The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-01-22

COLUMBIA, IS. O., January 15.-Yes-i
terdays eAdjt. Gen: F Farley handed the
Governor the following statement, and
last night copies were given to the press.
Eater the Governor decided to, withhold
sit at the: earnest plea of Gen. Bonham.
TO; day permission was given to publish
lit, Governor Gilman saying that he:
considered it! his duty to do so: g
COLUMBIA, s. o. January Is, 1891.
His Excellency B. r.. TiIlman, Cover
moro nor Of State Of South Carolina, Colum-s
bia, 81 Dear Sir Having sinfor-
imaliy: communicated to your Excellency
and also the Hon, Attorney General
Pope on yesterday certain facts relative,
to the disbursements of the apprOpria-
:tion for 1890 for the support and main.
|ytenance Of 4 the militia of this State, /.
deem it my duty to submit the following.
statement of: the whole matter With
accompanying letters and then to await
further instructions from your Excel
ylency as to. the course to be pursued. z
On January: 6, 1891 i received the
enclosed letter. from the Hon. A. NJ.
:.Youmans, of Hampton County, to the:
effect thai. Capt. r: "a. Brunson, Troop
|; a, LIST regiment S. O., cavalry, had
/ received from Gen. M. T.. Bonham
check on the Carolina National Bank of
SColumbis, s. C.:, for $156, being the
amount Of the appropriation for his
company for 1890 that the notice to.
him By Gen. :Bonham that BE had drawn
and sent the check is dated Nov.
ember 19, 1896, land postmarked Decem-I
Der. Eat the postofice in Columbia. The
check has been received, and is made
payable. .t0 order Capt. Brunson Gu.
adorsed the check, it has been presented
ito the bank. for payment and payment
frefuaed by, the bank, and the check gone
to protest, as shown by. the notice Of s.
m. Walker, notary public Now what
ne desire you to do is to look into the
matter at once for us, and write at your
earliest convenience the cause of the
trouble, IS it is creating excitement and
nnfaYorable comment here. . t.5.. y,
Gen. xBonham, coming into this office
next morning, 1.-THE 9th, / Immediately
brought the matter to his attention by
handing him the letter received. He:
said I: 'I have been away in Georgetown
for some time and + will attend to the
matter atonce,"9 as ''there is some mis-.
take.n I answered the letter from Mr..
sYoumans. telling him what I had done
aud repeating what Gen. Bonham eaid.
81 Trusting that the matter was all right,
T said and did nothing until January II,
when received the enclosed letter from
Mr.. Butler Hagood, of Bernwell, dated
January 10, stating as follows Il
have been requested by Capt. j a.
Hayes to enclose you notice of protest
issued by the, Carolina National Bank of
J Columbia for q check for $148, issued
by GEN. Bonham for the quota Of State.
appropriation to the $Hagood Guards,
and asking will you kindly look into
the matter and write Capt. Hays at
Appleton, On receipt Of this letter /
at once went to the Carolina National
Bank to find if any other cheek had been
protested, and found from the statement
of the cashier that some eightror ten
checks, averaging about $3.50 each, had
been presented from various parties, and
had gone to protest from non.payment,
no funds being on hand to meet them.
I again went to Gen. Bonham and told
him of the receipt of Mr.. Hagood's letter
and ths contents, and also of the facts
learned at the National Bank. He again
informed me that these checks had been
presented during his absence in George.
town, and that he was prepared to meet
every one of them, with other explana..
tions as to the custom of paying these
claims nthe past.
Under the circumstances l deemed IL
my duty to consult with Attorney Gen.
eral Pope and yourself in regsrd to the
matter, as I did on yesterday evening.
Early this morning, after some conference
with Col. Willie Jones, cashier of the
Carolina National Bank, as to the
amount protested, I again approached
Gen. Bonham on the subject, and st my
suggestion we came to the office of Attor.
ney General Pope and mad another state
ment of the matter. Gen. Bonham
reiterated his former statement to the
effect that checks had been presented
during his absence, and that ne WAS
prepared To meet them when presented
again,
After this conversation with Gen.
Pope, by agreement, Gen. Ronbsm and
I went to the National Bank to see Col.
Willie Jones, the cashier, and it was
there arranged, at the instance of Gen.
Bonham, that Col. Jones should recall
the protested checks or drafts for pay.
ment, aud Gen. Bonham then drew and
left with Col. Jones draft on the gene.
raj msnsger Of the Union Central Life
Insurance Company, which he represents
here, for $4,000, which, it pas estimated,
would cover all of the protested paper.
At Gen. gonham's request the draft
is to be forwazded to the general Eaana-
ger for his endorseaent, and then sent
to the general Office ia - for payment
GEN. .Bonham stating that he had already |
arranged and given bond and aecnrity
tor- the amount desired.
IT is impossible at this time tor me to
ascertsiu the exact amount covered BY
the protested paper or the amount of
pay now due and III srrears,to the troops,
as all of the receipts have not yet .e2me