The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-07

the initials only being used in most cases;
and in the expense account the letters
rs. S. F." indicate "Secret Service
Fund.-" and is the amount paid State
officers:
t. Hurley $1,000, T. Hurley 81 300, c.
Minort $4,000, s. J. Lee $4,000, Thos.
Hamilton $500, E. H. Gourdin $50, E.
H. Gourdin so, j. Greenwood so, G. Il.
Reed 25, D. p. McLaurin so, P. Presley
so, N. B. Myers $50, n. B. Myers 300, J.
o. Robinson 500, It. H. Martin so, H.
NJ. Ellison rs, N. T. Spencer 80, J.
Pholean so, ]. G. Wilson, so, w. A.
Grant 200, NJ. L. Owens 100, A. Fl. Ford
rs, A. w. Hough 40, II. Grant IT'S, J. G.
Tingman rs, Prince Young 25, Henry
Riley so, Eben Hayes SO, J. Fielder
Myers 800, D. Graham 100, J. D. Boston
$50, ]. w. johnson 100, J. Marley LOG,
Lewis Simmons 26, John A. Baker $50,
R. II. HumbeEt 100, S. Green 300, S.
Green $50, E. Gain 100, Jas. A. Bowley
1000, Jas. A. BoHley 5000, Jas. A. Bow
ley 1000, Jas. A. Bowley 1,500, A. Col
lins 25, J. Wallace 25, ]. T. Gilmore rs,
w. NJ. Thomas 1000, Fortune Giles so,
James Mills 25, P. Simkins 25S, S. ].
Keith 1,175, S. Swails 200, S. Swails so,
Glos.er Holland 300, Gloster Holland
IT'S, ]. F. Peterson so, R. w. Turner
200, R. D. Gathers rs, B. Spears $50,
Charles Sims so, B. Tarleton 100, w. W.
Ramsay 500, G. G. Puffer 1000, ]. F.
Green 500, NJ. Davis rs, J. Crews 1000,
J. Crews 200, r. N. Smith 1000, Enos
a. Tate 100, II. A. Williams so, j.
Young so, G. Sullivan so, G. H.. Sperry
1000, A. P. Holmes 200, R. B. Artson
$50, w. Black rs, w. Black rs, S. B.
Thompson 100, Prince R. Rivers $50,
Levi Lee 26, J. ]. Grant 100, j. J. Grant
25, G. F. North 25, B. F. Thompson 25,
J. B. Bascombe 12O, A. Simpkins 100, J.
A. Smith 25, J. r. Tolbcrt 500, j. B.
Bascombe. so, J. Altman rs, w. M.
Thomas o..
Showing that S41, ,269 was paid to sew
enty-one members out of total of one
hundred and twenty-four, seventy-four
being Republicans out of total of one
hundred and six, and three Democrats
out of total of eighteen. Jones is cor
roborated in this statement by LeGrand
Benedict, who says: an the month of
December, 1873, paid large number
of certificates ofindebtedness to the men,
bers of the lower house of the General
Assembly, upon orders made upon me by
Mr.. Jones. I paid numerous orders of
that description, and every one of such
payments is matter of record. have
examined some forty or fifty Of such
orders presented for my Inspection by the
committee, and am satisfied they were
either paid by Mr.. Jackson or myself,
and have also examined the account of
Clerk Jones and find entries of payments
mSde corresponding with said orders"
| Clerk Jones is further corroborated IS to
payments by the testimony of Represen-
tatives J.. j, Grant, w. w. Ramsay,
Chas. Simms, A. Simpkins, S. J. Keith,
R. S. Tarleton, David Graham and
Others, who admit the receipts of the seY-
eral amounts charged up against them.
Jones says that on page "a of the led.
ger are the following entries: rs. S. F.,
$500; F. L. Cardo1o, $3.50 !; S. L. E[oge,
$1,000; T. j. Moses, Jr., $500; j. ].
Moses, Jr., $500; F. L. Cardozo, $9,75O !;
F. L. Cardozo, s., $50; F. J. Moses, Jr.,
$2,250; F. ]. Moses, Jr., A,254.
Those entries we're made by w. 81.
Jackson, ::bookkeeper of the company.
In addition to these amounts he says,
that "we frequently turned over the GER
tiicates and other papers belonging to
the company" and that he "was bled by
the friends over and over again on che
same claim" The names on the "little
book" are the same which appear on the
list of payments made by Clerks Jones
and Woodruff as shown by their evidence,
which includes amounts paid State OFF,
GERS and Senators, with several erasures.
On comparison of the "little book" with
the ledger of the printing company, we
find erasures of the following entries: T.
G. Dunn, 81 600; J.. .Hollinshesd, 81 900; /;
G. D. Hayne, $1,000; w. E. Holcombe,
s. 900; w. H. Jones, 81, ,000; G.. F. Nc
Intyre, $4,000.
These erasures were made before the
"little book" came into the possession of
the committee. Mr.. Maxwell, who pre-
viously had charge of the 'little book"
testifes as follows:
Rooms JOINT INVESTIGATING CON-,
| OlAlC ShT1lhbJ OCCs 1OJ 1Otf.
Edward J. Maxwell, being duly sworn,
testifes as follows: am a resident of
the city of Columbia, in this State, and
am attorney and counsellor at law. l
am familiar with the book marked az"
and commonly known as the "little
book" 1tcame into my possession some
time in February, in the year 1876,
while l was stopping at the Wheeler
House in this city. 1t Was handed to me
by DR.. w. II. Jackson, formerly connec:
ted with the Republican Printing Com
pany of this city. He stated to me that
it was transcript of the books Of that
company, which he had taken in his own
handwriting, while he was in the employ
!. of the company. The book remained in
my possession until sometime in the fol-
lowing winter, when delivered it to Mr..
Mackay, with directions to retain it, sub
iect to my order. 1t was demanded from
me by Jackson, and I declined to give it
up. I was informed that he wanted to
have it suppressed for various considera-
tions. I told Mr.. Mackay that l gave
the book into his custody, solely to avoid
remarks which Jackson had been MAX
ing, to the effect that had myself made
an improper use of the book. The book
was handed back to me for the purpose
of producing the same before a commit
tee of the Senate. | am familiar with
the handwriting of w. H. Jackson, and
believe the entries made in this book are
written,by him, of which the following is
copy. ED. j. MAXWELL.
The testimony of Mr.. Maxwell and a
comparison of the "little book" with the
ledger of the printing company show
that the "little book" made the year
before the appointment of the committee,
was a faithful transcript of the ledger,
and it still is 50, except in the matter of
the erasures.
Your committee find that huge frauds
were committed under the head of news
paper advertising, and that the people
were loaded with an oppressive tax to
slfbsidize o venal press in frauds equal
| in proportion TO those of the Carolina or