The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-14

f'crITcd IL Ei,S"Cr. thon wrote
hi" aNI II" r'll;r, that he had a
proro>iii''n whj1 h We wanted TO make
I" 'i'e l:oard. In " day or two Col.
Neal r:'n" l'acl: ;.;h stated that he
Aad "n1'ng' Il |" H't thu money 80
max" th,SH /" :lru.:i;i$. ar,t that tho
parties would .;o down in Cav or
two to settle the matter.
VI went home on Saturday after.
noon tut camo back early next week.
J. found nothing had been done, but
that Col. No;l had gone back to An
| drrscn. sent the bookkeepcr there
and told him he must so to Anler
son and got all the information he
could. He went and came back.
Said he had settled with Mr.. Ham
mend, WHO had a receipt from Col.
Neal. Mr. Fowler had also shown
HIM II receipt from Col. Ncal. Mr..
frrtwell also produced a receipt for
his lnhrbtodnpss. Mr.. Watson and
other frionds of Col. Neal wcre Mt.
tempting to raise money to settle
these matters. That was Il o status
OF tho affair up to few days ugo."
col. NEAL
expressed desire to go back on the
Witness stand IIc said:
"As yon SEQ by tho printed con
tract that il the form that has bean
used for somo time for making con-
tracts. l want it understood that, T
| have not gone back on tho stand to
contradict any statement Of the mem
bors Of the bonrd Their statements
arc correct"
He went on to explain about the
| hiring Of convcts in Anderson conn
ty. Ito said no had protested in
tho board meetings against the hiring
OF SO many c"nvicts up thoro Ap-
pllcutlons came from that county and
not from other parts of the State.
Tho tirst contract for convicts was
WAS made in Anderson county and #
| spread there where the results could
bo seen. Ito had protested uyuinst
it, for he knew it would creato an
nnfuvorub!e impression. The GU tom
OF the board had been to give tho old
contractors who had gono 10 the ex-
p"nso of building stockndcs, etc, tho
preference, and so most Of tho con-
vlcts were concentrated in this wuy
in Andcr' on county.
About tho monthly payment for
The hire of convicts, Col. Neal said
| there was but ono contractor who
paid UP pro I.i.tly every month. Tho
receipts for r.uii month WAS read out
by tn" lo"khccper aud tho board
Mas III possession Of the fact Tint
th"So contracts wrro not boinu car
rlcd ont "s to monthly payments.
Last year tho board passed rcsolu-
ton authorizing him to mako the
most advantageous contracts he could
to hire "u' mon. The legislature
several times Oh .ngod the law about
tine convlcts. a law was passed. put
llng the two year term convicts on
the rhningangs .aEd later had passed
Il law extending tho limit to five year
convicts, but that law was held ND
by the GoH>rnor. His desire and
the boards desire in making these
iive-ycnr leases of convicts was to
nso it as an argument to the general
assembly that it was not vol TO put
such long gtcrncd convicts on the
chaingangs.
Mr. Livingston asked if all the
items appearing under tho head Of
"usScts," had accrued under his i'd
minlstration.
Col. Neal answered that num'.er
Of them wero on tho books before he
came in as superintendent
This completed tho testimony for
the day and tho committee adjourned
to meet at 1890 o'clock this morn
ing, whom investigation will be made
into tn" pcnitrntiary's account with
the Carolina National bank.
MEALS BOND.
State Treasurer w. Ii. Tlmnor-
man was summoned by the commit,
too to givc information about the
bonds Of Col. ". 4. Nenl 40 sunnrin-