The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-23
eduction of 81 during the year.

when near the close of their terms, on account
of good behavior during their imprisonment
The Board express their belief that this liberal
exercise of the pardoning power has tended
greatly to improve the morals and behavior ol
the convicts, as it holds out to each the hope
Of an earlier release as the reward for eXem-
plary conduct in prison, while his exercise Of
the self-restraint thus encouraged, furnishes in
itself valuable discipline to fit him to resume
once more those rights of citizenship which he
has forfeited by crime.
The Board invite attention to the very I'M
portant fact that the validity of the title held
by the State to great portion of the land on
which the Penitentiary is situated IS again IN
dispute / recommend that the Attorney Gen-
eral be instructed to institute the necessary
proceedings to quiet the said title, and to de-
fcnd the claims of the State in the premises.
The accompanying report of the Supernten-
dent of the Penitentiary, which is full and
clear in all necessary details, ,,~will give your
honorable bodies ample information as to the
practical working and cost of the institution,
and the past and present difficulties encoun-
tered in its administration, and the remedies
requisite for the future for all of which l ask
YOUR favorable consideration and prompt ac-
ton.
The board of directors highly commend the
Superintendent, General c. J. Stolbrand, for
his untiring zeal and efficiency in the discharge
of his difficult trust during the past four years.
These concentrations, l am assured, are well
deserved. The Superintendent has exhibited
in his office high administrative and executive
ability, and although severely tested at most
critical periods, he has always risen superior to
every emergency.
THE QUARANTINE.
The report of the Health Officer Of the port
of Charleston, herewith transmitted, furnishes,
together with large fund of useful and peril
nent information, the gratifying Intelligence
that no case of yellow fever or small pox or
other epidemic disease has been imported into
any of the cities on our coast during the pres
ent year This immunity from the introduc-
tion from abroad of pestilence into our midst,
is due largely to the unwearied energy and
sleepless vigilance of the Health Officer above
referred to, DR.. Robert Lebby, who has utilized
the limited means placed at his disposal by the
State with great Industry and skill, thus avert
ing from our people tnat loathsome disease, the
small pox, which mas but recently ragged with
destructive effect in communities to the north
ward of US.
His report, however, gives US the unwelcome
news that the small poX is advancing South
across the Continent, and as measure of pre-
caution and in the interest of human life, he
recommends most earnestly that the General
Assembly will without delay provide law for
compulsory system of vaccination. This hu-
name and judicious recommendation has my
hearty concurrence, and in furtherance OF Its
object l recommend that the County Commis-
sioners of each county shall be forthwith re-
ouired to purchase the necessary vaccine mat
ter, and that all INDECENT persons who may be
=, cl,an hn mol QG
to submit to vaccination at the expense OF their
respective counties, should the local municipal
authorities have failed to make suitable pro-
visions therefor
would also recommend that the Superin-
tendcnt of Education be instructed to prohibit
public teachers from receiving into the common
schools of the State any child who has not been
vaccinated.
In this connection the Health Officer refers
to the fact that in 1872 system of vaccination
in the public schools of New York (being con-
sdered fundamental and most successful means
of protection from small pox) was thoroughly
organized and special corps of inspectors
designated for the work.
The Board of Education of New York, re-
cognzing the Importance OF vaccination as
sanitary preventive measure, have incorporated
into their bylaws section requiring all chill
dren attending public schools to be vacclnated,
as prerequisite to their admission.
The exemption of the people of Massachu-
sets for several years past from the attacks of
small pox is stated to be due almost entirely
to the medical laws of that State, which enforce
the vaccination of all pupils in the common
schools.
DR.. Lebby also calls attention, in his report
to the vitally interesting fact that the Cinchona
or Quinine tree, which is indigenous to Peru,
is rapidly dying out from the constant and in
crcasing demands for its bark. This is mat
ter of special importance to those OF our people
who reside within the malarial belt of our low
country, qunine being the most potent SPECIFIC
known for malarial fevers.
The American Medical Association, having
directed their attention to this important sub
;ect find that the climate of California is well
adapted to the growth of the Cinchona tree,
and they have pettioncd Congress to provide
bv law for the planting and cultivation of it
upon the public lands in that State.
This may be practically effected by pro-
vision in the laws regulating the survey OF the
public lands of the United States which shall
require each deputy surveyor to deposit near
every corner and monument on the lines OF
survey several of the seed of the Cinchona
(quinne) tree.
L WOulu, lllCI ClOlC, wa AN-S''
ble bodies to mcmoralize the Congress of the
United States to the accomplishment of the
end in view.
Your early action is also requested upon the
condition of the Quarantine building or Laza-
retto on Morris Island, in the harbor of Charles
ton. Since the completion of these buildings,
four years ago, as authorized by law, the rapid
encroachment of the sca on the shore line of
the Island greatly cndangcrs their safety.
would recommend that in the annual ap-
preparation, which will be made for quarantine
purposes this important subject be taken zen; into into
the State much less in the end to remove or
protect the buildings now, than to await their
destruction by the sea, which would necessitate
much larger outlay for the erection of new
ones.
PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS.
transmit, herewith, the first annual report