The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-26
WRANCLE OVER
STATES FINANCES
GOVERNOR MAY SCORE CARTER
IN SPECIAL MESSAGE.
Sinking Fund Commission Holds
Stormy SessiOn-State Treasurer
Given Official Receipt For
Six Notes.


fund commission officially washed its
hands of the matter Of the State loan
when this afternoon 1T reconsldered
the motion of DR.. Dick turning the
matter over to the finance ooaro.
DR.. Dick then withdrew his motion.
State Treasurer Garter was given an
official receipt for the six notes OF
$4,000 each which we're then turned
over to Governor Blease by Senator
Hardin with only the name OF Gov
arnor Blease signed to the six notes
Governor Blease, Attorney General
Peoples, Chairman Hardin of the SEN
ate finance committee and Chairman
Dick, OF the house ways and means
committee, we're the only ones present
at the meeting, State Treasurer Garter
coming in when Secretary Means, OF
the committee, went after him to eX-
plain why one of the notes which has
been presented to the Palmetto Bank
signed by the governor, the comptrol-
Ter general and the State treasurer
contained only the name OF the gov
ernor. the other two signatures beng
absent. Mr.. Carter explained that his
SIGNATURE and that of Comptroller
General Jones mad been erased from
the note, after it had been rejected
by the bank, and before he turned II
over to Mr.. Means.
Meeting Stormy One.
The meeting was rather a stormy
one and reached its climax Wnen
Chief Clerk Means went after State
Treasurer Carter and got him to come
into the meeting when the matter OF
the SIGNATURES on the notes was De-
ing discussed. The committee hao
first approved the minutes after
amending the motion of Dr.. Geo. W.
Dick at the former meeting referring
the loan matter to the finance board
COMPOSED of the governor, comptrol-
Ter General Jones, and the state
treasurer.
In the minutes of the sinking tuno
commission of the former meeting 1t
onnoared that DR.. Dicks motion mad
bnon TO refer the matter Of the State
loan to the governor, the comptroller
General and the State treasurer,
six notes Tor $4,000 each, which mao
been already signed by Governor
Blease to be turned over to treasurer
Carter and by him to be given TO tne
bank, "to be delivered by him as men-
ev is needed" This is what Treasurer
Carter had been working under holo-
ing that ne could not deliver all SIX
notes at one time with this string tleo
to the motion. DR.. Dick stated that his
original motion had not contained
this condition, but that after his mo-
ton was carried he had stated this
condition in the course of conVersa-
ton. Therefore, the minutes were
amended OF motion of DR.. Dick to
strike out the words, "to be deliver
ed by him as money is needed. A
motion to reconsider was then put
and carried, wnereupon Mr.. Dick
withdrew the motion and the sinking
fund commission officially ceased all
connection with the loan, at DR..
Dicks suggestion.
Signed Only by Blease.
The six notes for $4,000 each had
been turned over to Chief Clerk
Means by Treasurer Carter and by
him given to Chairman Hardin, of the
commission, who then passed them
on to Governor Blease. The COVER
nor, after inspecting the notes, sud-
denly interrupted Chairman Hardin,
who was reading a communication ad-
dressed to tue committee by Trea-
surer Carter, spread out the six notes
On the floor and directed the atten-
ton of the members to the fact that
only the signature Of Governor Blease
appeared on each note. One of the
notes had been signed by Treasurer
Carter and Comptroller General Jones
and presented to the bank when the
bank refused to loan the money in
installments, and charge interest on
the full 100000, this statement be-
ing contained in the letter when
Chairman Hardin was reading. Wnen
it appeared that no note bore the sig
nature of the treasurer and Comptrol-
Ter general, Clerk Means Immediately
went to Treasurer Carter's office and
he came into the sinking fund meet
ing.
Erased Signatures.
The fact that none of the notes con-