The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-01-14

justIces Vi said court and two or
three Ut the State officers to ar
.a-e~ .-.e plans and superlntend the
cons.1 action Of said building.
~.uoue OF John G. Calhoun.
1t gives me pleasure to state that
in accordance with your - direction
and n ooeiience to your request,
the Commission appointed by you
to have erected a statue to that
great statesman and citizen, John G.
Calhoun, and to have the same placed
in Statuary Hall in the Capitol at
Washington, has performed that
duty, and that a beautiful white
Italian marble statue Of this great
son of South Carolina now stands
in said hall. The work has been
well done by that eminent sculptor,
F. Wellington Ruckstuhl, and is an
ornament to the State and nation.
I desire to extend the thanks Of
the State to the members Of the
Commission for their untiring labor
in this work. It was labor of love.
The statue is to be unveiled, and
some exercises held on behalf Of the
State on the 18th of January, A. D.,
1910, in Statuary Hall, Washington,
ID. C.
State Hospital for the Insane.
At the last session Of your honor
able bodies, you appointed a COM
mittee to investigate. and report
to you the conditions and. needs Of
this Institution, and. as said COM
mittee 5 report will be on your desks
very soon, I shall content myself
with giving the following data:
There were on the first day Of
January, 1910, 1928 patients within
its walls:
White men,. =. .. :. :. .. :. 3l5
White Women. :. .. .. .. .. 5l1
Colored men,. =. :. .. =. :. =. 322
Colored women. .. :. .. .. :. 320
There were admitted during the
year COS. There were 287 discharged
and 256 died during the year. I feel
assured that the Superintendent has
done all that he could with the ap-
preparations given him; and I ear
nestly recommend that you consider
its needs and provide adequately for
them.
Penitentiary. ..
This institution, under the care
and direction of the, Superintendent
; and Directors, has kept up its
good reputation and has had year
of good work and good results. The
health of the convicts is closely
. looked after and is reasonably good.
The death rate has been small, and
, eonvicts have been well behaved. !
consider this institution as equal to
: any in any Of the States, and better
than many of them. The lease that
) was made in the year 1891 for Ger
tain number of convicts to work in
the hosiery mill within the walls Of
the pentientiary will expire in JAN
uary, 1911, and before the next ses-
sion of the General Assembly ad-
journs. It is necessary, therefore.
that some action should be taken at
this session providing for another
lease to the parties now holding the
. lease or to others who are desirous
of making a contract for the labor
r. within the walls of the penitentiary.
7 shall take the liberty Of sending to
you another message on this subject
with a copy Of the lease and renewal
as the same now exists for your In
; formation. " -.
There were on the first day OF
January, 1910, 1893 prisoners in the
penitentiary, as follows: o..
? White males. .. .. ..>.. :. IN
White females. =. >. -. :. :. J
Colored males. ....>.. .. :. 661
, Colored females. . :. %, :. :: =: 81
They are located as follows: X: :
On County chain gangs. !. ;. 6s
On State farms. :. :. =. - ..lo5
/, AAt Lexington County Reforma..
torv.. :. .. .. :. .. sc
2 At Clemson College. >. .. :. >. 81
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