The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-29

| ing for Col. Neal or Governor Ellcybr.
| It WAS Sii;s last wear there; were about
15G hams, some of which were fed 10
the guards. Col. Neal GOT huns but
! t!i"!" Is ,.n record nf his !ayin. paid
| for them. Governor Ellclbr got hams.
Captain WcStiicd says he charged
| them up but does not know if they
were ever paid for. He seemed 10
| think not.
An outside suggestion is hat Ellcrhr
exchanged some of his hams for those
ut the pcnitcntiarN.
Some outsiders 20; coal at cost. CAP
tain Westtcld said.
Col.rMEiA. :. C.. March -. --':oy
crlor Ellrrbr to-day gave on, the fol
lowing statement r,.gar,lin. lii,- prIli-
| trntiary matter:
From the testimony of CAPTAIN
WcStficlu the public would thinl,
lla been getting my laundry done
free ut the ncnitcntiary Some time
| ago our washtrw0n.an left the city and
we could not get one To do our work
satisfactorily. told Col. Neal about
| the matter He told me he had II good
laundry at the pcnitcntiary and that
he could do my laundry for me- | sent
| Il part of it only and am to pay three
| dollars per month. About Il month ago
! succeeded in gcttinga waSIlcrwonlam.
] have not had any LAUNDERING done at
the prnitcntiary since
The pcnitcntiary investigation com
mttcc to-day dragged along rather
heavily. Except for some spicy incl
dents the most of the time WI, devoted
| to trying to Strai%ltcn out The oats and
| brick accounts, Which have now been
practically explained and emphasize
| he w0rthlcssnrsS OF the annual re-
| ports.
The board seems To have accepted
| the statements of farm s,lpcrintcnd-
cnts and they seem to have been indif-
fcrcnt as to facts when lrpnrtiny what
seemed to be facts.
The investigation to-day developed
the fact that there WAS Il regular GOV
rlnorS mansion account RIM by Till
man, Evans and Ellcrbc The accounts
seem to be for coal. wood, cow and
horse food and provisions generally,
including molasscs and such things,
bought by Tillman and others.
Illlman'S account has been partially
settled, but there isa balance against
him outside of the brick account of
$51.0G. No bills seem to have been
sent to him, and the money has not
been collected on he account reported
to be due the farm OF the pcnitcntiry.
This. as all other mansion accounts.
was kept in the conmissary book
Governor Evans account, still due,
is S1Sl.14. THIS WAS never reported lis
an asset OF the penitentiary, Neal say
ing that lc wo.ll.l attend to IT,
Governor f.llcrbsS coliiliiiSsury uc-
count still due is $2lG.1G OF this
amount S117.!4 is due for oats which
he expected to trade out for Il morse.
Governor Ellcrbc has been paying on
his account.
Colonel Meals cOmmissary account
shows that he owes S55332. None of
these items, aggregating $1,000, have
been reported to the board rs assets
except the Ellerbe oats.
Manager Cooley, of the Read planta-
.ion, testified to-day thai iic il:ld sent
Col. Neal at his Easley plantation 30,
600 pounds of cotton seed for which no
bill was made nor did he report the
shipment for payment.
Among the pigs given away by him
was pair to Director Garris.
Mr.. Garris says that about three
weeks ago he tried to pay for the pigs
but no one seems to have known what
what they were worth.
The evidence to-day showed that in
addition to what free furniture has
already been accounted for, that Il
number of large pieces were sent to
Tiilman, book case to Asbury Lati-
mer and two warlrObes to Dan Thomp-
kins. No charges have ever been made
for these articles Of furniture.
Frank Weston testified that he
bought and paid for four tons of soft
coal Mt S4.0O per ton. Manager Cooley,
of the Read farm, testified that he
snapped COW with his son law,
and that the COW which the farm got
died before his son-in-law took his
swappcd COW away, but the swap was
made before this COW died
He treated horse for Miss Ellcrbc,
charged and collected 4l3 for his per-
sOnal services but never rendered IL
bill for the feed, which has not been
paid.
Captain Westficld testified that Till
man, Evans and Ellcrbc all ran small
farms near Columbia OH which they
made their COW, horse and other stock
feed; that these small gubcrnatorial
farms were worked by convict labor
and ploughed by renitcntialy mules
and that no charges have been made,
OF expected, for the labor or plough