Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-08-22

10, on notes and mortgages given
bv me to pay the money found to
be due by Mr. Williams and my
self. I also held in the Office tax
receipts Of various persons ag@rs-
eating $5S7.17, it being The uni
versal custoro of County Treasur
ers' when tax payer caPe3 IN
and asked that his receipt bp
written aud held for some definite
time. and then it would be paid,
to hold the receipts al he dlscre-
ton of the Treasurer (ao the
County was saved harmless). The
Treasurer could OF course at any
time destroy the receipt, and issua
executions, AID especially did l
feel warranted in dining his. as
the Comptroller General had de-
cided that the County owed mo
$l.493 90, and the recent Grand
Jury found the same thing, and
SO reported. Mr.. Williams state
ment is in direct conflict with
that report. ;,
/ have not uttered harsh word
against any man in his campaign,
I have trfa'ed everybody fairly,
but Mr.. Williams, A. E. Padgetl
and others have not treated me-
fairly or justly. Will any righ'
thinking man say that tier" was
any shortage il the transactions
in nv office referred to by MIR.
Williams IS "a recent shortage
IF there had been you know that
the Grand Jury would rave re-
ported the same. There are no
transactions in the Treasnr"r's
office which | wish 10 conceal.
Mr.. Williams states that he can
prove that the Comptroller Gem
eral was not notifed of the ST ort-
age till August. What issue does
he meap to raise by this asser-
ton /? The Comptroller General
was notified by letter and by tele-
gram by me some time early in
August after the Auditor. |, and
the Grand Jury, all had failed to
find the cause of the discrepancy.
This was only a few months after
1 had gone into Office. Mr.. Will
liams will not attempt to prove
that the Grand Jury was the FIRST
to discover the discrepancy: it
having been called to the atten-
tion Of the Foreman of the Grand
Jury il, June by the Auditor and
myself. I wish The public to know
and understand that Mr.. Viii
liams' statement is contrary 10,
and in conflict With the settle
n,ent made by the Comptroller
General, and he report made by
the Grand Jury. Mr.. Williams has
taken this iLdefpnslble position
for the purpose of trying to make
the impression that there was 10
discrepancy in his and Eddie
Morgan's administration in order
to give Eddie Morgan all advan-
tage over me in the race, by en-
| phaslzing that there was a dis
crepancy in my administration,
and denies that be owes the Coun-
ty anything, in the face of both
the Comptroller General and the
Grand Jury's report.
1t is true that I am not allible
and liable to mistakes as any
other man, butif any are made
kthsyasesof sshead dand not 81
&c llalss ss5ilat not
ai E ssha Iss;ll.osas
Easto lssI aa
paid isl5 ou q do5111a ffof ME nor have
my bondsmen paid a cent for me.
n cherish my good name above all
other considerations and the at
tack made upon my character by
C. M. Williams is false, unwar-
ranted and without the slightest
iustincation, aud entirely for a
political purpose. He and others
hope by such dirty methods to en-
compass my defeat, but | believe
that the manhood Of the voters OF
Edgefeld County will assert itself
and give the merlted rehuke to
the introduction of such unscru-
pulons methods of campaigning
in this County. I simply ask JUS
tice at the hands of the public.
Respectfully,
j. L. PATTISON.