The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-03-07

| SaFS Wltnln the Same time.
During thia era of "eIevation,o
while the average statesman was de-
prived of the enjoyment, Of his .ac+
customed luxury-the spcculent wa~
termelon-it is not strange to find him
! seeking the luscious fruits. of tropical
clines, hence the bills of Messrs.
Brookbanks & Go. He Brookbanks(
says in his evidence shat he was
connected With confectionery and
fruit store, that he ri,ished such
articles as were usually kept in such
establishments, and thut ho rendered
bills made out under the head cf sun.
dries, and receiy ed in payment legis!
latiVe pay certificates" We sub
nit portion OF these sccounts, and
of" to those designated, Nos. ST."
56, + > SO, SO and "a, oggregating
S1,0S0. Woodruff says "those &C.
counts were for fruit and cigars fur.
nished the Senate" We also refer
10 the evidence Of "A. O. Jones and
John WILLIAMS, concerning ether ac-
counts of O similar nature.
We cannot better illustrate the ef-
frontery of Carolina's leading states
men at that time than by referring to
account designated as 21a,9 in evil
dence of A O. Jones, where it APP
pears that Gen. VIM Quincy, Treasa
urer of Charleston County, claims I'd
have furnished refreshments to the
amount of 81, 500; but, strange to say,
the itcmized account Of Hardy .Solo-
mon proves that Gen. Gurney VAS
the recipient of supplies from Solo
mons store, and that tho State paid
for the same. rSergeant-at-Arms
hWillians says Of this bill: 81. know
Of no supplies being furnished BY
Gen. Gurney, nor do l know any
thing Of No. 213, referred to in A. o.
Jones' evidence." T.. r,,y,,3
We will now proceed to show the
! enormous expenditures torlotherlpuf9
poses. Tho first we shall considerAiS
hat of r%i..i} D.. ..'.-'.~.... oin
We find that there has been paid
out within four years for furniture
alone over 100000, and Of thf6
amount Mr. Berry and Mr.. = Fagahn,,
furniture dealers, testify that at the
present time there is at the State
House only $l7,746 worth appraised
at the prices charged for it, a list of
which was sworn to by them, and is
attached to their evidence. This inv
clues &325' worth of turniture .pur4
chased by Attorney General Melton.
and paid for by him out OF his COM
tingent fund, and at this time is ,in
the Attorney Generals Office Mr..
Berry says he furnished large:num@
Der Of OF committee rooms outside iof
'he State House, rs we'll as bed
rooms. lie remembers furnishin9
the rooms occupied by W. j. Whips
per, I. Hurley, T. B. Johnston, j. E.
Green and others, and some of the
rooms he furnished as often as three
times. He also furnished rooms at
| Mrs, Randall'S for Speaker Moses
Traded furniture members tor pay
certificates, and furnished almost all
the offices in the State House every
session. In continuation he states
that he furnished at least. forty bed
rooms, but does not know who occuS
pied them all; or what became of the
furniture; he was paid for it in legiss.
ativo pay certificates. d.
We ask reference to the evidenoe of
Sergeant at Arms Williams on Tho
subject Of furniture. He says he pur.
chased lot of furniture from Mr.
Berry, consisting Of bcds, tables,
washst&nds and bod room sets. Some
Of the rooms thus furnished wore oc-
cupicd by W. ). Whippcr, W, n.
Jones and James A. Bowley. Ho
docs not know what became Of tho
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