The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-03-01

Jail house. S $3.50 90
Jail house lot. 300 90
Court House lot, 1000 90
! Steel bridge across
Lynches River, 1926 90
| Poor farm, 1900 90
! 10 mules and / horse, 27i2 so
New road near st Charles, 500 CO
! & iron safes, 1900 90
Office furniture, 50GsC co
Cash in bank, 10 600 90
Cash in Treasurer, Ia 90
Taxes due and unpaid, 430 06
Books and fxtares, 2099 90
3 roads ploughs, o72 co
Other tools In hands of
overseers and bands, 800 90
chain gapg, 25o co
I wheels scrapes, SO co
dump carts and harness, 80 90
i22 sets harness at $22 each, 264 90
Brick aud cement for
/ steel bridge, Is 90
1 Bridge township, 500 90
2 wagons at $50 each, 200 90
5 new bridges at DuBose's
Crossing; 72 new prlogo
at Kelley's Crossing; l
new bridge at Kelley's
| Crossing; Stokes Bridge
repaired and made new;
| Fields Bridge repaired
and made new: l new I.
bridge at Fields Cross
ing; / new bridge at
Arrant's Crossning on
Scap'oer Branch; 1 new
| bridge at Mannville on
| Scapo. er Branch 5000 90
Making a. total of S3S7, ,382. Sc, which
will show that there has only been ex-
| pended for all other purposes than
those enumerated above, the sum of
Sc, 313s2 and SIG, ,2S6.54 which
equal S25, 6O0.27, which included court
expenses and salaries as well as all
other county expenses. Admitting
that the County has nothing she
would be in debt tut very little, S6.-
313 81, paying for the above listed pro-
perty she owes the sum OF S543, 6S6. 50.
Exhibit FL.
AS to this exhibit / will simply say
that there was few mistakes made
IN adding up the claims, and by the
Beard authorizing the same, warrants
| were isused for the correct amounts,
but / deny that any warrant was is
sued for any amount that was not
legally and Justly due, and Ill some
cases warrants we're issued in pay
ment for more than one claim, as
where the same person held two ap-
proved claims. Any further informa-
tion as to this exhibit Will be gladly
furnished to any citizen who will call
on myself or any member Of the old
Board. including the Clerk.
While admitting exhibits A and B,
wish ty say that all of the warrants
mentioned in B were for salary Of
different officers and that those men
toned in A were in payment OF con-
tracts made by the Board. wish to
say further that at different times my
board was unable to meet me on ac-
count of high water and sickness, as
you are aware one member lived on
each side of the river, and at times
when Mr.. Gardner was sick, Mr.
Moore was unable to cross the river
and in order to prevent clcgeiDg he
County's business | was compelled to
pay HOiA'S @A@AAiAAS.
AS to C, I wish to call your at
tention to the fact that some if not
all of this list OF claims and warrants
were in the hands of Grand Jury last
year and after investigation by them
found to be correct as reported by
said Grand Jury with the suggestion
thatg more attention be given to
dating claims.
While 1 ADMIT that drew the sum
of Sl94. G2 more than my salary, I
claim that it was expended for county
purposes as set forth in exhibit E of
this report in the manner mentioned
therein.
The warrants issued to W. F.
Grooms mentioned in F, was for his
salary as manager of the chain gang
and for all hands worked by him, he
presenting itemiZel claim for all