Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-07-29

Pierre, and took that ~gentleman's
receipt for the same, and on the
same day wired President Blair OF
the new board of this action.
This Press article says (: "When
they (the new board) demanded an
accounting by the treasurer of the
old board. things became inter
esting." This statement is false.
No demand was ever made on Dave
Williams for an accounting. The
only demand V e made was made
by Williams upon the new board
for an accounting, when the new
board refused to account with him.
That is where the demand for an
accounting came in.
AT the request of the new board,
Mr.. Williams was present at its
meeting at Vermillion on July 81
for the purpose Of making SETTLE
meat. Father Hare and DIR.
Spafford, members Of thu new
BOARD, both checked over all the
accounts of Mr.. Williams and
found them correct, and were will
ing to make settlement. They sta
ted the accounts were right, and
that the money paid out was for
legitimate expenses, and that they
were willing to make settlement
with him, because right was right,
and that the acts of Williams were
right ; that il he had not done as
he had the schools would have
suffered, but President Blair, who
is owned body, soul and breaches
by Grigsby, and dares not make u
move Of his own without first con-
sulting Grigsby, hemmed and haw-
ed around and said he wanted to
examine into the authority of the
cid board, and after going out and
being closeted with Grigsby, came
back aad said he would not settle
with Mr.. Williams.
The actions of Blair and Grigsby
plainly indicate a desire on their
part to manufacture a little polit-
cal wind, political buncombe. The
Sioux Falls Press, driven by Grlgs-
by, has written and published this
dirty TRADE on Williams. Grigsby
and his gang would malign the
purest man on earth if they tho't
they could make a little political
capital out of it. W. will say to
you that you are not making any
political capital in the north end of
this state by vilifying David Will
liams where he is known.
The absolute and wilful falslty of
the Press article Is plainly shown
in the following statement : "The
new board was the legal board rec
ognized by the supreme court.
Still the old board went on giving
orders and the treasurer kept on
prying out money" The facts are
that not one order was drawn or
n cent Of money paid out after
the supreme court recognized the
new board. 1t is simply a falsehood
plain common lie Of whole cloth.
Again, the Press says : "When
the attempt to get the stay of pro-
ceedure failed, and when the last !
call had been made on Williams,
he came before the new board with
that statement" The facts are that
mao sent all monies, books
and papers pertaining to his said
treasurership to his successor be.
fore any stay of proceedings was
asked by the old board, and that no
''call" was ever made on him. He
made the "call" on the new board
himself.
The position taken by Mr.. Will
Iiams is that the old board was a
De rAcro board during the pen
of the suit ~coutesting the
egality OF the new board, and that
II acts Of the old board in allowing
'ay for actual expenses Of running
he schools under the board Of