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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-23

Boys. bring your rubber and iron
to J. s. Gott on Depot Street fo-
high prices.
Miss Ella Owens entertained a
few friends at Boone Tavern. Mon
day evening.
Joe Parsons from Alcorn was in
Berea. Sunday.
Mrs. Mat Moody of Kingston Wis
tied at her brothers, J. l.. Gays. Sat
urday.
DIR. Leonard Harrison of Jackson
County and a former student here
died, the 18th inst.
Allen Powell lost a fine COW few
days ago.
Chrisman and Engle carry the best
fertilizer, Berea, Ky.
Rev. Parsons went to l'anola. Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mr.. George II. Lampe will be the
leader for the Y. M. c. A. meeting
next Sunday evening. His topic will
be a report OF the Danville Conven-
ton. Everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
Mr.. Chas. Burdette was in Ian
caster last Monday on business.
Buy the Globe Fertilizers ard
you will get the best. For sale
by Rhodus c. Hayes.
Mr.. w. S. Givens visited his fami-
ly at Boone Tavern last Sunday.
| Mr.. w. b. Jones was in Indiana
on business last week.
Miss Bette Abzill went to Rich
mond last Sunday for visit.
Mr.. w. o. Hayes and family were
visiting in Richmond, Monday.
Chas. Coyle. from Indiana. is here
visiting his father, J. c. Coyle.
Mrs. w. G.. Best. who has been
visiting her father at Pamela, return
ed last Monday.
The Square Deal Store has a new
line Of dry goods and notions which
! you should price before buying else
, where. One price and a square deal
guaranteed TO all.
Mrs. Sallie Fowler.
From a member of the !. o. o. A..
The Citizen received Monday a copy
OF the resolutions of the order re-
specting the character and worth
of Robert Morgan who died March
LIST. 1911. and also short poem writ
ten by Mr.. j. X. Randell. Owing 10
the want of space and the fact that
these communications were received At
such a late date IL was found inn
Osslble 10 publish them.
Mrs. Bessie Lane and Mr.. w. Low
On were married. Monday. Rev NJ.
*. Pasco OBLIGATED.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-23

Miss Hazel Emerson came Sunday
tor a visit at the home OF Mrs. Bert
Coddington.
Miss Corwin and Mrs. Ridgeway
delightfully."- entertained the members
OF the Library staff last Saturday
evening at their home on Prospect
Street.
Rev. W. T.. Wilks is holding a BE-
lies OF revival meetings at Crab
orchard. Ky.
Mrs. Myrtle Cawood is visiting re-
latiyes here this week.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-23
CARD OF THANKS

Tho Citizen Is IN receipt Of a let
ter from a member of the family OF
Mr.. Elihu Garrison who. with his son
was drowned two weeks ago in Clay
County. mention OF which was made
In The Citizen the last two issues.
expressing the thanks Of the family
for the kind reference made to the
character OF Mr.. Garrison. and
and also desiring that through
the columns OF the paper their appre-
citation be extended TO all who have
heen helpful TO them In their time
CT great sorrow or have expressed
heir sympathy.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-23

Mr.. Mat Isaacs who has been away
from Berea for a number Of years
arrived Monday for visit with his
mother.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-23
MILLINERY OPENING

Millinery opening. Friday and Sat
urday. March 81 and April !. 1911.
You are cordially invited.
Mrs. Jennie II. Fish,
Main St, Berea. Ny
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-23
GOOD FARM FOR SALE

40 acres OF natural bluegrass land.
2 i-2 miles OF Berea. near pike. Good
new house. barn. all under Good feace
Young peach orchard. 100 trees. Ciov-
ers and grass take readily to any
part Of land. Everlasting spring. and
Joined on one side by creek. Price
reasonable. terms liberal Best bar
gain near Berea. Inquire at or ad-
dress The Citizen. Berea, Ky.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-23
FOR SALE

Fine site for a home. beautiful
view. Located on water main: pipes
laid for sewerage: cement sidewalk.
Address Box 32s, Berea, Ky.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-19

The wooden poles on Kansas avenue
which support the heavy cables cross
ing the thoroughfare will be replaced
by heavy iron poles weighing about a
ton each. which will be put in "just
around the corner" on the side streets
so that the view of the ''White Way"
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-19

not passed the third grade in the com
mon school
In this connection it IS interesting
to note that three of every five come
from broken up homes one of the
parents being dead OF flther and
mother separated, and the home train
ing thus destroyed to this extent One
man in every ten here is an orphan.
So the problem at the reformatory is
not so much handling young men that
are naturally bad as it is that of
handling young men who have been
unfortunate.
How is it done?
Before each group of newcomers are
started into the school work, NJ F.
Amrine, superintendent of the insti-
tuition, makes a talk to them, saying
that their past will be forgotten and it
is up to them to reform with the ev-
cry encouragemen that the reforma-
tory viii give them. He makes it
plain to them that hope 70 them is
by no means lost, and that while in the
institution they will be treated well if
they behave themselves. This talk
seems to make a good impression on
the majority of them, ard they start
into their school work and trade
shops with a will.
The trades include carpentering,
stone cutting. tailoring. baking. black
smithing, printing, barbeling, painting,
staining and finishing. The students
in these departments do a great deal
of the necessary work about the insti-
tuition. For instance the boys at the
blacksmith shop attend to the horse
shoeing and wagon repair work While
the tailor shop makes all of the uni
forms for the inmates and the parole
suit In this connection the shoe shop
which makes the shoes for the inmates
must not be forgotten.
The Farm Work.
The farm work is a distinct feature
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-19

in itself. This season irrigation has
been tried with considerable success.
In the alfalfa field which was partly
irrigated a distinct line of difference
in quality Of grass shows where the
water from the irrigation left off. A
large crop of potatoes was brought
through the dry season by this meth
cd. A farm engine and pump with
10000 gallons per hour capacity sup
piled the water. About $40 acres are
farmed.
Hay making in the fall is quite an
event in the school. The farm detail
camp out in the pastures under a
guard. The hay land il about eight
miles from the institution. so the boys,
enjoying their work like an outing,
make hay while the sun shines and
stay on the ground until the hay is
put up. 1t is said that in spite of the
advantages thus given for escape
chances only one or two have tried
to get away while in the hay fields.
Another feature which adds much
to the reform spirit at the institution
is the band training. his is under
the direction of s. Z. Herb formerly
with Innes' band. Two bands=a be-
ginners' and a professional
each practice two hours every week
day. The beginners, in the morning
and the others in the afternoon The
sound of music, floating out on the
air, has much to do with tC.klng away
the prison atmosphere. And the band
that plays in the afternoon hands out
the real classic stuff: fo- instance. they
play Poet and Peasant sextette
from Lucia" Shuber+'o "Serenade, 3"
etc. And it must be rem embered that
the majority of the new musicians
had never played an instrument and
knew nothing about music before COM
ing here. All this development in a
year or two of steady practice and eff
fort
The band gives concerts in a band
stand in front of the institution every
Friday evening in the summer, and oc-
casionally down town.
Mr. Herb will stand for nothing ex-
cept the best work possible from each
and every one of his pupils hence the
proficiency in so short a time.
The other routine work of the in
stitution is divided largely between the
school rooms and the work shop, with
half a day each.
The inmates rise at $3.50 a. m,
breakfast at a. m. then comes chap
el, and then detailing for either school
or work shop. The boys march from
meals to work to the sound of a tri-
angle.
No talking is allowed at the table
Some reason for this: Disputes and
fights could easily arise If speech were
allowed. The lads signify their wTbt-
ing more fool by raising hands or
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-19

such as it was, and given no exercise,
like a Gagged animal. Then came the
system of putting the prisoner to work
part of the time It was found that
the man who was forces to do a GER
tain work so many hours every day
while in prison usually became so pro-
fcient that he was able to make his
living thereby when released. And with
a livelihood not so much chance of re
turning to the old life Perhaps this
fact consciously or uncopsctously gave
the idea that prisoners, and especially
young men, should be taught a trade,
that in them was still material for
good citizens.
So about twenty years ago institu-
tions known as refOrmatories began
being heard from over the country OF
these the Kansas State Industrial Re
formatory was one of the first. 1t is
said that the city of Hutchinson do
mated a square mile of ground as an
inducement for the state to locate it's
school here AID raised considerable
money for the same purpose. A story
is told th.t Charles Resell, now in
business here, donated a set of harness
to the cause. The harness was sold
for $40.
When the institution was ready to
receive them, thirty young men were
transferred from the penitentiary at
Lansing to the new refCrmatory here.
4
regime of criminology IL Kansas.
More Like a Military School.
''The old order chanEeth' Today
the relations between the officials of
the reformatory and the inmates-the
word prisoner is never heard in the
institution=are such that were It not
for the iron bars on the windows, the
high wall and the armed guard there
on. that a visitor would scarcely real
ize he is in a place of involuntary con-
hnement. The discipline is as firm as
necessary. but the iron hands wear the
proverbial velvet glove" In the
trades shops and in the school rooms
IS a. spirit of good will and a desire
to do good work. This is especially
true in the band room. The band is
one of the features of the institution.
The boys show love of music and a
wish to please the instructor.
The casual visitor at the institution
almost feels that he is at a military
school, and the neat uniforms of the
.Emates help give this impression.
&3lso, like in a military school. thor
#oughness of instruction is the key
note.
In the schools grade of so is re-
quired in each study. Primary to
eighth grade courses are included in
the school system. For the young
men from 16 to 25 years of age who
come here. one in every five can not
read or write. -Four in every 1--WE have
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-19

plates. The fare is wholesome and
well cooked 1t is said that the good
food and regular hours often fatten
newcomers. 1t is in great contrast
with their irregular habits of eating g
and sleeping " Inch has beer followed
for some time by the majority of the
inmates before coming here.
The cells are arranged in rows, IN
the cell houses, two rows on the first
floor and two rows above The boys
are allowed to decorate their cells to
some extent. Many of them show con-
cards. etc, which are sent in by rela-
tives and friends. With exceptions of
letters to and from the governor, all
exchanged missives are read by an Of
fetal
The personal touch between official
and inmate is apparent. Often when
Superintendent Amrine makes his
rounds the boys will interview him
and make complaints or requests.
Often the question is. ''How about a
parole for me?"
How They Are ParoIed.
Before inmates are eligible to re-
lease they must accomplish three
things: They must pass a seventh
grade education, learn a trade with
work grade of 80 per cent, and have
to their credit $50 days of good
time" being the time N which they
have not violated the rules of dis
cipline.
When these conditions have been
complied with they may be allowed
to go before the board of managers,
consisting Of Philip Keissy of White
Cloud. Richard Hopkins of Garden
City and Thomas W. Morgan of OF
tawa. and ask for parole. The
board looks the applicant over, informs
itself of the nature of his crime and
case and may grant the request or
recommend him to further confine-
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ment.
While out on parole. the boys must
report to the institution frequently but
if they do not violate the conditions
of their parole for twelve months they
are given discharge.
On one occasion a negro, asking the
board of three for parole. was asked
how old he was and if his father were
living. He replied that he was 21
years old and that his father was not
living. that he had died 25 years ago.
For long time he did not realize why
the board members laughed.
1t is said that not more than one
out of five violate the conditions of
their parole. So the work of the in
stitution carries with it the spirit of
hope and promise.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-19
Modern Reform Methods at
State RefOrmatOry.
Educate Inmates and Teach
Them Good Trades.
MUSIC is A FEATURE
Band Takes Away Prison Air
From Institution.
Boys Farm 62O Acres Irriga-
tiOn Is Successful.
MUSIC is A FEATURE

Hutchinson. Kan, Aug. 19.-Modern
methods of reform are being tried out
at the state reformatory here. A
hundred years ago or SO, a man who
broke laws was thrown into a dark
dungeon as a punishment without a
thought of taking away criminal ten
denotes from him. If the rats had not
gnawed his life out by tie time the
authorities saw fit to let hi-a out, he
returned to the world witt not the
sweetest disposition toward govern
ment and society.
A little later step in advance was
made when the lawbreaker was locked
in a cell and kept there, fed food
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-19

Chicago. Aug. 1e.-Actual attempts
by men to qualify themselves for the
civil service examination for the po-
lice force in this city exceed the wild
est flights of Imagination and present
most unusual form of Cheating -
One man in order to increase his
weight to the required amount, drank
four pounds of water and attempted
through this water cure to convert
himself from private citizen to a
policeman. A negro applicant allow
ed friend to hit him over the head
with club in order that the swelling
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-19
DARK, THEN DAWN
Realty Market Is Dull, But
Dealers Are Optimistic.
The Autumn Business Is EX-
pected to Be Brisk.
LIGHTPLANT EXPANDS
Topeka Edison COmpanyPutting
in New Machinery.
Building Permits Aggregate
$4,000 This Week.

The old saying is that it is darkest
before dawn" This would apply to
the prevailing condition of the realty
market. The hot weather of the past
ten days and the fact that this is nat
urally one of the dull periods of the
year have not been conducive to brisk
business, but the tide will turn and
soon the land sellers will have all
their time cut out looking after the
fall business.
The dealers admit that business is
slow right now, but they are optimis-
tic. They are preparing for the rush
season which should begin as soon as
fall is ushered in.
There was a good showing in build
ing permits this week, the aggregate
in value being nearly $4,000. They
called for several new homes but the
largest item was $4,000 for the new
parochial school of St Joseph's Cath
olic church.
This building will embody many of
the features of the Central Park,
Washington and Van Buren street
school buildings. The exterior of the
structure will be of brick and stone.
The building will be erected at the
corner of Third and Van Buren
streets.
New Catholic High School.
Tt is understood that the contract
a high school building in connection
with Catholic parochial schools under
the direction of the Rev. Father F.
M. Hayden of the Church of the AS
sumption.
The building will probably be four
stories high, the material used being
stone. 1t will be erected north of the
old school building.
The Topeka Edison company is
putting in extensive additions to their
plant in order to meet the demand of
the coming winter season.
On August 26 will be shipped the
first large 1000 kilowat steam turbine
to be installed in Topeka. This might
be termed a steam motor.
Then a 500 kilowat motor generator
will be installed and the switchboard
enlarged. The 500 horse power water
heater is to be replaced by a heater
with a capacity Of 1000 horse power.
A third $4,000 gallon reserve water
tank is being put in, and a 200 horse
power pump for pumping the water
from the tanks to the heater. Five
miles of additional feeders for alter
mating circuit are being installed.
Wooden Poles to Go.
The wooden poles on Kansas avenue
which support the heavy cables cross
ing the thoroughfare will be replaced
by heavy iron poles weighing about a
ton each, which will be put in ''just
around the corner" on the side streets
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-19

might increase his stature sufficiently
to come within the height qualifica-
tions.
Another hung from horizontal bar
for over half an hour in an attempt to
stretch his stature one-half inch. Got
to make it some way he told the
persons who questioned him regarding
the athletic feat 'T have been hanging
here for the last 20 minutes and am
due to go to be measured in about ten
more" Wherever the men are discov-
cred attempting to qualify through
these methods. they are debarred from
examination.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-19

Teacher-Tommy, do you know
''FIow Doth the Little Busy Bee?'' Tommy
No; I only know he doth it,-Today's
Nagazine
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-05-22
CURE OF TUBERCULOSIS.

The story amply confirmed comes from Paris
that Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, an accomplished
physician, has entirely cured of consumption an
American girl, prominent in Paris society, Miss
De Garmetin, after she had been given up by
other physicians. The curious part of it is that
the princely doctor is a great musician as well
physician and that he used his music as
well as his other treatment to bring about the
recovery Of his patient The dispatch says he
used to play the violin and the organ by the
hour to his patient
People will be eager to learn the particulars
OF the cure. Ii the music part Of the cure
then it is new confirmation of the belief in
the wonderful power Of not only the mind but
the emotions over the action Of bodily func-
tons We should like to hear the explanation
OF the prince. Was it the rest the music brought
the patient! Did it divest her mind from brood
ing over the thought that she was incuraby
i'll? Was the patient peculiarly sensitive to
music and did it supply her with stimulant
more potent than oxygen to her iniamed lungs?
When will we know half the mysteries con
nected with our own lives? The account says
that great Vienna consumption specialist
DR. Hook, admits the complete recovery of
Miss De Garmentin, but the Bavarian physicians
resent the interference of the royal prince in
their profession. Is not that characteristic? 1t
reminds the writer that morning a score
Of years ago coming down the street he saw the
late DR.. Hamilton standing in front of his Of
flee. Stopping, he said What is the matter,
doctor? You seem troubled about something
this morning. DO you know, said the
DOCTOR THAT there are three patients up in
the hospital that going to die in spite of all
| can do?' Then he paused an insant and then
added, ''But believe me, they are every one
dying regular" That is what is probably
troubling those Bavarian doctors. The young
lady did not get well regular. Goodwin s
Weekly
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-05-22
THESE DOCTORS DIFFER.

Bishop johnson, of the Episcopal diocese of
Los Angeles, declares for world peace and in
ternational arbitration. Bishop Goldman of
Maine, says that without war; a nation would
become effeminate morally and physically, and
urges the clergy and laymen of the Pine Tree
state to be on their guard flest we carry the
talk of peace and disarmament too far. -
And to make the contrast the more startling.
these contrary expressions were voiced on the
same day, and each reported i'll the dispatches
Episcopalians well as other people must be
in something of whrl as to the right theory
of international peace. At the Los Angeles
convention of the diocese, Bishop johnson, by
way Of endorsing the proposed arbitration
treaty, said:
Either let us honestly admit that
Jesus taught an impossible, ethical Cos
pei or let us frankly champion the
cause of peace by avowing our SYM
pathy with the policy of the proposed
compact between the United States and
England. Our president and Sir Ed
ward Grey have made proposal that
should receive the commentator Of all
Christian upon both sides of the
Atlantic.
Small wonder that the dispatch from Port
land, Maine, says that Bishop Goldman startled
the Episcopal conference" when he said
Without war nation would degen-
crate, would become effeminte morally
and physically 1t is mittake to aim
at sentiment. War has developed noble
soldiers, noble statesmen and noble
women. 1t is training in
moral courage, in self discipline, in zest
for righteousness, in patriotism, in the
sense II the value Of unity and in the
contempt for social vices that destroy
national strength.
The Maine bishop seems not only to be of
the church militant, but to believe in the same
policy internationally. But if he is correctly
quoted he ought to have lived-and died-be-
fore the dawn Of the Twentieth century
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-05-22
WAGON IN FLAMES
HORSES RUN AWAY
DRIVER MOUNTS THE BACK OF
ONE ANIMAL AND SAVES
HIS TEAM.

DIXON, .Solano Co, May 22.-H.
H. Firchow, farmer living five
miles north of here, had a thrill
ing experience yesterday when a
load of straw in a large hay wagon
in which he was riding caught fire
and the team of horses attached
to the vehicle ran away.
Unable to secure control of the
frightened animals and driven from
his seat by the flames, Firchow,
determined to save his horses from
injury, sprang upon the back of
one of the runaway and managed
to keep the team circling big
field at a sped which prevented
the fire from reaching beyond
traces. Firchow drove until the
wagon and straw had been burned
One of the horses was singed
slightly. Firchow escaped injury.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-05-22
NOT EXACTLY PATRIOTS.

General Madero seems to have very clear
notion of the sort of warfare that has been
conducted along part of the border, in the
name Of Mexican liberty. In his statement Civ
out at the Juarez headquarters when the
present and perhaps final armistice was agreed
to- he said it would have the immediate effect
of bringing peace all over the republic except
in Lower California
For the reason that the alleged rebels in
that state have nothing in common with Gen
eral Madero, are no part of the general up
rising against President Diaz, and are nothing
but bands of robbers, assisted by some l. w.
VS. and nere-do-wels from the northern side
of the border.
The Lower California bandits who have been
robbing and numbering in the name of Mexican
liberty will have part in the triumph, and
Madero's declaration intimates that prison
cell is their most fitting reward