The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-09-15
The Penitent,iia,.v

oiscussea was important, but the only notion
taken was as follows: II was decided tbat the
companies heretofore hiring conyicts
and paying scrip to the State for their hire
shall hereafter pay for them in oDrrency at
the rate Of seven dollars per month until Do.
cember 81, 1881. After that time new contrao,s
shall be entered into by all lessees, in which
the rate Of pay shall be readjnstered. This
ection seems to have been caused by the in
crease in the price of labor every whore. =
Ihe superintendent was instructed to sne
tessees lor tne penalties aocruing to the State
on es cape of convicts.
The Governor ordered the return of two
conyicts on account of their ill-treatment, one
from Cahill s. Wise and o he other from Au-
gusta and Knoxville Rail rood
The present disposition of the oonyicts is
as follows: Within the Penitentiary walls $50,
OF whom Mr.. Il. c. Dibert has ~ employed
in his shoe manufactory, on the Penitentiary
farm, 49, Gregg's phosphate works, l20; Ca
Trenton Railroad, 26 Augusta and Knox
vile Railroad, 49, Atlantic and French Broad
Valley Railroad ,l6; r. G. Strother on Air
Line Railroad, 16. Total 636. b
The Augusta and Knoxville Railroad has
been paying cash since the first contract ex--
pired last January. The Atlantic and Frencl.
Broad Valley since April under protest. The
attorney general decides that the board was
right in its position on the lattre case, and
the decision will be the rule of the board in
future. No cash, no convicts! The Augusta
and Knoxville made application for ffty to
one hundred convicts, at $3.50 month, and
1t was ordered that the road have the prefer
ence in the disposition Of such convicts "a
may hereafter be at the disposal of the board,
The superintendent was instructed to confer
with Mr.. j. G. Secgers, tho partner in the
Penitentiary farm contract, 10 enCieavor 10
secure the ending of the contract on Decem.
Der the 3lst and to obtain release for the
year ending December 31st 1882, ID which
date the contract extends. The reason for
this is the low price obtained for this farm la-
Dor, while great inducements are offered by
railroads and phosphate works.
The superint tendent was instructed to notify
r. G. Strother that he would he REQUIRED TO
pay $l2. 50 q month for his hands henceforth
and if he declines they are ordered to be
transferred to the Augusta and Knoxville
Railroad i'll fifteen days. AS high an amount
as $l6.50 n month was offered the board bv
phosphate miners for convicts.
The superintendent was authorized TO pur-
chase several labor saving machines for Peni
tertiary use. There is decidedly Penten-
tiary boom, and it is pleasant to Announce
that the institution is now more than self
sustaining. On January lst the $4,000 ap-
preparation was banked, and the board now
has on hand some SCI 900, not having touch
ed the appropriation, and expects to have
about $50, 600 to its credit Mt the meeting of
The Lcglslarurc---n profit of nearly SO, ,OOO.-
With an increasing demand for labor at hi,h
prices this can be greatly augmented next
year.
The following extract is from the minutes
of the Penitentinry board:
"Alr. j. II. Dcyorcux, of Charleston, last
year entered into contract with the board
TO take 10000 cubic yards Of granite at fl fly
hive cents from the Kinser quarry. Under
the Act Of Assembly The Com ptroler General
authorized the issue Of u warrant for $4,000
nrtn such contract being entered into -
When the contract was signed the canal com
mission drew the money. To secure the
State Mr.. Dcvereux agreed that the money
due the board for the 81, 600 yards of granite
should be paid directly from the United Stat es
Government with whom he said he had q
contract for jelty rock. II appearing to the
board that Mr.. Dcvcrcux had no such con-
tract for himself and having entirely failed
to keep the contract with the board thereby
costing them some 500 or $1,000 loss i'm
grading the branch road from the South Car
DINA Railroad to the quarry, the Attorney
General wGs instructed to proceed again Il
him for damages by civi. or criminal suit, as
he sees proper" ..s