The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-28
Tillman and Evans In 1t.
MORE AND RICUER DEVELOPMENTS
AT THE PENITENTIARY.
Lattmer rAlsn-Regular r"N'' nsion Accounts
for Governors, Mono or Which arc
Paid-Garris Captures IL Pair
OF Pigs This Timo.
Especial to Greenville News.

loving statement regarding the pen
itentiary matter:
"From the testimony of Captain
Westfield the public would think l
have been getting my laundry done
FREQ at tho penitentiary. Some time
ago our washerwoman left the city
and we could not get ono to do our
work satisfactorily. l told Col. Neal
about the matter. He told mo he
had good laundry at the peniten-
tiary and that ho could do my laun-
dry for mo. l sent part of it only
sand am to pay three dollars per
month. About month ago I sue
ceeded in getting Il washerwoman.
l have not had my laundry done at
the penitentiary since"
Thepenitentiary investigation com
mittoo today dragged along rather
heavily. Except for some spicy in
cidonts tho most of the time was de-
voted to trying to straighton out the
oats and brick accounts, which have
now been practically explained and
emphasize the worthlessness of the
annual reports.
The board seems to have accepted
the statements of tho farm supcrin
ten,lents and they seem to have boon
indifferent rs to facts when report
ing what seemed to be facts.
The investigation today developed
the fact that thcre was q regular
governors mansion account run by
Tillmap, Evans and Ellerhe. The
accounts seem to be for coal, wood,
COW and borse food and provisions
generally, including molasses and
such things, bought by Tillman and
others.
Tillman's account has been par
TALLY settled, but there is balance
against him outside of the brick ac-
count Of $o7O6. No bills seem to
have beon sent to him, and the mo-
ney has not been collected on the ac-
count reported to be due the farm or
the penitentiary. This, as all other
mansion accounts, was kept in the
cOmmisSary book.
Governor Evans's account, still
due, is $lSl.l1 This was mover re-
ported as an asset Of the penitentiary,
Neal saying that he would attend tc
it.
Governor Ellerhe'a commissary &C
count, still due, is $2lG5G. OF this
amount $ll702 is due for oats which
he expected to trade out for horse
Governor Ellerbe has been paying
on his account.
Col. Meals comissary account
shows that he owcs $55302. Non,
OF these items, aggregatlng $1,000
have been reported to tho board a
assets except the Ellerbe oats.
Manager Cooley, of tho Read plan
tation, testified today that he hae
sent Colonel Neal at his Easley plan
tatlon 10000 pounds of cotton scet
for which no bill was made nor dlt
he report the shipment for payment
Among the pigs given away b,
him was pair to Director Garris.
Mr.. Garris says that about thre
weeks ago he fried to pay for tn
pigs but no ono seemed to kno,
, what they were worth.
The evidence today showed tha
in addition To- what FREQ furnitur
las already been accounted for, tht
nnmbor of large pieces were Sol
to Tillman, book case to Asbur
Jatimer and two wardrobes to Da
Tompkins No charges have eve
been made for these articles Of fu
niture.
Frank Weston testified that !
bought and paid for four tons of SO
coal at S400 per ton. Manage
Cooley, of the Road farm, testifie
that he swapped COW with his so
in.Iaw, and that the cow which tt
farm got died before his son-in-la
took his snapped COW away, but tt
swap was made before this COW die
He treated horse for Miss i
lerbe, charged and collected $l3 f
his personal service but never re
dered Il bill for the feed, which h
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