The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-03-15

I&nd his homo 10 Anderson county He
had asked Col Neal about these notes,
but Sc aid NOT gel sny information ex-
capt shat .theJ would be settled Wat
SON eoatrset TOT 1898 Is unpaid The
contract ID for aboat 81 500 BE conld
EdDd 40 bond sith the contract. W. 81.
HanmoDd, o. ths books, Is due about
800. Hs denies that BE owes il,
|elaiming % hsys paid It 70 Col Nsal.
Is:does nos show % the hooks. The
came - trae Of tho Cooley and Fowler
|oont1.ot, ior sbont che ss1ps amount.
The Fret1ell account d also elained 70
Ehsys bsss p.id 10 Col. Neal. Cooley
g diifsrsot mao from Cooley. euperia.
#te1de1t OF ono of the fsrms w w.
Russell and Col. Neal are brothers-io-
lss s 90 the produce made on The
Efsrms, agrsas deal D consumed on the
farm. Cotton and oats are about all
that ID, sold TIE rsst ID used 10 the
m.iptsnance of the penites.iary. So
with tho meas
b NJ. Lisioe..on The contract
With Watson sas nade 10 1896. Il
vss % u Snsing e ms kao1n tha,
tts sasx sxiicss sHesss Tor work oa lsnd Of
Col. Nssl,s. Mr. Mstson reported he
had the dslessad q .eouA not Gee
nyshinf vfone q Il. &c prssanss
that she G. w Rsgsdale note Was for
The spaInsat of shs. fret gesr's contract.
Hs does not know she G. W Rags
dsls u, bst bas heard Be 10 8 brother 0.
ths other Rsgsds,s, Who works ssor Mr:
Wstsoe.
By Dc. Sssysnsoa /: Contracts bays
bsen nsds this yssss tos about 26s
sosyiots. which includes tho Clemson
eoayisss. The Pss,.sntissy gets aboa,
IS psf uouth for . farm hand. The
man wso biss psys for foed and the
gsara. Tbs bulk Of the eonyisss hired
this yssf 20 % Aadsrson County. Mr.
Wsssos, NJ. Hammosd, Cooley aud
Fowler hays some. These contract.
were brought up for approval, aud the
board II 6rst refused to spprove. The
men pleaded that they would settle up
their accounts. although they claimed
not to owe the money. rather than lose
the contracts. Mt. Watson's contract
is nos for work on the Neal farm. He
assured us bis indebtedness would be
paid. None of those in arrears have
paid up to the present.
By Mr. Hay: !: The superintendent,
sold the oats on orders from she
directors The cotton uas sold in
| varioss markets. The board has every
season 70 believe that these sales were
honestly made. They all knew what
had been made on tho farms.
By Mr.. Patsoo The contractors
who claim to have paid Col. Neal said
they bad receipts, but they did no,
produce them. They came &c
Columbis to renew ahe cootrscss aud
brought no papers with them. The
bosrd authorized him TO mske the col.
lecsions, bus no aesion vas then taken
TO investigate whether they had paid OF
| not. This vas 20 be done at the presen.
meeting. aod the delinqueDts bad been
warned th.s they must settle up
j. s. Fowler. Of Cooley 4 Fowler,
came nexs. As to the balance sgsinst
him in the psni.en.isry report. amount.
ing to over $500. be said that he had
psiai Gel. Eeel $500. With which be
had not been credited. He FIRST knew
Of it in August when the bookkeeper
sent him . bill. The money was paid
on February "a. 1897. he produced
q receipt 10 the sbape Of draft, which
wss marked psid It was drawn on
him by Col Neal There were ex-
pense accounts, lose of time, etc.,
which reduced the amount be owed,
and which has been settled by him.
There vas 40 understanding that the
money would be paid, but they didn's