The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-04-04

laws, and the rates charged by ! such
] paper would be s24, ,538. 20 but on OK
animation of the vouchers paid and
in the State Treasuror's tffice, thoy
find and report that there was paid
said paper the extraordinary sum of
S6o::982.l4 during it's existence, and
at times there was paid the monstrous
sum of twenty-five cents q limo each
for both daily and weekly Republi-
can for publishing the acts. This
contract is attached to the evidence
marked exhibet "E. D." as a remark
able curiosity in business matters.-
Inns it rs seen that the State paid
$3l ,396.94 over and above the le-
gitimate sum due, in order that "the
organ" of the party in power might
Dsnb6ist. In deed and in truth, the
Charleston Republican was lively
bonanza that never tailed to provo q
grand source Of revenue to some of
the nodern Statesmen. This ie es-
tabliShed by the largo amounts
paid as claims to "tbe friends, Of the
Republican, passed from time to time
reaching several thousand dollars,
when at The time Of the passage of
the claim the company drawn largely
i'll excess OF any amount properly due
it. We refer TO paper marked eX--
hibit GA" as a specimen claim of
this character, being only one Of
many in the Treasurcr's Office. We
also refer to the evidence of the
printers above uamed, who say they
havo examined the files Of the Co.
lambda Daily Union and find there
vile dno L. Ca2s Carpenter, editor
and proprietur,.thc sum of SIT 174.O5
from November, 1870, to May, 1878,
under Contract TO publish the laws
1t twenty col'tS per line, and the
advertised rates for other official adj
vertiscnlents. Nevertheless the
vouchers in tho Treasurer's Office
show that Nj. Carpenter was paid
$50, ,987 .64 for advertising in his pa
per, including Sc ,2S6 claimed to have
been due tor publications made in tic
weekly issue, thus defrauding tho
State out Of $33, ,526.59 in less than
three years. In addition to this Mr..
Carpenter was paid claim OF $500
Tor publishing acts in 1874. lie was
also paid more than $4,000 for fur
niShing papers to State officials,
members of the General 4 Assembly
and other lesser lights of the party.
The vouchers show that lie received
over SIC, 900 for publishing two acts
known as
''INBURANCE LAWS"
The evidence OF DR.. NeagIe, then
Comptroller General, and his letter
to Mr.. Carpenter, herewith submit
ted as exhibit 81. L. shows that
the amount TINS collected were with
out any authority of law. In this
letter of December 9, 1870, DR.. Nea
gle refers to having ordered Carpen~
ter to stop all such publications.
Then it was, according to the tosti-
mony of Woodruff and Jones, that
they were informed that it was their
duty to certify to the correctness of
tn &c accounts (by Attorney General
CbamboriainJ These accounts so
certified wero raised by inserting the
figure one to many Of them, all OF
which was made out in figures, thus
indicating a fixed design to raise
each by adding one thousand dollars.
In further illustration Of these
PALPABLB FRAUDS,
the vouchers show that $3.50 was
paid for the publication Of tho two
acts referred to above, in less than
three years, both of which contained
only 2S0Iinos equal to about oneand a
half columns. IN the month of De-
cornbor, 1871, these acts were insert.
ed in the Daily Union 4 times, 9Th