The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-11
ANOTHER MATTER.

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ANOTHER MATTER.
The Herald and News had hoped !
that it would not be necessary for any
thing further to appear in its columns
about the Newberry arch and the de-
scriptive circulars until the next CEN
tennial, not that We were ashamed OF
either, but such discussion as has been
had is improbable and does nobody
any good.
The column and q quarter in the OBJ
server last week has one paragraph,
however, that cannot be passed over
without statement Of facts in regard
thereto, not 50 much by The Herald
and News as a newspaper, as by the
editor personally, who happens also to
be treasurer of the Board of Trade.
Before that is undertaken, however:
we cannot help saying that in our opin-
ion it is quite compliment to the de-
scriptive circulars that even the critical
eve of the Observer can only find, after
diligent labor and so much ado, one or
two things that the editor of our CO.
Temporary could have improved upon
the bank was not mentioned and
sentence about the health Of the town
is translated to mean that Newberry is
as healthy as Hell Hole swamp, for
instance..n The sentence in question
: may nave been conundrun to the
Observer, but the ordinary reader can
readily understand its meaning. But
this part of the Observers criticism
does not specially concern US.
The following closing paragraph had
nothing to do with the matter in con-
troversy, and contains several insinua-
tions ard reflections that the Observer
was not warranted in making, and<iS-
for and unjust. Hezels the
paragraph is dIesassass
- 'sNow, let's have an itemized state
ment Of what was done with the $4,000
the Council contributed, the $1,000
taken, without authority, from the
treasury Of the Board of Trade and the
funds contributed by private citizens Of
the town and county, and drop the
subject"
There is an insinuation in this para
graph that the committee did not pro-
perly apply the funds intrusted to their
care. No doubt unintentional, but why
ask for an itemized statement in this
connection, after more than column
.offault-fnding. No one, unless it be the
Observer, believes that the committee
acted in any way except as their best
judgment dictated, and of our knowl-
edge we know that the committee IS
ready and willing to make full report
of their actings and doings to the body
whose agents they were, when the
proper time arrives. They were acting
as the executive committee ofthe Board
of Trade, and we presume will submit
their report to that body and through
it to the citizens generally. But the
committee needs no defense from us,
but We feel constrained to say this
much in the cause of justice and right.
Now, the Observer says, '!S50.00,
taken without authority from the treas
ury Of the Board of Trade" That is
an assertion that cannot be nisunder-
stood, but one that the facts in the case
will not sustain, and is an unwarranted
reflection on the committee and the
treasurer of the Board of Trade. The
idea of this committee ''taking'' money
''eoidaoot authority from the treasury OF
the Board of Trade" and the treasurer
permitting them to do it. The truth
of the matter is the statement is un-
true, unintentionally so, no doubt, but
ineScusably so, when the facts IN the
case could have been so easily obtained.
IL the first place, the treasury OF the
Bosrd Of Trade did not contain $50 to
be ''taken." And as matter Of fact
not a dollar has been "taken out Of the
treasury of the Board of Trade" The
editor of the Observer is member OF
the Board of Trade and could have ob-
tanned any information he desired from
the treasurer, whose books are always
open to the inspection of any Of the
members
The facts are these: The executive
committee met and undertook to ap-
propriate $3.50 out of the treasury of
the Board of Trade" thinking they
had that authority under the constitu-
ton. They did not have the constitu-
ton before them. They called on the
treasurer for the money. He told them
that there was only S26 in the treasury,
and in addition that be: was not permit
ted to pay out money except by order
of the Board. 1t WIS then impossible
to get a meeting. Mr.. Wearn, the sec
: retary of the execut five committee, to-
gether with maj ority Of the commit
tee, assured the treasurer that if the
money wasSaid to the committee, and |
the 5oard at its next meeting did not |
make the appropriation, be would re-
imburse the treasurer for any amount
he might pay. With that guarantee
the treasurer paid the committee $25.
If the Board does not appropriate that
amount at its next meeting for this
purpose, it is still in the treasury and
at the disposal of the Board.
There has been no meeting Of the
Board since, but the regular monthly
meeting will be on the third Monday
afternoon Of this month. |
The treasurer hopes that this eNpla-