The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-29

haroiv to be found anvwhere
vi long enough to hold tn
LII poltlcal affiliations against ~,
re p~enitentiary management s ono
~ LAY poiiccai appointments. Peo-
PIE expect changes there as carta;oI,,
as tney do in general elections - |
Hnlch n candidate defeats another
~ mere. are sharp divisions in ,he
e!ectaonS and one school of nol;,ios
gives way to another.
me Sale incumbency closed the ire,
term TO enter upon another regime
IN pontlcs- All in the administrator
went but himself. From one end IF
the State to the other memorials "a mo
up to spare Warden Sale. Governor
Srals listened to the petitions. He
knew Warden Sale a not supported
him in h great Craig itchin race
n there were hundreds of worthy
men who had. But the Governor took
Inc view that the warden a made
too good a servant to turn ont and
the board retained him.
The tribute was more to Sale as
penalog1st than as man, though no
man here is LIKED better. Mr.. Sale
has n faculty of getting most out Of
Whatever work he does. He isn't
merely a holder Of jobs. He is a
worker of reforms He found the
prison as good as most OF them, per-
NK9 O~SS~A ONS AC WClA ~ WOIk on
II and now. the walls of the institu-
uon surround a veritAble garden of
beauty, flowers, cultivated plants. not
nelFs-half-acre Is often they have
been called, but Happiness whole
acre.
Inside Changes.
The whole interior has been chang
ed. The ~penitentiary is really q pleas
Ant place to visit. When lawyers come
there to confer with clients, they find
quarters that make the visit pleasant
"a the conference satisfactory to
both. There Is nothing about the pr;s-
on management that adds to the
dreAry life of the prisoner.
There is a religious life in which
the men and Woznen enter heartily
each Sunday afternoon. Ministers and
Iaymen go gladly to the prison to en-
courage the inmates. Preachers frd
responsive audiences, good singers and
good entertainers and the spiritual life
CT many is as earnest as those who are
more fortunately on the outside.
Every few weeks the prison manage
ment has good singers, local talent
Ministries, addresses or some form Of
entertainment which are given free to
the prisoners. They relish them all.
They are happy that they are moi
booked upon as the States slaves and
that they have help for the present
with hope for the future.
For man years the prisoners were
fed in a big dining room seated upoT
intending benches that surrounded
the longitudinal table. They haC
crude of feeding and ate
their meals as though this were .
sort of philanthropy handed to them
by their guardian, the State. There
has been a change in that room. Nea'
tables have been fixed up, linen pu1
- ~a@l ~ n-l a~l r~O
vided and the numbe at the table:
reduced to eight. Men and WOmeI
have been separated. scrupulous rule:
Of department observed and ever!
trace OF trouble avoided.
The insane department, where tn
most dangerous nave been confined
has beer SO well directed that 1t ha
been almost a hospital in its bene
: ~ticence. Last year a young mothe
was brought there With the blood Q
: her husband on her hands. She shO
!, him While he was going into tn
house. She was brought here. treat
ed. cured and sent home an uncom
: monty handsome woman ready I
answer her charge which she declare
sNo never knew existed against ne
: until she was told. She left with
. <. cat tiloutc to her treatment III wa
place.
warden Sd re : dOT11IllSlI dNAo "oui
make an interesting story If one WOui
: lake the time TO so through the pen
II tertiary. interview prisoners, Jot dow
changes, record note ols
charged and pardoned ones calcuiat
n the years that the combined unfor'
It unates must suffer and collaborat
IT statistics. 1t isn't intended that IN
Is little notice Of his work be such
It narrative.
l. He believes that a prison should {
" a reformatory, that crime shoulo {
s. studied. understood and correcte'
II and that men in charge OF the prison
st should he the tenderest. kindest-hea
men. He believes penalOglsts shoul
be as ~consecrated as school, teachel
i and ministers. and hat they snouI
be filled with a divine enthusiasm I.
rs humanity: that every means snou
at be taken to convince the prison
J. that his good is sought: mat notniI
rs should be done for revenge, notnli
Is for a display Of power. nothlns Z
the qualification Of malice.
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