The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
For the Tisrs.
Mr.. SCOT, Explsins Mr. Williams Mistake.

For the TiNrs.
Mr.. SCOT, Explsins Mr. williams Mistake.
EDITOR UNION T,MEs.-Dy your perms-
sion, desire, for the information Of the pub
lie, TO give few facts in relation 10 the report
to Governor Tillman made by Capt. l.. Viii
lams, the expert accountant who iuvestiga-
ted the books and papers of the Offices II,
County Auditor aud Treasurer Of thiy
County. If you will indulge me just a little
think may be able to show that Capt. Will
lisms has committed an error In that part of
his report which charges that there is
deficit in the Trcasurer's Office on nuf1a
bona executions and non est polls, amount
lug in the aggregate to Sl83.10 In his
report he states that for the year 1886 z !.
the County Auditor allowed the Treasurer on
nuild bona executions and non est polls
credits amounting to S484sG3, and that tho
credits were rigidly scrutinized by hims . ~.
and that Salts Of them were disallowei by
him also, that tho Auditor allowed the
Treasurer nulla bona and non ost credits fos
the fiscal year 1878, amounting 10
| S366.9i, and that he, AFTER close examina-
ton of those credits, rejected and di>allowel
10 the amount af Sl5.2l, which is oil true,
and 20 far 30 good. But for the fiscal yca,s
1889 and l8S9--90 he says that the Treas
urer was given credit by the Auditor for all
The executions in the hands of the Sheriff.
| and that he aggregated the credits Of those
| two years. Those executions, examined for
| the separate years, and found in the aggre-
gate OF both years deficit Of Sl2O.22. That
is, he says. disspp. owed, on account Of
receipts found by The Sheriff to that amount.
Just at this point Capt. Williams jumps the
track. and runs into grave mistake, which
| 1 endeavored to convince him OF Mt the time
| Of the investigation, and suggested to him
that such q mistake going up in his report
| to the Governor would be detrimental to me.
He refused to hear me. The mistake by
Capt. Williams, as will endeavor TO show,
is as follows:
In the first place, he should not have
consolidated those two years, from tho fact
that the executions for the fiscal year 1885,
80 had been turned over by The Sheriff and
accounted for In the last annual settlement
| of the Treasurer, while those for the tiscil
year lSS990 are yet in the hands of the
Sheriff, and a portion of which have not
been collected, ana which the Sheriff admits
that he can and will collect yet. Hence he
should, after his examination Of the nulla
| bona and non est executions of The fiscal
year 1899, subtracted his nulla bona and
| non est credits, MS allowed, from those
lowed by the Auditor, just as he did in
the two previous years. which should havo
been as follows: Nulla bona and non est
credits allowed by Auditor for fiscal year
1853, was $324.86, and these allowed by
Capt. Williams for the same year was $685.
10 making a difference between the nul a
bonn and non est credits allowed by the
Auditor aud himself for this fiscal year. Of
$6.76.
Hence we see that, according to Capt. wiz
liams' own estimate, when correctly aggre-
g,ted, will not make Sl83.l6 dcfcit on
nulla bona and non est executions. as re-
ported by him but there can only he def
cit of $69.70, admitting that all the credits
which he rejected and disallomed for each
Of the three years as b.iug correct. The OBJ
ject Capt. Williams had 10 examining the
nulla bona executions was TO determine Q
whether the Auditor had allowed ME creiils
on nulla bona executions that Was not en-
titled to. Thus he went at it, and the resu t
was and should be, in his report, as follows,
which defy any ono to prove otherwise:
Nulla bona and non est C edits allowed
by Auditor fiscal year 1867 $4Si.63.
Allowed by Williams 90 K" 436. 90
Total N. b. and n. G. disal-
lowed by Williams S47.73
Nuila bona and non est credits allowed by
!, Auditor fiscal year 1873. $366.94
Allowed by Williams 85l.73
Total d;sallowed $l6.2l
Nulla bona aud non est credits al owe 1 by
Auditor fiscal year 1889. $824.SG
Allowed by Williams g." $3.50.
Total disallowed 5 6.76
Nulla bona and non est disallowed BY
Williams fiscal year 1857 S47.73
90 " 1887 8 1927
90 '' 1889 6.76