The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-23
TUESDAY JANUARY %, 1917.
INC roaus ana rneD conuluon.

rnINaIE l4N0II1U IIONo.
~ u44ectIUn vi the law, we nave
III, esUlsaLeu private InstILuLions unuer
Lne Weary act OF Inc seneiaI assem-
Wy u tue state Oh Ueofs4a, ana leg
u submit Tie following report:
We Visited st. Josepns convent,
tn. Unly lnstIutIon III tnIs cIty cont
ing unuer sdIu act, ana MADE ihVesti-
1a.IUn as prov4ued III the law anu
Iounu nothing Whatever Oh an Improp-
CT nature III the management OIL the
institution.
GAME AND FISH.
Game condlLoins IN GIynn county
are III a very satisfactory CONDITION..
1nere appears 10 be an increase III
aeer anu turkey, ana falr amount
OF smaller game. Inc law is DeIng
satisfactorily enforced, ana there ap-
pears TO be growing respect lor
game law and game preservation.
There have not Deen a great many
indictments 1or violation OF the law,
but so lar as we are able to learn,
the warden has vigorously prosecuted
in all violations that he has been able
to secure evidence. The Tsh and oys-
ter law is not so well enforced, Que
TO the uncertainty OF its meaning,
there is great need OF revision OF laws
applying TO oyster beds and their
tights, anu we are strongly OF the
opinion that the next legislature mas
no greater duty than to enact a good
law that will give protection to SO
important an industry to this section.
We regret that there is DISPOSE
ton to make the office OF state game
commissioner political one, it takes
fully one-half of the present term Tor
Tue commissioner to get the depart
ment in good running order, and
from the very nature OF things the
office carries with it many unpleasant
duties, and therefore the commits
sioner feels perhaps not called upon
to do these when he knows that his
tenure of office will terminate in a
short time. This is wrong and a
detriment to the purposes and aims OF
the law. Merit should govern and a
faithful administration of the law
should receive recognition from the
powers that rule affairs, and until
this is done the efforts of the de-
partment will be minimized, and con-
ditions will never reach the stage
where there will be adequate protc-
ton and propagation. ~ ~
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
We have visited and inspected the
court house Jail and public ssMool.
buildings, and find same to be is fol-
lows:
The court house appears to be in
good repair and kept in neat and
sanitary condition.
The Jail needs considerable atten-
ton, and needs it very badly indeed.
The condemned cell, from which
Aaron Williams scaped on August II,
last year, has not been repaired, and
the grating over the window in this
cell is placed there in & very feeble
manner. This grating is hung on
hinges, and is fastened on the oppo-
site side with two small padlocks,
which can be easily broken or sawed
with a hack-saw, after which the graf
ing will sing open on the inside Of
the cell, and a prisoner can easily
make his escape through the hole cut
in the bars by Aaron Williams.
1t appears to us that the grating
over the window in this cell should
be made stationary, then there should
be heavy closely woven iron netting
and on the outside should come the
iron bars. By having the grating
over this window made stationary and
the netting between the grating and
the outside bars, it would be impos-
sible for an outsider to deliver any
tool or instrument to the prisoner
through this window. The roof over
the small porch, just under the WIN
dow of the condemned cell should be
torn away, as it is a very easy mat
ter for an outsider to mount this roof
and assist prisoner by handing him
tools through this window, which is
within reach of this roof.
The manner in which the fence
around the Jail is constructed makes
it very easy matter for prisoner
to go over it. All the rails to which
the upright boards are fastened are
on the inside and it is no trouble for
a prisoner to take hold of the rail
and go on over, while, if the rails were
on the outside and the upright boards
on the inside, it would be much more
difficult for prisoner to escape over
this fence
We also find large pile of brick
in the Jail yard, which are lying
against the fence, as they are, they
afford prisoner considerable assist
anre in making speedy escape.
The heating system in the Jail is
completely out of order, and Mr..
Lowe, the jailer, told us that the fur
mace was badly cracked, and tina,
same had not been used for two
years. In the department where tie
colored prisoners are kept there is
stove, which makes those cells, vert
comfortable, but where the -