Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-08-22
County Treasurer j. T. Pattison
Replies to Ex.Treasurer c. M
Williams.

To The Voters Of Edgefeld
County: In last wesk's issue of
several of the papers of The Coun-
ty appears statement from Ex-
n Treasurer G.. NJ. Williams, in
which be attempts to show lnten-
:.onal wrong-doing by me as
County Treasurer, of Edgefeld
County. When I read Mr.. Will
ss Iiam 8 article I, was not only sur
/ sspuriised, but amazed to know that
be- had permitted himself to be
made a tool Of by A. d. Padgett
IS e. e Co., for while one Of his daugh-
ersmarried one of my OPT onent'si
brot thers, Mr. Hampton Morgan,
and 81 while Mr.. Eddie Morgan, my
Opponent, married. one of Sheriff
Ouzts. daughters, and I knew that
greatsinfuence could be exerted
npon him, yet I did not believe
=5thatsany man who had been re-
garded as an honest man would
permit himself to be used in the
manner he was used when he pub
lished the statement above refer
red to. Why does Mr.. Williams
attack me? He has no reason to
IS do it. If he is not short that is a
. matter between him and the
Comptroller General and the
Grand Jury. They declared him
liable, and why does not he jump
on them and not me /? The answer
is, he las political purpose in
view. After my opponent entered
this race, the report was indus
triously circulated all over the
County that I vas short, and [
was being fought viciously with
I it, and all I did was to explain
the matter, and added that dis
crepancy had occurred in The
Office when my opponent had
charge of it as Clerk for Mr.. Will
liams, but / was particular to
: state that I was satisfied that it
had occurred in their administra-
tiop as in mine, without auy in
territorial wrong on their part, and
never have I spoken q word impu-
ting to either of them Intentional
fault. I do not approve of news
paper controversies but Mr.. Will
liams' article necessitates reply,
and fwill give the facts as they
are, and are already proved, and
don't have to be proved hereafter.
The influence. no doubt exerted
upon the flexible temperament of
Mr.. Williams in this matter makes
him an object Of pity as we'll as
condemnation.
AS To The Alleged First Shortage
After I bad b, en- in Office a few
months, the Auditor and I found
that we couldnos make the books
and accounts balance. In June in
trying to ascertain where .he
trouble was, we went to check up
with the Banks and notified Mr..
Pedeett then of our failure to get
q balance, and called on the Far
mers Bank for a statement of It's
transactions with me as County
Treasurer. but was informed that
the Bank had kept no record what
ever ofNhe Vouchers handled by
tand cashed by me, as County
Treasurer. Ata subsequent date
the Farmers Bank stated to Mr..
Wilson, CLERK of the Comptroller
Ge;:eral, that no record was kept
sof any County Vouchers, and this
position was adhered to by them
until the Experts bad made their
Investigation of the books of-the
office, and then some time this
year the Farmers Bank admitted
that they had a record of some
school warrants. /, as County
Treasurer, bad been depositingI
money with the Farmers Bank,
The Bank of Edgefeld and the
Johnston Bank. The Johnston
Bank and the Bank of Edgefeld
had a. complete record Of all
County Vouchers handled by
them, and I had no trouble in
checking up my transactions with
those two Banks. My books ball
ARC cedsWith their books to cent;