Pocahontas star herald., 1926-05-13
Beg Pardon Bro. Million
Just A Few More Why's

Let me say now, once for all, that
/ have no personal reflections or
charges against my opponent, any can
didate, any Of the banks, or any in
| dividual, in asking these questions, nut
am only seeking to raise the proper
| fair, just political issues in this race
for county and probate judge ! am
charging that Judge Million for the
| past four years. has not fairly legally,
| equitably, economically and justly
managed, prOrated and disburSed the
road funds in his county, and has not
| performed the duties of the Office 10
the people as to entitle him to re-elec-
tiOn to a third term. Last week your
article headed "the truth about the mat
err" attempted to answer my WHY'S.
AS an answer, | respectfully submit it
to the people, as the lamest duck that
ever lit in my puddle.
Why is it, since you called it "the
truth about the matter" that you did
not give the amounts of each citizens
claim and of each machinery cOmpany's
claim, since you wanted me to be so
| exact in the amount of the claims or
| the citizens, who were denied payment,
unless you did not want the people TO
see who it was that was getting the
bulk of this $10951.SS
Again, WHY did you saw LISTEN"
| in capitals and then offer a LIBERAL
| REWARD, when you knew | used the
| $4,000 or $4,000 figuratively speak
| ing. | know the men who presented
| their claims and were denied, and you
| do too, but / did not ask them the
exact amount of their claims. 1t does
not matter whether they were $4,000
or $50 cents-they should have been
paid.
Again, WHY, OH WHY, "a few days
later" as you say Saturday, April
Oath, to be eXact) did you call in per-
son at the State Bank, draw a check
on what you called "The County High
way Fund for $152925, signed it
County Highway Fund, BY G. w. Mil
lion, Judge" and that check was paid
to the State Bank for its warrants,
the same day when presented when n
few days before were "NO FundsY
Why have you, not a bonded officer,
anv authority to draw a check on the
county funds, and why are those funds
not in the County Depository, drawing
interest for the schools of Randolph |
tOuDlNs us lut law ulIetlH4
Why should the State Bank be paid, |
when certain citizens have pending in |
your court claims for land taken in
your Famous Widening Order" over |
year old and reaching to thousands |
of dollars, unless you are trying to |
mend your political fences or dOdging |
the charge of mismanagement Of the |
funds?
WHY 1T 1T that RIGHT NOW you |
have the county machinery, costly as
il is, and some of Randolph's well paid |
men, working upon Emile contract |
from Five Mile Spring to ElevenpOint |
store for the STATE HIGHWAY at an
agreed contract price, and not work
ing on the County Highway where you
and this machinery belongs?
WHY is 1T, unless by mismanage
ment you are out of funds and you are
trying to keep certain men at work by
hiring them and the county machinery
out to the STATE HIGHWAY, in the
hope that some people may think that
the COUNTY ROAD WORK is still |
going on under George Washington
Million-The Road Building Moses of |
Modern Times.
WHY 1T is there are no funds to
carry on this county road work and to
pay these claims, when certain other
claims of men, near to you by the lies |
of cOnsanguinity and affinity, are paid |
as silently, and as surely as they ap- |
prOach the Public Trough.
WHY 1T is necessary anyway to |
have these $4,000 per month "Straw |
Bosses" over the crews of men when |
you, Judge Million, fOstered and had |
passed last year a bill increasing your |
salary and giving you $1,OOO.OO per |
year and all necessary expenses, as |
Road Supervisor?
WHY is 1T that you are now doing |
your county road work in spots in the |
various road districts, with such sac |
red promises to DO MUCH MORE |
LATER.
WHY is 1T that you have assumed |
to yourself the powers, duties and re-
spOnsibilities of ROAD COMMISSION |
Err when there is not letter of law |
giving you as judge this power and |
il is in principle a violation of our con- |
stitutiOnal rights.
WHY 1T is that although the cOun- |
ty was practically out of debt when |
you took ii over, succeeding Judge Dee |
Mock, you have found il so deeply in |
debt that you had to rivet debt |
around the wrists and ankles of the |
citizens Of Randolph county for the
next 30 years to the tune of $4,000 |
and interest and right now, people |
cannot get their scrip cashed any easier
than they did before you bonded the
county?
The above and an innumerable num-
her of WHY'S, the people would like
to know. hut until you make better
out answering them than you have i'm
the past shall desist until meet you
on the stump before the people.
Very truly,
Il. Newton Ellis.