The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-28

room SelS. DOne Ol Iut IOoiiiS tluh iui
ished were occupied by w. j. Whipper,
w. 81. Jones and James A. Bowley. He
does not know what became of the furn-
iture, but endeavored to collect it, and
was told by J. B. Dennis, James A. Bow
ley, Benjamin Byas and Charles Minort
that be had nothing to do with it; con-
sequently 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, T. Hurley
and W. H. Gardiner, and that he also
furnished Speaker Lees room and
OTHER PRIVATE ROOMS
at the boarding houses of members with
fine carpets, stoves and other furniture,
and that they were claimed as committee
rooms. He says: ri cannot undertake
to explain the accounts of Mr.. Berry. /
know that large quantities of furniture
were furnished by him every session, and
that as soon as the General Assembly
adjourned it disappeared, and was COM
PEELED, under the order of the Speaker,
or some committee chairman, to refurnish
all the rooms as soon as the Legislature
met" These rooms, he adds, ''were
OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITOL
building, and he believes the furniture
was stolen by those who had charge OF
it."
W. K. Greenfield testified that the
rooms he rented were newly, thoroughly
and, in some instances, most extrava-
gantly furnished 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 az if it was being
divided up among them; that he rented
the rooms with the understanding that
they were for public business, but they
may have been used otherwise, and that
he was generally paid for them with leg
islative pay certificates.
JOHN B. DENNIS
testi6es that he purchased furniture for
forty rooms, including the Offices of the
Governor, Attorney General Comptroller
General, and the Hall of the House of
Representatives. His evidence proves
most conclusively that majority Of the
members of the E[ouse combined against
the persons who furnished these goods
and demanded to be paid for voting for
the claim. The bills we're more than
doubled and certificates issue for them.
The New York firms and Mr.. Berry re-
ceived only the amounts due on their ac-
counts. BENZ. Byas, chairman OF the
committee, who reported favorably on
the raised claim, received pay certif-
cate to the amount of S12,319.50-the
remainder was divided between
FIFTY OTHER MEMBERS,
as follows: w. r. Jervey had S2,100,
which he was to divide between himself,
T. A. Davis, w. G. Glover, ]. j. Hardy,
P. P. Hedges, Abram Smith, ]. w. Lloyd,
J. A. Bowley and Orlando Levy, all
members from Charleston County, except
Bowley, who represented Georgetown
County.
Humbert, of Darlington, received a
certificate of an even
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS,
which he was to divide between himself,
Alfred Hart, S. ]. Keith, S. Sanders, j.
Long, Frank Adamson, John F. Hender-
son, Hastings Can't, r. Tarleton and
Fortune Giles.
Asbury L. Singleton, of Sumter, re-
ceived q certificate for 81 ,150, to divide
between himself, E. Cain, 81. G. Corwin,
E. Ferguson, R. Gather, S. Carey, A. S.
Holmes, Barney Humphries, S. Melton,
VIM. Littlefeld, J. P. Singleton, Alfred
Moore, E. M. Sumpter and j. Warley.
h. H. HUNTER,
from Charleston, demanded and received
for himself certificate for $3.50; ]. 81.
White received a certificate for $3.50 for
himself; w. F.. G.. Gardener one for
81 500; W. J. Whipper one for $4,000 ;
B. G. Yocum one for 81 $50; a. o. Jones
one for $1,000; W. Fl. Jones one for
81, 800; Joe Crews one for $4,000; Law
renee Cain one for $500, which witness
says he bought from Cain afterwards, and
Cain, in his evidence, admits receiving a
small consideration on account of this
matter; P. J. O'Connell received one for
$1,000; B. A. Nerland one for 500; G.
S. Andell, one for $500; B. F. Berry one
for 500; J. D. Boston one for $3.50
VIM. Dannerly one for $50; Mitchell
Goggins one for S1OO; s. J. Keith one
| for $lOO; VIM. Kennedy one for $1OO.
F. j. MOSES
had one certificate for $4,000, and does
not know how many more or exactly the
amounts.
We have not lowing to the want Of
time) ascertained who collected all the
certificates referred to above, but find
that B. Byas, B. G. Yocum and T. Hurley
collected theirs, and that the five thou
sand dollar certificate given to Moses was
exchanged for State Treasurers due
bill for that amount. Accounts Nos. 33,
81, S5 and 36 refer to this claim, and are
referred to in A. o. Jones evidence,
when the vouchers prove that more than
Sl7, 900 was allowed as interest on S45, 600
for seventeen months. Most of the GER
tiicates thus issued are in the Treasurer's
office, and have been paid, but they do
not bear the endorsement of either of the
firms named in them, 10 wit: Nicol, Da-
wilson & Co., or Stewart, Sutphen q Co.
Gen. Dennis says that more than $12,.
O0O of these certificates were divided
between Speaker Moses, Clerk A. O.
Jones, Niles G. Parker, Tim Hurley and
himself.
Your committee find that large por.
ton of the fraudulent certificates issued
to pay the difference between the legiti'
mate amount due for furniture and the
amount for which it was raised have been
paid.
WHAT IS LEFT.
After careful examination of the
| furniture in the State House by General
Dennis, he afirms that there is not left
there more than one-half of what wa:
purchased, and very few of the clocks
which were Of the finest quality, costing
from $3.50 to $500 each, and that out o.
several mirrors which cost $500 each
only one remains. 49,,
From the report marked No. 73, "Ex
hibit A." to which we referred in the
evidence of A. o. Jones, it appears tha
BENJAMIN Byas, chairman of the com