making All Kinds of Wild Statem...

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 Glad to you up, old man. to the charge of twa Z Lawyer Clarke large of the peoples money ~s Q
 judge why you quote the Commissioners Account, bev did in settling Henry Finger by their findings ; and the findings your famous imported auditors? You a0 witness stand fight against the taxpayers that yo trust anyone that there in the county you con
 try to prove anything by Polk county people you said trust thenust quote your Tennessee people why d % the County Clerks financial statement instead your imnorta financial statement? It incorrect that's why. 'uaM
 that owned up to pocketing the marriao fees.
 Wear says his administration the corntv
 two years S40OOO to S63i9 The county clerk says ina not owe that office and Wear Og the court last perhaps account of his & bookkeeping that he could make nothing of the & if you knew nothing about books could no, And % k and had to import sawbuck to find m % si0OO0? Did you take for if m as % I guess at it? Now your guessing cost the taxpayers nil, or M Gates Thompson and many others rushed to inc h scrip 50c and the banks reaped hae ~
 Now to show the public that Wear swore the trntb h nothing county represents that m M 1915 indebtedness of Polk county represented by warrants o he s 335 The records of his conrt y Vs January January ordered warrns a na s567s6o During this period were red the amount of s282ii79 add hs @ said outstanding January 1915 s4 the warrants that have since been upon h si56786O and from that subtract the warrants % by the county treasurer S82it79 and will what % have been the outstanding warrants January s2@% showing they show onv s,- Now how did this slis7062 you You c s"n
 from old register which should have been deducted from 33l this called in which cuts if % % ~ figured only about This round nun Wear do simple subsracton and addition? That's takes @ this out
 Goody land everybody else crooked as vo - let's about the present outstanding indebtedness agree with Commissioners of Accounts Messrs Ppkin Smith Taylor the county clerks register and figured the amount of outstanding debedness to be s5l verified by county clerk who wac one cent short when checked by sawbu @ knew there was something over siOO0 in the hands M also knew would most of that auditors expense of court etc. we'll unpaid salary Now Judge y n understand the above statement want to- Be and M down the else just tell the you not compn the office practically admitted the Talk M Demg far With mewoud 1t not be fair to estimate what s from till January i9 add to the s 77i5 Vbs Put the county just about where 1t January 1915? fair with me?
 The you over the office there was about e s5oo worth of improvements made which still the @ our czes What have YOU done? If judge does improvements he should certainly the price of scrip some m w record shows very little improvement in either the financial the price of scrip
 You reduced the counts expenses from ss8OO year Sifo year Let's about this The spent used about si5OO0 building bridges making m repairs That would expenses Total county es from July i9ii to July 1912 $s066s This was under a uaruhs aannaton For keeping under Judge Martins mnistration paid July July 1909 and s26s from July 1910 July 1911 and from July 9ii July 1912 7s88 Nov pe M udse ms was done during Judge Martins administration man you said all Polk county spent peoples money nothing Now the expenses for 30 to s5 were s52203 and responsible for the first that yearY It IS so and you can't deny it.
 You say you have been vindcaed by decision court Judge Bowling the any has the authority make contract then the qs whether It good or bad contract hardly question to decide IS the above statement vindcation?
 The people authority and they can take au A you November they do not think you wisely a
 Now to transfer funds You transferred from s aa districts te general read fund s7722 per tax You transferred from sundry repair fund o winch IS l per cent of all tax making total per Besides taking the above various nave allowed S9o and $500 out of Road District ~ eser to build of those bridges you about ana Judse Martin bought the steel you @ nm all over thls county for spending claiming creu1 Tor some of the improvements he made
 You allowed about S200 Road District No Henson seer to build bridges, etc. You allowed of Dsr
 @ ana made improvements Rolling bridge You have used
 VI the unds o District No 5 Vandervoo there are pruees Tn the district Maybe you that amount 0dH accommodate one where except M ospo or someone who visits is Socialist the oD or building it. and did give and b
 Gan you deny these facts taken from and well 0s m promise to keep the funds where they belong
 equeu y law, Sections il and l6 of Constitution wb ofa lat no money levied for purpose
 TOT any other purpose; also you levy a@
 lo other purposes contrary Digest whhA at snail be appropriated exclusively districts present you herewith official the Ceus clerks office follows:
 STATE OF ARKANSAS
 COUNTY OF POLK
 oNE4N PAthEh Deputy Clerk in and for Polk County oo
 ceftly that the Register Clerks
 hows that there SiiOl77 outstanding; that
 eIe H according to the County allowance 10
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