Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-08-15
Respectfully,
J. JACOBS,
P. j. COLEM AN,
JNO. G. SHAW.
Committee.
a Statement From Ex-Treasurer
C. M, Williams.

A Statement From Ex.Treasrrer
C. M. Williams.
Mr.. Editorials the report Of
the Grand Jury will appear in
your paper thia week aud a part
of it may be misleading to many
people who do not know The actual
facts regarding The shortage IL the
Treasurer's cfice, l deem it but
Justice to myself to make the fol-
lowing statements as to facts III
this matter.
In the report ofthe Grand Jury
some people will get the idea that
no one is short but myself. The
facts are that the present Treasur-
er was again found short OH the
transactions of this year $1,0lO 90
His friends put up the money aud
no mention was made of the short :
age in the report of the Grand
jury.
fl had a million dollars at my
command / would not yet put up
one cent on the amount of short
age claimed against me. For the
reason that I have never been
asked to help in any Of the IL
designations in the Treasurer's
office, except by the Grand Jury
Committee for 1905. A. the re-
quest of the Grand Jury commit
lee for 1905 came to Edgefeld
to try to give them possession of
my calculations and settlement
made when I left the Treasurer's
office. I told the committee that |
had left all my settlement papers
in the hands of the present Treas
urer. He said that he could not
find the papers and knew nothing
about them. For that reason the
Grand Jury Com mitteA did not
pass on my settlement in 1905,
and has never yet passed on it.
Yet presentment is made this year
based on investigations made by
other parties, who were interested,
and not on findings sof their own
committee.
have been told that DR.. Patti
son is showing to the people q let
ter written by Comptroller Jones
stating that shortly after DR.. Pat
tisou went into office he, Jones,
received letters saying that some
thing was wrong in the Office, and
asking Jones to come over and
straighten out the matter. The
Auditor and the present Treasur-
er have also stated on the stump
at Red Hill that they were the
first ones to find out the shortage
IN the Treasurer's office before any
such thing was found by any
Grand Jury Committee, and that
they reported it at once to the
Comptroller by letters. Now. Mr..
Editor, I am prepared to show
that nothing was ever written or
lelegraphed to the Comptroller's
Jffice about this matter until Oh
the Sth of August after the matter
had been found by the Grand Jury
Committee in July aud called to
the attention Of both the freasur-
er and Auditor. | bavn certified
copies of all letters and kilograms
written by the Auditor and Treas
lrer to the Comptroller, aud am
prepared to prove that no mention
vas ever made ty them until Au-
gust 9Th, 1905, and then it was not
stated that there WAS amy short
go, aud ] am prepared to further
,rove that the Comptroller was
-lever asked to Come over to Edge
ield uatll September 18th, 1905.
Which was about he time thp
fraud Jury Committee were IT,
lake up their final report oll=ih's.
natter for the Oetob.r court.
The cts ar. that thi, shorlag.
vas found oY the Grard Jury Com
uitlee in July 1905, and would