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

II Won ri Is s3iin Ne 6ffise Of the
County Supervis0r, The Auditor,
had been paid $50 90 making
the GTailtls, as EbeHtg the an!y
|repo ssiief bsEEtha ;rr,,;iss,rnr
fromssJa tiary 6 6thi i1905, i; though the
law reGu rpasl!tn t,sindse ,u..h rn-:
portssrn llit II l!y.SsHli the Audi
|stGr Came mi ltfe 5ank anslrr.q leStrd
to sect stf,pS,ir e:,IIntso fsttieS Ire isu -rr,
|it wns5si,6Wn tS5.iiim After lolk
ing nt lie re,,ortmatla,u ,d.r 4 lfs.of
ApriI l5shal9O5, and.eximining the
pass hn0ks from the Bank Of Elge-
field mn, ,r:le Farmers Bank, /
cnl!ed tf7nAttrn.ioni 6f the Auditor
10 the fact there was either a
mistake in ,hprGp0rt nf 81, ,0GO0 90 or
the Treasurer waS short that
amount on April 5l5til 1923 He.
stated at thatetime that he mad
used the balances e.s ']un April 7ih,
1905, To reconcile the cash with "A
report nadepns April 18th. When
called him dnWn nn sucn an ah-
surd proposition, for it was shown
that the Treasurer had issued
checks against his bank accounts
on April llth amounting to over
$4,000 10, he 3 began tr make the
claim that The Farmers Bank had
|nYt turned overt the proper amount
:pf warrants to.the Treasurer. He.
asked e., soc the record OF thu.
amount Of warrants the bank hid
! delivered tile Treasurer. i'h.,
Cashier tnl.l tilat ha knew thltzth'
Treasurer hasisilli the warrant! AID
All thu records Of these Warrln 5
That tho warrants hal hr..n c,she.l
by him asan.nccommNlali,n tn lh
Treasurrr.ana3as they were c,1ll
Items, hnilsfma';i carria:l As cash ny.
the bank, and when taken M hv
the Trpasurershad been furnished
in each aasa5a,5.i'hne list of the wa
rants showing "n:amount of each
warrant. lis list had been
checked.sns .led ,itnvary trans
action hef6fa ne Treasurer hlrl
given his cheek in payment there
for. Thatsnot .assingle warrant.had
been chhrgaii3 against the accnunt
l.nf .nftliesTraasurer.a;lnl thl5 tha o u
! ly thing h.sfgid against hi4 ac-
count were his checks, and that if
this We're ,nt:Etrup, to let til"
l,rrrasurnr. shnW il. He had his
account balIncedsan:l his vouchers
in the way ysnf: checks had been
turned ov,srs,to him. He never
gave Il check to the bark until
warrants We're delivered to him
The Aulitor1ettEt bank ut this
date, NJ ~ 25th,and either the next
day, the 26th 227th, he callr'l me
AS 1 wentatojuly5otfiGe in the IN ,rl-
ing. and tnl'i9n.s thai: he hal found
he had mndr4aa arrnr. anal tltt
now everything was AL right. [
accepted his,-s14telnent, the Aa'l'-
tors, nS trun, anjl kne v no b 'ttnr
until i'lJuly wi,r.ltFla Gran ! Jury
Cnmmttee. exrnlnnd the ,rrn,'llr.
ers office. Thnugh notice t'l,t'
1.-The County C,mnisSi ,n"rl b,rro v
ed So, $1,000 on May % h, l9)5, 4
days after this The note is the
record tn shDW fDr itself. y l.'t'r
written by the Auditor T., nnf tn
c. m.nisslonerI is in han,l to Sh Nv
that this gentleman hal spm ',hii.
to IL with calling thr .'.':n ni--
sion.rs together on My 9th, 1895
Another, fact is clin,l as rnihn'
Strange is that this-is the only
tran sactionto be foHn:l whara the
Commissioners borrowed IN may
on the last days of the m nth. 81 ! |
then borrowed money aglin nn tn
first of the next month, June
These are the facts. as the reu'rlS
show them. They can b.. suppl
mented byraffi iavits where neces-
sary by the officers of the bank.
Tha Treasurer never mentioned At
this time that he was short. The
Auditor, when confronted with
| figures to show that that there was
eitheran error,nr shortage, comes
and covers;up the matter with the
assnF#nce that: he hal nnade an
error. ls.sz.-s. -.
It is true that. the bank kept 20
record Of warrants paid for the
Treasurer, called cash warrants. A
record is kept in the Shape of a
list untilsthe warrants ere deliver
ed to the Treasurer, and he gives
the bank q check for the amount
of the warrants. The list is left
with the Treasurer, even after be
has checked it over and aided it
up Why did not the Treasurer
keep these lists? They are gone.
Whose duty is it to keep the ac-
count of the warrants paid by the
Treasurer from day to day? The
County pays for a neat
record book for him to enter each
and every warrant be pays. a
place to enter School Warrants a
place to enter. Supervisors War
rants aud Witness Pay Bills
Does he enter them as he is re-
quired? Willsthe Grand Jury Com
mittee say that he entered a SIN
| pIo ,yorrupt of onv hind on his