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Yorkville Enquirer
York, York County, South Carolina
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A U.S. Senate committee investigating campaign methods hears affidavits from South Carolina residents P. T. Sapoch and James L. Smith, who claim they were solicited by Republican officials for money in exchange for federal job appointments but were denied the positions.
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Senate Committee Gets Echoes From South Carolina.
The senate committee having in charge the investigation of campaign methods, on Wednesday got a few witnesses bearing on the situation in South Carolina.
Affidavits were introduced by Chairman Caraway from P. T. Sapoch, of Blacksburg, S. C., and James L. Smith, of Fairfield county, S. C., who said they had been solicited by Republican officials in the state for money to get federal jobs.
Sapoch declared in the affidavit that he had given $400 to "collectors for J. W. Tolbert," of South Carolina, to be reappointed postmaster at Blacksburg, S. C., and after accepting his money the job was given to another person. Smith claimed that because he refused to give any money to Elliott Boulware, negro county chairman of the Republican party in Fairfield county, he lost the appointment as rural mail carrier at Winnsboro, although he stood first among the list of eligibles and was informed that his appointment had actually been made.
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South Carolina
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On Wednesday
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sapoch gave $400 but the postmaster job at blacksburg went to another; smith refused payment and lost rural mail carrier appointment at winnsboro despite being top eligible.
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Senate committee on campaign methods hears affidavits from South Carolina residents solicited by Republican officials for money to secure federal jobs, including postmaster and rural mail carrier positions.