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REPORT ON STATE PRISON. Finding of Penal and Charitable Corn nittee.-Reeommtends Abolition of Hosiery Mill. The report of the legislative co n mittee on penal and charitable insti titions has been sent 10 tho genera assembly. A num, ber of r ee)munflda tions are mri ae. The colmmittee inve: gated the Stare ospi-tal for the ' sane, State :enitentiarY, hexinto: reformatorY, South Carolina institu tion for th" ducation )f the deaf am blind, South Carolina industria school and the confederate home. The :inlmbers of the committCe are G. K aney, of the senate and Olin Sawy'e and 0. L. Sanders of the house. "We feel," says the conmittee, witi reference to the State Hospital foi the Insane, "that the nursing force although it has been increased is stil i sufficient, taking into consideratiol the nature of the work and the ex acting requirements. They are no sufficiently paid, nor do we think tha the number of physicians on the staf is adequate." It is recommended tha the positions of treasurer and super intendent of the farms be separatei and that a man be placed at the heac of each department. State Hospital. Continuing, the committee says with reference to the State Hospita for the Insane: "We visited this in stitution and made a careful investi gation of the physical condition, th methods, and general managtment o its affairs. "We found that the extension of th, Taylor building has been complete+ and is occupied by white men. Th dormitory for colored men, in th, Parker building yard, has been com pleted and is occupied. Sufficien sleeping porches to accommodate 10 beds have been arranged in the whit women's department. A tuberculosi ward has been constructed on the to floor of the middle section of th< white woman's department, whicl provides for the separation of thes patients in this department. Sleepinj porches have been added to the wood en building in the colored %women' department. These additions and imn provements relieve to a certain exten the crowded condition of the institu tion, but it is still very much over crowded, when you bear in mind tha there was an average of 1,630 pationt in 1911. We are glad to say that th general appearanEe and condition o the buildings have been improved b: repairing floors, cutting windows, plas tering and painting." Work Commended. Disussing the South Carolina In dustrial school, the committee state that there is no institution in th4 State that is to be more commended for its work. "There is a great need of a new building, better heating fa cilities, cooking apparatus, water sup ply and additional teachers,'' says th4 report. The manageemnt of the in stitution is highly praised. The com mittee states that the institutiom should be liberally supported for its future efficiency and growth. "The old soldiers seem to be well satisfied. The buildings are in good repair and are neatly kept,'' says thi report, with reference to the Confed erate home. State Prison. The following statement is made with reference to the State peniten tiary: -"The committee visited this institu -tion .and examined into its manage -ment and control and checked up its books and accounts. " ~We are of the opinion that this institution is keeping pace with the idea of progressive prison reform. It *ma;y be well to say here that the irr-est and highest obiect- to be at tained in punishment by imprison ment is the reformation of the pris oners and to give th-emn back to so diety better and more useful citizens fthan they were before. To attain tlis object, of course, requires skill :fti 'management, because the prison d.lshouild be punished and at the same time reformed. We call attenti.on tc :section 19 of article 1 of the consti t.ution, which forbids the infliction of ecorporal punishme~nt. Some still be Aieve fi -is necessary, and whipping of convicts is still resorted to in some cases. "There bas been considerable dis ~cussion as to the abolition of the bosiery mill at +.his institution. The -number of convicts used in this mill -ranges from 250 to 300. Your comn mnittee would advise the abolition o1 -this mill, if the convicts could be put -to other employment that would re sult in the betterment of their wel fare. It is a well known fact that em ployment in a mill of this kind is not conducive to good health and has a tendency to create lung trouble. Som-e of the convicts are affected with this 4,.rou,l whe they enter the intitu tion and others contract it after en- sur trance. The well being of the prison- dic4 er from the standpoint of physical day and moral conditions should be of I his first consideration in solving this the question ide "We find that the general health of api - the convicts, both iale and female, ye InI tlis institution is good. CO "The main prison building is in -0ood condition, but the building for female rI1so1i rs is in bad condition ami, ong wdj the superintendent, we urg h he tearing down of this building and the old stone prison building and th2 erection of a modern der sanitary building for women prison- Ke ers."E The committee states that Dr. New- lar ton F. Walker and his assistants fes L should receive the warmest apprecia- Br tion because of the work at the insti- fat tution for the education of the deaf a ] and blind. pro STEAL SMALL FORTUNE tai AND ESCAPE IN AUTO Robbers in New York Effect Daring th Clean-up, Getting $25,000 in Broad tnr knt Daylight. pea New York, Feb. 15.-Twenty-fivep thousand dollars in currency was I TH stolen from a taxicab in the heart of the down town business district this 1 morning by three progressive high - waymen, who sprang into the vehicle - and overpowered W. F. Smith and Frank Wardell, messengers of thep f East River National bank, 680 Broad- i way. Lin a Both messengers were badly in- tra 1 jured and the robbers escaped with tan e the money-$15,000 in $5 bills and the a $10,000 in $100 bills. bai - The currency was being transported riv t from the Produce Exchange bank, in the lower part of the city. The taxicabe had proceeded up Broadway without misrap when, for some untxplained reason, the chauf feur turned west on Rector street into 1 Church street, skirting the side and . inv rear of Trinity churchyard. the About midway of the old cemetery ent three men sprang from the church. at One jumped on the chauffeur's seat, Th tthe two others got into the vehicle.th -The man on the seat pressed a re-te ole,in his overcoat pocket against t the side of te &bauffeur, Gin Marru tino, and commanded him to drive m swiftly on without making an outcry. rInside the vehicle the twn robbers tin were belaSoring the bank messengers rar -over the head. Smith, one of the mes- itet sengers, is 61 years old, sed he was bleeding and almost unconscious when the taxicab reached Park place,I Edi a few blocks north. Wardell was badly beaten about the head, but not se- er riously hurt. of At Park place, the highwaymen to jumped from the taxicab bearing a tin rua box, which they had wrested from the -I messengers and which contained- the en currency. II) a flash they had sprung ing into a big black automobile, which of seemed to be awaiting their coming, cot and were quickly lost in the maze of'dat traffic. . . Ste Se AINSWORTH REWOVED ber TO BE TRIED SOON jand Charges 'Tade Against Army's Adju- : tant GeneraL-Action Ordered By President. Pie Washington, F'eb. 15.--Major GeIi4 Fred 0. Ainsworth, adjutant general of the army, was stripped of his office today, by order of President Taft, and' trot will appear before a court martial on disj charges said to embrace conduct pre- the judicial to good order and discipline,I felt and insubordination. His relief from tra duty was brought abouit in a letter to rap him from the secretary of war, which elec bristled with sharp -.-ritice'sm. the Gen. Ainsworth's removal is consid- abo ered to be the outcome of many years pat Iof struggle for cont-ol between the in line and the staff of the army. Major We; Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff, fur: leads a contingent which believes corn- on trol should be delegated to those off- Jfor cers actually in touch ,with the fight- its ing strength. Others, among whem C Gen. Ainsworth was a leading figure, con have contended supervision should be in Iviested with the heads of powerful bu- Istre reaus.Nott reuCause Big Sensation. or Suspension of Gen. Ainsworth, the wa: Ifirst that ever has occurred in the of- Ias fle of the adjutant geenral, caused a new profound sensation in army and con- eral gressional circles. It was made the I subject of a heated exchange on the tha foor of the house, where the army ap- and propriation bill was being debated. stal Neither Gen. Ainsworth nor other pro army or departmental officers or of- Gre ficials would discuss it. w0t -is ot jstat AnwrhQuits. pho Washington, ' Feb. 16.-Adjutant TI General Fred C. Ainsworth, who was the aed to be those of conduct preju ial to good order and discipline, to was placed on the retired list on own application. This precludes possibility of a courtmartial. Pres at Taft approved G-:n. Ainsworth's )lication because of the officer's 37 .rs of service. NFESSES (ILLlNG (OV (OEBEL in- Decla]ra:ien of In Shin in Arkansas.-Victim of Saloon TrageIy. telena, Ark., Feb. 15.-That he mur ed Governor William Goebel, of tucky, in cold blood, at Frankfort, January, 1900, was the dying dec ation of James Gilbert, self-con aed gunman and ex-feudist of athitt county, Kentucky, who was illy wounded in a pistol fight with )artender here this morning. No of other than the man's last words ?e offered, nor did he relate any de- I ,s of the killing. 'he victim of periodical irregular, its of life, Gilbert came here about ee years ago, and soon bccame )wn as a dangerous man, although ler ordinary circumstances he was ceable. REE DEAD, SIXTY-SEVEN HURT te Coaches Jump Track on Penn. sylvania Roal. funtingdon, Pa., Feb. 15.-Three 'sons were killed and sixty-seven .red today, when the Pennsylvania aited, No. 2, east-bound, jumped the ck at Warrior's Ridge, a short dis .ce west of this place, and nine of eleven cars rolled down an em ikment to the edge of the Juanita er. IRST WITNESS FEBRUARY 28. islative Investigators Preparing For Dispensary Probe. olumbia, Feb. 15.-The dispensary estigating committee, appointed by general assembly during the pres session, has had several meetings, which it has outlined its work. - announcement is made today that first open meeting of the commit at which testimony will be taken 1 be held at noon Wednesday, Feb 'ary 28. It is stated that the comn tee has summoned numerous wit ses to appear befor.e it at that .e. The committee has also ar ged to have certain accounts aud for its information. Was Mother of Newberry Lady. efield Chronicle. Irs. June Moore Stevens, the moth of Mrs. John R. Scurry, Steward the county home, died on a visit Mrs. Scurry on Friday last, Feb ry 2nd. On Sunday afternoon her eral occurred from the Edgefield ietery, Dr. M. D. Jeffries officiat .Mrs. Stevens was fifty-nine years ge, and was a resident of Laurens nty. She is survived by four Lghters and one son, Mr. Claud vens, of Ninety Six, Mrs. Johnj rry, Mrs. Florence Powell, of New ry, Mrs. Davenport, of Greenwood, Mrs. Allie Moore, of Waterloo. |UN TRAINS BY TELEPHONE. I dmont And Niorthern Lines To Use The Telephone in Dispatching Their Trains. he success attendant upon the in-! luction of the telephone for train atching on the steam railroads of United States has made itself to such a degree that the electric tion systems of the country are idly adopting it. One of the great tric traction systems of the South, Piedmont and Northern Lines, is t to enter the telephone train dis hing ranks, and with this end view has placed orders with the stern Electric company, which has iished the equipment now in use1 over 60,000 miles of steam roads, the apparatus to be used on two of lines. ne of these, the Piedmont Traction ipany, is to use the new equipment perating its cars over a 24 mile tch of line, extending from Char e, North Carolina, to Gastonia, th Carolina. There will be seven stations located along this line, Ele well as eight semaphores of the cial rWestern Electric selectively op- disj ed type. lect he second line to be equipped is it il L of the Greenville, Spartanburg pat< Anderson railway, which will in- asi 1 telephone equipment over ap- par ximately 58 miles of road from thre enville, South Carolina, to Green- seli >d, South Carolina. Eleven way are ion equipments and eight semna- T res will be installed, is he equipment to be installed is of a very latest type throughout and wit: CAPITAL ST( W BA A Y 0 Copyright 1909. by C NO BE than with the l your boy in t by opening a sa - him. We soli Will always j treatment. "The Bank 7hatA The Newberr Jas. McIntosh, Presiden M A5Ih onarclwie Qp spsibetoobti-t arnyis he r wri 2 TE YEIVlITMONTHPWY Ttisarhyi acns ofatiue pucasd sa onarch Literature. Learn the many ard will bring full information. THE STATI Columbia, S etic No. 50-B selector and asso- way station sele dtelephone apparatus. The train other words, the tching circuit operates on a se. the semaphore t ebasis. That is to say, when any point along esired to call. a station, the dis- a selector key, a. hr turns a selejtor key, which, the semaphore he ename implies, elects only that of an "answer b ialar station desired and,1 nal communicate h the medium of the receiving his receiver. Th. ctr, rings a bell. Train orders thei ortihng c then communicated verbally. uartlpoec eselectively operated semaphore paratus mounted new development. It consists of post is thorough: idard railway semaphore post, bthe signal blade operated by - a Garmua ..o in the same manner a the The trustees )CK, $50,000.00 ITWIG soN NTS T IiL El LINED E Sifavu ANE ACCOUNT S BOY TODAY T E. Zimmerman Co.--No. 28 PER TIME Iew Year to start ie right direction vings account for :it your business. -eceive courtious vays Has The Money" Savings Bank t J. E. Norwood, Cashier UNIKE ANY OTHlERI One secret of Monarch superiority lies in the wonderful responsiveness of its key action. in no other type S writer in the world do the keys so Jreadily yield to the slightest touch of the finger. ~ That is why the Monarch is easier to operate than any other writing mnachine. ~'h LIght , C Touch ves nerve strain en the part of the stenog iore accurate, greater in quantity than it ing machine. ' PAYMENTS in the Monthly Payment Plan. Send for4 reasons for Monarch superiority. A post SCOMPANY outh Carolina. Stor is operated. In District No. 27, will hereafter meet on dispatcher can throw' the 2nd Saturday of each month. All* lade to "Danger" at! school claims will be presented to one the line by means of1 member of the trustees before the ad he is assured that said date. is operated by means B. B. Leitzsey, Clerk. ack" or audible sig- J. J. H. Brown, d automatically to M. T. Oxner, a semaphores receive Feb. 3, 1912. -rses urrent from the reg -__________________ inuithe bdy ll the- . A severe attack on school principal, Chas. B. Allen, of Sylvania. Ga., is thus y moisture proofed. 'told by him. "For more than three S ~ -- -- years," he. writes, "I suffered indescrl iy Scool.bable torture from rheumatism, liver myho-and stomach trouble and diseased kid