The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-04
Col. Neal's BondsInen.


the whole shortage of Col. Neal. SO far
as hc has been criminally responsible,
has been paid up by his bondslncn.
Col. Jones sent his check yesterday,
and Mcssrs. W. Scott Pope and u. II.
ilaltiwangcr settled up to-day
AS stated, they paid their proportions
ate shares of S2,Si3.4l. 1t was expected
that some official statement could bc
obtained to-day us to who lost the re-
maindcr, making up the total of S11, 900.
But for good reasons the exact figures
have not been given out just yet,
awaiting probably Col. Neal's promised
visit Saturday or Monday. when he
says he will br ready to arrange" the
whole matter.
So far us that is concerned the matter
has been arranged by his bondsncn,
and the only question is how much the
State has lost by his. acceptance of bad
notes. which were in some instances
discounted, but the proceeds of which
the Pcnitentiary got.
In round numbers the State will lose
about $4,000, tho Carolina Bank about
$1,000. These two items, in come tctiOn
with the amount the bOntlsmen have
paid, dO not make up the full amount,
but other smaller items. which either
the State or the bank will lose, will by
IS made OF all transactions as learned
from the very vOlumin0us report of ,he
investigating committee.
Ii Col. Neal comes here and pays Ill,
what he is due and the rest of the
amount lost by reason of his bad bust
hess Judgment, it will be accepted.
But attorney General Bcllingcr will not
accept any amount with which to re-
imbursc bOndsmcn. Col. Neal will
have to pny that to them personally.
One of the interesting features of the
whole matter is /. check received by
Mr.. Bcllingcr from Senator Tillman in
settlement of the amount due by him.
The check was for S109.06 and was
drawn on the Carolina National Bank
of this city. The check WAS turned
over to Superintendent Griffith. OF the
Penitcntiary. who recciptcd in full for
| the amount due.
Before the check WAS sent Senator
rillman had some correspondence with
Attorney General l}cllingcr. He said
that the charge of $l2 against him as
made by the committee was for convict
grounds of the Executive Mansion.
This lie did not believe he ought to pay
and Mr.. I'cllingcr agreed With him OH
this point.
AS to the brick he got from Col. Neal,
the Senator said he was charged SO per
thousand, while the market price on
the day he received them, in Augusta,
was $4 per thousand. Mr.. Bcllinycr
found this to be Il fact and charged
him 81 per thousand, plus the freight.
which amounted 10 S12.
Senator Tillman also paid for oats
received from Col Neal, which did not
appear OH the books, and which he ac-
knOwledged that he had gotten, but
that Neal had never sent him bill,
though asked to do so. At the market
price at the time the oats were worth
S16.
The committee found TINT Senator
Tillman owned $117 and few cents.
Taking off the 1924 for the two items
mentioned, that would leave him owing
$93 But at tho Senator's suggestion
Mr.. Bcllingcr added S1G to that, max
ing the amount S100.06.
Nobody else Of ali those who got
desks, hat racks, ctc., have sent ill
checks for what they owo ani the
bondsmen are going to call on them to
pay up. They do not like the idea of
paying for furniture Just for tho fun OF
tho thing and allow other people to
use it.
1t is also likely that Sir..I. J. Fret
well, OF Anderson, will be asked to pay
up. S3S7.17. He got some oats from Col.
Neal, as superintendent, but ut the in
stance Of Col. Neal charged it to his
account with Mr.. Frctwell. OF course
Mr.. Fretwcll is In no way a party to
tho fraud, but having confidence i'll
Col. Neal, thought it would be settled
with tho Penitentiary. AS it was not,
it is said that he can be held legally
responsible for the amount.
In tho statement Of Col. Jones ap-
pears the amount of SG3S.29 for com
missary supplies obtained by Col. Neal
during six Years. Tho present bonds
men have only been on the b0nii for
four years, anu they believe that Il re-
bate should be allowed them for what
was taken during the two years they
called on the Attorney General About
this matter this morning, but the At
tOrncy General held that, while "siX
years" were mentioned. that period
covering the period Of the investiga-
ton, the books really showed that all
of this official misconduct occurred
within the four years years for which bonds
average il ven!a BE Only about 500
. year, or about S35 for each of the
bOn0smen, and they will not kick at
that.-Nelus and Courier.
- Last June there graduated from
the South Carolina College young
man who. who broke all records ct that
field, though blind, went through
tho entire college course and grad
uatcd ut tho head of his class. He was
pronounced by tho faculty the most
remarkable man they had ever known.
Upon his graduation Mr.. Swearingcn
went to his home in Edgefield, where
he has quietly spent the summer. Now
he has been elected Il professor in the
State cInstitntion for tho Deaf, Dumband
Blind at Cedar Springs, and soon en-
tcrs upon his duties there. 1t is un-
dersto0d to be his purpose to save his
Harvard University. He is ambitions
to enter the legal profession.