The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-07
Is DEVELOPED THAT
MORE THAN S6OO,OOO HANDLED
Up TO DATE.
WAS LOANED OUT
Some Was Placed With Other Banks,
Some Probably" 10 Customers-Com-
mittee Recommends Vetoed Varsity
appropriation BE Passed Again.

Austin, Tex, Aug. Testimony that
he was mistaken yesterday when he
testified that a debit of S5.600 was
against Governor Fergusons official ac.
count in the Temple State bank Aug.
ust %, 1916, was drawn from Henry
Blum, assistant cashier Of the bank
when he resumed the stand today at
the hearing Of the Fuller charges
against the governor He was aues.
toned again by w A. Hanger, coun.
sci for the governor
Blum had said that the debit was on
August %, 1916, and that on the same
date the governor had only S4O.3G in
his special account, while he had over.
drawn his private account. s3O.641. .32.
Today Blum testified that the debit was
on August %, 1915, and that on this
date, the governor had $5O.G2 in his
private account and $16.OOO.33 in his
special account.
Governors Bank Lucky.
Attorney VI. VI. Crane Tor the house
on taking the witness. led up again TO
the amount Of funds deposited in the
Temple state bank by the governor and
other officials. Blum's replies showed
that over 100000 OF state funds had
been hadled by his bank up to the
present time.
On questioning by Mr. Crane. he said
that at least a part OF the mney was
placed in other banks and drew two
percent interest on the daily balance
and that probably some had been loan.
ed 10 customers at regular interest rate
The house committee on appropria.
ton by a vote Of 10 to today. re.
fused TO report an appropriation bill
forthe support and maintenance Of the
University Of Texas for the next two
fiscal years It is the evident intention
OF the committee not to report the bill
until the hearing Of the Impeachment
charges against the governor.
Approves University Approximation.
Austin. Tex, Aug. Every item Of
the university appropriation. passed al
the first called session and vetoed by
Governor Ferguson. was unanimously
approved yesterday by the senate ii.
nance committee, after a brief address
by Dr. X. +. Ninson, president Of the
university. and the bill will be report.
ei 10 the senate Wednesday II carries
SslS,453 for the first year and sSOS .953
for the second year. divided as follows.
Medical department. S9S.755 for each
year; main department. S7l9.69S. first
year, and $7lO19S second year.
Dr Ninson was asked what was nee.
essary for the university. and his an.
swer was TO urge the budget adopted at
the first extra session and vetoed bv
the governor The committee accepted
his recommendation without a dissent.
Or. Ninson made no reference to the
university controversy. except 10 saw
that statements that Il costs between
$500 and $500 each TO maintain students
at the university are entirely erroneous.
In substantiation Of his statement. he
submitted an array Of figures covering
expenditures from 1881. the time the
available fund was created. down TO
and including 1916.
According TO Or. Wilson'S tables the
total expended during that period at
the university caused the average cost
per long session student to be S244. %
having been $22f36 at the main univer.
sity and S296.72 for the medical branch.