The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-09-28

put inlo my Iaii'lS pE d . u, ibT'RH'aic,
Esq, Clerk Of the Board Of County Com
missioncrs.'
ISignCd. j. II. Fast
did not care to bring The names Of the
gentlemen before the public, but they
have done it themselves, AMI leave il
for the public To- Judge whether had suf-
iicicnt evidence to Justify me in believing
that Mr.. Brrazral" had put the paper III
circulation, but | did not mDniiUn his
name, nor womld any person ignorant ri
the facts suspected he had don" such a
thing.
1t has been seen, however, that Nj.
FAINT had !ic paper which WAS drawn oil
from tho Auditors book. by Mr Bra
zca!c for his own iufrrmatiou.' pre-
sumo it will not be denied that Mr. FAINT
had This paper in lis POSSESSION on tho pro
vious Saturday. Nr. FAINT in hi, crrtiii
cate says: hut positively deny that !
said Was satisfied that had been mis-
led nor was satisfied that the Poor
House EXPENSES for that year WAS only
81 G}l o." &r. II this denial WA, rcspUu-
sivc 10 any charge made by me. and my
charge was erroneous ! would correct II,
but used this language in my former
card eth" party holding the paper cX-
pressed himself H. satisfied that III" mat
ter had been IniSrcprc>cnt"d Ia him, that
he would return the paper aud correct, as
far Il" was in his power, tho statement" "
! can show by the c"rtilirat", which !
hold. of OItsidc parties, that ! did not
misr"rr"scnt Mr. l'an,, and what | said
Was substantially CORRECT, and Was their
understanding OF the matter at riimc.
| do not care To bring th" names Of any
moro parties into this controversy, and
will not, ns Mr.. F'ant has not denied what
] snid, Diit d"ni"d Something wiIrn hid
not say, and consequently there is no
question of miSs,atrmcnl III issue. Mr..
l.rraz'nl" drcw up Mr Fant'> certificate,
think
do not think Mr. Fant had any intcn-
ton Of LGi-repr"scntinG any one in this
matter. and have no i'lon hr suspected
any part Of til" responsibility wa, Icing
put ON him. Mr.. BrcaHcalc. Tho an
nounc"> himself ;ls the custodian of the
records of the County commissioners Of
flee, and he ~ an efficient one ~ far ~ !
am able to judge. from the records OF
which he assumed to give us u correct
statement in last weeks .i0lu,Gi, with cx-
plannt!OnS 80 satisfactory, showing the
actual expenditures Of tho Board for the
Poor House for til. fiscal year, 1879.
When called Ippn by Mr. f'ant to know
if it were tr,.o that the old Board run tho
Poor House rii S!,.itl - replied III the
negative. and invi,ci Mr.. Faut to the
Auditors office To show him tic figures.
Not content with n moro showing of the
figures, ns Mr.. FAINT tells uS, drew of Il
statement from the books for his own in
explain that there were some claims not
properly Inur House claims, included in
it,
Now, ! might ask some questions, for
instance, why SIuuid MIR. ijrrnZ"uio nave
gone To the Auditors hooks To get the
| exact amount of the expenditures. when
he WIS tho custodian OF the records OF the
County Commissioners Office, whcr" ov-
cry account passed on by The Board
should hc on file? What sort of iniorila-
tion did he want from this statement, diff
| tcrcnt from the record in his own "tlico2
Was 1t merely Ia scc rs II matter Of 'in-
| formation that tho Auditor had imprOp-
crly included snrno vouchers in the
rrcasurcr's settlement not properly be-
longing to the Poor House account
From Mr.. Pants certificate he seems to
have known at sight some of them were
improper. Then what more information
did he want? When no knew he hs.h in
cluded icms tn the amount of S2.756 -,
on tho statement which Mr.. Fant had
and hntl been showing IL some Of his
friends, why did he not exp lin which
| accounts were proper AMI .%hich not
proper, 40 that tn" paper would show on
its 1aCo its incurrCrtncSS?
Instead Of going to the Auditors Office,
why did he not got up an accurate state
mcnt, with explanations. like tho enc
| furnished us in the Journ0i Of last week
showing the amount To be S2,3i33i. in
stead OF S2,I36.9T? InaSmucll ~ Mr..
iIrcazcalc has got MI tho Information ho
is likely to need on the subject ut 80
much trouble, will not ask him To go to
tho expense OF answering thcabovc uucs-
tions, and no can Just consider himself as
not called upon to answer them.
MIR. Nrcazralo complains that should
havc drawn Il contrast between the pros
cnt and past Board. am willing to np-
pear before tho bar OF public opinion on
this, too. | found the contrast drawn al
ready, hy Mr.. Brcazculc. IIo had invited
All inspection of tho records. Fh BON" ?
II moved solely by disintcrcStel motives,
why dill he not take up his pen in do
fcnse Of every candidate. againt whom
some sort Of chnrges have been made, as
opine. lie confines his prowcss az u
pen driver to rciuting the charges against
The present Board, and Invites an nspec
tion Of tho records. For what purpose :?
To soc tho "unprecc'lcntly small cxprnd
'turcs for tho past ten months" How
was IL to 10 usccriniucd to he .'unpreru-
.irntly small?" Manitcstly by co.lipar-
ing II with tho expenditures of former
Boards for ten mouths. l made no state
mont showing whit tho present Board did
in tho way Of expenditures, drew no con
trast outside of what had hccn drawn al
ready, mud Mr.. Breazenle has given us m
abstrnct of what tho former hoard cx.
pcndt 1 for tho Poor House in tho fiscal
yoR. 1870. AZ taken from tho records IN the
Office. Very good, ! will stand by thon,,
as know they nro correct, and say moth
ing about what was expended tho next
year. 'Bo surc you AFRO right, thcu go
ahead" is his motto. lie stnteA tho pub
lishrd report and then adds Claims
not included in annual report, June 9Th
iSSG. i.uiIi Moss N Brown by, check,
bearing date Same day, for one hundi oil
bushels corn, $75; June. 10Th and 18th,
1850, paid Mess & Brown, for five hum
drcd and forty pounds OF bacon, $40 10,
ono sncls of flour, $l.Oo, making. 3il.IO
Check bcnring date. Juno Sth, 1885,"
Now, Mr.. Editor. Mr.. Brcazcalo has
beon in the clerkship long enough to
know that every check issued by tho
Board goes to the County Treasurer for
payment, and when he settles with tho
vouchers. have examined every
voucher issued by me that ycnr, ono by
ono. md am prepared to say that no such
checks have ever been presented for pay.
ment ut the County Trensuror's ohice
Let us 500 about tho other items which ho
says ought to have been included In fiscal
year 1870. Reed, Morehcad Il Co, $l7290; ;
1870, by law closed. October :'lst, 1850,
when the Board catered upon the fiscal
year, 1850.
Tho original vouchers, for those claims
state they were contracted for fiscal yeur
1880. MIR. BrcaZoale in his annual report
November 25th, 1881, reports both OF
these claims as having been audited and
allowed by tho Board of County Com.
missioners for the fiscal year 1850, and
certities to this correctness OF the report.
Mr. Ligon WAS clerk at the time the nc
counts were audited and approved, and
Mr. Rreazeale also certifies to MIR. Ligon
THAT he (Mr. 3D. had examined the