Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-21
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ACCOUNTS OF COL. GREEN.
Governors Special Detective Submits
Itenized Statement.


tective on a different basis. Instead Of
presenting a claim for the 500 month
ly salary the official presents claims
for per diem expenses, these including
salary.
In statement prepared by the
comptroller general 1t is stated that
the account Is honored, but that the
reasonableness Of the charges Is not
questioned, this being entirely up to
the Sound judgment Of the governor
or disbursing officer"
The last account as filed by Mr.
Green shows additional services, rem
dered since the filing Of the first ac-
count.
The statement issued by Comptroller
General Jones, showing the first and
last accounts as prepared by Colonel
Green, Is as follows:
"Col. L. M. Green has filed the fol-
lowing itemized statement dated May
13, account for services rendered as
special detectives:
Estate of Account, May 18th.
columbia, S. c., May 13, 1912.
Estate of South Carolina to L. M.
Green, DR..
Statement Of per diem account SER
vices rendered as special detective as
follows:
March 1923 inc.-Investigat-
ing Olar lynching, 6 days at
$40 per day ...............$ go 90
March 1927 inc.--Investigat-
ing killing of Bryson at
Mountville and with regard to
negro lodges around Mount
VILE, days at SO per day.. 30 90
March 1929 inc.-Investigat-
ing lynching at Blacksburg,
days at SO per day ......... 20 90
April 3-5-Securing informa-
tion as to enforcement laws
at Anderson and as to Ches-
hire affair, 2 days at SO per
April S-12 misunderstanding
ton county and as to burning
of newspaper Office at Hamp-
ton and as to Fairfax, S. c.,
days at SO per day........ so 90
"'April 1920 inc.-Trip to Dor
chester county, investigating
whisky situation and law en-
forcement, days at SO per
day :. go 90
April 1928 inc.-Second trip
into Dorchester county to
make further Investigations
as to liquor situation, 2 days
at 10 per day :. :. :. 80. 20 90
MAY 6-10 inc.-Trip into
Berkeley to see as to burning
of property of Messrs. Thorn
ley and Brittingham at
Moncks Corner, days at $50 100 90
1Oldl .9ooV w
"Inasmuch as this account Is so
itemized that 1t shows what particular
work was being done on the days
named by Col. Green, and the amount
which the governor agreed to pay him,
with his approval thereon, the COMP
troller general will issue his warrant
for the payment of the amount.
"The contention Of the comptroller
general Is that accounts must be so
itemized that the auditing officer and
the public may know for what particu-
lar services the public funds are being
paid out. AS to whether or not the
contracts on which such services were
rendered were or were not. reasonable,
is a matter which the comptroller gen.
eral cannot review, as 1t Is left by the
legislature to the discretion and sound
Judgment of the governor or disbursing
officer
1T will appear, however, that the
services stated to have been rendered
in the account filed May 13 must en-
brace services for which Col. Green
had previously claimed payment on an
entirely different basis. For instance:
on April Is he filed the following state
ment:
State of South Carolina to L. M.
Green, Special Detective, Dr.:
ITO expenses, investigating
Olar lynching, including trip
to Charleston, Denmark and
oar .... 80 oo w
ITO expenses, investigating
killing of Bryson at Mount
vile and looking into GER
tain reports in reference to
negro lodges around Mount
vile :. 80. 20 90
"'TO expenses investigating
lynching at Blacksburg =. E. Is 90
""To expenses, investigating
burning of newspaper office
at Hampton, and looking into
the general condition Of the
enforcement of the law as to
the sale of whisky, etc, at
Hampton and Fairfax =. -. 22 %
Ito expenses, Anderson, for
securing information in ref
erence 10 the enforcement VI
the law and obtaining infor-
nation in re Muldrow- Ches-
hire affair, and investigating
the conduct and work of De-
tective Sanders 80. 80. 1S SO
$1O5 so
ITO one months service, as
special detective from March
10th to April 18th, inclusive. 100
$205 so
State of South Carolina, county Of
Richland:
Personally appeared before me l..
M. Green, who. upon being duly sworn,
deposes and says that the within ac-
count of $1O5.5O and $4,000 respective
ly, are correct and that the services
were rendered under commission from
the governor, and that no part of said
claim has been paid.
"'L. M. Green.
"'Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 18th day of April, 1912.
wv. F.. Blackburn,
IN. p. S. c.