The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23
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Adssssf and Inpsetor G,nuai Bonham's
Aeeoxats Short.

ss,,,ssS .sIa, .. u, Jan. I6.--The announce.
msnt has been osBclslly made that the funds
appropriated for the State militia as di.burs-
ed BY Adjutant and luspec'or$ General Mil
ledge l. b. nbam are short several thousands
dollars. The affair IL rs unexpected rs IL Is
deYiorsb.c. Il has been known to Governor
Tfllnsn and other State officials for several
, days bot wss suppressed until !, was fully
lnvestigaied. From docuu cuts on file in the
Governors Office II appears thot q number
sof checks sent by General Bonham to various
:lii'itsry companies throughout The State rs
49, ,,....- ,:..- -ese rent usuaI 10 the Caro-
Dtsn5 National Bank In this city for payment,
but were returned us there WIS no money in
the bank TO the credit Of that fund. General
2 Bonham ut different time, applied portions
gof u TO his personal affairs. In letter TO
the Governor, Adjuisnt General Farley states
thet checks sent by G,nerol nham TO thu
Butler Guards had been protested for non
payment. He brought the matter to Gene
raj Bonbam's attention and he said: Il
have been away in George own for come
time and will attend TO the matter Mt once
rs there Is son,e mistake" General Farley,
thinking that the matter wOnld le oil right,
did nothing until January 12th, when he re-
ceived letter from Butler IIagooi, Of the
Barnwell Bank, inclosing n notice Of pr otcst
issued by the Carolina Bank Of columbia
for n check for Sl4S issued by General Bon
ham to tho ITngood Guards. General
Farley went 10 the bank and found that eight
or ten checks, averaging ab ut Sl50 each,
had been presented from val ious partio',
and had gono to protest for non-p,ymcnt. 10
funds being on hand to mot them. Gen
ernN Fnrlsy again wen, 70 Gsneral Bon
hun mad received The same reply, sying
be was prepared to meet every enc OF the
checks ond making dh'r cxp'anations rs
90 the custom ofPaying checks in the Iah
General Bonham then Rccompanic General
Farley TO the Caro'ina Bank, where the
former arranged to have recalled the protest
ed checks and General Bonban then drew n
dr. 1T on the general manager OF the Union
Central Insurance Company Of Cncinn"ti,
which he represents here, ter $1,000, which
il WAS e.tima' cd would cover all The pr, test
cd paper.
The public alton of this unfortunate matter
was suppressc until to-day N order TO al
low Genera Bonham to submit n statement,
which he made to Governor Tillmnn tonight.
In that statement h0 says: "lt hns been the
custom in the Adjuinnt Generals Office to
draw this fund from the treasury and de-
po.it it in bank un issue checks against it.
Frequently these chccIs We're held back hy
the companies for months, but when present
ell were paid by the Aljutnut General. Tn
der the stress Of circumstances of q nature
both painful aud delicate, ! had Ovcrlrawn
my account at the bank but la made mr.
rangemcnis to meet thc.c checks aS they
were presented. But during my absence n
ss;"""'o'' 49,. .."""H"ltsaly came III and
81 were pI ott sted for nun- n-pay,MrMt. I know
full we'll that must bear the consequences
Of my net q, the hands Of the public but |
do,ire to meet every one Cf thc'e ou'st l.
ing obl'gations.'
The matter has caused y profound scnsn-