The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-04-04
RAISING THE BILLS,
ROOMS JOINT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE,
Columbia, February 7, 1878.

Jasper @. Roath, Esq, being re-
called, says: That lie resides in CO.
lumbia, by occupation attorney at
law. That he was cashier Of the
South Carolina Bank and Trust Com.
pany, and familiar with the accounts
and orders against the State having
examined q large number of such
during his connection with the bank
and believes himself to be competent
to judge ct the signatures and gener>
al writing of the various officers OF
tho State government, and also that
of L. Cass Carpenter, SO as to be ablo
to express decided opinion as to
whether any account made out by
either OF the parties named has been
altered or raised from the original
On examination of the vouchers sub
mittcd to him BY the committoa; he
has no hesitation in stating that the
account of Daily Union, dated Sep
tember II, 1871, has been altered
from the original amount of $191.2S,
to 81 1928, by the Insertion of the
figure ono (l) in front of tho hun
dredths unit. Account of samo pa,
per, March 4, 1872, was originally
made out for S4S640, and raised to
81, ,496.40 in same way. Account of
same paper, dated December 13,
1871, has been altered and raised
from the original amount of S72G to
Sl,|2O in same way. Account OF
same paper, Of December 13, 1871,
was originally made out for $S78.33,
and raised in same manner to ST.
1888. Account of October 20, 1871,
was. originally $784.67, ALTERED in
same manner to 91,78467. Account
of Daily Union, of January, 1872,
was raised in saEle manner from $54O
to 81 $40. Account of samo paper,
January 4, 1872, was raised from
$195 to $G95, by altering the figure
to 6. Account Of January 90, 1872,
WAS raised and altered from $155 to
$655, by changingLthe figure 1 into
6. Account of same paper, dated
February 27, 1878, appears to have
been raised from original amount OF
$676 TO $1,676. / have slso exam
ined the accounts submitted by tho
committee Of tho Carolina Printing
Company, and find that an account Of
81 500 has been raised to $4,000 by
changing the figure 1 to 2. Have
also examined fiv&other accounts of
same company, all of which have
the appearance of being raised one
thousand dollars each, by the inser-
ton Of tho figure l in front of the
figures representing the hundreds; in
most cases tho l was Of q different
colored ink, and in some INSTANCES
tho other figures have been traced
aftor the insertion of the figure 1, 80
as to cause them to havo a uniform
color and appea rance. also find
that in some instances the blotter
was applied to the figure 1 when in~
serted, and not upon tho other figures
These accounts were for publishing
acts Of tho General Assembly and
insurance laws. | think the &C
counts made out for the Carolina
Printing Company represent amounts
due tho CharlestonH Republican. I
was q mcnDor Of the Carolina Print
ing Company, and know nothing of
these accounte being raised. The
accounts all have the appearance OF
being paid to L. Ca6s Carpenter, as
lehown by the State Treasnror's en-
dOrscmcnt on the back Of them and
Trc0snrer'S numbers.
.. .,4 .. j. @ RoATu
Being called and sworn:
We have examined tho accounts
referred to in the foregoing evidenc,
Of j. Q. Roath, and VIC have no hes
itation in corroborating so much o
said evidence az relates to the chan.