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

each, for both daily and weekly Repu6-
Aican for publishing the 'acts. This con,
tract is attached to the evidence marked
exhibit "E D." as remarkable curiosity
in business matters. Thus it is seen
that the State paid $31 ,396.S4 over and
above the legitimate sum due, in order
that "the organ" of the party in power
might subsist. In deed and in truth,
the Charleston Republican was liucty
bonanza that never failed to prove
grand source of revenue to some of the
modern statesmen. This is established
by the large amounts paid as claims to
"the 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
had drawn ,largely in excess Of any
amount properly due it. We refer to
paper marked exhibit a." as specimen
claim of this character, being only one
of many in the Treasurer's office. We
also refer to the evidence of the printers
above named, who say they have ex-
amined the files of the Columbia Daily
Union and lind there was due L. Cass
Carpenter, editor and proprietor, the
sum of $17,174.05 from November, 1870,
to May, 1873 under contract to publish,
the laws at twenty cents per line, and
the advertised rates for other official ad-
vertis.ments. Nevertheless the vouchers
in tho Treasurer's Office show that Mr..
Carpenter was paid $59, ,987.64 for adyer.
tising in bis paper, including S6,2S6
claimed to have been due for publica-
tions made in the weekly issue, thus de-
frauding the State out of $33, ,626.59 in
less than three years. In addition to this
Mr.. Carpenter was paid claim OF $2,5oo
for Publishing acts in 1874. He was
also paid more than $4,000 for furnishing
paper to State officials, members of the
General Assembly and other lesser lights
OF the party. The vouchers show that he
received over $4,000 for publishing two
acts known as insurance laws"
The evidence of DR.. Neagle, then
Comptroller General, and his letter to
Mr.. Carpenter, herewith submitted as
exhibit ~ L." shows that the amounts
thus collected were without any authori-
ty of law. In this letter of December 3,
1870, DR.. Neagle refers to having ordered
Carpenter to stop all such publications.
Then it was, according to the testimony
of Woodruff and Jones, that they were
Informed that it vas their duty to certify
to the correctHess of those accounts 10y
Attorney General Chamberlain These
accounts so certified were raised by in
serting the figure to many of them, all
of which was made out in figures, thus
indicating fixed design to raise each by
adding one thousand dollars. In further
illustration of these palpable frauds, the
vouchers show that S1S,159 was paid for
the publication Of the two acts referred
to above, in less than three years, both
of which contained only 2S9 lines, equal
to about one and a half columns. In
the month of December, 1871, these acts
were inserted IN Daily Union four times
-Sth, 9th, 2Oth and 25th-while the
vouchers chow that the State paid $l,72O
for such publication. We have no better
method Of showing the manner by which
printing claims we're raised than by sub
mitting the following evidence:
ROOMS JOINT INVESTIGATING Con-,
COLUMBIA, Feb. 7, 1878.
Jasper C. Roath, Esq, being recalled,
says: That he resides in Columbia, by
occupation attorney at law. That he was
cashier of the South Carolina Bank and
Fvust Company, and familiar with the
accounts and orders against the State,
having examined large number of such
during his connection with the bank,
and believes himself to be competent to
judge of the signatures and general writ
ing of the various officers of the State
government, and also that of L. Cass
Carpenter, 30 as to be able to express
decided opinion as to whether any ac-
count made ont by either of the parties
named has been altered or raised from
the original. On examination of the
vouchers submitted 10 him by the COM
mittee he has no hesitation in stating
that the account Of Daily Union, dated
September II, 1871, has been altered
from the original amount of SlS1.2S, to
$1,1Sl.2S, by the insertion of the figure
one (1) in front of the hundreths unit.
Account of same paper, March 4, 1872,
was originally made out for $4S6.4O, and
raised to $1,4S6.4O in same way. Ac-
count of same paper, dated December
13, 1871, has been altered and raised
from the original amount of S72O to
S1,7a0 in same way. Account of same
paper, of December Is, 1871, was ori-
ginally made out for SS7S.33, and raised
in same manner to 81 ,S78.83. Account
of October 20, 1871, was originally
S7s4.67, altered in same manner to 81, ;
7S4.67. Account Of Daily Union, Of
January, 1872, was raised in same man.
ner from $40 to $3.50. Account of
same paper, January 4, 1872, was raised
from l95 to 695, bY altering the figure
l to 6. Account of January 20, 1872,
was raised and altered from Sl55 to $685.,
by changing the figure l into a 6. Ac-
count Of same paper, dated February 27,
1873, appears to have been raised from
original amounts of S676 to Sl,676.
I have also examined the accounts sub
mittedrby the committee of the Carolina
Printing Company, and find that an nc
count of 81, 500 has been raised to $2,5OO
by changing the figure / to 2. Have
also examined five other accounts OF
same company, all of which have the
appearance of being raised one thousand
dollars each, by the insertion of the
figure in front of the figures represent
ing the hundreds in most cases the l
was of different colored ink, and in
some instances the other figures have
been traced after the insertion of the
figure l, so as to cause them to have a
uniform color and appearance. / also
find that, in some instances, the blotter
was applied to the figure l when in
serted, and not upon the other figures.
These accounts were for publishing acts
of the General Assembly and insurance
laws. I think the accounts made out for
the Carolina Printing Company repre-
sent amounts due the Charleston Re
publican. I was member of the Caro-
lima Printing Company, and know moth
ing of th ese accounts being raised. The
accounts all have the appearance of