The courier-index., 1920-07-09
Statement

l am office of County and Pro- to tn1 I,dee of Lee County, Arkan- pMe and will attempt to see every sas s.r s in Lee county before the eIec- voter hnt m am placing this pamphlet ton r uu. hands in order that you in yJha, ha familiar with what l have may Ds os County and Probate Judge done a' County. The record l have Of Lee ;n this office is considered ma nsuIB REST of ANY ADMINISTER 1ns nToN I am not making promises iiun things that are impossible and to oO uot nromising to do things over am an.ah IVi the County Judge has no Ju- sa,sa sal,s;aat;on-such as keeping the roads rlso.on; ena;r etc, but I do promise to l'r nau entire time and attention gNss sha as soffice-to closely look after %e ~ finances of the County-to ms suont waste of the County funds prev't. .o serve the people of Lee anu .ntv in the same efficient manner yuu u"m have been served by me in ] the past. h r,hl;. of. s.;al if a good one, is the best ;ndorsement is that an official can ssva ,S for reelection. My record IS as assu tn the inspection of the pub " vp'a and I INVITE A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION IN OF MY ADMIN
 There has been some criticism of rv administration by those who are nclitically opposed to me. They ssue made statements that cannot hs horne out by the records and thaae statements have been made, ether through ignorance of the con s;t;ons that exist, or willful at ssmnt @ to poison the minds of the voters of the county by making ] statements that are false. l Will sttempt to briefly outline the pol ;ses that have been followed by me in the past and the same poli- cies will be adopted by me in the l future. =.
 When I assumed the office. of l County and Probate Judge l did not take the office as a side line, but have constantly devoted my en- tire time and attention to the du- ties of the office. There is an enormous amount of work attached to the office and requires ALL of l the officeholder's time to proper . ly attend to the duties required of him. This same policy will be adopted by me in the future and l l will devote all of my time to look ing after the affairs of the County and the great volume of Probate work that requires close and care l fu attention.
 County Finances
 Lee County is in a better finan- cial condition today than it has been in years. At settlement time in July, 1919, there was $19,000.00 MORE in the County General Fund than there was at settlement time . when 1 assumed the office of Coun- . ty and Probate Judge of Lee Coun- ty The balance to the credit of the fund has grown each year since l have been County Judge and when the settlement is made in July, 1920, there will be approximately $25,- oOO.OO more in the fund than there was at the time I assumed the of flee. In spite of the large amount of improvements that HAD TO BE MADE. and the high price of labor and materials, by carefully looking after the finances of the County, have added $25,000.00 to the County General Fund during my term of office, which is, indeed, a eredltable showing.
 The following statement, which ean be verified by the records, snows the growth of the County ueneral Fund from the time l as- sumed the duties of office to date. snese figures are given as of set uement time in July of each year named:
 In 1916 there was $1,154.O0 in 0ounty General Fund.
 In 1917 there was $6,8O1.00 in Me County General Fund.
 m 1918, there was $13,199.00 in as County General Fund.
 |. m lSl9, there was $20,175.00 in 'ne County General Fund.
 m lS2O, it is estimated there will q approximately $25,O00.00 in the 0Ounty General Fund.
 of 0nce l have been in the office Iouhty and Probate Judge the EuI ESnus or the County and School ianus a. have ALWAYS been out at
 sslest aas and the County now holds
 evoa and valid bond of the banks ErrMnen Y sne nSounty in the sum of ONE SsMNDKED SsMnD AND EIGHTY THOU snSD soaSi,. ($18O,O0O.O0) DOLLARS, ths thIsialoned s' that they will pay over CT wa runos of the County upon prop intassa1r ~arrants and that they will pay snsa s'ess ss on the average daily bal intsraOs.. v. the funds in the banks. This
 IS pro-rated among the va.