The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-02
BETTER TREATMENT
 GIVEN CONV|CTS Camper Makes Report to State
 Board LIST OF THE EMPLOYERS Report Says Conditions Are Improved And Are Reasonably Satisfactory and That Uniformly Better
 Treatment is Noticeable.
LIST OF THE EMPLOYERS

Montgomery. October 1.-(Special)-1n his report to the president of the state board of convict inspectors for the year just closed, Associate Inspector M. w. Camper among other things, says:
 q am glad to report an improved and reasonably satisfactory condition through out this division of the work" He also says There is also observable a more uniformly better treatment of the con- victs in all respects"
 The report of Mr Camper includes the September 30, and Is a review of the work he has done as visitor to the camps of the state department. It is in full as follows;
 Our department now has under its direct charge, where state convcts are employed. twenty separate camps, includ- ing those at wetumpka, (the walIs), speig- ner and the state farm at No. f. The com plete list of date of September 1, 19O6 with the names of the contractors, the location, the character of business and the num- Der of convlcts, is as follows
 List of Employers.
 Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. Pratt City. coal mining, i12.
 "sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron com pany. Flat Top, coal mining, 1S7.
 Alabama Manufacturing company. North Birmingham. hollow ware, 79.
 n T dao for ing, SS.
 Louis McCurdy. Lowndesboro, farm ing, 94.
 "walter Brothers, sparague Junction, farming. A.
 "Dunham Lumber company, Dunham saw mill, s3.
 Hand Lumber company, Dolive, saw mill, ss
 Horse Shoe Lumber company, River Falls saw mill, 67
 Henderson Lumber company. Sanford, saw mill, IA
 "Henderson-B Boyd Lumber company Richburg. saw mill, 154.
 Enterprise Lumber company, Dothan, saw mill, 50.
 Union Naval Stores company, Wallace. turpentine. 37.
 River Fall Turpentne company, South, turpentine. 6S wv. w. Yarn, Sanford. turpentine, 51. "Sweatt Brothers. Lowrey, turpentne, 42.
 Sellers, Bullard X Co.,, Pera. turpen- tine, 40
 "The Walls, Wetumpka. hospital 1s
 Farm No. 4, Montgomery, farming 43
 "Speigner, farming and cotton mill, 24S
 Alabama Cordage company, removed, Montgomery, cordage works, o.
 Total s,O5s At number of the above places coun- ty convicts are also at work, while there are several camps where county convicts only are employed. Until recently, the 11th day of August. 1906, state convlcts were also hired to the Alabama Cordage company, Montgomery, when owing to legal and financial complications of that company they were moved to w. Speltner In a body. where they now work in the state cotton mill While all of these places have come, more less, under my observation, by work has been more particularly assigned l to the camps in the northern portion of 1.-the state where l have visited regularly and made careful and thorough inspection, | directing such changes and offering such l instruction as would improve the service contribute to the proper treatment of the convcts and harmonize all apparently conflicting interests that had prevailed.
 Improved Condition Reported. | After careful inspection l am glad to report an improved and reasonably satis- | factory condition throughout this divls- l ion of the work Several new prisons, | models of their kind, have been erected during the year, notably at South River 1 Falls, Dothan and Sellers, and all of them have been improvements upon former prs- l ons, excepting that at Sanford, which was 1 also built and Is maintained in accordance with the spirit that now govern this de- | partment