The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-05

tultlon, while another who has NOT
PAID taxes is allowed to enter bis bov
without tuition, it has the appearance
or injustice and favoritism. But 7 do
not direct attention to it from any mo-
tive other than to have the Question
decided. Let US do away with the
farce OF requiring tuition, or see to it
that the dishonest and unscrupulons
90 not abuse the States bounty. It is
not right that the man of honesty and
honor shall pay because be is willing
to pay, and then not provide a rule
which will make those similarly stu
ated to pay likewise.
Then again, I wish to point ont the
existence of abuses in awarding the
scholarships in the Citadel. This wear
complaints have reached NE from four
counties, charging favoritism and sharp
practice in the conduct of the examin-
ations. 1t is notorious, and is becom-
ing a stencil in the nostrils Of the peo-
pie, that the class of whom these
capetships were intended does not re.
ceive the benefit. Those charged With
the burden of educating the hdSghave
elastic consciences in swesefag to the
amount of property thsy own. The
auditors certificate is 6tained by some
"hocus pocus," andgas is FREQUENTLY
the case, men Who are perfectly able
to educate their children have little or
no property on the tax duplicate. The
school is being fast Gndermined in the
IssfIections Of tsspeople because of these
abuses a6aey the system Of competi'
tive examinations. When even fair.
ness and impartiality govern them, the
poorest class Of the boys, who alone
should obtain scholarships, are out.
ranked and showed aside by the;sons ol
men whose means give them better op.
portunities. Then, when it is remeul.
bered that the State forces taxes from
the people, to the amount of $500 year
for each beneficiary at the Citadel,
while it only costs Sl40, including tut.
ton, to give equally as good training al
Clemson, it can be easily seen that the
Citadel will not stand the comparison
or the competition. I have urged in a
previous message that, instead Of bav-
ing two benefciaries from a county
and allowing eaah $500, the numb Der be
doubled, giving four, and allowing each
only $3.50, and then make the boys CT
their parents make good the deficiency
out Of their own resources.
The students at the two schools will
then be on terms of equality, except
that there are nc bene6ciaries at Glenn
son whatever. To state the proposition
with absolute fairness, let US make the
comparison as follows:
At Clemson the State furnishes the
faculty, and heat and light free OF
charge. If we allow twelve thousand
dollars of the twenty appropriated to
the Citidal to furnish the same for that
college, then the eight thousand re-
naming goes to furnish board, uni.
forms, books, ETC., to the seventy bene-
fciaries. Now, to educate seventy ad.
ditional benefciaries DO additional
teaching force will be necessary, and if
the hundred and forty are charged
enough out of their own resources to
pay for the board, uniforms, books, etc.,
of the additional seventy, it is all that
will be necessary. I urge this change
as the only means to keep the school
alive; for the people are growing very
restive under constantly increasing de-
mand made for higher education.
PENAL AND CHARITABLE INsTITU-
TIoNs.
The lunatic asylum and the State
penitentia1y, which come under this
head, are both in better condition, as
regards their buildings, sanitary ar
rangements' and their entire admins
tratlon, than ever before in their his
tory. 1t is no vain boast to say that
they will compare favorably with any
institution of their class in the United
States. At the asylum the daily average
of patients has been 773, and it is graft.
slight decrease in the number of admis-
sions. October 2lst there were 79S in
mates, of whom 460 were white and 33S
colored. Many Improvements have
been made on the farm and in the
main building, during the incumbency
OF the present perintendent. The
per capita expense has been Sl23. 81, .as
compared with $113 SO last year The
farm has been admirably managed,
yielding a large crop Of corn and an
enormous quantity of vegetables, milk,
etc. While both the superintendent
and the steward have received their
appointments from me, and used my
best judgment, they were both untried
men, and given their places with some
misgivings as to the results. Their ap-
pointments were necessarily somewhat
of an experiment. have congratulated
myself time and again on the happy
fortune which suggested them to
me, and do not hesitate to congratu-
late the people of the State. Two more
progressive, painstaking, Jealous and
efficient officers cannot be found any,
where, and it only needs a visit to the
asylum to see, at a giauce, the many
marked' Improvements in sanitation,
ventilation, cleanliness, and the many
other things going to increase the COM
fort, health and safety of the unfortu-
nate inmates. I would not be under
stood as giving all the credit to these
two men. The regents are entitled TO
their full share and each and every
officer ofthe institution has contributed
to its present superatively satisfactory
condition.
The management of the penitentiary
has been equally ss satisfactory, and
the showing made is equally worthy of
praise; more especially as the iustitu-
ton has met with a serious disaster in
the burning of the hosiery mill, which
with the electric motor used to run it,
entailed heavy loss. This has been
rebuilt on an enlarged plan, and it is
nearly ready to be occupied. An i'm
proved system OF sewerage and water
closets has been put in; and here again
the visitor can see marked change
looking to the better care, comfort and
health of the prisoners. Figures will
give q better illustration of what has
been accomplished, and give the num-
Der of inmates, with the number of
deaths, for a series of years:
Statementof Deaths and Annual Average Of
Prisoners in Penitentiary.
Deaths. Average.
s2 9H
lSS7-............-....... 80 lois
loo S76
1873. Observation-Disclosures. l0l SS7
1870 9O............................. Ill S45
10. 5.......-.-.-.-.S........ ~ II4
1872 lS92.-...................... ~ Ss5
1875 93.......-...-............... IS 9t3
1914 0l l,OE
There were on the 3lSt Of October l.G12 pris-
onerS, an increase CT 19 over last year. The
following is the financial statement:
Assets