Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-09-05

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G. M: Williams.
"SwnTn to:sbefore mr this 2oth day
",fAugust, 1906 e Fl Folk lLsl
.:NotafryPu blic, S. S. 9.
It Thisscl aim raadeshy; DR. ttison
ism 05i2Siee ntruesth n.Siss:the re-
mainder af5his charges concerning
me. DR. Iattison Etried t. make u
toll s0f. :Capt.sv.Willinlns stosibring
suit against The%FHrniers'Sl3ank on
trumped up claims Capt Williams
gave crpdence to what he was
told by Treasurer Pnttison and the
Auditor, and >ifted the matter to
the bottom. He was shown by the
bank that his claims as trumpet
up by the Treasurer and Auditor
were without any standing, and
" ere proved false by the bho&s ot
the bank The Treasurer and
Auditor then induced him to gp to
a well.known attorney to bring
suit, and this attorney told hin
that he had n. ,uit unless he could
swear soneth. = which he anu his
clerk would moi swear. This attor.
ney knew only one side of the case,
and did not have testimony OF the
sufficiency to bring a suit. Capt vii
liams says that the Treasurer, Df
Pattison. and the Auditor tod MN
that he, Capt Williams, had pet
ter suit than DR. PattiSon had.
Capt Williams saw that these men
we're trying to make aftonl ,ot hl'n'
and he bias told you the balance
about how he was treated ilS 10 MS
settlement papers All Of which Is
true so sn far as the. evi,l"nce So
cured by the Grand Jury Conmii :
tee showed. DR. Pattison says:
GAS TO TIE ALLEGED FIRST
SHORTAGE
a.Aftpr I had been in Office few
"months, the Auditor and ! found
.that we could not make the hooks
land accounts balance. In June,
sin trying to ascertain where the
trouble was, we went to cheek up
"with the banks and notified Mr.
"Padgett than of our failure to get
ia balance. and called on The Far
"mers Bank for q staten ent nt its
transactions with me as County
"Treasurer, but was informed that
"the Bank had kept no record
"wlatevpr of the Vouchers handled
Shy it and cashed by me as c2un-
3"ty Treasurer"
You note that he uses the word
"alleged" in speaking of.his short
age. Has not his Shortage ha"n
established by enough-pxperts an !
committees to be we'll establish
ed fact? The statements made in
the paragraph quoted above from
his article are just IA true as his
charge about my making a too! ut
Cant Williams. II is jatt as tru"
as the statement made by DR. Pat
tisnn and the Auditor from the
stump at Red Hill, when each of
them claime,l that they found th4
shortage in May or June an | noSl-
id tho Comptroller at once, bur
that he was so busy he could mt
come over to- check up the offic"
Certified COMES of ali letters writ
TEN to the Comptroller by the Aud
itor and Treasurer show tha. NJ
mention Of the matter WAS ever
made until August et!., 1903, and
that the Comptroller was never
,Si,ed t6 rptnp over to Edy"tirln
unit September 18th 1905, ami that
he came in two days after he WIS
asked. When these ia is w~re
made known, the Auditor and
Treasurer dropped their claim OF
notifying the Comptroller in May
or June, and began to tell int
their first notice to him was in
August. There are enough people
who heard the claim at Rad Hill:to
substantiate it without any affi la
Wits.
COPIES oF>LETTERs AND cERTIFI-
CATE.
AZ Edgefeld. S G, Sept. is, 'o5
Hon A w Jones, Comptroller Gen.
eral, Columbia, S G
NY Dear Sir: You will please 10
wire me on receipt Of this what
day this week to expect you here
You will please not to send rep
resentative, but come yourself.
Our business is i'm por!ant and must
he attended to this week. I will
explain all matters fully on your
arrival. This business is pertain.
ing to annual settlement with
County Treasurer.
J. B. Haltiwanger.
B Edgefeld, S G, Aug 8, '05
Hon A w Jones, Columbia, S c.
Dear Sir: You will please t.
change my order for Auditors and
Treasurer's duplicates from 20C
pages to 300 pages each. l have to
patch this years duplicate. to get
the required number of pages. I'm
working up settlement with Treas
nrer. l fail to get proper balances
and have so far failed to locate the
trouble. Very respectfully,
J B Haltiwanger.
C Columbia, S c, Sept 20, 'O5
j T Pattison, Treasurer, Edgefield
S G.
Will reach Edgefell to night
Must return tomorrow.
A w Jones, G. 6.
D Edgefield, S G. 8 20, 'O5
Hon A w Jones, Columbia, S G.
What day this week can expect
you here?
Jr pattison, Treas.
Upon careful search Of the re-
cords of the office Of Comptroller
General of S. o., certify to the
best of my knowledge anL belief
that the copies OF two letters, GA
and "B" and two telrgrams "C'
and I'D" herewith submitted are
the entire correspondence between
the Comptroller Generals nffice
and the Treasurer and Auditor Of
Edgeield County, relative to the