The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
For the Tisrs.
xr. Scot. Explains kr Williams Mistake.

EpIroR UsIos TiMEs.-Dy your permis-
sion / desire, for the information Of the pub
lie, 10 give few facts in relation 10 the report
to Governor Tillman made by Cant T.
;-.....ss ....s .. pvrp sccouotant who investiga-
led the books and papers Of the oiieet -
County Auditor and Treasurer OF
County. Ii you will indulge me jus, IitiR
I think may be able to show that Capt. Will
liams hiss committed an error in that part If
his report which charges that there IS
deficit in the Trca,urers Office on nuUa
bona executions and est polls, amount-
lug in the aggregate to SlS3.l0 In his
report he states that for the year 1886 .
tn. County Auditor allowed the Treasurer on
nuiLd iona executions and non est polls
|! credits amounting to S4s4sG3, and that th0
credits were rigidly scrutnized by hnfs e1 7;
and that SAT. .73 Of them were di,allowei by
him also, that the Auditor allowed the
I, casurer nulla bona and non est ere Its fof
the fiscal ye,r 1873 amounting to
| $3.50 "a, and that he, after close examina-
| ton of those creti's. rejected and di,allowei
| 10 the amount of Sl5.2l, which is all true
aud 70 far SO good. But for the fiscal yea,s
| 1885, and 1889 80 he says that the Treas
ursr was given credit by the Auditor for all
| ,he 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 a deficit Of Sl20.22. That
is, he says. disspp owed, OH account Of
receipts found by The Sheriff to that amount.
Ju-t at this point Capt. Williams jumps the
track. and runs into grave mistake, which
| | cndeavored TO convince him OF at the time
| Of the investigation, and suggested to him
that such mistake going up in his report
| to the Governor would be detrimental to me.
! lie refused to hear me. The mistake by
| Capt. Williams, as l will endeavor TO show,
is 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
| accounte 1 for In the last annual settlement
| Of the Treasurer, while those for the tisc,l
year lS99--90 are yet in the hands Of the
| Sheriff, and a portion of which have not
been collected, and 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 1888, subtracied his nulla bona and
non est credits, MS allowed. from those
lowed by the Auditor, just as lie did in
| the two previous years, which should have
been as follows Nulla bona and non est
credits allowed by Auditor for fiscal year
| 1883, was 1924. sc, and these allowed by
| Capt Williams for the same year was $3lS-
| 10 making q difference between the nul
bona and non est credits allowed hy the
| Auditor aud himself for this fiscal year, Of
SG.76.
Hence we see that, according to Capt. VIZ
| liams' own estimate, when correctly aggreS
| g,ted, will not make SlS3.lG Gcfcit on
nulla bona and non est executions. as re-
ported by him but there can only be II def
| cit of $69.70, admitting that all the credits
| which he rejected and disallowed for each
| of the three years as beiug correct The OBJ
ject Capt. Williams had iu examining the
nulla bona executions was TO determine
| whether the Auditor had allowed ME creiiis
| on nulla bona executions that WAS not en-
titled to. Thus he went at it, and the rcsu
was and should be, in hi. report, as follows,
which defy any one to prove otherwise:
Nulll bona and non est edits allowed
by Auditor fiscal year 1867 S4S4.G3.
Allowed by Williams 90 1860.
Total IL. b. and n C. dsal-
lowed by Williams " SAITH.
Nula bona and non est credits allowed by
Auditor fiscal year 1878. S3GG.94.
Allowed by Williams 35l.7S.
Total d;sallowed $l5.21.
Nula bona aud non est credits nj owe 4 by
Auditor fiscal year 1889. S324.S6.
Allowed by Williams :. g" 3lS.4O.
Total dsallowed $ G.7G.
Nula bona and non est disaowed by
Williams fiscal year 1885 I $47.73.
- 1887 8 l5.2l.
1889 676
Total disallowed Ly Williams. 500, 20.
As to tue executions for the fiscal year
lSS99O, rs have already stared, we're, at
a. Of n in All hln Ia
Of the Sheriff for collection, and are yet i'll
his hands; and as they have never been
turned over to me by the Sheriff, ~ matter
Of course, have never received credit for q
single dollar OF those executions, as nu!ia
bona or non ests, by the Auditor or any one
+ else.
Thus it will be seen that there eau be no
, deficit on nuila bona OF non est executions
ivr that fiscal year, a. they are to be ac-
, counted for and disposed Of in the next an
nuai settlement with The Auditor AMI Comp
troller General.
, And as TO the nulla bona and non est
credits rel ected and di.aliowed by Capt. Will
liams, for the years of 1SS6-7-lss7$ 8 and
1889 clam is altogether unjust which !
could show, fspace woull permit.
Before cisse, Mr.. Editor, | wish to sag
that write this in vindicatJn of my own
rights and with no disrcs pect T., Ca;,. vii.
/ 'i's vi aHy oNC, iol AN COHVlnCcu
after being with Capt. Williams for about
three weeks in tae complicated work Of in
vos'igating the office, that he is a reasonable,
fair-minded honest man, vii i"g to DO JUS
tice unt1 all men, and believe that although
he made these mistakes it was not done intcn-
tionally. Furthermore, | consider him II
careful, close seai ching business man.
Yours Respectfully,
j. B. T. SCoTr
| a DEAD CHILDs MornER CowniDEs 1uE
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