The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-02-26
Der of the committee that there W.
Lewis G. Wood, Jr..
The State.

/ ber OF the. committee that there w.s
| none.
Lewis G. Wood. Jr..
The State.
Sworn to before me this 10th day OF
February, 1904.
e. Q. DePass, q. So
Notary Public for South Carolina.
State of South Carolina,
Richland county.
Personally appeared before me d. H.
Means, who being duly sworn says
that he was summoned to produce GER
tain records ofhth commission for the
completion of the State house and to
testify before the "joint committee to
consider the several reports OF the
commission on the completion of the
State house and facts relating there
to-" which committee vas meeting in
the agricultural committee room of
the house. That he entered 'he room
ana was about to be examined when
another witness was announced as
present whereupon deponent was in
formed that he was excused until the
said committee had finished with said
other witness. That deponent then
withdrew and waited in another office
in the state house until after the de-
parture of said other witness when
deponent was again summoned to ap-
pear and testify. That during his ex-
animation by said committee while de-
ponent was endeavOring to put in what
he considered necessary or proper quail
iflcations of yes" and mo" answers
deponent was interrupted by the chair
man with the statements answer the
question:" md you need not go in to
that ut ALL"
That just after the examination was
completed the chairman OF the COM
mittee requested deponent to say MOTH
ing of what had trnnspired during his
examination by said committee.
That during deponent's examination
by said committee Senator J. Q. Mar
shall was present.
That some time subsequent to depo-
nent's examination by said joint COM
mittee eX-Attorney General G.. Duncan
Rellingcr. handed TO deponent q let
ter written by said G. Duncan Bellin-
ger to cX-Gov. NJ. B. McSweeney, dated
Dec. %. 1903, of which the following
is Il copy:
Columbia, S. c., Dec. %, 1909.
Hon. NJ. Il. McSweeney,. Hampton c.
H., S. G..
Dear Sir: III reply to your cornmuni-
cation 1 write to say that l recollect
than on May 81. 1902. when you were
governor ana l attorney general of
South Carolina. l received from you "a
letter of date May II. 1902. a carbon
copy of which is to be found mt pages
lao ana: =! &c "o;iuio OF Public Inii
Letter Book, New Series, No. | to 20O,"
of which letter the following is II copy,
to wit:
Columbia. S. c.. May 81, 1902.
Hon. q. Duncan Bellinger Attorney
General, Columbia. S. c.
Dear Sir: You are familiar with the
action of the commission for the com
pletion OF the State house at meeting
May %. 1902. to-wit: Resolved that 1t
appears to the commission for the com
pleton of the State house, that the
work is satisfactory and that the con-
tract has been substantially perform
ed. The above resolution was upon
the question aS to whether McIlvain-
Cnkefer company has performed their
contracts for the completion of the
State house, and subsequently the com
mission ordered the balance due Nell
vain -tnkcfcr COMPANY on their said
contracts to he paid. McIlvan- -Unlie-
fer company now desire that the surety
bond for $4,000 given by them to
the commission for the faithful per-
folInance OF their said contract he by
me surrendered to them the said con-
tractors. No action was by said com
mission taken authorizing or directing
the surrender of said surety bond. Is
such action necessary or am | author
lied, upon the action already taken by
the commission to endorse nnon said