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VOLUME XXXV. LAURW3NS. SOV;Thi CAIROLINA9 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1920.NUBR3 RPORTI COJ4 The .following is the report of the sixth inspettion of the 'Laurens County almshouse, jail and chaiti gang, made March 9th and 10th, 1920, by Asst.Sec. 113reailey, of the State Board of Chari ties and Correction: Alnshouse. Conditions have improved at the Lau rens County almshouse since the fifth inspection. The new superintendent, Mr. J. F. Satterwhite, is boing tpaid a fixed salary. The recently construct ed eight-room house for whites Is now occupied and the old 'buildings are be Ing cleared away. The county conl missioners are taking an active inter et in the institution and are trylitg to get things - into good shape. Tile farm is being run separately from the almshouse by an experienced farmer under the supervisiod of the superin tendent. The new management has the prol)or spirit and although it has bedn unablo to make many improvements yet; its kintercst argues, well for the future. The yard is full of the debris from the old buildings recently torn down. The institution needs a cow, 'Both of these needs, however, are expected to 'be filled in the near future. The new building should be screened and the negro cottages repaired as soon as rpossible. Jail. The sixth insigection of the Laurens County jail results in a lower scoring, 522, than any jail in the state received last year upon the score sheet used by the State Board of Charities and Corrections. This result is due in part, it is hoped, to the fact that court was in session at thetime of the visit and that the sheriff and his deputy had consequently been busy and had not given the jail the usual amount of at --tention. -Living Conditions in the jail are ex tremely unsatisfactory; the toilets are LIQUOR IS DOOMED JUDGE DECLARES Oovernment Determined to Break Ui Traffle, Judge Watkins Tells 'Defend. ant. (Greenville News.) Moonshine liquor and other bever ages' distilled in violation of the na tional prohibition law, are doomed ini the opinion of Judge T. H. Watkins, of the U. S. 'Court district of Soutli Carolina, while,presiding at the prep ent term of the court in session i Greenville. "The government is going to breali this thing up," said the court. "If it cannot be accomplished .b5 gentle means, then harsh measure will 'be employed," 'continued thi court. This opinion from Judge 'Watkini was brought out in an outspoket manner when the court was passini sentence upon 'W. Ei. Ballinger, 'wh4 .pleaded guilty on a charge of havini in possession distilled spirifs con -trary to the new prohibition law. The court, however, .was inclined ti be lenient. with the defendant befor the bar of th9 court in as mnuch a the transgressor was the head of large famIly. He is a 'Pickens count farmer. The omlcers found a two gallon keg of lisuor in hig house an a bottle of' whiskey In his corn-cri1 according to a statement made be ,fore the court. It was -Halilenger' first offense 3before 'this court. Th ,Wentence 'imposed was six months I Pickens county jail or a fine of $301 The court at first made the fine $50 -but later reduced it to $300, statin to the dlefendant that the court want ed to give him a chance. The coui told the defendant that <the neigl 'borhood in which he lived neede cleaning up and that he expected tl1 defendant to h'elp stralgthen thins out. 'Ballenger :promised to lend h efforts in tehi preservation of law an order in his conmmunity. Prohibitic enforcement oficers had stated tha stills had inifested the neighborhoo It 'was a fatherly talk court gai 'Bal.'engeri. one calculated to linger 1 Win memory. The.dcfendant told tI court that, among other children, I had three unmarried daughters. "-Wol., now," said Judge Watkin ''don't you knowv if you asked yoi daughters which they had rather hav a million dollars or a dladdy wil an unquestionable record as a cii zen, that they would take the repu IY ImomJNSTIImOMS out of order and fill the building with bad odors; the heatng is so unsatis factory that the negro men sleep on the floor to -get as near the stove as possible; the bath tubs have -been al lowed to become useless from lack\of repairs. The supply of blankets is so scanty that none can be spared during the cold months for the laundry; as a natui'l result, the mnon, both white and colored, are sleeping under covering that is so solled that it is 'positively filthy. The whole building is dark and dirty. In1 1917 the people of .Laurens through their legislative delegation ap propriated $35,000 for a new jail but the work was not begun immediately and the amount is now insufficient. The couuity is now paying a -half Mill tax on this sum that has not even been used. Economy demands that the coUnty appropriate enough money to fihish the task and avoid following the example of the unwise man in the 3ible who began to build a tower and was unable to complete, wasting the money already spent. Ch1ain Aangs. The Laurens County chain gang No. 2, under .Mr. 0. C. Medlock, is in a satisfactory condition. The grading given it this year, 737, is about the average for the gangs of the state last year. A great imiprovement in man. agement is that the men are no longer worked in shackles. This change Is tc -be commended from the standpoints ol both efilciency and humanity. Some of the needs of this camp are: a b'etter tent for the short time con victs, a larger supply of blankets, abolition of the practice of allowinE the prisoners to initiate newcomers and a more earnest effort to keel things clean and sanitary. At this visit gang No. 1, under Mr M.-8: Godfrey, was not visited becausi it was located over twenty miles fron Laurens. jable father?" Ballenger agreed wiltl the judge that there would he n( question which his children woul< choose. 'Ballenger was represented by Jame: -1. Price, of Greenville and Sam I Craig, of Pickens. Proper respect for the administra tion of justice henceforth will b paid in the court room by all pres , else offenders will find them selves 'before the bar. The court announced yesterday af ternoon upon the convening of th first session of the second week of th term that all persons in the roon must be seated iwhen possible an that 'promiscuous talking and othe jnoises calculated to disturb the courl must be 'stopped. Judge 'Watkin was very firm in the matter, as a: attorney in attendance upon the cou quicily learned, a rild ropriman being administered in less- than te minutes after .the court had delih ered the announcement. Judge Watkins is not a .believer i excusing jurors .without valid reason; and ordinary imainess excuses ar not valid, -in the court's -opinion. Il looks upon a man who shirks jur Sduty under ordinary circumstances he~ looked upon a slacker during tl w ar. A man wvhose business is b. Ihas no reason to ask .to *be excuse saidl the court. On -the other han .. the master of large- affairs is in a better position to serve than the po< e man who makes a real sacrifice I a comning into court as a juror, and wvl .can ill afford to lose the time. A 0 ex4)ected visit of the stork, the cou gtold the jurors; constituted an c: cuse. 'Illness .of a serious nature *t the family of a Juror also would 1 recognized as an 'excuse, the cou d said. The only business excuse whic e wouild be entertained Judge Watkh: ,a said, was one of urgent andi sse: s tially .timely importance-somiethir d that might comne up out of the ori a nary. Lt A ljury'3 has been secured and t1 :1. trial of M. F., I iuffmnan,. charged wi e opuerating an illicit dlistiliery, was pm n ceeding whenx coult adjourned. o mgtion t,. .'ash the indictment iw e overruled ay the court. The gr ernent is represented by -District /' a, torney Trlyurmond and Assistant IL tr trict Attorney WVyche. The defen e, ant is represented by S. M'c~ow h Simpkins andl S. 'M. Smith, both I. 10dgefield. The defendant is charg t. with operatingr an illicit distillery Edgefleld county. The case of the government against eleven bakers in the district will be called for trial Thursday, it was an nounced. Widespread interest is man ifested in the case. The trial of '10. B. Machen, Lau rens merchant, charged with profilt eering on Augar, will be called for trial this week. Good yard-wide Bleaching 19c, at both stores. J. C. Burns & Co. Blind Man's Direction Finder. 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