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j>iitT Oid WilM
An«w«r« T. H. Settle
Sdikor The Jonmal>P«triot;
1% I h«T« heard a roa^ fet^thi
^aet four years to the eftej^liii
(osether slth other Republl
were disloyal to certain Re-
lean candidates in the elee^
pf 1930, but up until this
no one has had the frail to
te^he .charge under his slg-
““V^until In your issue of May
T. 0. Settle made this
te. I have been a Republican
'of my life and never in any
ktlon have I failed to vote and
anfport the entire Republican
tet. 1 am happy because that
ao^ many loyal Republicans
wsong where I was reared in
Rock Creek Township know of
otfu^ I exerted in the election
ot>'.1930 tor the entire Republi-
Md.:ttcjkeft, so the Republicans of
^ Ikes county do not have to
is* I’tPPO tny word as to my
" to alty because I am able to stib-
' ^ ®y neighbors who
as good Republicans as ever
w^d In Wilkes county.
A' idky netghoor, Crealy Wiles has
aldo intimated that I did not
i-' ' »ffk for the straight ticket. I
. want to say to Crealy that if he
* bad worked all day long as hard
- j Jof the ticket as I did he might
ie. bate helped in bringing up the
Sepubllcan vote, and I will leave
' tt to the majority of the leaijing
f'^mepnblicans of my township as
* ’to which one, Crealy or myself.
, exerted the strongest effort for
; straight ticket on that day.
It' is hai^ for me to understand
What has come over Crealy any-
‘ Way. He even critisizes our sheriff
...because in his announcement he
states that many Democrats
wanted him to run tor sheriff.
It has been a time honored cus
tom in our county for the can
didates of all political parties to
appeal to the masses for votes in
the general election, regardless
of political affiliation, and I
hope the time will never come
that a nominee of the Republi
can party will be so prejudiced
that be would not appreciate the
votes of any man or woman. An
-Officer when elected must serve
all the people, and if the Repub
lican party is to succeed In
Wilkes county we must have men
In otfled who will j riw nboTO
politics wbaa tt comet to the dls*
chirge of tb« phbHe duty. '^^*^
to Mr. Settle’s artKle he re
ferred to a bill passed in tr
leglslathre allowing me
f
Mon froai^tTxf^.JB.^ ■f’erifewm
This information trill distilose
that Sheriff Somers' seUlementa
and also the settlemeilbi of
Sheriff Somers' deputies have
been, eonducted upon exactly the
^efatme basis as the sheriff's set-
IHBiBUire wivwinB uii. TT™" 7—: ~ . i » j »
per month an police officer, J**®”
w- riMnnr Atior'Sheviff Snmeni wnst-induct-
Intimated that Mr. Hugh Cranor
was instrumental in* the. pasgafe
W this bill alloiylng thta amount.
I want to say now that I mybt
discussed this nmtter with Mr.
Cranor or he with me. The hiu
authorising this amount was in
troduced in the senate by Sena
tor Grant, Republican. He. intro
duced the bill on the recommen
dation of leading eltlnens of our
county. He thonght it was neces
sary on account of the increas
ing crime to make this allow
ance. The truth is that in most
of the counties of North Caro
lina not only one, but . several
deputies have a salary, but Mr.
Settle would have you believe
that an appropriation of this
kind was unknown In any coun
ty, except Wilkes. Mr. Cranor
was under no obligation in the
world to me, and I made no ap
peal to him for assistance of any
kind.
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It Is not tncumhent npon me
to defend Sheriff Somers, from
the attacks made on him by Mr.
Settle because Sheriff Somers is
amply able to defend himself,
but I do want to call attention
of the voters to Mr. Settle’s In
consistency. He Is now making
at least a sympathetic fight in
interest of one of Sheriff Som
ers’ opponents, Mr. Coyd El-
ledge, who was jailor for six
years prior to his first election.
Mr. Settle charges the entire
amount of feeding the prisoners
up to the Sheriff’s salary, which
he knows is unfair, but he failed
to tell the tax payers of Wilkes
county that Sheriff Somers has
only received for several years
about one-balf as much for feed
ing the State prisoners as was
paid to Mr. Elledge. Mr. Settle
complains about the cost for the
collection of delinquent taxes,
but he fails to state that there
never was a cent credited to
Wilkes county for cost on delin
quent taxes, neither before nor
since the enactment of the sal
ary law. Sheriff Grant Elledge
and his deputies were paid the
fees for cost in the same amount
that has been accredited to Sher
iff Somers, and yet, Mr. Settle
for these two reasons would
have the Republicans of Wilkes
county to defeat Sheriff Somers
and nominate Coyd Elledge. Mr.
Settle seems to have a store
house of knowledge and quali
fies as an expert in county af
fairs and proceeds to advise the
people just what to do, but I do
not think they will heed his ad-
vi.se tor the reason that he has
been Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners for six
years arid it was his duty to as
sist in making settlements and
recording same, which he did
and if the fees about which he
complains were all wrong why
did he not inform the tax payers
before this time? Not only the
fees for cost have been paid
Sheriff Somers and his deputies,
but were paid to Sheriff Elledge
and all other Sheriffs that have
served since the year 1917. It is
a late dav. after sitting there
and handling these matters for
almost six years to make a com
plaint now.
It is my pleasure to agree with
one statement which our Reg
ister of Deeds has made in his
article in the last issue of your
paper. He says that Mr. C. H.
Ferguson, the County Account
ant is very efficient and able of
ficer. and to this statement 1
heartily subscribe. In view of the
fact that both Mr. Settle and my
self agree on this I respectfully
suggest that any citizen and- tax
payer who wishes to know just
how Sheriff Somers makes lus
settlements get their Informa-
Sheyitt Somers was'Induct-
si- Into'oMlce. That Is, that the
eost charged on these delinquent
taxes, vhetlier .from real or per
sonal property has been charged
io.tke delinquent tax pay^, end
not a cent of the money has been
actually paid by Wilkes county. '
The truth, of this misleading
statement Is nothing more or
less than the fact that a number
of men In this county have been
made mad because they could
not dictate to the Republican
party. As every person who Is
acquainted with public affairs
in this county knows, there haS
been a tremendous internal dif
ference In the party for the past
several years. The men who are
sponsoring these fights on my
self and Sheriff Somers are not
doing so for the best interest of
the people of Wilkes county or
the Republican party, and then
they further accuse Sheriff Som
ers and myself of not being loyal
to the Republican party four
years ago and not one Instance
or proof of disloyalty have they
ever been able to produce until
this day. Two years ago they ac
cused Sheriff Somers of charging
illegal fees and stealing off the
county, and the answer of the
voters to this charge was a
twelve hundred majority in the
primary for the preaent shea
In the election * part.-of
same fellow* lined up'^’wlth the
Democrat candidates andr-i^oted
the Democrat ticket all of which
Mr. Settle knew as mneb as any
man in Wilkes county, and yet,
onr ticket was elected. The next
thing we hear from them is that
Sheriff Somers has stplen |13,-
000.00 from Wilkes county as-
attested to by W. A. Stroud and
hie self-employed ' auditor, and
only to later reduce this amount
to about 13,000.00 which it is
claimed that Sheriff Somers
over-charged.
Of course, I don’t, eqppos^.that
the fact that I had to serve an
execution issued from the Clerk
of the Court’s office and had to
lay oft Mr. Settle’s homestead in
the attempt to force him to npy
a just debt that he denied,
caused him to write his letter of
attack upon myself and Sheriff
Somers. I am certain that 1 have
never done anything againat Mr.
Settle. Personally, I have always
tried to be his friend in all mat
ters. Therefore, I cannot con
ceive of any other reason why
he should attack me or Sheriff
Somers, except the fact that by
reason of our official position it
was necessary to serve an execu
tion a d lay off his homestead to
force 4-.im to pay a debt that he
had refused to pay.
Incidentally, In the alloling of
Mr. Settle’s homestead it was
disclosed that Mr. T. H. Settle
had . bought a new automobile
which he used in riding every
day from his home office.
' ^' iiii '''
dleci this -SiSimM. in
duties with regard to'
this Jastttr as wttKjjMl
to colleei
he made oath that the autdmo-
bile did not belong to him, and
in every way has attempted to
evade the payment of the judg
ment rendered against him by
the Superior Conrtpiif a Wilkes
eonnty. TTiere is now''several
hnndred doliara-Cdne him by
'Wflfees eonnty that hq has re-
fnaed to apply to the satisfaction
of this'Jndgment. I mentioned . _
ibis fact only for tltq pnrpc-je of ^ right and who is wrong,
letting the people’ of Wilkes'
county know the reason for Mr.
Settle’s unjust attack on Sheriff^,
Somers and myself. have
matters and einoe WC^haTe
Settle has joined tM|mad
and is trying to desaroy
ly tha men who wlf^CMHlh^y'
his friends J)dt th«^tML. Re
publican pal^'in wtreds ebnnty;
I leave this whole case in the
hands ofSlMi® Republicans of
Wllkaa county, to Jndge who la
■r-
Respectfully
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