The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-07
and wrote a letter to Jones, of which the

and wrote letter to Jones, of which the
following is copy:
CHARLEsToN, S. c., Feb. II, 1874.
Hon. 4. o. Jones, Columbia, S. c.:
DEAR SIR-Your favor with draft en-.
closed came to hand, and I can scarcely
now believe that you wero capable of do
ing what you claim has been done in
claim that was and am so deeply inter-
ested in. When j. N. Hayne, ESQ.,,
could have gotten sixty cents on the dol
lar, you demurred, and stated that you
could not allow any paper of yours to be
sacrificed mt three.fifths of its face value,
and now you clai 7. that twenty-five
cents on its face value you accepted. Sir,
7 expected that the 81 1000 which you told
us time and time again was my share,
would have netted me at the outside $3.50,
and now it's sold, as you state, 1t dwin-
died down to $20S.33. can't believe you
thus mean to act in this matter; but it's
left with you. A base migrate to friends
always meets lis reward I was your
friend, believed your promises, and ex-
pect you now, in prosperity to make
good all you promised when you depen.-
ded upon me and others, expecting anc
believing that you are and were perpe-
trating huge joke about this matter rs
Yours truly, Rev. II. III. HUNTER.
We submit twp accounts Of the Repub-
lican Printing Company, found in the
State treasrrer's office which have been
paid. This "iminigratinn report therein
referred to was not compild or printed"
but the bills therefor were paid in full.
The scheme originated in the fertile
brain of Timothy Hurley, whose facility
to concoct and execute fraudulent meas
ures is sufficiently well known always
to assure success.
The Joint resolution which appropria.
ted quarter Of 1, million of dollars at one
swoop contained almost as few words as
the account itself, and was rushed
through both Houses under the whip of
the two clerks, who were all powerful at
that time in silcncing "the funds" 1t
will be observed in the evidence that the
printing company at this time was cop-
posed Of the two clerks, who made up
and certified to their own accounts,
which were always increased by sufti-
cicnt amount to cover all expenses, in
Guiding bribes and commissions paid to
State officials and members of the Gen.
eral Assembly. The act under which the
contract for public printing was awarded
had been passed for the purpose of allow
ing the two clerks to have full and un-
disputed control of the printing. The
"cii Gle of friends knew them. they had
tried them, and they were satisfied with
their !"manner of conducting business"
the basis OF which was that the "lion's
share of the spoils" should fall to 1.-THE
friends" and the remainder find its way
to the capacious NAV Of the company.
While we condemn almost every act of
these two clerks, and present them in
this unenviable light to the public, it is
we'll to remember that they were but in
reality the subtle tools of corrupt State
officials and equally corrupt legislators.
They sowed indeed and CLEANED, but the
others reaped the harvest:
COLUMBIA, s. c., Dec. 8, 1873.
State of South Carolina:
To Republican Printing Company,
DR.. For the compilation and printing OF
the report of immigration, ordered by
the General Assembly at the session Of
1S71-73, sevepty-five thousand dollars
(S75,OO0)
This account bears the following ell
dorsement:
COLUMBIA, s.. c., December s, 1873.
We certify that the within amount of
seventy-fve thousand dollars (S75, ,00O) is
correct and remains unpaid.
J. WOODRUFF,
Clerk of the Senate.
A. o. JONES, G. H. r.
The following account bears a similar
endorsement:
COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. %, 1872
State of South Carolina.
To Republican Printing Company, DR..
To amount of deficiency of printing as
per appropriation under "Joint Resolu-
tion to provide for expenses of Public
Printing" approved December 81, 1872,
$3.50, 600.
Received payment.
LEGRAND BENEDICT, President.
For the purpose of contrasting the'era
of extravaganza and robbery with that of
"Home Rule" brought about through
tho election and inauguration of Hamp-
ton, we insert certified statement Of
State Treasurer Leaphart, showing the
cost of public printing for the regular
and special sessions of 1876 and 1877, and
leave the figures tospeak for themselves:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER,
COLUMBIA, s. C. Feb. 25, 1878.
Statements of payments made on ac-
count public printing, Regular Session
1876, and Special Session 1877 up to No
vember !, 1877:
Amount appropriated d........."......''.SlO,O 600
1877.
June 12, paid Republican
Printing Compa~-- r........S2, 900.
June Is, paid Jas. W oodrow 2,024
Aug. l, paid index accounts 200
"l5, paid Calvo & Patton 92t
II, paid G. Mckinley. ID 5,222
Balance n hand Nov. l, 1S77..-.....34,77S
Against this balance is an outstanding.
claim of James Woodrow for printing Of