The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-10
s1r. Jao. W. Smiths Reply.


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SOUTH CAROLINA,
Newberry County,
Personally came before me 5onn l.
duncan, ana maze oaGt tnat tne "itniu
account IS correct ano Just, ahu no palt
OF same mas oeen pal4 n Slt1er oy uis'
count or otne!"iss. - ~. UHNCAN.
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Supposing that the lumber had been
delivered, asked the Treasurer to cash
the claim.
Mr.. Duncan says in, his statement
that at is the duty OF the County Com
missioners to see that the. county loses
nothing by any man." AND yet ne
pretends that IL gave. MIN an oroer lot
5,Oz4 leet OF lumoel, ana pala lor IL At
the same time, altnougn tne !uInoer
had not even oeen sawed. Sut ne ~
'slnuates that was drunk. Messfs. y.
+. BOYD, Thomas Hatton ana J.. u.
Wilson will testify that was sober.
And was sober enough to refuse to
pay the claim until it was ltemized and
sworn to. But if I was drunk, does
that justify him in wrongdoing? He
was sober, | suppose. 1t would De
charitable to believe that ne was drunk.
de states that gave nlm Ghe order
that day Tor 2,424 feet and 600 feet.
Even if that were true, how could he
swear that the county owed him s1S.l2,
when the lumber had not been sawed?
And if I gave him the Older, why did
he not let the account show it, as in
the "order By J. H. Smith," instead of
putting it to J. e. Duncan and n. e..
Duckett?
T did not give him an order for the
lumber that day, or any other day. He
had come to my house in February to
ask me to give him an order, and I dis
tinctiy told him that I would give $l.5O
for oak lumber delivered to the over
seers, but would not pay for lumber
until it was delivered.
This claim of Duncan's came before
the Board March 10. Mr.. J. H. Smith
examined it. and said he had never
given Mr.. Duncan an order for 2,lS4
feet of lumber, but that he had given
him an order for 900 feet, to be deliv-
cred at Mr.. Ramage's. 1t then occurred
to NE that 2,424 feet would be q large
quantity for J. G. Duncan, and these
things excited my suspicion. J. G.. Dun
can was overseer on section from
Young's brick house to Cromer's store,
81 miles long, without a drop of water
on it. The next day, March II, rode
over CQlS SeCllOu, ana, 10 my surprise,
found only about 700 feet Of lumber on
it. The following day went to Mr..
J. T. Duncan's house, but he was away.
He afterwards saw me at my home;
and in April appeared before the Board.
He acknowledged that the lumber
bad not been sawed when he received
pay for it, but pretended falsely that he
told me so at the time. He gave no
satisfaction, and the Board could do
nothing, or was advised to do nothing,
but demand that he deliver the lum.
her