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STATELlEflT
COIflHGES
NewJBern, N. C-t
.-;- Deeembw 1910.;'
Mb.. Editor- r'
AlthougH I dislike so much a news
paper controversy, I guess I shall hsv
to. under the-ckcumstiuiceB. make some
reply to,MrX.ErnestMJ Green's -letjier:
which he wrote to lbs New Bern sun, a
few day ago as it is calculated to' ttis
leaJTsonhe who might not clearly uqder
stand the situation. - Mr. & H. Fowler,
Reirister of Deeds, brought the county's
finaoeial statement to nMT before pub-
liabingthe same. Upon this statement J
he had a list of . vouchers issued from
Dec.' 1, 1909, to the first Monday in Dec.
1910 inclusive, showing thenameJpf-tiie
party to whom each voucher was -
sued, what it was for, together with
the amount of the same. This, em
braced a complete tut of every item and
ctirrectiy Stated. Hb also had in a con?
solidotedorm the amount of vouchers
issued Jor each of jhe various depart
menls.Of the county and the receipts
land disburaroeniaof the sheriff's ac
count. -Hj8ad an item or unpaid
vniitara nf Rva!' thousand seven huri-.
arttfBnd-ty doats.-ut apked him if
hMtmethim' of Obtaining th1s"1tem iaS
3 ew2ajBo wwwrt"svi5wc, vi
8 Similar statement, bfeput
rliiB'-T-ipm nf outstanding vouchetii
'f around fRenty-nineJthousand dollars
wneflfln tatct iwas lniormea inn some
twenty thousand drfifirs orth 9f thog'
vouchers were at that time paid and in
the -hands of the Treasurer, iin oaft-
celled on the 1 reabUrers bo6k) I said to
him unlSss you know that the five thoii-
4and.fcen hundred. flJid fif I y dollars is
correcifit ought' not to he .pffbliohed
l'greeQ that a statements the, coun-.
ty financial condemn ought to give
all information so that" any one -could,
freatf andjUnderstand, but nnf ort unafely .
the system ana raetnoa oi county dooh,
kefpiig iu a very crude affair and
should be reformed. It turns out upon
einalfdn that the figures which Mr
Fowler had of $57511,00 were riot cor-,
rect and I still think they ought not to
have leen puWiahd for information un
less theJnTwjercorrect.'; 1 da not know
that the ngsr) osdbjr Mr. Green are
correct 8'tftst3lfij'out8tam3ipg."and
unpaid voucersfamoun to sevirn ttou-
laH'ani filtyajients; h-fact I have
read hTsfefteSS:' .J.jhavw -ximjned the
claim book and accoVdinrtoMhe figures
which I took fromlli'irbok,i. nnd.the
npaKT vouchers sevefl-iAouBana seven
0 aw4ntyLsoaQenis. going
ee';egr;l9a7,, all
Yoticfiets :.Wee eara,M iot, , sdoro" are
tatpjre. of iii
Wturjfiii.voiicherBere. arefour
tnWsjqj.seird'- ajtafac'-two
aea;anj frftyv?igbt cnts which were
&di'thei-ay the old
Repaid wnf "aitlrare'' signed, by the
new ra-tofveui'rent, bills, etc., that
weVpree"htei,f arid -allo wed by the
bohTolr4-comnii88ioner8 ' on the
Oirsnda mDthie&fThia nf
coufsp wb-jor itertis wbiclnere due on
:oYiefihafeai vouch?
erSfAttr, W,e4lcekt.ythey.?
should be and arejpcluded ln my fig
ures, "eiwter barf of ;4he " balance
oYVnainpsid vodchers are JSo.' 8 town
'Bhlp'wm4 Pfders, .wbiqb perhaps amount
to arouno- nueen nunorea ooiiara. i was
satisflrf Jhaf 'a dumber bf these roadjThe ' appropriation fo 'the N4w Bern
yoiftrs.were odt. from the fact that!
for-the paat several years the. ' ihoad tax
Uevyiii-of bean :ufllc.iebt to properly
tak-c o( tliat 'ejjjebsev'l beve each
m4 brbUgbHm matier. tbe atteh
tlUtbe boafd of magistrates when
"Wtiefd fit wae levied,'1oai8tlng r Jtbat
erfti tne; ondwd Mpllirs i ?t their
last meeting.' lAJunerinu, ue magia-
irates maae uvi m tuiicwi cai on
the-bundred dollari,' which Will yield for
fmrnline expenses ft Ui--rad work
fflhoifainii yfclded bT tb. tan
WijK;rAR); wfl givey tv.countyrwio"omc:TiM
Jptakeikre
,of tnisfwork muchlcumstances. l am satsned thecounty.is
oetrhMi stiver htfs besrf ablef'to'do
heretofOtJt Will alsb ve sptoething
to retire JheSjupald road Vouchers.-':.
Mil OteSbr -1.1 presume' ere rlnterestl
coupons whlcb .rnstilf ed in November
1D-10 and I Uhderstahd were in the bank
bere'tt t'hr tlm .the financial exhibit
was made rat' and ordinarily should
ti8ve baeasald, and-wbuid ; have , been
pa'd fnthefOTdnary wy.' without " any
necaT;ienkttott "-This Interest , ma .
tures at a bank In New York city and
I onJurnUnp it has bsen the custom of
the county treasurer to have one of the
bank bore pay this itcm at' the New
York bank when it matures, In the due
cburae of rricil the coupons sre trans
milted to the New Bern bank for col
lect ion where the are paid here by the
county treasurer. The overpaid itm
v hlch h refers to in the sVn iTs
(statement is a in itt-tr which I knew no
thing almut until a fow niinutrn Ixjf.iro
the old b 'irl ii(!j)i(rnod vA,:ri tli
next fifteen minutes land at that! ap-H
meat we.eonld not possibly; take .that
itsra on. bat wa would pass aa Jrdar
rsqunting l(tat ' bia aeeoant hej iH
referred tt the special auditing torn'
mlttee which the board had employed to
aodi his aceouat, consisting of Messrs;
MH.-Edwards add H." M. Groye, of
this city: - If there- arts any errors in this
account the eaa easily be ad jus
I see no reason for any special
tion about this matter. Regardt
amount.of two cants oo.-tbe" bn
dollars collected f or : the' it
of the .NjW"" Confederate" ao!
The Sheriff eollests all taxes and
them to the proper fund.' If "hi
made any mistake and paid io eoe luhd
more : thaif - be should,-this 1s f anat-
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wr. wnica ne nanaies aou an oejeaai
ly ja!3 justed I see no reason for an J spe
cial SensAtiod about this item. 1 Mr
Green puts down us the amount itorned
oyer by the former Treasurer one thou
sand three' hundred tweety seven ddt-
lars and nipety seven cents, the
iog.:Committee . find that thef
Treasurer owed the county one
and nine hundred seventy seven
and seventy .eight cents and if
notpaid 'that -emount, 1 presui
board will colject 1t in the - near fiture
as fnat is tnesum wnicn:ne owei toe
couniy on the date of the last audit to-
wjt Dec. 5th, 11910,-' According to the
report of the Sheriff on December 5th.
heiad.on hand on that date nne th6j
a'nd eiht hundred six dollars and fifty
seven ients in cash. : The trustee of the
sink iijir1 fund has on hand $1072:81 in
cash. The dividend of the A. & N. C.
R. R. will be paid in January and July
amounting to $3,8000,00. The Sheriff
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noios a vax usi amounting io pernapa
njre than sixty - odd thousand dollars,
nonfr;vf whlch-Mr. Green makes ment
iqnVhei(.ha refers to the true and ex
aeVbenk statment of the county's fin
ancial condition. If. the county's an
nual Statement is to show its exalt con
dition as a bank statement, then it
would be proper for every' iten of its
affairs to be taken into, consideration
and clearly stated. Assets as well S3 'hbi
atiea. Mr, Green further states that the
old board had ten thousand dollars of
tax money collected from Mifi Ann
-Donnell a estate, when in fact, thin
"money was. collected .in June 1909
and was accounted tor in the previous
year, $10000,00 was the amount pai J
to the Board of commissioners and hand-
Led to the Sheriff., The Sheriff's; com-
mUsiosr on this sum was $250.00 and the
Treasurer 's comniiBSion was $25C00 and
$500.00 was paid out for attorneys feer,
leaving a neVincome to the county from
Miss AnnDbnneU's estate of nine
thousand dollars insteed of ten as stat
ed bv Mr Green. I do not see that
there any, special sensation -In this
matter. During the past twef years
there has been jeveral items, thit does
not usually occur which have been aid
from - the general fund without . any
Lex(ra levy. It might ne mentioned in
patx.tne construction ot tne long linage
through the Neuse nver swamp on a
concrete foundation which fa in fact an
approach to the new steel brjdge at
Mape Cypress. I think this bridge is
some eighteen hundred to two, thous
and feec long and enables in that com
munity to cross the rjver at tht point
at all stages of the water. Thee is al
so the ne briige built across Clay
Root Swamp, . eight hundred feBtlong,
the dividing line between Pitt and Cra
ven which was built joiaily by the two.
counties. ; The new bridge on upper
Bachelor Creek 800 feef long, . fhenew
brgU: u'BiiB'UA
the new bridge across v Bear (Branch.
The' new stables' the1 jail Vard to
gether with certain materiata which
have been puKhased ior (he 'iie.w reiri
foreed ; concrete' bridge at Dedb'Gnly;i
Bi Centennial together with S several
(other . Items " that I - cannot enamerate
which would be considered exlrabrdinr
Mt :irATna';:' ft in : tin
vCons;aerapie
roone.lionb
ItabiUiies ot the cednty. were when the
yuid uoard'etiterea upon 4ts qutisj
fty?.were ;oniiderable; I think, the
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he has
mi the
bonded Indebtsdnesi' was jSarSund oneLi; e,V?,l9c
hundred thousand dollars.T while the
floating debt '.1 de not: ecai- Tbt bia.
11 been paid, both bonded end floating
debt aad som improvements have been
made and the tax levy, has been;, redus-;
eovrj lot) county ia in mosdxceuBntJ
financial conoltion: The new hoard goe
In the besi Condition that' it'bas been
within K pjAt.'fdrtyeRrW.The new
board In my 4 opinion Is kmply capable
and well qualified to take cafe Of iu af
fairs and a J far as I knowtliere is not
the slightest friction ', between ;. hy
member of the old and new board, and
if there has been any nnf air treatment
among any of the gentlemen on either
board I am not aware of It. f Certainly
there Is ho necessity for" it, or in Mr.
Green's suggestion of unfair treatment
or In bis trying to make any sensation
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: 2forthoro Mexico. "Dead 'xS9, ;
Placed at 200.
: Eagle Pask-Texas. Dee.- 2ft,1teD0rts
from 'the Chihuahua district' 'olt Mexico
declare tnat the Federal troepa are, in
retreat following' a secoodrecisltfe vlfci"
tory of the- revolutioiiMti. "Efforts, to
determine the loason either-sWe have
failed $ confirm a irepbfV thlt fully'aoo
Federals were slain.
The engagement took place west of
Chihuahua city, Gen. Hernandes being
in command of the Diai troops. Her
nandez and Navarre,- Federal generals
leading their combined armies-ware
routed from that district Friday. Very
fierce lighting began and continued all
day, resulting in the rout of the Feder
als. Although two- weeks ago it ap
peared the government had Succeeded
in crushing the revolutionary: move
ment, all indications are thr rebel prop
aganda are having idcreaaing' effect
over the republic. President Diaz has
ordered troops poured in Chihuahua de
termined to overwhelm the insurrec
tionists. ' 1
Belated reports from Lajuritia' are
that the rebel victny' of Friday was
more pronounced than first reported.
r uiiy i,uuu federal Soldiers perished In
the engagement, while the rebe( tosses
were comparatively small, according to
advices.' , ...
Christmas Cards and Bock
lets at M. E. Whitehursl;&i
Co.
Reduced Rates For Sleeping, tortus.
Washington, Dee. 20. After Janua
ry 20. 1911 Pullman sleeping earates
throughout the country will be $2 for a
lower berth, and $1.60 for upper berths
for a 12 hour ride. ' This decision was
banded down today by the interstate
commerce commission.
The traveling
public, it la eatimated, wjll sav $1.
500,000 annually by this decisionr The
Pullman Company has agreed -to the
reduction. ' tr
The reduction applies to-all railroads
in the United States, excepting the
New "fork. New HaVen & Hartford,
the Great Northern, and the ' Milwau
kee, At the same time the interstate Tom
merce commission issued an" order for:
bidding any increase in freight rates iSnl
lumber from Washington td middle
western states until April ' '23, 1911.
The proposed increase woukThave-been
effective December 24. One- hundred
and fifty roads are affected. . ,
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City Banks Close 26tH. r
Monday, Dec 26th, being a legal
holiday. the three-banks fartow willhs'
closed. All paper maturing jtha day,
will be due and payable' the day ioUow:
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Action AgsJnst Coast tjae.
:. -Norf'kr Va.- Dee.. 20-tTsf govern
mept Jodfiy.. institute -iirjeing;Vln
United SUtrt. ;court here' agliaat
sootbern AtiantkUoaat Uf e an New,
York,iT?hiladeIpbia ailidjNo?f6, r9s
ways for alleged violation ef the Feder
al aHilM.saffMtitm
bf S200 is claimed Wkmsr tbl Southern
iofiperttirig a 'eai jfeiq
ungs. ano iorieitur ot s wu . ciaimea
agrJhst the fer Yoik pislMelphla and
Norf6llr;for.,liSe:?yi61atjofe
of $tmf4MA!Sm
Coast Una for.ttebaJleed ns of aear
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spent m auditing and comparing roach-
ers and records in the estate treasury.
the auditor's office and the 6!TSce of the
commissioner ot Ibsorahee as to recoiHs
and disbursements' of 'Zhiirt: "3, t
li'p.iuIp.Uve-coiniiiitl. J V,...oirc y t" ?
fohowing stiitus of t'.fj'Sta" 's f.
for the year: ; General' fu 1,
044,24 riinhurenienU ! i 21. ' Of
the receipts $112,01LCu tuluncson
hand at the berinli-jof t' s Cscal year
December .1290, rmi ?IJ
receipts for the year-r. '
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often depends, in a large measure, npoh the degree in which friends
manifest towards each other their regard, wishes of welfare and
good will; The custom Of giving bank books as tokens of remem
branch at this season is a most deigfitful one because it evidenc s
that you have given careful thought to the; selection of the gift
You can open accounts in this bank with $1.00 or as much more as
you wish to give. The bank hooks will be issued in the namen you
designate, (enclosed in special holiday envelopes) and mailed with
your card so they will reach the persons for whom they are intend
ed Christmas morniner.
4 Per Cent Interest qn, Savings.
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.present, (or yeur mother or Sister.
i" Bags", they are wonders. Now in
iijuip'ply'defy competition. '. We Sell
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but we sell you a better all pure linen one for 15c that you can't duplicate
. for less than 26c elsewhere,. We have other things you can get cheaper
,and if you do 'not come to' see it will be your fault We buy ths space
to tell f bu. about these bargains and w,iA be glad to show them to you.
,Haveyou, seen i thai elegant line of Muslin Under-wearT, after it is all
gone snd your friends tell you about i you will wish ym had. A full
yne of ladies and childrens Kid Gloves.
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WIIOLESALE'AND' RETAIL LARGEST'AND
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: 'f'Futi stock of Loaried Shells'- qun!s7 Pistol TRiflea.;
' Cartridges, Hunting Clotbip,.- RazoraPrketKhiyes,;
" Foot Balb,' Punching Bags,; boxing, GloyeaRollet
r.rctri, Edison Phono5raph3'necofd3,"Bicycle3,'Etc.:
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TA.UZZ ELL
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Three pairs of half hose,
Pure Silk, in all the popular
'shades in a Christmas box,
$1. 00 the box.
The famous Ways Knit
Mufflers, 25c and 50c. '
We have an enormus
stock of nifty neck fixings.
FOUR MORE DAYS TO DO
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USEFUL GIFTS.
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GHfilSTMAS STOCKINGS
are to be filled this year and the
best place to fin I the Christmas
Offerings and gifts to supply them
is at Harrington's.
We have just received direct
from the maufaeturer the nicest
iine nf Ladies Silk Hose at 50c
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wa nhwA a Ann lina .r rhran I r a
I,,, n.ffl HO TliaB. ama Kac, iroliinu
pairs iVa riite Christmas box, a nice
Don't forgt'our line of all Leather
the lineipf ' Handkerchiefs, we just
you Linen Handkerchiefs at 6 and 10c,
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