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?tit ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1900. VOLUME XXXVI-NO. 10. IN every liue of business there is always one BEST. There eau never In the Clothing Business of Anderson there is one Store that is bet ... thai) all other? because IT'S A SPOT CASH STORE, and .it's the place vou to trace if you wish to save money. It has been our ambition to make our business the best of its kind. We v,?succeeded. If you will come into eur Store we can show you exactly ?i ,v we are able to save you money. The advertisements we publish will probably sound like bragging. All . -in. let it be so. Every word in them is true, just the same. You may call . bras?iiig? or whatever you please. If we can save you money on your Clothing, Hats and Furnishings, [hat's all you need care about. That's what we eau do. That's what we ire doing for lot8of people. We sell our Goods lor strictly Spot Cash. We nen no books. We have no bad debts. We give you more value for 75c. than our competitors would for 81.00 on credit Our way.of doing business is fairer than that of auy Sttre we know of. If you make a pur ;..;i?e here and you are not satisfied we will give you-your money back if rtu 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 " WE SELL IT FOR LESS." , 0. Evans ix Co, THE^ SPOT CASH OLOTHIBES. IRE YOU HUNTING BARGAINS? WE tiave bought the entire Stock of .1. P. SULLIVAN A" CO. and will continuo sicesH at the same Stand. Havintr bought this Stock at a considerable discount, ure in position to give you BARGAINS in - e can sell you GROOEEIES, Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods, Notions, Etc., . icil below original cost. When you aro in Town v>-*? want you to mahn hea i adere with us ami feel just like you aro nt home, and we will treat you the Lr st i snow how, talk nbout these things, and have a lively timo on the Corner. Wc know that we can save you money, and all we ask is that you give us a ance. We will carry a complete lino of General Morebandise. We will have a lot of New Goods in a few days of all kinds. . MOORE, ACKER & CO. 38* My friends and old customers are Invited to call on rae. I will be glad to ."?etilem in any way I can. Don't forget where I am-at J. P. Sullivan A:. Co's, and ou the Corner. OSCAR MOORE. Hill-Off Qi tallis il lARMINT. The Cough and Cold that irritates and torments is relieved with TARMINT. 25c. and 50c. reason's ftd^che Powders. Relieve Headache and Neuralgia. 10c. and 25c. liant plcum Powder, An elegant Toilet Powder. Prevents and relieves chapping and chafing. Sold in bulk, any quanti? ty. 60c. per pound. . For Rheumatism and Neuralgic Pains rub with our .... Nerve and Bone Liniment. It is the BEST. 25c and 50c. Johnson s Worm And Liver Syrup. Removes Worms, is pala table, safe and sure. 25c. Landreth's Seeds. Just received. Fresh and . new. HILL-ORR DRUG CO INVESTIGATION Or COL. NEAL. AiiiiMitil Due the Penitential') Approx imates * 10,000. Col II ni h'm Shill', Mun h .' . Aceonling to the testimony taken ut tin- penitentiary investigation yester day here i< I lie situation: fn .1. I>. Watson ?mil Col. NV. A. Neal linnie a contrae! whereby t in- lat ter w;i> lu redeem or buy back his farm in Anderson county, which he lind turned over to the former debt. The price was to bc $1-1,000, and this was to be paid in installments.of $2,(HH>a year. At tim same time and on thc same. ?lay. according le th*' testimony of Col. Neal. Mr. Watson made a cont rael with liitn ?is superintendent of (he peniten tiary lor;?n convicts who wen* to work this lunn ami another owned by him (Neal) in I'ickons county. Thc super intendence of the Anderson county i'ai ni work was to lie under ?5. 15. Hays dale ?iud tin- I'ickens la rm limier C. \V. Haysdale. Hy (his contract for con vict hire .1. 1?! Watson was lo be nomi nally responsible, w hile Neal in reality was' to gel the benelit of tin- labor. This was done apparent ly lo ?rel around thc statute which prohibits the super intendent of I he 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." l'iidcr the instructions of the board of directors a note properly endorsed so that it may be discounted at a bank may he accepted in payment for con victs. In the year I ?HI J. II. Watson gol :I0 convicts who worked the two farms of Col. Neal in Anderson and likens counties. These convicts worked those farms during ism;. 'ii? and 'ns. In pay ment for their work the ?rst year n. JJ. Haysdale gave his note for $2,505.0?, endorsed bv W. A. Neal as superinten dent. For their work in is<>7 C. W. Haysdale gave his note for ?2,012,40', endorsed in the same way. The ac count for 180H is still open, though under the head ol' assets. .I.H.Wat son is charged up with their hire. These two Haysdale notes were placed in the Carolina National Hank and the money drawn on them. The H. H. Haysdale note for $2,500.011 was taken up by the payment of a check given by .1. H. Watson. The check was made payable in live days, but before that time had expired Slr. Watson held up thc payment. The bank now demands from thc penitentiary the payment of these two amounts, W. A. Neal as superintendent having endorsed the two notes. This nuts thc State virtually in the position of endorsing notes in order to yet money ami then having to pay tin notes herself, the maker of the notes not having paid them. Col. Neal testified yesterday that the two ltagsdalcs who gave their notes in payment for this convict hire for the years had not derived a cent's benelit from the convicts" work. It had been done on his farms and he had gotten the benelit of the work. The Slide will have to redeem these two notes and by doing so loses the pay for :$0-convicts for the years 1.stir, and IS'.IT. _ This amount is'in round numbers $4,5(H), to say nothing of the past year, which will run the amount up to about $0,000. All this labor Col. Neal was using on his farms, though under thc contract Mr. j. H. Watson is the nominal lessee of the convicts. Mr.% Watson's testimony was impor tant in that it told of the contracts made between himself ami Col. Neal. He gave his reasons for refusing to pay the check taning up the H. H. Haysdale indes and then wen! on to say that un der their personal agreement he had sold the cotton crop from the two farms made in 1.V?MJ. After laking out from the proceeds the first payment on the farm to himself, he turned over lo Cid. Neal SI.?MXI. fur which Col. Neal receipted as superintendent, and w hich he mu) erst nod was lo go to pay the con vict hin- Im thal year, lt had not been so credited and the records gave no evidence of it having been paid. In I80? lu- had also paid a draft of $500 io Col. Neal. but. as vas afterwards shown, lie was not c. edited with this in any way. Col. Neal, in reference to the $500 draft, said he had used it for traveling expenses. About the ? 1,4(12.85 paid by Mr.* Watson, he claimed that it had been paid out to hands and for the ex penses ol'making the crop in 1890. Mr. Stevenson asked the pointed question question, after Col. Neal had stated that he had paid $2,700 in 18iM! and 1S?7to Mr. Wntson, in payment on the tannas per private contract, if the payment of these installments were not virtually using money due tIn state to pay private debts. Mr. Burris*- testified to several irregu larities involving several hundred dol lars and showed where only a part of a draft would be credited to a man's account, while the remainder was placed to thc personal credit of W. A. Kcal. THE TESTIMONY of thc witnesses best tells the story of the. developments in the inquiry. When the examination of witnesses was renewed at 10::>0 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. J. S. Fowler was recalled to the stand. He testified that in De cember, PJD5, he advanced $500 for tho services ol'convicts. This was paid by draft to W. A. Neal individually anil the receipt was signed by him ns super intendent. Jb- was not c redited with this money. The penitent ?arv report showed no credit for him at this tune. The payment of this $500 was made nt tho linnie of Anderson. The date of thc draft was Dec. ?, 1805, and the re ceipt was not dated hut rend: "Received ot J. S. Fowler, five hundred dollars on account hire for the year 1S1I?. Amount $500. W. A. Neal', Superin tendent." The draft was paid Dec. 20,18?M?. Re lative to the check of Feb. 24, iso?, for $500, Mr. Fowler said he was credited with $250 and some cents. This was all thc credit he had received on Iiis account for the check so far as he had been able to lind out though he hud a receipt for it from Col. Neal signed as superintendent. .?. n. WATSON. Mr. J.H. Wntson was called tot In stand m xt. A contract for convict hire was shown thc witness ami he re cognized it, as one he had made to se cure labor to work a farm in Anderson county which he had bought from Col. Neal in 1803. For l?W-04 and '?.)5 he worked this farm with convict labor. The years isii<>, '<?:, 'ns he did not work the place. He had sohl it back to Col. Neal, who worked the ?arm with con vict laborol ainedunderhis Watson's) I contract ol !v."'.. Tilt'farm was sohl to | Col. Neal on ? u ilii for $11.000, ami in I I evidence ?if the ir iiisact ititi Mr. Watson . . ct's lifetl a tl ll pl i? :iii contract ol lite sat? ho date ol March 2. ISOiS. The I lahoi Hi ai l was signed March'J. ls'";. ; .uni llb op\ "I iii? contrae! ol' ihr sale . ol lin- nopert\ wa- also signed and : dated > ?reii 2. ispu. Thc wit ness awaiti j j reitera.e.i thal ?ie gol ihei iiviel labor j tor his iiwii '.i-e during il..- past three j i years. lietel rin/ in the penitentiary report j tor 1S'.M?. lu- is credited willi paying ?2.000 or more for com ict hire: hc'saiil ' he knew md liing ol ii. Ile supposed if he was liable, ii was nuder the cont rael. but lie never used convict hire. In January, 1 >''.??. lie is credited with pay ing overston as a balance for lsiir?. Ile denied that he owed any balance. In April. IS!?7, I'?' was credited hy I lie re port for s 1.?I*?'.'.?."?. Ile was not positive whether he had paid that on the settle ment of his contract, w hich expired in |SO.*i. Since then he has not used one hour of convict labor. In |MS?7Mr. Har ris wrote i hat witness hail given a note lor the hire ol' convicts for that year. The cotton raised on the Anderson and Wickens farms was sold lo factories. The balance coming to me lo pay for the land was turned over to Col. Neal. Tlie amount was $ I ..If?.s.'i. lt was to be credited to payment for convict labor. He got a receipt signed by Su perintendent Neal. Mr. Stephenson remarked that theil* was no credit in the report. Mr. Watson said in letters and from personal statements from ( 'ol. Neal he was told that all accounts had been balanced up. so he supposed it was correct. He had paid np all bc was ?lue for labor for the years ISM, 'Ul and 'Wi. After that he was not respon sible for eon viet hire. "Since the contract id' ISSNS have you used convict labor ?" asked Mr. Steven son. "Not mu* hour's time," answered Mr. Watson. "Well. then, since lin- contract of I SIM! have you made any payments at all for convict labor.'" "Yes, indirectly, one time. It was in this way: The cotton made on the two farms, one in Anderson and the other in Wickens, in ISSUS, was sold by meat Piedmont and I'el/er. After taking from the sale all that was to come to me as the tirst payment on the farm I turned over to Col. Neal on Fob. 22, 1S?.?7. Si .-H'M.s.~?. This w as to be used to pav for con viet hire under contract ol' lN'.'lli." Mr. Watson produced a receipt signed by Col. Neal as superintendent for the amount, but it did not specify that it was for convict hire. "Well, Mr. Watson, you are not cred ited with having made such a payment in the superintendent's report. Hid you ask Col. Neal about it .'" "Yes, from personal statements and letters from Col. Neal I had every rea son to believe proper credit had been given me." "You mentioned the Picketts farm. What connel ion had that with thc mutter?" "lt was worked by Col. Neal with convict labor, under the superinten dence nf C. W. Hagsdale. Ile didn't know how many convicts were worked on this farm." As to the check for ?2,1500 given by him. he said his attention was called tu it when he road the report of the peni tentiary for the past year. He is put down ns tine s'J,:?7-1.22. When he saw it he began to make inquiries, lb went to Mr. Hurriss, who told him that the account against him was about $2,S(M>. II?'added that some expenses, about $200, would have to come oil', He afterwards saw Mr. Cunningham, who showed him a memorandum given him by the Carolina National bank Then- wer?*, two notes-th?' lt. I?. Wags dale note for $2,.7.i?.0!i ami the CW liagsdnlc note for *?2,012.'f7?. lb- stfp posed the lt. ll. Hagsdale note was foi convict hire for I SOM and (hat of C. \V Hagsdale for convict hire |N??7. Mr. Cunningham then asked him ti help him straighten the mattet out Cunningham tohl him thai Neal liai said that In- had about 2?0 hales of ? ot toll which woubl h<- sullieieut In settle the matter. Ile saw Neal, who sail lo him that he had about Wt bales o cotton. Col. N?*al was sick ai the time and said as soon as he was able In woubl settle Iii?- matter. Ile Watson believed that he had sullieieut pr??tci tion in the land and cotton to secun his first payment an?! enough surplus so lu- gave his check for *?2,ti00 to tak< ii]? thc H. I'?. Hagsdale note. "What were your reasons for not al lowing the ?Irait tobe paid .'" liewa asked. Ile said it was painful to have to tel the reason why ho recalled thc ?bait It was a in days* ?Irait. His fust dial was for $2,000. Mr. Clark, of the bank didn't approve of this, and another wa drawn on January 25, 1800. I expecte< to get $2,700 front Col. Neal as a thin payment on the land. In Novembe lie stated he would be able to pay it and went on to say something lihou the balance, Ile ?aid he had arrange* to borrow the balance. One man pin posed to loan it to him for 7 per cent payable strm i-ann nally; another at per cent, annually. 1 It; asked me abott it and 1 told him if he lost his job would advise him to take the s pc cent. As to why I notified the ban not to' pay it was in consequence u papers on th?' cotton which would pre vent me getting it. There VHS a ^2.0(1 note rn the. Farmers" ami Merchant! Hank, of Anderson, which Mr. Kow le bad endOVScd anti which had gtme t protest. Mr. H. M. Hurriss and Mr. W Q. Hammond were the other endorsen The note was made by Col. Neal. The notified Mr. Hagsdale not to move an cotton from the farm. Ile went, ove to take the cotton t?> sell it a*tbl mer the draft when he was notified (ha others had a lien tm it. Then he. toi the bank md to piiy the note. He lui never ascertained from Col Neal wini those Hagsdale notes were given for. He had ttdd Col. Neal he had give the draft anti Col. Neal told him thu if he had the opportunity he. wolli have advised witness not to ha vt- don it. I tobi Col. Neal that he knew thu 1 was not, morally responsible for th hire, anti Col. Neal replied that wa true. Col. Neal's general tenor wa that he himself was responsible. II said so. He said Col. Neal tobi hil that he had informell the board of th t ranst er of his contract, and he wu shocked when some of them told hil they knew nothing about it. He wu dealing with Col. Neal asan individua and tlitl not know that there was au.v thing contrary to law in the trausai Hon. In answer to Senator Livingston lt saitl there was no secret agreement > far as ho was concerned. Ho had indi ing to conceal. He didn't know whet lu: the board knew about the reconvoj ance ?d' the farm. He said that li?' ha told*the board that lu- ?lid not ho) himself liable for the hire. This wu winn Mr. < linn a-h a m show ? ?I lum t h. memoranda darin;, tin- ?es-inn ol lilt* legislature Ile . .mid nut n en min i whet lier lu- had made the verbal itu ree mein with I.il. Neal alunit iliense id' the COIIvietS Inline ul lu made the contract tm convicts. |i was real ly lol. Neal's cont tact and witness was never lei | ni led sign .'. Iiouil. a? had pre> h ?us I v been the case. He produced some letters and pap?is hearing mi his testimony as tu the sale ul cotton, MI:, ir. t.. m IJISIS-?, Mr. I?'. K. Iturriss, the bookkeeper lui the peniti'litian during Col. Neal*> ad ministration, inld what lu- Knew ot' the lt. I?, and C. NV. Haysdale note?., i oiing bach to the lii-t ol' IMMi, he -aid. the ,1. ll. NVatson contract was made. The first note he saw wa-om- which caine to him April 2. ls'."i. and was given as approximate pay for convict hire for that year and was for $ 1 .."ititi, li was given hy Mr. .1. li. NVatson and matur ed in November, bm was nut pani, lt was charged tn the penitent inn ac count. On Pee.'J I, is'.Mi. J? I ..ititi p'rilici pal and $'.?.10 ?merest after malmilv was charged to the penitentiary ac count. The hile for IS'.Mi a mon ll 1 eil I < i something oxer .St.sun. Some time in IS??; Col. Neal laid Ililli nf a seltleniettt lu- had had with NVatson and turned over sitl^.s-;. Col. Neal said that the note had been settled up and the IS.S? w as to go on convict hire for istn;. lb- thinks (he note nf mic ol' the Hags dales was taken np in this iransac I ion. lu February, isjis. Mr. Clark, or (Nd, Jones, told him thev had a note of li M. Hngsdale. Ile called Col. Neal s at tent ion to it and he said it had been ar ranged. Ile didn't say anything a bom the circumstances of giv ing the note In february, 1 sus, there was a $2JH?> note given by Watson to cover the IS!)' convict hire, lu April, IN!>7, there wai a payment of $17?! by cheek, w hich wa: not paid. Col Neal said he would ar range lite matter with the bank, and ii was carried as cash, lt was given bj Col. Neal personally, he saying lu would have to pay discount on tin ' note. I ie knew nothing about I he Neal am NVatson private contract. Col. Nea had never told him anything about it He knew nothing about the C. NV Hagsdale note until about six week agu. when" Ile learned of it through; letter lo Col. Neal. Col. Neal depos ited notes in payment of is;is convie liiro. liewa- nuder tin- impression i was a Watson note. As to the aecotiu of NV. ?,?. 1 lammond ol sun-.? at the Jan nary meeting ol' t lu-hoard he asked lin chairman to ask patties ow ing to com down and settle. They came in Keb mary. Mr. Hammond produced statement, a draft and check. Th cheek was on tin- Hank of Anderson o Nov. 27, ls!l*i. for $000. given to Co] Neal as superintendent, lie said tim was in advam-e for I s!? i convict hin At the end ol |Stl."i there wa- to hi credit $-l!t.2-l. The check had no con licet ion with that. That check doe not appear to have been deposited ill Co] um Ida hank. The check wa stamped paid hythe Anderson bani The proceeds have neve;- been entere upon the books of t he pen i teni ia ry. 11 is not aware that the penitentiary eve got the money. Cn Feb. 24. is?i7. Mr. Hammond wsi drawn upon "ny Col. Neal for $s."ii;.i7 si io days. Thai draft was discounted : the Farmers" and Merchants bank < Anderson, lt was deposited to til credit of NV. A. Neal, sufH-rintemlen The I'owh-r draft was drawn on til same dale. Thai made somewhat ovi $l.o()l) mi deposit in the Anderson bani I', appears on the hooks of that bau thal the amount had gone out cl tl li n March of t he same year. The ollicial -aid it was drawn out by a draft hoi Columbia. The Carolina bank says w as l'or$l.:t."i2.l2. w hich was given thci on Feb. 20, issi",. < ? I ? Illili date Ne; told him he iiad deposited NN'. ?J. Han timmi's account. gf.Vi'i.l?, $:|un less tba the dial! Col. Neal had drawn on hin Also $2."i?"? on the account of Cooley. Fowler. $211 less than the draft *M Fowler accepted. The Carolina N? liotial bank informell nie that $M2 an some cent s. titi.-? sum of I lu* t wo a mon ti deposited, wen- tn tin- credit of Ci Nea!, superintendent. Ile also depo, ted >'"i:!'.i.'.'.*? tu his personal accium That, willi i in- di posit tu i lu- credit < tin- superintendent, make- up tl amount of the Anderson draft. Ci Neal lold him lo credit I he $."i:?'.i.,.?."i i expense account and lin- item- won be given bint later. Hut this has nevi been done. Mr. Cunningham had sei him lo Anderson to have a settlemei with Mr. Hammond and then- he foul out the facts. The account- Col. Neal out lo li own personal account in the bank cou not go to the expense account. K pense account-are never paid to tl superintendent. The statement th the amounts had gone to the expen account wa* a misrepresentation facts. Mr. Hammond after paying e penses paid $H0tl.l7 and the peuite tiary did not get $:MJt?ot'%the aumin The .T. J. Fretwell case was for a tho sand bushels of oatsat "?0 cents a hushi Mr. Fretwell showed him a receipt fm Col. Neal in settlement. He ascella i ed this since January. Ile knows nothing about the NV. N Russell note. Titti e w as a Fret wi and Russell note for $112.?. of -w hich t penitentiary got $fSU0, the $2.1 being 1 discount. NV. NV. Hussy] bad nev hired convicts. Some time during' Kussel and Fretwell were urged to si tie the note. Hater hi- was inform' by the bank that thc peniteutiarv ii; been credited with $<?uu. Frc]weil ai Russell owe something like $2?tt uv and above the note. At :l::M) o'clock, when the commit! I'cnewed the investigation Mr. Harri was put on the stand again. Ile e hibited a copv ol' thc receipt given 1 Col. Neal to Mr. J.J. Fretwell of A derson. Accompanying the receipt w a letter from Mr. Fret well which rea as follow s : South Carolina Penitentiary, Columbia. S*. C. Pear Sirs: In reply to your stateme of a few days ago beg to say that I si tied with Col. Neal, siiperintendei for the 000 bushels of oats on April ' istis, and herewith enclose you copy settlement tunde with him. When received your statement I immediate enclosed it and wrote to him, but ha heard nothing from him, so send y< this statement direct. Was very mm surprised that it had not been settli in your ellice before now. Yours ve truly. Jos. J. Fretwell. This was practically all Mr. Burri testified to. roi.. SKA!.. Col. Neal began his testimony 1 making a straight forward stntcino uninterrupted by questions. Ile sai "In December, 1S!I2, I was elect superintendent of tin- penitential Tw o years before that. I-MO and *1M made cot ton crops of 2U0 and ?tOtl bah Mr. Watson isa lil's! cousin ol minc. We lived about I wo or t!it? * null apail. lu |St?Oanil ''-'I 1 hold lim-- im. crop-. Ile endorsed noil-t..i not for ahoiii sii.000 st? that I could hold this cot 11 MI for hotter prices. "liefore IStMl I wa- in goo.! -ii.ip. im.nu i. 111 %. Luck went again-l ii> in (s?i|, Thc .top was sold while I wa in lied willi rhenium inn. lin ukn!< proceeds were sent to the I.auk. I; went alon- until the tall of |N02. 1>. ci*nther ot that year I uns elected su pcrititctidcul of the penitentiary. I took charge .lauuary '?>. Is!'-. After I was elected a I lt 1 Ix ? l ol e coming hele I hail "IM aete-. of land in Anderson count y and Is tn ales and hot sos. 1 had corn and fodder, hogs and an abun dance ol provisions. I said lo Helton Watson, "I am going lo leave here. You have endorsed ui\ papers tollu amount ot ti.nuo We've -lipped up. Colton'- jone down, bul I mean lo pro lee! you if I can. lieu's my properly. I won't take any I hitigcNccpt my house > hold properly. I will tm ti ov?r to yon thc leal e.-lale and everything else. I'll make you a deed lo the teal estate and have tn> wile tn relinquish Itel dow.!.' Ile -aid he didn't want lin properly. There were a lew other un paid claims against it. I made him * m the deed though and turned (he propel ly over to him. "Mr. li. li. Hagsdale was foreman on the place. I agreed to help him out l?\ paving I Watson) !*>*>ui) a year nul <>t un salary. This weal on foi three years. Ile was to keep au account of (lie sale of clops, and it was understood that if he could thus pay himself he was to do so and turn the plantation back OM I to nie. This went on for three\ears. |S'.i:?, j *04 and ''.?*.. "Mr. li. 15. Hagsdale became dissatis ; tied and said he would quit lllilcsssoine . other arrangements were made. Ile ami Watson couldn't get along, he ' said. 1 paid s IO annually of his i Hng.s j dale's' salary myself. I said to Helton ! thal some other arrangements would j have to be made or Hagsdale would leave, lb' (Watson) went home and looked tqi the cotton bills and all and ; said lo me it would take si I.ooo to ?tay j him all I owed him on the place. I j agreed then to take charge ol' l he pl act : ami pay him S"J.non a year until tin .deli) was patti ami lo pav ? per cent, interest on the *?M,0D0. This conver sation took place in February, IS?ll?. "Watson made a cou I rac! with tin State ttl hire W convicts. The li rsl j year I paid him s:t.o:io, including expen I -cs. insurance, etc. That took anon! ! all that was made, but we kepi ot Imping fora better time, lu lsu7 ii i was about the same way. We haven't j had any set I lenient this year, so 1 doh* I know how it will come out. lt has al ! ways took everything to run the place ! ami 1 have never made anything out o il." j Helative to the Hagsdale notes. Col i Neal said they wore managers of th? place which he had deeded t<> Watson "During the years IH0I5, *07 ami 'os were you managing lite farm Itu Mr Watson'.'" was asked. " The facts are just these: The mau ager became dissatisfied anti Watsoi turned the place over to us tt> run a best we cou lil.'1 I ti answer to how many convicts wer worked ('til. Neal said the number var ietl. Sometimes there were as man: as :{:! or -H and sometimes as few as 2 odd. In regard ti? the lichens place h j said that the crops from it were used f j pay the debt to Mr. Watson. "Has the penitentiary been paid ft? the use of the convicts for the veal .; I St Mi, '?i; and "us r j "No. no." i "For the year ls'.'s lhere is noevi dence in thc report that lhere was au. ' pav for t he com iets?" "No." lu the yeav |S??; then- i- the !;. 1 1 Hagsdale note, paid liv Cue .1. li. W at ' -on check, which was held up, mid i ; ''?>''< the other Hagsdale note which wa i dishonored by Watson, w huh is all th pn\ for convicts I hose I wt? years. I ! t hal the situai ion '. " : '.Yes; t!!m is i!.'* Taking up the emil rac! ol' ism; J or tb lease t?f cou\?els anti also I he cont rat for the place. I lie question was asked i he (Col. Neal w as not I he subslantii h'S.-ce ol the com ?els; in oilier word" ' lie was to work the convicts. ! lu substance Col. Neal's reply wa 'that he was lo work the convicts au was to gel the benefit ol the profit on the farm. I ! et ting back lo I he quest Um of note: Col. Neal said Hie Hagsdale nole ? was m?t discounted. The C. NV. Hagsdale note for .*2,tMM which the bank is now claiming is du by the penitentiary. Col. Neal said wu for convict hire for IMUS. "Isn't ita fact, then that the moue thal should have gone to pay the coi viet- hire has gone lo pay your debts'; asked Mr. Stevenson. "Well, the money that should Inn gone: to pay this convict hire, nessi bl Mr. Watson got for 'WI and ".?7. "It. was paid on your debts: you gt credit for it on your debt?" "Yes." "Well, Colonel, has there ever bec anything paid to you with which 1 pay this convict hire, to pay the Wa soil note that, was given for lsin??" "No, sir; 1 never got. a dollar froi either of the plantations for tho." years." The receipt, given .1. li. Watson ti the -'Jil of February. IH07, for si.Ui.V and signed by Col. Neal as superintei tient was handed him. He said li could not recall what the receipt wt given for. Mr. Stevenson stated thal Mr. Wai sou had saitl it was for the surplus di j rivett from the sale ol'the crops, an I had been paul tor the convicts used i making the crop of I8IH5. Hepeated efforts were made to ri fresh Col. Neal's memory anti lo gi him lt? say for what the receipt wu given anti to what purposes the moue hail been used. 1 ie couldn't recall am thing about it, and finally said fi woubl like tt> ask Mr. Watson about i He was allowed to th? so. Nero is win passed between them: "What is vour recollection .'" nsko Col. Neal of Mr. Watson. "Wasn the crops ol''00 cotton off'of the tw farms taken to Piedmont and I'el/t and sold bv nie?" "Yes." ' "Anti we had a settlement on Fehn ?ry 22, 11*07, in w hich you paid me th amount tine on the (irs! installmen ami there was a balance left, ??vcr lb:: I gave you a check t?? the Hank of An derson for ?" "Yes." "lint I didn't give you no receipt a superintendent for it "You gave nu* that receipt," point in to Hie ???)<. in Col. Neal'- hand. "There was no transaction at all i reference t?? it .'" "You gave me that receipt." "Tlir f??i nm w a - - >!?! iii votiv h.ui . ? anti 1 hi' mim?-;, dcpu-ili ?'. iii : he ba im it. Th?! i nt ton wa? dclivci?d Ph 111111 > i ) I ami I '. ' i '. ami -uh! in, mu ?lt I M > t li pla? i--. ,liul lin- linilir depo? - . il in lin- Fa nm i-' ami Vii n li n lian!. .'" ..I 'if.: > n;,-. pa ' doli. ? ute ii fa Si mi t In* I '.a a!, ?.: A .ali : ?uti." replied Mr. Wa I.-M ?ii. '*.\nyllow, (lui Ullin? ;. v.-;?.? i'.i-pii.-in il m Mini nam? in lin- han!-, alu! tildi a: il illi li- [lilil? O'.'.l ila ;.>? .Apen ??.-. M . Kag-dad- -_'?ii lu- ?alan lighi in ymir presence !" "Nu. In wasn't I ?lr! i-, Nu!?.ilv was lit? ii Inn MU? ami nu .-.ml .1 wa-tit? I ind h iimli'f-IIMIII when that note u ;is given . Wliai not.-.'"' "That imii \..si .H. talking admit. Thal I wa- Ib'sell il.'- cotton nr.-i-'l and taki-oui :!.i lit.?t payment ami p von for thai iinii-un i-onViri I i ire'." * -No. sir." "In a? ? ordain-. . t:: ? : \\ ? had :. . sd I h im ni ." "Now. Helton. you know ?ha: lin? halillireol ilia! colioii crop-aside ii"!, what wi ni tu pa\ you thai year wan paid ?nil (lia! da;. i:i lunn lu Dick. Pom and Marr) for expenses ni making tnnt rt op and thai in? pat i ?>! -.! was paid lu nu'as sitperintemli'ttl ol lin penile! t iary." '.Willyun say thai thai \.:- not eicd ited to yon ai lin- Farmers' and M? : chant' hank ti? your individual aceom ! ?m t ha I day .'" "As superintendent'.'" "1 don't know how you deposited it hut to your individual account." "I know I gol the balance of tin ninney after paying you. but I didn't get il to pay any claim herc and il wa? not to gu for thal purpose at all." con cluded Col. Neal. Pressed lo state w hether or not l >. had given the receipt Col. Neal said thai ?i hulked very much like his sig nature. Ile couldn't remember hay ii ~ given the receipt, but didn't"deny it. Ile explained about the Kilgsdale nute-. II?- said the\ wen- given to keep front bothering Mr. Watson. The Kingsdale- were winking on salary and wen? in no way responsible for the hire ol' convicts, though they had given their note?. Asked if the board knew about him laking the Uag.-dale notes, he replied : "No. the board didn't know anything about it." After sonic other questioning i: was brought out thai in ever) other ca?? the hoard km-w the terms ot the con Iractsand the notes which were carried. Ile said that these noies were not secured hy a bond as i- usually t he case, hut that was because Mr Watson was a responsible party and good for the convict hite. "ll tin- Kngsdales an- not responsible parties ami were nm interested in tia matter why did you take their indes?" "To keep fruin bothering Mr. Wastou and because the money was needed."' answered Col. Neal. Filler mi the management ol' the farm was reverted to and alter a number ot questions Col. Neal finally admitted that he was lo look after the payment, ol'notes fur cnn viet hire used in work ing it. The drall un .I.S. Fowler for $001 limier dale ol' Dec. S?, INS 1.1, was .shown Col. Neal. Ile saul he had gotten the. money and had had il charged to him self for traveling expenses, lie kept a memorandum of his traveling expenses, and settled with the State al the en.! (d'each year. The sdtlemeiilil for IN!?7 and ISON for traveling expenses was now pending. The bookkeeper had nothing tu il.? willi the matter excel?! ill the end ul the year, j Attention wa- called lo the $.-?0i i which he had used for ttavelingexpi-n si'S and ii was pointed out that il Wits collected in and should, iherel'on . appear on she books willi his M-U?I j melli w ith I he bookkeeper, j When the s .-?ni I was received helli - i posited ?i ?M the bank lo his persona! account. Al that time he did not*know whether lin- penitential;, wa- due Ititi for traveling expenses ol' he due lin penitentiai) for having overdrawn lot t raveling expenses. lt appeared from what v:i- a>ked and answered thal Co!. Neal had coi lc ct cd I his ?Ano ami used il. lu- say.-, fm [traveling expenses, but Ihal sn fal as anyone knew i; had never appeared ot t he honk s. This conclude il th?- testimony for the day ami al .".:-!<' o'clock the committee adjourned m mei I ai !.?::!<? o'clock this ! morning. j C<?I.I Mt'.IA, S. C.. Match 10.- Fp lo I the present lillie the specitie claims ni (lie Stale against Colonel Neal, as >a pcrintcmlcii?, are as follow s : I. Money collected on labor contract Cooley anil Fowler Dee. Sith, issir., s?lio. Money collected from W. c. Ham mond Nov. S?t li, lSi?.*>, $.*?0o. :?. It. lt. Kagsdnle's note fur labor used bv Neal on his farm- in 1 xi. 7. $2, .-lU?.?tli " 4. C. W. Kagsdale's similar note for labor used bv Neal on his place in l^ia;, $',?,013.47. 3. Convie! hin- fur ls?.is f,,r labor used by Neal, $2,M00. 0. \V, W, Russell's note, endorsed bv Neal ,1S superintendent, and for whick the bank holds the State liable, $?00. 7. To balance of $l,U."i2.22 collected of Cooley vV Fowler and \V. Hammond. February 24. issi?, deposited to persona! credit of Colonel Neal and reported foi credit. $?:i0.0.j. s. Cash received of A. A. Kfetwell fi? oats and not accounted for. $:IS7.11. St. Check given by Colonel Neal to balance Watson's account for ls;i? ain si ill unpaid and carried as cash $172. Tidal $10,107.*?0. Coi.r.Mi'.i.v, S. C., March Pk-Interest wits added to the penitentiary investi gation to-day by the (hiding of an un paid ami uncharged ch.im for 12,00t1 brick which the penitentiary had fur nished to Senator Tillman in ISO.1). This added ti new phase to the investigation, and much time was given to it. STATK OK Onto, PITY OK TOLKDO, I LU? AS CHI NTY. | FRANK .1. CIIKNKY makes oath mm in- la the seniar partner ol tb?! ?iiu of K. J. (.11 KKK Y A Co lining business io (he ('itv ol' Toledo, County anil State aformaM an?! that said finn will i.ay th . 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