The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-12
GIVES $40, 900
FOR CAT1A w ! WBA b!

OF Health Ol1lSld4o-s =
DR. Robert Williams Left.
Papers Abstracted From
Office Records.
without even vote, the charge !
,rererrcd nv Senator Noel agatns9
siote Health Commissioner Ennlon al
4 1vi,liams we're dismissed by the Senald
ycsterday. after n three-ho discus j
i sion az the matter. No motion va w /
4 n,nde when the clause making tne1
y sio.ooo appropriation to the Catawo'1 Y
4 sanatoriun1 was read there was NJ
!, d,sscntinE voice againt Its approval
What had promised to be SENSATIONS
l allegations OF misnpplication anu mis-
> nppropriation OF the Pubic Ilonss.j Ilens.
! dwindled down into cnarseS otl "
"crrerious blundcr.'' An unexpecteq
: dcvc1op1nent came when 1t was charged
lthat tho papers upon which senator
/ Noel based his Indictment We're an
S .tracted from tho public records OF W
rlState Health Department., after ne ma
5 admitted that his informant was sNl
I. +, watkins, a former stcnographeI
Z for that department. In Justice n
i, himself, Senator Noel said he mad n|
r knowledge of that fact, hut had becI
G told that the papers he had consuite1
:. were copies.
J, NO Charge OF dishonesty.
II Shortly after the Senate convene|
s. Senator Noel was recognized. di
y claim any charge of dishonesty AGAIN
:. Estate Health Commissioner sWtlllama
e hc said. ..AIv remarks should not hal
bcen construed to mean that char
that the wholc Catawba SanatoriJ
transact,on4 was an egrcgious plunoI
land that In that transactionE rno4
was wasted
,c m, reply to a question from sensj
lE,lann. LIT va st ted I by SC = tor
y that he lad hcen In pos session 1or|
al days OF definite tnforn1atlo ION on, Y ]
,nt "a. support his charges. He said
sct | he had made general charge OF 4
8 rse OF funds against the state Bd
Il in oY Health during the debate on
Ind Fletcher bill At that time no
o. had taken the mattcr}up. lie had
SEQ nofnted out that the expenditures
!. ! q that department had jumped III
,.a ,.sh wear from $4,000 TO S6o,00o he |
ich frank enough to say that he mi sn.
have aired the matter. had It not .
in-5 for the editorial in the Itoan1
se's Times, which had severeiy ccnsu|
\ Elm. 4.
3 ,rhe first evidence brought forth
AM senator NeoI was a8lotter from -
- ga te Spcssard, written to state 9Ele1
w. Commissioner Williams, Suggest
- Newcastle as n at site for the SAM
riEm, saying that a good site, q q
HI his he bought for onc-sixth OF the u
bill paid for&that at Catawha II ven ,
.ep- To say that the board had been WI
,ro. In It's estimate OF tho site, and
The the. public generally ought to
=, Foot ~
ths was scouting about for a SUN
VII place. Another Spessard letter to
lish Hams declared the Catawba locd
and was .low and damp"
' 3lhe Wiliiams's Reply Read.
Hfnr Then the reply of ComnltssI
tan Williams was rend. stating that
d inl question had been settled - after
a, at advIsement. but that In case It u
s1,d ec rcopcned the snessard sugge
Inc would be taken into account.
w This letter from a Democrat 81
House shows that the D cmocrats
OF the Buntitness of the place
Senator Noel.
l5 The next testimony adduced
Dis that contained In the! report q
Robert Williams to the Boar
Inc Health, which senator Soel ,,,' ded
ittCe had never heehs spun nllsueu e SO sas sIar
rrow site as hop eless" and pointed ouI
The ~, 41ncn tin1,s g,voi1ld he sllch a VI |
1 rcsasa1r vent patients from climbing u
!, Sshc high grades around the sanat{
ming practically scontining them to- a
ricts, row sphere and re etardins theiI
Iinth, proyemcnt. 81 Another obiection
lorns WAllianns was that tile old hotel
{ bus ~. m , "he - ssd !. on account Of
,3dis- not "
I l'' dltions there as fright fun
= that tho sills were rotten, an
IS a portion of tho house had s.
the ground. The farm, he z
Who was In bad order
'sn.es. 'a.,.s. ",ro my mind, to put a cent n
IN .oM,nr ,'m old building would be w, wa
z sBrii- money, he wrote He was
& pay opinion thae the prese NJ site +
cld$up In ever be a proper sann tortunl
made robert NylllInnS's salary
1'onIn s,uIn "There is no. excuse for 7 hess
Is 600 ture8or $4,000 on those Old hui
Withinj declared Senator Noe VI q iSs4
have y. ought to consider well bet
53llYeu : anpropriata that amount in tht
y y s,iiIe SiJ ing bill The ON ctal #recor I'd sho
,aii sa FOR two months services as
d sWas iris sanatorium. DR., Robert
2, lie received s2.e6a.76, nearly q yea
! o'eltosn lso.s,, ary. Miss Coles, whOf prohatl
II
! ~ never. at the site 3of the sansJ
ospital accompanied Dr. Robert VIII
vea to- this State8as a nurse 2 nd " het
over $500. and that for not not
~ day,s service. submit that Y
IN had no right to do that scai
why tho board should have r.3a
I Hot most n years salary! over 10
ertf Williams. even upon The 8
,nnsSr rNsMs tho Attorney General. III nless az
where elf In fsSecll q poai..'osi p.s = ,,,s. u
Norman think he had some Nj t't'h M
q Ice E5Ior them, .8is.s & Z,
ship In y :, u 1, -. WI linms replytnc
tain queries nut to him ny n ri ~
IN un-5 Williams,3 before canine toss q
II n response TO the sasle st Tom "a
lonSai,n length of time am 70 ii hs salr
nnnfar J" Hams had W M y,
,d, ID. You slye satisfaction. shoald