The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-30
THE CIRCULATION FRAUD.
The Report CT the Investigating Commit
tee Presented and Adopted.

tee Presented and Adopted.
COLUMBIA, S. c.. Dec. lG.-In both
branches Of the General Ass emily to-
day tie report OF! the JOINT committee
which las investigated the alleged Iraud
as to the award OF advertising to The
Isesl$ 81. as the paper ot largest clrcuia-
tion n Columbia, was presented and
mlrp.td. TIE report is as follows:
COLUMBIA, Dec. lG, 1891.
/! To tic Honorable Senate and House OF
Representatives:
GrTTLEMEN:--TEe committee of the
two l,ouses appointed Under a concur
rent :asclu;ion 70 investigate the charges
Of fra d that lave been made il public
prints IL tic award OF the advertisement
for tic public printing, respectfully re-
port . your honorabI" bodies that they
| have examiaed the general statutes OF
tic S..se Of South Carolina and find thst
il is required CT Az clerks cfthe two
b2cies 10 adyeriies tic CAL for proposals
! icr IT, p;5!i; printing II daily news
papai in Columbia .nd Charleston haY-
Ing ;::a largest daIlr circulation. and
TIA; ne sad advertisement shall be
pab:i. .e& OF Tie Ir,;,, lay OF the session.
! I'l.cy tu:.her Sud :t!at the two clerks
seIc. I'D practical p:intcr to decide the
dues;;1ii De5Te"n the two Colu1ab!a pa
F., pers, ~: ':'he R:22i.te. and TIE State,
and oss &c oAicction VAS nsde to The
app; .:msnt.
AL ,aey further find that. 80 lar as
! tie sri o. tie Senate and the CLERK OF
! the :f3usc ii Representatives. arc con-
ccrrc.,, 10 fraud has been practiced b!
eilhe? OF item in The appointment OF
the:. representative, o7 il The award OF
the advertisement. They have acted
entirg:T on the rspcrs Of their appointee,
that :%rcrt being as follows:
COLUMBIA, 5. c.. Nov. -.
TO Jr. Sampson Pore. 5. g.. and Gen.
J. ". Gray, G. II. r.:
GHvTLENEN:--Asy your special agent
/ 10 ascertain the circulation Of the daily
paper published in Columbia l tnd.
from cviGeuce given ne, that The Co.
lun;j:;s Register hIs the largest circ uls-
tioa. Respectfully, ETC.,
rS;gned1 ". NJ. RODGERS.
Your committee further repoct that
| they ind the above report of w. NJ.
Rogers was ialse, and that from evidence
before your committee the daily circula.
ton ct The State, on Nov. -, 1891, was
1910 copies. and that Of The Register
l044 copies.
And your committee condemn the ac-
ticn Q: W. ~ Rogers in practlcinx fraud
and deceit upon the clerks Of the Senate
and House of Representatives,.
Respectfully submitted,
KIRBY S. TUPPER,
Chairman.
A. II. WILLIAMS,
H. 7. ABBOTT,
COLE L. BLEAsE.
Since the above report was wlltten
and signed w. NJ. Rogers requested a
! heaclrg AID submitted the following
affidavit:
South Carolina, Richland County.
Personally appeared, W. Nj. Rogers,
who Icing dul. sworn, says: The evi
dence submitted to me by Mr. G. Il.
Beard, bookkceper Of The Register, as
to his circulation were the subscription
books Of the daily and weekly and city
route books and mail lists. My atten-
ton was not called as 10 whether the
names or the books were expired OF
uae1 sired subscribers. Ii there was any
fraud or deception it was not Oh my
part, and froc, the evidence furnished
me based nay report. W. NJ. ROGERS
KIRBY S. TUppEE. Notary Public.
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