The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-26
NEWS OF A DAY
GEORGlA'S CAPITAL
FOR A STATE REFoRMAToRY
RECONSIDERATION is MADE BY
THE PRISON COMMISSION.

Report of the Commission Shows
the Need There Is for Such an
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Derived From
the Convict Labor Contracts Are
Large, But the Commission Thinks
They Will he Larger Yet.
Atlanta, June 25.-The Prison Com
mission, in its annual report, COM
pleted to-day and sent to the printer,
strongly recommends the establish
ment Of state reformatory for youth
full criminals. There are now twenty
ore young criminals under the age of 1s
In the state penitentiary, though they
are confined at the state farm and
kept separate from the adult criminals.
The commission says there are about
thirty-five or forty youths under sixteen
In the various county chaingangs of the
state. The need for a reformatory is
strongly stressed
The commission in this connection,
calls attention to the only reforma-
tories in the state, these now being
operated by Fulton and Richmond
counties.
The commission states that there ara
ISIS convicts in the state penitentiary,
The death rate has been only 16 per
cent. per annum.
During a period of twenty mon tbs,
which the report covers, the commits
sion has passed on $50 applications
Tor executive clemency. In 1877 of these
cases, pardons or combinations have
been recommended, and 100 have been
rejected.
Inc commission calls attention to the
fact that Under the new contracts en-
tered into for the use of the convict
labor, the state will receive a net
profit of $225, 900 annually as against
about $4,000 under the old contract.
In THIS connection, it is stated that
some of the new lessees are already
making profit of $50 to SIS on the
conYicts which they have, so it is rea-
sonable to suppose the limit of profit
has by no means yet been reached by
the state.
Arc Given Scholarships.
Gov. Terrell to-day appointed TWEEN
ty-six young Georgians to the bene-
ficiary scholarships, allowing free tut
ton and other privileges at the Madi-
cal College of Georgia, Augusta,
branch of the State University. Four
We're named from the state at large,
as follows: w. B. Spain, Talbotton;
G. o. Williams, West Point; A. G.. De-
Loach, Augusta; ]. D. Peacock, Quit
man. Besides these, two were APP
pointed from each congressional dis
trlct. Those from the First congress
sional district are: Lannie L. Lanier
of Stillmore and William H. Sutton of
Swainsboro; from the Second district,
A. j. Odum of Hampstead, and G.. T.
Grozler OF Cedar Springs; from the
Eleventh district, j. w. Simmons, Jr.,
of Mt Vernon, and Lewis Smith OF
bonneville.
Must Work Their COnvicts.
The State Prison Commission has in
formed the authorities of Coffee and
Dougherty counties that they must
work their misdemeanor convicts, or
they cannot have the felony convicts
allotted them by the state. One of
the conditions upon which counties re-
ceive felony convicts is that they shall
work their misdemeanor convicts. The
reason for the commissions action is
the report which came to it that these
counties have been hiring out their
misdemeanor convicts, and only work
ing the convicts supplied by the state.
For Medical Missionaries.
The alumni of the Southern Medical
College, at their coming meeting in At
lanta July Il, viii take steps looking
to the establishment of training
school for medical missionaries. The
president of the society DR.. J. McF.
CASTOR of this city, is now working on
Unknown Man Killed.
the matter.
An unknown white man, supposed
to be j. c. Shelton of st. Claire county,
Alabama, was run over and killed by
q Southern Railway train on the Chat
6ahoochee river trestle this morning.
The name given was found on papers
dn his pockets.