The Brunswick news., 1909-07-04
8 MONTHS USE Of
STATE C0NV|CTS
FINDS THEM IN FINE SHAPE AND
DOING GOOD WORK IN
THE COUNTY.
The Experiment Has Been a Great
Success in GIynn county-Not the
Least Trouble Experienced With
the Felony convicts.

Thursday closed the first three
months of the use of felony or state
convicts by the county authorities.
In Glynn county the experiment has
been decided success. This county
on strict prorating of the state
convlcts, was only entitled to fifteen
of them.
but there We're number of lovers"
resulting from some counties refusing
TO avail themselves of the opportun
ity to secure state conyicts for
road work. In the division of these
overs" Glynn secured three. giving
II total additional working force of
eighteen men,
No Prospect of Increase.
lnasmuch as the counties that at
first refused to take the convicts are
now, in some instances at least. seek
ing them, it is regarded as hardly
probable that the quota assigned to
this county will be increased in the
near future, unless there is a decided
Jump in the number of Georgias fell
ony convicts.
From the day the state convicts
reached Brunswick until the present
Time not bit Of trouble has been
experienced with them. This is the
statement that is made by Superin
tendent Higgnbotham of the county
convict farm.
some of the counties have had rea-
son to complain, it appears, that they
were not able to get the amount of
work out Of the felony convicts that
they expected, and that they were
inclined to be rebeilious lot. This.
though has not been the experience
here.
we are entirely satisfied with the
experiment" said one of the county
commissioners yesterday. "The men
were put to work at once, thew have
worked continuously on the roads ever
since, and the work done by them
has been very satisfactory in It's vol
ume We have experienced no .trou-
bic in managing them. They have
not been inclined to give us any
trouble. The men are treated right
they understand that good treatment
is assured to them as long as they
do what is right and we do not anti.
clpate that we VIII have any trouble
IN working them to the county's ad-
vantage and with nothing but good
results so far as the convicts them
selves are concerned.
Health Keeps Good.
t"Thp haoj4b Cf tLo .,..,x..u4
from the State has been good. There
has been no serious illness among
them, and the amount of time lost
from minor complaints has not been
at all serious matter. The work Of
digging and throwing up and leyeIing
dirt may have been hard on some of
them at the beginning, but if SO they
have speedily become accustomed to
IT, Naturally their ability as road
builders increases with their expert
ence in that line of work. They are d
very much more effective gang on that
l'ne now than when the state turned
them over to us ninety days ago"
lbe state keeps careful inspection
over the conyicts assigned to the
counties. An inspector has paid sew
eral visits to Glynn, one being here
few weeks ago.
Substantial and Abundant Food.
The convcts are fed literally with
substantial fare, rough to delicate
throats, but not at all unpalatable to
the man who has been working out
IN the open air for nine or ten hours
at road building.
The men sent here by the state, as
well as the misdemeanor conyicts.
thrive on the substantial diet required
by the state. They are strong and
sleek and insomnia and Indigestion
are never complained of. Physically.
they are probably really benefited by
the manner in which they are worked,
the regular hours, the plain food in
plenty, the life in the open air and the
absence Of vices and harmful induIg-
ences that would sap their vitality IL
thew xUara Cuf of +bo ,.nnf4o-4s.