The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-06-01
SHOWS Up BADLY
CD. Breek's Account % Iaspecioa mps
Heavy.
SPENT MONEY FREELY

According to tho Testimony Col
Brooks Expenses Were Two or
Three Times as Much as Those of
Lieut. Cabaniss, the United Stnsea
Army Omcer Accompanying Him
The Boyd-Brock controversy Is be-
coming quite interesting. Sensa-z
tionai allegations were made before
the court OF enquiry on Tuesday az
70 how Col. Brock charged the State
With expenses Of his inspection tour
In the spring os last year.
Lieut.. cabaniss. the army officer
attached to General Boyd's ofice.
who made inspection with Col. Brock
| was placed on the stand and eompar-
ison made between his expenses at
the various points where inspections
occurred with itemized vochers fled
| by Col. Brock and on which warrants
| were issued to him.
The evidence showed Col. Brock
! charging the State at every point
two to SIX times as much as Cabaniss
charged the federal government At
various points teams and hack fare
| were charged when apparently no
teams were used as they were guests
Of local militiamen. In some places
Lieut.. Cabaniss made no charges sor
hotel bills. as he and Col. Brock
were guests os friends During these
inspections. M cabaniss used 1900
miles Of mileage. while Col. Brock
charged the State 1p with four thous-
and miles.
Proprietor Molair OF the aotel at
Sarnwell restifed that the hotel bill
there, amounting to 81. had never
been paid. Capt. Cole had said he
would pay t. The voucher on which
Col. Brock was issued warrant
show s2.7s each charged for hotel
for himself and Lieut.. Bennett
Lieut. Cabaniss was then placed on
the stand. He read from his records
showing that his inspection expen-
ses for 1907 were 102.07. for 1SeS
s142.72. and for 1903 $15s.62: Col.
Brooks were several hundred dol
lars for each year.
In detail the inspection trip OF
last spring was covered. Lieut. Cab
antss tes.ifying from his vouchers
and Attorney Rembert reading from
the records from the comptroller gen
eral's oniee-
At Hartsville where both men were
the guests Of Capt Coker and Lieut.
.cabaniss paid nothing. Col. Brock
charged up hotel bill OF s.. At
Charleston. Lieut. C,baniss paid moth
Ing. while the State was charged
| $3.50 for Col. Brooks hotel bill,
Ia addition to other charges. At
Csmden Lieut. Cabaniss paid hotel
bill Of $50. while Col. Brock char
eed the State with s12. In addition
70 team hire Of 81, although both
rode to the rifle range as TIE guests
Of a local oficer.
| In a trip by private conveyance
from Cheraw to Chester, witness
paid his share Of the cost which was
less than 81. and Col! Broct's vouch-
er showed a charge Of 81 for this
trip. There was simiias showing
On the TIP from Chester 70 Corn
we'll
At Florence Col. Brock charged
mp 81 for hotel bill, 50 for team, and
so cents each for hack and transfer.
Lieut.. Cabeniss' expense was 50 fcr
hotel bill So far as witness knew.
| there was no need for hack or
team.
At Darlington witness had hotel
,ill Of $3.75. xhereas Col. Brock
charged up s12 for hotel in add
ton to other charges.
At Bennetssville the stop was for
! ,nIy a part OF day. witness hotel
bill being IS cents, whereas Col.
| Brock charged 81 on account OF no
tel bill.
At Rock Hill Col Brock charged
mp for q trip on the train to Fort
Will. a few miles distant. SO cents
Tor a tears to carry him 70 Fort
sfiI!. although he had gone on the
train. IS for hotel bin and so cent?
Tor a telegram. Lieut. cabaniss had
no charges to make.
At Tinnsboro the stop was brief
and witness had no charges to make
Col. Brock charged 81 for hotel. 81
Tor hack and transfer and s. fer
team. although the two had ridden
out tc the point desired to Se reach
ed as the guests OF loc.l omcT.
At Yorkville Col Brooks caa-ges
were So for hotel, So for team and
81 for hack and transfer. Witness
expense was So for hotel. and he
aud Col. Broci had r3e.ien out to
the rite range as Col. Lindsay
guest
Similar showings were made as 20
Spartanburs. Union. Clifton. Green
vile. Anderson. Denmark. Edge
aeld. Laurens. Timmonsville. Goa
way. Orangeburg, Georgetown and
Ello-ec.
When asked whether he had ever
charged up hotel expenses while IN
Columbia. Lieut. Cabaniss said that
he had not construed the war depart
nent's ruling as allowing him e1-
oenses OF tais kind while at home.
and to be on the safe side he had
never made such charges. Vouchers
were introduced to show that in one
yea. Col. Brock had charged up ho-
tel bills in Columbia amounting to