The Robesonian., 1918-05-20
each board was entitled. and besides

each board was entitled. and besides
that l had no authority to pass upon
the matter and that this board would
be governed by whatever the Gov
ernor or the other lawful authorities
might decide was just and proper. The
following day / called General Young
on the telephone and stated to him
that anything the officials did would
be satisfactory with me and local
board No. /. He then informed me
that the local boards in Robson
county had no authority to change the
credits; that this matter was entirely
in the hands of the provost marshall
general and that l pursued the prop
er course in refusing to have any,
thing to do with it, l informed the
members of local board No. 2 the sub
stance of General Young's conversa-
ton, and further informed them that
any action taken by the military au-
thorities in reference to the credits
would be entirely agreeable to me
and they fully understood my posi-
tion. l can not believe that they mis-
represented me and gave you the in.
formation upon which your editorial
was based.
/ understand that it was very diff.
ficult matter to figure out accurately
the number of credits to which any
locality was entitled, because the en-.
| listed men had often entered the army
from other places. I know the Lum
ber Bridge company was, in part, com
posed of men from other sections o1
the county, also from Hoke and Cum
berland counties. But however tha'
may be, / had nothing under the SUI
to do with determining these credits
/ had no legal or moral right to ado
fifty men to the number the govern
ment had declared should be furnish
ed by local board No. l. I felt that tn,
responsibilities with which l was al
ready charged were quite sufficien
without trying to usurp authorlt.
which General Young said belonge'
to the Provost Marshal General.
Your editorial seems to be prompt
ed by the same bitterness that has S
long characterized the columns O
: your paper, and that has been as pc
!; tent, perhaps, as any other one thin
in stirring UP partisanshlp and dlvld
ing the people of the county. 1t seem
!, amazing that in your desperation TO
some issue with which to try to sti
} up feeling and argue for division.
. the county, as you ulO III Iue Ciosiii
z words of your editorial, that 20
should size upon a matter connecte
). with the sacred responsibility of pro:
\ ecuting this war. The charge 20
| make in the editorial is untrue an
. misleading, calculated and intende
I to reflect upon an officer who is no
z serving without compensation ar
:. giving fully one-half of his time
: the most difficult and thankless je
:, that has thus far fallen to my lot.
e l have not referred to the 9th.
:. parts Of your editorial, but it migl
e be interesting to the public to kno
n that your statement that the act
g the Legislature governing the depos
l of county funds limited the banl
S bidding on the same to Lunberton,
hi also untrue. You say the fourte'
= =, other banks in the county do not ha'
the right to bid. If you will KIND
lie refer to Chapter 46, of the Publ
{. Local Laws Of 1917, you will obser'
), that every bank in Robson county n
n n an equal right to bid on these funds
= ~ Very truly yours,
". " T. L. JOHNSON,
ID Chairman Local Board No. /.
e Lumberton, N. c., May Is, 1918.