The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
A MONEY MAKER
THE STATE PENITEST1aRy N
MOST EXCELLENT SHAPE.
Superintendent Griffith VIII Show
Profit OF Eighty thousand DOL
lars for the Year.

The Columbia Record says the
h!sh price Of cotton. coupled with
good management generally and with
the further fac, ths, the institution
produced a greater quantity oc cot
ton this yea. than usual. will en-
able Superintendent Griffith OF the
peni;ent!ary to make q record-b:eak-
Ing anancis! repor. TO the legislature
this year.
The report has not yet been draft.
ec. but 1t will show Q surplus and
net profit for the years business OF
$4,000. which the superintendent
has on hand to turn into the State
treasu!y. Il is likely that aSou. q
third OF the amount will be used
10 put up q modern brick stoessde
FOR the DeSaussure and Reid farms.
which adjoius each other and which
together are located partly n Sumter
and partly in Kershaw county.
Since Superintendent: Griffith as
sumed Office. practically the entire
peai;,n,iary plant has been built.
These Improvements include big
granite bl:id!ns for the interior a..
ransenept Of modern cells. costly
guards quarters. the faess eubercu-
los;s hospital In the South and "a
rious improvements around the
grounds and on the th-es farms op
Grated BY tie peniteHua:y manage
mea.. The Lexington farm has
sne brick s:ockace aad boiler plan:
worth about s17.Soo.
Superintendent Grtnth this yesr
produced oyer 500 bales Of cotton
and viii get an average Of over $50
a bale tor It. HIS other money
crops were $4,000 bushels OF corn
and 10000 bushels OF oats. The
price OF oats this year las bee1
about the same as last year, bus
corn was much more Tsluable than
il was last year.
Il Is understood that the pos!tion
OF Superintendent Griffith and the
board OF directors With respect 10
the legislature is that the manage.
ment will be grateful to the law
making body for the privilege OF
being allowed to continue the good
work without any change n the law
as II now stands Superintendent:
Grinl,h's report will probably carry
40 recommendations. but will mere
Il lay ali the facts betorerhe Iesis
!a,ure
There has been some talk and
there were some resolutions propos-
ed at 4 recent good roads gathering
to the effect that the Legislature
should be induced TO provide for
road building by the peni,entia1y
conricts. The management does not
look with favor on this proposition
as it looks upon this as dangerous
departure from the present method
OF handling conricts. and would. Il
is argued. lead 20 sll the abuses Of
the lease system Cocyicts would
be poorly fed and cared for in. many
cases. :; 10 said Though Super!n-
;endent Griffith Is arm aad s1e
disc!pl!nac!aa. those who have
watched his administration have
been Impressed with the fact thar
ais success has been Que no little
10 the fact that be uses kindness
and consideration whenever Il can
be used 10 advantage. II Is said
there are at leas, 3S5 convtc,s who
could no; safely be allowed TO work
out n this way. Many OF these er"
dangerous men. and not :eE OF
them have 70 be KEEP; II chains even
on tho grounds and watched with
great care. Many OF these sse 40.
oow even Cd the farms. There arr
many objections. II Is claimed. 70
the present law allowing the leas-
Ing o! certain conr!c;s 70 the eocl-
y authorities at the rate OF 81
month 70. each convict Loss than
200 are let ou: IL this way.