The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-10-20
MIR. NEAL MAKES ANSWER.
Nc Denies the Charge Ma.e by Ex-Gov.
Evans cn the stunp, and Calls
on HiE for Proof.

h!r. v. y Ncil. Nuporintondoa. of ,i.a
State ie,.ieu;4rv gave tho fDllowiug
communication Z. lho dali par,prs OF
~ ia," .a-t SAtur!ay:
pn the .'tJ 'iav IF Angus, lar Ex
COS, ,..iprJaln Gary i.ga,i~ in lis cin-
- isn -.''tol - King .frns, inAilc Us. ortLn
ir.lDaifi't lah;ziH..n: .a4t wear whiDa
Was ,;p,nruDi, bad ID send Noal to the
l.Nlry inr;iint" hrr4u-n 10 became in
.tuslhn I Mten!ii;,; - Lis business. In
-i,adp. Being the A.i.arintrndent ,f,ho
Icittrntiary he .houl. be drrsse,i IN
'iii"A and put ~ work rs a convict.n
: also sand z. he II and elsewhere all
"Ncr >p...l 'arOiiss. last summer during
II" campaign on I'll" street corners, rail
way trains and hotel lobbics tha, he sent
iAil NcA! - the Kcclcy Institute for
ninghaiD To come To COLUMBIA and pat
him III Charge Of the rcnltcntiary for ono
month.
Mr.. Editor. / vcry much dislike to
mas" public ny private home affairs,
',t many "i my friends insist that /
should 10 so III Justice to .uysc!i and
iinily. lave delayed making public
this statement, that tho sinoko Of .ho
political battle may clear away. with tho
hope of a calm, cool and deliberate con
sideration Of what may say.
! deny that Mr. Evans sent me to tho
'N''itS ibotitutc oT luuL ne knew any
thing about my entering or necessity for
going, until the evening before ] sent
for him and told him OF my purpose, as
tho Governor of the State felt it my duty
to inform him. Mr.. Editor, ] did take
treatment at the Keelcy Institute for NOR
ph'ne habit contracted in ls9l, at the
earnest solicitation Of my wife and ply
slclans, Drs. Duckett, Orr and Pope.
did not take treatment for tho whiskev
habit am glad to say that have never
used whiskey TO excess i'll my life and
have meyer been drunk since arrived at
the ago of maturity.
! fought tho morphine habit for more
than four years with AL the manhood and
Will power possible to command. but at
last was forced to take scier tific treat
ment to savo myself from utter ruin and
destruction. ! was thoroughly cured in
20 days. have ac desire for the drug or
bad effects left, am now q sound man
mentally and physically. The ex-Gov-
ernor and wOuld-be United States Eena-
tor states publicly that should be wear
ing convict stripes. l could, Mr.. Editor,
make the same statement as to his excel
leucy, and could doubtless get many hun
dred men In South Carolina to agree with
me, but would that be- manly to slander
him without proof?
defy his excellency to place his finger
upon one act Of mine, either public or
private, that would warrant the use of
the vile, slanderous remarks. He was
Governor of the State for two years, am
sorry to say while was Superintendent
Of the State penitentiary, and as Cover
nor he was ex-Officio chairman under the
law of tho board of directors of the peni-
tentiary, and If he knew anything that
was wrong connected with my public
duties ho should have said so then, and
demand that no specify now, or be brand
oil az q slandorous liar by tho good people
of the State. Below please publish the
stantato what ] have stated above. Let
tho people be the Judges as to who have
spoken falsely. w. A. NEAL.
Following Is II list of aflidavits which
fully corroborate the above In every par
ticular. They are from r. j. Cunning
ham, d. H. Russell, j p. Duckett, NJ. D.,
J. Il. Breazeale, j. NJ. Sullivan, L. ID.
Harris, George Il. Prince, DIR. S. M. Orr.