The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-20
SEVERAL OTHER CHANGES
SHARE" FARMING AT TILLERY
TO CEASE.
COMFORTABLE QUARTERS FOR CoNWCTS
Capt. Day Requested 10 Discontinue the En-
poyment of Mr.. TiIlery as his Farm
Manager. Blood Hounds
to be Bought.

The penitentiary directors yesterday
completed their work and adjourned to
meet again in January.
The meeting yesterday lasted from 8 to
/ O'clock And it was ''prblic," they said
when they came back to the city, but
there was nobody there to take advan-
tage of the publicity. The newspaper
men had not been notified that star cham
ber proceedings were to be dispensed
with, they did not care to again intIude.
OF course the principal business of
the day was Il division of the spoils that
Bill Day had surrendered to the board
as a peace offering for Lewis Summerell.
This had been decided in caucus the
night before and was as follows:
J. NJ. Wall to succeed II. T. Reinhardt,
removed, as supervisor of the Anson
farm.
Clay Alternately to succeed J. H. Nc
Iyer, removed, as supervisor Of Caledonia
farm No. /.
c. NJ. Christian retained as super
visor Of Tillery farm.
c. j. lhem retained as supervisor of
Caledonia farm No. 2.
J. A. Mcdonald to succeed w. j. Brad
shaw, removed, as manager of railroad
camp.
W. w. Green to succeed r. B. Russell
as warleH Of the peRiteBtiaFy.
$. H. Pearson retained as book-keeper
at the Central Prison.
III. b. Hunter elected as manager of
the Shirt factory. This is the place
formerly held by Mott
Il. G. Davidson to succeed Capt John
Smith, removed, as manager of the brick
yard.
j. f. Clayton to succeed Turner, re-
signed, as kitchen steward.
Oscar Branson to succeed Simpson,
removed, as mail carrier.
j. r. Cullom to succeed Capt. Price,
removed, as gate keeper.
A. Il. Wadford, who vas recently
dropped from the yroll was put back
on and sent to Northampton farm.
Resolutions were passed as follows by
the board:
That the convict quarters on all the
farms shall be made comfortable.
That good shoes shall hc provided for
the convicts.
That all sales OF products from the
farms shall he for cash and all outstand-
ing bills at once collected
That the Caledonia farms (Nos. ] and
y shall be connected by telephone.
That 125 convicts shall be sent to An
son farm ON January 1st, and all the
cleared land ON this farm cultivated.
That the raising of hogs ON shares at
Tillery farm be discontinued.
That all the farms except those owned
by the State be discontinued.
THAT there shall be no further culti-
walton of the Tillery farm ON shares
the executive board is directed to either
rent the farm entirely for the State or
dispose of its two years lease ON it.
That the penitentiary management
Shall get rid of the hounds it NOW owns
and buy four blood hounds for the cap
ture of escaped convicts
Am order also was made requesting
Superintendent Day not to retain Capt.
Iillery as manager. of farms
THE executive board was directed to
the question of putting wind
mills on the Caledonia farms.
The board inspected the cells and prem
ises at the Central Prison and reported
them in good oqlition.
A claim of $50 for blood hound lost
in pursuing a prisoner was allowed War
den r. B. Russell.
Superintendent Day was instructed IN
case of vacancies in the position of su-
of farms to appoint ALI Saund-
ers, of Johnston county, and NJ. K. Sprin-
gle, of Beaufort.