The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-11
to the prisoner. account IL dTalttht

70 the prisoners account IL 6raEtut'
for which they are paid - nus4 Pr
task" During the war many prs
nners earned more than $lO5 per
month in th!: way. but now that tn"
work l. not az heavy. they 90 mo-
cam sn much. running anywhere froni
~ - 81" pr month.
TIE Ollie" half of The prisoners
""crk in the different departments o.
tne penitrnlia!y. Some OF the 800
acre prison farm. where cverythlnE
i i POSSIBLE to raise IS grown; oth'
erS work IN the coal mine. which has
but recently been opened others
work n The kitchen. Ice plant. lANn'
Lrirs. carpenter shop. blacksmith
.;"r. print chop. where the excellsnc
prison magazine. Work and Hope
is Published. barber thop. tailor shop.
rl"c'r!c plant. heating plant ware
houses. cleanup squads, clerical work
and 50 forth.
The Priscr Coal Mine.
Tho prison mine IS worth more thar
passing merton. as it Is only q late
a.,tI .ti~H 70 he activities at the pehi-
.irn'iir:. On The prison farm. about
q r.ir from tie ptnitentiarr, J.: Wa
tetprr'i1"i there was approximately
scve.'".frc acrcS Of coal The MIN
Wa op"ncd ii Gil initial cost o.
.&liG'm. ;h" labor. Of course, beint;
pertnrlnsd ty the convicts. The mine
has been prcrounced hr the mine H.
sper:nra &C model mine In every
resD"r: Il will he able to furnish
he cn:irr institution with coal for
ihc r"xt lhn years. and will pay for
i':c.f II about ono year The con-
r,icIs vino work on the farm and In
tho coal mino have their sentence
shortened ten days for every thirty
lay@' york. which is In addition to
tirn" nj for good behavior.
Music and Athletics.
Warden Terrell has erected n The
PRISON !ard Il foCr.foot mound, on top
Of wt.,h hc has erected n band stand
I'm rHrrc sides NJ the mound the fol.
awning words are spelled with bloom.
;nS fiower:: "Work. Athletics. Mu-
:::"." tho three things which tho
, "ardon emphasizes most. During ev
cry rle"l the thiTtr-threepiece prison
hand gives concert In the band
stand Dnsiics the hand. the inmate:
'p;.' o. an cicht.piece orchestra and
N ri tlrck eisht.piece mandolin or
"hrstra as we'll. These musical or.
Tar:72tions arc we'll trained and ftr.
n;sh excellent music The band Is
n" rrid" OF the institution, and De.
se"veiIy 80. Athletics are encour.
AL by the wa; -an and everything
is DOM to have every man in the ptni.
."niia"y participate n some form.
T" nriscn has two baseball teams.
Or" wh,to and one black; basketball
t"9r"s. wrestling and boxing bouts.
There L. much interest shown In all
forms # athletics by the prisoners.
End keen rivalry exists between the
different teams.
! Church and School.
! Chanel 3 held every Sunday morn
: inc Sunday school comes drst ami
* followed b. church Rev H. G.
! Gauni. the Protestant chaplain. con.
ducts services three times mouth.
and Father VI. J. Coghlan. the Catho-
! lie chaplain. officiates once a month
Rev. Gaunt also has charge Of th.
prison school. which mAets ave nights
n week. This school offers ooly The,
elementary branches OF education.
and compulsor;' attendance 10 r..
CURED NJ all iliterateE> The tc.sl
enrolment Is, a, present, about 16Q.
: The various teachers are chosen from
among The prisoners srd are urder
tho supervision OF Kew. Gaun:.
TIL" conTicts 7re permitted 10 writ"
ono letter week 10 whomeve- :hc.
please. However. by special permis.
s;7,, they may write more frtQVeptly
If hoy so desire. They are permitted
= 10 receive any amount OF mail. which
is distributed to them daily. OF
coIrsc. all correspondence coming IN
ard going out is censored BY tho
prison officials. The penttent!aI..
has n complete library OF 2.TIS rol.
"mes o. general books. Besides III"
prison library. The prisoners their.
selves cInCuc; a circulating ltbrar'
% maeazines crd books OF fiction g.
a cost Of IS cents per month Tor cas-?
subscriber.
; Must Battle Once . Week.
The prisoners are compelled to :ako
bath crre 6 week The bath house
is equipped with 100 showers with
hot ard cnld water. They all balhs
IN Saturday afternoon. which Is "
holiday. They are also required tn
! change their underwear at this time.
Tho daily routine at tho pensteu-