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

ernor ana es an 0cG OF personal trlond-
ship for him. I was afterwards paid
tho accounts in full at tho State Treas
ury. did not then have; nor have l
since had, any reasons to believe that
there was anything wrong about the
accounts. If I had thought there was
anything wrong about thom would
not have cashed them. / do not know
of any agreement between Governor
Moses and tho propriotors of the
News, or any of them, in any way
connected with this transaction; nor
have / any reason to believe that
there was any improperly in the
transaction. acted in consideration
OF friendly relations to both parties.
WIN. GURNEY.
Charleston, Fob. 18, 1878.
Upon examining the enormous
amounts paid for advertising the laws
in tho newspapers, your committee
find that for several years sufficient
sum was paid out to have furnished a
bound copy of the laws to every vo-
ter in tho State. We also find that
thcre was paid tor tho support of the
throe administration daily organs
tho extravagant sum of $156,70S,
during an average period of about Two
years, and the few weeklies received
within three years, $86, 1876. 28 for pub.
fishing the acts, while the five daiios
that woro edited by political oppon-
ents oceivod only $42 ,407.68 for r.ad-
vertising in evory description, includ
! ing the publication of the acts for four
years, and the twenty nine weoklies
| OF anti~administration record received
only $63,793.
Referring to Mr.. Woodruff's statc~
ment that qualification printing COR
| tificatos wore issued and divided
among members of tho General AS
sembly, the committee call special at
tention to the fact that il is corrobor.
ated by A. 0. Jones generally, and
particularly in an instance where he
testifies that ga passed claim certifi-
cate was issued for $4,000, proceeds
to DO divided between tho membcrs
of tho House Committee on Print
ing" The following named persons
wcro members of that committee: Jas.
N. Hayne, DR.. B. A. Bosmon, Rov.
IL. II. Hunto~, John B. Donnis and
Barney Humphries. This certificate
was turned over to Jones for collec~
ton; he cold it ut a largo discount,
and gave Hunter an ordor on tho State
Treasurer in part payment of his
share. Upon tho receipt Of this order
| tho reverend gentleman became very
| indignant, and wrote q lettor to Jones,
of which the following is n copy:
CHARLESTON, Fob. II, 1874.
Hon. A. O. Jones, Columbia, S. g
Dear Sir: Your favor with draft en-
closed came to hand, and can scarce.
ly now believe that you wcro capable
OF doing what you claim has been
dono in claim that was and am so
deeply interested in. When J. N.
Hayne, ESQ.,, could havc COTTON sixty
cents on the dollar, you dcmurrcd,
and stated that you could not allow
| any paper of yours to be sacrificed at
three>ffths of it's face value, and now
you claim that rs cents on its face
value you accepted. Sir, l expected
that tho 81 600 which you told lis timo
and time Rgain was my share, would
| have netted me st t!sa outside $3.50,
| and now it's sold, as you state it dwin.
| died down to S208.33. l can't bcliovc
you thus mean to act in this matter;
but it's left with you. A base migrate
to friends always meets his reward. |
was your friend, beloved your prom
ises, and expect you now, in pros
perity to make good ali you promised
when you depended upon mo and
others, expecting and believing that
you are and wero perpotrating huge
! joke about this matter rs above, to
test my faith in your promises. ours
truly, REV. II. I'll. HUNTER,
Sc Radcliffe street, Charleston.
| We submit two accounts of tho Re
publican Printing Company, found in
tho State Troasuror's office, which
have been paid. This "immigration
report, therein referred to was not
compiled or printed" but tho bills
therefor wero paid in full. The scheme
originated in tho fertile brain of Tim.
othy Hurley, whose facility to concoct
and execute fraudulent measures is
sufficiently well known always to se-
cure success. ~.
The joint resolution which appro.
priated quarter of million of dol.
lars at one swoop contained almost as
few words as the account itself, and
was rushed through both houses under
the whin Of tho two rlerlrs yUho ,yora