THE GREENVILLE DAILY NEWS
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- J. CONRAD LANIER, President; JAS. L. MAYO, Secretary & Manager
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Tuesday Afternoon, August 14, 1917.
JUSTICE TO ALL; CARPING AGAINST NONE
Criticism is the legitimate weapon with which
wrong is righted and abuses is corrected, which
would otherwise flourish unchecked and unre
strained. The glare of newspaper publicity upon
the acts of public officials has always been the best
guarantee of a free government, and to that end
the framers of the Constitution jammed it in that
instrument that the freedom of the press shall
not be infringed."
But there are two kinds of criticism: construc
tive pritiVism which aims at remedvinsr an evil
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and substitution for it good; and destructive criti
cism, which seeks' to tear down and destroy tor the
mere pleasure of destroying. Constructive criti-
cism has a purpose m view ior tne weiiare oi tne
mrn rrmriitv. while destructive criticism is the mere
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idle carping of habitual knockers whose hammers
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must not be allowed to become rusty trom idle
ness. An illustration of this character is the unjust
criticism directed aerainst the Board of Aldermen
for their action in attempting to dispose of the
Water and Light Bonds. A plain statement of the
facts will do much to clarify the situation, and to
relieve the Board of much of the unjust stigma
that has been plastered on them.
The Board had decided that it was necessary to
issue bonds to enlarge and repair the Water and
Light plant here, since the power was inadequate
and the water almost undrinkable. Accordingly
the bonds were advertised and bids asked, but af
ter this formality had been done twice, there had
been no offer high enough to justify their sale, 96
being the highest offer made for the bonds.
Mr. Forbes, cashier of the National Bank, then
offered to take the matter up with a Toledo, Ohio,
house a reputable concern to endeavor to get
a higher price for the bonds. After several ex
changes of telegrams the Toledo firm agreed to
purchase the bonds at par, with six per cent in
terest, payable semi-annually, the town to receive
a refund of interest on the money so long as they
did not use it.
.Mr. Forbes, upon receipt of the telegram, at
once saw several members of the Board and asked
them if the bid was acceptable, in order that he
might telegraph that the bonds were bought, as
the offer was liable to bp withdrawn TTWm k;
uuiu mat tne oner was accepted, he telegraphed
his house to that effect.
Upon the following meeting night, a wire from
a 11111 wiiose rating m tfradstreet or Dun is re
puted to be verv low. nnH whn ic aiioo-i
wT.cP several series of bonds in this section,
stated that they would give a bonus of $500 for the
bonds There was no check put up, no bond to in-
auie tne carrying out ot the contract, nothing but
a verbal offer which did not constitute a legal and
binding offer Upon the strength of these facts,
the Board refused to rescind their bargain with
the Toledo house, and awarded the sale of the
uunus to tnem.
As for their sale beino- ill PP"fll it Ptmnrvf o coin
it it was not according to law, and the firm that
uuugnt tne oonds will be the first to find ont. this
point. If therp is 9nv 1
1Su SUIe b that the ComPany that was to
buy the bonds will never part with their money
"jcuw;guianty nas been corrected,
mere is an annnrpnf iwomii
no t dle the complicated municipal laws
passed by the ast To-it,, ,.i
Aldermen, A judge Tf
ir? , L nas stated ttlat t is impossible
bvtZTX" ttle kw really is until a case is
brought to the Supreme Court. Under such con-
$2 0O0nn.rlVe mCh Censure can be attached to
W.00 per month aldermen for their failure to de
cipher it according to Hoyle.
Finally, it might be well to state that unless
Greenv.lle wishes to drink muddy mater for a long
time to come, it would be well if the Board could
tffi? I?11 the J?onds the price offered by
the Toledo firm. The repairs at the Water and
Sfft "? imperative-and th Price of bonds
Mil fall steadily lower as more and We govern!
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ment bonds are placed on the market. The sale
of municipal bonds is already difficult, and it is
safe to state that never again in the near future
will the town be offered by a reputable firm as
high a price as they were offered by the Toledo
concern.
These are the plain facts of the case, unvarnish
ed and unpruned, and a fair consideration of
them will leave no ground for the vicious attacks
that have been made on the aldermen concerning
this matter.
Justice where justice is due. rather than indis-i
criminate criticism that accomplishes no good.
217 PITT COUNTY MEN
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3340 Richard Jenkins . . . Hanrahan
705 Bill Jones Bethel
1707 W. O. Joyner Farmville
2790 Wm. Johnson. Jr. .. Greenville
919 J. S. James Stokes
1677 James Jenkins Farmville
704 H. B. James Bethel
93 J. B. Jolly Ayden
1705 Will Joyner Farmville
924 J. L. Jones Robersonville
1682 General Johnson . . . Farmville
1679 Dan'l Johnson Farmville
1686 Willie Johnson Farmville
2325 J. Milton Johnston Greenville
1702 Peter Jovner F&rmi7iii
2801 Abram Johnson Greenville
1700 Moses Joyner Farmville
2822 Elias King Greenville
344 S. L. Kilpatrick . . . Winterville
2335 Sam'l C. Kinion .. Greenville
2826 Will Kirby Greenville
1346 Chas. E. Kennedy Chicod
2336 Leon L. Kittrell ... Greenville
3236 Alonzo Kirkman Grifton
1347 Jesse Kennedy Chicod
2844 Stephen Little Greenville
1007 Henry Little ... Robersonville
1004 Andrew Little Stokes
1180 Harvey Lane Grimes land
ii4 Samuel Moseley Fountain
3433 W. A. Sellers Greenville
155 W. J. Roberson Ayden
2423 Joe Ross Greenville
2092 Offie Reid Fountain
2415 Jos. P. Rowlett Greenville
1747 John Postell Farmville
2375 Raymond Moore . . . Greenville
2890 Julius Moore Greenville
593 Bennie Mayo Belvoir
3453 J. H. McLawhorn Winterville
Wm. McLaurin Farmville
Jas. H. Norville . . . Macclef ield
James R. Newton . . Winterville
('. L. Owens Fountain
Benj. B. Owens FTumtain
Jasper Price Greenville1
Roseoe Parker , Farmville
am i-oole Stokes
Robt. Richardson .. Greenville
Johnnie Randolph .. Greenville
Lex Reames Greenville
Clifford Rhodus ... Greenville
J. W. Rook Bethel
Jno. R. Pillgreen . . . Greenville
John Perkins Greenville
Willie Oden Ayden
Haywood Pax tan . Winterville
R. M. Pillgreen Pactolus
Julius Page Parmele
Needham O. Stevens Ayden
Geo. Smith Greenville
Wheeler Speight Greenville
Rush A. Stancill Belvoir
Will Ross Ayden
Jim H. Reel Grifton
Robt. F. Rice Greenville
Stanley Robinson . . . Farmville
Pet Mitchell Ayden
W. Cassie Murphy . . Fountain
D. T. McLawhorn . Winterville
Charlie Mills WinterviUe
Willie H. Moore . . . Farmville
June Moore Fountain
Jos. F. Moye Farmville
Ben Stepp Farmville
David Staton Bethel
Leslie Speight Farmville
Geo. R. Smith Farmville
Raymond A. Stokes. Greenville
Ernest Smith Grifton
Ed Sheppard Pactolus
Boston Tetterton . . Grimesland
Willie Thompson Greenville
John Taylor Fountain
Arthur Teel Greenville
Harvey W. Turnage . Farmville
Jos. Tyson Greenville
Bios. Tyson Farmville
Anthony Taylor Farmville
Royce E. Tucker . . . Winterville
Marvin Tyson Farmville
Thos. F. Taylor .... Greenville
Noah S. Tyson Greenville
Dennis I rquhart Bethel
Jas. Vick Farmville
Jas. Vines Fountain
James Vandiford . . . Greenville
Charlie Vines Farmville
W. T. White Ayden
Jas. Waddell Farmville
W. B. Whitehurst Bethel
Elisha Williams . . Greenville
Zebulon Whitehurst . Greenville
Percy Whitehurst . . . Greenville
Milton A. Worthington . Grifton
James Williamston Ayden
Wm. Wooten Bethel
WTm. H. Warren . . Robersonville
W. R. Williams ....... Ayden
Clarence L. Whitehurst . Bethel
Clarence Wainwright Winterville
Din-wood Williams Parmele
R. Wooten Fountain
Oscar W. Wright Ayden
Sylvester Whichard . Pactolus
Diggs Wooten Falkland
Wm. Weaver Greenville
Hubert S. Worthington . Chicod
Charles Witherspoon Farmville
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