Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-01-09

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900 have Tile sasa ions forg
last 44S, the eyer
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tue Isl abused I what classes 81
persons are admitted tc
theorigia law ofI828 unac and epieticE and
have been insane by pro-
vision while elastic statutes gadu-
ally included undesrabe enents of our in,
beetles ,corgbes blind and many aged pcrsoi,s
dotard who properly belSilg alnshouses state
ment u some degree population
Of the Hospital in the last Years. Sd that properly
interpreted these appalling figures necessarily imply such
a enormous increase of cases of acute The
real fact being according to statistics presented Babcock
cases not increasing
State out of proportion the increase population final
ossnd
sape and that the support Of Such patients IS
y about 500 capita year. # S45@ 8
nny last suggested that measures be taken by tie
General Assembly looking to the Houses in those
Counties which had not provided them towards the improve
n,ent of those already existing. MIA @ # M 8s#
The financial Of the Hospital through the ovesah
and efficiency Of Bunch the treasurer IS its BEST feature
and will be the subject Of Especial portoa committee appointed
by the General Assembly During the year per capita
remained substantially the several years. &
Upon business basis Regents the Hospital ask for appr-
priations for these specific purposes and amounts
improvements and Repairs . " s'9oooo 1882
I Payment Of Wallace debt. . (. ..a.. .|. 4r2o
ese"'s fAeco"'l account ~ s..#,.s.. 1,2oo
$r1532o
also take pleasure in commencing earesness and ehiciecy
OF Pr w Babcock the Superntendent Of this Institution
.# THE STATE. PENITENTIARY.
The report Directors and Supenendcnt
Of the Pcnicntiary shows gratifying condition Of affairs at
this institution Willie money will be into the State
Treasury this yet have made
OUT OF the net earnings amounting in round numbers $2oooo
and there is still cash balance expenses of
about $4,000 In addition to this the farms have yielded
provisions sufficient to the institution until crop
vested he number OF cohvcts remains practically the
one modern prison, which very needed is
nearing completion within the walls of the Pentenay
SI45oo In addition to being safe prison, built view
to the health and comfort Of the prisoners for out
OF the net earnings OF the Pentenay during the At the
last session OF the Legislature provision made
OF Reformaory for youthful criminals substantial
frame structure for this purpose has been Lexington
ar in which will be kept all prisoners under 16 years age
While it will be the Of the Superintendent them
instruction i'll morals and possible citizens of them
when they released they will be required to labor as
other prisoners but will be kept entirely separate
and more hardened criminals At only fourteen
prisoners under 10 OF and these all negroes
good needed and improvements have also
been made OH the State farms and everything there good
condition There has been discussion regard
WSaDy OF the State owning
thoughtful investigation Of the subject will convince you
that would not be good business judgment dispose these
farms requires only convct operate farms and in
this way corn and provisions and other things necessary
support Of the convc made less expense cy could
be purchased 1t argued by that could be
worked upon the public roads am heartily i'll favor anything
that would give good roads anyone not see how the
State could undertake this work through Counties 1t
would be good plan those which chaingangs are
maintained would prisoners the
state to keep up good chaingang force all the time
BEST information available and from those
with changangs, it profitable the County TO main
tain chaigang when the number falls below In most Of
the counties the is below that farming out OF
convicts to individuals should be discontinued If this were done
it would call in covcts who to individuals
and that number put the roads the counties in the