POPULATION.   Men. Women. Total. Number of inmates at the beginning of the fiscal year 445 655 1,120 Number received during the year 84 131 215 Number discharged or died during the year 81 112 193 Number at the end of the fiscal year 458 684 1,142 Daily average attendance during the year, 416 613 1,029 Average number of officers and employees, about     190

EXPENDITURES. Current expenses:   1. Salaries and wages $ 46,267.99 2. Clothing 16,905.35 3. Subsistence 51,573.43 4. Ordinary repairs 3,939.05 5. Office, domestic and outdoor expenses 46,323.37 Total $165,009.19

Ten thousand dollars of the above amount was paid on last year's debt. The appropriation for maintenance was $145,000 per annum. Disbursements were $165,000, of which $10,000 was last year's deficiency, making $155,000 for the current year. Outstanding indebtedness, $20,000. Net value of the farm and dairy products was $24,623.03. Per capita cost of maintenance, $152.55. Appropriation needed for support during the next biennial period, $175,000 annually. Special appropriations for the following purposes will be asked for: For bakeshop, $2,500; for spur track to railroad, $10,000; for colony buildings, $30,000.

During the biennial period of 1907-1908 the Hospital Commission expended for this institution: For 115 acres of land, $4,500; eight cottages for attendants, $4,800; addition to laundry and repairs, building nurses' home, about $23,000.

Thirteen hundred and thirty-five patients were treated—an increase of 144 over the whole number of last year.

Fire protection fairly good, but not as good as it should be.

POPULATION.   Men. Women. Total. Number of inmates at the beginning of the fiscal year 244 330 574 Number received during the year 72 65 137 Number discharged or died during the year 93 116 209 Number at the end of the fiscal year 216 286 502 Daily average attendance during the year, 260 319 579 Average number of officers and employees during the year      

EXPENDITURES.Current expenses: 1. Salaries and wages$30,164.122. Clothing6,629.113. Subsistence42,730.464. Ordinary repairs4,322.975. Office, domestic and outdoor expenses15,322.97Total$99,211.50 Extraordinary expenses: 1. New buildings, land, etc.$71,000.002. Permanent improvements to existing buildings,10,688.09Total$81,688.09

The annual appropriation was $95,800. Whole number treated during the year, 711—an increase of 61 over the previous year. Receipts were $109,764.21; disbursements, $109,899.59. Outstanding indebtedness, $89.52. Per capita cost of maintenance, $167.25. Estimated net value of the farm and dairy products, $23,217.86. For maintaining the present number in charge $118,250 annually will be needed, but if the epileptic colony is ready for occupancy this amount will not be sufficient.

The Hospital Commission has purchased 1,140⅔ acres adjoining the present grounds, at a cost of $53,500. For carpenter shop, $3,800, and $4,200 for storeroom. It has constructed an annex to the building for males and equipped the same for 100 patients. A colony for 85 females is under process of construction, and it has contracted for buildings for colonies to be erected upon the land recently bought. These colonies for epileptics will be under the charge of the present hospital. There are now 16 epileptics cared for, who will be transferred to these buildings. Epileptics will be received as soon as these structures are completed.

The general health has been good. No epidemic or serious accident. Some escapes; the majority have been returned to the hospital. We have allowed some to remain at home, as their people asked it.

Number of deaths, 41. Percentage of mortality upon the whole number treated, 5. Percentage of cures upon admissions, 49 per cent. Discharged as improved, 4. Number of patients refused admission—epileptics, 15; idiots, 3; senility, 7; paralysis, 3; inebriety, 3; no room, 47; total, 78.

Of the number in charge, 80 per cent. are chronic cases; 3 tuberculosis patients. Provision has not yet been made for the separation of this class. Attendants—male, 19; female, 26. There is a training school in connection with the work. Dancing and song service for recreation. We have no library. Special apparatus for hydrotherapy has not been introduced. Twelve patients from the western district; 16 pay patients; 320 are occupied in garden, laundry, sewing, knitting, fancy work, sweeping and cleaning the wards.

Acreage, 1,300¾. Estimated value of land, hospital equipment, etc., $418,200.

No alterations or improvements in this department during the year.

The following is the table of the movement of population for the year 1908:

 Men.Women.Total.Number of inmates present November 30, 1907421456Number received during the year ending November 30, 190818119Whole number treated during the year601575Number discharged or died during the year11112Discharged as cured  8 Died  4Daily average attendance during the year,481462Remaining November 30, 1908471461Daily average number of officers and employees617

EXPENDITURES. 1. Salaries and wages $1,922.13 2. Clothing 597.96 3. Subsistence 2,575.22 4. Office, domestic and outdoor expenses 673.05 Total $5,768.36

Percentage of cures upon admission, 28. They are turned over to the courts when discharged as cured. General health has been good. Escaped, 3; not recaptured. No serious accident or epidemic. Patients have little or no employment. No land. No amusement. None have been refused for want of room, but eleven have been received beyond the capacity of the wards, and they occupy prison cells at night, which is to be deplored. Receipts and disbursements were $5,768.36, paid out of the fund of the State's Prison. No outstanding indebtedness. Percapita cost of maintenance was $93.04. For support during the next biennial period $7,500 annually will be needed. Protection against fire is fairly good. The land and building are the property of the State's Prison.

The needs of the institution are the same as recommended in former reports.

POPULATION. Boys.Girls.Total.Number of children on the roll at end of fiscal year123112235Number received during the year262349Whole number during the year124113280 Discharged527Died  1Daily average attendance  240Number at the end of the fiscal year, November 30, 1908  249Daily average number of officers and employees  60

EXPENDITURES. Current expenses:   1. Salaries and wages $28,349.84 2. Clothing 1,800.00 3. Subsistence (commissary and fuel) 15,176.53 4. Ordinary repairs—no separate account kept.   5. Office, domestic and outdoor expenses—no separate account.   Extraordinary expenses:   1. New buildings, land, etc   2. Permanent improvements to existing buildings $4,250.00

Receipts for the year were: Appropriation for maintenance, $46,000; special, $4,250. Disbursements, $52,540.27. Outstanding indebtedness, $2,292.10. Per capita cost, $185. Earnings were $3,947.83.

The institution can accommodate 270. The compulsory attendance law has not been enforced, as there is not sufficient room. If it were enforced, more room would be needed for 150 to 200 children. None have been refused. The amount needed for maintenance during the next biennial period will be $55,000 annually. The health of the children has been very good. No serious accident or epidemic. The electric plant, concrete floors and road improvements authorized by the last General Assembly have been completed. We need a new building to accommodate at least 100 children. No changes have occurred in the industrial or literary courses or in the domestic arrangements. We find that practically every scholar becomes self-supporting.

Of the new pupils admitted, congenitally deaf, 24; others became deaf as follows: unknown, 12; measles and mumps, 1; scarlet fever, 2; rising in the head, 1; meningitis, 1; chicken pox, 1; congestion of the brain, 1; fever, 1; catarrh, 2; rising in the neck, 1; brain fever, 1; cold in the ears, 1. Onset of disease at the age of one year, 2; one and a half, 1; two at 3; one at 3; one at 5; one at 11, and one unknown.

POPULATION.   Boys. Girls. Total. Number of children at the beginning of the fiscal year 40 65 105 Number admitted during the year 16 27 43 Number discharged or died during the year 3 3 6 Number at the end of the fiscal year 53 89 142 Daily average attendance during the year, 50 85 135 Average number of officers and employees,     13

EXPENDITURES. Current expenses:   1. Salaries and wages $2,643.00 2. Clothing 1,000.00 3. Subsistence 3,200.00 4. Ordinary repairs 160.00 5. Office, outdoor and domestic expenses 500.00 Total $7,503.00 Extraordinary expenses:   1. New buildings, land, etc $2,097.75 2. Permanent improvements to existing buildings 200.00 Total $2,297.75

Capacity of the institution, 150. Both sexes received. Admitted at three years; discharged at seventeen for boys and eighteen for girls. No epidemic or serious accident. Present health of the children is very good. No sewerage; excreta removed daily. No protection against fire. We have one building for boys, one for girls and one for infants. Industrial and literary courses taught. Six in high schools. We do not place in private homes.

We are fairly well supported. Cost of caring for a child and educating, $70 per annum. Receipts have been $8,791.82, and disbursements were $9,800.75. Outstanding debt on account of new buildings, $1,008.93.

We have erected and completed the following new buildings: A shoe and harness shop, with new tools, in which a class of eight boys are learning trades; a blacksmith and wood shop, in which a class of ten boys are at work for the public as well as for the home (in these shops first-class workmen are employed as instructors); a three-story granary for farm products; a schoolroom connected with the infant department.

We shall continue to strive until the institution has reached that position in which it can perform the great mission for which it was founded. Without the most gracious appropriation from our State the home could not possibly exist another year.

The annual appropriation for support during the last biennial period was $15,000. The special appropriation of $5,000 supplied water for fire protection and added a new dining room and kitchen, with rooms for nurses, to the hospital, with heating apparatus, and roofs upon the cottages. No outstanding indebtedness. While no one has been refused for lack of room, many have had to remain upon the waiting list until rooms could be prepared for them. We will need $17,000 per annum for support and $2,000 annually for improvements.

The following is the table of the movement of population for 1908:

Number on the roll November 30, 1908 128 Admitted during the year 37 Died 29 Discharged 12 Remaining November 30, 1908 134 Whole number cared for during the year 192

The percentage of mortality is nearly 20 per cent. Average number of patients in the hospital during the year, 32.

The Home has no regular trained nurse, but there are two white nurses, who are very capable, and the old soldiers get very good attention. There is a special dining room and special diet for the sick. The general health of the veterans has been good. Average age, seventy-five. No special means provided for entertainment and recreation, except innocent games, magazines and papers. Col. Fred. Olds frequently takes the Band of Sunshiners out to sing and recite for them. Religious services by the various denominations.

The Daughters of the Confederacy have contributed during the year to the payment of a nurse for the hospital, gifts of furniture have been made by that organization, and some memorial beds given by patriotic citizens. The only urgent need of the institution is for an increase in maintenance fund.

The Sanatorium is located on the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad, eight miles from Aberdeen. Nine hundred and fifty-one acres, a portion of which is very fertile and will be converted into dairy and poultry farms, milk and eggs being the chief diet of consumptives. Plenty of fresh spring water and sixty horse power in the creek. There are four buildings—one seven-room farm house, one dining room, kitchen and laundry building, one two-story cottage, with capacity for care of thirty-four patients; barns and feed houses. Ten patients have been admitted to the institution; five now in charge. Available beds, 34. One trained nurse and one attendant. Patients who pay are charged $7 per week. Buildings insured. No special fire protection. Expenditures have been a little less than $16,000.

Remarks.—We now have patients calling and writing from all parts of the State.

The following table gives the movement of population for the six months ending July 1, 1908:

 Men.Women.Total.Number of patients, remaining January 1, 19087613Number present July 1, 19087815  Men.Women.Total.Number admitted18826Discharged recovered7310Discharged improved819Died   Whole number removed  24Daily average number of patients  13Average number of officers and employees,  21

Of this number of patients, insane, 10; drug habitues, 6; nervous, 10.

Residence by States—North Carolina, 6; South Carolina, 3; Georgia, 4; New York; 3; Ohio, 3; Pennsylvania, 2; Kentucky, 2; and one each from Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.

On August 1st, Oak Lodge, a beautiful 25-room building on the Highland Home property, will be opened. This will increase the capacity from 18 to 30 patients and give an ideal home for patients of this class. It is a three-story frame-and-stone building; four bath rooms, six protected rooms, sixty feet protected porch and three other porches, with steam heat, hot and cold water in all rooms except protected rooms; a large club room, with pianola and billiard table. It nestles under the trees and is really inviting in its peaceful and quiet situation. This is the first of a series of four buildings which we hope to erect in the development of the ideal Highland Home Sanitarium. For several months we have been unable to accommodate the patients who have applied, and now have several on the waiting list. But we think that Oak Lodge will not only increase our efficiency and simplify our work, but will provide quarters for outside patients which are probably not surpassed in the South.

Present officers are: Robert S. Carroll, M. D., president; William L. Dunn, M. D., vice-president; R. Pettus, G. N., superintendent of nurses. Miss Pettus, the chief nurse, is a graduate of the Government Hospital, Wasington, D. C. There are nine female and four male attendants.

There has been no epidemic or serious accident. Good fire protection. Rate of charges, $25 to $75 per week.

There is a training school for nurses and attendants in connection with the sanitarium. The degree of trained nurse is given after three years of study, training and practical experience, provided the work done has been satisfactory. There is a second course of two years open to male students, which offers the degree of trained attendant. A post-graduate course of one year is offered graduates of other training schools. This includes instruction in hydrotherapy, massage, hygiene, nursing of nervous and mental diseases, and hospital housekeeping.

Williams' Private Sanatorium is located at 1020 West Market Street, Greensboro. The building is steam heated, electric lights, airy rooms, baths and all conveniences. Alcoholism, morphine and other drug addictions treated. This institution was opened for patients on April 13, 1908. Dr. B. B. Williams, president; Mr. John R. Robinson, manager.

  Men. Women. Total. Number of patients present July 1, 1908,     5 Present during the six months ending December 31, 1908 38 3 41 Discharged cured 35 2 37 Died       Daily average number of patients     3 Daily average number of employees     3

Capacity of the sanatorium, 12 beds. Male and female departments are not wholly separated. One attendant for each sex. One trained nurse. No accident or epidemic.

Good—Anson, Beaufort, Buncombe, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Gaston, Gates, Granville, Greene, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Martin, Montgomery, Moore, New Hanover, Pasquotank, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Stanly, Stokes, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne and Wilkes.

Fair—Alamance, Dare, Jones, Person and Yancey.

New—Buncombe, Rowan, Forsyth, Duplin and Perquimans.

Good—Alamance, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleveland, Edgecombe, Gaston, Granville, Greene, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Macon, Moore, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Rutherford, Sampson, Stanly, Vance, Wake, Washington and Wayne.

Fair—Anson, Catawba, Davidson (remodeling), Lincoln, Mecklenburg (to build), New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Person, Transylvania and Yancey (building).

Inferior—Burke, Clay, Dare, Davie, Rockingham, Tyrrell and Beaufort (too small).

This orphanage is under the control of the Protestant Episcopal Church of North Carolina. Present buildings will accommodate 72.

  Boys. Girls. Total. Number of children remaining October 31, 1907 29 40 69 Number admitted during the year ending October 31, 1908 13 6 19 Placed in families and returned to friends     21 Self-supporting     2 Dismissed     1 Remaining October 31, 1908 29 31 60

Admitted at 3 years of age; boys discharged at 15 and girls from 16 to 18. Both sexes and foreign-born admitted. There has been an epidemic of malaria. Present health is good. Sewerage and surface closets. Two-inch pipes in the buildings and fire plugs within a square and a half. The children are housed in two large buildings. One pupil in college. We have placed a few in private homes, but do not like to do it. Yes, we are well supported in caring for the children. Receipts, $7,032.82; disbursements, $7,669.81. A new corn crib has been built by our own force. Water pipes have been extended to the stock shed. Literary course and training in farm and domestic work.

This institution is maintained and controlled by the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Number children admitted during year ending October 31, 1908 30 Whole number in charge 131 Become self-supporting 3 Died 1 Remaining October 31, 1908 131

Both sexes received. Admitted from 6 to 12 years of age and discharged at 18. Capacity of the orphanage is 200. No serious accident or epidemic; present health of the children is good. One large building at present, but working towards the cottage system. No children are placed out until they finish the course. Institution has sewerage; no special fire protection. Literary course and sewing, etc., taught. We are well supported in caring for the children. Receipts and disbursements $23,000.

The Roman Catholic Orphanage for girls is located at Belmont, Gaston County. It is under the control of St. Mary's Catholic Church, with Mother Mary Teresa in charge.

Number remaining October 31, 1907 25 Number admitted during the fiscal year 7 Whole number in charge during the year 32 Remaining October 31, 1908 21

Girls are received without restriction as to age. Present capacity 30. No accident or serious illness; present health of the children is excellent. One large building. No special protection against fire. Industrial courses taught. Receipts, $265; disbursements, $2,000. One child placed in private home. Added a classroom during the year. There is a system of oversight of children placed out. We are not well supported in the care of the children.

This institution was opened in 1899 with four children in charge. It is beautifully situated three miles from the city and seventy-five feet above the Capitol grounds. It is under the control of the Roman Catholic Church.

Number children remaining October 31, 1907 40 Admitted during the fiscal year 15 Placed in families 3 Become self-supporting 4 Remaining October 31, 1908 48 Died  

Age of admission 4 and of discharge 16. Only boys taken. Capacity, 60. No epidemic or serious accident; general health of the children good. No sewerage. Fire extinguishers. One building for the children. Special attention paid to individuality. Both industrial and literary courses taught. None in colleges or high schools. Three children placed out in 1907. All of our support is in the form of donations. After children are placed out we see that they are well cared for and lose none of their moral training.

This institution is under the control of the Southern Christian Convention.

  Boys. Girls. Total. Number children remaining October 31, 1907 7 9 16 Number admitted during the year 7 3 10 Total in charge     26 Placed in families       Become self-supporting       Died       Remaining October 31, 1908     26

The Home is located on a twenty-acre plat of land at Goldsboro. The first building was opened in 1892. It is maintained and controlled by the Odd Fellows of the State.

  Boys. Girls. Total. Number children remaining October 31, 1907 50 48 98 Number admitted to end of fiscal year (April)     34 Placed in families       Died       Become self-supporting     9 Remaining October 31, 1908     121

Age of admission 5 to 15. Discharged at 17 and 18. Both sexes received. Capacity for 140. Fevers for nearly three months, but present health good. Sewerage. Fire extinguishers and fire escapes and city fire department.

The children attend the graded school of the town. They work on the farm and do the work of the house.

Much is done to develop individuality. Two in colleges. An annex to the dining-room and dormitories were added during the year. Receipts, $13,598.15; disbursements, $8,626.89. We are well supported in caring for the children. We employ a music teacher, who teaches in the afternoons. The boys are helping in the printing of the “North Carolina Odd Fellow.”

When the new Jacobi Memorial Building is completed and an adequate steam-heating plant and laundry added, the present plant, including the Home for Aged Odd Fellows, will be valued at about $125,000.

This is a county institution controlled and supported by Buncombe County. The commissioners appoint a board of managers and they in turn employ a competent man and woman to take charge of the Home. Mr. J. P. Howatt is the present chairman of the board.

  Boys. Girls. Total. Number children remaining October 31, 1907 13 4 17 Number admitted during the fiscal year, . . . . . . 36 Placed in families . . . . . . 23 Died . . . . . . . . . Remaining October 31, 1908 3 10 13

Both sexes are received. Capacity, 25. No serious accident or epidemic; present health of the children is good. Cared for in one building. Sewerage and city water; these have been added during the past year. Children are placed out, and they are under care and oversight after being placed in families.

This institution is under the control of the Presbyterian churches of the city. In 1895 the present home was given by Mr. R. B. Alexander. It is supported by voluntary contributions from the Sunday-schools and from private individuals. In charge, 20. Only one death has occurred since the opening of the Home. Children are received at 4 years of age, though some exceptions. Both sexes received. We try to secure homes for them. Capacity 25 or 30. There has been an epidemic of whooping-cough; health at present is very good. City fire department. Sewerage. Though housed in one building, the number is limited. Children attend the city graded schools. We place out children when we can find good homes. We are moderately well supported. About $1,500 was expended on improvements during the past year. Children are too widely scattered to continue personal oversight, but we keep in touch through correspondence.

Our rescue home is supported by contributions from individuals from various parts of the country. We have no board or persons to look to.

  Children. Women. Number persons remaining October 31, 1907 4 8 Number admitted during the year 12 17 Placed in families   15 Died 3   Remaining October 31, 1908 5 9

Children received over 2 years old. Any age for wayward girls. Capacity, 25. No serious accident or epidemic; health good. No sewerage; city scavenger. Insurance. Personal care. Industrial and literary courses taught. Receive no compensation from people. Oversight of those who are placed out. About 70 per cent reform. Receipts, $644.47; disbursements, $585.09.

This rescue home was opened June 27, 1905. It is under the management of a board composed of members from each Protestant church. Girls who have left the right path and truly wish to reform are received. No slum cases are admitted.

  Women. Infants. Whole number in charge during year 37 18 Number remaining October 27, 1907 11 9 Placed in families 3   Died    

Capacity, 25 girls and for infants. No serious accident or epidemic; health very good. Sewerage. City fire department. Industrial course taught. We are well supported. No additions this year. Expenses, $150 per month. Ninety-five per cent reform.

The orphanage was opened in June, 1906. It is not controlled by any organization or church.

  Boys. Girls. Total. Number children remaining October 31, 1907 6 7 13 Whole number in charge during year     16 Placed in families       Become self-supporting       Died       Remaining October 31, 1908     16

No age limit for admission; discharged at 21. Present capacity of the institution, 40. Whooping-cough during the year. Present health is good. Cottages. The building has two proches all the way around it and is easily accessible with ladders in case of fire. No sewerage. Industrial and literary courses taught. None in colleges or high schools yet. We are well supported in the care of the children. Receipts, $2,538.46; disbursements, $2,342.19. Preparations are now being made for heating and water supply.

The Benevolent Society, which was chartered over fifty years ago, has established this Home for old ladies who have had advantages in times past and who are unable to make a living. We have two methods of caring for them. Some pay $100 admission, which gives them food and shelter for life, they supplying other needs. In the annex they pay no admission fee, but pay $12 per month.

Number of inmates in the Home October 31, 1907 10 Admitted during the year 2 Died 1 Number remaining October 31, 1908 11 Receipts for the year were $1,046.00 Disbursements 1,077.95

The Home is maintained by interest on investment mainly. Good sewerage and water supply. Insured. It is undenominational.

We have five names now on our waiting list.

This institution was founded in 1887. It is located on South Main Street, Salem. It is a comfortable home for old ladies. No condition for admission; any needy woman or child who has no one to help her.

This Home for old ladies was established in 1895. It is maintained through the efforts of the Circle and the assistance of friends. It is a comfortable refuge for old ladies who are reduced in circumstances. No admission fees.

Number in the Home October 31, 1907 10 Since admitted, to October 31, 1908 2 Died 1 Number remaining October 31, 1908 11

City fire department for protection against fire. Good sewerage and water supply.

Receipts for the fiscal year $1,604.14 Disbursements 1,514.62

This institution was opened during the past year and is located about one hundred and fifty yards to the north of the main building of the Orphanage. It is an imposing two-story structure with ample double porches on each side, and is called the “Home for the Aged and Infirm.” There are as yet only three old persons in the Home. The building is well located, has sewerage and steam heat and is comfortable and homelike.

This organization is composed of the subscribers to the fund for care of the poor of the city. Its object is to join the charitable forces of the city in a united effort to help the poor by upholding the family. Proper investigation of all cases coming before it is one of its governing principles. “Knowledge is the foundation of all intelligent and effective aid.” “Intelligent giving and intelligent withholding are alike true charity.”

Times help has been extended 1,495 Times applicants have been refused 195 Visits 1,900 Funerals 10 Persons sent home 32 Times secondhand clothing has been sent out from the office 1,004 Employment found for 71 Baskets of food given out on Thanksgiving Day 350 Homes found for helpless children 8

The children of the graded schools always help with the Thanksgiving offering.

Subscriptions during twelve months, $2,171.56. Cost of groceries and wood furnished the needy, $1,104.88. Other items, drugs, nurse furnished the sick, coffins, board and lodging, etc.

This society was organized in 1884 as the Flower Mission and is known as the “Flower Mission and Associated Charities.” The following figures are given for the period from November to April: Helped 140, refused 29. We have a district nurse, and invalid food is provided when necessary. Some transportation. A small sum is charged for clothing. Street begging has been eliminated to a great extent. We have an annual meeting and publish items in the daily papers. We are well supported. We have an office and secretary. Friendly Visitors also. We hold regular and frequent meetings of the committee. We are trying to help people to help themselves. We secure work for applicants whenever possible. Little work this winter and the demand for aid has been great.

This association for the help and uplift of the poor was organized in March, 1905. Mrs. W. B. Taylor is president. We hold monthly meetings of the board and an annual meeting, when the officers are elected. Wonders have been accomplished in preventing house-to-house begging. Funds are raised by members of the board soliciting citizens for subscriptions.

Number of families aided during the fiscal year 552 Number of persons refused help 152 Receipts for the year $1,134.17 Disbursements 1,173.31 Balance from 1907 167.00

We have $150 as a nurse fund. We are well supported by the public. The daily papers publish reports. No office. Visitors appointed at the monthly meetings.

This association was organized in October, 1893. It is under a board of eighteen directors, the ministers of the churches, three physicians, five business men and one of the county commissioners. It is supported by $1,500 per annum from the county, and contributions from the churches and from individuals. Besides the board of directors, there are twelve ladies who have charge of the districts and twelve Visitors.

Number of families aided during the year 120 Receipts $2,391.52 Disbursements 2,501.06

Fresh-air outings are given by the churches and different organizations. There is a district nurse for the city, but not supported by this organization. Street begging has been almost abolished. We have an annual public meeting and a report is published. The public is informed of the work through the press. The secretary has charge of the office, which is open from 9 to 2 P. M.

This association was organized in October, 1903. The administration is vested in a committee of ministers and laymen. The office work is done by the secretary, who receives donations, hears, investigates and deals with applicants, and keeps a record and account of the business, being directly responsible to and in communication with the committee. By agreement of the Ministers' Association, all churches care for their own needy members, and this class of applicants is brought at once to the notice of the pastors for relief. This office deals with emergency cases and those who are without resources. Relief is given on a basis of need, not personal character, and in the most practical way.

Number of families aided during the fiscal year 61 Refused help 15 Receipts $513.50 Disbursements 510.82

No fresh-air outings or district nurse. We are only fairly well supported outside of the churches. No annual public meeting. Supported by pledges given by the city churches, the city and individuals. Statements published in the daily press.

The secretary is in the office from 10 to 12 daily except Sundays. Regular meetings of the committee. The authorized supplies are food, fuel and medicine, issued only by printed order slips signed by the secretary. Secondhand clothing given out without order. Other appeals are referred to the committee.

This hospital was a gift to Durham by Mr. George Watts. Durham gives $2,400 per year for its support and it has an endowment which yields $1,300 per annum.

Number of patients remaining October 31, 1908 15 Number admitted during the year 431 Whole number treated 446 Died 29 Discharged 417 Number remaining October 31, 1908 15

Available beds, 35. Nurses, 12. Charity patients, 141. Schedule of charges for pay patients: $6 to $18 per week. Buildings insured. Sewerage.

Expenditures $10,419.30 Disbursements 10,306.24

No improvements to this building, but a large new hospital is in course of construction.

This hospital was established in 1904. It is under the management of a board of directors. Available beds, 30. Nurses, 5. Number of charity patients during the year, 40. Schedule of charges: $10 and $15 per week. Fire protection. Buildings insured. Sewerage.

On the 12th day of January, 1909, the cornerstone of the new and enlarged Rex Hospital was laid by the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina. John Rex, a native of Pennsylvania, and one of the earliest settlers in Raleigh, died on the 29th of January, 1839, aged seventy-four. He died a bachelor and left his entire estate in North Carolina first to pay his debts, then to provide for the manumission of his slaves, seventeen in number, and their removal under the auspices of the African Colonization Society and their establishment in a colony in Africa, and the residue of his estate to be turned over to trustees for the establishment of a hospital, “for the sick and afflicted poor of the city of Raleigh.”

The General Assembly of 1840-41 chartered a corporation under the name of the Trustees of Rex Hospital, which is managed by five citizens. These citizens are nominated by the commissioners or aldermen of the city for appointment by the Supreme Court of the State.

This hospital is modern and up to date in its building and equipment. It was opened for patients in 1906.

Number of patients remaining October 31, 1907 42 Number admitted during the present fiscal year 631 Whole number treated 673 Died 41 Discharged 590 Remaining October 31, 1908 42

Available beds, 100. Nurses, 29. Charity patients, 80. Schedule of charges for pay patients: $1.50 to $3.50 per day. The county pays $5 per week for patients sent by it. Good sewerage and fire protection. Insured. No inebriates or insane treated. The institution has no endowment fund.

This hospital is under the management of a board of directors. The county appropriates $1,000 per annum. Available beds, 25. Nurses, 6. Schedule of charges: $7 to $25 per week. Fire protection and sewerage. Buildings insured. Some endowment fund. Some improvements during the year.

The hospital receives aid from the city. It has an endowment fund of $10,000. Its regular income is $2,200, which is supplemented by money received from pay patients and contributions. Expenditures for the year were $6,995.

Number of patients remaining October 31, 1907 7 Number admitted during the year 358 Whole number treated during the year 365 Died 30 Discharged 327 Number remaining October 31, 1908 8

Number of available beds, 30. Eight nurses in training. Charity patients, 139. Schedule of charges for pay patients: $10, $12.50, $15 and $18 per week. Repairs since the last report, $500.52. No insane or inebriates treated. We are greatly in need of a larger plant embracing an obstetric ward and a free dispensary.

This institution was established in 1902 and is under the control of a board of managers. It receives $4,800 from the city and $7,200 from the county—$12,000 annually. No case of insanity, contagious disease or simple alcoholism is admitted. Chronic and incurable cases admitted temporarily only.

Number of patients remaining October 31, 1907 49 Admitted during the year 1,021 Whole number treated during the year 1,458 Died 117 Discharged 823 Number remaining October 31, 1908 47

Available beds, 85. Nurses, 16. Charity patients, 684. Schedule of charges for pay patients: $20, $15, $10, $9 and $7 per week. There is good fire protection. Insurance. Sewerage. No endowment fund. Improvements have been: addition to the heating plant, skylight in the operating room, provision made for increased supply of hot water.

Receipts were $25,130.26; disbursements, $25,156.97; deficit $26.71.

This is a private sanatorium. Available beds, 25. Nurses, 2. No charity patients. Schedule of charges: $20 to $35. Good fire protection. Buildings insured. Sewerage. No inebriates or insane treated. For care and treatment of diseases of the lungs and throat.

This is a private hospital, with Dr. J. H. Marsh superintendent and Miss E. M. Hartman superintendent of nurses.

Number of patients remaining October 31, 1907 11 Admitted during the fiscal year 174 Died 3 Discharged 171 Number remaining October 31, 1908 6

Available beds, 24. Nurses, 6. Charity patients, 10. Schedule of charges for pay patients: $10 to $20 per week. Sewerage. Fire protection.

This is a private institution, located on North Center Street. No funds from any source whatever except from pay patients. It is a strictly private institution, though we do a great deal of free work.

This sanatorium is under the control of the Charlotte Sanatorium Company. It is located on Seventh and Church streets. It is a private institution and does not receive funds from county or city. It has not yet been opened for patients. Available beds will be 60. Nurses, 20. Schedule of charges, from $1.50 to $5 per day. Sewerage and fire protection. It is for those who need rest and treatment in a southern climate. One thousand feet above sea-level in the Piedmont region; health conditions are admirable, never extremes of heat or cold.

This hospital is a private enterprise controlled by Drs. C. E. Moore and E. T. Dickenson. The following is the table of the movement of population for the fiscal year:

Number of patients remaining at the end of fiscal year 12 Number admitted during the present year 392 Whole number treated 404 Died 13 Discharged 378 Number remaining October 31, 1908 13

Available beds, 25. Nurses, 12. No charity patients. Schedule of charges: $14 to $21 per week. Hose and extinguishers on each floor as fire protection. Sewerage. Insured. No changes. No inebriates or insane treated.

This is a private hospital which was opened October 9, 1906. There was such need for those unable to pay for treatment that the authorities now pay $500 per year for charity patients.

Number patients remaining October 31, 1907 14 Admitted during the present fiscal year 300 Whole number treated during the year, including outside patients 548 Died (7 medical and accident cases, 4 dying within twenty-four hours of admission) 21 Discharged 276 Number remaining October 31, 1908 17

Available beds, 35. Nurses, 7. Charity patients, 35, and a number who were able to pay only a small part of the regular charges. Schedule of charges: $10 per week in the ward and $15 per week in the rooms. Good sewerage and fire protection. Insured. No endowment fund. Steam laundry, hydraulic ram and new waterworks, and sun parlor have been added during the year. Have instituted a training school for nurses, two-year course. No insane or inebriates treated.

This is a private hospital for the treatment of medical and surgical tubercular diseases. The altitude is 1,200 feet; fine scenery; fine all-the-year-round climate. Successful treatment of tubercular cases. Available beds, 24. Nurses, 3. Schedule of charges: $25 per week. Good fire protection. Sewerage. Insured. Only tuberculosis treated.

This is a memorial hospital and is under the direction of All Souls Church and the vestry, with such other persons as they may associate with them. It has a $20,000 endowment; nothing from public funds.

Number of patients remaining October 31, 1907 6 Admitted during the present year 196 Whole number treated during the year 202 Died 7 Discharged 195 Number remaining October 31, 1908 7

Available beds, 16. Nurses, 7. About one-third of those treated were charity patients. Schedule of charges for pay patients: $8 to $25 per week. There is fire protection. Sewerage. Buildings insured. No insane or inebriates treated. Receipts were $11,336.22 and disbursements $11,208.61.

This institution was erected in 1885. It is open during the session of the school from October to May 1st.

Number admitted during the school year 126 Died 3 Discharged 123

Available beds, 23. Nurses, 3. Charity patients, 110. Charges for pay patients, $1.50 to $3 per week. Connection with the city mains and city fire department. Buildings insured. Sewerage. No endowment fund.

Receipts, $85.50 from pay patients, $227.29 from gifts; total, $312.79. Expenses approximately $2,000, paid from Shaw University funds. No changes. No inebriates or insane treated.

A new hospital with endowment fund is needed.

The cities of Winston and Salem, respectively, give $300 and $100 annually to the hospital without conditions.

  Men. Women. Total. Number of patients remaining October 31, 1907 1 2 3 Admitted during the present fiscal year, 34 20 54 Whole number treated during the year, 35 22 57 Died 6 1 7 Discharged 25 19 44 Number remaining October 31, 1908 4 2 6

Available beds, 24. Nurses, 4. Charity patients, 28. Schedule of charges for pay patients: $3 per week for the general ward and from $4 to $6 for private wards. Buildings insured; no special fire protection. Sewerage. No endowment fund. Expenditures, $811.82; receipts, $816.19. No alterations or improvements during the year. No inebriates or insane treated.

The hospital is under a board of managers appointed by the Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the North Carolina Diocese. No county or municipal funds received, except pay per day for patients who may be sent by them. Others pay what they can. Schedule of charges for pay patients: $1.25 per day. Charity patients, 160.

Number of patients remaining October 31, 1907 12 Admitted during the year 204 Whole number treated during the year, including outside patients 300 Died 18 Discharged 179 Number remaining October 31, 1908 5

Available beds, 20. Nurses, 4. City fire department, also buckets in the hospital. Sewerage. Insured. No endowment fund. No insane or inebriates treated. Expenditures, $3,021.51; receipts, $3,051.37.

This institution is for colored consumptives and is open from November to May. It is maintained by voluntary contributions chiefly, partly by pay patients. It was chartered in 1896. It is controlled by a board of trustees, of whom Dr. James McKee, Raleigh, is the president. There are both white and colored trustees, the superintendent being colored. No county or State funds received.

Number of patients remaining October 31, 1907 6 Number admitted during the year 28 Whole number treated during the year 34 Died 2 Discharged 29 Number remaining October 31, 1908 3

Available beds, 24. One nurse. Charity patients, 9. (All are more or less charity patients.) Schedule of charges: $15 per month. No special fire protection, which is much needed. Receipts have been $614 and expenditures the same. There are three neat buildings on four acres of land, original cost, $10,000. No debts on the property. Funds for repairs urgently needed. We need endowment. Three thousand six hundred dollars will endow a bed perpetually; $180 will support one patient one year; $15 will support one patient one month.

St. Agnes Hospital and Training School for Nurses was organized in 1896. Mrs. A. B. Hunter, superintendent; Dr. Hubert A. Royster, surgeon in charge; Mrs. Catharine P. Hayden, resident physician. The institution is maintained in connection with St. Augustine's School for the Colored Race, under the charge of the Protestant Episcopal Church and controlled by a board of managers. It receives $5 a week for patients sent in by the city physician, mayor or chief of police. The fiscal year ends May 1st.

Number of patients remaining October 31, 1907 19 Number admitted during the year 191 Discharged 191 Births 10 Died 20 Remaining May 1, 1908 9 Number of dispensary visits 476 Operations 93

Available beds, 24. Nurses, 21. Schedule of charges for pay patients: $5 per week in the wards; $7 per week for private room. Fire protection. Insured. Sewerage. No endowment. Expenditures, $3,389.32; receipts, $3,887.20. No insane or inebriates treated. No alterations to the old building. The new hospital building, which has cost about $20,000, is nearing completion.

The following is taken from the grand jury report:

“We find the County Home in good condition, with few exceptions. The premises clean and well kept, the rooms and bedding clean, the inmates comfortably clothed and saying that they are well fed and well treated.”

Buildings in need of some minor repairs.

The Home is as heretofore reported as to buildings. It is in fine condition.

The Home is as heretofore reported as to buildings. Can accommodate 200. Now in charge, 52. Ten are helpless. Four white women insane; 5 epileptics. Plenty of everything is grown on the farm and average weekly cost is $1.50. Superintendent and his wife get $100 per month for their services. Physician is Dr. Daniel Sevier; salary $100 per month. Kitchen clean. Religious services Sunday afternoons by the Baptist denomination. One white and two colored children. Maintenance of the Home, including Superintendent's salary, $5,610.53 for the year. Repairs and improvements, $3,393.93. Outdoor relief, $2,536.72.

The Home is two and a half miles from the county seat. Two frame buildings; ventilated by windows and doors. Cistern and well. Stoves. Now in charge, 8. Two white females insane. Three epileptic. None confined. Sufficient amount of food. J. W. Wescott, Southport, is Superintendent. Receives $30 per month. J. Arthur Dosher, M. D., is physician; salary, $125 per annum. Died, 1, eighty years old. Sick well cared for. Premises and kitchen in very good condition. Five acres in cultivation; hogs, chickens and cow. Garden vegetables and potatoes used for the Home. Regular religious services. No children. Some outdoor relief.

Remarks.—The County Home would be a credit to any county.

The Home is four miles from the county seat. Seven frame buildings of two, three, four and five rooms; ventilated by windows and doors. No protection against fire. Can accommodate 30; in charge, 28. Insane, 1 white male and 1 white female; confined, 1; epileptic, 1. All the food they need. Cost about $65 per annum. Superintendent is John W. Cook, Concord; salary, $540 per annum and board. He is a satisfactory officer. Physician is Dr. R. S. Young; paid $2.50 per visit. The sick are well cared for. Kitchen is fair for the building. New buildings needed for the inmates. One hundred and sixty acres of good land; 100 cultivated. Mules, cattle and hogs. Corn, wheat, potatoes, oats and vegetables raised for the use of the Home. Shaded. Religious services every two months. One child has spinal trouble. Outdoor relief to 60 at an average of $1.50 per month. General impression is favorable.

Remarks.—We recommend that the county erect new buildings with proper fire protection and new sanitary equipment.

Five good cottage buildings for the inmates, with good brick chimneys and open fireplaces and one large two-story house for the keeper. Ventilated by windows and doors. Well and pump. Can accommodate from 25 to 40. Now in charge, 19. None insane; four or five weakminded. One epileptic confined. Good, wholesome food. Superintendent is Robert Hoke, Conover; salary is $350 and board of family. He is a satisfactory officer. Physician is Dr. J. H. West. Died, 1. Everything is neat and in good condition. House nicely painted. Kitchen very good. Two hundred acres of medium land; 75 or 100 cultivated. Crops are wheat, corn, a little cotton and vegetables. Not very well shaded. Only one little deformed colored child.

Remarks.—I hold services for the inmates of the Home once a month. I think from all I can learn that the county cares for the poor on an average or better than a great many other counties in the State.

The Home is three miles from Murphy. Two frame buildings, four rooms in one and two in the other. Both painted and in good condition. Windows and doors. Good well. Open fireplaces. Now in charge, 3 whites—2 white women who can work and 1 white man who is unable to work. One of the women insane. None confined. No epileptics. They are fed good, common farm diet. Superintendent is Silas Anderson, Murphy. He receives $5 per month each from the county. He is satisfactory. In charge during six months, 6. No deaths. None sick. Premises in good condition, houses and yard clean. Four hundred and two acres, 35 in cultivation. Crops are corn, cane, tobacco and vegetables used at the Home. Not shaded. Occasional religious services. No children. No outdoor relief. General impression is favorable.

The Home is about two and a half miles from the county seat. One large building with six rooms; ventilated by windows and doors. No fire protection. Spring and well. Open fires. One inmate in charge. No insane or epileptic. Good country produce—all that they want to eat. Superintendent is Oscar Scroggs, Hayesville; gets $6 per month each and rent of farm. Dr. P. B. Killian is county physician; salary, $25 per month. Only one inmate in six months. The Home is on a reasonably good farm and big grounds under good cultivation. Kitchen in very good condition. Twenty to 35 acres cultivated. No children. No religious services. General impression is very favorable.

There are seven persons who receive outdoor relief, staying with their own people.

The Home is three miles from the county seat. Three buildings. Main building is brick; others frame. Brick building has 18 rooms. It is ventilated by windows, doors and transoms. Well. Open fires. Can accommodate 40. Now in charge, 11 white and 8 colored. Insane, 1 white woman; epileptic, 1 white woman and 1 colored boy. None confined. Bread, meat, milk, butter and vegetables, as much as they want. Average cost $3 per month, with the produce of farm additional. Superintendent receives $35 per month in cash. Physician is Dr. T. E. McBrayer, Shelby; salary, $30 per month. No deaths. Sick well cared for; no special attendant. Some of the inmates could make quilts at little expense. The Home is on the public highway, conveniently arranged and in good repair. Kitchen in good condition. Two hundred and fifty acres good land; 125 in cultivation. Horses, cows, etc. Crops are corn, wheat, oats, molasses, for the use of the Home. Cotton, the money crop, goes to the treasury. Not much shade. Religious services once a month. No children. Some outdoor relief. The general impression is favorable.

Remarks.—The Home is kept as nicely as it can be for the amount spent for the same. It could be made a more desirable place by the use of more means.

The Home has one brick building with three large rooms and three small log houses. Situated in a grove of beautiful oaks. Windows. Open fires. Well water. In charge, 8. None insane, but one epileptic. Two very small children, one black and one white. Plenty of plain food is allowed. The Superintendent bears a good name. Physician is M. D. Kimbrough, M. D., Mocksville. Most of the rooms were clean, but some of the buildings need repairs. No provision for religious services.

Remarks.—I talked with all the poor, and they were cheerful and seemed contented. I always carry them a treat and they love to see me come. One idiotic colored man insists upon shaking my hand every time, and I never refuse. The inmates all love the Superintendent's wife.

The Home is as heretofore as to buildings. Now in charge, 37. Insane, 1 colored woman, not confined. Three epileptics. Per capita cost of maintenance per week, $2.10. Superintendent is W. T. Graham, Tarboro; salary, $37.50 per month and board. He is a satisfactory officer. Physician is W. J. Thigpen, Tarboro;; $50 as County Superintendent of Health. Number in charge September 1, 31; since admitted to March 1, 18. Four deaths and three have left the Home. The houses are well arranged and well kept, situated in a large oak grove. Kitchen in good order. Four hundred and fifty-five acres piny woodland; 70 in cultivation. Mules, cows and hogs. Grain and vegetables raised and used for the Home. Occasional religious services. No children. Outdoor relief to 125 at $1 per month. General impression is favorable.

The Home is as heretofore reported as to buildings. Now in charge, 14. Six helpless. One white male insane and confined. One epileptic. All they want of bread, meat, vegetables, molasses, butter, milk and coffee. Cost about $1,75 per week. Died, 2. Kitchen in good condition. Preaching once a month by the Presbyterian minister. No children. Outdoor relief to 66 at a cost of $1,500 per year. General impression is favorable. Other items unchanged.

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There are three buildings. Those for the inmates are all new and well kept. Pump and well. Stoves and open fires. Can accommodate fifteen or twenty. Now in charge, 6. Insane, 1 colored woman and 2 colored boys. Good and wholesome food. The keeper is Mrs. M. E. Riddick. She is satisfactory. The physician is Dr. George D. Williams, Gatesville. Fees for visits. In charge September 1, 5; since admitted to March 1, 3; died, 2. Sick well cared for. Kitchen in good condition. Thirty acres; 15 in cultivation. A horse, hogs and cows, etc. Crops are corn, cotton, peanuts and potatoes. Shaded. Ashes used for improving the land. No provision for religious services. No children. No punishment. Outdoor relief to 4 at $2.50 per month. General impression of the management is favorable.

The Home is a mile and a half from the county seat. It is entirely new. One frame building, one story, three rooms for inmates and five for the Superintendent, and one with two rooms for other inmates. Ventilated by windows and doors. No special fire protection. Well. Open fires Can accommodate 14. Now in charge, 4. One epileptic. Bread. meat, vegetables, coffee and other food from the keeper's table; all fed alike. County pays the keeper 30 cents per day for each inmate. Superintendent is M. R. Morgan, Lillington. He is a satisfactory officer. Dr. J. W. Halford, Chalybeate, is county physician; paid by regular fees. No deaths. Sick well cared for. It is a pleasant country home surrounded by a farm and is on the public road. One hundred and twenty acres; 25 in cultivation. Corn and cotton are the crops. The farm is rented by the keeper. Kitchen fairly clean and well kept. Young shade trees. No provision for religious services. One child three years old with the mother. Outdoor relief to 35 to 40 at from $1 to $5 per month. General impression is favorable.

Remarks.—One hundred and twenty-five acres were recently purchased by the county and a new and comfortable Home erected thereon. The keeper rents the farm from the county and occupies a part of the building, as it is not all needed by the poor. Inmates appear contented and say that they are well cared for.

The Home is situated about half a mile from the village of Union and seven miles from the county seat. One house for the Superintendent, with kitchen and outhouses and four cottages of two rooms each for the inmates; all frame. Each room has three windows and a door. Pump. No special protection against fire. Open fires. Brick chimney in each room. Can accommodate 16. Now in charge, 7. Confined, 1 insane epileptic. Such food as is usually grown on a farm. Expense of the County Home for the last year in excess of farm, $352.28. Superintendent is M. M. Brown, R. F. D., Ahoskie. He is satisfactory. Physician is Dr. J. H. Mitchell; salary, $75 per annum. Died, 1. One returned to native county. Sick well cared for. Some work a little in the garden. Premises in good condition, neat and well kept. Kitchen fairly good. Sixty-eight acres; 20 in cultivation. Horse, cow and hogs. Crops are corn, cotton, peanuts and vegetables. Only a few shade trees. Occasional prayer meetings held. No children. Outdoor relief to 16 at $2 per month each. General impression of the management is favorable.

Remarks.—We have one man, an epileptic, who is at times violent and dangerous, and it becomes necessary to chain him. We recommend that the State take charge of him.

The Home is as heretofore reported. In charge, 29. One harmless white insane person, confined; runs away. One epileptic. Weekly per capita cost of maintenance outside of farm products, $1. Superintendent is W. C. Perry, Barium Springs; receives $30 per month and board of family of five. He is satisfactory. Physician is Dr. M. R. Adams, Statesville; pay, $20 per month. Died, 6 in the past year. Sick well cared for. A good colored nurse. Some of the inmates could make baskets, mats, etc. Some of the women could quilt if they had the materials, but most of them do not want to work. The Home is located on a high hill, well drained, light soil, kept clean and in good condition. Plain houses; no porches. Kitchen small; large range. It is neat and orderly. Two hundred and twenty-five acres; land medium quality; 50 acres cultivated. Mules, cows and pigs. Crops are corn, wheat, oats and vegetables for the use of the Home. Religious services occasionally in the open air. One colored boy there temporarily while getting well. As soon as he recovers work will be found for him. Outdoor relief to 75. General impression is favorable.

Remarks.—What is most needed at the Home is a chapel where services can be held. A large dining room has been recently built. It is divided in the center by a curtain, and the whites are on one side and the negroes on the other. Some of the commissioners and other people are anxious to move the Home nearer the county seat and have an up-to-date building erected.

The situation of the Home is good, one mile from the county seat. Two frame buildings, five rooms in each; ventilated by windows. Open fires. Spring. Can accommodate 10. Now in charge, 3. One white insane man. One epileptic. All the food they want, such as is raised on the farm. Weekly per capita cost, $2.25. R. L. Knight is Superintendent. He is satisfactory. Physician is Dr. A. A. Nichols, Painter; salary, $50 per annum. During six months, 5 in charge. One insane person removed and one death. The sick are well cared for. The premises are well arranged and in good condition. Kitchen good. One hundred acres good bottom-land and upland. Two horses and cattle. Corn, wheat, oats, clover, potatoes, tobacco and garden vegetables. Some shade. Clover turned under to improve the land. No children. No provision for religious services. Outdoor relief to 8 at a cost of $3.25 each. General impression is favorable.

The Home is in the woods two miles from the county seat. One frame building of eight rooms, pantry and hall; one log building with two rooms. Ventilated by windows. No fire protection. Open well. Fireplaces. Can accommodate 20 or more. Now in charge, 2. No insane or epileptic. No Superintendent. Physician is Dr. W. W. Early, Trenton; salary, $50 per year for one visit per month; other visits extra pay. Died, 2. There is no attendant. Those sick are cared for by the other inmates. Premises in fair condition. The house is new. Kitchen in fair condition. One acre used as a vegetable garden. Shaded. Preachers go out to see the inmates several times a year. No children. Some outdoor relief. General impression is favorable.

Remarks.—The County Home is in fair condition. The inmates are treated fairly well. Every Christmas the ladies of the town go out and carry them nice things to eat, clothes, etc. They also have some preacher to attend on this day.

The Home is one mile from the county seat. Five frame buildings; ventilated by weighted windows. Pump. Wood heaters. Can accommodate 30. Now in charge, 20. One white female insane. None confined. One colored epileptic. All they desire of good wholesome food; fair variety. Cost per capita weekly, $1.25. Superintendent is Mrs. Agnes Lee, Kinston; paid $15 per month and her husband receives $12 per month. County physician is Dr. Pridgen; fees per visit. Admitted during six months, 20; died, 2. Inmates and matron care for the sick. Premises neat and in good condition. Kitchen exceptionally neat. Forty-two acres poor sandy land; 30 in cultivation. Hogs, cow and chickens. Vegetables, corn and peas raised. Fine young grove. No religious services as yet, but will be from this time. No children. No outdoor relief.

Remarks.—Two of the committee visited the home on September 10 and were very agreeably surprised to find everything done decently and in order. It is the committee's intention to create ways and means of brightening and cheering the lives of the inmates.

The Home is as heretofore reported. In charge, 18. All imbecile. One confined. Three epileptics. Good food at a cost of $1.25 per week. Superintendent is M. L. Heavener; remuneration, $3.50 per capita and rent of the land. He is satisfactory. Doctor receives $12.50 per month, furnishing medicine. No deaths and no admissions. Occasional religious services. No children. Outdoor relief to 33 at a cost of $1.54 per month. General impression of the management is favorable.

Remarks.—No general improvement. County commissioners do not see the way to sell and buy another site, but would pay the keeper more if they could.

The condition of the Home for the Aged and Infirm is the same as formerly reported.

This county has had no County Home until now. A building is in course of construction.

The Home is located on the courthouse square. Two frame buildings 90 × 24 and 32 × 24. Four rooms for the colored and eleven rooms in the building for whites. Ventilated by windows and doors. Well. Wood stoves. Can accommodate 25. Now in charge, 9. No insane. One eplieptic. Good, wholesome food. Cost about $2 per week. Superintendent is George N. Reed, Bayboro; salary, $9 per month. He is satisfactory. Physician is Dr. D. A. Dees; paid by the visit. One death. Sick well cared for. Some of the inmates might do light cobbling. Premises in fair condition. Kitchen fair. Two acres; raise only vegetables. Shaded. Inmates go to church in the town. No children. Outdoor relief to 17 at about $3 per month. General impression is favorable.

The Home is three miles from the county seat. There are three frame buildings for inmates, one store and barns. Ventilated by windows and doors. Three wells and one pump. Heaters. Can accommodate 15. Now in charge, 8. One white man insane. Two epileptics. None confined. Plain ample food. Cost about $2 per week. Superintendent is F. Stallings, Winfall; salary, $250, farm and store. He is satisfactory. Physician is Dr. S. F. McMullan, Hertford; $200 per annum. No deaths. Sick well cared for. Five could do light work, basketry and chaircaning. Kitchen good. One hundred acres, 3 cows and 2 horses. Crops are cotton, corn, potatoes and peanuts. Shaded. Church very near. No children. Outdoor relief to 50 at $5 per month. General impression is favorable.

The Home is five miles from the county seat. The buildings are frame. Can accommodate 30. Now in charge, 22. Ventilated by windows and doors. Pump and well. Open fires and stoves. Helpless, 7. Four insane and three of these epileptic. One confined. All they want to eat. Arden Tucker is Superintendent; salary, $300. Physician is Dr. Joseph E. Nobles, Greenville; salary, $300. Number in charge September 1, 1907, 20; since admitted, 6; died, 5; discharged 1—had escaped from the State Prison. The sick are well cared for. Premises neat, in good condition and well cared for. Kitchen excellent. One hundred and eighty-seven acres; 25 in cultivation. Two horses, one cow and hogs. Corn, potatoes, peanuts, peas and abundance of garden vegetables raised. Shaded. Provision for religious services, a chapel. No children. Outdoor relief to a number at $2.50 per month. General impression of the management is favorable.

The Home is about two and a half miles from the county seat. Eight two-room and one five-room frame dwellings. Ventilated by windows and doors. Two wells. Ladders and buckets for protection against fire. Open fireplaces and plenty of pine wood. Can accommodate 25. Now in charge, 22. No insane; but one white man, two white women and one colored woman weakminded. Two colored epileptics. None confined. All they can eat of good, wholesome food, with variety of vegetables. Superintendent is James W. O'Brien, Rockingham; salary, $200 per year and board for self and family of five. Physician is Dr. N. C. Hunter, Rockingham; salary, $200 per year. Admitted during six months, 5; died, 8. Sick well cared for. The four who are able to work are pleasantly employed gardening. The premises are well arranged and neatly kept. The Home is on an elevated site and can be seen for miles. One hundred and thirty-two acres average land; 60 in cultivation. One horse, one mule, two cows. Wheat, oats, corn, peas, potatoes and vegetables used for the Home. Shaded. Orchards. The Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian preachers average monthly preaching on Sunday afternoon. No children. Average of $1 per month to 100 in their own homes. General impression of the management is favorable and the occupants seem contented.

The Home is as heretofore reported as to buildings, etc. Now in charge, 7 white and 3 colored. No insane or epileptics. Sufficient amount of food. Mrs. Patterson is the Superintendent. She is satisfactory. The physician is Dr. I. H. Foust. Admitted during six months, 7. Discharged, 6. Died, 1. Sick well cared for. Premises and kitchen in good condition and repair. No provision for religious services. No children. Some outdoor relief. General impression of the management is favorable.

The Home is unchanged since the last report.

The Home is as heretofore reported as to buildings. Now in charge, 16. Three weakminded, two white women and one colored male. Confined, 1. Epileptic, 1. Inmates are not allowanced as to food, but have as much as they want of meat, bread, vegetables and some milk and butter and coffee. The Superintendent receives $5 per month for each inmate. He has the use of the farm and pays the county $100 per year. Superintendent is W. R. Stephens, Meadows. He is satisfactory. Physician is Dr. J. Walter Neal, Meadows; salary, $100 for jail and Home. Number in charge September 1, 17. Since admitted, 5. Died, 3. Discharged, 4. None able to work, except two, who can assist some. Kitchen in very good condition. One child, whose mother was burnt and she sent her child to the Home. General impression of the management is favorable. Other items as previously reported.

Remarks.—I talked with the inmates of the Home for some time and they all told me that they were satisfied with their treatment. That the keeper and his wife are very kind to them, always treated them well and that they had no complaint to make.

The Home is in a fine location, two miles from the county seat. Two frame buildings 14 × 24 feet; two rooms in each with a door and two windows to each room. Spring. Open fires. No special fire protection. Can accommodate 8. Now in charge, 5; three of whom are feebleminded, one a boy fourteen years old. Plain food in sufficient quantity. Keeper is William P. McGaha; salary, $6 per capita per month and the use of the farm. He is considered satisfactory. Physician is Dr. Goode Cheatham; salary, $50. Admitted during six months, 2; died, 1. The buildings have received a new coat of whitewash inside and out and are in fairly good condition. The keeper's house, just above them, is new. No Home kitchen; the room occupied by the old couple and the feebleminded boy is used also for cooking. Twenty acres, 12 under cultivation. Two horses, cow and oxen. Vegetables and grain raised and used for the Home. Very slightly shaded; might be improved in this respect. Occasional religious services. Outdoor relief to 20 at $3.50 per month. So far as we could judge, the general impression of the management is favorable.

Remarks.—We visited the County Home, inspected the houses and saw all the inmates. The houses have lately been whitewashed inside and out and look neat.

The buildings are now undergoing repairs and everything about the Home and little farm is neat and clean. The kitchen has been thoroughly repaired with decided improvement. In charge, two; one white girl has epileptic fits and her mind is impaired. The two inmates are fed from the keeper's table. Cost, $2.50 per week. Superintendent is W. H. Gurkin, Columbia; receives $2.50 per week for each inmate and the use of the farm. He is satisfactory. Physician is Dr. J. L. Spruill; $1 per visit. Well cared for when sick. Truck, corn, melons and vegetables raised for the use of the keeper. Not much shade. No children. No religious services. Outdoor relief to 9 at $2.50 per month.

Remarks.—Under the management of our efficient board of county commissioners much needed repairs are now being made to the Home. I visited the Home yesterday and was favorably impressed with the work, which is now nearing completion.

The Home is as heretofore reported as to buildings. Now in charge, 13. Three insane. None confined or epileptic. Superintendent is satisfactory. Physician is Dr. J. H. Tucker, Henderson. Admitted, 2; discharged, 1. No deaths. No children. Other items as heretofore reported. General impression is favorable.

The Home is unchanged as to buildings. Can accommodate 90 to 100. Now in charge, 83. Helpless, 7. Insane, 11 whites and 21 colored. Confined, 2. Epileptics, 8. Plenty of good food, with variety in diet. Superintendent is a satisfactory officer. County physician is Dr. J. W. McGee, Jr., Raleigh. Admitted in six months, 18. Died, 16. Discharged, 2. Ten are able to assist in the farm work. Buildings and grounds in good condition. Kitchen good. Six hundred and ninety-nine acres; 150 in cultivation. Corn, cotton, oats, potatoes and vegetables in abundance. Shaded. Regular religious services in the chapel. One child three years old. Some outdoor relief to 126 at a cost of $1 per month each. General impression is favorable.

The buildings at the Home are unchanged since the last report. Now in charge, 20. Two insane, but not confined. A sufficient amount of food at a cost of $2 per week. Superintendent is J. S. Davis, Warrenton; pay $7 per month for each inmate and use of the farm. He is a satisfactory officer. Physician is Dr. M. P. Perry; salary, $20 per month. Admitted in six months, 7. Died, 5; one of consumption. Sick well cared for. Premises in good condition. Kitchen good. No children. Outdoor relief to 60 at a cost of $1.47 per month. General impression is favorable.

The County Home is in its usual good condition. Now in charge, 2 colored males. For its size it is the best in Eastern Carolina.

There has been no change in the Home since the last report.

The Home is on Jack's Creek, six miles from the county seat. One frame building, 40 × 20, one story, and kitchen, 20 × 16; four rooms, besides kitchen. No protection against fire. Spring. Open fires. None can be kept as they should be; five now in charge. The keeper and family live in the same building and nurse the poor when sick. Of the five, one is a white insane woman, and there are two children, a clubfoot girl and a boy, illegitimate. Superintendent is William Roland, Willhite; paid $6.25 per month for each; he is satisfactory. No county physician at present; physician paid by the visit. The building is dilapidated and on a very poor farm of 25 acres. Not a good garden on the land; not shaded. No religious services. Outdoor relief to ten or twelve, at $3 per month.

Remarks.—The Home is a disgrace to our county. I earnestly hope that we may soon be better prepared to care for our unfortunates. It is as well kept, I judge, as the meager remuneration will allow.

The prison is built of wood and brick and is not fireproof. It is 40 × 60 feet. City water. Cage is 30 × 18, and now holds 11 prisoners. Windows barred and has fly screens. Well ventilated. Stove. Sufficient bedding. Sexes separated. Water in the cells. Plenty of substantial food. Sewerage. No provision for bathing. Cage has vermin. No religious services. Now confined, 11 negro males, 3 white males; one insane and awaiting room at the hospital. One prisoner died in the last six months from gunshot wounds.

Remarks.—The jail, with a little care, could be kept more cleanly.

The prison is unchanged as to building. It is in fine condition—clean cots, new clothes and whitewash in plenty, but everything badly overcrowded. Forty-two prisoners, two of whom are women. One of the women is insane.

The new prison is built of brick, iron and concrete. It is fireproof. High pressure water system. Five stories. Rooms vary in size; no evidence of crowding. One sash to the windows opens. Steam heated. Mattress and two quilts or blankets. Second floor for females. Water all the time. As much food as desired. There are concrete floors and walls with plenty of water for cleanliness. Bath tubs. Closet in every cell. Free of vermin. Salvation Army has regular services. Now confined, 7 white males, 1 white female, 6 colored males and 2 colored females; total, 16. No death in jail in three years. Testaments. General impression is very favorable.

The jail is built of brick. It is fireproof. Two stories. No suffering from cold. Sufficient bedding. Sexes separated. Plenty of fresh water. Cleansed by hose. Basins in cells. Free of vermin. Occasional religious services. Now confined, 1 white male. Died, 1, paralysis. General impression is favorable.

Remarks.—All prisoners are well cared for and the jail is a very good one.

There has been no change in the jail building. Sexes separated. Fresh water three times daily. No warm drink. Required to wash. Free of vermin. No religious services. Now confined, 3 colored and 2 white males. No deaths. General impression of the management is favorable.

Remarks.—The same old jail, but hope to report a new one next fall or that this one has been remodeled.

The prison is built of brick, about 20 × 40 feet and two stories. There is a tank and pump and will soon have waterworks. Windows barred. Sexes separated. Sewerage. Occasional religious services. No deaths.

Remarks.—I think that our jailer is a very good man, and he looks after the prisoners all right.

The jail is built of brick. Well with a pump. One story with three cells. Windows barred. Ventilated by windows. States. Some suffering in cold weather. None now confined.

The jail is a log building of two rooms. Shutters to the windows. Heated by stoves. Not comfortable in cold weather. Only one room used for prisoners. Drinking-water as needed. Plenty of food and coffee. No provision for bathing. No special means for cleansing the jail. Bad arrangement for removal of excreta. No prisoners at present. Two white Federal prisoners recently released. No deaths. As to the jailer's part impression of management is favorable. No improvements have been made in the building.

The prison is built of brick and steel and is considered fireproof. Tank of water. Building is 20 × 60 feet. Two stories, six cells. Windows barred. Steam heated. All the bedding necessary. Sexes separated. Drinking-water as needed. Sufficient amount of food. No warm drink. Free of vermin. Disinfectants used. Sewerage. Occasional religious services. General impression of the management is favorable. Now confined, 11 colored males, 1 white male; 1 colored female. No deaths.

Remarks.—The county prison is in good hands and the prisoners are well kept.

The jail is unchanged since the last report. No prisoners now in charge.

Remarks.—We need a new prison badly; I think I could break out of this one, myself.

The prison is as heretofore reported. Brick, one story, four cells. Ventilated by windows only. Stoves. No suffering from the cold. Sufficient bedding. Sexes separated. Waterworks in the cells. Meat and bread and vegetables, with coffee in the morning. Every possible means used to preserve the cleanliness of the jail. Sewerage. No vermin. No religious services. Now confined, 3 males, serving sentences of three, four and six months, and 3 awaiting trial. During six months were confined 85. No deaths.

The prison is built of brick and concrete. Well on the premises. Building is 40 × 50 feet, two stories. Seven rooms. Sashes of windows on hinges and open when the weather permits. Windows barred. Sufficient bedding. No suffering from cold. Sexes separated. Drinking-water several times daily. All they want to eat. Coffee or tea. Tubs and basins, required to bathe. Disinfectants and scouring. Sewerage. Religious services. Now confined, 2 white males, 2 black males. No deaths. Impression of management is very favorable.

Remarks.—Commissioners require county physician to submit monthly written reports of convict camps, jail and Home, covering general conditions of each; treatment of inmates, food served, sanitation, stock, etc. These reports have served to keep up very closely with the above-named places and have been of great benefit.

The prison is as heretofore reported as to building. Fresh drinking-water twice a day and two good meals. Water and basins for bathing; prisoners required to wash. The jail is swept and scoured. Excreta removed in buckets. Free of vermin. No intoxicating liquors allowed. No religious services. One white male and 4 colored. Confined during six months, 1 white and 6 colored. No deaths. General impression is favorable.

The prison is unchanged as to buildings. No religious services. Confined from September 1, 1907, to August 1, 1908, 10. Of these one colored male insane. No deaths. General impression is favorable.

Remarks.—All prisoners, so far as I can learn, have been kindly treated and properly cared for.

The prison is brick and cement. It is fireproof. A reservoir is in the upper story. Size of building is 40 × 50 feet. Two stories, twelve cells. Barred windows with wire screens. Ventilated by windows. Furnace. No suffering from cold. Sufficient bedding. Sexes separated. The tank is filled with water daily. Prisoners are fed from jailer's table. Waterworks. Sewerage. Free of vermin. Scrubbed and cleansed. No religious services. Now confined, 1 colored male for ninety days; 5 colored males awaiting trial. During six months were confined 3 white insane males and 12 colored males; total, 15. General impression is favorable. No deaths.

Remarks.—Our jail is a new brick building with steel cells, doors, etc. Prisoners have use of a large room during the day. Each cell has a window 5 × 2½ feet in the end and is well ventilated. The jail is connected with the courtroom by a closed bridge to prevent escape of prisoners.

The jail is built of brick and cement and is fireproof. Well and pump. The building is 32 × 32 feet and one story high. Three cells and one room. Room is used for females, but seldom have female prisoners. Ventilation from top and by window. Wire screens at the windows. Furnace. No suffering from cold. Sufficient bedding. Fresh water twice daily. Sufficient amount of food. The prison is scoured and disinfected. Sewerage. Bowls for bathing. Free of vermin. Seldom any religious services. No deaths. None now confined. General impression is favorable.

The prison is as heretofore reported. It is not fireproof, but there is a system of waterworks and the city fire department. Sufficient amount of bedding. Fresh water as needed. Two meals, with coffee. Scrubbing and disinfectants used to cleanse the building. Required to bathe. Sewerage. No vermin. Occasional religious services. Confined: 8 colored males and 4 whites. No deaths. General impression is favorable.

The building is brick and is fireproof. Waterworks. The jail is two stories high, 24 × 26 feet and 8 cells. Ventilated otherwise than by window. Stove. No suffering from cold; sufficient bedding. Sexes separated. Drinking-water in the jail. Good food and coffee. Bathtub, and required to bathe. No vermin. Sewerage. No religious services. Now confined, 6 white males. No deaths. General impression is favorable.

The prison is built of brick. Two stories. Six cells, 8 × 10 feet. Ventilated by windows. Stove. As much bedding as desired. Sexes separated. Fresh drinking-water as needed. Disinfectants. Excreta removed in buckets. Free of vermin. Religious services frequently. No deaths.

Remarks.—The jail is well kept. The prisoners are furnished comfortable bedding, plenty of plain food, and the sanitary conditions are looked after.

The prison is built of brick. Supposed to be fire-proof. Fire department near. Building is 40 × 50 feet; 2 stories, 7 cells. Windows not obstructed. Ventilated by windows and otherwise. Steam heat. Separate apartments for the sexes and for juvenile prisoners. Water-works in every room. Sewerage. Two meals a day; all they will eat. Coffee to the feeble. Two bathtubs, one for each sex. Required to bathe. No religious services. No deaths. It is a modern jail. The impression of the management is pleasantly favorable. Now confined: 2 white and 11 colored males.

Remarks.—A committee of two inspected the jail this morning and were favorably impressed with what was seen and the courtesy extended by the deputy sheriff.

The prison is as heretofore reported as to building, etc. No suffering from cold. Sexes in separate rooms. Fresh drinking-water three or four times a day. Good food. Coffee twice a day. The building is whitewashed several times a year. Towel baths. Excreta removed in buckets. Free of vermin. Occasional religious services. Now confined: 1 white and 1 colored male. During six months, 16—white, 8; black, 8. No deaths. General impression of the management favorable.

Remarks.—Glad to see a nice record kept by the jailer. Management fairly good. The jail is not safe, but the jailer seems to keep all in good order.

The jail is built of brick and is fireproof. Two stories, 8 cells. Three prisoners can be easily placed in each cell. Windows can be closed. Ventilated by windows and otherwise. Stoves. Quilts, mattresses and blankets. Sexes separated. Drinking-water three or four times daily. Amount of food allowed by law. Coffee. Kept clean by scrubbing and sweeping. Provision for bathing. Free of vermin. Occasional religious services. None now confined. General impression is favorable.

The prison is as heretofore reported. Four negro men awaiting trial.

The prison is unchanged since the autumn report. Hot and cold shower baths, and prisoners are required to bathe. Free of vermin. Religious services. Now confined: 9 white males, 42 colored males, 4 colored females; total, 55—8 of these for murder and others for different offenses. All awaiting court; some have been confined since September 26, 1907. Besides the 55 now in jail, 30 males have been sent to the convict camp and 2 women to the County Home—all colored but 1 male; these prisoners awaiting trial, but sent to the camp because of the crowded condition of the jail building. Confined during six months, 348; of these 300 were colored. No deaths in jail, but one prisoner removed to the hospital, died there. General impression of the management of the jail is very favorable.

Remarks.—The jail was taxed to its utmost capacity on account of the lapse of one term of court, thereby overcrowding; but the jailer is a good and efficient officer and has kept the premises in good condition.

The prison is built of brick, 30 × 30 feet. Two stories, four rooms. Windows not obstructed. Ventilated by windows. Wood stove. Sufficient bedding. Drinking-water as needed. Sufficient amount of food. No provision for bathing. Excreta removed in buckets. No religious services. Now confined, 3 colored males. No deaths. General impression is favorable.

The old jail has been condemned and demolished. A good new jail is being built.

The prison is built of brick, with steel cells 22 × 44 feet, and two stories. Two cells 16 × 16, two 8 × 12, two 6 × 12. Windows barred. No other ventilation except by windows and doors. Stoves. All necessary bedding. Sexes separated. Water in each cell. Sufficient amount of food. Scoured. Bathtubs. Basins in each cell. Sewerage. Free of vermin. Now confined: 9 colored males; 1 white man, insane and epileptic; 1 colored woman, insane. The man has been confined since March, 1906. No deaths.

Remarks.—The jail is very well equipped. Fitted with electric lights, waterworks and sewerage. Separate bathtubs for white and colored. It is well heated and ventilated. It is seldom ever crowded.

The jail is a brick building; fireproof; 60 × 60 feet; two stories; 16 rooms and cells. Cells are 7 × 7½. Wire screens over the windows. Steam heated. Sufficient bedding. Sexes separated. City fire department. Two meals a day. Drinking-water three times daily. Tub; required to wash. Disinfectants used for cleansing the jail. No vermin. No regular religious services. Two Indians, 2 whites and 10 colored prisoners. Usually the largest number at a time is 30. One death. Books and Bibles furnished. General impression is favorable.

The jail is unchanged since the last report. Now confined, 1 colored male.

The prison is as heretofore reported as to building. Sufficient amount of bedding. No suffering from cold. Sexes separated. Drinking-water as needed. Sufficient amount of food. Required to bathe. Sewer pipe for removing excreta. No vermin. No prisoners now confined. General impression is favorable.

The jail is as heretofore reported as to buildings, etc. Now confined: 3 colored and 1 white male, awaiting trial. During six months, 7. One white insane man, sent to the hospital. Not allowanced as to food. Coffee once a day. Tubs, and prisoners required to wash. Lime, water, broom and soap for cleansing the jail. Fresh water as wanted. Occasional religious services. No deaths. Record kept. General impression of management is fairly good.

The jail is as heretofore reported as to building. None confined. No provision for bathing. Excreta carried out in tubs. No vermin. No deaths. No record. General impression is unfavorable.

Remarks.—My impression is that the management is very poor. No special care seems to be paid to the whole matter.

The prison building is as heretofore reported. Ventilator, besides windows. No suffering from cold. Free of vermin. No religious services. Now confined: 11 colored prisoners, 1 female. No deaths. General impression of the management is favorable.

The prison building is as heretofore reported. Stoves. Sufficient amount of bedding. Fresh drinking-water as needed. Sufficient amount of food, coffee. Provision for bathing. Free of vermin. No religious services. Now confined, 4. During six months, 14, two of whom were insane. No deaths. General impression of the management is favorable.

The jail is in its usual good condition. Now confined: 2 colored and 1 white male.

There has been no change in the prison since the last report.

The following is taken from the grand jury report:

“The chain gang is in good condition, beds and bedding clean. The convicts say that they are well treated, and receive good fare. Our committee examined a regular meal which was being prepared for them and found it composed of good and wholesome food.”

The camp is a frame building 18 × 70 feet; 1 story. White and blacks in the same building, separated by wire. No special means for extinguishing fire. Good ventilation. Four coal stoves. No suffering from cold. Five blankets each. No women. Three-quarters pound of meat each day, coffee in the morning. Drinking-water as needed. Bathe weekly. Blankets washed every three months. Excreta removed. Very little and very moderate punishment. The sick are well cared for by the county physician in the camp. No deaths. No tuberculosis. County physician makes a monthly inspection. Work from sun to sun, with an hour and a half to two hours for dinner. Three guards and a supervisor. Supervisor receives $70 per month and guards $1.50 per day. No religious services. Chained together at night. Boys are kept in camp. Now in charge: 9 white males and 28 colored; total, 37. Three of the colored for murder, sentences five to eight years; 1 white male for murder, eight months.

Remarks.—We find the camp in good condition, well kept, well managed, prisoners have plenty of food, raiment and shelter. We find the gang doing splendid work in building good roads in our county.

The county camp is a canvas tent. Races separated in sleeping quarters. Stoves. No suffering in cold weather. Sufficient amount of bedding. No female prisoners. All the food they want. Three meals a day. Required to bathe. The camp is moved frequently. Blankets washed as needed. Free of vermin. Punishment has been inflicted. Sick well cared for in the camp by county physician. No deaths. No tuberculosis. Monthly inspection of the camp by county physician. Worked from seven to six hours. Superintendent and two guards; salary, $80 to superintendent, $40 to guards. Religious services. In camp on Sundays. Chained together at night. No boys.

Tents are used for the prisoners at the camp. Now confined, 39 colored males. Died, 1 from pneumonia. The sick are cared for at the hospital. Whites and blacks are separated at night. No special protection against fire. Heaters. No suffering from cold. No female prisoners. All the food they want. Three meals per day. Water as needed. Required to bathe. Blankets washed twice a month. Excreta removed daily and buried. Free of vermin. New mattresses as needed. No punishment. County physician makes monthly inspection. Worked ten hours. Four employees. No religious services. In camp on Sunday. Chained together at night. Boys at one end of same tent with the men.

The camp is a portable frame building, 40 × 18 feet, divided into two rooms. Whites and blacks are separated at night. Good ventilation. Stoves. No suffering in cold weather. Blankets and straw ticks. No female prisoners. Ample supply of food. Three meals a day and coffee for breakfast. Drinking-water as needed. Required to bathe. Soap, water and disinfectants used. Free of vermin except when brought in by new prisoners. Excreta removed. Corporal punishment inflicted for refusal to work and for assault. Straw in the mattresses changed and blankets washed as needed. Sick are attended by the county physician. If very ill they are brought into the county jail. No deaths. No tuberculosis. Monthly inspection made by the county physician. Worked ten hours. Four employees. Superintendent receives $45, guards $30. Religious services. At the camp on Sunday. Chained together at night. There has been but one boy on the chain gang, and he had the liberty of the camp.

The camp is a frame building, 82 × 18 feet; one story, three rooms. White and colored prisoners are separated at night. Water barrels for extinguishing fire. Stoves; no suffering in cold weather. Cots and blankets. Three meals per day, not allowanced. No coffee or warm drink. Drinking-water as needed. Required to bathe. Blankets washed once a month. Disinfectants. Excreta removed. Free of vermin. Flogging inflicted upon two prisoners; very seldom resorted to. The sick are cared for in camp by the county physician. One death from pneumonia. None known to have tuberculosis. The physician does not make a monthly inspection of the sanitary condition of the camp. Hours of work, from sun to sun. Eight employees. Religious services. In the stockade on Sunday. No boys. Three women, one of whom is white. Cook and seamstress. Twenty-eight males; of these two are white.

Tents are used for the road force. White and colored in the same tent. Stoves. No suffering from cold. One mattress and two blankets. No female prisoners. Three meals a day; drinking-water as wanted. Required to bathe. The tents are moved from place to place as the men work. Free of vermin. Mattresses used. One white man lashed for running away, by the superintendent. There has been no serious sickness since the camp was started. No deaths. No tuberculosis. County physician makes a monthly inspection. Work from sun to sun. Three employees. Superintendent is paid $50 and guards $25. No religious services. Kept in camp on Sunday. Prisoners chained together at night. Boys in the same tent with adults.

Women and children are confined at the House of Correction.

The building is built of wood and is two stories, 40 × 60 feet, with eight large rooms. Rooms 18 × 20 feet. Ventilated by windows. Heated by hot air. Well water. Three meals. Coffee if they want it. Drinking-water as wanted. Free of vermin. Required to bathe. Excreta removed and buried. The sick are well cared for in a separate room, with physician and attendant. There is a small farming tract attached, and prisoners work this. The women sew, cook and wash. Supervisor receives $50 and guard $30 per month. Religious services on Sunday. Now confined: 1 white woman, 2 white boys; 3 colored women and 12 colored boys.