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


light on my transactions with it,
although, I insisted that surely
good bdDk keeping required them
to keep some record of such i'm
.portnnt transactions. [ was then
new in.the Treasurer's Office and
followed the 8, stem of book-keep-
lug adopted by my predecessors.
and had all confidence in the in
tsgrity of the Farmers Bank, as
we'll as the other Banks that |
dealt with.
The Auditor aud I, whenever
he could spare the time. from has
duties, applied our time in a
search for the error or mistake,
which was then apparent. When
the Grand Jury met in August the
Foreman already bad notice OF a
discrepancy i'll the Treasurers
office. aud I did appear before he
Grard Jury and told them OF such
discrepancy aud of our failure to
locate it, and asked :heir pelmls-
sion to have the Comptroller Gen
eral to make thorough investi-
cation, which they did. So the
Comptroller General sent his
clerk here at my request, and he
made thorough investigation and
! confirmed the conclusion reached
by the Auditor and myself that
there was a discrepancy in th-
Treasurer's office. MIR. Padgett was
Foreman of tie Grand Jury, and
wasalso member OF the Grand
Jury committee, aud after check
ing up with the other Banks and
making close examinations OF all !
of nv transactions, | conclqded
that ny discrepancy was due to
the fact that the Farmers Bank
had my money to the amonnt OF
the discrepancy, and told MIR.
Padgett so. Whereupon he made
some recommendation or report
TO he Governor which resulted in
| the Comptroller Generals recon-
niepding my removal, and l was
thrown out of Office, or at least
suspended without even an oppor-
lunity to pay my discrepancy aud
remsin in office. Then | had tc
mortgage every foot of my prop
erty to raise the money to pay not
only my discrepancy, but to pay
Mr.. Williams discrepancy, ST.
1885, which had not at that
time been ascertained. However
the Comptroller General reported
to the Governor that be was satis-
fed that there was no intentional
wrong-doing on my part, and
recommended that be relnstated
upon the payment of the whole
discrepancy then ascertained IL
be in the Treasurer's Office, the
amount l owed and the amount
Mr.. Williams owed not having at
that time been separated and as
certained. I did this and was re-
instated by the Governor. Mr.
William states that he could not
get his calculations and settle.
Ement from me; the fact is, Eddie
Morgan and Mr.. Williams turned
over to me their settlement sheet
when l went in Office, and !
thought that it was correct and
Iplaeedl thera:sme papegs,, ,,
: sss ioal
anSong grea sltl agEss apsEs
turned du9sfsstto slas ssals l.
(5liams. Opl4 after repeated search
| es; was this settlement sheetf found
in January of the present year.
OF course, I had all to lose and
nothing to gain by the loss of the
settlement sheet, for if it had not
been found, I would have been
liable for the whole discrepancy
in the Office, Mr.. Williams, as
well as my own. After it was
found there was 70 trouble what.
ever in calculating my discrepall,
cv and what I owed, and Mr.. Will
liams' discrepancy and what be
owed. The Comptroller Generals s
Clerk did ehis.. After the settle
ment sheet bad been found Mr.
Eddie Morgan, Mr.. Williams
Clerk, waa requested to come tc
the office and verify the results
of the investigation, as the calcu'
lations of the settlement sheet
were in his figures; also after the
settlement sheet was found, and
during the investigation, Mr.. G.
M. Williams was in the Office and
made suggestions on several oc-
casions with reference to the in-
vestigation and admitted patent
errors in my favor and against
himself. He then stated that the
Farmers Bank had his money and
told the. Cashier of the Farmers
Bank in my presence, and IN the
presence of various others, thai
they had his money, and told me
and others that he had spoken tc
lawyers to bring q suit against the
Farmers Bank to recoverhis mon.
ey. What causes this great change
in Mr.. Williams ? Can it be pos.
sible that he has been bought
over, and employed to attack me
in order to cover up tracks ?
The Comptroller General after
full Investigation found that my
discrepancy was s2,705.52, and
Mr.. Williams discrepancy was
$1,433,95, and the settlement was
so plain that nobody coilld deny
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