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FINDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. The report of the penitentiary investigating committee has been filed at the executive office. The report makes no recommendation as to what steps shall be taken in the matter, and as Governor Mc Sweeney is out of town no action will he taken for a day or two at least. We give a synopsis of the report, space will not permit it being published in full. It covers a great jeai 0f ground and is right to the point. The matters examined were embraced under three heads: 1. The treat ment of the convicts The con dition and management of the farm and tin' disposition of farm products. 3. The general financial affairs of t he penitentiary proper ami the use and disposition made of the assets of the penitentiary proper, including amounts due to the same. The treatment of the convicts were found to be very good. Only one case of severe whipping was reported, and that was given by a subordinate, tor which .Mr. Neal was not responsible. Mr. Miller, manager of the Lexington farm was commended for his methods, which reduced the necessity for whipping to a minimum. The next matter taken up was the condition and management of the farming property. This was lound to he in line condition, well stocked and well cultivated; large crops are made, and valuable improvements in the way of buildings, and dykes and ditching, vfce. The DeSaussure and Ileid farms have been paid for under superintendent Noil's administration, and he is commended by the committee tor his -k.llful man agement ol both of these farms. The committee is of the opinion that the fanning business does not pa\. "There has been, for instance, for the year ol 1S9S an average of 135) hands used 011 the Keid and DeSaussure farms. The evi dence is that they will pay $.">() per year per head when hired out, making $t>,5).">0 net from their lure. Ilio total products from these i.1 ri11s lor 1 OS as reported hy the hoard was $41, 013.Do The fish re1 turned from the larm pre ioee ol DeSaiissure ail<I II I larm, p ?<: ? J | and II. is $ 1 *J 7ninel \ nine ha!e> ol Col i' i on h i nl .1 uuiar; I t, JSC.); v. i ^ pofil.lv on hand at ' hn: ' i *u on ler a ! ih? r il e-t i male moo worth o* other pro clnee, naKOr.: a tot ,| <.: 21 (),."?"? .c.Mi .. | lor. arid leaving a hat.i o $ i s Mi l | i w 11i. :i niu ' i . ui-i.!. \ i\/. this <T ' 11 : e. | , ||ie hir ol <*i 11 v it. a I: . 11 11 - pa j. 1 for lit" " o ; rI? -. $20.1 h?' >; lent ol land. ? ?1 .i 111_i i 11 urn- (|ii.ir Discovered by a Woman. Aim i.r t i -at oise..\ery has been m <i?. , . I . nal mo, by a la dy ill li.i- < . .1 . v. " ifjst ;:si* fatened i,v- ? ?? t* - to > ? her ami for sev- n -to- withstood its severes' ? .*? 1 ?-r vital organs Were limb imiiinl and death seemed iintr: i t I-\ir three month- -?*! e<?ii?rh?*d incessenfly, and could not sieen. She finally discovered a way *<> recovery, by purchasing of us a buttle of I >r. Kind's New Discovery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on lakimr first dose, that she slept all night; and w ith two bottles lias been absolutely cured. Her narr.e is Mrs. Luther but/.' Thus writes W. 0. Hamnicfc <fc Co., of Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles free at Crawford I>ro?. Drug Store Regular size 50c. and $1.00 Every bottle guaranteed. i ter of the crop, $10,250.40 ; pro duce consumed in the making $18,803.40. The crops cost, t lere fore, $50,076.27; the value of tlx crop, $41,013.95, leaving a de ' licit of $15,062.32. From thii should be deducted the value o permanent improvements claimec as being made during the yeai (seo exhibit A), $1000, leaving an apparent deficit of $14,062.32 To this should be added the in terest on the equipment, which i; valued by the directors at $25.00( on page 21 of the report of 1 SI*7 which, at 6 per cent, would la $1,500, making the total deficit of $15,562.32. From this, ol course, should be deducted Liu corn and oot? and bacon fur nislu l to the penitentiary itself which, at a liberal estimate Iron the testimony could not exceed $5,000 from the croj | of 1 SOS, which would necessarily leave a loss of $10,562.32 Iron i in ruling operai ions on i nose (W( ' farms. ".'i. As to the general linancia affairs of the penitentiary propel and the use and disposition madi of the assets, etc., we are con stiainod to report that the inves ligation has brought forth a state of affairs which is not creditable I In th<? first place it will be fount' by a close examination of the tes timony taken that the director: knew too little of the affairs o the institution and were too sub servient to the will of the super intendent. The fact that then | were about $4,600 of ItagsdaU notes in the bank with the pen itentiary endorsement represent ing convict hire for two years 01 Mr. Xeal's place, while the direc tors thought the hire had beer I iviiit bIia\po I ...... rw.iwv. .vi.ft. |of the allairs of the institutioi was entirely superficial. The fae that they paid him $10 a tnontl stable rent for six years and tw< months for allowing penitentiary | horses to stand in his stables j where they were kept purely fo I his convenience, and now profes: j not to know they were paying i is another evidence of the sorn I nolence of their faculties whet approving accounts. They eitho knew that such was the case, o they did not know it. If they ! knew they were paying it, they I were deliberately yielding to Mr j Neal's desire lor money, to whirl he was not entitled, and wen I therefore culpable, or, it they didn't know it, they were ap i proving and paying an iten I monthly lor several years whirl I was wrong and never found out : Kit her supposition is sufficiently humiliating. We would note hen j that we know of no law author ; izi11ir the directors to keep a lo jot horses and carriages for the u?( (>t the superintendent's family and we regard it as an unwarran tel extravagance. I he evideiua h> n1 i-i tli.it t li?' bookkeeper Inn to use his lior.-c mi Penitentian business, lor which the State lei 111111 in part, while the horses lo ( whose stable rent we were pay i(ih hanil.-uiiH ly Were being u?e? b\ the .uperiiiten-h-iil's family I he evidence i- that there Wa > 1 ilile mom tor these horses a the Penitentiary. i lie col ii lo i! t ee culled atlelitiol (ilorious News. <"(/ines from I > r. 1). H. ('argile >t Washita, I. T. llo writes rour nomes 01 r.iecuc roller la ?t ^ en red M rs. Brewer of scrofula which nad caused her great suf lering for years. Terrible sore j would break out on her bead am face, and the best doctors couh give no help ; but her cure is coin plete and her health is excellent.' 1 his shows what thousands hav< proved,?that Klectric Bitters ii tho hes blood purifier known. lt\ ! the supreme remedy for eczema | tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, boil and running sores. It stimulate! {liver, kidneys and bowels, expeh poisons, helps digestion and buildi i up the strength. Only 50c. Solt by Crawford Bros. Druggis ' Guaranteed. ' to the custom of entertaining ? large crowds of tho penitentiary at the expense of the State, and also to some of the distinguished 5 beneficiaries. f Now as to Mr. Neat's financial 1 transactions and his moral oblir quity in the matter: In the first r " place, in the face of the plain spirit ot the law, he arranged as ? soon as he became superintend ) ent to have his kinsman and > creditor, J. Helton Watson, take ' charge of his plantation in A.11p derson county, and procured for him convicts to work it, and agreed that tho net proceeds, > alter paying for the convict labor ' and farm expenses, should be ap plied to his debt to Watson, and . he was thus to get the advantage ! of all profits made by the convict ) | labor, indirectly hiring them to I himself. The law enjoins upon ': him the duty of watching those r| who hire convicts, preventing op pression and enforcing the rule that they shall he humanely ''treated, carefully attended hy physicians and not required to labor more than ten hours a day, J nor on Sundays and holidays. Sections fiOO and 50'.). Vol. 2, - liev. Stats of 189.1. The plain intent of the law is that he shall not hire thetn him self, directly or indirectly, or he personally interested in the j amount of work done. The net proceeds being his the tendency 1 would he to give Watson the best ? labor, work it over time and re^ port as much lost time as possible. , Having run under this contract > lor the years 189.1 94-95, he had I his debt reduced as a result from < $17,000 to $14,900. (See Exhibit r H.) Then lie took a contract from s Watson (Ex. 11.) whereby exclu I sivo control was returned to him, but the convicts were hired to 1 Mr. Watson, (see Ex. (1,) and no r bond was taken from Watson. r'Ti.io .....o a ? :~i > - | t ?no u a.i jfidiilljt UUIIU IU Illl^lfilU >' the board of directors, as he ' frankly admits that they would not have hired them to him. Thus 1 lie became the master, the cou2 tractor, in fact, with Watson as a >' stalking horse. All the profits in I sured to his benelit. 1 i Instead of paying the State for 1 i the convict hire for 18b?; he took ia worthless note of his foreman, '' one Ilagsdale, and endorsed it as 2 superintendent of the J'enitenti ary, borrowed the money on it Hand returned it as cash received. 2 i The note has never been paid, 'land the bank threatens the 1'en litentiary with suit lor it. The ' same t hing occurred in 1 V.?7 with 1 another Uairsdale note, and in ' 1S!?S no pretence of payment has ' been made. I lie net proceeds ol r the farming operations for 1 *>'.) ? and ISP7 wa re paid to Mr. Wati ?on on Mr. Neal's debt to hiin. i i xcept ^ 1. hiS5, lor which Mr. " Meal irave Watson a receipt as 'superintendent. ami w hicli was , not turneil in to tho treastirv. I>111 11 which is covered hy one of the _ K i^-'l.ile note-. She Stulr has heen left out lor the entire three years, and in 1K0S neither Wat , son nor the State lias heen paitf : an.vthin?r. h! In Novetnher, ISM.", Mr. .Veal i collected of \V. Hammond ' , $500 on convict hire, which he "ikeol :ilid llsed In I leeoinl ior I 1 SIM'., ho collected from Coolv ?V . 'I The Appetite of a Goat. j Is envied by all poor dyspeps j tics ^hose Stomach and Liver s are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King's New Life * I'illf, the wondeful Stomach and s Liver Kemody, gives a splendid ? appetite, sound digestion and a s' regular bodily habit that insures 1 perfect health and great energy, t Only '25c.at Crawford Bros. Drug I Store. 4 SOUTHERN RAILWAY. ~ -SRCentral Time llelween Coluinbia unil Jaok onTille. Kaatorn Time Itetween Columbia ami Otlier l'ointa. Effective .Tunc 11th, 1899. " I ;N<>. :u No. 3d Northbound. Daily. Dally. Lv. ,1'ville, F.O.&P.Ky 8 20 a 7 top " Savannah 12 IIS p 11 f?9p Ar. Columbia 4 88p 4 JO a Lv. Charleston, So. Ky 7 00 n fi 30p Sutnmerville I i! n ? ?"P Hratuhville " Oji a i ->0p Orangeburg 9 '-J a 8 24 p Ktugvsllo 0 l.?a 0 '.Vp Ar. Columbia .11L? Lv. Augusta, So. Ky - I'l 9 30p " (iranitcvillu 11 09pi 10 lop " Aiken - oJlP " Trenton J30|> 11 OOp " .Tohlistons. It 4'.t |> II 20 p Ar. ColtuubiaL'n. dep't 5 20 pi 2 loa Lv Col'bla Ftlami'g at ft 45p| e.Vta " Winnaboro Olfiipl 0 40 a " Chester 7 20 p i 3. a " Hock Hill 7;>8p 8 11 a ir Clmrli.ltu S 4."l t> 0 lo ^ * \ f ; Fowler $500 convict hire, which he also used. In February, 1897, he collected from those two firms over $1,300, and deposited to his own credit and used $539.95 of the same. lie collected from J. J. Fret well $387.17 for oats (Ex M) and failed to pay it in. lie gave a check to the bookkeeper for $172 to balance his account for cash in hand, and there was nothing in bank to pay it, and it has not been paid. He took a note ol \V. W. Russell for $000 for his own accommodation, and endors ed it. as superintendent of the Penitentiary, and placed it in bank, and tt has never been paid The bank is after the Penitenti ary for the money, and Mr. Neal admits that he is liable therefor He collected $710 stable rent, which was unauthorized, bu' which, he claims, was allowed ly th<> board of directors, which they j deny, and which appears to havt been approved in the prison pa\ roll. He has got ton supplies from I the Penitentiary, for which he has paid, amounting to $038.29 jliis family washing has not been paid for and he got a carload ol cotton seed to plant, which he should pay for. All these matters, taken with | his presents of State property to j his friends, and his having hit* superintendent, Kagsdale, to fur ! nish the cows to the Pententiary | at a big profit, which prolitu Mr. I Neal got, his keeping open house for his friends at the Penitenti ' ary at the State's expense, stamp ! him as being utterly deficient in I the faculty of distinguishing be I tween what is his and what is the State's, accompanied with a re I markable faculty of being gener ! ous v.ith the State's assets and especially to himself. We hold that both W. A. Neal and J. R. Watson are liable for the convict hire for convicts to be worked on NeaTo nlnntntirm for the years 1896 97 98, for the rea 8(jn that Watson contracted t?? pay for them and Neal pot the benefit of the labor, and violated his duty in procuring them to be worked for his benefit and do ceiving the borad of directors Their labor was an asset of the I l'enitentiary as much as the products of the labor on the State I farm, and he cannot take either and refuse to pay for it. A conversion of ono is the same as a conversion of the other. Wo also condemn the practice 1 of the superintendent's endorsing 1 paner as superintendent, and [ thereby pledging the credit of the Penitentiary without express authority from the board of directors in each instance. We especially condemn Mr NeaPs action in (endorsing an $850,000 note for .1 | I?. Watson and thus making tlrnj Penitentiary borrow that amount; of money merely for Watso. *1 accom mod at ion. We also con-i (lemii its use io the llaa 1??, notes and NV. \V. Uus?ell note. lie Fooled The Surgeons. \ 11 doctors told Kenick II itu ilton, <>f \\*t IciT?*r<on, (after snf!'erin?: Is months from Kectah Fistula, he would die unless a costly operation was performed; hut he cured himself with li\-boxes of Ihieklon's Arnica Salv. . i the surest I'ito cure on lvirth.au ' the best Salve in the Worhl. a hr)\. Sold by Crawford UroDrnccist. 1 j j NOTICE TO ROAD OVER\ SEERS, \I.I. ov KKSKI-;KS <>K tii i; rr nlic roads are hereby ordered to call out their hands and \v<irk their rcspTtive section* at once. Ity ortler i of Itoarit. M. <t Jari>\kh. < 'o. Supr. j I,. .F. 1'kkky, Clerk. FlJRMAN : s s I fXIVKNSITY OF GHEEN VILLE, S. C. ! rnil K next session will begin SepJL t??mher 27, Full and thorough instruct ion,leading to several degrees, is offered. Hoarding in private families moderate; in the mess, the fare is excellent and cheap. For catalogue or further particulars, apply to the President, Dr. A. P. MONTAGUE. July 16, 1M9U. ? - ? I ' " Danville . | l.? 55 a j i 22 p Ar. Richmond | ft<*)? ft 25p Ar. Washington 7 55 a " Baltimore Pa. R.R.. 9 12a " 25p " Philadelphia 11 85 a 2 56a " New York .. 2 03 p 6 28 a w ,. , , IXrt. .'tt'No. 35 Southbound. ... | .. ,, Daily. Dully. Dr. New York. I'a. K.R.... 8 00p 1215nl " Philadelphia 5 84p 8 60 a " Baltimore. 7 nop 6 22a Lt. Wash'tuii, So. Ry 9 2t)j> 11 15 a Lv. Richmond 11 l*lp 1201 iu * ?.- ' Lv. Danville | 4 15 a fiClp " Charlotte X 15a! 10 20p " Rock Hill 9 02 aj 11 10p " Chester l'35ai 11 43p " Winnslsiro. 10 21 a' 12 82 a Ar Col'liia Hlaml'g ?t II 25a 1 ilia Lv. Columbia Un.ilcp't 11 45a- 4 mitt " Johnstons... 1 2311 II 32 a " Trenton 1 8hpj ft 48 a Ar. Aiken 2 15p! " <4raniteville 2 07 pi 7 1h? " Augusta.. ..... 2 45p! 8tmi l.v. Columbia, So. Rv. 7TT-. 2 55p 0C>a Kingville 4 38 pi 7 do a Oran gehurg 6 29 p1 8 22 a Branchville ft trip 8 52 a Bummervilie 7 32 p It) 18 a Ar. Charleston 8 17p 11 C"Ja Lv. Col'liia, F.C.AcP.Rv 10 85 a' 12 47 a " Savannah 3 07 pi 5 1)8 a Ar. Jackson ville ....! 7 40p! 90oa SLKKI'INO CAR SKItVH K Excellent daily passenger service between Florida ami New Y'ork. Nos. 33 nnd 84?New York and Floridn Express. Drawing-Room Sleeping Cars between Augusta ami New Y'ork. Pullman drawing room sleeping enrs betweeu Tampa, Jacksonville, Savannah, Washington ami New York. Pullman Sleeping Cars between Charlotte / ami Richmond. < Nos. 35 and lift?IT. S. Fast Mail. Through Pullman druwing room buffet sleeping oars W tween Jacksonville and New Y'ork and Pullman sleeping cars lietweeti Augusta and Charlotte. Dining c-nrs serve all meals en route. Pullman sleeping enrs between Jackson vill? and t/olumbia, enroute daily between Jack- * onvilln and Cincinnati, vin Aslieville. FRANK S. GANNON, J. M. CCLP. Third V-P. & Den. Mgr. T. M? Washington. W. A. TURK, S. H. HARDWICK, G. P. A.. Washington. A. G. P. A., Atlanta. OOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA 0 EXTENSION R. R. COMPANY. Schedule No. 2 In Krr. it 12 01 a. m . Sunday, June 18th, Between Camden. S C, and Shelby, N. C. W M 33 I Kant 32. Kirs '-AS I KRM TIMK. |Kir*t Class I'.ism i t'.-r j PuHsiMii/vr Itutlv ! Daily Kxc.pt STATION'S. Kxccpt sui.it v ' Sunday. I' M I A. M. 12 III < ;iniI l-n |tl 15 ' - IJfHiklO II 12 ;;7 WfHlviUo 111 OO I'-1"' Ki-r-h;iw 110 45 1 ' * Mf ith sprint' |lO ?? 1'liM-unt Hill |vi 25 i i? l.iuii-uitrr i<t o? I \> H. MTsldo I y 50 SprinL'(tr>il I o to i':itowl>.i Junction > u m - >" t.rsili- . (I 2>) R<>i-k lli'I Dli " Ni'Wj.ori 8 an J Tlrxnh h :t2 Vtiikvillv h 20 * Sh \ron s it lilckhri (.rove T Kmvrn i 7 :#i - lil..ckMi>ur'J ; id ^ " I'.ill l- li 5 I I". 1i? r* in Hprllit'rt ! |ii Sill iliy i', ;| | ' >' A M B tw 6D Bla:k3bnrg,S.C.,aDd Marion,N.C. ii ' " i: i rr i: \STKUN TUIlv t,~ ' \| v ll " I?.! i ly > 1 A'l tns>. I .vii pl " '' v _ S .nikiv. * " I " - - ",~m7 " i" llliicksiiuri; ?> io I' .11' 1 M 5'J - I'.ilii r-on -|iriin;s h :w U -i. MH..y h .*? I. itlnii .r.' 7 ;to I I II. I7 -jo II u.s lli'iirii'iin ? i 11 i . v rt :<r* II i Kuili rforiltoii 0 u5 i; a. ,\; ii v. < .1 r? r>o III ( io'd'-ll V ' II*' V A !B I . 'In. riMiICit.v :t< i j - itu i.oil ft lit ivr .> Mnvi.iii is* * " A M ' M. \\ K T r, AIM'S I. Y 1)1 VISION. KAST. KI -t ( iTis> ! '11 ~ l' '..Os ' I'. I I KASTKKN TIMK II j Id \ it* stations :1:v 3 st| a v ' r. - x ~ Z * b Z " Z m -u:; I *?. I' M A M \ M P. M. ' ) I :iii ft I). HlttrUsburif 7 ?P> 0 30 t ft. ft Cherokee Kalis ti VI 0 10 > i ft v (iuflncy r. ft fto I' M A M A M M. Trains inuke connection with Southern roa<l at lilacksburk'. A N \V road at Yorkvllle, with the southern at Hock Hill, S A. I., at Catawba Junction, I* At at Lancaster fur Chester, unit Attn the Charleston Division of the Southern at Camden. SAM'I. HUNT, A. TRII'I'. . President Superintendent. .ktfSBl S. II. LUMPKIN, O P A.