The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-02
YHs con asea or sesae,A TO ,us
snsgesea 90 noara cARolIxs

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= 6ovsraor Atkinsor. &c GeoTsi. "a.
rsqsss,sd .ov.rner Kzs.sll % give
han sons orss;loa a. 20 The m.a-
sgene.' Of the esa,ie,. In The stsf.
pstson IN ikis State. For |. ionr .lu-
tho ccnssess 10 G~ofgA have bee
ltased to privst. G.4irsds,'s or cor
pora'ioes Tor 90 mses rst bead
Thsre are too proposs;iors es;ors -.
Georgia Legislature shieh 10 nos an
sessior; ore 10 20 eoa,ins~ 60 lsa.~
the &C nsic.s which esn 10 doss q, .
pront. tue other 10 for tho STAT. o.
use the convicts "a some prx Abl-
employ meat 10 that eAa be iSaas
The corresponasnc~ ectwcsn ths
tvo Govsrncss ~ - sVilovss
"ArLsSrA. g.. Nov. =. l~.i-
Gov. ID. J.. Russell. Raleigh. y. e.
What ,s the total vsias ot r-al 90
tate aud sqaipmsn, osH.d by 20.
State for Peniientiary purposes. spd
whs. total am oant for this purrsss.
P.~ase wire answer .; oac.
W. \. ATKINSON.
Gov. o. GeorTiA"
To ihis Governor kass.l. made 10
ply as follows:
RALrioH, n. G.. Nov. -. lsss.
Gov. w. A. A,kinsps. Atlanta. Ga
The value of real estate, inolgdlsg
the central ptison. actually osnsd.
Is approximately ore million dollars.
The zeal estate aud other property
owned Was paid for by n special iar
and appropriations covering q period
Of twenty years.
10 addition 10 th =. The pen riientiAry
Ia ases SIX farms AZ . total annual
rental OF about fifteen thousand dol
lars, which 10 for the mos, part a
piece OF J,bbsry.
Until the last legislature an annual
appropriation mas been made for its
support. and for the las, -four years
the penitentiary has cost the State.
over and above earnings. one hnn-
drsd and four thousand dollars
Oar last legislature made no con
tingent appropriation: but our pres
ent management seems likely TO pay
the debts Of the preceding admins
tratiou, all expenses this year and .
neat sum in the State treasury.
The aggregate expenditures from
1876 TO lS9G were - .0J7 .0CD. the ag-
gtegxte earnings for the sane time
sl.liJ,0o0; net expenditures, 81 .5l9.-
600.
DANIEL l.. RUssELL.
Governor Of North Carolina
The News 4 Observer comm enting
upon Governor Rnssell's reply. says.
at will be observed that the Gov
ernor calls the lease Of farms q piece
of j,bbery (because the leIfe was
made under Democratic Adminis;ra
tom. and then gees on 10 show thA,
il is good thing by claiming tha,
the present administration will make
them pay. IL this be true. which IL
ia not, no one could ask for anything
better.
\ good kind of Jobbery that"
The News and Observer is either
grossly ignorant, or willfally at
tempts 10 hide the truth 10 shield
Democratic Incompetence and job.
berry In connection with the pepiien-
tiary. THE CAUCASUS has already
published facts and figures which no
Democratic paper has attempted o.
deny, showing that the Anson coun.
lty farm WAS leased for nine years A'
an outrageously high price; indeed
what Was rented WAS not q farm but
lot of poor hillsidcs and wood land,
which il was necessary 90 clear and
improve at great expense before Il
was worth anything as . farm. Ye
the Democratic directors Of the pen
itentiary leased this farm, contract
ing TO pay twenty three hundred dol
lars year for nire years After tn,
State has cleared the land and i'm
, proved il for nine years il may b,
worth something, bat surely at ;h'
end OF that time the owner of III,
, land should pay the State rouu,
fee for improving it instead OF tn
Z State ps ying nearly twenty thousan'
dollars tor the privilege OF sinkinl
nearly that much money. " this /
not j,bbery then there has neve
been any in the State. Ii is probs
, BILE tha. every one Of the penitentiar
farms will make expenses this yea
2 for the first time, except the Anso
farm. which is sure to throw the per
\ iteutiary in debt.