The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-23
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sisted on being given reply ne il''~;
told him that he would not keep his DOo4N
for less than s.. 400 year, as ne was iiis' .-
ing that much anyway ana diu ho' 60
TO accept any less. MI. WihialiS -
him g 100 but he would not accept ma "a
and was then told 10 go to work al sz'fVV'
The matter Of the Seaboard Co'hPaHS
was brought up later. Mr.. Haupt sald ne
was asked IL he would serve lot d uoiiiiiioi
sum. As he. was getting S2,4O0 year lloul
williams & Co he agreed that any
amount he got from the Seaboaru 1oiiiP
pv.should be returned to the 1lftl' ms 9"i
arv was fixed at 80 per month ana the
stenoeFapher, Mr.. Dusenputy' 70 WI
$40. The total Of $50 reverted to j. T. VIII
liams & Co.
Mr. Haunt stated with particular en-
mia ais that the SeabOard Company was
"a paper railroad, n syndicate scheHie'
that finally went down simply from the
syndicate squeezing out the stockholders
Mr.. Williams was one OF the largest stoch-
holders, he said -,.
Mr.. Haunt displayed an unfriendly spirit
TO MIR. Williams throughout his statement
making several remarks intended 70 re-
fleet upon that gentleman. In speaking OF
the Georgia Pine Railroad, he said, II was
n CORPORATION formed to use ROAD pen
already prepared and that 1t had stock-
holders who had never had any moneyed
interest I'm It, The company was formed
and he was approached to be secretary
He discussed the statement made by the
witnesses as 10 the time required 70 90 ths
work formerly done by him. 1t was true
that the work might be done now In -FOUR
or five hours, he said, but when the busy
season IN naval stores was on 1t was dit-
ferent The work of the treasurer OF the
Georgia Pine Railway Company might be
done now I'm two hours. AS had been stat
ed, but when he was In charge or
the books both construction and operation
were in progress and 1t required the pest
part of the morning for this Work.
1.-The Georgia Pine Railroads mode OF
doing business was instituted by myself"
Mr.. Haupt said. This was for an ap-
proved voucher to be attached to every
draft drawn and every check drawn 10
be attached 10 the draft. This was trl-
pie security This could not be carried
| out. however. There are letters in the
books. dictated to Mr.. Williams, stating
that he would honor no further drafts uh-
| less accompanied by vouchers approved
nv the auditing committee. Drafts would
be paid when they came in whether ac-
companied by the vouchers or not. Mr..
WUiiams as the financial hacker OF the
institution, would not and could not ar
ford to see any drafts so to protest
81 was elected treasurer of the Georgia
! Pine Railway Company in May 1897, the
first entry on the books being l think'
May q, 1897 There was not scratch
| Of n pen nut in the books of the company
M TO the time of the annual meeting at
Baiubridge. | did not have time to do it
I was sick at the time, having been an
der the knife and saw of Dr. Paige Tor
three months for polypus, ana poisoned
with cocaine, and unfit to work. Mr.. WI
liams said ne wanted me TO go of ana
stay until got my health
back. was me one VINO
proposed going to Bainbridge and not Mr
| Williams | could there write up the
books and get the statement for the an
rual meeting to be held on March Z. Mr..
| Williams came down later. learned from
| what he said to others that he was very
mad with me, and that he said that had
caused him to lose $4,000 by not having
| the firms books written UT"
| Mr. Haupt stated that drafts With
vouchers attached were sent in by the
general manager for operating and con-
struction expenses. the two accounts be.
ing kept separate and all amounts receiv-
ed in course of operation credited. The
pay roll could not be sent in as a voucher.
he said, until the money had been sent
to the general manager and paid out,
whereupon the receipted pay roll was re-
turned as a voucher. Another custom was
that OF drawing draits Wlth vouchers ana
sending to parues at a Instance TO receipt
voucher and return with draft The Vouch-
ers were not Always returned with the
drafts IN THESE cases anu the oraIts hao
TO be PAID without the vouchers
Ihe ldea was not 10 run any petty cash
account lot the georgia Flne Railway
company ne saiu' MT. haupt SAID ne
was sometimes ioreeu 10 oraw money TO
ne used Ior thls purpose, he contended
| that haa lne DOORS peeh property checked
II would nave Deen SHOWN that Mr..
7uhter, as 10 "liose iuen,lty the state mad
! inquired was s'ocKnoioer OF the COM
pany' AS matter OF Iact, ne SAID It was
all a matter OF 100 n between Mr.. Williams
and the company, MI Wiihams being the
nnancial manager
| Mr.. Haupt repeated his statement about
| the trip to cambridge in March being at
| Mr.. Nllllams Hle'ahce' anu ms peing I'M
der Dr. Paige's treatment. In July he
was ordered to cambridge again to check
| over the books. 1t had been stated that
| he had drawn a check for $50 for ex-
! peuses on this trip for which there was
no voucher. He was positive that he had