The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-15
VOLUME XXXlN---NO. SO.

apart. III lN!n ana ~ lltlu iltn>,. lWO
crops. lie endorsed NOTES i"l ne fox
cotton Tor better prices.
''l;cinrc lSon WAS in good ~hnp,
financially. Luck went against IL IN
1871. Ihr crop WAS sold While WAS
III bed with rheumatism. The whole
proceeds were sent To the bank. II
went along until he fall of ls!'2. De
ccinbrr ni that wear was elected >l
l"rintrndrnt of the pcnitcntialN. |
took charge january 3. lsE,. After |
WAS elected and before coming here |
had .o+ acres of land in Anderson
county aud Is mules aud horses. had
corn aiil fodder. hogs and IN :ihmn
uanrr "l provisions. said t" Bclt"n
Wat son. i am going to leave here.
on have endorsed my papers To the
amount of 5000 We've Slipped up.
C"st"n> zone down. but mean to pro
,'r' You II can. Here's my property.
! wont take any my house.
iir real estate and everything else.
II make YOU IL deed To the real estate
:,'lu have my wife to irlinIuisl her
tnwr!. lie said hr ui,ln'; want the
property There were Il itw other I'M
l.'t claims against it. | made him
cat the deed though and turned the
property over To him.
MIR. Il. B. RaySilalc WAS foreman nl,
The place: agreed To help him out l,y
paying Wa som S3'MI year on, ni my
salary. IhlS went on for three wears
lie WAS 10 keep an acruun, of tile SALE,
! ni crops, and II WAS understood that If
/ he could thus pay himself. hr WAS &, do
so and turn the plantation back over to
me. his went on for three years. lS!r,
"a and '9j.
MIR. l'. Is. RagS,lalc became liS>:tis-
fled and said hc would quit unless some
other arrangements were made lie
! said: paid $40 annually of his (Hna.;-
dalc'>, salary myself. said to Bclion
! that some other arrangements would
have to bc made or RaESdalr would
leave. He (Watsom) went home and
looked up the cotton bills and i'll and
said To me il would take $liO0n To pay
him all | owed him on the place. /
! and pay him $2.00n year until the
debt WAS paid and To pay : per cent
| interest on the Sli,0m. This cnnvcI-
S:tinn took place in February, lSHj.
Watson made Il contract with the
State to hire :n cnnvicis The first
year paid him S:'.Wn. including cXpcn
>rS. insurance. etc. That took about
all that WAS made. but we kept on
hoping for Il better time In 1897 it
~
had amy settlement this year. So don't
know how it will come ont. 1t has al
! ways took everything to rum the place.
and have never made anything ont al
it,
Relative to the Rags,lalr notes. Col.
| Neal SAID they We're managers of the
place which llr had decided to Watson
During the years 1896, ., and Us
were yOm managing the farm for Mr..
WatSom?' WAS asked.
The facts are Just these: The man
agcr became dissatisfied and Watson,
turned the place over to It's to run as
best we could
| In answer to how many convictS wti,
worked Col. Neal said he number var
led. Sometimes there were lis many
rs :':; OF ~ and sometimes lis few MS 3O
odd
IN regard to the l'ickcns nlnc" IL:
said hat the crops from il were used t0
pay tlr debt tu Alr. Vat5s,ii.
"llaS the ncnltcnti:.rS been paid i"i
ls!ni. .; and '3S9''
No. no.
For the year lSn> there, i, nnrv-
drllrr in tllr report that there wis any
! pay for tlr cUliNlrtS.
In the Year lS9; there is the i; Il,
HaHsslalc note. paid hy tiir j. i; Wat
son check, which WIS held M, and in
81 he other hngs.lalr nnir which WAS
,ii>li"norcd by Watson. which is all The.
| l,ay for cnnvictS those iW" years. l.
/ hat the >tlatinn'
''l"s; that is H..
/ Taking upt he contract nf S:t for III
I least of con, ir:. and also | he contract
/ tor !!r place. the question WAS asked ii
/ llc ttOl. Neal W;IS not the substantial
| lessee Ol the cunNictS; in other words,
lIc was to work the rnlvici>
In substance COL %cals rcply was;
hat he WAS to work the rolNlrtS an.!
wa> to ..rt the benefit of the prniits ;
on he farm.
Getting back to thc question of notes.
Col. Neal said The l;ags,lalr note ni
1896 was not discounted
| ne +. W. l!ags'lalc note for 30 ,Onn.
| which the bank is now claiming is due
by the pcnitcnti@ry, Col. Neal sail was
for convict hire for 1898.
'l>nt it Il fact then that the money
that should have gone to pay the con
Wet hire has gone to- pay your dcbts?'
asked Mr.. Stevenson.
"Wrll, the money thmt should have
gone to pay this convict hire. possibly
Mr.. Watson got for '9G and ~
ut was paid on your debts: you got
credit for it on your dcbt?''
I "Wcll, Colonel, has there ever been
anything paid to you with which tn
pay this convict hire, to pny the Wat
son note that was given for 1HiG?"
No, sir; ! never got Il dollar from
either. OF the plantations for those
years.
Tie receipt given j. Il. Watson ON
the ED OF February, 1897, for II, ,4G5. ~
and signed by Col. Neal as s,,pcrintcn-
| dent WAS handed him. He soi,j In.
could not recall what the receipt was
given for.
Mr.. Stevenson stated that Mr.. Wat
son had said il was for the surplus de-
rived from the sale Of The crops. and
had been paid for the culivicts used in
making the crop of 1896.
Repeated efforts were made to re-
frcsl, Col. Meals memory and to get
him to say for what the receipt was