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

| to note. Prisoners sentenced TO the
penitentiary should be treated as pris-
Oners, but we have no right to SO treat
them as to make them physical wrecks
when discharged. Our motto has ever
been treat the prisoners hnmancly,
feed and clothe them well, give them
comfortable quarters and make them
work for their support not to tax the
honest labor of the State to keep them
up. For amorc full and explicit state =
mcnt of the health condition of the
institution would refer you to the re-
port of DR.. d. 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.. &. ID. Stanley and his lady aSsis-
tants. | 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 contented. Each Sunday
all the prisoners are given as much
liberty as good discipline will allow.
For more explicit statement of the
moral and religious condition of the
prison I refer to the report of Rev. A.
Pope Norris.
We have some years ago inaugurated
plan of allowing all prisoners under
IS years of age to sleep in one ward of
the hospital, giving them all the liberty
they want until 0 o'clock with one in
telligent prisoner with them to keep
the young straight. No person under
1S 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 S15, ,633.39. We have had very un-
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, in the history of the in
stitution. However, / would recon-
mend that the board authorize the
payment of $4,000 to the State treas
urer within the next 30 days or as soon
as we will be able to make collections
and sell what cotton we have OH hand.
We can pay the State treasurer $4,000
within the next Is or 90 days and have
Sc, 900 or ST, 900 to use in the 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 we'll as all the officers
Of the institution. For full and COM
plete statement OF the receipts and
disbursements of the institution allow
me to refer you to the complete report
of Mr.. r. Z. Burris. our competent and
painstaking bookkeeper.
hope the board will give in their re-
port full and complete statement OF
the Lexington, Reed and DeSaussnrc
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
realized 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 the State
from $4,000 to $4,000 annually. All
which I respectfully submit.
w. A. NEAL,
Superintendent.