The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-13

think, IS good, considering the fac1
that we get all manned, diseased ano
refused from all the county chair
gangs in the State. Under the Law
the county supervisors may take or
refuse all prisoners whose sentence
does not exceed two years; being Civ.
en- the right, they do not, of course
take unsound prisoners. To the
health Of the prisoners, care Of the
sick, we give careful attention, as
we'll as all the money necessary with
out stint. In this connection We
would state and beg to call the atten
tion of the board to the fact that the
chemical analysis Of the drinking wa
ter at the Penitertiary show both well
and spring are becoming more and
more unsafe year by year. The last
analysis shows the we'll to be decided
ly unsafe and The spring barely so.
We ought, in my judgment, to take
some steps toward getting pure wa.
ter supply. With our fine sewerage
and other sanitary improvements,
pure drinking water furnished, the
health of the Penitentiary would be
greatly improved. For more minute
| statement of the health and sanitary
condition of the prison would refer
you to the report Of DR.. D. S.
Pope. Tue church and Sunday-school
room has been cverhauled and put in
good condition, with a new organ
furnished. We have church service
every Sunday morning, conducted by
the chaplain, also Sunday-school ser.
vice in the afternoon, superintended
by Messrs. Stanley and Adams, with
their lady friends.
Twill call your attention to the re-
port Of the chaplain, the Rev. A.
Pope Norris. The prisoners seem to
be better satisfied, which, I think, is,
in a measure, attributable to the re-
ligious exercises in which many of
them take much interest. I am glad
to state that a good supply Of relig-
ious literature is being furnished at a
small cost to the State by friends and
religious societies. The new barn for
cattle, wagon sheds, cribs, stables, 81
los, lot fence, slaughter pens; in fact,
everything entirely new in the lot has
been built this year at cost of about
$4,000. The prison building has been
cemented inside the cells, new iron
bedsteads, with springs, for the pris-
oners, church overhauled and some
other minor improvements in the yard,
costing about 81 900.
REED FARM IMPROVEMENTS.
New large prison building, guards
quarters, cook shed, cattle barn, etc.,
at at cost of about $4,000. Also
$50 acres of land cleared and ditched.
DEsAUssURE FARM IMPROVEMENTS.
Two new bridges, prison building,
improved and made more secure, new
guards quarters, large and complete
new dining and cook room for mana
gers and guards, new smoke house, hay
sheds, grist mill, engine, boiler and
saw mill sheds; all at cost of about
$1,000. Also guano house on railroad
track for Reed and Desaussure farms,
20 feet wide, 80 feet long, good brick
pillars, strong and substantial, at a
cost of $500. This building will be
used for storing guano in bulk direct
from the cars, which can be sacked
and hauled to the fields.
The crops have not been good at any
of our farms, and especially short at
some of our share farms. DeSaussure
farm, 80 mule crop: 313 bales of cot
ton, at $50 per bale, So, 1890; 1926
bushels of cotton seed, at l5c., s974.-
25; 300 tons Of hay and fodder at $40,
$4,000; 1886 gallons of molasses at
zoe. s639 20; ,944 bushels of oats at
49,, s1.977.6O; 800 bushels Of sweet
potatoes at 25c., 5000; 400 bushels
Of Irish potatoes at 4Oc., $3.50; 5000
pounds of pork at &C., $3.50; 5000
bushels of corn at 50c., $500. Total
value of farm products made on De-
Saussure farm, 1896, s19,09l.05,
which is $685. per mule.
REED FARM, 3O-MULE CROP.
Three hundred and thirteen bales
Of cotton at $50 per bale, 1880 ;
1926 bushels of cotton seed at 15c.,
$974.25; 4,8OO bushels of corn at 50c.,
50, 400; $500 bushels of oats at 40c.,
| $1,000; 300 bushels Of peas at &c.,,
$3.50; 225 tons Of hay and fodder at
$40 per ton, $50; 1900 bushels Of
potatoes at 25c., 1926; 2,674 pounds
Of pork at &c., s133.70. Total value
of farm products, sl6,652.95, or s565
per mule.
LEXINGTON FARM, WITH TEN MULES.
Eighty-two bales Of cotton, at $50
per bale, s2,460; 500 bushels of corn
| at 5Oc., $3.50; 125 bushels of oats, at
4Oc., $50; $500 bushels OF cotton
seed, at 15c., 1915; Is bushels of
peas, at 60 cents, sl5; 25O bushels of
potatoes, at25 cents, s62.5O; fodder,
SIS. Total value Of crop, So, 1880,
or s373.7 Is per mule.
The four share farms were very un.
satisfactory this year, and I am glad
to say the contracts have all expired,
| and will not be renewed; hence we
will not have any chare crops next
next year, will only have crops on the
land owned by the State and under
our full control.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
We fully intended to sell the entire
cotton and oat crop during the month
Of December, but the price Of cotton
has been so much depressed, and
each day expecting the market to re-
act. We have samples in the COM
missary building, and will sell the
same in the next few days. [ am
glad to report the financial condition
Of the institution is better than at
any time for the last four years. We
will be able to pay every dollar the in
stitution owes, including the s., 900
for the purchase of the Reed farm,
bought last year, and pay cash for our
next years guano supply, which has
been bought some time ago at very
| low price. Total liabilities, SIS, ,37O.93.
Assets, 734 bales Of cotton, at $50 per
bale, $22, ,O2C; amount due from con-
tractors and other sources, So, lOS.46;
$500 bushels of oats, at 40 cents,
1000; total, s2S, S,128.46, which will
leave us, after paying all the demands
against the institution, 50, ,757. 7.53. We
have on hand food supplies, which
will not be offered for sale, at low cash
value, s24, ,797.