The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-17
CARRIED THE DAY.
Bill Passes the House to Build a State
Reformrt.ly.

Reformrt.iy.
The Bill Appropriates Five Thous.
and Dollars TO Start on and
Use Of Conviots.
BY q vote of 78 to 20 the house of
representatives Wednesday gave IA
vorable consideration to the bill to
provide for State industrial school
fol wayWard boys This is the bill to
provide for a high grade reformatory,
q place In which youthful criminals
will be reformed and proper ideas of
manhood instilled into their hearts.
At half past IL O'Clock the house be.
gan the consideration Of Mr.. Patter.
sons bill to establish an Industrial
school for boys and to provide for its
government and maintenance" Mr..
Patterson spoke in defense of his bill.
1t is not asking this State to make an
experiment which has not been tried
elsewhere. There Is one in every
southern State except five, and in
Georgia and North Carolina the gov
ernors have asked for suoh q bill to
be passed in those States. The indus
trial school in Alabama was started
with five boys. The appropriation
was 80 900, with which land was
bought. The boys slept in tents and
ate In a log cabin. Today there are
20 boys In the school in Alabama and
a prominent judge has said that the
State can better afford to do without
any other institution. In Tennessee
there Is such school which has
turned out 1000 boys, only per
cent of whom have returned to crime,
aud nearly all Of them are filing po.
sitions Of trust. He expects no OBJ
jection to the bill except on the
ground Of expense. The penitentiary
last year turned into the State treas
ury $40, 900 Is there any better use
to which that money could be put ?
This money with the 81, 900 saved
from the quarantine stations would
give all thai is necessary. The bill
does call fol an appropriation, but the
bill will save jail costs, court costs
AMI other costs. The family of q
criminal In New York was traced 70.
seven gener atoms and it was learned
that In the jails, almhouses, ETC., the
State has been put to an expense OF
81. $50 900. Tue hoys will be taught
trade and will be put to work on
the farms, 40 that the institution will
BE- made self supporting. In the
State reformatory there are now 49
negro boys and two white boys They
are taught Sunday school lessons, but
| no trade or secular school lessons.
There are other white boys on the
chaingangs. What will white boy
ever amount to II he Is to b., chained
to criminal negro for 90 daysp He
spoke Of the moral effect Of the bill
In retaining youths and saying to
them they are part OF the State.
Several members spoke against the
measure because they did not believe
the State could afford the expense to
build 1t at this time. Mr.. DeVore
6tfared an amendment to the bill to
cut the appropriation to $1,000 In
place OF $4,000. Mr.. Otis favored
the general principles Of the bill, but
he thought $4,000 would be enough
for the first year, as some time would
be consumed In the board being or.
Sanizcd and In buying a site. He OF
fered an amendment to that effect and
providing for the penitentiary 10 fur
nigh labor to erect buildings
Mr.. Patterson announced 10 1tll-
i.'gness to accept Mr.. DeVore's
amendment to cut the proposed ap.
preparation toS7 500. After one year IS
trial the legislature will be we'll pleas.
ed With Its work. by vote of 81 tc
,25s Mr.. OTIS amendmsnt was adopted
and the appropriation will be s5 ,OoC
instead OF SIS, 900. The house also
adopted Mr.. Otis further amendment
that SO many convicts as they NAV
require In building or to aid in build.
Ing be furnished the trustees by the
directors OF the penitentiary without
cost to the trustees" +" Mr.. CASTOR pro-
posed an amendment which was adopt
ed. 1t provides that three OF the sew.
en- appointive trustees shall be ladies.
Those who opposed the bill were:
Messrs. Ashley, Bellentine, Banks,
Brantley, Cutler: Earhardt, Edwards,
Epting, L. B. Etheredge. Faust,
Cause, w. j. Gibson, Hamlln, Har-
ley, LaFitte. Lester, Taylor, M. w.
Walker, Webb and Wimberly.
Those who favored the bill we're ::
Messrs. Ardrey Arnold, Baker, Bass.
Baamguard, Boyd, Bradham, Brant,
Brice Browning, Bruce, Oallison,
Clifton, Cloy, DesChamps, DeVore,
Dear, E. j.. Ethercdge, Flshburne,
Ford, Foster, Fraser, Frost, Gasque,
CASTOR, j. P. Gibson, Glover, Ora.
ham, Gray, D. L Green, W. Med.
Green, Hall, Harrellson, Harrison,
Haskell, Hcmphlll, D. o Herbert,
Hayward, Higgins, Hutto, Irby,
Keenan,, Kershaw. Kirven, LaFitte,
Lawson, Lester, Little, Lyon, Nc.
Cants. McColl, McFaddin. McMaster,
Massey, Miller, Morgan, Moses, Nash,
Nicholson, Otis, Parker, Patterson,
Pittmap, Pollock, Poston, Prince,
Pyatt, Rawllnson, Reaves, Richards,
Riley, Sanders, Saye, Sellers, Sheldon,
Spivey, Stoll Strong, Toole, Tribble,
Turner, Werner, ]. NJ. Walker, John
j. Watson, Whaley, Whntley and
Yeldell.
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