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

morrow.
superintendent Cooley testified ,ha,
he whipped negroes hy giving 100
la>hrs on The bare back With leather
strap. lie said he rarely moi in over
>iN caSt'>-tlrcw blood.
Cora NElA. :. &. March ~. Tie p.n-
itrntiaiy investigation did moi To day
develop anything startling rhrat,.r-
noon session amounted 10 not hing. Tn,
superintendent of the lexington farm
wis Sent for, hut he arrived late.
Tomorrow personal witnesses will
hc examined. when an Adjournment
will he had until June l.th. when th,.
State farms will he Visited and 4 new
line pursued.
Sergeant Adams. who h!.S been at
Tie l'llitrntary for twenty years. Was
'AAininr'I. he said thai free wood.
coal. vegetables and milk for the III
prlnI"ndrni wa~ the custom started
tl" latter part of Colonel l.r>cnml,'.,
tcllm and continued since. The yubr,-
nat"rial farms with free cnil,ir; Labor
started durin" 'rillman'> term.
Witness thought hat the prisoners
were we'll treated, except when Allen
waS captain Of the guard unicr
found il necessary To hang prisoners b>
the thumbs for discipline.
He gave considerable testimony
about the extent of tile free entertain
mcni and said that there were as many
rs fifteen ar twenty visitors entertained
:, day at the prmitrntinry
state c0nstablcS who were ON dut,
her" Frequently were guests II; tl,c
pcriirntinry.
Guard I.ykc> said HAT he worked
-.:iny of fifteen or twenty ,.,nyir,s
spreading guam" on he ElI,,hr planta-
ii"n. which hc said wa> ~ or 20 acres
Chairman tnnninyliamd devoted much
'''nr I" explaining the improvements
made since he has been chairman of
tn" board. and said that the State farms
were NOW worth :slo:l00n and had been
entirely paid for ont of the earnings.
Contracts for cnnvictS were shown
not t" comply with the statute. The
contract provides for he forfeiture of
500 for each convict who escapes. The
statute provides for 800 forfeit for
each year the escaped convict has to
serve Mr.. Cunningham said the at
torncy general drew the form of the
contract. He said that tlu. sales from
the cnnlmi>~;lry were: Il revelation to
iiinl. and that he would Immediately
undertake to collect this money, us
Il all 4,
and other .lrh'>.
Cnit MrlA, :. c.. March -. The.
l'"nitcnliary investigating committee
to-day took Il recess until June l::tl,
when il will take up new lines and
visit the State farms.
The commission did not care. to cl0s..
np the present line until Neal could be-
heard
T"-slay'S chief development WAS that
Colonel Neal had been drawing 4lN
every month for Stabling his horses ut
his home. He is supposed to have
used thls i'll paying house rent. In 1881
he drew Sl2D i'll Il lump for stable rent
and every month since that time has
drawn $40 a month, and the board has
been i'll absolute Ignorance of it.
Chairman CunningI, an said hat he
never looked at the prison pay roll or
which his $40 for stable rent was
placed by Colonel Meals order. He
c"m!:! have. found that lie State was
paying for the stable rent by looking
mt the pay roll. lie admits uvcr-conii-
dcncc and sub-otiiccr'S check being
thought t" be all requisite. The horses
were kept ut Colonel Ncal's for con-
vcnicncc. lie said there was plenty of
room t" have kept them in the pcni-
trntiary. The horses were fed by the
State and belonged to the pcnitcntiary.