The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-20

do 1t. Mr.. MacglDD0n saIo just ono
question, 'will you itemizs your bills.
II ask you to-" Mr.. Macarthur said he
would. Regarding his salary Of $3.50
when the law allows maximum Of
$125, Mr.. Macarthur said that the In
crease had been granted him for car
up-keep and transportation although
he was allowed extra for transportation
Of himself and prisoners. He said that
the increase did not really cover the
up keep and gas for his car which
amounted some months to. about $40.
Commissioner Gilmore in his writ
ten statement in answer to the char
ges filed said in part:
Regarding the pay rolls, which we
are charged with Yaxness which is to
some extent true. My January pay
roll Of free labor which we passed on
In Feb. 8. with six free labor only one
showed the days on which the mon la
bored. YSu must bear in mind had
no knowledge Of this laxness until the
8th Of February, over a month after I
took office. did not wish to create
any sensation nor did wish to make
any display of such laxness because
this had been In practice previous to
this for number Of years. did not
wish to drag my predecessor into the
fray by saying there IL no system or
business method in managing the coun-
ty~ affairs. Also, further, did not
want to make the assertion publicly
that the foreman in my district did not
know how to check time as 1t should
have been done. First, courtesy would
forbid me throwing any reflection up
on anyone. My method wht,h had
worked in~this case was to quietly 60
and tell these men how thought they
should send In their time which had
done In several instances and It Is now
bearing fruit.
Regarding the purchase OF gro-
ceries; beg to state that license No,
125 was made out to L. s. Gilmore but
this was only done as an accommoda-
ton to stock holders and to save lot
of explaining to firms I had purchased
goods from. / wish further to, state
that personally own no stock in said
store"
In brief. Mr.. Gilmore said relative to
the purchasing OF supplies that unset
tied market conditions controlled pri-
ces and that a short lapse Of time
might make the market give one firm
an advantage In selling price over an
other
c. c. Parsons answering questions
by counsel said that the Farmers I'M
ion Exchange cash store at Bluff
Springs was in charge of Mrs. L. S.
Gilmore and that he was one OF the
directors of the store. That Mrs. Gill
more succeeded her husband as mana
ger. Mr.. Parsons said that the store
sold for cash only and that according
to his knowledge no permission had
ever been given Mrs. Gilmore to bill
any supplies to the county. He said
that the license was renewed in the
name OF L. S. Gilmore as a matter Of
convenience though at the time Mr..
Gilmore was not connected with the
store. He said all matters of business
were transacted in the name OF the
store. Bills We're presented by coun-
self on common note paper presented
by Mrs. Gilmore to the board for sup
plies from the store. The bills had
been approved by the board. Mr.. Gill
more stated that when he decided to
that he told his wife that she might
dsSuiuc- tie iIAdHdSeiHcuI dIlQ uIak6
what she could out Of it. He said he
made no official transfer Of his inter-
ests to her.
In speaking of balance Of the bill
Of thirty cents over the total amount
in favor of Mrs. Gilmore he said that
had 1t been in favor Of the county no
mention would have been made of it.
Stout, counsel for Commissioner Went
worth made a note that on one of Com
missioner Gilmore's payrolls man
had been given four dollars pay short
through a mistake in favor Of the
county.
Commissioner Candy in making his
statement gave an itemized report OF
feed stuffs at his camp though 1t did
not coincide with the report made from
Official data by Mr.. Stout, being about
so per cent less. Mr.. Candy said he
used the triplicate system OF giving
any orders or bills. He also submitted
a statement purported to be made and
signed by six men at his camp saying
the statement was untrue made by|
Commissioner Wentworth that when
he made a trip Of investigation of the
camps he was told at Gandy's camp
that he had given orders that no in
formation was to be given out except
by himself.
Commissioners Soderlind made al
statement expressing his confidence in
the other board members and Of their
well meaning in conducting the affairs
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