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r'ating Fraud--Conoluded. dd in the same manner as special tdese. I do not know of anything nfatr in the thode of inserting those odfertlsqenit, or of charges for the Ae,. fai as the books and t 'files, are concerned. I made out the bills, and I feel satis. fed they corresponded ' with the b ooks and 8le., J. ti. SO:ULT. 1u0a1ALUBoN, Feb. 18,1878. (i&wr INVrGATING COMUrTEE, Clirleston, S. U., Feb.-18, 1878. A. F. Melchers, being duly sworn, .pye: My name is Adolphus F. Mel hters. I reside at 23 Shepherd street, Aij,the city of Charleston, and I am the associate editor of the Zeitung. I have, in. company with Mr. J. 1-. $chnlte, of the Journal of Commerce, gone over the ldvertiserients in the News, at randoin, for the years 1871, 1872 and 1873, charged against the State for advertising, and I concur 1 the. testimony of Mr. Schulte in yelation ther6to, having read over said testimonoy,so far as the mode ,of measurment, the accuracy of nea surmeut and the correctness of the charges in the books of the News and in the bills produced are con erned; and I know of no unfairness ip these or any other newspaper ac counts for public advertising. A. F. MErxiEas. JOlr INVE"TIGiTING COMMITTIEE, Charleston, Feb. 18, 1878. State of South Carolina, Charleston County. . rersonally appeared before nus Thomas C. Neville, who, being duly swoy,i, deposeth and says: That he Was foreman of the Char.Jeston News dpring the years 1871-72 and 1873, and that all acts and joint resolutions of the,General Aserbly published in those years as advertisements in the Charleston Daily News were ,also pyblished in the Charleston Tri.. Weekly News and in the Charleston Weekly News. T. C. NEv'ILLE. S8wqrn to befvre us this 18th Feb. 187$. S. DumrE, J. G. IBLuE. ..,MuJlNT INVE8TIoATING C omuITEE, .Charleston, Feb. 1878. The State of Sou'h Carolina. ' Personally 'appeared before us Rosw.ell T. Logan, who, being duly sworn, says: That he is and has beek~ for ten years engaged iin the adver *tising agency business; that news-. papers, except wvhere there is a con tract to the contrary, charge for the advertising by the space occupied; that where a contract is for so much per line, the charge is for ep many Jine. of the standai-d type as the space eneupied by the advertisement will hek:1; that some papers use agate as their' standard of measuremient, in which case every inch occupied' would be charged as f ourteen lines; .that is the usual standard in New York. and other large cities. T[he standar'd of the Charleston 1News and Coarier and other Charleston papers and&of papers in many cities, is nion pareil, so that each inch occupied by su advertisement is charged at 12 lines.. Thit is. the usual standard ot 80tithern city papers, and has been, far yeare. When an advertiser makes A-barguin that an adverti'seinent shall ble.iDOted- for so much per line, without any other lim itat ion ,it means Uhat the advertisement shall be set in the, suaLstyle adopted by the paper in wbicb i.t is publised for that class of advertisemuents, and charged for acoording to space occupied. V U . ,OBwELL T. lGN v.:Sworn to before us this 18th Feb. 1878. J. 0. BI,UE, M- -S. DIiin.E 1otaU INVaSTIoATINo COMMITTEE, SCh'arleston, 8. C., Fe b. 18, 1878. J?J@&deral Win. Gurney, being duly dsenyJsays:-My natne is. William cJ.ngLfrside at 81 Queen street, dithe6fharleston, and I am by occu pMsfo. y merchant. In the fall of . M2fAbg it was, I cashed for Bigrdan, Dawson & Co., of the tga,News, sonme $4,000 or$5, hbeir secounts for advertising tato, I cashed them at 'par, or dollar; &tiat is, a part in cash %&,~my, personal acceptances a '' "1~nk, 80 . and -90 days, and -I eontI.$' paid the acceptances at 6W4 of mo dIty banks. I know omth I k~iiu he nocoUnts, except that he eswotJAdle orreat and un f ~me~ern~te~nd do this by Franklin J, Mosos, Jr., who was then, I think, candidate for Gov ernor%nd as an act of personal friend ship for him. I was afterwards paid the accounts in full at the State Treas ury. I did not then have; nor have 1 since hsd, any reasons to believe that there was anything wrong about, the accounts. If I had thought there was anything wrong about them I would not have cashed them. I do not know of any agreement between Governor Moses and the proprietors of the News, or any of them, in any way connected with this transaction; nor have I any roason to believe that there was any impropriety in the transaction. I acted in consideration of friendly relations to both parties. WM. GURNEY. Charleston, Fob. 18, 1878. Upon examining the enormous amounts paid for advertising the Nws in the newspapers, your committee find that for several years a sufficient sum was paid out to have furnished a bound copy of the laws to every vo ter in the State. We also find that there was paid for the support of the throe administration daily organs the extravagant sum of $156,708, during an averago period of about two years, and the few weeklies received within threeyoars,086,195.28 for pub. lishing the acts, while the five, daifies that were odited by political oppon en ts j ocoived only $42,407.68 for ad - vertising in overy description, includ ing the publication of the acts for four years, and the twenty nine weoklies of antis.administration record recaived only $63,793. Referring to Mr. Woodruff's state. ment that gratification printing cor tificatos woro issued and divided ainong members of the General As sembly, the committeo call special at, tontion to the fact that ib is corrobor ated by A. 0. Jones gonerally, and particularly in an ins.lanco where ho testifles that "a passed claim coertifi cate was issued for $6,000, proceeds to be divided betwe'on the members of the Houso Committoo on Print. ing." The following named persons wore members of that committee: Jas. N. Iayne, Dr. B. A. Bosmon, Rev. H. HI. Hutnte%, John B. -Donnis and Barney Ilump)hrio3s. This certificate was turned over to .Jonds for collec tion; he sold it at a large discount, and gavo Hunter an ordloron the State Troaurerin part paLyment of his share. Upon the receipt of this order the reverend gentlonman lb'camno very indignant, and wrote a letter to Jones, of which the following is a copy: CnARarmsTON, Feb. 17, 1874. lion. A. 0. Jones, Columbia, S. (. Doar Sir: Your favor with draft en closed came to hand, and I can scarce ly now believe that you wer e dapable of doing what you claim has boen done in a claim that I was and am so deeply interested in. When J. N. Hayne, Esq., could have gotten sixty cents on the dlollar, you demurred, and stated that you could not allow any paper of yours to be sacrificed at threo,fifths ot its face value, and. now you etaim tbat 25 cents on its taco value you accepted. Sir, I CxpecCted that the $1,000 which you told us Limo and time agzain wasg my sharo, aonld have nectted meo at the outside $750, and now its sold, as you state it d win. dIed down to 8208.83. 1 can't believo you thus mean to act in this matter; but it's left with you. A baso ingrate to friends always meets his reoward. 1 was your friend, believed your prom ises, and expect you now, in piros.. perity to make good all you promised when you depended upon me and others, expecting and believing that you are and wero perpetrating a huge joko about this matter as above, to test my faith in your premises. Y4jrs truly, REV. H. H. 1IUNTEJR, 56 Ralcliffe street, Charleston. We sMbmit two accounts of the Re publican Printing Company, found in the State Treasurer's office, whichj have been paid. This "immigration report, therein referred to was not compiled or printed," but the bills therotor were paid in full. The scheme originated in the fortile brain of Tjim-1 othyllurley, who,se facoility to concoct and execute frandulent measures is sufficiently well kno wn always to so., cure success.. Tho join t resolution w hich appro priated a quarter of a million of dol I ars at one swoop contained almost as few wards as the account itself, and was rushed through both houses under the whip of the two clerks, who wore all powerful at that ,time in silencing "the friends." It will be observed in the evidence that the printing comn pany at this time was composed of the two clerks, who mada up and cer, tified to their ownm accounts, which were always increased by a sufficient1 amount to cover all expenses, includ, ing bribes and commiissions paid to State officials an-I members of' tbe Genr'al Assembly. The act under which the contract for public print.. Ing was awarded had been passed for the purpose of allowing the two clot kas to have full and undisputed control of' the printing. The "circle of friends" know themn; they had tried t,bem, and t,hey were satis fied with "their man ner of cond.uoting business," the basis of which was that the "Jton's share of the spoils" should fall to 'the friends,' and the remainder find its way to the uapacious maw of the company. W hile we condeu&n almost every acot of these Lwocler'ks, and present themn in thbis anonviable, Ii Cht4 tho publi, i. ; i well to remoinbor that they wero but in reality the subtle tools of corrupt State officials and equally corrupt le gislatorm. They sowed indeed and gleaned. but the others reaped the harvest: VOLUMIA, S. C., Dec. 8, 1878. Stato Af South Carolina, To Republican Printing Company, Dr. . For the compilation and printing bi the report of immigration, ordeied by 'he General Assembly of the sossion of 1872- 73, neventy.fivo thousand dol. lars (875,000.) Thus account. bears the following endorsement: COLUMuIA, S. C., Dec. 8, 1873. We certify that the within amount of seventy-fivo thousand dollars ($75, 000) is correct and remains unpaid,. J. WoorRUFF, Clerk of the Senate. A. 0. JONES, Clerk of House Representatives. The following account bears a sims ilar endorsement: Terms Cash. Republican Printing Company's Book and Job Office. COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 22, 1872. State of South Carolina, To Republicun Printing Co.,J)r. To amount of deficiency of printing as per appropritition under "Joint. re solution to provido for expons(,s of public vrinting," approved December 21. 1872, $250,000. Received payment, LEGRAND BENEICT, President. For the purpose of contrasting the era of extravagance and robbery with that of "Homo Rule," brought about through the election and inauguration of Hampton, wo insert a certified statement of State Treasurer Leaps hart, showing the cost of public print.. ing for the regular and special sessions of 1876 and 1677. and leave the figures to speak foi themselves: EXECUTIVE DEadiRTMENT OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER, Columbia, S. C., Feb. 25, 1878, Statoments of payments made on account ptublic printing, regular sos sion 1876 and special sesion 1877, up to November 1, 1877: Amount appropriated $10,000 1877. June 12, paid Republican Printing (oIpalny 62,000 June I5, paid Jas. Wood row '2,024 August 1, paid index ac coun ts 200 Autgust 15. paid Calvo & Patten924 August. 17,paid (2 McKinily 741-5,222 Balance on I aml~ Nov 1 1877 841,778 Agains~t this.' babhiance is anm outLsLtnd ing claim of James W'oodrowv for piniti ng (of about S I,4C 0. I vertify that the abovo is acor reet st.atemnt taken fromt the books of th~ is ('iec. S. .1..I~p,. La rr. Stato Tr'zea:surcr. Y~our I COmlu .ce tind it im possible inI theoXLf exaination of ai report of z4uchm length to deCtaUI all the i nstanges of ir, regulaiie is, peculti ion an i nfamous 1) 11 fraudl <-ornmmitted in the matter of pub lic pin1ting.' Tbc testimony is full of rev'oltLinmg det.ils which could only be furnmishied hy the principuls anid noe complices ini these nefairious tr'ansac -tions. TIhe history of the Carol in a Prjitig C'omipany, the Th.publIicani Priting Comnpanf? and- their offshioot,s the Col u mIbiai D):ily UiJon and Chars~ leston Rep)ublican (if the testimony is to be helieved, and sutrely who can doubt its truth, corroborated as it is ini ailI Ceent.ial part.iculars) is sufficien t inaycourt to consign almost every per'son connected with them to thePen itentiary for life. Some of these par, ties to these crimes are no0w iln prIison whilst many others, having deserted their luxurious homes and fr'iends, are fugutives from justice. skulking abroad, yet they and all connected with them iln such atrocious deeds should feel deeply gratolul that thie p)eop)le of Sothd Carolina, governed by w'.ise and( p)rudenlt counsel have at,, temp)lted, and will attempt, to bring them to punishment, by duo process of lawv, inst.ead oft lonig ago rising up in a storm of'just indignat,ion and wrath, and sweep)ing them from the face of' the earth. Perhaps a veil of charity should, ini some degree, be thrownu over the po'>r' and ignorant colored men who have been deceived, misled and incriminated4 by artful, corrupt and shameless leaders, but if, in the exerciso of great gener'osity and for bearance, these ignorant men shall be spaired, it should teach them that dis honest,y andl fraud will surely meet a meritod punishment. 'I here is no security for life, per%on al liberty 01r pr'operty in any govern ment, e xcep)t in the virtue, intelligence and honesty of the people. And the committee think that t his report will serve in all futur e time as a warning that fraud and dishonesty, no matter howv long concealed, some day, like "murder, will out." JohN B. COChnAN, Chairman. .11. A. MEE'rZE, S. DInLE,On part of Sendte. S. MuttiE, J. G. BLUE, On part of IIouso. No-rIcE-By authority (romn Judge T. J. Mackey, the time has been ex tended 10 days from this date for pers sons lately engaged in raids on Reve nue Officers anid the County Jail, to come forward and give their bonds to keep the peace and obey the laws. -J. J. L EWJ8, C, C. P. April 4th? 1878, THE -SENTINEL D. F. BRADLEY, Editor. PICKENS 0. I., S. C.: 0 Thursday, April 4, 1878. Hampton at Anderson. Governor Hampton had a magnifl cent reception at Anderpon last Wed nesday, 27th pIt. It is estimated that eight thousand voters were present to greet him. He delivered one of the best speeches of his life, so we are in% fo-rmed by persons who heard it, and, as is his custom, captured his whole audienco, regardloss of color or pro, vious condition of servitude. His route from the Capitol to Anderson was one continual ovation. At every station, watortank and ' wood pile along the road the citizens turned out on masse, and forced a speech from him before they would let him pass. After the affair at Apdorson, be went to Abbevillo, whero anoler grand ro ccption awaited him. Tho colored people at this place, we are informed, outnumbored the whites and woic more demonstrativo in their feelings towird "do Gubner," if possible, than the Whites. IIis re-election is assured, we think, without opposition. The Radicals have long since abandoned all hopes of defeating the Democratic party, with Hampton is its standard bearer, and have concluded to make the best of circumstances. They will not. put a ticket in the field for State officers, but will endeavor to carry the Logis, lat uro. This is their objoctivo point, and by endorsing Hampton they hope to increase their strength on the leg islativo ticket sufficiently to carry out their pirposoi. It Independent Dom ocratic candidates can bo induced to run in counties where they are in the minority, they will formi a coalition with themn, and by gtting oneC or two candidaites on the ticket they) will, if successful in this mano uv re, carrny enough of the lower conuties sol id ly to givo them the legislative depard meni of the Governimnt. Let Udg' o crat.s be watch Iuii, and in chr see that all Independent D)othtis are placed w hero they' really bidon g in the ranks of thet Radioals. ~ If. they wimll do this andI keepj the ranks of their party well closedl up' there is no) danger; but it th ey aro indifrcumt, do feat, awaits them. Free Railroad rasses. The Senate at, the late session of the Legislature, passed a bill making it a felony for any Stato offiocr or' member of the Legislature to receive a free Railroad pass. The1 bill was defeated in the IHause. A colored Rad ical moved to indecfinitly post pone the bill, and those voting to indefinitly postpone the bill and thoreby con tiue to secure to themselves free passes are: Messrs. Aldrich, Alexander, E. S. Allen, Anderson, Andrews, Austin, Bates, Boston, Bridges, Bro wn, Byer's, Cald well, Coleman, Compton, &u m mings, Curtis, E. II. Dibble, Donald; Evans, Forrest, Gaither',,Gantt, Gray, Green, Harper, HIolmos, Hiough, J. B. IHumbert, R. H. ilumbert, Jones, B. K. Kinloch, Marce, Massey, Milton, Morgan, Palmer, Peterson, Redfern, Reed, Robinson, Rountrec, Rutledge, Scott, Smith, Watts, Westberry, Wines, Woodward, Youmans-51. Thosea voting against the indefinite postponement of the bill, and in favor' of its passage are: Messrs. Sheppard, W. S. Allen, Asbill, Blakenoy, Blue, ID. F. Bradley, Brico, Bryan, Buidt, Cain, C on nor, Cooper, Dargan, Davis, Deal, Samuel Dibble, Eckhard, Edens, John B. Erwin, FEicken, Guignard, Hacker, Hall, Hiamer, ilaskell, R. -R Hemphill, Jeffries, Jennings, J. 23. Johnson, George Johnstono, Leap.. hart, McKewn, McRlae, Moore, Mul ler, O'Neill, Parlor, Peake, Potty, Pope', Rogers, Shand, Simpson, Van,. diver, Verner and W hito-46. Recaptured. Matt Evans, the notorious incendi, ary, who set fire to and burned up the machine shops of Mr. Chine, of Greenvilre, a year or two ago, was sentenced to the Penitentiary for tho offence for life; but shortly after his arrival at that institution, made his; escape. His location, away back in the back woods of N. C., near the Virginia line, was ascertained by Mayor Maulin, of Green' -, an b at once dispatched Car. Geir, the Chief of Police for h'? trip wa successful, and, Matt. now 'ocoupies his nld nnlU on thei banks of t.hn fnga.... Headquarters of the County Democrat ic Executive Committee. PIiCErs C. H., S. (., April 2d, 1818. Purbuant to the recommendations made by .tho State Executive Com% mitteo of the Democratic party of South Carolina, at a meeting held it Columbia, the 8th day of F6bro4ry last, a County Convention of the Do% mocratio party of Pickens County, Is hereby called to assemble at tbe Court House on Saturday, the 4th day of May next. The Presidents of the Clubs organized in the last caam paign are hereby instructed to call a meeting of their respective .ilubs on some stated day before the meeting of the County Convention, for the pur pose ol reorganizing and the election of delegates to the said Qounty Con, vention. Under the provisions of the 5th Article of the Constitution, ad opted by the Stato Convention In August, 1870, the County Convention will be composed of one delegate for overy chib, and an additional delegate for every twenty five enrolled mem-" bors. The duties of the Convention will be the election of a now county Executive Committee, which theState Executive Committeo recomMends shall consist of the County Chairman and-tho Presidents of the local clubs; the modo and manner of nominating candidates for, County officers or for delegates to the State and Congres sional Convention, and such other business as may properly come under its jurisdiction. Let each old club be promptly call, ed together by its President and re organized. Let every Democrat, whoo can possibly do so, turn out at these meetings. Where it is practicable or desirable, let new clubs be organised, who will be entitled to the same re presentation in the County Conven. tion as the old clubs. Democrats, the fato.of South Ca olina and the civiti zation of the Anglo-saxon rac1 de pends upon your p)rompt and vigorous aiction. Let there be no laggardls. -~ 1R. E'. BOWEN, Chmirman Ex. Committee. . UAo:Y, Secretary. IN vtrIue Outrages. i t o. 'l -da and gave us the fel, lowing paiticulars ol ain outrage coMA mitd on Lis nerann byheveacnue of fli als. We give the narative in his own words as near as we -can, wJh he says he is willing to; b quallded to. His otaement is as follows: * "I live with Mr. Josiah Cbapman, and on Wednesday, March 26th, tbra Revenue officials came to Mr. Chap,. man's house. I 'knew only oneg them-vr. Gary. They ,a*ked me wbere Mr. Chapman was, and I re., plied thaM b bad gone to Walballa They said 'You ae a ,amnoi R(a) j*rked sne out of the door and'stubok .me on the head with the buvttoa gun, which knocked me dow'n. They p carried me to a still houso--the' iip had been carried away-and tried to make me tell where the still 4rasPI told them I didn't know. They then put me in a 'Bex stand#' which, at that time had na"utter in It, and one of them commenced pouring water. on ~ my bead from a gourd. When one of'the party said: 'That is not punish ing him esough.' They then topk me out, filled the stand about half full of water, caught,me by the heels- and plunged me, head foremost into it, and held me there till I knew nothing. They then pulled me out, and when I came to my senses I was lying on the ground. Mr. Gary said: 'Never mind - we can find the still anyhow.' Anot or one of the party sakid: '1e has been punished enough. If he knew any thing he would tell us;' but they jopked me outside of the sti.l house, threw me into a branch, which was close by, jumped on me and stamped me with their feet, bruising and hurtiog mo badly." They had no warrant whateve' for this colored man, nor was he,- so far" as our information extends, even ac, cused of having anything to do 'with illioit distilling. This is only one '.i many instances where inotlensive cit izens of this CountV have been out. rageouulv abused by these Revenro officials, and as we collect the facts i other oases we will give thoem to the public. We went to Greenville Iast Sat.uar day, shopping, and found the queeni city all bustle and busines.e. Dr. G. L. Glazener, the livest drug man in the city, was "as happy as~ a big sun flower," and aanxious to see all his. oi Piekerm friends. Spoights was nd est. We sulppose he thought wo wero Redmond, and ho went skirmish)inig on LIle ont skirts of the cjty for }oal. The manebine- of the Speights' DaIily NcowspaIper was in operation, hOwever, and it turns out the best litLe daihl mn the stale; but we do not see how It could be,othlerwise, for it is published at the Greenville Hotel, whero the edit.ors dnd employees are the best fed men in the State, Hlurrah) for Speights ! We hope ho wTill be elee, ted t, the Legislaturo. FOR THE Ha:nyton and Homne 'Rule! THE NEWS AND COURE!!R. A Live and Fearless Deno. eratie lNewspaper. Largest CIt'oulat Ion in the City. Largest OlIroulation the State. Largest Circulation - 1n Cotton 8tates. 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In all cases the eas tit ao company the order. Ej'tnds of the csase of Honest Hougae Rule in all the countle 're invited to aId g in awelrig our Cnt '. Subscriptioni Liuts, which ought to la averyitliIgenteotee in the 8tate, R ORDAN A DAWSON~, Propriethe,s Charleston,.8. 0. an 4.l~ 1878