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tho matter. These wcro notes moi
thcr | nor tho board know nothinu
Of and | want somo information.
lio said h" was sick, hut rs soon as ne
could get MP ho wonld cxp!nin.
81 enquircd Of tho huokkoppcr in
rcfcreuco to these notes and he safe
ho knew nothing of them. Tho best
information / could get forced mo to
correct The matter with tho Watson
contrac*. MIR. Tatum, Mr.. Garris
and MIR. Blackwell were hero and we
had IN informal meeting. Mr.. Gar
ris and myself wcro asked to go to
Col. Neal and mako inquiries about
| these notes. We started aud met
MIR. D. Bolton Watson. ] told Mr..
Watson what We had discovered.
That thcsr Ragsdnlc notes were
there. No presumed thcy were uu-
der his contract and asked if it WAS
so. | didn't know Low the notes
wcrn made.
"Alr. Watson asked if we wuuldn't
max" Il contract with him for this
year for II hands; that Col. Neal
had agreed to do so ] told him we
could not until these matters in the
Office were strniyhtemrd mp. lie
| proposed to give II note for tho B. b.
R"gsdale note. Being under the i'm
preston that tho Rugsdalc note Gov
cred the 1898 hire, | snid: "WrlI,
if you give mo the check for that
note, tho years 1896 and 1897 up-
pearing settled on the books, | said,
'wo will approve your contract.' We
parted with that understanding.
"Nlr. Gurris and went up to Col.
Ncars al found him very sick.
Before wo broachrd the matter to
him Mr.. Watson came in with thc
contract for this year an,i said be
wanted as to approve it.
81 asked him where was the draft
and he said, hero it is Tho draft
was handed Col. Neal. ! asked him
to endorse it and give it to me. Ho
did SO. Without saying anything
further to Col. Neal, Mr.. Gurris and
| loft and went to tho bank, where
we told Mr.. Clark that wo had II
draft to take up the b. b. Rngsdulc
note MIR. Clark said it was irrcgu-
lar. suggested that rs Mr.. Wat,
son was in town he could strnigltcn
it out. | found him and ho gave Il
satisfactory draft and We took mp
tho Ragsdalc note with tho draft.
We did not $40 Mr.. Watson any
moro after that.
"Mo went buck aud had convrr.
sdion with tho Dookkrrpcr, and, to
my aaLonlshnrnt, he told mo .hcro
was TO note for tho 1888 hire. The
Is. B. Ragstiuln note was for tho 1891
hire. told tho hookkrrpcr to com,
muuicuto with Mr.. Watson and tell
him how the matter stool. We far
thrr authorized the bookkrrpcr to
communicates with all those parties
and tell them they must settle for
convict hire. Most of them were
present and had contracts, madc by
the superintendent, for this year.
The board declined to approve them
until all past indebtedness was set
tied. MIR. Hammond and Fowler
were due several hundred dollars. |
told them we could not approve con
tr@cts until these accounts were set =
led. They said they had s, tiled
with Coz. Neal. suggested to them
that we go TO Col. N"nl's homo and
SEQ him in rc!errt.cr to this matter.
! told bin that thc hUarl had re-
iu,.rd - approve ihcs contracts un-
Til their matters wcro settled up. 1lc
said he wonld 90 to Anderson that
day and settle mp. lie did not gay
SO in SO many words, bu. inferred
that they did hold his rrctii Is.
"Wo then left and said to Mr.
Hammond and Fowler if they would
guarantee tb" payment Of their &c.
connts W" would approve their cor.
tracts. They said they would.
"Thn board then authorized mo, a,
chairman, to proceed TO make these
cole ctions. then wrote to Mr.
Wat on, stated this fact to bin, nnC