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THE STATE CAHPAM.
looms Democratic ExecutiTB Conniltee, "
I r Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 16, 1882.
The Committee desire to express
their sincere thanks to the Democrat
ic Press for the -intelligent use made
of the facts-gathered together and
printed in-Document No, 1, To that
heaTty cooperation; they attribute the
Icheerful tone "which: the r canvass has
markedly assumed. To win a glorious
victory in November, it rjeeded only
to arouse the people of the State to a
sense of the blessings they enjoy un
der Democratic rule, andj of the dan
gers: and losses they have escaped in
J being free of -Radical misrule- Some
of us had beguu to take! the' goods of
these better days as mere matter or
course; others of us in'ai dozen years
had begun to'iorget the j evils; of the
dark days- of 1870 ; ' some had :been
(misled by the designing or, left unin-
'v-.rmed as to current administration
i . . ... . ,
by the careless all needed warning
iof -danger and arousing to exertion.
! Still further-to inform land arouse,
the CommlUee have collected official
statements of county administration
under the Canby systems and under
the present system. - These, with other
matters of information,'they ask you
to issue as s sipplement to your pa
per if too long fcT the columns of. your
regular issue. - And anticipating your
cheerful asseat, - they! have : already
commenced ' the collection of other
statements from other counties which
vvill soon be forwarded, to you. ;
For the Committee: - : ' 1 -
; " OCT: COKE, Cu'm'n. ;
J. J. LiItchfobd, Secretary. ' 1 ;
r COUNTY G0TEE5TSLE5T.
Mr. Charles Piice, who appears to
be its " by authority " speaker,- is can
vassing the State in the interest of the
Radical party. . The1 point of; his
speech, we .'understand, is - to deny
flatly that the present system of coun
ty government ; is' more economical
than the Canby system. .f" ' : ; .
It has seemed to us that the sim
plest and surest way to correct an error
so extraordinary is to. print : official
statementsfronvthe.icountiea more
nearly concerned,, giving the facia as
- tney -eaisted nndef tne Canby system,
end as they eefst under the present
system. Such, statements ? from a
number of those counties are annexed,
and they will be followed by Hke offiU
cial statements from the other coun
ties..; They all tell the tame -story of
waste,', deDt,' j' bankruptcy coder the
Canby system ; of economy, prosperi
ty, restored , creditunder t the present
system.-, There , can be 1 no further
question of the facts. It would have
been most wonderful if.' the facts had
been otherwise. It required hundreds
, of years of schooling the most costly
. in blood and treasure to educater the
great Angio-Saaon.race into capacity
for . self-governmenv: The Order of
Gen era! Canby for a brief space might
make .the negro, backed by. "Federal
i baj-onets, the master of i North1 Caro-
! lma ; but the Order that could have
qualified the negro to govern himself,
I or to govern the great governing race
! of the world, required , to be written
!-by the Hand of Omnipotence.
-' The Canby Convention, whose' ig
norance was only surpassed by its im
pudence ; ,; the ' Canby Convention,
which, w&s not a Convention of the
, people, but the creature of a soldier
i who ordered its assembly, elected . its
members, discharged its members,
and" controlled its every action; the
Canby Convention taught the . North
Carolina Radical the notion that the
peoplb hold ttheir rights . at the will
of parties. That Convention even
,stnppea tne great v uecxakation op
Rights " of its high prerogative Ho
define the
uoo-given rights of ; tne:
people, and made it a simple article
of ;the Constittstion ! This ignorant
. , . , , i. ,
and impudent body of men thus un-
aertooK , to givey r the people of
North Carolina those rights which
man did not trive nor can tak hwv
which parties cannot give nor take
, i ,x . ,
from the people. From that day to
this we have been hearing that the cent this funded debt will be extin
Radical party." gave the people " tha guished by the Sinking Fund in fif-
right , to i elect ' jriagistratesi and the
right to do this, that or the other thing.
It is time to look to first principles.
me people- have the abstract and
original .right to; -choose their masis
t rates, and . to. choose all other officers,
and everyyear to chop and change
them'esfljey please. "But as man nec
essarily ': surrenders rnariy - abstract
rights to society, so the people, very
properly, in' all States; mortgage some
elementary "rights for; one practical
right the right to be well-governed.
The people of North Carolina in 1876,
by an immense majority r decided' to
elect magistrates after the old Demo
cratic fashion, and not! in the manner
ordered by Major General - Edward
Cauby. There. is but! one thing we
have now to ; consider; : which plan,
tne people s plan . or I uanoy s plan,
secures good government ? . -
The question is answered-5 by ihe
statements" annexed, as it is .dailyan
swered in the'every dayTlife of every
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WAT? COUXTY GOYERXMENT.
YEARS? rtxX QN POHL.
Tax on
. PROPER Y, -
.1869,:.' .95
cents ....... .31
. 1 4ft
,.. :....j...35
cents.
1870.. V 90
i87i.::$i.oo
187&.';
1873.:.
18751,
1876;.
85
....35
;...'.i...46
;....:.:.4o
M
it
11
95 ' "
isoy "
80 "
...38
30
1877;.'.$1,38
1878.;. 1.38
46
J...46 .
L..32f
.........32
a
tt
H
1879..;
1880...
1881..;
1882.V.
98 -98
-78 (
78
,...,U26i .
1..20J .
From 1868 to 1874; the Republi
cans had absolute control of the gov
ernment of Wake county.
During the years 1875 and 1876,
the Board of Commissioners were all
Demociats, having been elected in
August; 1874.
In September, 1874, when they were
inducted into office the county scrip
was hawked about ; Che streets of the
city of Raleigh for' fifty cents in the
dollar. ' In October, 1874, just one
month after, the scri p wen t up to one
hundred cents in the dollar, and du
ring the two years of Democratic ad
ministration evey nao got par for
his order. -
' In August, ' 1876, a Republican
Board was elected, for two years and
the increase in taxation for these years
speaks-for itself. J - .
Under the present system ot county
governtnent, a .Democratic Board was
appointed by . the ; J.oetices in itsw.
and the decrease m taxation for the
. i " i
years since, as snown - Dy tne - aoove
table, was accomplished under tbeir,
management. ' -
The debt of Wake county, as ap
pears by the Treasurer's report, is
$15,86977;: over. $lI,D0tf of which
was totrtactech by Kepubhcan 15ard
Within the past three vears, umder
Democratic admiuistration, all the
current expenses of the county have
been promptly, paid and $34,028.07 of
old '.debt extinguished during these
years--a debt contracted- by the Re
publicans, r
W1JLL.R. PUOLE,
Chm'n Board of Com'us.
: ; -V; , crayejt couimr. v '
f" 't Newbeen, feept. 5, 188fJ. '
v. Dear Sir : The Boardf of Com mis
sioners made their " annual report ta
4.he Magistrates on the 7th of August.
A copy is sent you herewith. - ;
The expehsesjbf the county for 1878,
the last " year of - the j old ' system of
County Cbvemm ent, vwere $15,375.04.
The expenses for .18T9, the first year
of the present system, were' $12,471.30.
Saving t the county $2,903.34.
The expenses for 1880" Were $10,
838.7ag Sating $4,536 84;v ). ; '
The expenses for 1881 were $11,
547.47.': Saving $3,827.57. - .
The expenses fox , 1882, $11,769.62.
Saving $3,605.42. "
- The tax levy in 1377 arid t1878, nn
def the old system, "wt-i $1.91f on the
?1UU. : in lovy; under the new sys
tem, the tax levy was at Once reduced
to $1.41f. Saving 50 cents, or more
than 5 per dent. The taxes collected
under the old system were $44,274.40
in 1877, and $4,307.43 in 1878. Under
the new system, the collections were
$35,679 29. ; Saving to the people
$7,737.19 as comparecrwith 1878, and
as compared with 1877 a saving of
$8,604.11.
In' 1880 the collections were $34,
269.50, showing a still further saving
of $1,400.79. i
Folr 1881:and 1882 i the levies are
$38,622.89 a saving of manythoa-.
sands of dollars as compared with: the
old system, but larger, than l7y and
l88QUecause the county is building
vyz r iruv maieau
of renting a building as heretofore,
:Tfae debt of the county when, its
affairs passed t the new system of
county government was; $145,296.32.
The interest on it has been promptly
P, and $16596 32 of the debt has
been paid. The debt is now $129,700,
and without . increasing the taxes a
teen years, principal and interest, in
full, and a balance of $10,684.16 . left
in the county treasury. ' . " r c
- When- the present Board entered
upon their duties m 1879, thev found
it .( ; .l. j. - . .
iue auairs oi me. county m any but a
prosperous -or desirable condition.
j uasments lor. a large amount were
entered against it ? mandamuses were
yearly issued for: the levy' of a lax- t.n
pay them; its obligations were selling
for any price that one chose to pay for
them, and its credit was dead and a
by-word. j
. To-day its bonds and scrip are vir
tually at par, its finances are in a
healthy and sound , condition, andf its
credit good. The interest for 1882
upon its debt has been paid as fast as
the coupons liave been presented, and
the Treasurer has in , his hands! be
longing to the various funds the sum
of $9,351.52. -rZ j
- In allrespjectswie Board report a
most -excellent condition of county
affairs succeeding the wretched sitiia
tion under the old system. : In noth
ing is the advancement more gratify
ing than -in educational interests.
Through the labors of County Super
intendent Jno. S. Long, the Board say,
tiie whole county has caught a new
inspiration in this important work.
New.schools, both white and colored,
have been put in' operation; a most
efficient corps of teachers have been
put into the field; (he new books pie
scribed by the State Board of Educa
tion :have been placed in the bands
of the -children ; a number:; of. n$w
school houses, among them a 'hand
some two story house for the colored
children of the city already completed
and Occupied, will be ready for the
next school term ; the increase ki the
attendance of pupils has exceeded
thirty per cent, and the Superinten
dent by a personal visitation and ih
spectfon of the .various schools in the
county; and by h is fairness, ' energy
and wisdom in the management of
both schools and teachers, has given
to Craven county an enviable position
in tbe ranks of the public school sys
tem of North Carolina. The Board
of Education apportioned in January
last amotfg the different districts, the
sum of $10,738.98.
James A. Bryan,
' CAWn County- Commissioners. :
KEW HaNOTER COUNTY- .
WiiiMJKGTON, N. C, August, 1882.
. Sir : In compliance with your re
quest I herewith submit the follow
ing statement of the financial condi
tion of ptfew Hanover County, and in
doing so I have dsawn a comparison
between the governmentof the County
under. Republican administration for
the four veers 1874. '75. '76, 77, and
under Democratic administration for
the four years 1878, 79, '80, '81. I
have included the vear endinsr Au
gust 31st, 1878, in the years of Pemo
ciatic administration for the reason
that the affairs of the? County in
1877- 78 had become, under tepup
lican admkiktration, in such an em
barrassed and unmanageable condi
tion that two of fibe Republican mem-
bona rcaigned- m oraer to maKe way
for two ' Democrats of fine business
habits,' who were appointed ; in their
places, and afterwards a third died
and a Democsai. was appointed in his
place, i . '
UNDER! REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION.
Expenses for year endtag Aug. 31, 1874.......$5707.16
- t r " 1875 65,426.82
, . ! v , S' - 18T ;50,m.9
u 1. 1 . - 1877 . 55,086.00
For four years,.......
..$218,743.97
UNDER! DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION.
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Expenses for year ending Aug. 81, 1878, ......$41 ,037.37
v - ' " " 1879, 8146.95
" " " 1(880, 24,735.61
"J.." " . " " 1&S1, 25,695.72
f " For four years,...............: .$123,015 65
Difference of expenses for four years,....M..t95,72833
Cash on band Aagi 1st, 1882,....$23,939.Qp
" . " . " 1877, ' 65j45.
17,0740
'4300.00
And daring the last four years the
Bonded Debt of the County was
Saved in foiar years,-... $156,302.82
- BONDED DEBT OP THE COUNTY.
The Bonded Debt of the County
August! 31st, 1873, was $45,900, evi
denced by bonds to the amount of
$10,900 due March 1st, 1874, and : Jby
bonds to the ariiount of $35,000 due
March 1st, 1879. : (See Book C, Min
utes of County ' Commissioners, page
125. : Special Report of Chairman.)
On ' August i 31st, 1878, the bonded
debt of the County consisted of $30,000
Of bonds issued March 1st, 1869, and
due March 1st, 1879, and bonds to the
amount of $29,900 issued March 1st,
1S77, and due Marcn it, ?
Making total bonded debt, Aug. 81st, 1878, $59,900
,.,!-"" lSf, 48.200
1 " 188L 5300
v ; - 1st 1882 16,400
Money on band August 1st, 1882. $23,039:95
Set aside to pay bonded debt...$ia,400.00
Xjeaving to meet current expenses -
until revenue rrom levy or uss
shall become available,..... 739.95 -
$23,939105 -
There is no floating debt.
The assessed valuation of taxable
property and the levy was as follows :
In 1874 valuation $f ,906,762, Tax levy.
In 1875 . " 6, W7.209, " "
In 1876 , " " 54K9S, "
In 1877 - " 6,737469, - "
.... 60 cents.
..... 72 cents.
60 cents.
J00 cents.
282 cents.
70j cents.
75 cents.
8T cents.
63 cents.
. 63 cents.
Toeal for 4 years, $25,362,963
Average per year; 6,390.731.
1878 valuation $4,626,464, Tax levy,..
In 183$ " 5.420.4M, , .,
fa 1S80 " 5,2851703, ; .
I11I88I " 6,201,434, .
Total for 4 years, 52034,032 288U
288 cents.
Average per year, aaisaus : 72 cents.
Amount raised on S6,3fl0.934 7GK cools 45,054.47.
. - " $5.13308 72H cents-37joa,42i
Difference,...........
TAX LEVX OP 1882.
..$8,029.05
On the $100 of personal property
and real estate, 34 cents. On the
poll, $1.03.
The bonded debt being provided
for there has been no levy made for
tne same.
Respectfully submitted, . j
Horacx'A. Bago, (1
Gwn'n Corns. New Hanover County.
: . . yi. ABKE coustt.
j -J i Waeeenton, Aug. 28y 1882.
: Tne following is an accurate and
true statement of bur finances from
the records, under Democratic Boards,
and also a similar one for a series' of
years, embracing the financial admin
istration of county aSairstttnder Re
Dublicari ? Boards in '1;;nAVs;ik:AW
.- , - -yuaj.vi TV JUlVvU
years- did they levy any special'taxes
ing statement '.showa; the amounts
disbursed of general and school funds
from December 6V 1878 to December
6,1881, . ; -
i BISBT7KSK3TKHT3 -f
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Of fands recelvsd- from -
.retiring Republican au- ' ' '. 1
. -tbaritlB,- Inoladitie v ' -
44.. ooUecUd nndr ' V
- Schedule B nd C lor -' '
. 1878, and ta06.S8 collects - "" v
ed under Schedule B 122 " ""- ' '
and C, for 1879, in..;. 18 j 1389 58 8,358 59
- , " . . - 1880 j 8.455 69 ,- .017.82
Total expenditures, three years, 8225'zr f 1574 41
Average annual expenditure.!...; J741 78 1' 5,124 80
Average monthly expenditure... 611 81 427 07
In the total amounts of general and
school funds disbursed by Democratic
Boards as ' shown i n abi vo "stfttem en t
is included the sum of $13,114.81 of
general fund and the sum of $6,021.21
of school fund, which sums were i n
part the accum ulations - of several
years' taxes, levied and collected by
their ! predecessors, the Republican
Boards, over andabo've Ithe Coristitu
tional limitation and over, and above
the necessities of the county. ' . "
The flagrancy of these unconstitu
tional levies, which is fully explained
below,.is the more apparent when we
state that iri August . 1878, the time
for the levying of taxes for. the next
fiscal year, the Republican Board,
knowing that the county was free
from debt, and that .there was "more
than fifteen thousand dollars general
county fund in the Treasurer's hands,
the greater part of which was placed
there by the sheriff a. week before
that time, decided not to . levy I any
county tax on property, but did ille
gally levy and collect 61 cents on the
poll, making $1,625.65, which the
Democratic Board refunded. And
further, notwithstanding these un
warranted, unlawful. and unnecessary
levies by the Republican Boards du
ring these back years, there was money
in the treasury only occasionally, and
county scrip; or; orders from 1873 to
1878 were generally sold for from 50 to
60 cents in the dollar. On the Other
hand, the ; county scrip since the
Democratic Board took charge has
always been par and the credit of the
county A No. 11
. in August, -18Vy, when the Demo
cratic Board, with the Justices, rnet to
levy taxes for, the next fiscal year, af
ter discussion and mature considera
tion, they concluded, that the money
in the treasury, to-wit, $7,376.03, with
a small loan, would be sufficient to
defray the current expenses of the
county and save cost of collecting the
amount' needed, nd they determined
not to levy any tax for county ? pur
poses. So that under the administra
tion of the Democratic Board jar the
two years beginning Sept. 1, 1878, and
ending Sept 1, 1880, there were ho taxes
levied for county purposes on property or
polls'. -.
It is. to be further noted, that out of
the general fund above received there
was expended the sum of thirteen
hundred; dollars for repairs and im
provements made upon the poor house
and jail. -
- The following statement shows the
amount disbursed of general and
school funds from 1873 to 1877 inclu
sive": UNDER REPUBLICAN RULE. ' '
DISBUBSEKBITXS. V ' ' i::-
" i ' i? ill.
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Taxes collected on lists ' .v
of - - 1873 8,708 63 4,924 43
:;. . . 1874 10,560 23 5Ji26 84
, , : ' ' : ' 1875 1228 72 2,107 67
, - iy : : . :: i's : 1876 9.437,97 ' 6,27701
V, r r -. J 17 - 1067 48 ,4,441 03
Total expenditures, ; . ; : 6100 93 23,076 53
Average annual expenditure..;... 10,80018 4,615 30
Average monthly expenditure 858 36 38161
In addition to thri flKnvb tht Rfl'.
publican Boards, for the five years
mciuaed m the table, collected t the
SUm Of $13,114.81 o-PnproT f,-,nA VJ
$b,(J21.21 school fund more ; than the
table shows as disbursed, and turned
the same over to the Democratic
Bof ras before stated - which sums
added to ,the aggregate general and
school -funds disbursed, makes 'the to
tal levies and collections by them for
sum, ihirty-one . thousand three hundred
u,i siuA,y-iwu wuura ana nmety tour
cents was levied.; and collected illegally
and unconstitutionally from the hard
earnings of our peaceful and law
abiding citizens, for the Constitution
says the.tax on a poll shall be equal
on each to the tax oh property valued
at three hundred dollars," and -it fur
ther says, " the State': and County
capitation tax combined shall never
vawuu wv wmuio uu me neau, mere
fore thft fil v riTi $1 00 wnfW t Jj
cannot, except by special act and for
special purposes be more than one
mird of two dollars that is 66 j cents.
Now then,.in 1873 the . total of State
tax levied was 50 cents on, $1Q0 wortli
Of DronertvVo7riiph -f?orlitJ nns -
tile Xn&Ximnm rati firal Vi. u yrj...
stitution, leaves 16f cents as the max
imum" rate ' that , could lawfully , be
levied by the county, but" the records
show that the Republican Board levied
46 cents 4n the $100 worth jof property;
deducting then 16f cents, the amount
which' they could leyy, from 46cents,
the amount which they did unlawfully
levy, leaves an illegal and unconsu-
fiationaljsxcess of ,29 J cents on every
$100 wortrr oi property in the; county
arid aiphe 'aggregate valsaj&jytop
erty ? in the county that year-was.
$2,251,208.00, thismultiplied by the
excessive 29 J cents, gives $6,678.53 in
excess of what : law allows on prop
erty. ?y And ' these unconstitutional
levies continued ; during -, the whole
series of five, years. ;The following
table shows these unconstitutional
levies in detail on both property and
polls :
UNDER REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION. ;
.a. i : ' : ' : Aggregate of t
- - Tear. ,-. assessed . 1'utuU
value of c- -l
- -i : property. s - ' :
1?S ... .....A $ 2,251,203 00 -3S $ 6,678 50
1874!.-.....u..-'. .. 2,191,778 00 5J14 13
1876, ' .... . 2,236,768.00 .23V 5,219 11
1876.. 235,174 00 .23i -5,2150
1877 ........ 2,12j.092 00 .21) 429 25
Grand total on property ..... $26,756 89
.
' Fear. - Total JVo. Vll Total.
; t: . g -
: - .. . . , s
I ' . ' 1 t
1873...,,..-;. , '2,434 -.125 $ '. 608 50
1874............. 270 .25 592 60
187S..;;...i..;;.,.;.-. 2.473 i i. .25 5 . 618 25
1876.. . - 2,610 .19 ,495 90
1877...j.v.....'.i i. 2,91 ' ' .25 ' ' 672 75
1878. ..,.A J, .2,665 v i .61 . 1,625 P5
Grand total.......... ..... $4,613 55
Total am't lUegally collecti on property '
-and poU..,..: .. $816994
And further; the Republicari Boards
repeatedly allowed the sheriff to give
promissory'notes for large amounts in
payment of balances due by him on
tax lists in his settlements with the
Treasurer, and ' turned Oyer to him
the , new tex list; tyheh the law is im
perative that they, shall' not permit
any sheriff to ha vej succeeding tax
list until he ha accounted for. and
faid oyer all, moneys due on former,
ist, and' these rjotes were allowed for
years id lie idle in the treasury, and
too, when county scrip was going at a
heavy; discount, v They also paid ta.
large, amount of interest, torwit, $1,-?
088.78 onT county scrip for the years
1873, 1874 and part of 1875.. n : ;
We have left; out of this compari
son the; present year's "Operations for
the reason that the sheriff has not
paid the whole of the taxes levied and
due for said year, he being behind On
account of general fund ,$2,928.26,
and on account of school 'fund $4,
827.58. ' ' - 'ai
"Suit has been brought according to
law on his; bond, which is absolutely
good, being justified for about $30,000.
The county is hot1 in debt, except for
$3,500 ; recently ; borrowed, ; $1,448 of
which" was in the treasury on the first
of August! From this, it is apparent
that if the amount due by te sheriff
had been paid in at the' proper time
no loan , would have been necessary
on the part of the county. ,
: From all of the above it appears
conclusively that the annual county
expenditures for "ordinary purposes
under Republican rule, $.10,300.18
and those under Democratic -,
.rule were,...... , :.,.7,341.76
showing an ; annual saving -s
"under Democratic rule, 2,958.42
And that the annual expenditures for
schools - under ' Democratic rule
were, ii.i.... .v...;.....$5;124.80
and those under Republican -
rule were1....i.....i.. ........ 4,615.30
Showing increased annual
' appropriation under Dem- r
ocratic Board, $509.50
It is . proper - to state in conclusion,
that the public schools under Demo
cratic rule are more numerous, more
largely attended,- and conducted by
more competent teachers than under
Republican rule. , .
1 1 - ; Walter G.. Plummer, 5 '
Cliairman Comm'rs Warren County.
' GKANYILLE COUNTY.
: ' Oxford, Sept. 6, 1882.
' Dear -? Sir : The - Board of County
vuuimisBiuuera ui aue tneir report on
the first Monday in Ausrust. :
Under the Canby system of county
government the county expenses were
paid in " orders' ..These- ord ers were
iU 1 " it. a' . -,,..
nuiiu less mau uu cents in me uoiiar.
Under the 5 present system; from the
day it went into operation, the county
expenses have been promptly paid in
money by the County Treasurer.
. When the Canby system ' went into
effect in 1868, the debt of, Granville
was less than $5,000. A special tn-r
to pay this was levied in .1876, and
$8.1 31.80 'collected for that nurnnsA
The debt was not paid ; the whole
amount was ' squandered or disap
peared. In 1877 the same levy , was
made for the .same purpose. Half of
it was applied to the debt: -the nthr
half disappeared. ( . ' '
In 1874 the debt had reached the
great sum Of $32,769.53, as stated in
the Board's exhibit for that year. In
1876, it had, been increased, as shown
by the exhibit, , to $37,707.57. : . In
1878. the debt was audits nA
to be between $34,000 and $35000
An ecemuer, 15 , tu e Democratic
Board took charge under thn rrc
systena of county government, and in
September,' 1880, the' debt;, was found
reduced to $25,878,9$. In 1881, the
debt was audited: for ; a settlement
with the. new, county of Vance, and
was found to have 'been 'reduced to
between $17,000 and $18,000, of which
Granville's share" is . about $12,000.
Large as this f reduction is, it would
liave been larger by $4,000 to $5,000,
but for the formation of Vance county,
which has diminished our resources
one-third and , lessened expenses very
little if at all. . -- . . K ... . . ....
;. Th Dejnocrats under the ; present
system, then, incfouryears, havo paid
off half the - debt contracted by : the
Radicals under the Canby system, and
for which there was nothing to show;
have reformed abuses in the manage-,
ment of school moneys, and-ireorgan-;
ized and. made efficient and useful the
school system;: have :: restored J the
credit of the county to par; and have
paid all its expenses in cash and not
in worthless orders. All this has been
done without anc increase: in the tax
lev3v: J: f v : ;r n'fii'
-l tFroia. the StatesyiUeljandiBarifj
" Until labout a fou 1 the
county 1 affairs had been 'administered
by the Republicans,, i Then-the pres.
ent Democratic' Board of Commission
ers j who, were elected j-the"hojrid
Magistrates, who' were ; appointed r by
the hofrid Legislature, which; v was,
elected by the ; horrid Democrats: tHe
natural foes ot lioerty and the , sworn
enemies of the people, went into office
about four years ago. the poll tax was
$3.24 andjthe tax on real and person
al; property was . $l,08.:pn' thel $1Q0
v41 uatiohv i The county, was involved
t& the' amount of ,$22,000, and. county
claims were worth 25 to .50 cents in
the dollar. .3btt the county is out of
debt, county claims are .worth v dollar
for dollar, the poll.taxris $2 andthe
State and county tax -is 66fc.it on -the
$100, while the county buildings, have
been repaired .at-considerable ;cost
and a safe purchased at a:cost of $400
Or $50.0. ; - : .. f,J .4". :-. -
This is what.the present sy stein of
county government has done for Yad
kin, and these few stubborn facte are
worth all the sophistxy' that demagog
ical orators can' spout or "the hireling
press can print between this time and
doomsday. For the state : of - affairs
as: now1 existing Yadkin "owes" the
Democratic i party j a '' vote of thanks
whicn: we are -pieasea to believe she
will record on next election'.day. 1 It
has reduced her taxes, it : has 'cleared
her of a heavy debt, -v it has brought
her county pipers up to; pa What
more perfect--fulfillmeht could there'
be of the Democratic promise of re
trenchment and reform ? - f -Wt
; 1 -y ' FAYETTEvrLLE, SeptVll, 1882:';
' Dear Sir:' The Radicals were in power in
this county in 1868, 1869,; 1870. The fol
lowing statement of expenses by the Radical
Board, and the statement oi expenses by their
Democratic successors, is taken .
FBOM SHEBIFF HAEDIE'S EEPOET. f . j
: Statement of the amount collected during 1888,
1869, and 1870, and expended by the Radical Board
of County Commissioners for Cumberland : . . .
Amount taxes collected In ima ' ' fn.n.H
. " " .nun---. -,,
' " 1870 THZZ sa.wm
" ' debt created and left unpaid after
spending total amount of .taxes colr
1,773.82
7,000.00
Coupons left unpaid..
lectea in xsos.
Amount debt created and left unpaid after
spending total amount of taxes oo
lected in 1869.
Coupons left unpaid ...
2,744.98
7,000,00
Amount oi aeoi creaxea ana len unpaid
alter spenuing total amount or taxes
collected in lSTO..........,.- 494.47
Coupons left unpaid . 7,000.00
Amount of old orders paid, issued before
' July5r: - 8,706.89
Coupons of 1865-'66 paid-.............. 9fiSS0
Leaving unpaid of current expenses after :
paying whole amount of taxes 1L421.08
Amount of taxes by Board of Commission
ers during years 1870.187L to July, 1872 42330.05
Amount county expenses paid-.........-...,;.,,, 22,106.05
- ; " - coupons and old debts paid 20,488.78
u. paid County Commission-. :.
ers from July , 1868, to Sep tern- , '
ber; 1870.Wi..... .; f 6,950.76 r .
Amount paid Clerk of Board . 2829.68 9,280,44
" . paid County Commission- i ' .
",: ers from .September, 1870. to
.i-
July, 1872- . . -447.40
Amount paid C'lert or Hoard... 413.60 . 861.00
Making a difference of......;..... 8,419.44
Expenses of poor from July, 1868, to Sep tem- .-
ber, 1870...... ................... 1304.44
Expenses of poor from September, 1870, to" ' '
i July, 1872.....,...-. -..w.--r-.t781a
. Making a dlSerenoe of.,...f 6196
Supporting prisoners In Jail from July..
1868, to September, 1870........... 5,1544
Supporting prisoners in Jail from Septem
ber 1870, to July, 1872 888J0
Making a difference of-?JLlJj 1,788.44
Expenses of tax list from July. 1868. to Reni "
tember, 1870................ ...... 6X97.88
Expenses of tax list from September, 1870,
to July, 1872 l79.1rf
Making a difference nt: f 118.73
JB.xpenses of courts from July, 1888. to Sep-
Expenses of courts from September, 1870, to
temoer, iou.M.... v 7,608.74
, j uiy, is..-..
8,09159
- Making a urrerenceof..8 454106
, The following comparative statement wag
printed in 1378 and Is certified to as "a cor
rect statement from the records of Comber-
tandcounty," by MaJ. A. IT. Campbell, Reeu
. . r UNDER KADICAIj ADMUnSTBAXIOBT. r
L fi-Jc;. .3.
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Poor,...... JI3.204 44 ..,.,6507 87
County Commissioners, 6,950 76 267 83
Clerk of Board.; 229 00 , 89 60
UNDER CONSERVATIVE ADMINISTRATION.
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fa(p .. - - -
Poor,. ...:...;. 18,716 24 J363 18
County Commissioners, - 654 45 27 27
Clerk of Board, 878 25 15 78
The Radical Board assessed taxes in 1869
and in 1870, and Tax List expenses, were $3y
097 88. The present - Board assessed Tax
Liars of 1S75 and of 1876, and as per above ac
count, expended J i
Tlie R.idicaL'' wl,5l ' as. in power
ims K cjrtT 1&U, created anrl lo
,Uu amounting to 19,113.27,' and no Uart of
t'ie interest which accrael on the puhlle tleht
daring their term as paid f that Interest was
$7,000 per year, making t21,000, whleh,v with .
the nnpatd expenses of $3,113.27, matea tZO,
113.27, which had to be provided for by. the
Conservatiye Board. ' - .x- r -
A correct statement from the records of
Cumberland county. ' '.. - " " .
t ' - rr'A. 31. CampbelIi,"
I , y: J "ed6ecoxbe cojjisti.'' "9 T tV-
i li Tarboso, N. C, Sept fch, 1882., f.
Dear Sir : Tbe','following is ,a cempara
five statement of JEJdgecombe finances':
' KEPUBiicAif adhhostratiox. ' ' ,
ETTW1AM trrvm A rn erf. 1 1SAQ tA'TAAAm. '
From Dee. 1. 18'
From Dm. 1. 18rS. trfTSenl
From Deo. 1. 1870. to r. i ism
1 t )
1931 1
rrom veo. i, i7a, to lec 1, 1873,
From Deo. 1. 1878. to ten. l. ist?
r nfiss ea
. S5.B79
S5.775 21
88,099 03
,T 21,037 W-
t$&17 03'
From Pea 1. 1874. to Deo. 1. 1S7S.
From Dec 1, 1875, to Dec 1, 187,.l
From Dec 1, 1377, to Dec L 1878.
AggreeateoteneaSS-.
Average per annum, t289L80. .-
r DEMOCBATIO ADMiNTSTEATIOW.
Front, Dec 1 1878, to Dec 1, 1879,;
From Dec l, 1879, to Dec 1, 18o0,
1078 25
'" 8,779 68-
Agrrfeffatelbn
130,427 09
Amount of old Indebtedness ontsUnft- , . -
, lne against the ooanty Angnst L 1868, -' ' '
: paid by the EMblln toard la j - '
.rlng their admlnlstraUon, 10,lD7 24 '
Amount of taxee doe for -the -i ij s f -'
ui years 186ft-'7 and, paid te ; vv -
" ' the BenubUoah board . so w si - s--l--s'.
Amount received by the Kepnb - . !;
, cans irom sales of real estate '
- in 188-70,.v. HM.'..amMMWM 8,654 00
- ! - ' 113,628 81 "
It wfll be seen; frtm the above BtatemenV -jthat
the Bepnblican boards received from'the -old
Sheriffs for taxes due the county prior to '
August 1; 1868, and from sales' of real estate -belonging
to the counts at that tlme. three
f thousand, five hundred ; and ; sixteen dollars i
ana seven cents (93,516.07) more. than. they.,
had to pay on account of claims outstahdv
ing against the county- at the time of their 2
accession to power, August 1, 1868.,- , f, .-, ,r . :
Amount of Indebtedness outstanding, . " - -
. against the connty Dec 1, 1S78.... $24,719 28
Amount- of Indebtedness' outstanding-. r ' i l
iii against the oounty Bept 1, 1882,....... t ' $200 00
County taxes from 1858 to 1889,..
County taxes from 1869 to l870,
County taxes from 1870 to 1871,
County taxes from 1871 to 1872,.,
County taxes from 1872 to 1873.
County taxes from 1873 to 1874,,
Connty taxes from 1874 to 1878,4.
County taxes from 1875 to 1876,
,i-?9,164 25 :
28,248 75
,. 23,196 6Q!
84,843 81 ,
28,264 72 '
29,420 15
24,730 75
26jm 61
17.467 44
voirniy uu.es irom 10 to to loll.
County taxes from 1877 tol878,.j...
1812 08.
County taxes from 1878 to 1879,
JE15,28 15
County taxes from 1880 to 18S1. J
wiiniy taxes irom lsva to iasu
: 17,930 40
i, .1
'When the -Republicans were- in . power fti .
1878, taxes for county purposes were 261 cents
on the $100, and fcounty orders brought from ,
50 to 60 cents on the dollar. At the present -time
imder'Democratio 5 rule, ;the: taxes for
county purposes are V) cents on the-Sl00-and
county orders are at rjar. and are Dald on .
presentatibc-to the county treasurer. ;"' '
v x nereDj eerniy the above to pe correct as
appears from the records of, the Board.,. ;
.' ). r; ' . " ' " W. H. Knight, ., . ,
:qs '"wChmn-Bdard Co. Commissioners. ' '
:v, ' Pasquotank cotirtT. ,
, JPasquotank county suffered severely under
the Canby system.; Since the. present system
was adopted, annual expenses have been
largely reduced; a heavy debt paid, and coun
ty scrip, , which was at 15 to 35 cents, restored
to par value Its r nresent: condition ia thna
stated.: ,' s . -., -r .
' EUZABETH CITY, pec. 1, 1881.
-The status oi the. county -flnaneea la almnl v
this: .The county owes.-, af 'date.LfiaLito:
To pay this debt and .current expenses. unlU
December 1,1883, she .has the tax. of 188U
which will net $9,044.57, and will have to her
credit, December 1, 1882, 6n: general county "
account; $76.85. She ohas at present,: as al c
ready. Bnown,, to- herr.credit on ,, account -of
Court-hoUQe fund, $2,288.13, and will realize .
from present special levy for same lund about
$2,288.13; total to credit of court house fund,
$4,576.26, y : ..... M
. We cannot refrain from congratulating the
Board and the citizens of the county on- tho '
financial condition of the oounty. Less than
lour years since an able committee of fl
after long. and patient Investigation, reoorlp
to this Board a county Indebtedness outstann
ing exceeding $1,000.00. Three ' years of
economy and care has- caused . this enormous
debt to disappear. ...When the .present, tax is -
E aid into the treasury the county will riot op Iy
ave paid current expenses and the presert '
debt of $1,699.99, but have, December 1, 18i2, -a
small balance to her , credit ;on general pp- - ,
count, and also a credit of .cash on account of
court house fund of $4,576.26. -'-.. ,
This has been accomplished while there has' '
been a decrease of ten cents the present yea x.
on the $100 ..valuation of property, and de- '
crease of tUrty cents on the poll.
" . ' ' W."W,'.EEN"NEDY. iV'
' A M. GODFREY, ' u xi
' 'I A D. A SAWYER, 1 3 i '.
i-. ."-, - t Finance Committee.' ,
, ' BLADES COUJfTY. n
EliiZABETHTOWN, March 3J, 18S2.
1 Dear? Sib: In 1876 the debt-of Bladen
county was $25,000.00 ; . October 1st, 18S1, it ;
was $19,22L38. , The. whole of thia indebted-
ness was contracted under Radical rule prlor
to 1876, for ordinary current expenses or the '
county5 government.' : The' present admlnis-
tration. pays everything as it goes, and has -decreased
the debt , about $6,000, and this .
without the aid of a 'special tax.. The Radi- "
cals had several special taxes; and still created
a debt each year. - : , in y ; .;
About $4,000 now pays the whole expense
of the county. The, Radicals spent Irom "
$7,000 to $13,000 per year. 'The lfferenr
between the present and the-old: system Is
about 50 per cent, in favor of thprescnV -
m r W AYSECl
; -4- .v.- iQtxuSB6Bo. March 15." 1882..
.Dear; Sir ; ..Wayne 'county- had no deb "
In 1876.- Her debt was extinguished in 1875..
It was then $13,000, and somewhat more, as
found by the DemocratiO Board of Commfs-
sioners elected by tbe people in Axurust. 1271. r?
aaa was, . inrougn -, uus oaru, paid in tui
during tbe succeeding: year. . - i Z
Wavne couhtv has no debt now. pw - "
she had BteeUm-;;imA cdfe
fiir c:r" -y ' :
' ' GrRKkNViLi., jikrch 17, 1882. ' '
DbiAr; Sir i '-The Democratic party went "
into power in this countv In Seotember; 1874, -
and the county debt at that time was $23,083.01 i ;
In September 1875 this debt was reduced to. ?-'
$13,309.39 arid in September, 1876 to $5,667.63,,
and at the end of the next fiscal year the'
county was oat of debt with a surplus on hand ,t ,
and has remained so up to the 1st day of Marcbr ... .
1883, at which time she had in tbe Treasury the. ',
sum of $8,770.99 belonging to the General Fund .: '
and the sum of $14,915.39 belonging to the,
school fund, making a total of $23,686.39 now .
in her Treasury. - ' " ' ' . '.
Previous ?bo September, 1874, our county. .
scrip was hawked upon the streets at 50 cents ; .
in tbe dollar, and all public work and. services "
were upon a credit system, but upon the' ad- "
-vent of the Democratic Board of Commission-'
ers' all such ; work, and ; services , have - been. ; 1
strictly on a cash basis and immediately a dollar ' '.'
In county scrip was worth. a, dollar In gold and -..'
t HHM .fn Al3 M A ........ ntMAA -' . ' - .
In addition to paying the debt of the county
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