The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-09-28
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Nix. EpiTon: When replied to Mr.
Brcnzeale's first cnr'l thought il woult
bc an end of the controversy, but tho time
limited mo to make tho rcply in The
.J.urndi last week, caused mo to leave on;
some things had intended saying, and
Il portion of MIR. Brcnzcnlo's second cart,
was overlooked by mo, and therefore
deem 1t duty i owo To mysclf to make
this further reply, and then leave tho
matter. l have no complaint To make ut
tho manner in which Mr.. Brouzcale ro.
piled to me, and while | propose to make 4
this card pointed, yet do SO without any
intention OF hurtingnny porsons feelings
for nll the parties whom tho controversy
concerns arc roconscicntious, honest gentle
men,
Now, / am fully satisfied that IL Mr.
Breazcu.e had entertained II proper mp
probation Of the old snw, credited to Dnvy
Crockett by himself, he would never have
felt called upon to enter n public defence
through n newspaper OF the present Board
OF County Commissioners 10 tho various
complaints in different parts of tho Coun-
ty, us to tho financial management of tho
affairs cf tho County"
Now, MIR. Editor, If there iS n man
within the limits of the County of a nticr-
son, who has ever filled public Office,
btcn circulated ~ TO the munncr II,
which ho discharged the duties of his Of
hcc, let him step forward, u living curios-
ity, and let his name lie enrolled on the
lists of fame. Tho best men we have,
from President to n Trial Justices con-
Stnblc, have charges of one sort and mn.
other made against them. Wo not only
henr thom whispered on tho corners. but
they nro made public by tho Journals of
the country: but do tho private secretn-
ries, tho clerks OF Councils and Boards
feel called upon to rush into print, un-
called for, To defend their superiors In Of
tico from such charges? Mr.. Rrcazenlo
says ho submitted the card which first
appeared upon his own responsibility,
and in justice to the gentlemen compos-
ing tho present Board OF Commissioners.
l think 1t was mn injustice to them, and for
this reason think Mr.. BrcaZenlc had failed
In tho lesson Of Davy Crockett.
MIR. BreaZenlo charactori2cs my card as
remarkable, and su II was. 1t answered
MIR. Brea2cnle's caro-, which WAS nh extra
ordinary one, and ut tho same timo IL ro.
Iutcd u remarknhis statement taken from
his "own iniormation.' flc cannot see
why should attempt to dofcnd myself
against !inputations ncvor made by him,
and this burdcncd him with tho idea that
/ was seeking an excuse to toto some
body else's skillet" Again, the card was
remarkable In this, that while It carefully
avoided connecting either tho name of
Mr.. Breazeale or Mr.. Fnnt with tho
Statement" circulated, yet it tit SO well
Mr.. BreaZeale could not keep from dom
ming the cap" and appearing before tho
public to show how well it fits
BY refuting the statement was not
seeking All excuse to "tote somebody
else's skillet" as Mr.. Breazeale surposes,
but thought he was having II monopoly
in that line, and just wanted to "h0l,o"
at him, and correct what / knew to be
untrue, SO that other parties might hnve
fair chance in this race. The writer
stated ho had nothing to do with making
up the annual return of tho fiscal yoar
1870. But the charge Ind gone forth that
the report was erroneous, and II was laid
at the door of the clerks. Mr.. BrenZcnlo
confined his certificate to the correctness
of accounts, rs ho himself states to Mr..
Ligon, the last clerk, aud II loft me no
other alternative but to defond tho report,
or SO much ns referred to my own ac-
counts. and was also called upon to OK
plain that remarkable statement, drawn
off for Mr.. Breazealo's 'informatlon,"
which he knew was incorrect, according
TO Mr.. Fant's certificate. Having acted
al clerk up to August, and the charge
having. been mado TINT there were errors
in the account, and Mr.. Breazenle having
certified that they were not to be laid ut
Mr.. Ligon's door, then because l como
forward TO explain for myself, MIR. Brea-
zeale wants to make 1t appear was after
''toting somebody elses skillet" AS to
Mr.. Fant's certificate:
estate OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON,
This Is to certify that having heard II
frequently asserted that the expenses Of
the Poor House for the fiscal yenr ending
Nov. LIST, 1880, was only 81 ,651.9i, ! went
to Mr.. Breazeale, the Clerk Of tho Board
and enquired If 1t was so. Mr.. BreaZeale
replied that the checks drawn on the
Treasury were greater than that amount,
and went with me to the Auditors Office
and took from bis book a statement of
the checks paid by the Treasurer that tis-
cal year for the Poor House expenses,
and he informed me at the time that the
And!tc. had included some checks that
were not properly for Poor House sup
plies: The paper Mr.. BreazeaIe drew on
for his own information: did 90 with
Mr.. Tribble TO the Auditors office, but
positively deny that said was satisfied
that had been mis!ed, nor was satisfied
that the Poor House expenses for that
year was only 81 l,65l.94, but OH the con-
trary was satisfied that they far exceeded
that amount.
LII justice to Mr.. Breazeale will say
that he did not charge or intimate any
wilful n1istatemeGt of any member Of the
former Board or any Of its Clerks, but on
tho contrary attempted to show inc how
apparent discrepancies might arise be-
tween the accounts kept hy the Auditor
and the Clerk Of the Board OF Commas
sioners, without any Intentional error on