The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-16
Newman Declares wIniam. wro,n 4

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WashingtOn.-John Shelton WIZ.
hams, comptroller OF the currencv
told special senate committee he
had never had any financial interest
IN the gold mine at Gold Hill, N.
the promotion of which through use
OF senate stationery is being inyesti.
gated by the committee. The comm.
troller said Walter G. Newman. who
promoted the mine, had offered him
some stock, but that he had declined
to buy.
Mr.. Williams presented a telegra NJ
he had sent to Newman at Gold Hill
Informing him that Berkeley VIII.
llams, the comptrol1er's brother and
Cleyelan Perkins might look over the
Cold Hill property with view to in
vesting. Mr.. William denied. how.
ever, that he had arranged an an
polntment between Newman and Per
kins in Washington.
Mr.. Williams produced a letter writ
ten by Newman urging Williams to
join in some stock ventures in which
the promoter said he had Alaskan in.
terests greater than those of .sthe
Guggenheims, Morgan or the Standard
Oil crowd" and promised to make
the national city crowd green with
envy"
Frederick P. Dewey, assayer and
after director of the mint. told of
making an investigation OF the Gold
Hill property at the instance of Mr..
Williams, and Director of the Mint
Roberts. He said that he found
there was no mine there, but there
was good prospect"
William G. Bishop, conducting an
investigating agency employed by the
| Curb Market Association in New York
said he investigated appearance on
the curb of letter written on SEN
ate stationery and lauding the Gold
Hill enterprise. He said he found
only about three copies of the let
| ter, but that these copies were shown
to every man on the curb. He wrote
| to Senator Chiffon about the letters,
which were on he paper of his COM
mittee, and the senator replied de-
nying all knowledge of them.
Senators Pomerene, of Ohio, and
Swanson, of Virginia, testified they
had bought stock in the mine at their
own risk and on their own RESPONSE.
bility. Mr.. Swanson said he purchas.
ed at thirty cents share and put in
$4,000. Senator Pomerene did not
specify the amount he owned.
Assertions of Comptroller Williams
that he had received no communica-
lions about the mine from Newman
except few kilograms were denied
by the promoter when he was recall
ed to the stand. Newman said he had
two letters from the comptroller at his
Gold Hill office. He offered to pro-
! duce them, but Senator Thompson,
chairman of the investigating com.
mittee, declined to receive them as he
was anxious to conclude the inquiry.
State Laboratory Hygiene Hampered.
The state department of health is
much stirred over the possibility OF
losing just half of the $4,000 that has
formed the basis of maintenance for
the work of the division of the labora-
tory Of hygiene for the current legis-
lattice biennial period, and this same
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Governor Craig and Attorney Gem
eral Beckett great deal of concern
and perplexity.
A long session of the council of
state failed to settle the difficulty
The trouble is that Section So, Chapter
81 Laws of 1911 made a specific ap-
preparation of $4,000 for the laboratory
of hygiene, along with provision of
$4,000 for other work of the depart
ment Then the 1913 legislature.
through section IA, chapter 181, en-;
acted specifically substitute for Sec,
ton SO that specified an appropria.
i ton of $4,000 for the department of
health, specifying $4,000 for the lab
oratory of Hygiene.
One Hundred Farmers Institutes.
Director T. B. Parker, of the Farm.
ers' Institute division of the state
} department of agriculture, announces
series of 100 institution to be held
, during the last two weeks of July and
during August in that stretch OF
counties extending from Raleigh all
the way westward to the crest of the
Blue Ridge Mountains. There are to
be four institute parties that will in
terchange specialists and other ex,
pert institute workers as opportunity
affords. Among the most widely
known institute workers who will take
part in the various Institutes are R
! W. Scott, Col. John S. Cunningham
and j. p Kerr, of Alamance; A. L.
French, Rockingham; Prof. G. L. New
man, A. & NJ College; DR.. G. L.
Christman, now of the Virginia Poly
technic Institute.
Governor Goes to Camp Glenn.
, Governor Craig spent few hours
in the executive office here while on
his way from Asheville to Morehead