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REPORT OF VISIT TO THE NEWBERRY COUNTY JAIL Made April 22, 1921, by Assistant Secretary Brearley. The Newberry county jail ha- several interesting and distinctive features. Not one of the other forty three jails of the state has a paid chaplain or as many as ten separate compartments, where all classes of prisoners can be properly isolated. Sheriff Blease and Jailer Sanders have recently begun the use of a detention room where prisoners are placed temporarily when they first come to the jail until it is seen whether they are to leave soon on bond. If it is.found that they are to stay in confinement for -sometime, they are carried to the prison section, given a bath and clean.bedding, and examined for vermin. If vermin are found the prisoner is disinfected, his clothes are boiled apnd is supplied with (flea?: vwi nl A+V\IY^ A- V* ? C in V? c c lOUll VrlVClllHg. JLillO Jd.il IJC40 aiou one of the best vegetable gardens in the state and andoubtedly the best flower garden and lawn. Almost the only defect of the admirable jail building is that the cement floors are very soft and are crumbling away. An experiment has been made of a hardening material and it has given excellent results. It it urged that an appropriation be made for treating the entire floor spoce of the building. A secure wire fence would make it possible to give all of the prisoners out-door exercise. The people of the county, and especially the legislative delegation and the roadway commission, are to be commended for their eooperation with Sheriff Blease in his efforts to make this institution the best of its kind in -South Carolina. State Board of Public Welfare. Score Card Report on Newberry Countv Jail j Score I. Permanent plant. Possible Actual 1. Separate and adequate jailer's quarters 10 10 2. Security of jail 10 10 3. Prisoners quarters: (1) Pire hazard 50 50 <2) \6entilation :...50 48 (3^ Facilities for classification ..100 100 <4) Sanitary facilities ...!i20 ~ 120 (5) Csll facilities and type 60 53 _ (Total sjcQjTe tfnJJer'sec. I) '400 H. Management of jail: I.-Jailers miscellaneous duties 45 33 2. Records of prisoners 30 30 3.; Condition in prisoners' " ' r quarters 100 94 4. Plant and equipment ready 1 ?for use "'A.: ..10 10 5. Full use of classification Vacili^ies .... ....90 90 7. No. iees ?jven 10 10 8. Prisoners foor and feeding , 60 57 9. Discipline and occupation of prisoners 25 20 4 * . (Total score undes sec. II) 400 364 III Equipment, Repair and Personnel: 1. 'Jail's equipment and repair 140 133 * 2. Medical service for prisoners 40 35 3. Sufficient staff 10 10 4. Adequate salary for staff 1-0 - 10 (Total score under sec. Ill) 200 188 v * Complete score on this jail 1000 943 Report pf Visit to Newberry County Almshouse Made April 23, 1921, by Assistant Secretary Elrearley. The Newberry county almshouse is a concrete example of the need of improving our present system of caring for the aged and infirm that are dependent upon the public. The inmates are living in c'attages that are made of such rough material that the expense of repairing them is relatively very large in proportion to the initial cc^t. These buildings are so unsatis factory that they can hardly be kept in a sanitary condition in spite of the 'efforts of Superintendent Smith. Th& institution has a large garden, abHout 5,000 cabbage plants having recently been set out and five sacks of Irish potatoes planted. The milk is supplied by three cows that have recently been tested for tuberculosis. This almshouse is far from being a credit to the county. The thirteen inmates are given the bare necessities of existence,, and that is about all. The number of persons cared for i? too small to warrant the expense ot adequate buildings and the necessary sanitary facilities; so the people of dewberry should seriously censider the advisability of joining with several adjoinink counties to establish a district home for the aged and infirm. State Board of Public Welfare. Score Card Report on Newberry Couaty Almshouse Scores Possible Acti 11. Almshouse: Permanent features: 1. Loca-;. .i and acreage J Suj or: ^tentlent's quarters 2. Superintendent's quarters 10 o. Paupers' quarters IT.") 1 (Total score under Sec. I) 200 1 II. Superin^enent's management: 1. The paupers: (1) Personal hygiene GO (2) Occupation and discip;j line : 25 j (3) Records 25 2. Paupers' quarters: Condition: !(1) Dormitories and adj juncts 110 | (2) Kitchen and storeroom 25 |(3) Classification of facilities I full use of 45 3. Sanitation: (1) Disposal of sewerage 50 ' (2) Disposal of manure ....30 !j (3) Disposal of kitchen refuse .... ? 10 1 4. General conditions 20 ; (Total score under Sec. II) 400 3 III. County Commissioners and Almshouse: 1. Almshouse equipment and repair 155 12. Sanitary facilities 85 lo A ?4.:?? | o. ,r\uiiiiiu&ii<auuii ?nu mcun.ai J service 100 | 4. Paupers' food and feeding 40 j5. General supervision 20 I | (Total score under sec. Ill) 400 2 I , , ? j Complete score of tnis almshouse 1,000 G Report of Visit to the Newber County Chaingang. Made April 23, 1921, by Assista i Secretary Brearley. The Newberry county gaingang h probably the poorest equipment any of the gangs of the state. No of the tents have flies, or second c-o ers and must leak like sieves in rai: iwaither. The cooking is done in t open without even a camp stove; j ihJt tonic oro ill nnnv rpn^ir* t [provisions are kept on the ground i a leaking tent and consequently a often badly damaged by rain and si; face water; the bedding is very so jed and is in disrepair; and a numb [of the prisoners have neither beds n j cot's but sleep on board" laid on T f r? /"l 5Wlum. y |jie method of disposing ef-^t 1 i i * r * V ? ' < '* j,1' - - j* ii ' *y .4* 5i /r-vr \ BBRHDDHBBBf BBBfi8IBBiBBH8SSi rofflBBBBBW IN ever ** the rc the car 1 its enorn ardized r to make i are re?Ie< i i I Phone 3 I SPECIAL-SIX TOURING CAR $17 SPECIAL SIX 2-PASS. ROADSTFR . 17 SPECIAL-SIX 4-PASS. ROADSTER 17 F. C. ALL S TUD EB A K MMMMBBmMBglllM e???? i mm ii 11?an?? i - ??? f lal sewerage is most unsanitary. The ni>rht buckets are emptied behind tin 1 ten's in which the prisoners sleep 1 > .This praeiU-e exposes tin- men to tin unoleasant odors and the damn r ol 10 ! contract ing disease. The refuse 10 ; should be piaced in a deep pit and ? should have at least three inches o: 33 ;earth thrown or.it every day. ! ! The food for the prisoners lacks va1 riety and should be improved by the *50 ! frequent addition of green vegetables and of some kind of fresh meat oi 2"> jisn once a week. The bedding should 25 ; be washed about every month. State Board of Public Weliare. 92 25 Newberry County CHaingang, Mr. Henry Richards, Foreman. ^'} \ ' Scores. | Possible Actual : I. Coui?i.y Commissioners and j Chain^anjr: R: 1. The camp and its equipment: Guards' quarters 25 20 j (2) Convicts' quarters .... 105 63 q^ i (3) Kitchen 50 1G i / .1 ^ Str?vi?rnniTi 1 j (5) Stock adequately sheltered 5* 0 ^ i 2. The convicts: 4.-1.(1) Medical attention 65 28 j (2) Records of convicts 30 30 ! (3) Convicts' food and 0l| o-i feeding <0 5o ^ | (4) Classification as requir j ed by law GO GO -i (5)Ten per cent off.for * ' I _ j good conduct 50 50 Miscellaneous 2o o 0_ ; 3. Miscellaneous 25 5 ?j * (Total score under sec. I) 500 329 ry II. Foreman's management, methods nt and results: 1. Camp and equipment: ns Conditions: 0f;l) Campgrounds 10 9 ne (2) Guard's quarters 10 9 ,v- (3) Convicts' quarters 80 43 (A\ r?Vix?n n rwl onninmflnt J 1.1 ny \ ^ / w w- CA**V vvjuii/iiiviiv -*y - }ie (5) Storeroom 10 5 a]] (G) Stock *....5 4 he i 2. Camp sanitation: *" " in (1) Water supply; source re unsuspicious '. 30 20 ir- (2) Disposal of sewerage ....50 0 il- (3) Disposal of manure 30 0 er (4) Disposal of kitchen reor fuse' 10 6 heTS. The convicts: (1) Personal hygierre r. 75 G3 he J$2) Discipline lj^O 112 I \ , J ; 8 SU-horsepoiv^r, ut/~tncn wnecioase g 51750 f. o. b. Detroit y operation from th< iw materia! is purch is sold, Smdebaker, b ions production and nethods of manufactu important savings?the :ied in the price of the < This is a Stud i McHARDY MOWER, Distributor 00 Newberi 50 SPECIAL-SIX COUPE $2650 50 SPECIAL-SIX SEDAN 27d0 50 IilG SIX TOURING CAR 2150 ?S. Detroit EK CARS A RE EQUIPPED W II I 11?*W JMii?H * I ( ';) Records 25 15 . j (Tola] score umlt-r sec. II) oOO 300 * i ; : j Complete score on thi11 chain^any; I,000fi20 [j C. Crofi. WiHiams, . i secretary. rQii . j Bro. Pcelc No i-igHt Weight ,i Abbeville Press & Banner. ! "Laugh and grow fat'' may be an * .[all right slogan fur some folks, but if I laughing adds avoirdupois thtn Bro' itner C. E. Peele, the beloved pastor f1 the Abbeville Methodist church, I had best not attend, any time soon, :another Old Spinsters Convention; for the parson already touches the scales at a point past the feather weight class and the way he laughed at the 'opera house Monday evening should, if there be merit in the old adage, add at least a ton to his present heavy weight rating. ? m tjgwm Kill the Rats j Yorkville Enquirer. Unless the investigations and con! elusions of the medical men are all at | fault the rat is more dangerous to ; health than any other form of vermin, [and there is absolutely no question of I Jt. Jf - i. -Ll- - i I J 1 1 - - i - | ine taci mai ne is lernoiy destructive j to property. The medical people tell us that they i have established beyond dispute that j the rat is the agent that scatters the i bubonic plague and he is accused ci I being responsible also for the dissemi| nation even of influenza. Knowledge i of thaj; terribly fatal disease has not yet progressed sufficiently to exonerate him from the charge. The people who know to a certainty ! that the rat destroys large quantities of their accumulated foodstuffs have no adequate idea of how much other evil they suffer from hh?. If the rat serves any single good ! purpose on earth no one has ever yet j succeeded in marking that good puripose up to his credit. * ? - ? Then why not destroy the rat? dive the Tarts the benefit of the | doubt as to being responsible for disJ ease, and still there is plenty of reai son to make it .worth while to destroy, jhirn. | It is not a difficult thing to rid this i country of rats. If the people would only give the matter half the time, and attention it deserves, it would take but a short time to wipe out the a w-\ v\l ? xais ^uiiipjCLCi^y. e moment ased until ecause of. its stand ire, is able ise savings car to you. }ebaker Year ry, S. C. | v i light-six touring car $1485 ijght-six landau-roadster... 1650 light-SIX SEDAN 2150 F. O. B. South Bend ith cord tires i Chal T IS V The Chalmers is a gooc investment because its re placement charges are ver It i^mains out of the rep long periods and yields c< liable, economical transpc i ( Truly Fine Mo Much of this is due to th performance. The fuel n the air alone ?is pre-he hot-spot. This means better ac smoother operation, and from less gasoline. Combi complete. 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Cha designed a chassis wor ,tor derful engine. e fine motor the car is comfort lixture? not as well as fine mec ?ated by the Chalmersowners know talk about them. rceleration, We will be glad to den: more power cellence of the Chalmt istion is more are seeking the most fc not likely to first-cost and alter-cost a Auto Comp t : V i ,r ? ?< f hen comfort is complete and1 st of operation at the minium there is little more to be sired in a closed car le Coupe adds to those qualms real beauty of design and 41 i 1 ^ ceuent gooa taste j#: i gasoline consumption is unusually lo?r The tire mileage is unusually high TERBY MOTOR CO. 00 Laurens, S. C. ' ? ss burned oat, beoil in the crankKeeping :ar is in keeping lmers engineers thy of the wonable and beauti:hanically. these things and lonstrate the exirs to those who >r their money? ?in a motor caj. i > >any, (5il) . # RS ... . . -Ct *+-*' > < - ?? I * > -H 1 ? i ^ ; ' ? ^ 1