East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1911-03-31

treasury and put it to your credit
at the Bank The contingent fund
committee, some OF whom we're
your friends, makes a unanimous
report showing nm,y items OF *
ponse needing explanation by you,
bat just one, il YOU please:
On page Il OF that report it is
shown that you spent 81 $50 and
left no vouchers or explanation.
Two items alone, drawn out
in seven days time, of 81, 100,
and still such large amounts as
this did not impress you enough to
give any explanation before the
committee, You could only tell
them that you did not remember,
and tried to convey the impression
that enemies had stolen your
vouchers. But one thing was no
toriOus: In the honest efforts of
the committee to carry out their
sworn duty and show every cent
expended by yol from this fund.
You did not offer to show them Il
bank statement where you kept
this fund deposited In the face
of open charges that you had
placed this fund to your credit as
private money, you stood securely.
and are still standing, behind the
secrecy Of said bank. 1t is not
necessary for you to say that ene-
mics stole your vouchers, when
you have the chance to show a
bank statement of expenditures of
said fund,
7th. You dismissed the free.
pass episode by saying that your
name written across the back of
said pass was an infamous forgery,
but the fact still remains, which
you did not deny, that you did
ride on this free pass, in violation
of the laws of the state. Your
name being a forgery is not mate
rial, however, conductor Weaver,
who took up the pass, says that
you signed it. and former Senator
McGee, and trustee of the Soldiersi
Home, who was with you at the
time. in letter, says: The rea-
son Gov. Vardaman signed the
pass was that his name appeared
first on the pass, and the railroad |
conductor said that the party
whose name appeared first could
sign it, and that would do for all :"
You said in your paper that you
had never used free pass, and
after photograph of said pass
was published and the parties that
were with you at the time ac-
knowledged it, you said that you
might have used one. SO it must
be admitted, from your OWL testi-
mony, that your memory on this
subject is very poor.
9th. You acknowledged that You
used free passes over the wires of
two telegraph companies, two OF
the largest corporations in the
county. Notwithstanding yor
used these favors from corpora
tions, yet you did not explain why
you spent, out of the contingent
fund, about five times more fol
kilograms than the governor that
preceded you.
In closing, allow me to again re-
mind you that you are hiding be-
hind the secrecy Of banks, in the
handling of sacred trust tunds
committed to your keeping whilt
governor, and You are beautiful,
and heroically proclaiming from
press and platform; Let the
blessed Sunlight Of publicity shine
in" Respectfully,
JOHN H. WELLBORN.
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Mrs. j. S. Wallce entertained
the Woman's Book Club, Friday
afternoon. a very interesting pro-
gram was rendered, and all mem
b4rs were present except one. Sew
eral guests were present, which ad-
ded greatly to the pleasure of the
afternoon, A delicious salad and
ice course was served
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Many friends here are interested
in the marriage of Miss Clifford
Winston to Mr.. Guy Henderson,
of Mound, La. The wedding was
quietly celebrated on March y, at
the home of her parents, Capt. and
Mrs. Isaac Winston, at Hanna, LA
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Mr.. j. G. Neudorfer, of Water
Valley, Division superintendent Of
the Illinois Central Railroad, was
in Starkville Tuesday looking after
business for his road.
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Miss Fannie Kennard entertained
Tie Starkville, Fopty-two Club