The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-30
4 STATE RaFORMAT0EY.
Women's Federation Actively Pro.
: noting Such an Establishment,

women f'ederattOn Actively Pro.
: noting Such an Establishment.
About seven years ago the women
OF Alabama, seeing the great evil
dore to youthful law-breakers by as
scciation with adult criminals, inaug.
urated q movement for the establish
ment OF an industrial school for white
boys. a committse was appointed.
which presented to certain legislators
the great need OF such an Institution.
The Legislature granted charter
for a 'reformatory and industrial
,cnool, to be established under the
care OF the State OF Alabama y
or the benefit Of orphan, helpless and
wayWard children" and said school
TO receive and provide for the vel.
fare Of white children between the
ages tf eight and sixteen who, by rea-
son Ct their conduct or surroundings,
Ire likely to become base OF criminal,
CT hu,uful to the State or the best in.
erests ct society = \ c. such chill.
dren as shall have committed petty
offerces or crines;" said children to
je committed to the school or refor-
matory ty any Judge or other proper
officer.
The Legislature appropriated three
thou sand dollars for this school,
appropria tion was supplemented by
contributions from public-spirited
cltizsns, and a school was established at
East Lake, near Birmingham. The
Legislature has since made increasing
appropriations, and now ninety boys
are DeiDg clothed, boarded, educated
and trained In useful industries. A
proni-ent judge recently said that
Alabama could better do away with
every other polio Institution than the
industrial school.
Tennessee has had an industrial
school for fifteen years. Careful re.
cords k pit Of the subsequent careers
OF the thousand boys dismissed show
tnat less than TWO per cent. reverted
to evil ways. Experience having
shown that 1t Is cheaper to prevent
crime tnan to punish the criminal, all
save fourteen Of the United States
h3ve est. blished such schools.
Ia the last fifteen years, how many
South Carolina boys have been allowed
o commit one petty offence after an
Jther, and left unpunished and IN
cared ror, until old enough to perpe-
crate crimes leading to terms In the
penitentiary?
The South Carolina Federation Of
Womsn's Clubs, having undertaken
The work cf securing school modelled
% the lines Of the one successfully
operated in Alabama, asks and conf
IDENTIFY expects. the hearty support Of
ali citizens OF South Carolina.
1t is proposed to form an industrial
school association, with vice presi-
dent fer each county, which vice pres
ident will organize the work in her
county, endeayoring to arouse inter-
st In the movement. The following
committee urges the cooperation Of
all women In South Carolina who be-
lieve In giving every boy chance:
Mrs. NJ. F. Ansel, GreenVille; Mrs
". B. Wilson, Rock Hill; Mrs. Ira B.
Jones, Lancaster; Mrs. J. NJ. V SIM
ska, Charleston; Miss e. McClintock,
Columbia; Miss NJ. E. Waterhouse,
Beaufort; Mrs. John 6. White, Ches-
ter: Mrs. B. G.. Clifford, Union; Mrs.
Charlts Petty, sparIanburg; Miss NJ.
Caroline McIver, Darlington; Mrs.
Mortimer Glover, Orangeburg; Mrs.
A. F. McKissick, Greenwood; Mrs.
&. D.. Wright, Newberry; Mrs. S.
Bleckley, Anderson; Mrs. F. W. P.
Butler, Edgefelo; Mrs. W. H. Car
roll, Bennettsville; Miss Dulce Noise,
Sumter; Mrs. J. o. G. Fleming, Laur-
ems; Mrs. Martha Orr Patterson,
Greenville, chairman.