Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-03-30
PENlIEVlhhRRYE' SSCHHIaDhl. SCAHDhH .
C0mkiEMTS OF THE STATE PRESS ON THIS
, IMPORTANT AND STARTLING MATTER.
Tho Administrations OF Governors TIIIman,
Evans and EIIerbe involved.

The Administrations Of Governors TiIIman,
Evans and EiIerbe Involved.
Tillman, $57.O6; Evans, $181.OO !;
Ellorbe, $154.11. Penitentiary ra-
tion accounts of three Reform Gov
ernors still due and uncollected.
The peritentiary ration accounts of
Hampton, Simpsons, Jeter, Hagood,
Thompson, Sheppard and Richard
son, their Unreformed predecessors
in office, have never been seen, heard
of nor suspected. "By their works
shall ye know them" THE State.
The management of the South Ca
rolina penitentiary, according to the
methods of Col. Neal, is a pic mic.
A man could have all kinds of fun
at the job and make friends as fast
as he could count. The Governor
had his washing done free of charge,
a Senator got car load Of bricks, a
Railroad Commissioner got some
worthless brick-bats, tho Secretary
of State got bookcase, somebody
else got some hams. Neal was more
than a Mark Hanna he was q Santa
Characterization Post.
Mr.. S. p. J. Garris, Railroad Com
missioner, has "done the State some
service" First, he acquired the
Bcckroge trunk and thereby raised a
scandal that resulted in some OK
posure of dispensary methods. For
that the people rewarded Mr.. Garris
by olecting him Railroad Commits
sioner. Now he continues the good
work by appearing as material wit
ness in the penitentiary scandal,
wherein he has taken, apparently, a
very unselfish part. He got car
load of bricks from the penitentiary,
paying nothing for them, of course.
Suspicious folk declare this to be o
most warranted acquisition, but
hear tho explanation. MIR. Garris
says the bricks were entirely worth
less, that no one would buy them at
any price and Col. Neal, good, patient
man, was sorely concerned as to their
disposition. Then Mr.. Garris, one
of the directors of tho penitentiary,
came along and, seeing Col. Meals
embarrassment, offered to relieve
him by taking the brick k-bats off his
hand. They were of no value to
him, but for the good of the State
he would take them. Was not that
a fine action ? MIR. Garris deserves
higher Office than Railroad Com
missioner. There were some other
little attentions Mr.. Garris paid to
the penitentiary's affairs which show
an appreciative mind. Mr.. Garris is
a large minded and an open handed
patriot and deserves high reward
from his fellow citizens..-Charleston
Post.
As a stone dropped in a stagnant
pond sends out its nipples in ever
widening rings, so the plummet of
the investigating committee tossed
into the still waters of the peniten-
tiary pool works an expanding agita-
tion of it's surface, and the wayelets
wash against many a stump and
stone.
The evidence grows and grows
There is 80 much of it, it touches 80
many points and advances in 80 many
directions, that we cannot consider
it in its details to-day. But we ad-
wise every citizen of South Carolina
to study it. 1t is real book of reve.
lations.
Perhaps the most interesting and
significant feature of the testimony
is contained in the following para.
graph
"Capt. Westfeld was recalled tt
the witness stand. In answer tc
questions he said that Governor Till
man had worked eight or ten aoreI
of rented land in and near Columbi,
while Governor. The work was done
by convicts and with penitcntiarN
STOCK. No charge for either convic
hire or the mules were made agains
him on any of the penitentiar,
books. The Governor paid for tn
fertilizers used. This same thing
was done by Governor Evans, and i
now being done by Governor Ellerbe
No other Governors prior to Cover
nor Tillman had ever done such
thing. The peavine hay with whiol
Governor Ellerbe 10 credited on hi
account to the amount of $50, h
said, was made on this small Colum
bia farm of his"
This is news, sure enough | Till