Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1912 — Accountants Report Marion Township Affairs All Right [ARTICLE]

Accountants Report Marion Township Affairs All Right

The report of the state accountants, Ure M. Fraser and Thad L. Major, who were here the first of the year checking over the accounts of the township trustees, has been filed with H. W. Wood, Sr., president of the Marlon township board of advisors. It reports the affairs of the township to be scrupulously guarded by a capable and honest trustee, naming H. E. Parkison. The report is to be made public and can be seen by any person who cares to look it over at the trustee’s office.) So far as has been learned here, the report of no other trustee has been filed, it has been known for some time that in Union township, a check mystery has been the cause of a great amount of discussion. According to report. Trustee Kight issued a duplicate warrant .to L. Z W. Benbow, in the sum of $45, as Mr. Benbow had lost the original check. The accountants discovered that the original check had been cashed as well as the duplicate and when Mr. Benbow’s attention was called to the fact, he promptly took up th 6 check and instituted proceedings to find out how the first one was cashed. The mystery has deepened into a. real sensation but no one is thought to be iptentionally to blame in the matter and Mr. Benbow has saved the township from loss by promptly making settlement.