The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-19
stitution l would refer you to the re-
mort of DR.. ID, S. POpe. E.

Stltutl0n WOul0 REFER you 10 the re-
port Of DR.. ID. S. Pope.
We have regular service each Sab
bath morning in the chapel, conducted
by our worthy chaplain, Rev. A. Pope
Norris. Also Sunday school exercises
every Sunday afternoon, conducted by
Mr.. C.. d. Stanley and his lady assis-
tants. L want to thank the Sunday
school people for their work and will
be glad to help them in any way pos
sible in their work. We hope they
will continue from year to year, feeling
that the Sunday school work has done
much towards making the prisoners
satisfied and contentcd. Each Sunday
all the prisoners are given as much
liberty as good discipline will allow.
For a more explicit statement Of the
moral and religious condition of tho
prison refer you to the report of Rev.
A. Pope Norris.
We have some years ago inaugu-
rated a plan of allowing all prisoners
under eighteen years of age to sleep in
one ward Of the hospital, giving them all
the liberty thoy want until 8 o'clock
with one intelligent prisoner with them
to keep the young straight. Nopclson
under eighteen years of age is allowed
TO stay in the prison building. They
have no contact with the old aud hard.
ened criminals. This reform was in
stitutcd five years ago with very satis-
factory results.
The institution is out of debt, with
cash on hand and in sight amounting
to $l5,G33.39. We have had very
unsatisfactory year agriculturally, short
cotton crop. bad quality and low price,
out taking all in all wo ought to feel sat
islicd as we will be able to make ends
meet this the worst year for farming
operations, so far as clear money in
concerned, in the history Of the insti-
tuition. However, would recommend
that the board authorize the payment
Of $4,000 to the State treasurer within
the next thirty days or as soon as we
Will be able to make collections and
sell what cotton we have on hand. We
can pay the State treasurer $4,000
within the next fifteen or twenty days
and have Sc 200 or 900 to use in
the next years. operations.
| ALLOW mo TO thank the board Of di-
rcctors, 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 full and
complete statement Of The receipts and
disbursements Of the institution allow
me to refer you TO the complete report
OF Mr. r.. e. Burrls, our competent
and p1instaking booHkcepcr.
hope the board will give in their
report full and complete statement
of the Lexington, Reed and DcSaus-
sure 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 ow-
ing largely to unfayorable seasons
aud low prices. We have made fairly
good crops, but the cash realized for
the same has been much less than in
any year during my connection with
the pcnitc ntiary. l want to call the
attention Of the board to the fact that
all the real estate has been paid
for and the farms thoroughly equipped.
Therefore, we may readily expect to
be able to turn over to the State from
$4,000 to $4,000 annually. All
OF which l respectfully submit.
w. A. NEAL,
Superintendent.