The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
The County Clerks Office.

In the present campaign tHo quee-
ton of who will make the best Gov
ernor or the best member of the
Board of Freeholders seems to have
been set aside that the po-
position Of county clerk may occupy
the entire deck. There are some
people who apparently go to bed
trembling with the fear that the figures
of former clerk Harry L. Knight or
search clerk Harris will confront them.
There has been more said about these
two men and the great evils that will
fall upon the county on their account
than has been put forth in behalf of
the real party in interest-William H.
Reeves. Neither Knight nor Harris are
running for Office and it is a well as
sured fact that Mr.. Reeves will be able
to take care of the office in the manner
in which it should be conducted.
So far as John w. Harris is concern
ed and in order to set at rest the
troubled minds of those who think he
is milestone about the candidates
neck it may be said that Harris, prior
to the primary election, told some of
his intimate friends that he did not
intend to remain as an attache of the
clerks office, regardless of who the new
official might be. That he meant what
he said is further proved by the fact
that he has leased an Office which he
will occupy about the first of Novem-
Der and that he will conduct search
and title insurance business for him.
self. So that those who have been
trembling in their boots for fear that
Mr. Reeves might keep him in the
office may now rest easy and get some
other phonograph record to play on.
We mention Mr.. Reeves in this con-
nection because there is no doubt that
he will be elected to the office of county
clerk.
The Burlington Gazette had an edi-
torial recently which touched on the
subject and in reply Mr.. Reeves sent
that paper the following letter:
Editor of The .Gazette:-
Noting the editorial in the Burling-
ton Gazette, of Oct. 8, l can say have
no business that will prevent me CIV
ing the office of County Clerk my full
time.
1 have arranged my business affairs
already to permit it. During my busi-
ness career while l was connected with
the Penn. r. r. Co., | was never
charged by the company or the public
with neglect of my duties for my own
personal gain.
AS for how to conduct the office the
first consideration will be the taxpayer
in which my successful business career
will be good help.
In reference TO the search clerk, /
will not allow any one receiving salary
under me to compete against the
county for the business of the office.
The other employees, there is some;
good efficient help that will be main
tained, while others will be replaced.
Yours truly,
William H. Reeves.
New Lisbon, Oct. 7. '19.
The above shows exactly where the
Republican candidate for the office OF
county clerk stands. He will give his
undivided attention to the Office and
will work for the benefit of the tax
PAYERS. He has evidently looked over
the field and found that there was q
chance for improvement as he says he
will retain some of the force now in the
place while he will remove some Others.
Who are to be favored and who are tc
be dismissed he does not make public
but that he will act for the best in
terests of the taxpayers is beyond
doubt. He will be elected county CLERK
and the matter of deciding what is bes
to be done in the matter of assistants
may be left to him without fear of hi
going wrong.
While John w. Harris has been tn
one who has been picked out by cer
tain people as the only person to be de
posed, it will be noted that Mr.. Reeve
has discovered another situation as h
refers to the ''other employees an
says that some of them will be rt
, moved.