The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-06-18

we're trying to get the inside Of the
a~.''I'e} generals department So thai
""''" WOMB know what 10 do. Mr.
~ DIDO came no 'be door and handed
dr. Majors something. which he mt
I'd 'Is Vest pocket. After a little time
e Tor effect. Mr. Majors pulled out This
paper and read this question. It is in
me records. He said. "Covernor
nave You the Manchester Canal
weights OF the Manchester Ship Ca
NaI ior a lot Of cotton shipped on one
certain day" | said, Which Canal?"
lie said, rs there two?" | said. mo.
! Kho" o are asking something tina,
you Know nothing about. want to
know who gave you that question"
Ne said, 81 don't know who Civ you
mat question" did the lieutenant
governor give this question to your"
lie said, Il am not on the witness
stand. You are trying to find in.
formation for the lieutenant-governor
OF Mississippi for the benefit Of the
people who are fighting and defraud
Ing the state" So the committee
said we will cut that out. The next
day was Saturday. He came into the
office and said, Governor, have you
the Manchester Canal weights Of all
this twenty-one thousand bales
shipped there?" | said, yes" He
said. II want 1t for the committee"
| said, 81 have a letter from the at
torney-general to be careful with these
as Boyce & Company are making a
special effort to get this information
through the members of the commit
tee" He said. II will see the com
mittee.' I turned to a young man and
said. Il want to know where he goes,
whether to the Office OF the lawyers
OF Boyce G. Company" He came back
and reported that he had gone north on
the Y. & NJ. V. train. l called up a
friend in Memphis and told him to
meet No. 4 and see where Sam Majors
goes. He called me later and said,
Il saw him get off Of the train, and
he went to the office of Boyce & Com
pany as straight as a martin to his
gourd." He came back, took a letter
and lost it out OF his pocket at Parch-
man. A convict sent it to me. | read
it to the committee the next day,
very much to the chagrin of Mr.. Bilbo.
Well, they were going On then with
this farce. Mr.. Boyce said he was
going to bring his books right down
and show them that his transactions
with the State of Mississippi had been
fair. Next thing | knew he was down
before the committee. | would pass
down and remain a little while. 1t was
a CASTOR and Alphonse affair. Like
this: Now, Mr.. Boyce, we want to know
II you have anything further that you
would like to state. not anything that
would be of your private affairs. |
went and picked out a half dozen men,
and most of them Bilbo men. | said,
81 want you to see it and hear it so
that when | come I can show you that
the rottenest thing ever pulled off in
the State Of Mississippi is going on
here. Several OF them went in the
committee room, and later | went in
and I said. "Mr. Chairman. may | ask
Mr.. Boyce a question:" | said, "Mr.
Boyce. where are your books?' He
said. Here they are" He said,
These are they" 81 see these papers
here. Where are your bound books"
Il haven't got any" | said. "Do you
mean to say that you have no well
bound books to keep records of TWEEN
ty-one thousand five hundred bales
of cotton bought by you?" And he
said, 81 haven't" l said, where are
the Invoices" He said, They are
copies of them, Governor" | said,
Il understand you have copies here.
The originals are lost" I said. "Why
did you bring the copies and lost the
originals" He said, "They are exact
copies and balance with the States
books" | said, THAT is what Is worry,
ing me. The States books have been
doctored and there is a man in the
p~enitentlary who has pleaded guilty to
having doctored the hooks"
| read a letter. stating that | am
informed of the fact that a governor
is investigating the records. | see
Sample is doing his damnest to get
things straight. He said. 81 enclose
you a recap of the amounts, which
put on your books and destroy the
originals" said. Mr.. Boyce, where
are those v~ouchers?" He said, 81
have lost them" "Have you got them
for last month"; He said, NO" do
you mean to state to this committee
you have bought millions of dollars
worth of cotton and the only receipt
you have Is the vouchers and you have
lost the vouchers?" Are you willing
to give me your written consent that
these thirteen people you have sold
this cotton to are authorized to turn
over to me the weight, grade and price
of cotton delivered to them" He said.
"Na mnnttb sai1 .Nbyo" He