STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department, Raleigh, June 9, 1893.
Hon. A. Deazer, Supt. State's Prison.
Dear Sir: This introduces Mrs. Elizabeth Rider Wheaton, prison evangelist. I have assured her that you will grant any request she may make not in conflict with prison rules.
Very respectfully yours,
Elias Carr, Governor.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department, Raleigh, June 15, 1893.
His Excellency, B. R. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina,
Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: I have the honor and it gives me pleasure to state that Mrs. Elizabeth R. Wheaton and Mrs. ——, prison evangelists, have held religious services at the penitentiary farm and at the penitentiary and have given satisfaction to the authorities in both places, and it is thought that their services were productive of great good. With highest esteem, I am,
Very truly yours,
Elias Carr, Governor.
STATE OF ALABAMA.
Executive Department, Montgomery, April 3, 1896.
To all Wardens of Prisons within the State:
Elizabeth Rider Wheaton, the bearer hereof, is a prison evangelist, and well recommended as a good lady. She is desirous of holding services in the prisons. Any courtesy shown her will be proper and commendable.
William C. Oakes, Governor.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
Penitentiary Department, Atlanta, Georgia, June 30, 1893.
To the Captains in Charge of Convict Camps in Georgia:
I desire that each of you extend to these ladies, Mrs. Wheaton and Mrs. —— any courtesies possible during their stay with you, that they may be given opportunities to talk to the men and women in your charge. I will particularly appreciate any kindness shown them. The governor requests that they be shown courtesies.
George H. Jones, Principal Keeper.
Penitentiary, Columbia, S. C., August 11, 1893.
Mother Wheaton.
Dear Madam: It affords me much pleasure to say that we were glad to have you come down to the prison and visit other camps connected therewith, and we believe that you have done lasting good among the prisoners.
Yours truly,
W. A. Neal, Superintendent.
Accompanying the above was a list of the convict camps connected with the prison with the following order: