Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-02-28

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nothing to do with it; consequently ho
troubled himself no moro about it. IIe
says the rooms over tho South Carolina
Bank and Trust Company were furnished
also, and were occupied by Senators Y. j. P
Ovens, Il. Hurley and w. II. Gardiner,
and that he also furnished Speaker Lees
rooms aud
OTHER PRIVATE ROOMS
at the boarning houses of members with fine
carpets, stoves and other furniture, and
that they were claimed as committee rooms
He says: 81 cannot undertake, to explain
the accounts of Mr.. Berry. I know that
largo quantities of furniture we're furnished
by him every session, and that as soon as
the General Assembly ad3ouihed it disap.
pcared, and l was compelled, under the
order of the Speaker or bome committee
chairman, to furnish all the rooms as soon
as the Legislature met" These rooms, he
adds, "wer6
;. 8uT8tDE or THE CAPITAL
building; and he believes the furniture was
stolen by those who had charge of it,"
w. X. Greenfield testified that the rooms
he rented were newly, thoroughly and, in
some instances, most extravagantly fur.
nished every fall, about the time tho Gone.
raj Assembly convened, and that the furni..
ture was removed by different persons and
not by regular dealers, and looked as if it
was being divided up among them; that he
rented the rooms with tho understanding
that they were for public business, but that
they may have been used otherwise, and
that he was generally paid for thom with
legislative pay certificates.
JOHN D. DENNIS
tostifes that he purchased furniture for
forty rooms, including the offices Of the
governor, Attorney General, Comptroller
General and the hall of the House of
Repres natives. His evidence proves most
conclusively that a majority of the members
of the House combined against the persons
who furnished these goods and demanded
to be paid for voting for the claim. The
bills were moro than doubled and certificates
issued for them. The Now York firms and
Mr.. Berry received only amounts due on
their accounts. Benz. Byas, Chairman Of
tho committee, who reported favorably on
the raised claim, received pay certificate
to tho amount Of IL 2,3l9 50-tho remainder
was divided between
FIFTY OTHER MEMBERS
as follows: w. r. Jervey had 2,l00 dollars
which was to be divided between himself, T.
A. Davis, w. @. Glover, j. j. Hardy, p.
P. Hedges, Abram Smith, j. w. Lloyed, j.
A. Bowley and Orlando Levy, all members
from Charleston County, except Bowley,
who represented Georgetown County.
Humbbert, of Darlington, received q
Certificate Of On even
DIE THOUSAND DOLLARS,
Which he was to divide between himself,
Alfred Hart, 8. J. Keith, s. Sanders j.
Long, Frank Adamson, John Il. Henderson,
Hastings CAN'T, r. Tarletou aud Fortune
Giles.
Asbury L. Singleton, Of Sumter, received
certificate for ST, $50, to divide between
himself, Il. Cain, H. G. Corvin, H. Fcrgu--
son, II. Gather, s. Carey, A. s. Homes,
Barney Humphries, 8. Melton, w. Little.
neld, j. F. Singleton, Alfred Moore, e. M :.
Sumpter and J. Marley.
II. II. HUNTER, FROM CHARLESTON,
demanded and received for himself q certifi
cate for $3.50; j. H. White received a Ger.
tifcate for $3.50 for HIMSELF w. f. G. Gard
ner, one for 81 500 for himself; b. G. Yo-
cum one for 81 500; w. j. Whippcr one
for c3 900; A. o. Jones one for 81 900;
w. II. Jones one for $1,000; Joe Crews,
one for $4,000; Lawrence Cain one for $500
which witness says he bought from Cain
afterwards, and Cain in his evidence admits
receiving a small consideration on account
Of this matter; p. j. Connell received one
for 81 900; b. A. Nerland one for 500; G.
J. Andell one for $500; B. F. Berry one
Tor 800; j. D. Boston one $3.50; w. Dan.
nerly one for $780, Mitchell Goggins one for
S100; 8. j. Keith one for 100; ". Kcnne
dy one for 800.
i. J. MOSES
had one certificate for $4,000, and docs
not know how many moro Or exactly the
amounts.
We have not lowing to the want Of time)
nscortained who collected all the certificates
referred to above, but find that B. Byas, B.
G. Yooum and It. Hurley collected theirs,
eua that the five thousand dollar certificate
given to Moses was exchanged for State
treasurer's duo bill for that amount 40.
counts Nos. 33, 81, So and SO refer to this
claim, and arc referred to in A. o. Jonos's
evidence, when the vouchers prove that
more than $17 900 was allowed as interest
on $4,000 dollars for seventeen months.
Most of the certificates thus issued are in
the treasurer's Office, and have been paid i,
but they do not bear the endorsement Of
either Of the firms named in them, to wit:
Nicol, Davidson 4 Co., or Stewart, Sutphen
& Co!
Gen. Dennis says that more than $4,000
dollars Of these certificates were divided
between Speaker Moses, Clerk a. o. Jones,
Niles G. Parker, Tim Hurley and himself
Your committee fiod that largo portion
Of the fraudulent oertifioates issued to nay