The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-08

Melton, and paid Tor by him out OF his con-
tingent fund, aud at this time is in the at
torncy. generals Office.
Mr.. Berry says.hefurnishcd large num-
bcr of Committee rooms outside of the
State House, as well as bedrooms. He re-
membcrs furnishing the rooms occupied by
w. J. Whipper, L. Hurley, L. b Johnston,
j. f.. Green and others, and some Of the
rooms he furnished as often as hrce times !
He also furnished rooms at Mrs. Randalrs,
for Speaker Moses, traded furniture to mem
bers for pay certificates, and furnished al
most all the Offices in the State House,
EVERY SESSION!
In continuation, he states that he. furA
nished at least forty bedrooms, but docs not
e"." ea%s of seS The 'issRiss ss3 " E W. 4.
in Legislative pay certificates: -
We ask reference to the evidence of Scr
geant-at t-arms Williams, on the subject of
furniture. He says he purchased lot OF
furniture from MIR. Berry, consisting of
chairs tables, washstands dhd bed room sets
occupied by Gen. w. j. Whipper, w. Ii.
Jones and James A. Bowley. He does not
know what became of the furniture, but en-
deavored to collect it, and was told by j.
b. Dennis, James A. Bowlcy, Benjamin
Byas and Charles Minort that he had moth.
ing to do with it; Consequently he troubled
himself no more about it. :. He says the
rooms over the South Carolina Bank and
Trust Company were furnished also, and
were occupied by Senator Y. j. p. Owens,
Il. Hurley and w. H. Gardiner, and that
he also furnished Speaker Lees rooms ard
OTHER PRIVATE ROOMS,
ut the boarding 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. l know that
large quantities of furniture were furnished
by him every session, and that as soon as
the General Assembly adjourned it disap-
pcared, and | was compelled under tho
order Of the Speaker or some committee
chairman, to rcturnish all the rooms as soon
as the Legislature met" These rooms he
adds, "werc
OUTSIDE OF TIE CAPITOL
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 cXtravagantly fur
nished every fall, about the time the General
Assembly convened, and that the furniture
was removed by different persons, and not
by regular dealers, and looked as if it was
being divided up among them that he rem
ted the rooms with the understanding that
they were for public business, but they may
have been used otherwise, and that he was
generally raid for them with legislative pay
certificates.
JOHN B. DENNIS
tcstifcs that he purchased furniture for
forty rooms, including the offices Of the
governor, attorney general comptroller gen
cra, and the hall of the House of Repre-
scntatvcs. His evidence proves most con-
clusivcly that majority of the members Of
the House combined against the persons
who furnished these goods and demanded
t. be paid for voting for the claim. The
bills were more than doubled and certificates
ISSUED for them The New York firms and
Mr. Berry received only the amounts que
on their accounts. Benz. Byas, chairman
of the committee, who reported favorably
.on the raised claim, received a pay ccrtif-
cate to the amount of $12,3l9 50-thc re-
mander was divided between.
FIFTY OTHER MEMBERS,
las follows: w. II. Jervcy had $1,000,
which he was to divide between himself, L.
A. Davis, w. G. Glover, j. j. Hardy, y.
p. Hedges, Abram Smith, j. W. Lloyd, j.
a. Bowlcy and Orlando Levy, all members
from Charleston County, except Bowley,
who represented Georgetown County.
Humbcrt, Of Darlington, received cor
tiGcatc Of an even
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS,
which he was to divide between himself
Alfred Hart, s. j. Keith, S. Sanders, j
Long, Frank Adamson, John +. Henderson
Hastings CAN'T, r. Tarloton and Fortune
Giles.
Asbury j.. Singleton, of Sumtor, received
certificate for Sl,15O, to divide between
himself, T.. Cain, II. G.. Corwin, f. Fcrgu.
son, r. Gather, s. Carey, n. S, Holmes
Barney HUMPHREYS S, Melton, VIM. Little.
field, J. p. Singleton, Alfred Mere, II. NJ
Sumptcr and Jared Marley.