The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, April 14, 1920, Image 9
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.
To enable him to got about xvithoull
the ald of at cane a Seattle blind iain
has Invented a direction indicator, con.
sisting of a compass and buzzers worr.,
on a belt, the buzzers sounding wheu
he deviated from a set coutse.
Jud Tunkins.
"The city man," sakI Jud Tunkins
"who thinks he knoNs all about howi
to run a farim Is generally a chap whc
doesn't take the trouble to keep the
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