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

/ memoranda during the session OF the
legislature He could not remember
whether he had made thcvrrbal agree
.ncntwith Col. Neal about the use of
the c0lyictS before oraaltrr lie matlc
the contract for cOnvicts. 1t was real
! " Col. Neal $ CONTRACT and witness was
sneyer required to sign Il bond. rs had
previously been the case Reproduced
some letters and papers bearing on his
testimony lis to the sale of cotton.
MIR. r.. L. ErEEfss.
MIR. L. i5nlIiss, the boolskecper for
! ministration. told what he knew of the
B. b. and G. ". Ragstlalc notes. Going
back to the first OF 1896, he said, the J.
| b. Watson contract w;lS made. The
first note he saw was one which came
to him April ,. 1896, and was given as
approximate ply for convict hire Tor
that year and was for S1,5G0. ltwas
given by Mr.. j. B. Watson and maGul-
| ed in November, but was not paid. 1T
was charged to the pcnitentiary ac-
count. On Dec. y, 1896, 81 $50 princi-
PAL and 500 interest after maturity
was charged to the pcnitentiary ac-
count. The hire for 1S9G amounted to
something over 81 500. Some time in
1897 Col Neal told him Of IL settlement
he had had with Watson and turned
over S31s.s7. Col. Neal said that the
note had been settled up and the Sd
1887 was to 20 on convict hire for 1896.
| He thinks the note of one OF the Rags
lales was taken up in this transac-
ton.
In February, 1888, Mr.. Clark, or Col.
Jones, told him they had Il note OF b..
i. Ragsdale. He called Col. Meals at
tcntion TO itand he saidit had been ar
ranged. He didn't say anything about
the circumstances ofgiving the note.
In February, 1898, there WAS Il S2,3,S
note given by Watson to cover. the 1s9,
convict hire. In April. 1881, there was
a payment of SIP by check, which was
not paid. Col Neal said he would ar
range the matter with the bank, and 1T
was carried us cash. 1t was given by
Col. Neal personally, lie saying he
would have to pay discount on the
note
He knew nothing about the Neal and
| Watson private contract. Col. Neal
had never told him anything aboutit.
He knew nothing about the G. w.
Ragsdalc note until about six weeks
ago, when he learned OF it through 4
letter to Col. Neal. Col. Neal tlep0s-
|itcd notes in payment of 1895 convict
| hire. He was under the impression it
was Il Watson note. As to the account
of w. g. Hammond OF S!!2 ut the Jan
uary meeting of the board he asked the
chairman to ask parties owing to come
down and settle. They came in Feb
ruary. AIr Hammond produced Il
statement, Il draft and check. The
check was ON the Bank of Anderson OF
Nov. 81. lsl1. for $500. given to Col.
Neal us superintendent. He said that
was in advance for 1SgG convict hire.
At tic end of1S95 there was to his
credit :49.24. The check had no con-
ncction with that That check does
not appear to have been deposited in Il
Columbia bank. rlc check was
stamped paid by the Anderson bank:
The proceeds have never been entered
upon tie books of fthepenitentiaTy He
is not aware that the pcnitcntiary ever
Otthe money.
On Feb. "A, 1897. Mr.. Hammond WAS
drawn upon by Col. Neal for :S5G.1; ut
10 DAYS. That draft was discounted at
the Farmers and Merchants bank of
Anderson. 1t WIS deposited to the
credit of W. 4. Neal. superintendent.
,l'he Fowler draft was llrawll.on the
same date. 1lEltlnadc somewhat over
$1,000 on deposit in the Anderson bank.
Ii appears on the books OF that bank
that the amount had gone out=tlnling
March of the same year. The officials
said it WIS llawn our II, Il draft from
Columbia. i'llc Calo.ln;t bank SAYS {
was for l.33:1i2. =. which WAS given them!
on Feb. 2ti ls91. On that date Neal
told him llc had deposited W.Q. Ham
nuonl's account. S:Ii'i. H., S:'0ll less tllalr
the draft Col. Neal lad drawn on him.
Also >so.li on tll, account of Cooley X
Fowler. :.ol4 less than tie draft MI.
Fowler ucccptc,t nhc Carolina: N;l-
tional bank informed me chat s:si2 and
some cents. this Sunoi tllc twolliountS
deposited. were to tile credit OF Col.
Nc;ll. superintendent. He also ,lcpoS-
tcti >r,995 to his personal account.
That. VIII! the deposit Ia the credit OF
the >,lprllltrn.lrll. makes up the
amount of the anderson draft. Cox.
Neal roltl Iinl4to credit the SOB. - to
expense account and tic items would
be yi..enlim latter. But this has never.
been done Mr.. Cunningham had sent
him to Anderson To Ilavc=:. settlement
with Mr.. Hammond and there he found
out the facts.
The accounts Col. Neal put to his
own personal account III the bank could
NOT 70 to the expense account. EX-
pcllSc accounts are never palu to the
superintendent. Tie statement that
the amounts had gone to the expense
account was Il Misrepresentation OF
NJ. tt.,,i,,,,u1 ftn1. fy-.
pcnseS paid SSjG.l1 and the pcnitcn-
tilly did not get $500 OF the amount.
ThcJ. j. Frrtwcll case was for 4 thou-
sand bushels floats at 80 celltSil bushel.
Mr.. Fretwcll showed himarccclpt from
Col. Neal in settlement. lie ascertain.
ed this since January.
He knows nothing about the ". w.
Russell note Tllcrc w;ls il F'rctwcl
and Russell note for SG25, of which the
ncnitcntiary got StU0. the SSo:1 being for
discount. ". ". RllSscl had never
hired convict>. Some time during rs
Russcl and l'rcts ell were urged to set
lie the notc.@I. alter he WAS informed
by the bank tllatzthc penitentiary had
lccncretlitc,lwith 5000. Frctwcll.anl
Russell owe something like S23sl over
and above the note.
At ::,:30 o'clock, when tic rzconlnittrc
renewed the Investigation Alr.sBllrriss
WAS put on the stand again. Heck
hibitctla Il copy OF the receipt given by
Col. Neal To Mr. j. j. Frctwrll of All
lrrson. Arrompanyingthc receipt w;ls
;llcttcr from Mr.. l'rctwcll which reads
aS f0llOws
South Carolina Penitcntiary.
Columbia, :. c.
Dr;lr SirS: llllrnly to nvOllr Statclnrnt