Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-12-04
yOLUME xLI.zNo lis.

there are now in confinement l705
prisoners, Of whom SO are white!
The cash receipts Of the iinlsstit,u,
ton for the year, Including the BAL
ance Of $1,l04.52 from the pre-, previous ioJu,
year, have amounted to s84,643.82
and the expenditures for all lpuurposei
have aggregated $77, as8.10, leaving
Eas balance On hand! $$&&,,155..T922 be,
sides about 100000 worth of cotton
and other farm products, estimated
at $4,000, and an indebtednessi Of
$10,234.48 by NJ "a. Markley & Co.
who were contractors of convict Ia.
Dor in the manufacture Of hosiery.
This indebtedness is now in the pro,
cess of settlement. 9n
The prison hospital, authorized Sto
be erected by the last General As.
sembly, is now in the process of con.
s%truction, and will be finished early
in the coming year. It will be q
handsome and c%ommodious building,
and will fll a long felt want, 1t is
being built entirely by convict labor,
under the superintendent Of Mr.
F. a.. Burrows, of this city, who is
employed as foreman Of the work.
The Board of Directors state that
they could not agrne upon the pur.
chase of the farm provided for by an
ACT of the General Assembly, passed
at ita last session. But ! anu i to
report that, at q meeting of the
Board held on the 18th of Noyembc.
instant, they finally decided to pur-
chase the DeSaussure place, in Sum
ter County, containing about 5000
acres of land, the price agreed on be.
ing $4,000. !, /. .a
The Governor, as showing the
highly successful management Of the
States's penal establishment for the
past twelve years, says that there
has been a total earning of $442,-
1902 in the twelve years, which,
after deducting all appropriations
during the period, and amounting to
s154,5S1.04, leaves $2s7,130.45 clear
balance, besides the support of the
prison for twelve years.
| rr -~, = 80. 80 -rF . ..s-#.,
His Excellenoy then deals with
the State Asylum. OF those now
in the Asylum 445 are white and
383 colored. In the Superintend-
ent's report there is a table Of some
interest, as it shows tho relative in.
crease Of the white and colored in
sane during the last twelve years.
It appears that in November, 1879,
there were only 10l negro patients.
and in November, 1889, 313, an in
crease of over 200 per cont, while
the waite population, it is stated,
within the, same period, advanced
from 230 to 400, slightly
more than rs per cent. With refer
ence to making further provision for
the colored insane, it is said
The status of the question is
briefly shown in the Superintendent
report. The Board of Regents were
appointed by the last General As
sembly a committee to visit at least
two counties Of the State to select a
location suitable for a separate Asry-
lum. The report Of the Board on
this subject forms a part of it's an
nual report to the General Assembly.
1t is a matter of Importance, and it's
consideration should not be post
poned to another session. 81
AS to the economical expenditures
of the institution it is shown in the
report of the Regents that the OK
penditures were so far short of the
receipts that even after ~reserving a
considerable sum for necessary per-
manent improvements, there remains
q balance to credit OF $4,000. There.
is a table to show that there has
been q gradual reduction of per
capita cost from &2O2.83 in 1876 to
$131.06 in 1904 difference of
$71.78. AT the former rate last
years expenses would have been
over $4,000 greater. The amount
last year is the lowest in the history
of the Asylum. 1t is surprising to
find that for the small sum of thirty
seven cents a day a patient can have
his whole support-food, lodging,
clothing, light, fuel, washing, medi-
cine and medical attention.
Of the militia the Governor thus
speaks:
A reorganization Of the militia is
recommended, in order to tho better
apportionment Of troops in the va
rious counties, some of which have
many companies, while others have
but one, 40