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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13
Teasing the Preachers
(No. 3. J

No. 3D.
(D Say, Parson, was it y0ur hair-lifting
eloquence that SO moved the congregation that
$1,000 were eagerly contributed for the pur-
pose Of buying chimes for the heather Of
certain foreign community?
How many of our own churches are equip
ped with chimes? -the cluster of bells, of diff
ferent sizes and tones, which are so attuned
that In ringing them bar of music is
sounded?
Only few of our churches, in the great
cities can afford to have church bells that pZau
q STRAIN OF music. None of our country
churches are able to have the bell -tower fitted
up with bells e0hich cost thousand dollars
Yet we 60 down into our pockets and bring
up coin, to supply the heather of the East
with chimes which cost that goodly sum-
Would not the illlterate, irreligious, squalid
whites and blacks of remote and backward
rural regions be as appreciative of chimes,
school-houses, medicines, medical attentions,
books and secular education as the Orientals
can be-?
(2) Where do you clerical bosses of ours
get you4' authority to bug negro children, in
Africa, from their heather relatives? Where
IS the Scripture for this purchasing of
world, and buy up orphan children, in order
that ye may feed, clothe shelter, and educate
them, and peradventure convert them to be-
lief in me?''
If it is Gods plan to do this kind of thing,
why not buy negro orphans from their
heather relatives, in America? There are
great numbers of such orphans, and of such
heather relatives. One Of the leading mis-
Saom0ry papers states that negro children
hare been bought, IN that aooy, "ALZ OVER
AFRICA." And the same paper published
letter from lady mission-w worker, in Afri-
ca, In which she begged for the money
wherewith to buy "De0r little D0ra''-a ne
gro girl
You can hardly pick up a metropolitan
paper without seeing an account of the starry
ing or freezing to death of some man, woman
or child, in one of our big cities In many
of our towns and villages, extreme cases of
poverty and suffering can be found Even
the rural communities, are not free from it,
What common sense, what humanity what
Christianity can there be en- 6ayinq picha-
m5a'n5eS, to rear IN the mission homes abroad.
aohem IN orr oaon national family such ap-
p01151ag conditions epist? Parson, how have
your brethren been able to pull our people
for so many millions of dollars, to SUPPORT
foreign missionaries IN ht@uqy, and to dy,aq0
INTO goau free schools, orphanages, asyzums
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13
A Disgrace to this Church

There came to me today, the annual report
of D. n. Asbury, Treasurer of Capitol Ave
nue. Church (Of Atlanta, | suppose.) Some
: friend mailed it to me- [ declare. on nv
honor as gentleman, that this report as a
dSggrace TO the Capitol Avemue Church.
Why?
Because it shows that this particular
Southern congregation gave, last year, S224.79
more to Foreign Missions than the Sum total
of ITS gifts to
1) Home Missions
(2) State Missions,
81 Orphans Home
(4) Ministerial Education and Mercer,
90 INDECENT Ministers,
(6) Tabernacle Inirmary,
% Printing and Postage.
Now think of it, Six different objects of
home mission aoorb received only $759.8O,
while Foreign Missions got $98459!
Hoao much do yow suppose that this Bap-
nst church gaze to INDECENT Ministers?
The bountiful sum of $3702
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-24
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at brings them around, it brings
them around" said an old guard. II
never seen but one OF them that could
stand six minutes of it without caving,
and he wasn't a man, he was a de-
mon."
Well, should say 50. I understand
that in nine cases In ten the man was
carried away insensible and sometimes
spent days in the hospital. If he died
l don't know how the facts would DO
known. IT'S but a man gone-and he
a convict.
The humming bird, to which the af-
FAINT refers, was an electric instru-
ent of torture (once highly esteemed
in the institution operated after the
following manner: Having been
stripped, the delinquent was fastened
on his back in a shallow metal tank
filled with water and connected with
one electrode from dynamo: the
other electrode was wet sponge.
Gloved in rubber, the operator took
the wet sponge and passed it slowly
up and down the prisoners bare
limbs. As it went, his muscles corded
into knots and he shrieked aloud until
he tainted.
You may be interested to know that
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five according to the prison officers,
ten to thirty according to the pris-
oners
"Bullrings" means that the prisoner
is strung up by the wrists in a dark
cell and thus left hanging, like car
cass of beef Sufferers from this de-
vice and other witnesses have declared
that the chains are som etimes so ad-
justed that the delinquent's feet barely
touch the floor. This is denied by the
prison officers. There is no reason
why it should not be true; the guards
IRE law unto themselves. The cell
perfectly dark except for what light
filters through few narrow Sits in
he door and is otherwise unventilated
1t night the victim is usually lowered
and allowed to sleep on the floor
usually, not always.
The affidavit gives a pungent if
crude description Of the water cure"
Having been stripped, the delinquent
is manacled in the great bathtub. At
!the height of his neck in the sides of
the tub are grooves and in these play
great wooden clamps, carved to fit the
human body. These are screwed to-
gether so as to grip in wise the
mans chest and arms. In front of
him is faucet and bit of hose,
thro owing a smart stream of water.
First it is necessary to get the mans
mouth open by making him cry out
(which is usually done by frightening
him), whercupon the water streams
down his throat and strangles him.
BY those that have suffered this treat
ment the sensations are said to be in
describably horrible: In spite of his
reason the victim feels that with the
most excruciting pains he is being tor
ltured to death.
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within ten years has been connected
officially with tho penitentiary, and
he says the thing was used In his
time, with all the other torture de-
vices.
As for the water cure, that is in
disputable; it has not been taken out.
but still stands in the "cellar" ready
for use. l saw it and its construction
and workings were fully explained to
me. According to the prison officers
it has been used only twice In the last
four or five years. H'ml I do not
know, only things do not look quite
that way. When I visited the peni-
Tertiary a prisoner that had made his
escape from his company was hiding
somewhere in tho shops. One of the
prison officers said that when this
prisoner was caught he would get the
water cure and another said he would
get the bull rings. Possibly he got
both.
The paddle Is not a very formidable
instrument to look at, but something
perfectly typical Of the whole bust
ness Of prison punishment pertains
to it. That is to say, it is frankly
exhibited as a thing necessary to
maintain discipline but used sparingly
and inAicting more humiliation than
pain. You take it and belize slap
yourself on the hand with it or on
the leg. 1t does not seem to hurt.
But you are never told that in the
old days at least, after it had been
soaked in hot water it was dipped in
white sand, nor that with each blow
the operator gave it slight pull
across the flesh so that each blow
broke the skin and brought blood.
This fact is not confded to you, nor
the other, that this is why convicts
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-24

pert therein. Second, we are piling
up enormous costs in stolen property
and prison maintenance.
The total annual cost OF mainten-
ance has been estimated at $4,000, ooo
Besides, consider the huge cost of
police, magistrates, trial courts, de-
tectivcs, prosecuting officers. Alto
gether, what monstrous bill is
massed here! Clearly, if the prison
conducted on these lines does debase
and harden the convict, is "a training
school for crime" does send forth its
inmates with hearts full Of bitterness
and the sense of wrong, the system
does not pay, does it? Putting aside
every suggestion of duty to our fel
lows, every thought that the man that
errs is still our brother, that no error
can deprive him of the birthright of
MISUNDERSTANDING all this aside as
sentiment and considering the matter
as dollars and cents, how can it pay
us to maintain places like Column
bus?
Especially, if to dirt and gloom and
neglect and all somber influences there
be added injustice and cruelty.
How about that?
These spoils-system guards, this ad-
ministration always protected, this alb
solute government in a world remote
and inaccessible, practically secure
against observation and review, what
DO all these clements Of evil mean for
the convict that happens to be friend
less and helpless?
The Ohio State Penitentiary was
operated on the abominable contract
system.
That is to say, the convicts worked
in shops under the direction and con-
troll and practically at the mercy of
the contractors, who were irrespon-
sible to the State or In this matter to
any other human authority.
Each convict must each day pro-
duce a certain amount of work called
his task" If he fell short the con-
tractors foreman reported him to tho
guard who forthwith took him to the
cellar"
This was the place of Judgment
and of torture. The deputy warden
sat as the court; on tho report Of the
guard swift sentence was pronounced
Usually the offender was condemned
to be padded, sometimes to the bull
rings, sometimes to the water cure
and in the cases of old offenders to all
three-one after another.
Punishment by the paddle is man
aged in this fashion: The prisoner is
seized, stripped and bent over the
edge of a bathtub, his legs being
manacled to the floor and his hands
chained before him. A guard takes :
flat instrument, ash, three and hall
feet long, two inches wide. fitted witt
a handle. He soaks it in hot water
Then he beats the prisoner with it :
prescribed number OF times-four Of
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were not able to sit down after the:
have been padded and this is why
.thcrc was sometimes no place left L
paddle" on the man.
They do not tell you these things:
they will glibly deny these things. Yet
I have here an affidavit from William
Labargc, an unfortunate, victim Of
Columbus, telling matters likely tV
make you hesitate about the denials:
"Three weeks after I entered the
Ohio pcnitentia:-- here was coupls
OF guards arguing about politics and
one of the convicts Cat the dinner
hour) stuck his finger up for some
bread. The guards did not seem to
pay much attention to him so I passed
him some bread. l was reported in
the morning, sent to the cellar, and
the deputy gave me about twelve or
fourteen ticks with wet paddle and
sardcd, and every time he hit me il
seemed to take the flesh right off, ard
il blcd so it went into my shoetops.
| had to use cotton fer two or three
weeks in order that it would not stick
to my clothing, and could hardly sit
down to cat, it panied So"
l have often heard good people but
shallow observers express wonder hat
convicts turn desperately upon and at
tack their guards, throwing away their
lives for one moment of revenge.
Another witness tells of a conv;:t
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-24

crippled for life by the water cure, OF
one made insane, and adds: II went
over one morning Ito the cellar) and
there were eighty-6ve men there (con-
victs accused by guards or foremen),
and thirty-two got the paddle"
Convicts, these. Oh, yes, no doubt
Of that, and therefore of the class that
hitherto the world has agreed to ex:1
clude from its mercy or Its belief.
To punish, to make them feel tho
full revenge of the State, and to break'
their spirits if they resented what was
allotted to them. were cardinal virtues
in prison methods. These men and:
women had done wrong: whatever
added to their sufferings was meri- !
torlous because 1t furthered the re-
venge of the State and also it made !
crime terrible and deferred others
from law-breaking. And all the time
there was the invariable experience OF !
mankind that crime has never been
suppressed nor discouraged by making I,
its penalty severe, but only by other
means that we have never yet attempt.
ed to use on any comprehensive scale.
Il there no bright side to all this1 !
you ask. Oh, my, yesl There is
Bankers Row." for instance. A
dozen or 20 bankers live in compare :.
tive comfort In the Columbus peni-
Tertiary. They have meals brought
from outside. They are treated much
like visitors. They are allowed to
use the telephones. With slight re-
strictions they may do as they please.
The employment given to them is
nominal. Some have portieres over
their cell doorways and special bed !
ding.
But now there apparently is tho
beginning Of I wholly new idea in our !;
prisons.
You will be astonished to learn how
far the change has already progressed
and very likely it will seem to you !:
that nothing else in our times really !
means so much to US. Not merely
because a class of most unfortunate !,
brothers and sisters of ours may here
after be treated with decencyaand JUS
tice, but because here is the surcst of
all signs that we actually are pro-
crossing from the jungle, that kind
ness and tolerance actually increase
upon US and that we may hope Is: a
time when both the gallows and the
prison itself will cease to reproaek
our civilization.
Copyright, 1870, BY Metropolitan Hsscs
poper Syndicate.
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INSTITUTIONS 1or:
We have in the United States (al-
though You are probably unaware OF
the fact) two styles Of penlten:larles,
conducted upon wholly different lines
having wholly different purposes and
results. And all the puzzling question
of the prison and its management
turns upon this difference, which we
ought now to examine, because it
means much to US.
Here, then, is one, type Of the first
group, the Ohio State Penitentiary, in
the city of Columbus, a great hulking,
gloomy place; high walls about it, and
behind them the sooty, belching CHM
neys that mark a nest of factories in
the far end OF the Enclosure.
We get permit to examine the
prison under the escort of a guide.
Low, ancient, and smoke stained build
ings irregularly surround a large,
rather handsome COURTYARD, heavily
turfed, set with trees in which the
free sparrows souawk with a 10y
strangely depressing in a place con-
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-: r.: .hc g.: Ming ron to see the
r::::S II 100 1n~,e;ac:rrs on
-. n :lc s:s:- is taking Vengeance.
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: =, tire -,:~7s. marching il COM
.:.::::c~. t3c:. con-: ny >hcp!,cr,,,cd by
S;:ar,, with :::,."v sick. Every
::.::1c !, slovenly and untdv Some
ut the guards are 70: in Uniform and
some are marifes,ly unr: for their
work. The prisoners look dirty and
unkcmpt
The dining hall is wonderfully dark,
amazingly dirty, with ~ ventilation
to speak OF. and rccking with un-
pleasant odors. Dirty sawdust covers
the floor. The 100 on whom we
are wreaking our vengeance file sui
'enly in, and take their places at long,
dirty pine tables. Not a word is
spoken by anyone in the room. With
hands unwashed from their toll the
LOO eat scanty food from suspicious
dishes: boiled potatoes and beans,
slice Of bread, a mug of water con-
stitutes the repast. 1t is not very in
viting More than one convict makes
an attempt on the mess before him
and, desisting after moment, sits
and stares hopelessly at his plate. If
one wishes more bread, he raises
dirty finger and guard takes up
piece in his hand and losses it upon
the dirty table. If one wishes more
water he raises his cup. Not soul
breathes word. The guards are all
there, watching, listening.
When he has finished, each prisoner
folds his arms with his cap in his right
hand held upon his left shoulder. Thus
the 100 sit until the signal is given.
Company by company they file
through the doors and form two by
two in silent ranks. The guard raps
twice upon the stone walk: the OBJ
jects of our vengeance fall into a
swift pace and away they march to
the shops The brief noon intermis-
sion is over.
Here i, the chapel where every Sun
day the chaplain breaches to these our
victims, What about, in the name of
wonder? Forgiveness. very likelv: or
peace on earth. good will TO men.
Nothing would seem inconeruous in a
place 50 hideous. Here is the idle
House." where prisoner, that have
nothing to do and new prisoners
awaiting ASSIGNMENT to the shons. sit
al d,v in flthv room Here ;s the
hosn;ta1 hare and h,eak n1,ce whore
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these punishmcnts most frequently
arose from complaints of failure or
refusal to complete the task" and
that foremen and outsiders, with only
Il mercenary and exploiting interest
in the business, were the complainants
and potent witnesses.
1--WE haven't used the humming bird
for many years now" said one of the
officers of the prison. 1.-THE apparatus
has been taken out and part CT it is
now in the hospital, where it is used
in the treatment of rheumatism" BIT
it cannot be so very long ago, bccarsc
| have statement from man that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-18
ROCKS WITH FOSSIL
REMAINS PREsAGE
OIL FINDS
Oil and Gas Found In Limit
ed Quantities In Noun
tains Near FL Paso.

J. F. Miner, manager of the White
Sands company, of White Sands. \. NJ.
in writing of the geological conditions
invarie bly, found in oil fields. states:
The first aud most pronounced condi-
ton is always an extensive development
of unaltered sedimentary rocks, con-
ststing of Hmestones, sheles, sand
stones. and conglomerates. These rocks
are invariably full Of fossil remains,
proving that at the time of their deposit
tion, that particular locality was tenn
ing with animal life. The fossils are
of oysters, sea snails and Vulnerable
variations of sea life.
Location of Strafas Change
The next invariabIe condition is that
these sedimentary rocks, which when
deposited were in horizontal planes,
have owing to the earth's shrinka ge,
been forced into hills and hoilows
This action can be illustrated by taking
a newspaper and laying il flat upon
table. The leaves of the paper illus
trate the stratas of rock. Place your
hands flat near the edges of the paper,
press down gently and draw your hands
toward each other. The result is that the
paper viii be forced into hills and hol-
lows, and, should you continue the ac-
ton far enough, the paper hills will be
forced over enough so that by driving
a pin down vertically it viii penetrate
the same pages three separate times.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-18

dietop, OF Beaumont, Texas, is an illus
tration. Ii covers barely 100 acres.
The forces and agencies referred to
produce other signs that many follow
as indications of oil and natural gas,
such as sulphur, salt and mineral
springs, but all of these signs are also
found in places and under conditions
where it would be impossible for natrr-
al hydrocarbon gas or oil to cxis: in
appreciable quantities, so that none of
them can be taken as a sure Sign of
oil or an oil field.
History Recorded BY Rocks.
Some of the grandest history o. the
world is indelibly written in The rocks
In the San Andreas, Sacramento and
other mountain ranges near FL Paso,
such as the history of millions of
years OF peace and plenty, IN which
marine animal life and vegetable life
developed. Then came an era Of turmoil
and disaster. Natures forces were at
war. Earthquakes, volcanoes lie uges,
tornadoes and apparently every other
disaster until both the animal and
vegetable life that had been developed
through the years was destroyed or had
changed forms. In certain isolated
localities and along certain limited
belts, oil and natural gas is to be found,
IN the Sacramentos, San Andreas and
other mountains and plains il large
paying quantities. Nothing but the Grill
Judiciously used will prove the GUAM
tity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-18
NEW CANANEA NEAR Ell PASO
IN BITTER MOUNTAINS.
Discovery of Copper Opposite Fort Ham
cock May Rival Copper Producing
Mines of Sonora.

NJ. Ayarzagoitia Pena, a mining en-
gineer of Ell Paso, has just returned
from the Puerto Rico copper mine, own
ed by himself and Manuel NJ Mora, of
Ciudad Juarez- The property, says Sr.
Pena, is situated in the Sierra de Ia
Amargosa or Bitter mountains, across
the Rio Grande, 20 miles from Fort
Hancock. 1t is in the Braves district,
state of chihuahua.
A vein about three feet wide runs
through the property, outcropping
plainly over 200 meters along the sur
face. The ore carries from II percent
up TO 40 percent copper, and also 20
centimOs of gold and seven ounces of
silver per ton. No systematic develop
ment has yet been done, except some
shallow pits and openings a few feet
deep.
The ore is both csrbonates AID sal
2iltdes f copper and Of such hi5f grade
that it can be mined at a profit. saws
Mr.. Pena, who Is trying TO interest To-
cal people in the enterprise.
The ore can be hauled to Fort Han
cock direct by fording the river or
hauled TO Juarez and Ell Pase, for smell
ing, for SIS ton
There is plenty of wood and water
for all camp purposes near the mine
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-18
BARIGAN DISTRICT MAY
BE RICH IN GOOD ORES.

The Montenegro Mining company,
which is the Mexican holding company
of the Barigan Mining company, has
just held its annual meeting in Sonora.
It's property is located about five and
a half miles northwest of NacoZari in
the Barigan district. Up to the pres
ent time over 10000 feet of develop
ment work has been done and a shaft
IS now being sunk which has reached n
depth of 10 feet. This shaft will con-
tinue down TO the 500 level At pres
ent % men are at work.
The property Us a gold and silver
mine. The Chispas mine, owned by
Juan Palacio, of Ell Paso and associates,
is near the Montenegro. Besides this
other neighboring mines are the Bani-
canora and FL Carmen, also very rich
properties.
In the same Barigan district Herli
Waters has quite a number of men at
work in his property and has just made
a shipment of 200 sacks of rick ore to
the smelter, netting a handsome profit