The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1908-03-13

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right now. A. l refuse to en-
body it.
Mr.. Arthur again stated that
he objected to DR.. Murray run
ming the matter as a one-man
proposition and said: Il will
specify when ! get ready"
Later he said that he thought
DR.. Murray had sold a good
many goods in Richland county
which could have been disposed
of to better advantage elsewhere
and that he had urged DR.. Muir
ray not to be in too much of a
hurry to get matters closed up,
that the commission could make
more by holding the goods over
for year, and the first thing he
knew the goods were sold. He
admitted, however, that DR..
Murray had written him about
the sale.
COMPLAINS OF TREATMENT.
Pressed again for specifica-
tions in his criticism of DR.. Muir
ray and Mr.. Stevenson, Mr..
Arthur referring to Mr.. Steven
son, said: He could have
spoken to me in Columbia and l
want to state that l have been
outrageously treated the major
ity of this comission in having
this this thing passed through
their hands without asking me
something about it. My integrity
has been questioned and l have
been assailed and charged with
taking $65 from the State of
South Carolina.
Mr.. Arthur was then asked if
he had discussed the affairs of
the commission in the presence
of outsiders, for instance, Mr..
Matthews and Col. Willie Jones,
and he denied that he had ever
discussed matters with these gen.
tlemen except in a general way.
Q. Was it not your custom to
carry your minute book to the
Palmetto Bank? A. 1t never
has been out of DR.. Murray's Of
fee at the dispensary to my
knowledge. Well, that is the
limit. @. Did any person ever
read your notes taken at the
meeting? A. No. @. You have
never written them up at the Pal
metto Bank? A. Never. @. The
typewriter there never prepared
the minutes of the board? A.
Never. My minutes? Why,
never, most emphatically no. O..
Were Col. Willie Jones, Mr.. Mat
thews or any other person at
that bank acquainted with the
general course of things which
transpired in the commission?
A l deny this most emphatical-
ly. l have never shown my min
ute book to a living man.
Mr.. Arthur went on to say that
Col. Jones had asked him only
such general questions as any
one might ask in regard to the
condition of affairs, and that he
had shown him, Arthur, letter
from the Loan and Exchange
Bank Written to one Of the whis-
key houses in the West about
this fund being paid on the 18th
of October. Mr.. Arthur denied
that he had let out information
about the employment of Fielder
to investigate claims, and denied
that he told McGhee, of Green
wood, that he would refuse to
countersign the check if the COM
mission undertook to pay out the
claim before a certain date. In
answer to question Mr.. Arthur
said he had voted for the resolu-
tion instructing DR.. Murray to
deposit certain money in the
National Loan and Exchange
Bank until further arrangements
were made.
In concluding his testimony
Mr.. Arthur repeated that he did
not think he had been treated
right, and said that the Richmond
trip was the only thing which he
incorrectly charged to the COM
mission, and he would refund
that amount.
The other commissioners were
severally sworn and examined as
to their vouchers. and some of
them inserted dates that had
been omitted. Itwas also brought
out that Mr.. Lyon had submitted
a statement for travelling ex-
penses from Columbia to Augusta,
$3.50, on business for the COM