The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-03

1 Pine to Marion. Medicines ar8 -
| taken along and administer -l
! men according TO the dtvtsanu. .
camp physician. nr. +. II G,-
| had been previously consulted H-r
ed that these men might BE &.
trip. The distance from SpFn
| Marion IS said 10 be tNc0tE-,.
The road. for tho most r9ff
| inEIy rough and bad. and tHr
| miles before reaching &8s#.-
must undoubtedly hc the rs-y ..
in North Carolina. starting e
the men reached Marion aNeat
n. m.-tired. % course. hu, t.s
! celved on the way q fairly E..f
with a plenty OF good. box
fee and without having btra room.
march more than Two miles sr -
| number Of mules had been hsf-r
| use OF the guards and ewrtat
one mulc for every tso uEeu. .t
| the body arrived at Marion 'f
| nearly all OF these mulcs ha1
rendered TO the ocnv.ets VIE haF -o
tired and the ,mployes verc ua..
walking. The supervisor hi ase', t-
a convict on his lucty Wit HIM .
siderable portion OF The jcp.ggy 10.
ItAt&Atl4A fAAEA w FE r
in passenger caches via f..f r
AMI rade as comfortable q, M
hf or the, were piocrl on th, tr.
prisoner aas given supper .rI
Of whiskey. which seemed to. Oh. .
much good. They remained ,0 t#.
during the night OF Tho e}st ANA
started on their journey toua-l E'
at nine o'clock OF the 22u1 or.
dred and fifteen prisoners. toEets..
fifteen employees. stopped at HII ..--
the remainder arrived here az o..
O'Clock on the night of tho 22nl. f. r.
~sonally saw them discElbark lg.w
car here and had them upshackl.|
made as comfortable as posaiAr .r
diately on their arrival. Th- Slick .
were taken at once to the hospital ...
arc still there. and | am int.rw.# ..
the doctor that all are ~imIroyiuc "
the exception OF the tvo Who N.r. .
fering from pulmonary troUhIr. ..
these. to say the least, arc no wur.. '.
whcn they left Spruce Pine. Cu Mem
the 26th, ! went to Hillsboro 10 t
the men left at that point. and tu.
that the quarters provided for ihen w
not as comfortable as they ought TO ....
been and that ;he ompany had not r..
such preparation as had been aar..#
upon and not wishing to cvpcac thr r..
to any hardships that could bc 49,. |.|
| made hurried arrangements ana lgnu...
the entire camp to Raleigh that y..r
evening, although these men. n JEFF, at
Hillsboro. would have boon earning w...
than 800 n day. Hero titcy are paylnr
US nothing. but are costing Us a good
deal.
Captain J. G.. Lashloy was I'm rhHr..
of the movement from The mountaius r.,
Raleigh. He has been In the employ or
the prison for many years and IS ono ~
the most intelligent and competent u..
in the service. He has stated to nae th.t
this movement was ono or thu best arl
most carefully arranged as well aa .ga
of the most successful with which De-
had ever had anything to do. am ..r.
that | can truthfully say that III 'H.
movement was to be made again. ] know
of nothing whatever that / could Io
more han was done for these men. nr-
less it be to hire carriages and maE...
for their transportation, and we ala am-
ploy on his occasion practically aIl '..
wagons that were to be hal and aII
mules that were TO be had in the r
borhood of Spruce Pine.
Trusting this explanation will DC
to you. I am,
Yours very truly,
(Signcd) J.. s. mann.
Superintendent