The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-07
|0PEN AIR WORK
FOR COAVICTS
Urged in Report of State Board
of Charities-Other Raleigh
News.
Especial 10 Tho Tlmes.Dispa ,ch.

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Ralcgh. y. G. January 6.-The
State. Board OF Charities, in Its an
nunl report Med with Governor
kitchln. urges that the use of state
convicts on the state farms 20 adopted
as fully az possible. anu that. next 70
ar Tor the convicts be the controlling
policy. The report appeals for NOR.
attcn don to the awakening of the
moral Rtamlna OF the convicts ana
seeking TO elevate them out Of the
criminal cl9ssc5. The report ieclares
tina, there are 1000 convIcts who can
be used in open-air road work Tor
their own bcttrrment ana the devcl-
nptnent OF the rural districts in road
Improvement Tile board thinks the
whole convict fore. uI Tao Stale should
be under the supervision OF the Statcg
prison board Of directors.
The board recommends that III. tu-
bcrculosls hospital for prisoners in tho
states PRISON be abolished and ali
open-air hospital o. camp II. pro-
ridcd on tho state farm, There was
one death from tuherculorIs rpr the
past year, and seven were In the hos
pIiol
The report shows that the State is
sp"ndi FOR charitable purposes II;
the maintenance OF institutions The
eum CT FT32,Ga2. The total Number
OF mental detectives cared FOR du,l;,r
the year was 3.2i2. An increase i.
insanity among negroes is reportc,i
There wcrr sSC new neutrality-suspicious.
and insanc--;aken IN during tho year.
The coalition of the state institutions
q ella - i,...
economical administration ts com
ih.mdod most highly by the board.
Inc Clarendon Column Company. nf
Wilmington. received charter TO-
dA% with 100000 capital authorized
ana $4,000 subscribed by c. II. Lam
bert j. II. Wcathcrs and J q. Carr.
ior the purpose of manufacturing
turned and bored porch and other col
uhihF There were also charters fp,
,he Hiorcr-l-ewis company. OF Bailey.
>. q capital. S25,Duu authorized ana
$500" subscribed b. d. ". Farmer. "
II. Glover and others for incrrnn,il.
business and the Raynliam Trailing
company. OF Robcson couhty. cap.tal
$4,000 authorized and $1,000 sub
sGria"d by George NJ Pate and Others.
IN" December Bulletin OF the North
carolina Department OF Agriculture IS
devoted to report OF tho farmers
i"sutu'. activities or the department.
Tor the past year. Captain Z. r. Park
e' director of The institute division
ana II shows that there were held
curing the year Al Institutes. includ.
me every section OF the state. and
mat the total Attendance includin,.
tue farmers convention last fall, ran
UP TO Gi1lS II sIows that the work
nus grown in scope from % Institutes
IN = counties ten years aEo To iTi in
stituteS this Year in - counties Tho
records show that the general mcn'a
institutes tho past year we're attended
NJ 1916; farmers and the institute s
Tor women by 1923 farmers wives
ana daughters. There were 3.iS2 who
TOOK dairy short courses during TWEEN
iE-h"c special sessions for the pur-
pose Isl who attended special demon
STATIONS on the care OF orchards and
-" who attended psccial Institutes.
i rcquisit!on was issued to-day bv
Governor Ititch!n on the Governor %
pennsylvania Tor J. J. Maxim. wan,c;I
in Wilson for stealing baggage in that
city -.c went into the Norfolk and
southern baSGhs" room and had three
pieces Of baggage checked to Eliza
beth City, wren nc HAD only two OF
his own. The other proved to be the
property Of y. McLafcrty. The rail
road authorities put detectives on tho
trail OF NukIn and located him in
Pennsylvania,