The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-19
A Card From DR.. Foster.

a Gard From DR.. Foster.
Editor OF The Times-Disrateh:
DAY ana to toe oy y Ss, papers Of yester-
ported 70 be given BY me befo-e -
DoaIa may be misleading. as there are
may be mlsunderstood. and tb~reb,,' ~
..le an injustice Feeling thar Won Iar,e
10 desire 70 place me IN Tho s.rors-
,nope that you Will publish the follow
Ny answer In reply o. the cha-va
,nat had INDUCED IN criticism OF tRo
ifoe,la4 BOARD. etc. was as follows. 4
board. and the Senate OF virginia 81,
uiL4Illi GUS vote. decided that my crftf-
i oSsiS ,r wers Just J have criticized the
..ai member or this bOerd. though NOT
publicly. because. IA reply 10 = opce
ir,.,. 10y We chairman OF the Legislative
luEestikataGn Committee. ~ be had sold
Shy corn. directly or indirectly 10 ma
-oHplLhL ne answered no although IL
Is a fact that SIS worth OF corr -
taken from his barn. in hfs vyasSc1
hauled by his team driven bv ris
driver. % tho hospital farm and re-
farmer He did not denv that tbS
corn went from his barn hauled by
MS team. 70 the hospital farm. bat. ON
~ ,onlIary. stated that the steward
Ihd Contracted with Mr. BloUton Tor
ne corn 6ut Bloxton not having IL
ne. Cole. filled tho contract FOR Mr.
BloNton Is u not strange that the
steward OF this hospital should make
he had none 10 SELF He did denv that
the farmer sent him recefpt Tor tie
~ ,s ann IN uostan tiation OF the fact
statement Of the farmer.
County o. James City-to-vvit.
-. r =. Hudgins. do solemnly swear
. the Eastern Hospital farm about
twenty-five barrels Of corn. and 7 gave
rs driver a statement and receipt for
the same IN the name 81 H. j.. Cole.
ana signed my name at the bottom ~
~ some time afterwards-I think in
tne month OF February ls06-Mr II
p Cole came to the farm and told ma
nished the corn must tell them mar
il was Mr Bioxton's corn. and 7 toId
Mr.. Cole that ! would tell them what
you said. and further swear that
never saw Mr. BloNton on the farm
since / have been on the farm. ami
further swear that Mr.. Archer Brooks
came there and asked my wife IL she
knew now much corn Mr. BloNton had
brought there. and she said none. TIa
then came 20 me and asked me ths
BiOXton had brought therc-and I told
him none. but Mr. Coles driver had
Given under my hand this. the 18th
lslgnedJ E B HUDGINs
r. T. ARMIsTEAD.
Notary Public
regret exceedingly that this wit
ness was not present 70 testify.
NlQ CRITICIZE the Commissioned OF
passing an order at their July meeting
IN 1906. requiring each hospital 20 pay
penses in excess Of the $500 'iis
by law. because the last Legislature
had said. No part OF the annual APP
preparation for any hospital shall be
used for any expenses of the commits
sioner." See Acts OF Assembly, 1905
In order that YOU may understand thu
JestiCe or the criticism. ] give a copy
when they made the order. An opinion
OF tho Attorney General. given IN 1905.
did in no way apply to this PROPOSE
"On motion. the expense account OF
colonel l. W. Jane, Jr.. Commissioner
to July "a 1905. amounting to $35sI5,
was presented. read. and the chairman
pro tenn was ordered to sign the ac-
Public Accounts. in approval. as re-
CURED by law. and II Is further ordered
that 5000 he paid equally by the four
state hospitals. and the clerk of this
board is hereby instructed to forward
at once TO the respective hospitals a
copy OF This resolution. requesting the
payment Of $50 each TO the said COM
I did criticize two members Of the
local board for opening the bids before
the award was made. and since the
statement has been uenied by H. d
Cole. / refer any one who doubts tho
statement made by me as being correct
to senator A F. Thomas, Senator Ed
ner for substantiatiOn Of the state
ment inasmuch as II. y. Cole acknowl-
edged. in the presence OF these gentle
men. in the month Of February. 1906
in the city of Richmond that this was
done I desire to state that this prac-
tice was only indulged In while Cloves
and Cole had charge OF the hospital
II was not practiced before 1908 nor
since the Cloves Investigation
Your correspondent says: The sup
erintendent made fine witness for
himself until he lost his temper and
made his violent attack upon Colonel
Lane and IT, y. Cole will answer
this statement by saying that the Wit
ness kept his seat and preserved tho
dignity Of his position and the occa-
sion. and n anything unseemly han
pened II was on the part Of the chair
man and IT, y. Cole
Your correspondent states chat
Colonel Lane seemed to have satisfied
the board. etc" referring TO his taking
some or the citizens Of this town to
the hospital store for whiskev he
may have satisfied the board on this
point but 7 doubt that he has satisfied
the taxpayers OF the prOpriety of the
Commissions OF Hospitals taking his
friends TO the hospital store to drink
Whiskey which was purchased for the
sick in this Institution. and which had
been moved by Cloves and Cole from
the druR-room to the store against the
earnest protest Of the superintendent
Very respectfully
L. S. FOSTER.
Supt Eastern state Hospital.
Williamsburg, Va. Jan. Is. 1901