The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-15
ANDERSON, S. G.. WEDNESDAY, MARC,I Is 1899


whether he h.,.l made ne verbal a.lcc-
ineni Wit II Col. Neal about The u>r of
the cnnvict> before ut :,itt, ne made
Inc contract Ion conIirt>. II WAS real
~ Col. Neal : contract and " wltl,S> w;is
never required 80 sign :. bond. a> had
pisNlnnslN been the c;i>c. lie pluLtrr,d
some letters and papers hralin: ON his
testimony rs Ia the sale ul cotton.
Mi: L. l.. !:i'l;Ei>-.
MIR. Il. t.. iiurriS>. tl, houkk..,,.r ro,
The prnitrntiary during Col \c:il'> adj
mlniStratinl. told what hr knew of tie.
Il. i. and {. ". Ragsdalc notes. Going
back {" the first of l>!";, lr said. the j
II. Watson contract WAS made rl.
first note he saw wa~ one which came
To hum \pll ,. lS!Ni. and WAS given aS
approximate pay Tor convict hir. for
that year amt was !ur - JI;O. Ii was
given bN MIR. j. Is. Watson and nEtur-
ed III November. but WAS NOT paid. |,
w;l> charged To the lnnilrliti;,iN ac-
count. On bee. II. 1876. II. .n;n pilri-
pal and S?.lo interest after maturity
wis charged To the pcniicntiaiy az
count, The hire for 1876 amounted 10
lS9. Col. Neal Told him of !, settlement
Ir had had with WatSnn and .ulI,cd
over S:HS.S,. Col. Neal said that the
note had been settled MP and the -;
lS.S' WAS to 20 on convict Hire for 1896
lie thinks he note of one Of he tayS-
'lalcS waS taken mp in this tranS:lr-
ton
In February. ISIS. MIR. Clark. or co.
Jones. told him they had il note of Is.
B. Ka=slalc. lie called Col. Meals at
tcIItinn tn il and h. said it l:al been ar
ranged. He didn't say anything about
the circumstances OF giving the note.
In February. ISIS. there w:lS Il $:.:H,S
note given by Watson To cover the $50.
convict hire. In April. 1897. there was
Il payment of SIP by check. which was
not paid. Col Neal said he would ar
range the matter with he bank. and il
WI. w;'S cirrlrd as cash; 1t was given by
wonld have To pay discount on the
note.
lie knew nothing about the Neal and
Watson private contract. Col. Neal
had never told him anything about il E.
lie knew nothing about the c. w.
RaE>dalr note until about six weeks
ago. when ln. learned of il through a
letter to Col. Neal. Col. Neal lrpoS-
tied notes in payment of 1S!S convict
hire. He wa> under he impression it
WAS Watson note. As to he account
Of w. e. Hammond of SH,2 at the Jan
nary meeting of the board ne asked The
chairman. I" ask parties owing to come
down and settle. They came in Feb
r,laly. Mr.. Hammond prnducc, Il
statement. Il draft and check. The
check w;i> on the Bank of Anderson Of
\"v. -, lS!ll. for $500. given to COL
Neal as superintendent. He said that
wa> in advance for ls:n; convict hire.
At the end of ls!r1 there WAS to his
ncction with that. That cheek does
not appear to have been .lrpositcl in Il,
Columbia bank. The check WAS
stamped paid hy The Anderson bank
The proceeds have never been entered
upon The books o! the pcnitentiary lie
is not aware that the prnitcmtiaiy ever
got the money
On Feb. "a. 1871. Mr.. Hammond was
drawn upon ny Col. Neal for SS5i.l. 1T
the Farmers and Merchants bank of
Anderson. 1t was deposited to the
credit of w. \. Neal, uF1.rintcmdcnt.
The Fowler draft wa> drawn on the
same date. That iitlt. somewhat over
Sl.:MD on deposit in the Anderson bank
|. appears ON the books OF that bank
that the amount had gone out during
March OF the same Year. The officials
said II WIS draw! ont ly IL draft from
Columbia. The Carolina bank says it
WAS t"r : .::'2.!2. which wis given them
on Feb. ri, 1897. ON that date NraI
told him he had .lrpn>iici w. g. liam
mond'> account. $.j1il., S:an less han
the dIaf; Col. Neal had drawn on him.
Also Son'i on The account Of Cooley \
Fowler. S2:i less than tll. draft Mr..
Fowler accepted. The. t:iltliin. Ea-
tioiial bank Informed! nn. llll S:>I3 AM,
Sol.ir cents. this sum OF llctWn am,nullt :
deposited, were. I" the credit OF Col
Neal. superintendent He also d.n>-
tI hi ,,.,1
That, with tine driu>ii To liz. credit Of
the sul".rintrldrnl. makes np tho.
;inloln. of the Anderson draft. Cnl.
Neal Told linn To credit The &:,:;:I.uj to
expense account and the items would
br given him later. l;ut this has never
been done. Mr.. Cunningham. had sent
him To Anderson 10 ll;lv..:. settlement
with Mr. Hammond and there l, found
on, HE facts.
own personal account in the banl, cni,ll
not go to the expense account. E.y-
pcilsc. accounts are never paid to the.
superintendent. The statement that
the amounts had gone to the expense
account was IL misrepresentation of
facts. Mr.: Hammond after paving cx-
pcnses paid SS5G.17 and the pcnitcn-
tlary did not get $500 of the amount.
The J. j. Fretwell case was for Il thou
sand bushels of oats nj 30 cents IL bushcl
Mr.. Fretwcll showed him Il receipt from
Col. Neal i'll settlement. lie asccrtain-
cd this since January.
He knows nothing about the w. W.
Russell note. There WAS IL Frctwcli
and Russell note for $G,:5. Of which the
nenitcntiary got SGO0. the $o5 being for
discount. w. W. Russell had never
hired cOnvictS. Some time lnring as
Rlssel and Frctwcll were urged 10 set
tie the note. Later he was informed
by the bank that the pcnitcntiarv had
been credited with 5000. I'rctwcil and
Russell owe something like S33J over
and above the note.
AT :,:30 o'clock, when the rnnlmittcr
renewed the investigation Mr.. Burriss
was put on the stand again. lie cx-
hihited Il copy of the receipt given by
Col. Neal to Mr.. j. j. Frctwell of All
dcrsOn. Accompanying the receipt WAS
Il letter from Mr. Frctwcll which reads
as follows: