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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03

T .s-- - : .sIa Across the southeast corner the artist had signed his name, G. H. It was romantic. to say the least-the thought of @ real artist languishipg behind prison bars. And I learned with a great deal of disappolnt- ment that he had served his time the had been charged with forgery), and was gone. The work of art had been performed in prison, 'offhand," was told. x | The factory workers comprised a treat portion of the white male prisoners, a few negro men and quite a great many If the negro women. | On our way home from the factory vo were in time to see the female facrory workers, attended by the mounted guard, returning to the womens cell for rapast, lon Emma's corn bread and ''sinon' cro- leuettes Dirty. slouchy and lint-covered, they battered heavily along in the dust, more like drove of sheep--black sheep however-than human beings. l When we reached Eva's gate we were humming, duet style, Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" Our voices must have been touching to say the least for at that mo- ment a white convict who had been cut- ting wood in the yard, very humbly ap- preached us.
 That music sho' does make me wanter go home," he said. I'm goin in five Ioays,' he further volunteered l How long have you been heref~ ' asked, smelling a real interview. SH | sixteen months," he returned. Where do you liver" from me.
 Near Birmingham" from him. | And then in burst of very unreportor- like confidence I said: Why, I live In Birmingham.
 l Whats your charger" was redeemIn9 myself.
 Highway robbery and the man shift ed uneasily. 'I wasn't guilty neither. I've had pretty hard time here," he said, "and yet not as hard time as some of 'em
 How long will 1t be till you como back?'
 Always. ma ann he declared Millions lof years won't bring me"
 And then Eva and I went to dinner. humming the beautiful old hymn a littl6 loudly. for the sake of the convict. wEo wanted to go home. After all, 1t was gooA far him fn ha in that frame of mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
BEYOND PRISON WALLS
BY MARY HUDDLEsToN

It was a beautiful day, a sunshiny, Llue sky, bird singing day; although a
 day to be associated with things good, kind, sinless. merciful. Speigner's station looked nice enough with it's fields of open
 ing cotton. Only one thing marred the blissfulness of the perfect summer day, the restfulness of the scene. In several
 places one could see tall, red painted prison walls, with iron locked gates sur rounding in circular fashion large areas of ground.
 Eva, my friend at Speigners, whose
 father has some little authority in prison affairs there, obtained entrance for rs within the gates of the womens cell and also permission from the guard Cor n tour lat will l perceived that the female iris oners were divided according to two ais ltlnct classifications, first al to race second
 as to strength. The white women who are strong enough sew and convert the striped domestic into convicts garments.
 Also a large number of negro women sew Indeed, great deal Is accomplish sd In
 this corner of the cell, for these women supply several prisons with convict suits. The sewing room is very pleasant, Icing open, cool and well lighted. One very tiny wrinkled specimen of white womanhood, who seemed to supervise the sewing, WAS actually jolly and answered all .ur ores-
 tions with perfect good humor. Her charge. I learned, was husband killing.
 Another white woman possessed a snllen face.
 HOW many garments do you make per ldayY' asked Eva of this woman.
 Just as many as We feel able to make |" She answered rather shortly and offered no further conversation, so we turned cur fattention to the negro seamstresses. They
 seemed to be tolerably happy lot. Ono
 wanted to borrow a waist pattern rom
 Eva, whereupon I concludde that .olored
 women in prison are very like colored
 women on the outside. A large per cent Of these women were charged with killing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Finds q Poison of Sleep

From the New York World.
 Considerable discussion has arisen in scientific circles over the experiments or NM. Legendre and Pieron in Paris, who have discovered that the real reason why we go to sleep is because our brain has been actually poisoned. Sleep, they de- clare, is produced through a morbid change in the cells of the frontal lobe of the brain. They discovered dog that died of insomnia, and inspected some of the serum of it's brain into another dog, thereby causing it to fall into a deep sleep from which it subsequently awak- ened in perfectly healthy condition. From this and similar experiments they assert that sleep is due to natural poison The poison of sleep, they con tend, is, in fact, antidote for the poison> that are the by-products of every mental and physical action of our lives, and we awake from sleep when it has clean ;ed our higher nervous centers of the roisons that our daily toll has produced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Pope Plus and Catholic Press

Tn spite of age and illness Pope Plus x has started a discussion of newspapers and their value that is stirring the whole Roman Catholic church. The American Federation of Catholic Societies, just meeting in annual session in Columbus and reporting 100000 men in their mem- hership, had for the first time a confer ence on Catholic journalism, with han quet and addresses. Among Catholic papers represented were such strong ones as The Pilot" of Boston; the "Catholic News" New York; the Catholic Stand ard and Times" Philadelphia; Church Extension" Chicago, and the Church Progress and Catholic World" St. Louis
 At Columbus editors and publishers of these and other influential Catholic ,.apers emphasized the importance of the Cath olic papers of small dioceses, closely at tentive to home interests and to the fact that all In America, large and small, are loyal to true Catholic causes.
 In street in Venice any one may see. it is said. a sign that reads: ''The Great est Single Work of Pope Plus K" It is above the door of the Catholic newspaper lof Venice. which the Pope, while pa
 triarch, established and did so much to foster. The Pope has issued letter to the Catholic authorities of Italy on the subject of newspapers. In 1t he deplores the fact that not few newspapers. claiming and receiving support on Catholic
 grounds acquiesce in present political con- diticnsSin Italy
 The Pope points out to Italy and the world the vast power of newspapers fer
 good, but he also points out how much
 harm they may do. He says:
 That certain newspapers which are in the habit of trying to make Catholics be- lieve that they should not resent he in- juries done to religion by those who in
 the public order destroyed the property of the church and curtailed it's liberties: or
 which have nothing to say about the ini-
 quitous condition in which the Apostolic
 See has been placed. or have no thought
 for the still worse conditions which it's
 enemies are preparing for it: or which
 are wont to dilate on the genius and orth-
 odoxy of authors whose writings, when
 carefully studied, are found to be full of
 inaccuracies and most disastrous errors
 which in fine, by reason of the title or
 Catholic which they bear. find easy ad-
 mission into the homes, are In the hands
 of all. and are freely read by all classes not excluding ecclesiastics-that such
 newspapers do more to undermine judg-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03

1 their husbands. After all, there re a good many undesirable husbands in tine world.
 The hospital ward was perhaps 200 yards From the sewing room, on the opposite side | of the cell Here we found several negro
 women suffering from various agonies. One, especially, judging from her saspins moans, was i'll. Upon inquiring about her, the stewardess told us that willie was
 no better.
 Along the same side of the cell, but in the rear, we found the wash house. Here in one shanty some negro women were ironing, while others on the outside were washing the soiled clothes of 'he con victs. Eva questioned all those whose first names she knew. Mozelle,, a particu- larly energetic and bright colored woman. seemed an especial favorite of Eva's. What's her charger" I asked later. | Husband killing" replied Eva. | It was now approaching the dinner hcur, so Eva led the way to the culinary de- lpartment. A latticed porch divided this from the bed room. The sleeping and cat ing rooms occupy the largest and most central position in the cell. The dining room is long, rectangular apartment,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Wrinkleless Skin
 Now Easy to Have
(From Family Physician)

There's no excuse for any woman having wrinkles now. It has been found that simple mixture of saxo- lite and witch hazel has remark a ble action upon the. deepest wrinkles, no matter what their nature, whether caused by worry. habitual frownIng. . facilitated condition or the rava ges of Father Time. This harmless rem edy, which anyone can easily make obtaining the ingredients at any drug store, acts both as an astrlngent and a tonic. The combined effect of tighten ing the skin and heightening its vitali- ty is to immediately affect every line and wrinkle, Keeping the cuticle smooth and firm as in youth
 The proportions are one ounce sax olite fpowdered) to one-half pint witch hazel. The solution should be used as a wash lotion. It Is equally effective In disposing of flabbincss of cheek and neck. as well as sagging below the eyes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
New Episcopal Church Bishops

A special meeting of the House of Epis- copal Church Bishops Is called for New York, October 26 among other things to create. if it then seem wise, an indcpan- church, has called the special Jurisdiction Immediate opposition to the plan arises from the high church folk. Were it suc- cessful it might mean separate jurisdic- tion for negroes, and all this say the high church party, Is uncatholc in it's tradition.
 The suggested plan is to elect a bishop for work among Indians, giving him lib- erty to go into whatever diocese he finds Indians dwelling-a sort of jurisdiction at large, so to speak. It is claimed that there is In the Episcopal church at pres- ent no adequate law to- allow such, and the convention showed it's disinclination to do so, while preventing the question from coming to a vote.
 The case arises through the departure of the Rt. Rev. Dr. F. F. Johnson, Bish- op of South Dakota, where are most of the Indians belonging to the Episcopal church. to be coadjutor to the Rt Rev Dr. Daniel s. Tuttle Bishop of Missouri, and resident in St. Louis. South Dakota is a missionary district and the house of bishops must elect Bishop Johnson's suc- cessor. Bishop Futile. as senior in the church, has called the special session It Is said that the special jurisdiction plan emanates from him and from Bishop Johnson
 The call proposes also the creation of a missionary district for the Panama canal zone, but adding to 1t possibly some small part of Colombia in South America, and some work in Central America started by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03

ment and discipline among Catholics than the very papers which are openly hostile to the church."
 These strong words and the resolution adopted by the federation at Columbus are arousing Catholic journalists in this coun- try to increase the number and the .clrcu- lation of Catholic newspapers
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-22
GOMEZ WORKING FOR A
TEMPORARY ARMISTICE
Doesn't Want MadGFO to At
tack JuaFGz

Washington, April 21.-Confusion
as to the Interpretation of an "armis-
tice" is believed by DR.. Vasquez Co
mez, head of the confidential agency
here of the Mexican revolutionists,
to be responsible for the hitch in the
truce which had been partially ar
ranged with the Mexican government
and which Gen Madero rejected yes
terday
DR.. Gomez sent a long distance tel
egram to Madero today in which he
pointed out that it was necessary not
to confuse the armistice proposition
with the peace proposals which were
to follow.
He declared in his message that
neither side would gain or lose by an
armistice, the primary condition be-
ing that the status quo be imposed on
all military operations, which would
include, of course, the shipment of
arms or the bringing up of reinforce
ments to the north of Mexico, a thing
which Gen Madero yesterday said
was probably the Mexican govern
ment's idea in favoring the armistice.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-22
PRESBYTERY TO MEET IN
FORT VALLEY In FALL
Americas Two Representa-
tiVGS at Home Again

Rev. J. w Stokes, pastor of the
Presbyterian church here, and Mr.
L. P. Gartner, who represented the
Americus church at the meeting of the
Macon PTesbyteTy at Camilla this week
returned here yesterday, highly pleas
ed with the great success attending
the convention and the interest mani
tested therein 1t was Mr.. Stokes
first attendance upon the Presbytery
since his recent return to Georgia from
Florida, although he was formerly
Connected Herewith while pastor OF
the church at Dublin for several years
and at other places as we'll. The next
session of the Presbytery will be held
in Fort Valley in October.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-22
MACON is RUM-SOAKED
SAYS Her OFFICIALS
Booze is More Abundant Now
Than Before

Macon, Ca, April 21-In response
to charges preferred in open council
by Aldermen Brunner, Elkan, Wright
Fetner and Riley, to the effect that
tlree-fourths of the locker clubs of
Macon are open barrooms, selling all
Gay and night and Sunday, too, %
rnnors and negroes, Mayor Moore has
given Chief of Police Chapman post
tive Instructions to make a rigid in
yestigation Alderman Fetner de-
clared in council that more whiskey
is sold in Macon and that it is here
in more liberal quantities than ever
before.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-22
HOBOES WILL HAVE
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
To Be Launched Soon in
St. Louis

St. Louis, April PA newspaper
to be published in the interests Of the
tramp, is the latest fancy of the brain
of Dr. James Eads How, the million
aire tramp"
DR.. How inherited his wealth from
James Eads, who built the great Eads
bridge spanning the Mississippi river
here. He is an apostle of the unem-
ployed. He recently got a medical di-
.ploma.
He announced at a rally yesterday
afternoon that he would found a week.
ly newspaper Great was the sensa'
ton produced thereby. The paper vii
be printed in ST. Louis. J. H. Sey
mour, known as the hobo poet" vii
be the editor-in-chief Publication vii
begin in about a month.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-22
.AMERICUS MILLS
CLOSE SEASON
Big Plants Have Suspended
Operations
Cotton Seed Oil Mills Shut Down Until
Another CFOp---The Season Just
Ending is Not As Profitable as Have
Ben Other Like Periods Here.

The Americus cotton Oil mills, sew
eral in number and representing m
invested capital of more than a quar-
ter million dollars, have just closed
the current season of cotton seed
crushing, and are now shutting down
machinery until the next crop of cot
ton seed is available
There are three or four large oil
mills IN Americus. and the oil and
meal business has for many years been
an important one.
Besides the oil mills there are two
or three large fertilizer plants, and
these, too, will soon close down.
The season just ending has not
been profitable one," said the presi-
dent of one of the local plants to the
Times-Recorder yesterday This fact, -
he continued, is due to the abnor-
mally low price Of cotton seed oil, and
the unus sally high price of cotton
seed"
Americas mills have paid twenty
dollars per ton for cotton seed, and in
some instances the price has probably
exceeded that stiff figure to a slight
extent.
But even at this price the seed from
a single bale of cotton is worth $40 to
$12 to the owner.
The recent perpendicular drop in
the price of oil proved body blow to
the mill men in Americus, as else
where, the value being cut just in half
From 65 cents per gallon the price
t0Ck a tumble to 50 cents, while the
pIice of the raw seed was just as
great for the mill operators.
The plants here will be put in con-
dition during the summer for next
seasons run, beginning in September,
when, it is hoped, conditions will be
more favorable.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-22
D. A. R. WAR Being
WAGED In Washington
Both Factions are Claiming
Victory

Washington, April 21.-AfSer the
most exciting election in the history
Of the Daughters of the American
| Revolution and with more than three
Quarters of the LOO ballots counted,
a3rerents Of Mrs. Matthew T. Scott
and Mrs. William Cummings Story
claimed victory in the presidential
race today. Mrs SCOTS friends claim
ed her election by a majority of 200
or more, while the Story faction in
sis.ed their candidate had won by at
least 20 votes
Excitement was at fever heat among
the delegates when the convention met
III Continental Memorial hall this
morning to hear the result of the elec-
ton AL 10 O'Clock it became known
hat it would be several hours before
the result of the balloting was an
lounced The following statements
were given out:
There can be no possible doubt that
.Irs Scott has been reelected by 200
majority. Her administration has been
fully vindicated, and the victory will
mark the end of insurgency in the
ranks of the D. A. r.
(SignedD Campaign Manager for
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott"
Mrs. Story will not win by a big
majority, but she will be the victor in
the contest by at least 20 votes. She
has enjoyed loyal support and has
Staged splendid fight against the ad-
CSigned) Campaign Manager for
Ms. William Cummings Story"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-22
negro LYNCHED
in OPERA HOUSE
Blacks Body RiddIGd With
Bullets By Kentucky Mob
Scenery is Properly Set and Audience
Pay So Much Per Shot For Family
Of the Negroes Notwithstanding
Room and Gallery at Lower Rates

Calhoun, Ky, April 21.-With militie
upon the scene to prevent a race war
the authorities set out today to inves.
tigate the lynching of William Potter
a negro who went to his death las
night at Liyermore, eight miles from
here, in the most melo dramatic scene
lf vengeance ever enacted here. Ac-
cused Of fatally shooting Frank Mitcn-
ell, a young white man of Liyermore,
the assailant was strung up above the
stage at the opera house in Livermore
and a crowd of 100 men and boys, all
armed, who filled the theatre, riddled
his body with bullets So much per
shot was charged the sum to be turn
ed over to the Mitchell family.
Early today when Potters body was
cut down it was hanging in shreds.
Persons who were willing to pay for
orchestra seats, were charged double
prices for the privilege of emptying
their rifles or revolvers into the body
of the sWaying figure Those in the
gallery We're granted a lower rate The
opera house was an inferno of gun
sllots, and the sheriff who tried to force
lis way in, was ordered away upon
penalty of severe treatment.
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HANDY MAN WITH PISTOL
Is GIVEN 4 SENTENCE
Atlanta Cop With Easy Trigger May
Serve Time.

Atlanta, April 21.-Detective T. W
Reeves, special officer of the Central
of Georgia railroad was tonight found
guilty of voluntary manslaughter in
shooting down and killing w. 3
Horne under the Magnolia street
bridge some week ago. The jury was
out for several hours. Sentence vii.
be pronounced tomorrow morning.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-10
Published in The Topeka state Journal
March 10, 1911
Asst. Secretary of State.

SENATE BILL No SIC
AN ACT relating to the taxation in coun-
ties having a certain population.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
of ali Counties in G the State Of Kansas
having population of not less than 50, 600
nor more than 5000 and in which county
there is located a city of the first class
having a population of not less than 1900
not more than 25,000 are hereby authorized
to levy upon all the taxable property in
and 1912. at the time for levying taxes
for other purposes, tax of one-half
er levies now authorized by law, for the
purpose of creating fund to be used
for the 10 lie wing only $500
bridges and culverts and the balance of
said levy to be used for the erection of
county bridges and culverts; said bridges
and culverts to be built of concrete wher-
ever practicable
Sec 2. The provisions of the General
Laws of the state of Kansas relating to
the repair or erection of county bridges
or culverts now in force in counties to
which this act applies shall be followed
by the commissioners in the expenditures
of this fund.
Sec. g. If the members of the board of
propriate this fund for any other purposes
than those mentioned herein they shall
upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a
misdemeanor and fined in any sum not
less than five hundred dollars nor more
than one thousand, and may be removed
from office by an action in the district
court of said county.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its publication in
the official state paper
I hereby certify that the above bill orig
mated in the Senate, and passed that body
February f7th 1911,
RICHARD J. HOPKINS,
President of the Senate.
WALTER A. JOHNSON
Secretary of the Senate.
Passed the House March 8, 1911,
G. H. BUCKMAN,
Speaker of the House.
EARL AKERS,
Chief Clerk of the House.
Approved March z, 1911.
w. R. STUBBS, Governor.
State of Kansas.
Office of the Secretary of State
l. Chas. H. Sessions, Secretary of State
of the State of Kansas, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing is a correct
copy of the original enrolled bill now on
file in my office
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto subscribed my name
GSeaL1 and affixed my official seal.
this Sth day of March 1911
CHAS. H. SESSIONS.
Secretary of State.
BY J. T. BOTKIN
Asst. Secretary of State.