The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-15


i sale OF the date of MHrcll2. ls!H. The
| labor contiactwas signed March22. 1876.
and tic copN.of the contract#ol the sale,
Of the property was also signed amt
dated AIalcl2. 2.1S9G The witnessagaln
reiterated tlat ne got the convict labor
f0rllis OWL Use during the past three
years.
Referring to the pcnitcntialy report
for 1896, he is credited with paying
-. 600 ormorc for convict lire: he said
| he was liable, it was under thecnntlact,
january, 1897, he is credited witllpay-
denied that he owed any balance. In
April. 1877. he ll,; was credited BY the re-.
port for 81, -lS2. %. He wasnot positive
whether he had paid that on the settle
lmcnt OF his contract. whicllcNpircd in
1875. Since then he has not used one
hour of convict labor. In 1S91Alr Bur-
ris wrote that witness llat! given i note
for the hire OF c0nvicts for that year.
| PicllcnS farms was sold to factories.
The balance coming to mcto pay fol.
| the land WAS turned over to Col. cal.
/ i
be credited to payment for convict
labor, He got Z receipt signed by su-
pcrintcndcnt Neal. MI. Stephenson
remarked that there was no credit in
the report. Mr.. Watson said in letters
and from personal statements fromCol;
Neal he was told that all accounts had
was correct. He hat paid up all he
was due fOl, labor for the years 1893, "a
and '95. After that he was not rcspon
siblc for convict hire.
s.Since the contract OF 1896 have YOU
used convict labore. asked Mr.. Steven
son.
"Not one hours time" answered Mr..
Watson.
"Well. then. since the contract Of
1886 have YOU made any payments 1T
all for convict labor
"l'es, Indirectly, one time. 1t was i'll
this way: The cotton made on the two
farms, one in Anderson and the other
in pickens. in 1896. was sold by me at
Piedmont aud Pelzer. After taking
from the sale all that was to come to
me as the first paymenton the farm |
turned over to Col. Neal on Feb. %, %
1877. 81 .465 So This was to be Used to
nav for convict Hire under cOntractof
1896.
Mr.. r.Watson produccda a receipt signed.
by Col. Neal as superintendent for the
amount, but itlid not specify tllatit
was for convict hire.
.Wcll, Mr.. Watson, youarc not crcd-
tied with having made such Il payment
in the supc.i;tendent's report. Did
you ask Col. Neal about it =
,f,,t< I'll
letters from Col. Neal had every rca-
son to believe proper credit had been
given me-.
"l.ol. mentioned the Pickcns farm.
What connection had that with the
matter!
1T WAS worked by Col. Neal with
convict labor, under the superinten-
dencc OF G. w. Ragsdlle. He didn't
know how many convlcts were worked
on this farm.
AS to tic check for $1,000 given by
him. he said his attention was called to
it W When he read the report of the pcni-
tcntiary for the past year. He is put
down as due 50, 337744 90 When lie saw
it he began to make inquiries. lie
went to Mr.. Burliss, who told him that
the account against him was about
S2,S0O. He added that some expenses,
about 5000. would have to come Oft.
He afterwards saw Mr.. Cunningham.
who showed him il memorandum given
him bv the Carolina National bank
There were two notes.-the l'. Is. Rags
dale note for $2o,5!l;5.:Ii and the Z. w.
Ragsd:llc note for S2,0l" .:Il He Sllp-
posed the i. Is. R;i@S.lalc note WAS for
convict hire for lS!DS and tlat OF {. Vi.
Ragstlalc for convictzllilr lS),.
Mr.. Cunningham then asked llnlto
help him straiyliten tic matter .:::t.
Cunningham told linn that.Ncal had
said tIlnt ilc had about 2I0 bales OF cot
ton which would he sufficient to settle
the nrlticr. He SAW NrHl. who >aitl
To him tllath,r had ;.boutln1 bales OF
cotton. Col. Neal wills sick 1T the time.
and said us soon as he w:ls able lie
wot:ld settle Tie matter. He at>0ll)#
believed that he had sufficient protcc-
tion in the land and cotton to secure
his first payment and enough surplus.
so he gave his check Tor S2e.G'll' To take
mp tic B. g. Ragstl;llc note.
'.W hat were ynllr rcaSnnS Tor llotzal-
lowing the draft to be paid hr wills
asked.
He said ii waS painful to have to tell
the reason why he recalled the draft.
1t was II 10 days draft. His first draft
WAS for 81 ZOO. Mr.. Clark. Of the bank.
didn't approve of this, andanothcl w;ls.
drawn on january -, 1S99.- expected
to yet 81, 100 from Col. Neal us Il third
payment on thc land. In November
lie stated he would be able to pay it,
and went on TO say something about
the balance. liz said he had arranged
to borrow the balance. One man pro-
posed to loan it TO him for per cent,
payable semli-annllally; another ut $
! percent. annually. IIcas!lcd mcabont
1t and told him il he lost his job |
would advise him t. fake the $ per
cent. AS to whyl notified the bank
not to pay ii was in consequence OF
papers on the cotton which would pre-
vcntmc getting it. There WIS IL $4,000
note in tile Farmers and Merchants
Bank, Of AndcrSon, which NIr.Fowlci.
had endorsed and which had "O7n. to
protest. MFR. NJ. BuiriSs and Mr.. W.
g. Hammond wcrc=th he el.cndorScrs.
The note was made by Col. Neal. They
notified Alr. RagS,alc not to move any
cotton from tile farm. Tx. went over,
to takcthr cotton to srllit and meet
the draft wltll lie wa> notified that
others had Il lemon IT, Then he told
the bank MOTTO pay the note. He has
never ascertaincd from Col Neal what
those Raysdalc notes were given lOl.
He had told Col. Neal he had given
the draft and Col. Neal told him that
if he had the opportunity he would