Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-03-30


I|AE: pEHnEA|R!|Al|R|lYI R|l||lI SCANDAL.
THE TRUTH BEING BR0UaH, TO LIGHT
&. ,S by The tNvEsriaArlON.
The Real Facts Developed Make a Bad Show.
Ing for all conoernod-.The Exact Status.
Here are all the facts brought out by
the penitentiary investigation to this
time: q
Col. w. "A. Neal, the retiring superill:
tendent Of the penitentiary, is short in
his financial transactions for that insti-
tuition 1O,05T58. $, .,}g
He has run an account with tho psni-
for his family. Kerosene, etc., which ho
has not paid, u the amount Of $577.39.
In addition he has been allowed by tho
board of directors, according to prece-
dent, as "perquisites'' all the vegetables,
milk and butter, GOAL aud wood that was
necessary for his family.
He has been allowed tho use of pRir
of horses and a carriage for his family
throe horses being fed by the Slate.
Also with the knowledge and consent
of tho directors he has entertained par
ties Of friends at the penitentiary, set
ting beforo thom meat and vegetables
raised by the State. The guards, too,
undor his administration were permit
tod to entertain friends at their mess.
Another porquisite, since tho laundry
MI IN ho tyty,r hn och
ing of his family OF thirteen done by tho
convicts. -... Xxi. '.',t vs
Ho had shipped to his Fiokena form
100 bushels of cotton seed for planting
from the State farm which were worth
$105. -t' ~ Ei].. %@'..'
A convict cabinet mal1er made him q
bookcase, bedstead, sevoral small
tables and u crokon0le board for his
children.
Undor his administration the corn
crop of 1903 made on tho Reed farm ap-
pears to bo 1920 bushels short, though
further on in tho investigation that may
DO satisfactorily accounted for, as may
also q seeming shrinkago of pork Of
2,0l7a pounds.
GOV. W. III. ELIERBE.
Tho present occupant of tho Guborna-
torial chair has followed tho intensive
farming operations of his two immedi-
ate predecessors. He has q rented farm
near tho city of between 10 and 20 acres
tho States mules for which ho pays no.
thing. He also runs fuel and commits
sary account with tho penitontiary, and
in one instance paid $50 on it with pea
vine hay which ho made on tho above
mentioned farm with tho Stato's labor.
Several payments by cash and check in
dicates that no intends to pay for ovory-
thing he gots, though he Is still due
$154.11.
Tho Governor has also availcd himself
of the penitentiary laundry and has had
his washing done there for his family of
eight, including himself and sister. In
card to Tho State tho Govornor says he
mado an arrangement with Superintend-
ent Neal whereby ho was to pay 50 per
month for his family washing. House
keepers declare this to be job lot'
tcrms for families of half tho size.
Moreover, nothing in the penitentiary
record shows that such an agreement OK
listed.
EX-GoY. JOHN GARY EVANS.
The former Governor, though n lawyer
when elected chief executive, upon TAX
ing his seat Immediately became one of
Columbia's most intensive farmers. Ho
rented small place of 10 or IL acres and
had it worked by conviots and peniten-
tiary stock at no cost to himself, but of
course at sOmo cost to tho State.
lie also opened up an account with tho
penitentiary for his coal and wood and
horse feed and when he loft tho oxeou-
tive mansion he also left his account OF
$l81 unpaid. With the promise of q
special appropriation ho got the poni-
tentiary to pay an account of $31 for
furniture for tho executive mansion,
but he forgot it.
U. s. SENATOR TILLMAN.
When ho became Governor in 1890 the
distinguished Senator carried with him
into the executive chair his bucolic
tastes, for ho was fresh from tho farm.
Governors of South Carolina running
small farms in and near Columbia and
working thom without cost with con-
victs and mules from tho ponitentiary.
He did not put the products of his farm
to tho same use as Governor Ellorbo, by
paying his wood, coal and molasses bill
duo tho pcnitentiary with thom. On the
contrary he disposed of the products in
other ways and loft his dobt to tho poni-
tontiary of S57.0G unpaid.
In 1909 ho ordered 400 feet Of granite
for the executive mansion at q cost OF
1920, got tho penitentiary to pay it, but
never took tho trouble to even have ii
hauled up from tho quarry whore it has
continued to lie ever since.
After his election to tho United States
Senate he ordered $4,000 brick, wortl,
S72, which the ponitontiary paid for him
as a kind of compensation for his services
as trustee of Clemson and Winthrop col
lcgcs. He also had bookcase made at
the pcnitentiary. There is no record OF
it having boen charged or paid for.
CONGRESSMAN A. G. LATIAfER
gotta bookcase for which thcfc were no
charges against him, and for whicl he
never paid. Tho convict maker Of II
values it ut $50.
| EX-SECRETARY OF STATE ToMPKINs.
( Two wardrobes are tho items whicl,
| Col. Tompk!ms got. HGfurnishod the
material for one and Capt. Allen of the
guards had tho other made for him.
TIE PENITENTIARy DIRECTORS.
Chairman Cunningham of tho board OF
directors Of the State penitontiary along
with his C olleagues, Messrs. Garris and
Tatnm, belong to tho perquisite class
The law ailows Thorn 10 cents mile and
81 a day for every meeting of tho board
The 81 was intended to cover thoir hotel
bills and other expenses whilo in session
Whom Col Npol 0ffprod tO fit IN n roop,