The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-05
Mr.. Bartles Explains.
AUDITORS CLxRK BARrLEs TsLIs HOW 1T ALL
CAM ABOUT

SAhu AbOUT.
UNION, S. C, Jan. %, 1S92.-To tho Eli,or
OF The State: Please allow me spade in the
columns Of your PAPER TO explain how the
error or oversight occurred in the auditors
Office OF Union county. 1 have been 10 the
country for the last two weeks taking tax
returns, md have this day returned to Union
Their, fore take the first opportunity l
have had to explain publicly how the over
sight came about
The additional banks, which had been is
sued in the county treasurer's Office, were
taken to the county auditors office t, be
charged on the duplicate Of the county tre,s-
nrer. Atsths proper time charged the
treasurer up with additional blanks found
in the Office, sending an abstract Of the Same
to tho comptroller general at Columbia. A
few days, perhaps n week, before the cou p-
troller general was 10 como up to make the
settlement with the treasurer, commenced
to straighten ~ the Office and get up the
necessary blanks for the settlement. In do
ing so 1 came across q package Of additional
blanks. Knowing that had put tho one.
away which had previously beeu charged to
the treasurer began to compare them with
the additional list alresdy entered on the
duplicate, when found that they had never
been charged to tho county treasurer. l
then called the auditors attention to the
same. The auditor also found that the
treasurer had not been charged with these
blanks, and direc ed me to enter them on
the duplicate against tho county treasurer
and get of an abstract by the time tho comp
troller general got up to make the scttlemen
and he could take tho abstract back to Colum
bia with him when he went, and filo il
away in his Office. Before go any further
| viii, explain how the package Of ad ditonal.
were left off. They were taken from the
treasurer's Office to tho auditors Office al
two different times and Of course were
taken in different packages, and as they
were taken to the office at different time.
they were put in different places. Whom
L went to enter on Tho first additionals, I got
the package which had brought from the
treasurers office, aud thought that the others
had been put there too. The auditor went
homo, few miles in tho country, that
evening, and took sick the next day
and never returned TO tho office until the
day Of the settlement. went ahead and
entered the additional blanks on the dnpli-
cate rs the auditor directed, and footed up
the same. The next morning was going
to recspitulnte tho work ank get of an alb
strsct, but that morning was called to my
mothers bedside by q telegram, and, Of
course, obeyed the c,ll. So right there !
ioi' my "o'A' h'I "uNlhS nhlsheu IL. cor
rectly performed my duty, so far as went
The day the settlement was made WAS at
tending my mothers funeral, thirty miles in
the country from Union. So the auditor, on
the day the settlement was made, overlooked ed
that part Of the settlement, aud the treasur-
er was not charged on the settlement sheet
with that amount Of taxes, though he had
been charged with The amount OH the dupli-
cate. The above are facts, and not hear
says.
j. II. BARTLHs