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

each, for both daily and weekly lRsp.1-
hcdn for publishing the .acts. This cun-
tract is atteched TO tile evidence marked
exhibit "E D." as q remarkable curiosity
i: s:":s:aess matters. TFihii5 il is seen
that the State paid $al ,39a.S4 ever and
abovo the legitimate sam due. In order
that "the organ" Of the party in power
might subsist. In dee. and in truth,
the Charleston Repu6kcan was lively
6ondnsa that never failed TO prove
grand source of revenue TO some Of the
modern statesmen. This is established
by the largo amounts paid as claims 10
"the friends" of the Republican, passed
from time TO time, reaching several
F, thousand dollars, when ct the time Of
tbs 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 g.
amined the files of the Columbia Eciiy
Union and find there was due L. Cans
Carpenter, editor and proprietor, the
sum Of $l7.17405 from November, 1870,
n May, 1873,' under contract TO publish
the laws at twenty cents per line, and
the advertised rates for other official ad-
vertisements. Ncverthe.ess the vouchers
in the Treasurer's Office show that Mr..
Carpenter was paid SIS, 1887 .64 for adyer-
tising in his paper, including Sc, 6,286
claimed 10 have been due for publica-
tions made in the weekly issue, thus de-
1 Ia Gf4N <.f 10.
less than three years. an addition to this
Mr.. Carpenter was paid claim Of 81, 800
for publishing acts in 1874. He was
papers to State officials, members of the
General Assembly and other lesser lights
OF the party. The vouchers show thst ne
received over $4,000 for publishing two
acts known IS insurance laws"
The evidence Of d.: Neagle, then
0:rptroller General, ahd his letter to
Mr.. Carpenter, herewith submitted as
exhibit ~ L. shows that the amounts
thus collecte.i were without any authOri.
ty Of law. In this letter of December Q,
1870, DR.. Ncagle refers to having ordered
Carpenter 70 stop all such publications.
Then it was, according 10 the testimony
Of Woodruff and Jones, that they were
infori ed that it was their duty to certify
to the corrcctEess of those accounts (by
Attorney General Chamberlain These
accounts 30 certified were raised by in
serting the figure l to many of them, all
Of which was made out in figures, thus
indicating u fixed design to faise each by
adding one thousand dollars. In further
illustration of these palpable frauds, the
vouchers show TINT S18,1 ,159 was paid for
the publication Of the two acts referred
to above, in less than three years, both
of which contaiGad only 2S9 lines, equal
to about one ahd half columns. In
the month of December, 1871, these acts
were inserted In Daily Union four ticles
{. 9th, 9th, Goth and 25th-while the
vouchers show that the State paid 81 ,720
for such publication. We have no better
method Of showing the manner By which
printing claims were raised than by SUBJ
mi!ting the following evidence:
ROOMS JOINT INVESTIGATING Con-,
COLUMBIA, Feb. Z, 1873.
Jasper G. Roath, Esq, being recalled,
says: That Ee resides in Columbia, by
occupation attorney at law. That he was
cashier Of the South Carolina Bank and
Trust Company, and familiar with the
accounts and orders against the State,
having examined Is 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
bCarpenter, 30 as to be able TO express a
decided opinion as to whether any ac.
count mad ont by either Of the parties
named has been altered or raised from
the original. On examination of the
vouchers submitted TO 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 $18l.28. to
81, 1928, by the insertion of the figure
one ~ in front of tho hundreths unit
account of same paper, March i, 1872
was originally made cut for $'486.40, and
raised to $1486.40 in Same way. Ac-
c0unt of same paper, dated December
lS, 1871, has been altered and raised
from the original amonne Of 1920 to
Sl,72e in same way. kcooun: Of same
ginally made out for .S878.33, and raised
| Of October 20, 1871, was originally
! $7s4.67, altered in same manner to 81.
784.67. Account of Daily Union, of
January, 1872, was raised in same man
ner from 500 to $3.50. Accoun. OF
same paper, January 4, 1872, was raised
from l95 to 695, byf altering the figure
to s. Account of January, 20, 1872,
WAS raised and altered from $l55 to $655,
by changing the figure into 6. Ac-
connt OF same paper, dated February ~,
1873, appears to have been raised from
origiEai amounts OF 1916 10 1876.
have alsn examined the accounts sur
mitted'5y the committee of the Carolina
Printing Company, and find that an nc
count of 81 500 has been raised to $500
| by changing the figure to b 2. Have
also examined five otnur 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 o. the figures represent,
ing the hundreds in most cases the
was Of different coloYed ink, and in
some instances the other figures have
been traced after the insertion of the
figure /, 80 IS TO cause them to have q
uniform color and appearance. also
find that, in some instances, the blotter
was applied to the figure when in.
faerted, and not upon the other figures.
These accounts were for publishing acts
of the General Assembly and Insurance.
laws. think the accounts made out for
the Carolina Printing Company repre-.
sent amounts due .he Charleston Re
publican. / was o member of the Caro-
lima Printing Company, and know moth
ing of these accounts Being raised. The
accounts all have the appearance of
1 hasp, rasH a.