The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-11

pcnitcntiary should bc treated ms pris
oilcrS. huf we have no right To So treat
them lis {" make them ply seal wrecks
when discharged. Our motto has ever
been treat the prisoners hnmauclv.
fc,''l and cl"tllr them we'll. give them
comtoltablr quarters anil make them
work for their support. nnl totaN the
honest labor of The ~tilctn keen thru,
up For ainorc full andc\p,irii stat.
mcnt OF the health condition nt The
institution would refer ynu to tl,, II,
port "i jr il. :. Pope.
We have regular >,ryicc each Sab
bath molnin. in the chapel. conducted
by "nr worthy chaplain. Hrv. A. Pope
Norris. Also Sunday school exercises
every Sunday aftrrnonn conducted hy
MIR. {. ID. Stanley and his lady a>>iS-
tantS. want to thank the Sunday
school people for their work and will
l,r glad to help them III any WAY pos
Sblc in their work. We hope tilry
will continue from year to year. feeling
that the Sunday school worl, has done.
much towards making the prisoners
satisfied and c0ntcntcd. Each Sunday
all the prisoners are given as much
liberty as good discipline will allow
For IL more explicit statement of the.
moral and religious condition of the
prison refer to the report of Rev. 4. Z.
Pope Norris.
We have some years ago naugurated
Il plan of allow ing all prisoners under
lSyears of age Ia sleep in one ward of
the hospital, giving them I'LL the liberty
they want until ? o'clock with one i'll
tclligcnt prisoner with them to kccI,
the young straight. No person under
Is years of age is allowed to stay in the
prison building. They have no contact
with the old and hardened criminals.
This reform was instituted five years
ago with very satisfactory results.
The institution is ont of debt, with
cash on hand and in sight amounting
! to &15,G:I3.39. We have had Il very nn-
satisfactory year agrlculturally. short
cotton crop, bad quality and low price,
but taking all in all we ought to feel
satisfied as we will be able to make
ends meet this the worst year for farm
ing operations, so far as clear money
is concerned, i'll the history of the in
stitutiOn. However, | would recon-
mend that the board authorize thu.
| payment of $4,000 to the State treas
| urcr within the next 30 days or us soon
ais we will be able to make collections
and sell what cotton we have on hand.
We can pay the State treasurer 5000
within the next IL or 90 days and have
$4,000 or s. 900 to use in HE next years
operations.
Allow me to thank the board of di-
rectOrs, each and every one, for their
kind treatment and advice given dur
ing the year, as well as all the officers
Of the institution. For Il full and com
pietu statement of the receipts and
disbursements of the institution allow
me to refer you to the complete report
OF Mr. Il. +. Burris. our competent and
3:siiistasiing bor:1kvr;,cr.
hope the board will give in their re
port full and complete statement of
the Lexington, Reed and DeSiuss,lrc
farms fOr the past year. The farming
operations have not been as we would
have liked for them to have been for
the past year owing largely to unfavor-
able seasons and low prices. We have
made fairly good crops, but the cash
realizeti for the same has been much
less than in any year during my con-
nection with the penitentiary. want
to call the attention of the board to the
fact that all the real estate has been
paid for and farms thoroughly equip
ped. Therefore we may readily expect
to be able to turn over to tfe State
from $10.0e0 to s20,0e9 annually. Ali
which ! respectfully submit.
w. A. NEAL,
Superintendent.