Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-01-19
Penitentiary Has Much Food.
stuffs.

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state penitentiary produced more cot
ton, grain and other crops and at the
end of the year had more assets than
in any previous year, according to
the report of Col. A. K. Sanders, su-
perintendent, and the board of di-
rectors. The report, made public yes
terday, shows that the two farms
produced abundant wheat, oats. corn,
cattle, hogs and other farm products
during the year.
Members of the board of directors
visited the two farms the last days
of December and their inventory OF
the goods on hand shows that the
penitentiary has 1,O75 bales of cot
ton ON hand, including the entire out
put for 1919 and 1920, and in addl-
ton has 1880 bushels of corn, q
200 bushels of wheat, 1000 bushels
of sweet potatoes, 400 tons of cot
ton seed, 5000 bushels of oats, 400
tons of peavine hay and several
thousands of dollars worth of other
farm products.
The report of Colonel Sanders
calls attention to the inadequate pro-
vision made for women prisoners, and
sets forth the need for better facili-
ties for handling women brought to
the prison. Colonel Sanders also re-
commends provisions for better car
ing for the health of the inmates,
among these being the installing OF a
dentists chair and dentist to care
for the teeth of the prisoners.
Has Much Property.
The directors inventory of the
property of the two farms gives
some interesting facts on how the
penitentiary elves at home" The
products at the Reid farm totaled
s4osOO, and in addition the mules,
horses, cows, ect., were valued, at So
220. The products at the DeSaussure
farm were valued at S14,1S7 and the
stock at se,eo5.
Capt. M. R. Day, head of the
guards, reports that at the beginning
of the wear the number of convicts
was 257 and that during 1920 the
penitentiary gained from the courts
of the state 139 prisoners, and that
by recapture four others were added
to tn elist, making total of 400 for
year. The records show that during
the year 72 prisoners were discharg-
ed after serving their sentences and
IA were lost through escaping, while
21 were paroled by the governor.
Nine died during the year. The total
leaving prison penitentiary at the end
of the year at 1s4, gain of 27 for
1920 over 1919.
The report shows. that at the end
of the year 49 prisoners at the De-
Saussure farm, 46 at the Reid farm
and 1S9 in the penitentiary proper.
OF the total number of inmates 81
were white S1en, 1872 negro men,
three white women and. so negro
women.
The directors report that the
health was good during the year and
that the penitentiary affairs were
we'll conducted under Colonel San
ders and his assistants. The only COM
plant registered in the report is
againstthe wording of the approprla-
ton bill which provides that the in
stitution can spend so much money if
it makes the money. This worked a
hardship during the last month, it is
claimed, as the penitentiary had a
considerable sum appropriated, but
could not get the money because it
was thought unwise to sell cotton at
that time. During the year the total
receipts were $120,2S4,16 and the ex-
penditures were S119, ,987.91, leaving
"a small balance TO begin the new year
on. The unexpended balance of the
appropriation was $5,736.09.
Colonel Sanders points out that
the institution is doing its utmost to
S3scare for the prisoners in humane
manner and recounts the efforts
made for the sick. Good food and
plenty of it is always available for
the men and women. No epidemic