The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-07
Cost Of printing per capi,s in Ohio
Cost Of printing per capita in South

ulation Of South Csrolina, and over nined
times the capacity to pay, obtained
her printing for $6S, GOO, whiist Il cost in
FREQ South Carolina $450,Oo0. In, addi-
tion TO this, our comparison Of the elias.
Of printing paid for ia Ohio, we end that
SZ7 GOO of the expenses charged uaa for
kind Of printing not required In this
State. For further comparison ne re.
fer to paper ia the evidence marked ex.
hibit "a. 81. D." il. which IL is shown
that there was appropriated during the
session CT 1929. by this State, &i?e.4
Uy4 more than the cost Of printing liz all
the thirteen Southern States for the last
fiscal, year. II will also be seen that
there was. appropria d 1856 at the
eessions of 1874-75 for printing In South
Carolina, making q total Of 1886, 900
within two years, or an average of $I45,-
694 per annum over and above the cost
of printing Ia all the Southern States for
the past fiscal year. In proof Of these
statements we append letters from Off.
Gals IN the other Southern States, and
derive grim satisfaction from the. appall.
Ing fguee5 presented from Louisiana,
rivaling her sister in calamity and put.
ting to the deepest blush, even TO the
ahame, of Radicaiism in South Caroliun.
Your committee herewith submit q
portion Of Mr. WoodruEis testimony
bearinSsupon this subject, so that some
idea may be had of the system and re.
suits of this stupendous plunderine of
the treasury 0f the State. hir. Woodruff
swears that he was elected Clerk of the
Senate in 1861 J. w. Denny was then
State printer. Senators composing the
circle of friends" became dissatisfied with
Mr.. Denny's close manner Of conducting
business, and tis failure to meet sheir
expectations in the division of the profits
arising from the public printing. in the
fall or winter of 1870 the Carolina Print
ing Company was organized by Messrs.
J. w. Denny, r. K. Scott, n. 6. Parker.
D. II. Chamberlain, j. w. Morris and L.
Cass Carpenter. This company owned
the Daily Union, Of Columbia, and the
Charleston Republican. Senator Leslie
told him {Woodruff) that the "friendy'
in the Senate thought that as this was
o matter Of Senate patronage they should
have percentage Of the profits from the
printing. In order to carry out the
wishes of the ..frieads," Mr.. Leslie pro.
posed that pay certificates for vsriono
amounts, ranging from three TO Eve
thousand dollars, for current printing,
be drawn, and one-third or one-fourth OF
the amount realized bo given to ths
chairman of the Committee on Printing
foE, division among the friends. includ.
ing some fifteen or sixteen Senators
Thia ayA!an, Tas carried out as Iorg ca
moneys could be paid out Of any sums
in the treasury not otherwise appropri.
eted, end vas only checked and stopped
when the law fos specific appropriations
and payments was enacted. Besides
this, Woodruff testifies that a vast deal
Of unofficial and dead-head work was
done by the company for outsiders.
friends and members OF the General AS
sembly; that certificates were usually
discounted sc the South Cafolina Bank
and Trust Company, of which bank Gov.
r. K. Scott, Treasurer Nil55 G.. Parker
and Attorney General Chamberlain were
stockholders. The checks in the hands
OF the committee are but portion of the
amounts paid during the Lime cf the
above arrangement. The money was
deposited to the credit Of the Printing
Company, and sometimes. according to
the witness, division or "sEa.:Gsstsoi"
checks were drawn against deposit in
the Carolina National Bank, which
SASSao no saPPoScs ssic StliI utAu Dy THESE
banks. '.i
The testimony, Of Woodruff, corrooor-
ated by the checks In the hands of your
committee, show that the following
named persons received severally the
amounts annexed to their names, under
said arrangements: i
. Senator Y. J. p. Owens; checks,
81 ,000, each.
Senator Y.J. P. Oweas, check, $4,000.
Senator James nj. Allen, 2 checks. $500
each, 1000.
Senator James n. Allen, L check. 5000.
Senator Z. Wim5uah. 1 ckenE. ea9n.
Senator l.. Wimbush, check, S2n0.
Z Senator L. Wimbush, check, $3.50.
Representative B. a. Rosemon, / check,
Representative B. A. Bosemon, check,
Senator E. E. Dickson, 2 checks, $500
Senator B. T. whittemore, IS checks,
$3.50. i&
checks, 500.
Senator J. Hollinabead, check, $780,
Senator w. B: Nash, 2 checka, $3.50.
Senator 81. w. Duncan, 8 checks, $3.50.
Senator r. Smalls, 2 checks, $500
Senator J. L. Jamison, 4 cnecke, 1876.
Senator John Wilson, l check, $74
Lieutenant Governor A. j. Ransler, i
check, $227.S0.
!. Representative ]. B. Dennis, checks,
= representative w. II. Jones, 2 checks,
Representative T. A. Davis, check,
H . .
Sci ator j, A. Green, ! check, SEQ.
Sena'or s. A. Swails, 3 checks. $500.
Representative A. L. Singleton,I i check,
Representative rssep1 W. J. whipper. i
Senator 9. P. Leslie, / check, 5000.
Thus, before the organization Cf the
Republican Printing Company, fifteen
Senators and seven Representatives re-
ceived the above sums under this "di-
vision and silence" printing arrangement
1uur EcommlStee also call. your atten-
ton to the evidence Of Woodruff, wherein
he reveals the combination of Governor
Scott, Treasurer n. q, Perk57 atit,
Comptroller General Nesgle, whereby
$4,000 printing accounts were sold
to Neegie, afterwards raised and re.
ceipted for oD Treasurer's books at $780,
goo ! thus defrauding the State out of
$40, 600 at one strokei The accounts
when exhibited, contained charges ESor
discount On former bills, as ifa Sta:s,
should pay discount on raised and
fraudulent bills. WnndrnG l. 1;fTu.,l,.
rated by Clerk Jones, who sWeare that
the company did not receive apy OF this
money, except the $4,000 paid by