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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAECH 15,1899. ~ VOLUME XXXIV-NO.I^ 1 TUF ilF^T ^TOf?F I 4 .lill/ JJjUU 1 Ul U11.U .rf IN every line of business there is always one BEST. There can never be two. In the Clothing Business of Anderson there is one Store that is bet ter than all others because IT'S A SPOT CASH STOKE, audit's the place for you to trace if you wish to save money. It has been our ambition to make our business the best of its kind. We have succeeded. If you will come into our Store we can show you exactly why we are able to save you money. The advertisements we publish will probably sound like bragging. All right, let it be so. Every word in them is true, just the same. You may call it bragging, or whatever you please. If we can save yon money on your Clothing, Hats and Furnishings, That's all you need care about. That's what we can do. That's what we are doing for lots of people. We sell our Goods for strictly Spot Cash. We keep no books. We have no bad debts. We give you more value for 75c. ?cash than our competitors would for S1.00 on credit Our way.of doing business is fairer than that of any Store we know of. If you make a pur chase here and you are not satisfied we will give you-your money back if jou want it. ' New Spring Goods. New designs in Neckwear, The newest shapes in Hats, All the latest styles in Clothing. As to prices you know <k WE SELL IT FOR LESS." THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WE have bought the entire Stock of J. P. .SULLIVAN ?$: CO. and will continue business at the same Stand. Having bought thia Stock at a consideradlo discount; we are ia position rc give you BARGAINS io G-EOOEEIES, Anti we cao sell you Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods, Notions, Etc., At and below original co??*. When you are in Town V,-A want you to m al; o heall quarters with us ana" feel just like you are a: horae, and we will treat you ihn btst we know how, J.a?k about these things, and have fi lively time on the Corner. We know that we can save you money, and all we ask is that you give us a chance. We will carry a entupirte lice of General Merchandise. We will have a lot of New Koods in a few days of all kinds. . MOORE, ACKER & CO. <5SJ*- My friends and old customers are invited to call on rae. I will be glad to serve them in any way I can. Don't forget where I ara-at J. P. Sullivan A; Co's; Stand on the Corner. OSCAR MC? >RE. TT" T?RMINT. The Cough and Cold that irritates and torments is relieved with TARMINT. 25c. and 50c. Joflflsons Headache Powders. Relieve Headache and Neuralgia. 10c. and 25c. infant Talcum Powder, An elegant Toilet Powder. Prevents and relieves chapping and chafing. Sold in bulk, any quanti ty. 60c. per pound. ' For Rheumatism and Neuralgic Paiu3 rub with our .... Nerve and Bone Liniment. It is the BEST. 25c and 50c. Johnsons Worm And Liver Syrup. Removes Worms, is pala table, safe and sure. 25c. Landreth's Seeds. Just receive new. Fresh ?viii INVESTIGATION OE COL. NEAL. Amount Due the Penitentiary Approx imatcs $10,000. Coiumhia Sidle. Mardi 1". According to the testimony; taken at the penitentiary investigation yester day, here is the situation: In 1800 .1. 1). Watson and Col. W. A. Neal made a contract whereby tiie lat ter was tf) redeem or buy back his farm in Anderson county, which he had turned over to the former debt. The price was tobe 614,000, and this was to be paid in installments of $2,000 a year. At the same time and on the sauie day, according to the testimony of Col. Neal, Mr. Watson made a contract with him as superintendent of the peniten tiary for 3<> convicts who were to work this farm and another owned by him (Neal) in Pickens county. The super intendence ol' the Anderson county farm work was to be under B. B. Bags dale and the Pickens farm under C. W. Kagsdale. By 1 his contract for con vier hire J. B. Watson was to be nomi nally responsible, while Neal in reality was* to get; the benefit of the labor. This was done apparently to get around the statute winch prohibits the super intendent of the penitentiary from em ploying convicts to work for himself individually. This contract with Wat son was not secured by bond as is gen erally required because Col. Neal con sidered him "a responsible man." Under the instructions of the board of directors a note properly endorsed so that if may be discounted at a bank may be accepted in payment for con victs. In the year 1800 J. B. Watsou got 30 convicts who worked the two farms of Col. Neal in Anderson and Pfbkens counties. These convicts worked those farms during l-siHi, *'.)7 and '08. In pay ment for their work the first year B. B. Kagsdale gave his note for $2,005.0!), endorsed b}' \V. A. Neal as superinten dent. For their work in 18'JT C. W. Kagsdale gave his note for $2,012,45, endorsed in the same way. The ac count for 189S is still open, though under the head of assets. ,J. B. Wat son is charged up with their hire. These two Kagsdale notes were placed in the Carolina National Bank and the nionev drawn on them. Thc B. B. Kagsdale note for $2.505.00 was taken up by the payment of a check given by J. B* Watson. The check was made payable in five days, but before that time had expired Mr. Watson held up the payment. Thc bank now demands from the penitentiary the payment of these two amounts, W. A. Neal as superintendent having endorsed the two notes. This puts the State virtually in the position of endorsing notes in order to get money and then having to pay rhe notes herself, the maker of the notes not having paul them. Col. Neal testified yesterday that, the two Kagsdales who gave their notes in payment for this convict hire for the years had nor derived a cent's benefit from the convicts' work, lt had been done on his farms and he had gotten the benefit of the work. The State will have to redeem these two notes and by doing so loses the pay for 30convicts for the years 180(1 ami 1807. This amount is in round numbers $4,500, to say nothing of the past year, which will run the amount up to*about $(??000. All this labor Col. Neal was using on his farms, though under the contract Mr. J. 1>. Watson is the nominal lessee of the convicts. Miv' Watson's testimony was impor tant in that it told ot the contracts made between himself and Col. Neal. He gave his reasons for refusing to pay the check taking up the B. 15. Kagsdale notes and then went on to say thai un der their personal agreement he had sold t he col ton crop from 1 lie t wo farms made iii: 1800. After taking oui from the proceeds the hist payment on the farm to himself, lie I in ned over to Col. Neal $1,405.85, for which Coi. Neal receipted as superintendent, and which he understood was td go to pay I lie con vict hire for thal year, lt; had not tbeeii so credited and tiie records gave no-evidenceol' ii having been paid. In 1805 he had also paid a draft of $500 to Col. Neal. but. as was afterwards shown, he was-upi credited with this in any way. Col. Neal, in reference to the $500 draft, said he had used ii for traveling expenses". About the $l.4i;2:s5-.p:iid by Mr.* Watson, he claimed thal il had been paid out to hands and for the ex penses of making tin- crop in ism;. Mr. Stevenson asked the pointed quest ion question, after Col. Neal had stated that he had paid $2,700 in 1800 and 1807 to Mr. Watson, in payment on the farm as per private contract, if the payment of these installments were not virtually using money due the Stale to pay private debts. Mr. Burriss testified to several irregu larities involving several hundred dol lars and showed where only a part (d' a draft would be credited to a man's account, while the remainder was placed to the personal credit of W. A. Neal. Tilt: TESTIMONY ol'the witnesses best tells the story of the developments in the inquiry. When the examination of witnesses was renewed at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. .1. S. FWler was recalled to tho stand. Ile testified that in De cember, 1S?I5, he advanced $5(Mi for thc services ol'convicts. This was paid by ( draft io AV. A. Neal individually and , the receipt was signed by him as super intendent. Ile was not'"credited with ? this money. The penitentiary report ' showed no credit for him at this time. ' The payment (d' this $500 was made at the hank ol' Anderson. The date of ' the draft was Pee. 0. It>95, and the re ceipt w as not dated but read: "Received j ot .I. S. Fowler, five hundred dollars on account hire for the year !8!>(5; Amount $50(1. W. A. Neal. Siiperin- j tendent." i The draft was paid I ?ec.'Jd. lyne. Re- I lative to thc check of Feb. 24. I ?17, for ' $500, Mr. Fowler said he was credited j with $25(1 and some cents. This was ' all the credit he had received on his < account for the cheek so far as he had f been able to find out I hough he had a * receipt for it from Col. Neal signed as I superintendent. I .1. II. WATSON. ' Mr. .1.15. Watson was called to fhe i stand next. A contract foi- convict : hire was show H the witness and he re- I cogni/.ed il, as one he had made lu se- i cure labor lo work a farm in Anderson county which he had bongin from Col. ? Neal in |S?.i:?. Kop |MI:?-?H ami "05 he ! I worked (Ins farm with convict labor, j i The years ix?;, X. "os |M. ,|?,| n<.i work i the plate. Ile had sohl il back lo l ol. j ; Neal, wini worked the farm with con- ! i viet lahoi -obtained underhis Watson's) ! contract nf: 1*01?. Thc l'a rn i was sohl Gol. Neal on credit foi' SU.OOU, and evidence ol' the tr a II sac ti nn Mr. Watsi presented a duplicare contract of: t sale ol' thc dilti- o?' March 2. J SSM. T labor contract was signed March 0. LS! and I he copy ol* thc contract ol' thc sij of the property was also signed at dated March 2, wm. The wi I ness aga reiterated that lie got the convict lab for in's own use during the past thn years. Referring to the penitentiary repo for 1800, he is credited wirb' payii s2.0()() or more tor convict hire: lie sa ho knew nothing of it. Ile supposed lie was liable, it was under the contrae but he never used convict hire. 1 January, 1807, he is credited with pa; ?ng over S?OO as a balance for 1800. 1 denied that lie owed any balance. 1 April. 1807, lie was credited by the r port l'or Sl.+^.Oo. f ie was not. positif whether he had paid that on the sett! incut of: his contract, which expired 1S!)."5. Since then lie has not used oi hour of convict labor. In l$07Mr. lin ris wrote that, witness had given a no for thc hire of convicts for that yea The cotton raised on the Anderson an I.'i eleen s farms was sold to fae torie Thc balance coming to me to pay t'< the land was turned' over to Col. Nea The amount was 81,4(M.8."?. lt wast be credited to payment for coil vii labor. Ile got a receipt signed by Si perintendent Neal. .Mr. Stephcnso remarked that there was no credit i the report. Mr. Watson said in lette: and from personal statements from Co Neal he was told that all accounts ha been balanced up, so he supposed was correct. Ile had paid up all li was due for labor for the years is!):;, *; and '!)."?. After that he was not vespor siblo for convict hire. ".Since the contract of 18!?! have yo used convict labor ?" asked Mr. Steven son. "Not one hour's time," answered Mi Watson. "Well, then, since the contract: <J 1S?)(? have you mad*' any payments a all for convict labor?" "Yes, indirectly, one time, lt was i tin's way: The cotton made on the tw farms, one in Anderson and the othe in Pickens. in 1800, was sold by me a Piedmont and Pel/.cr. After "takin? from the sale all that was to come t me as the lirst payment on the farm turned over to Coi. Neal on Feb. 2; 18!)?, $1.4Gn.8.'?. This was to be used t pay for convict hire under contracto lsiiu." Mr. Watson produceda receipt sjgiiei by Col. Neal as superintendent foi- th amount, but it did not specify that i was for convict hire. "Well, Mr. Watson, you are not cred ited with having made such a payinen in the superintendent's report. Di? you ask Col. Neal about it.'" "Yes, from personal statements am letters from Col. Neal I had every rea son to believe piopcv credit had bee) given me." "Voil mentioned the Pickens farm What connection had that with tin matter1/" "lt was worked by Col. Neal wit! convict labor, under the supcrintcn dence of C. W. Kagsdale. lie didir know how many convicts were worked on this farm." As to the check for 82,000 given In him. he said his attention was called ti it when he read the report of the peni tentiary for the past year. He is pul down as due 6"2,''74.22. "When he uaw it he began to make i'iq ni ries. Hi went to Mr. Harriss, who told him thal thc account against him was about $2,800. Ile added that .-.onie expenses, about $200, would haye tn come oil'. He afterwards saw Mr. Cunningham, who showed him a memorandum given him by the Carolina National bank. There wen- two notes-the 15. li. Hays dale note for S2;30.j.l?il and tlx- C. W. Kagsdale note for ?2,012.4.'?. ile sup posed the H. I!. Kagsdale note was for convict hire tor 1808 and thal (d' C. \V. Kagsdale for convict hire 181)7; Mr. Cunningham then asked him lc help him straighten the matter .:::r. Cunningham told him thal Neal had said that he had about 250 lia les ol' en c ton which would he sufficient tn settle the matter, lb' saw Neal, who said 10 him that, he had about. I7"> bales ol cotton. Col. Neal was sick al the time, ami said as soon as he was able he would settle the matter, ?le (Watson) believed thal he had sulliciciU protec tion inlhe laud and cotton to sea ire his lirst payment and enough surplus, so he gave his check for ?2.OOO to rake up the 15. I!. Kagsdale note. "What were your reasons for not al lowing the draft to lie paid.'" lu-was asked. Ile said it was painful to have to fell the reason why he recalled the draft. 11 was a 10 davs' draft. His lirst draft was for 82,000. Mr. Clark, of the bank, didn't approve (d' this, and anot her was drawn on January 2.T, 1800. I expected lo gel $2,700 from Col. Neal as a third payment on the land. In November lie stated he would be able to pay it, and went on to say something about thc balance, lie said he iiad arranged to borrow the balance. One man pro posed to loan it lo him for 7 lier cent., payable semi-annually; another at S per cent, annually. Ile asked me about it and I told bini if he lost his job I would advise him to lake the s per cent. As to 'why I notified the bank not to pay il was in consequence of papers on the cotton" which would pre vent me get ting it. There was a !?2,i)00 note in the Farmers" and Merchants' Hank, of Anderson, which Mr. Fowler had endorsed and which had gin re to protest. Mr. Ii. M. Harriss and Mr. XV. Hammond were the ot her endorsers. The note was made by Col. Neal. They notified Mr. Kagsdale not lo move any .Mitton from the farm. Ile wenl over lo take the cotton to sell it a*ftd meet I he draft when he was not ?lied that it hers had a lien nu it. Then he told the bank not lo pay thc unte, licitas lever ascertained from Col Neal what ?hose Kagsdale notes were given for. He had told Col. Neal he had given Hie draft ami Col. Neal told Ililli thal f he had the opportunity he would nive advised witness not. to have done t. I told Col. Neal that he knew that I was not innrallv responsible for the lire, and Cid. Neal replied that was rue. Col. Neal's general tenor was hat he himself was responsible. Ne ?aid sn. Ile said Col. Neal told him hat he had informed thc board of the ra us fer ol' his contract, and he was ?hocked when some ol'them toliMiim hey knew nothing about il. He was leal big willi ( 'ol. Neal as an individual, ind did md know that lhere was anv iling contrary to law in the Iransne In answer ioSenalor Liviiig.stn.il he illili I here w as no secret agreement MI aras he was concerned. Ile had Holli ng lo conceal. I le didn't know whether he board knew uholli the recouvey ince ol' the farm, lb said that lie had nhl the board that he did liol hob! J limseif liable for ihe hire. This was ' ! when Mr. Cunningham showed him 1 i memoranda (hiring the session oi: t j legislature. He could not renicml. ? whether he had made the verbal agro mein with (Joh Neal about the lise the convicts before or after he ina the contra'*! for convicts, lt was re; ly Col. Neal's contract ami witness w never required to sign a bond, as In previously been the case. He product some letters and papers bearing on 1 testimony as to the sah.* of cotton. MU. u. K. liri:urss. Mr. JJ. E. Burriss, the bookkeeper f the penitentiary during Col. Neal's a ministration, told what he knew of tl I?. I>. and C. W. Kagsdale notes. Ooh back to the first of 1800, he said, the I?. Watson contract was made. Tl lirst note lie saw was one which can to him April 2, 1800, and was given ; approximate pay for convict hire fi that year and was for $1,500. H w; given by Mr. J. B. Watson and matu ed in November, but was not paid, j was charged to the penitentiary a count. On Dec. 21, ISM, $1,500 priric pal and $0.10 interest after maturii was charged to the penitentiary a) count. The hire for 181)0 amounted t something over $1,800. Some time i 1?)7 Col. Neal told him of a settlemei lie had hud with Watson and turin over $818.87. Col. Neal said that tl note had been settled up and the $3 18.87 was to go on convict hire for ISO He thinks the note of one of the Kag: dales was taken up iii this transai tion. In February, 18US, Mr. Clark, or Co .Jones, told him they had a note of 1 B. Kagsdale. He called Col. Neal's ai ten tion ro it and he said it had been ai ranged. He didn't say anything abm tiie circumstances bf giving the nob Iii February, ISOoV there was a $2,:?? note given ljy Watson to cover the I? convict hire.* In April. 18!)7, there w; a payment of $172 by check, which w; hot paid. Col Neal said he would ai range, the matter Avith the bank, and i was carried as cash. Ir was given b Col. Neal personally, he saying h would have to pay discount on th note. He knew nothing about the Neal an Watson private contract. Col. Ne: had never told him anything about il He knew nothing about the C. YA Kagsdale note until about six Aveek ago, when'he learned of it through letter to Col. Neal. Col. Neal depos i ted notes tn payment of 1808 convie hire. He was under the impression i was a Watson note. As to the accoiin of W. ?J. Hammond of $?102 at the .Tan nary meeting of the board he asked th chairman to ask parties owing td com down and settle. They came in Feb mary. Mr. Hammond produced ; statement, a draft and check. Th check was on the Bank of Anderson o Nov. 27, 1805, for $."500. given td Col Neal as superintendent. He said thu was in advance for 1800 convict hire At the end of 1*U5 there was to Iii credit $40.24. The check had no con nection with that. That check doe not appear to have been deposited in ; Columbia bank. The check wa; stamped paid by t he Anderson bank The proceeds have never been enteret upon the books of the penitentiary. Hi is not aware that the penitentiary eye; got the money. On Fid). 24, 1807. Mr. Hammond wa: drawn upon by Ced. Neal for $850.17 a 10 days. That draft was discounted a the farmers" and Merchants bank o Anderson. Ir was deposited to tin credit of W. A. Neal. Superintendent The Fowler draft was drawn on tin same date. That made somewhat rivet $1.800 on deposit in t he Anderson bank 11 appears on the books of that bani that the amount had gone out during March of rhe same year. The oiiicials said ir was draw;: our hy a draft fron Columbia. The Carotina bank says il was for$1.302.12. which wasgiven rhea on Feb. 2U. ISU7. < >n that dari- Neal told him he had deposited \Y. n. Ham mond's account. $550.17, $81IU less than the draft Col. Neal hail drawn on him, Also $25i? on t he account of Cooley vV Fowler, $244 less than the draft Mr. Fowler accepted. The Carolina Na tional bank informed mo thal $812 and sonic cents, this sum of t in-1 wo amounts .(.'.posited, wen- to thc credit o?'Co!. Neal, superintendent. Ile also dopos te(i $58li;ii5 to ins personal account. That, willi tin- deposit to rhe credit of the superintendent, makes up the amount ol' the Anderson draft. Co!. Neal told him to credit tlie $580.!?5 ro expense account and rile item.- would be given him later. I ?ut this has never been done. Mr. Cunningham had sent him to Anderson to have a settlement witii Mr. Hammond and there lie lound out the facts. The accounts Col. Neal put to his own personal account in the bank could not go to tiie expense account. Fx pense accounts are never paid to rhe superintendent. The statement that the amounts had gone to the expense account was a misrepresentation of facts. Mr. Hammond af ter paying ex penses paid $800.17 and the peniten tiary did not get $800 oth the amount. Thc .1. J, Fretwcll case was l'or a thou sand bushels of oats nt50 cents a bushel. Mr. Fretwcll showed him a receipt from Cid. Neal in settlement. He ascertain ed this since January. He knows nothing about the W. W. Russell li?te. There was a Fretwcll and Russell note_for $025, lifvvhich thc penitentiary got.$J?00. the $25 being for discount. W. W. Russel had never hired convicts. Some t ime during "tis Russel and F rc h ell were urged ro set tle the note. Later he was informed by the bank that the peniteiitinrv had been credited with $000. Fiojwcil and Russell owe something like $285 over and above the note. At 8:8(1 o'clock, when the committee renewed the investigation Mr. Rurriss was put on the stand again. Ile ex hibited a eopv ol' the receipt given bv Col. Neal to Mr. .1. .1. F renwell of An derson. Accompanying the receipt was a letter from Mr. Fretwcll which reads as follows : South Carolina Renitent ?arv, Columbia. S. C. I ?ear Sirs: I ii reply to your statement of a few days ago beg to say that I set . tied with Col. Neal, superintendent, for the 500 bushels of oats on April "Jo. 1808, and herewith enclose you copy of settlement made with him. When I received your statement 1 immediately enclosed it and wrote to him, but have heard nothing from him. so send you t his statement direct. Was very much surprised thal it had not been settled in your (tllice before now. Yours very truly. Jos. .1. Fretwcll. | This was praclicallv all Mr. Biirriss teslilieil lo. fol.. NK.VI.. Col. Neal began his testimony hy making a straight forward statement! uninterrupted by questions. He said: j '?III December. I8U2, I was elected j superintendent ol' the penitentiary. Two years before that. I SUI I ami 'Mi, I ! made cot (on crops ol' -.Min ami ::oi> l?ales, i Mr. Walsoi) isa first cousin of!min Wc lived about two or three mil apart. In ISUp and "Ml I held t hose tv crops. Ile endorsed notes for me l' about 80,000 so that l eonid hold th cotton tor better prices. "Before 1800 1 was in good sba] financially. Luck went against us !" 18.11. The crop was sold while 1 w; : in bed with rheumatism. rJ'lie who proceeds were sent to tho bank, went along until the full of 181)2; D comber of that year I was elected si perintendent. of the penitentiary, took charge January -J, 18!tf. After : was elected and before coining here I had 704 acres of land in Andersi i county and 18 mules and horses. I lu corn and fodder, hogs and au abut I dance of provisions. 1 said to Bolte j "Watson, T am going to leave her ! You have endorsed my papers to tl j amount of f',000. We've slipped ii] Cotton's gone down, but J mean to pr< tuet you if I can. .Here's my propert; I won't take anything except'my housi hold property. I will turn over to yu the real estate and everything elsi I'll make you a deed to the real est?t : and have my wife to relinquish h< i dower.* Ho said lie didn't want th property. There were a tew other ur I paid claims against it. I made hil out. the deed though and turned th j propert}' over to him. "Mr. B. H. Ragsdale was foreman o the place. I agreed to help him out b paying (Watson) 8500 a year out of m salary. This went on for three yean He was to keep an account of the sal of crops, and it was understood that i he could thus pay himself he was to d so and turn the plantation back over t me. This went on for three vears, 180:; '04 ami '!>.*>. "Mr. B. B. Kagsdale became dissatis lied and said he would quit unless som other arrangements were made. H and Watson couldn't get along, h said. I paid 840 annually of his f Rags dale's) salary myself. J said to Belto; that some other arrangements wonb have to be made or Kagsdale wonb leave, fie (Watson) went home am looked up the cotton bills and all am j said to me it would take 814,000 to pa: him all I owed him on the place, agreed then to take charge of the plac? and pay him 82,000 a year until tin debt was paid and to pay ? per cent interest on the 814,000. This couver sation took place in February, 1800. "Watson made a contract with tin State to hire 30 convicts. The hrs year I paid him 83,000; including expen ses, insurance, etc. That took abott all that was made, but we kept oi hoping fora better time. In 1807 i was about the same way. We haveu'i had any settlement this year, so I don' knowhow it will come out. It has al ways took everything to run the place and I have never made anything out o; it." Relative to 'the Kagsdale notes. Col Neal said they were managers of tin place which he had deeded to Watson -During the years 1800. "0? and '08 were you managing the farm for Mr Watson?*' was asked. "The facts are just these: The man ager became dissatislied and Watsoi; turned the place over to us to run as best we could.'' In answer to how many convicts were worked Col. Neal said the number var ied. .Sometimes there were as many as 33 or 34 and sometimes as lew as 20 odd. In regard to thc Hickens place he said that the crops from it were used tn pay tile debt to Mr. Watson. "Has the penitentiary been paid for the use of the convicts tor the years 18!)0. "!i7 and '08f "Xo. no." ..??'or the year 180s there i^ no evi dence in tho report that there was any pay tor the convicts;" "No." In tlie year 1807 rhen-is the H. IV. Kagsdale note, paid by Hie J. H. Wat son check, which was held up, and in '!)!! the other Kagsdale note which was dishonored by Watson, which is all the pay for convicts those two years. Is that the situation.'" v-Ycs: that is it." Taking uj? the contract of 1800.for thc lease of convicts and also the contract for the place, the (?nestion was asked if he (Col. Neal; was not ?he substantial lessee-or the convicts; in other words, he was to work the convicts. In substance Col. Neal's reply was that he was to work thc convicts ami was to ger tin- benefit of thc profits on rho.fanm ('Otting back to the question of notes. Col. Neal said the Kagsdale note of 1800 was not discounted. The C. W. Kagsdale note for 82,000. which the bank is now claiming is due by rite penitentiary. Col. Neal said was tor convict hire for 1808. "Isn't it a fact then that the money that should have gone to pay the con vict hire has gone to pay your debts?" asked .Mr. Stevenson. "Well, the money that should have gone to pay this convict hire, possibly Mr. Watson got for 'Wi and '07.' "It was paid on your debts: you got credit for it on vour debt?" ..V ?, * . ? j es. "Wollj Colonel, lias there ever been anything paid to you with which to pay this convict hire, to pay the Wat son note that was given for 1800?" "No, sir: I never got a dollar from either of thc plantations for those years." The receipt given J.H. Watson on the 22d of February^ 180?, for 81,405.80 and signed by Col. Neal as superinten dent was handed him. He said he could not recall what the receipt was given for. Mr. Stevenson stated that Mr. Wat son had said it was for the surplus de rived from the sale of the crops, and had been paid for the convicts used in making the crop of 185)0. Repeated efforts were made to re fresh Col. Neal's memory and to get him to say for what the receipt was given and to what purposes the money hail been used. He couldn't recall any thing about it, and finally said fie would like to ask Mr. Watson about it. 1 le was allowed to do so. 11?re is what passed between them: "What is your recollection ?" asked Col. Neal ol' Mr. Watson. "Wasn't the crops of'Ol? cotton off of tile two farms taken to Piedmont and l'clzer and sold bV me ?" "Yes." ' "And we had a settlement on Febru ary 22, 1807. in which you paid me the amount due on Hie lirst installment, and there was a balance left over that 1 gave von a check to the Hank of An derson for ?" "Yes." "Kill 1 didn't give you no receipt as superintendent for it ?" "Von gave me that receipt." pointing i to Hie. one in I 'ol. Neal's hand. .'There was no transaction at all in 1 reference to it ?" ! J "You gave mc that receipt." ' J ''Thc cotton was sold io youl" mime ?uni tin- ninney deposited in the han!: ?'or it. The cotton was delivered ai Piedmont arni Pelzer and sohl by.you ar both places, and the money dcuosit ed in Tin- Farmers7 and Merchants7 bank?" "I beg your pardon. One draft was on the Hank ol' Anderson." replied Mr. Warson. "Anyhow, the money was deposited in your name in the bank and then and there paid out by me for expenses. Mr. Kagsdale gor his salary right in your presence?" "No. he wasn't there. Nobody was there but von and nie ami it was dis tinctly understood when that nore was given'-" "What note?" "That note you are talking about. That I was ro >ell t he cotton myself and take out the first payment and pay you fur that note on convict hire." "No, sir." "fn accordance with that we had the settlement." "Now, Helton, you know that the balance of that cotton crop aside from what went to pay yon that year was paid out that day itt town to Dick, Tom and Harry for expenses of making that crop .and that no part of it was paid to me as superintendent of the peniten tiary." "Will you say that that was not cred ited to you at* the Farmers' and Mer chant; bank to your individual account on that day ?" "As superintendent?" "I don't know how you deposited it but to your individual account." "I know 1 got the balance of the money after paying you, but I didn't get it to pay any* claim here and it was not to go for that purpose at all," con cluded Col. Neal. Pressed to state whether or not he had given the receipt Col. Neal said that it looked very much like his sig nature. He couldn't remember having given the receipt, but didn'rdeny it. He explained about the Kagsdale notes. He said they were given to keep from bothering Mr. Watson. The Kagsdales were working on salary and were in no way responsible for the hire of convicts, though they had given their notes. Asked if the board knew about him. taking the Kagsdale notes, he replied : "No, the board didn't know anything about it." After some other questioning it was brought out that in every other case the board knew the terms of the con tracts and the notes which were carried. He said that these notes were not secured by a bond as is usually the case, but that was because Mr. Watson was a responsible party and good for the convict hire. "If thc Kagsdales are not responsible parties and were not interested in the matter why did you take their notes?" "To keep from* bothering Mr. Wilston and because the money was needed." answered Col. Neal. Later on the management of the farm was reverted to and after a number of questions Col. Neal finally admitted that he was to look after the payment, of notes for convict hire used in work ing it. The draft on J. S. Fowler for $'500 under date of Dec. 0, 1895. was shown Col. Neal. He said he had gotten the money and had had it charged to him self for traveling expenses." He kept a memorandum of his traveling expenses and settled with the State at tfie end of each year. The settlentennt for ISO? and 1898 for traveling expenses was now pending. The bookkeeper had nothing to do with the matter except at the end of the year. Attention was* called to the $500 which he had used for traveling expen ses and it was pointed out that ir'was collected in 180." and should, therefore, appear on the books wirb, his settle ment with the bookkeeper. When the $300 was received lie tie posited it in the bank to'his personal account. Ar that time he did not?know whether thc penitentiary was due hin; for traveling expenses or he due the penitentiary for having overdrawn for traveling expenses. It appeared from what was asked and answered that Co!. Neal had col lected this$500 ami used ir. lu- says, for traveling expenses, but thar so rar as anyone knew ir had iieveivappearcd.-on the books. This concluded the testimony for rhe day and n't5:30 o'clock thc committee adjourned to meet arl1':-" o'clock this morning. COLUMBIA, S. March 10.-Up to the present time the specific claims of the .State again.-r Colonel Nea!, as su perintendent, are as follows : 1. Money collected on labor contract Cooley anil Fowler Dec. '.ult. l805j 8500. 2. Money collected from W. Q. Ham mond Nov. 25th. 1803; 8500; 8. 15. K. Kagsdale's note for labor used bv Neal on his farms in 18!)?. $2, 505.00 ' 4. C. W. Kagsdale's similar note fot labor used bv Neal on his place in 18%', $2,012.47. 5. Convict hire for 1808 for labor used by Neal, $2,800. (J. W. W. Kussell's note, endorsed bv Neal OS suppuutendent. and for which the bank holds the State liable, $(?00. 7. To balance of $1.852.22 collected of Cooley & Fowler and W. Qi Hammond. February 24. ISO?, deposited to personal credit ot Colone! Neal and reported for credit. $580.05. 8. Cash received of J. j. Fretwcll for oats and not account ed for. $387.11. 0. Check given by Colonel Neal to balance Watson's account for 1807 and still unpaid and carried as cash $172. Total $10,107.51!. Cot.rM ni A, S. C.. 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