The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-03-29

shovel under stump and prizes it
aud breaks it, is going to get whip
ping. ! had hard headed Charles
ton niger aud he broke his shovel
Yoa could tell from the way the
shovel was split he did it on purpose,
and I whipped him gave him 10
lashes. That is the only negro who
has been whipped on that camp this
year"
Mr.. Stevensop-"You find you can
manage them with small amount OF
whipping if you manage them
right ?'
:.Yes, SIR. After a niger has
| become used tc a man and knows
what he will take and won't take, he
| will generally toe the mark without
any whipping Ny niggers know all
/ ask is good behaviour and honest
work Col. Neal has always told me
every.ime he would visit my camp {:
Don't you use the strap no more
than you can help
INTERESTING REVELATION.
Capt Westfeld was recalled to
the stand and asked by MIR. Steven
son:
Mr.. Stevenson-"You stated, l
believe, that the superintendent kept
one horse of the penitentiary up at
his house "
Gle kept three there"
"Do you know whether OR not the
penitentiary has been paying for the
stable rent 2"
Eyes, sir the penitensiary has been
paying for it."
Chow much a month have they
been paying for it ?''
81 think $40 month";
s.Thas is on Col. Meals premises =
eyes, sir "
MI. Hay-"For his own use 2"
"For his own use and his family
Two of those horses were used by
the board Of directors as carriage
horses when they were here !"
Mr.. Patton-"Who vas that rent
paid to ?''
"The clerk would be the best one
to testify to that, but, as matter of
fact, it was paid to Col Neal"
"When did that custom start z"
81 could not be positive as to
when that custom started | think
the greater part Of the time have
been there it has been the custom
There was no charge mace for the
horse feed up there. l keep a mem
roandum for my own satisfaction
lust to be sure that the driver was
not disposing of it."
Mr.. Stevenson-"Did the peniten-
tiary have stable room down at the
penitentiary for those horses 2"
eyes, sir. they could have been
kept at the penitentiary.
Mr.. Pateon-''It was more
matter of convenience that they were
put up at Col. Meals ?'
eyes, sir"
BOOKKEEPER'S TESTIMONY
Mr.. Burriss was called to the wit
ness stand and asked:
'.To whom was the rent paid p
s'N. A Neal ("
"How long has that been going
on p;
eft wasn't put on my payroll until
March, 1894. He said to me that be
had spoken to several of the board
and they had said they thought it
nothing bat right for him to get pay.
He authorized me to draw warrant
for sl2O for 1898, and ever since
then it has been carried on the pay.
roll he had been paid this rent
from the first or second month after
he took charge /"
In answer to fortner questions Mr.
Burriss stated that no resolution was
ever passed by the board authorizing
this payment for rent. 1t appeared
in the directors report as "prison
salaries" Col. Neal came to him
few hours after a board meeting and
said he had forgotten to call the
matter to the boards attention, but
had talked to the members afterwards
and they thought it right he should
get this back rent and also $40 q
month rent thereafter. He then
authorized him to draw a warran!
for the $40. He did 80 and made
out an account of it which Col. Neal
receipted. BE did not know wheth'
er the account was ever shown 10 the
board of directors. In answer to the
question as to whose fault it was if
it was not shown the board, be an-
swered that it was the fault of the
superintendent.
CHAIRMAN CUNNINGHAM
The chairman of the board of
directors was asked about this matter.