The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-08-23
UTILIZATION OF CRIMINALS.
Con,icts Inside and Outside OF the pent-
tcntiary.


COLUMBIA, August l3.-There are to.
day SSo cOnvicts under sentence to the
Penl'entiary, Of which number 5l9 are
employed in the yard and 364 outside.
of the latter 81 are working on the
Greenwood, Lanrens and Spartanburg
Railroad, 66 on the Georgetown and
Lanes Railroad, lii nj Pringle's phos.
plate works, a at Cahill & Wise's NOW
Jervey's) phosphate works, Is at Seeger's
farm and ii at the Penitentiary farm.
Oi the number confined in the Penilen.
tiary an average number of lS3 worked
daily on the Columbia Cana! in july.
and about 1870 will work this month. la
August the terms of 33 convicts expire.
1t occurred to me to-day to examine
the record of deaths which is kept at the
Penitentary. I found that since No.
vember LIST last, out of an average mum
Der OF $50 convic,s under sentence Of i'm.
prisonment, rs had died The number
OF deaths at the different locations were
set down rs follows Penitcntiary yard,
l3; Georgetown and Lanes Railroad, 5;
Cahill Il Wise's Phosphate works, &
Pringle's phosphate works, / Seegers's
farm, l. The physicians records show,
however, that oi those who died within
the Pen!lent!ary walls had been recc;Y-
ed from the jais so i'll rs never to have
been able to work, 8 returned ill from
Cahill d Wise's camp, from Pringle's
camp, and from the Georgetown and
Lanes Railroad, leaving only 3 whose
deaths resulted from diseaIe contracted
IN the Penitentiary.
The following statement shows the av-
eragc number of convicts employed at
each place, and the mortality attribute.
BILE to each since November !. 1889 ::
Penitentiary, 800 hands, 3 deaths !;
Georgetown and Lanes Railroad, IS
hands, 8 deaths; Cahill &, Wises camp,
% hands, Q deaths; Pringe's camp, 145
hands, 3 deaths; Scegers's farm, 25
hands, l death.
FLOUR1SHING FACTORY.
shoe manufactory not affected by
the recent Northern trade failures is tha at
OF Dir. y. &. Dihe-., iii IL, Penitentiary
yard. MIR. Dibcrt over two years ago
effected the first lease of convicts in
South Carolina for manufacturing pur.
poses, and the employment of his capital
at the PenlteDtiary has been advantage.
Gus to that institution, the city and the
convlcts. To The first II constant income
and good prices for convict labor is af.
iorded; to the second business of con-
siderable dimensions and some immigra
ton has been given, and to the last lirht
work and good treatment has been assur-
ed. The manutactory employs an aver
age of lob hands, and turns out daily 800
pair OF shoes of all sorts, the gress value
of which amounts to $17j, 900 IL wear.
Three branch stores selling exclusively
the products of this manufactory have
been established, one each in Columbia,
Charleston and Augusta. They dispose
of about two.ffths Of the product.
branch will be opened III Atlanta
this fall. The Charleston branch house
has been exceptionally successful.
About seventy.five pairs OF hand sewed
shoes are made daily, and the rest are
machine. .sewed and nailed. The making
OF single pairs of iine shoes to order is ii
feature of the business, which is con-
stantly increasing. Large quantities of
shoes are shipped to Chicago, Cincinnati
and st. Louis and orders are constantly
filled from North Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi. Ala.
bama, Arkansas and Texas. This indus.
try has revived the old Columbia tan.
merry, which Is Il beneficial effect The
amount OF leather consumed weekly is
about one hundred sides of grain, twenty
dozen of calf skins, twenty dozen Of goat
skins, one hundred sides of leather and a
quantity of other kinds.
Speciality" is made of manufactur-
ing to order shoes out Of alligator hide
and slippers out of rattlesnake skins.
The "low country" ought to have II
plenty of the latter article. They are
tanned here ana make very pretty goods.
This factory and the hosiery mill occupy
one building and present a very busy
appearance. !; is light vor.i for the
convicts and profitable to the State. In
the basement of the same building the
Penitentiary carpenter shcns are located.
surprising amount of work il done
here. All the wheel. barrows. buckets
and woodenware Of the institution is
made here and well made too. A so.
horse power engine was working smooth
ly and rapidly when made my inspec-
tion to-day. The new women's prison
was going up rapidly, the work on the
canal was hurrviug and everywhere ac-
tivity and its results were apparent
Correspondence Of tie Ners and Courier.