The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-07-14
LEXINGTON. TENNESSEE, FRIDAY. JULY II, 1922
A WORD ABOUT A PASSING OF.
FICiAL.

The July term Of the County Court
of Henderson county was the last
term of that body at which ]. w
Page will be present as clerk. The
election will come August the Bro
when Mr.. Pages successor will be
elected and on the First Monday in
September the new clerk will be in.
Quoted into office.
Mr.. Page has filled the office -four
terms or sixteen years and it can be
said for him that he has made faith
full, honest and efficient servant OF
the county in position which carries
with it as much responsibility and
of intelligence and general informa-
tion as any in the county-perhaps
more, for with the possible exception
of the office of trustee no other office
calls for as much information and
legal ability as does the office OF
Clerk of the County Court.
Mr.. Page has performed well all his
duties but in one particular instance
he had occasion to act in behalf of the
county and did act in a way that put
him head and shoulders above any
other County Cuort clerk in the State
l--to-wit, in the matter of dispute
over thepart the county was entitled
to hold in the funds derived from
merchants privilege, in cases where
there was stock Of less than 800 and
no advolorem tax to be paid. While
Asa Davis was clerk Of the court, he
paid in one check the sum Of $925.00
which should have been retained fol-
the county and would have been re.
tanned under the position taken by
Mr.. Page under the Statutes Of the
State. The matter in which Mr.. Page
took his stand against the revenue
men of the State, carried the dispute
in friendly lawsuit to the Supreme
court and won for Henderson county
the amount saved was something over
81 ,800.00-and we are forced to be-
lieve that had all clerks taken the
stand Mr.. Page did, the SO counties
would have been saved many hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars-poss
bly, q nsillicns Tinurr NaGnin y The
Progress called attention to this and
the action of Mr.. Page in behalf of
the county was well-known, yet it was
of no benefit to him when he aspired
to succeed himself, the people pre-
ferring to .indorse the doctrine Of
mere rotation in office than to cling
to servant whom they had tried and
had not found wanting. However,
the offices belong to the people and
they can dispose of them as they
please. Still, it must be gratifying
to Mr.. Page to know that he passes
from the office clear of all charges of
incompetence, discrimination or other
act to put blot upon his incumbency
and the people must say to his cred
it that he handled we'll the business
they entrusted to him and that Hen
derson county never had an official
who served them to better purpose.
The following resolution was unan-
adopted by the County Court
at its quarterly term on the 3rd day
of this month
WHEREAS, Mr.. j. w. Page, our
Clerk, has so efficiently served this
Court for sixteen years in that capac-
ity and is now about to retire, that
be it
Resolved, That we regret that his
services in this capacity as a public
official are drawing to a close and
the members of tbs Court desire to go
on record in this public manner to at
test that in our judgment there is not
a more efficient County Court Clerk
in the State, and that as a painstak-
ing official he has at all times in his
long and continuous service to this
Court and the public generally been
uniformly courteous and at all times
looked to the interest of the tax pay
ers. By his knowledge of the conduct
of the affairs of the county he has
saved the public many dollars and his
records have been kept in such way
that any inquiry through his office
was met promptly and accurately. He
has kept most efficient subordinates
and in all the conduct of his office we
commend him and extend to him our
thanks for his assistance to each
Of the court and to our con-