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. By permission of the Southern Christian Advocate, The Herald and News prints a picture of the Sunday school class of the West End Methodist Sunday school. The class was organized about eight years ago with only six or eight members. Now it numbers nearly 100. During the pastorate of the Rev. Gobe Smi.h there has been much interest in :he class and the work has been systematized and the class has worked with a purpose ?that purpose being to ac - ? ? j compJisn most ror me cnurcu auu the cause of the Sunday school. It is composed of men only and some of the old men, as that term is used, but they take as much interest in the class as any Sunday school child ever did i^ its Sunday school. The motto'of the class is: "My ^brother and I." A good motto. The j purpose is to teac-n consideration 01; your brother's welfare in preference to J *A l/i 5^/ Relt": Not ^on? 3i / came lame a ^ , nie many resi w rious did it 2 . forced to con work when I M Sloan's Linii ^ iess than one Chas. C. Cam; CORPORAL PUMSHtfEXT PROHIBITED IS SOUTH CAROLINA ' | . ~ ~ I T. .. i All <?]>lnion Kenaerea i?y uie Anorney Generars Office at Request Secretary Board of Charities. February 1, 1916. Mr. Albert S. Johnstone, Secretary, State Board of Charities and Corrections, Columbia, S. . Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of the 31st of January, in which you ask whether or not it is lawful for convicts on j c'iiaingangs in this state, or convicted ; persons in any other class of penal j institutions to be whipped. You refer | me to Article I. Section 19 of the con-( stitution of 1895. In reply thereto I will say that this section provides that "excessive bail I shall not be required, nor excessivej fine imposed, nor cruel and unusual j punishments inflicted, nor shall any f witness be unreasonably detained, j Corporal punishment shall not be inflicted. The power to punish, for contempt shall not in any case extend to imprisonment in the state penitentiary." The prohibition against the inflic tion or corporal punishment extends, in my opinion, not only to prohibiting r the courts from sentencing a convict to corporal punishment, as was form erly permitted years ago under some of our laws, but in my opinion this prohibition extends also to convicts who are confined in the penitentiary or upon t'ne chain gangs and it is unlawful to inflict corporal punishment opon them. It is clear to my mind that if a sen tence of corporal punishment is unconstitutional, as it is, certainly the infliction of such punishment, without your own. i The work mapped out for the class i is also systematically divided up. First, the class works for numbers, because unless you can gi-t the men j in 10 the class you can not teach them. Second, for the interest in the work. 1 Aftpr vnu o-pt thpm then vou can work : to get their interest. Third, to help those who need help. Financially, socially and spiritually. ! Social meetings are held monthly. An; nual meetings are held for a reception to the pastor and the annual banquet i where good fellowship reigns suTVio rai'cpe flhnilt S12n a J X C-Ui v_/ X * 1 Jk AW VkJ ?? w V v, v T ~ ? ? ? i year for charitable purposes, though the object of the class is not to work finances. i The class has planned for the future, first, to hold its own and to bring every member of the church into the ranks. Second, to help the pastor in every way possible, to aid in missions and v / iw "w'/H!!:;; /?? \|g ! T H Pain Interfere? * * ere is a remedy S( 5 i loan's s nimient *" ' !i M msoli cited grateful * go my left knee bend sore. It pained illgllwlifTSyf| become that I was | jf Ijj sider giving up my 2 >1-1 chanced to think of j$ j\ I nont T ef mP- C!)V Fwj kd I bottle fixed me up. @! vine pjmj Ijj obeli, Florence, Tex. R ?? |a B jfJ tMMMMBMMln T ii il sentence, would be unlawful. You ask further regarding the recall by the county supervisor of a convict from the penitentiary to work on the roads of his county wnen said convict was sentenced to the penitentiary, as provided for in act Xo. 366, Acts of 1914, and as compared with Article XII., section 9, of the constitution of 1895, especially as regards section 2 of the above named act. which reads as follows: "That said con vie.s shall be under the absolute custody and control of the supervisor and whatever guards he may appoint." You ask if it is constitutional for a convict sentenced t.o the penitentiary to be recalled therefrom and put on the pub'ic work of any county. In reply thereto I will say by act Xo. 110, acts of 1911, which was amended and re-enacted by act Xo 312 of the Acts of 1912, it is provided that ail able-bodied male convicts shall be sentenced to hard labor on the public works of the county in which con * . icted. without regard to the length of ;hp sentence, and in the alternative, to imprisonment in the county jail or the state penitentiary at hard labor. Under these acts all convicts are sentenced with the alternative to the chaingang, jail or state penitentiary, except such convicts as are sentenced by special order of the presiding judge to the state penitentiary when it is considered unsafe or unwise for such convict to be committed to the county chaingang. Thp general assembly has the right to designate the punishment for crime ( and the place and manner in which such punishment shall he inflicted, so j long as such punishment is within the , provisions of article I., section 19, of | the constitution. Article XII., section 9, of the con! stitution in providing, that the peniJ gag*?''.rTSE*1*^,;wwr$^\?'' ... . >. * .. > -..U.. . . I all other lines of work. Third, the ! c'ass program will be varied. T:ie following are the officers of the class: A. H. Bouknight, teacher; H. H. Blease. assistant teacher; Foster Wood, president; F. K. Jones, vice president; H. C. Longshore, secretary; ; D. D. Connelly, treasurer; J. T. Bouk-; night, financier, or assistant in collect- i ing dues. The class members are: D. B. Chandler. J. D. Ray, Tillman Connelly, Jim Bouknight, C. M. Bouknight. J. R. Bouknight, Boyd Connelly, C. F. Layton, Robert Jackson. 0. L. Raley, W. >F. *.\"soss, D. I. Franklin, W. j J. 'Smith, T. B. Wood, John Cook, Jas. J Padgett, J. J. Davis, J. H. Campson,' F. H. Campson, Coley Cook. James I Cook, R. E. Davis, Jim Vaughn, M. M. Padgett, 'A. E. Mcintosh', E. W. Hair,! J. F. Zimmerman, W. B. Zimmerman, j P. S. Tompkins. T. F. Turner, J. M.' Bad Cotie'h ? ? QGrip These Ailments 1 Weaken Your System. Your Body Then Needs the Help of Dr. King's New Discovery, Colds are annoying. They inter- ; fere with our duties. In our weak- - ened condition they may end in a : spell of sickness or even more serious < ailments, ^ear, however, should be < overcome, for in Dr. King's New Discovery you have an effective rem- , tentiary and convicts htereto sentenced shall be forever under the supervision and control, of the officers employed by the state, and in case any convicts are hirecTor farmed j out, as may be provided by law, their j maintenance, support, medical atten-' tion and discipline shall be under the direction of officers detailed for those duties by the authorities of the penitentiary, refers, in my opinion, only to such convicts as may be at the time confined and within the control of tne ! PAriiipntiarv. and is urinci pally | directed to hiring and farming out of j such convicts to private parties, as was the custom several years, ago be-fj fore the institution of our various county chain ganps. I am of the opinion that act Xo. 306, Acts of 1914, does not offend Article XII, section 9, of the constitution of 1895, and that it was within the power j cf the general assemaiv 10 aiunorize the county supervisors to take charge j of these convicts and work them on "he road and thereby change their place of punishment, or to change the i manner, method and place of punishment in any other manner, provided that such action on the part of the general assembly does not increase j ;he punishment and sentence to which [ * 1:3^.convict has been sentenced and j does not offend 'Article I., section 19,! of the constitution. Trusting that this gives you the de- | sired information, I am, Yours very truly, Taos H. Peeples, I Attornev General. | ? ? I Whenever You Need a General Ton! 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