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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22

In most prisons where the parole
law is in effect. The men go before
the parole board and tell their hard
luck stories and promise to make
men Of themselves if given chance.
A good many of them do, while
others simply make these promises
because it shows them a way out of
durance vile, and have no more in
tention of keeping their promises to
the men who placed faith in them,
than they have of jumping over the
moon.
A man who will make promises
he does not even intend to try to
keep is hypocrite of the worst
kind. He goes out thinking only
of himself and the time' he is GO
ing to have; no thoughts of the men
he has left behind. If all men who
are given paroles went out with the
intention of living up to it's. require
ments it would not be half as hard
for those left behind to get a chance.
The man who deliberately breaks
his parole is not fit to be classed as
a man. He has been given III e
chance he was praying for, and for
few hours so-called pleasure for
feits it. No man with the least par
ticle of manhood would do this.
If the men who are left behind
would refuse to associate with. or
have anything to do with the parole
breaker he would soon see how con-
temptible BE is in the eyes of others.
Parole breakers are placed in the
third grade and it is a hard blow to
those who find themselves in said
grade for any other offense. To be
placed on a level with the parole
breaker is worse than anything else.
No self-respecting man will attack
you when your back is turned, or
when you are not in position to
defend yourself. But, well it looks
like the parole breaker was not self
respecting.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22
"Unpaid Officials"

A "snitch'' or stool-pigeon" in
other words. He is a common thing
around prisons and iails. You can
also find him anywhere else you
choose to look, but he is more in
evidence around prisons.
He is very seldom on speaking
terms with Mr. Truth, but is init
mately acquainted with Mr.. Lie.
He is always ready to tell every
thing that happens, and lot that
don't. If there's a man higher up
than your boss" he tells him what
the boss is doing and SO on.
When he cannot find anything to
tell it does not take him long to in
vent something, and it generally
means trouble for someone. You
sometimes hear them called two
faced, when if the truth was known
they would probably have a full
dozen faces.
/ They are not liked. Their fellow
associates despise them. The guards
distrust them and the officials in
general tolerate them only for their
news carrying value. Half the time
they are in hot water" themselves
and to save their own worthless
hide they try to put someone else i'll
bad.
When you hear a man complain
ing that everyone he is working
with is ssnitch," watch out. That
man has an ak to grind and he
wants you to turn the grindstone.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22

The investigation of the eondi-
ton of laborers in the steel mills at
South Bethlehem, Pa, and else
where, has brought to light many
strange facts; strange because it
seems so improbable that such a
state of affairs could exist in this
enlightened age. Yet, plain cold
facts have been submitted, and facts
cannot be denied.
Referring to the charges brought
against the Steel Corporation by
Louis D. Brandeis we find it stated
that While in England
employees work on an average of
only 55.2 hours per week. one-half
Of our steel workers work 70 hours
or more a week; about third work
more than y hours, and a fourth IL
hours a day seven days week. To
work men II hours day, seven
days week, with an occasional "a
hours work day when the shift is
made from day to night work },
makes not only old men at 40, but
necessarily degenerates the race
physically intellectually and NOR
ally"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22

IT is said that an editor once APP.
piled at the door of Hades for adj
mission: Well said his sable
majesty, one of your profession got
in here somehow or other many
years ago and he got up such row
that we had to kick him out. We
Immediately passed law prohibit
ing the further admission of editors. >
Now what we want to know is:
Where in the dickens do editors PC
to now?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22

- 80 Z
Mr.. Brandeis' investigations have
to do with the conditions at South
Bethlehem, and many Of the charges
he has made, are of as startling a ma
'tnre as the one above. He states
that the United States Steel Cor
poration has taken from the Amer
lean people in ten years at least
$3.50, 000,0 900 in excess of the liberal
return upon the value Of the capital
invested" The gathering of this
enormous amount of money was
made possible by t he starvation
wages paid by the corporation to it's
employees, and the long, continuous
hours of labor demanded of them.
The corporations side of the case
presents the argument, that most of
its laborers are foreigners and are
willing to work the way they do in
order to save money to take home.
With the corporation paying but an
average of $4,000 for $500 hours,
or one months work, the above
statement seems quite logical.
Rev. Father Varlaky of the Hun
garian Mission in South Bethlehem,
states that cattle would be treated
better than human beings are
treated here
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22

A WEDDING is soon to be cele-
brated in New York which is .nei-
Their unique. as some would have it,
nor conventional 1t is simply a
money transaction-a deal in hui
man flesh. The groom is a retired
merchant of Is summers, and the
bride a ,moneyless beauty of 20.
Such transactions (they cannot
properly be called weddings) as
this, should be dealt with under the
laws governing the white slave
traffic.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22

The Tacoma Journal states that
eighty per cent. of the convicts pa
rolled from the state prison at w ALA
Walla. have made good. They are
earning an average of forty dollars
a month. The Journal says that the
parole policy isexcellent when pur-
sued with the precautions that are
taken in that state.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22

- - =
To-Day every village and hamlet,
every city and town throughout the
United States will do honor to the
memory of the immortal Washing
ton, by laying aside the cares of bus
mess, and participating n some
demonstration wherein the life
struggles and victories of the great
patriot and statesman will be retold
as they have been during the past
century.
| Washington-grand, magnificent,
sublime; first in war, first in peace,
first in the hearts of his countrymen;
towering above the ordinary man,
even as the great monument dedi-
Gated to his memory towers above
the lowly shaft in the church yard.
What an incentive to the young
American; what a guide in lifes bat
ties is the character and life IF
Washington. A character embodied
in thought and deed that will dwell
in the minds of men down the CEN
turtles.
1t is true that Washington was
not of so humble parentage as Lin
coin or Grant. yet nevertheless, at
the time he lived he was in what
we understand as the middle class.
He was left at an early age with a
widowed mother; the eldest of five
children, and he was educated and
reared surrounded by all those Chris
tian virtues with which fond moth
er encompasses her orphan children,
and perhaps, all those great attri-
butes of tenderness, industry and
vigilance that marked his life; were
the result of the care his mother
bestowed upon him. She it was
who guided the conduct and habits
of his youth; and the browning glory
of his life was the love and venera-
ton he held toward that mother.
The greatest lesson for us today
in the life of Washington, was his
great sense of duty; b is upright
course through life in which he new
er faltered. What he considered
to be his duty, he performed, and he
allowed nothing to disuade him. He
valued his conscience above all else.
We have all to do our duty in
that sphere of life in which we are
placed and the greatest pleasure in
life is the consciousness of duty we'll
performed. Let Us therefore model
our lives along the lines laid down
by the great Washington, and by a.
dopting his principles, his honor. his
manhood. and applying them to our
own lives, we will, find peace, con-
tentment and happiness in better
and purer lives, and a consciousness
of having done our duty.
/
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22

Learn lesson from the tea kettle
which sings the most cheerful song
when in hot water up to its nose.
Pacific Monthly,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22
BY THE FIGHT OF WAY
CHUZZLEWIT

AOA aitOA Shy plOPOSdls. bet you
my piece of pie" next holiday that
he is salesman for a Gold Mining
Stock Company or an Auctioneer.
A Kansas City man wants d.
voree because his wife keeps thirty
five dogs in the house. He must be
living dogs life.
In church in Dublin, lately, the
choir was stalled during the singing
OF the Psalms by the appearance of
the organ blowers head who shout
ed out: Sing like blazes. the bel
lows is busted!' -London Tit-Bits.
Now, up comes DR.. Wiley the
government pure-foodist and says
that all persons who indulge in in
toxicants should be required to take
out yearly license just the same as
the automobile owner, and when he
wants drink he would be required
to exhibit his license and the saloon
keeper would be required to take
down his number. Why not issue
metal auto tags to be fastened on
the tail of ones overcoat and re-
quire one on Saturday night to
carry lantern and an auto horn,
doctor?
The trouble with the man who
goes to see a doctor, generally is
that he wishes to be cured in day
of ills it has taken him years to ac-
quire.
They say that the English Ian
guage is confusing and it certainly
mystifed one little foreigner" said
Miss Gertrude Bryan of the Little
Boy Blue Company" Here is Miss
| Bryan's story:
T
A teacher endeavoring to instill
patriotism into her class of Italian
children, asked each of Them if he
had in his home some symbol Of the
Union.
Yes, teacher" chirped a small
10Y, nay mother has United
States Flag"
That is splendid; and you Peter?:"
My brother has lot of soldiers
buttons.
And you, Tomasso?" indicating
a very small boy in the back of the
room.
Tomasso shook his head.
Think, dear"
No. Teacher"
Haven't you anything at all in
your home that would make you
think of our great Union?"
A moments pause, and then
brilliant smile broke over the dark
little face.
oh. Teacher, my papa has a
Union Suit!' Young's Magazine.
Boards of Health in different
states. have been taking great strides
/! in their various methods of estab-
fishing sanitary laws New York
! has, of late, aboli she'd the common
use of the roller towel in public
! places and thus forbidding a far
more unsanitary custom than the
| drinking cup. The following pro-
posals. various Health Boards are
considering whether or not to re-
quire from sanitary standpoint:
TO have each person furnish the
barber his own razor, lather brush,
hair brush, comb and shaving mug;
/ to furnish your own knife, fork,
spoon and cup in restaurants and
about twenty-five other require
ments, and if these laws were
passed and consolidated, each state
adopting them, you can expect in a
short time to see travelling business
men and women wearing belts with
whole camping outfit attached to
it. There is limit to some things
but evidently these fanatics do not
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22
TO SUBSCRIBERS

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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22
MY HOPES.

My hopes are all like argent strands
Transmitted by magic moon
My hopes are all like shining sands,
Some distant Eldorada knows;
| gather them within my hands,
Their wondrous CLEANS and CLOVIS
/ gather them within my hands,
To me my life's most precious part,
The argent strands, the shining sands,
And hold them to my heart!
= Clinton Sc0klaya IN March 44inslce'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22

WHILE We have never doubted
the truth of q law of compensa-
ton we have never had its truth so
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22
Behind the Mask
By Gayhoppin.

70 u w a nj a paFOle!
That is rather a fool
ish question for me
to ask; as the most of.
us do. If you were
given a parole would
you go out and break
it? Let us hope not,
at least.
That is the trouble
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22
TO INMATES.


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privilege will
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day night All sending
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-22
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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-03-21

ent assurance of the genuine
ness of our offer.
We want every one -Eho is
troubled with indigestion or
dyspepsia in any form to come
to our store and buy a .oox Of.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets. Take
them home, and give them a
reasonable trial accordin..; to
directions. If they don'tI.,,e4oe
you, tell us and we will quickly
return your money. They haze
a very mild but positive action
upon the organs with which
they come in contact, apparent
ly acting as a regulative tonic
upon the relaxed muscular coat
of the bowel, thus overcoming
weakness, and aiding to restore
the bowels to more vigorous and
healthy activity. Three sizes,
25c., 5Oc., and sl.00. Remember
YOU can obtain Rexall Remedies
only at our store-The Rexall
Store. Pickens DRUG Co.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-03-21
Executive Committee to Meet.

Colunnbie, March l5.-The ex-
ecutive committee of the demo
cratic party Of South Carolina
has been called to meet in Co.
lumbia on April 10, at noon.
The call for the meeting was is
sued yesterday by Gen. Willie
Jones, the state chairman. A
number of matters Of impor-
tance will be discussed at the
meeting.
The state conventions of the
democratic party will be held
here on May 5. The county
conventions will be held on May
s when delegates will be named
to the state convention. The
clubs will meet in all Of the
counties on April II to elect
delegates to the county conven-
ton.
The state convention will elect
delegates to the national conven-
ton to be held in Baltimore in
June.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-03-21

town or city is Judged by strangers by its appear
ance The thrift and enterprise of the people known
by the sign and surrounding conditions The farm
er who cleans off his ditch banks, repairs his ter
and bitches will soon have land to cultivate
When he lets his tools and farm implements be scattered
tho field here and yonder he will soon have no tools
The progressive spirit of town can be shown in
many ways. The business houses be made attract
i've by keeping the goods their proper place and deco
rating windows though in simple way. A town
be made inviting at little cost by keeping the streets
paired and clean When rubbish and mud, and this and
that allowed to accumulate the Streets it shows
carelessncss and Indifference
The fences gates and lots testify strongly to the en-
terpse and spirit cf the people of town To these
dapdated, sometimes swinging one hinge, the lots
full of weeds grass and trash-t unsghtly and unin
vtng.
The time has come for the people Of Pickens to clean
up Spring is here and every citizen should begin to
bestir himself for City Beautiful There is reason
why this town should be the pretties in the upper
part of the State Main street should be paved early
as possible The other streets should be put in apple pie
order Ali the lots and private yards should be early
cleaned and made nice and healthy coat of paint on
some of the residences and business houses would help
the cause without much expense. There are several
places where lime and whitewash could be used to ad
vantage Last but not least the court house grounds
should be made look better It occupies the central
place in the town and could be made beautiful by the ex
pendture of little money. The lower half of the lot
should have trees on it, The entire lot should be laid out
in walks and sodded with grass and flowers and neat
fence placed around it.
Ho for a beautiful Pickens Will you join US, fel-
low citizens? f not, pull out?
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-03-21
Plan Electrocution Penitentiary

The board of directors of the
State penitentiary will meet in
Columbia Saturday when the
question of the purshase of ap-
paratus for electrocution OF
criminals as provided by the
general assembly will be discuss
ed. 1t is expected that an order
for the equipment will be given
and that it will be installed at
an early date. The electrocu,
ton of prisoners will be under
the direction of the State peni-
tentiary.
The prisoners to be electrocu-
ted at the prison during June,
two negroes from Charleston
and S. n. Hyde. the Anderson
county white man, who is un-
der sentence of death for killing
his wife.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-03-21
Hog Cholera.

Hog cholera is the greatest OBJ
staclc to successful hog raising.
Lack Of feed may cause more
losses in the South than cholera
but an abundance of feed can
be produced cheaply by any one
who wants t, while even the
most intelligent management
will not always protect against
cholera. # cholera is in your
neiohbor's herd do not wait un-
til it breaks out in yours before
having your hogs treated with
tbe anti-cholera serum. Or if it
breaks cut in your own herd
take the we'll ones to new quar-
ter5 where no hogs have been
kept recently aud treat with
serum as soon as possible. Few
Of our States have provided the
necessary means for the manu-
facture OF sufficient serum to
supply the demands "a short
sighted policy Of false economy,
but your local vetenarian may
be able to secure the serum from
some commercial house which
makes it. .-Progressive Farmer.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-03-21
Prospector at Anderson.

Plans are on foot for the study
or development of the fine min.
eral section lying between Alb.
beviIle and Anderson. along
Rocky river. Mr.. J. R. Dendu.
rant, a practical miner of Idaho
who has been at work down
there for some time, reports
Tuesday that he has signed a
prospector's bond for a lease
and will remain there for a year.
The property on which he has
engaged to work belongs to
Messrs. A, R. and r. M. Nc,
Adams.
Mr.. Dendurant has been pros.
pecting in the gold fields of the
West for 20 years, and says he
knows gold quartz when he sees
it. Specimens sent him from
Rocky river before he came here
assayed fairly well-S4 to ST.
per ton. This appears to be
free milling gold, and he thinks
there is a large deposit. The
free milling gold does mot re.
quire the use of a stamp mill,
and therefore can be handled
more readily and more profit.
ably.
Mr.. Dendurant reports that
there are also large deposits of
tungsten a metal from which
gums are made, in that same
sections The point at which
he is working is on the line of
the proposed railway from An
derson to Abbeville, and is also
on the ledge running diagonally
across the State, showing out
groupings of gold all the way
from Dorn's mine at McCor-
mick, to the Hale mine in Ian
castor and the Brewer mine in
Chesterfield. He thinks there
is a large Sec ion of the county
in Anderson and Abbeville
counties which could be mined
with great profit. He predicts
the success of Capt. P. K. Nc
Cully's copper mining interests
near Donalds. He is not a
placer miner, but is a quartz
miner.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-03-21
WHAT ABOUT IT?
Chas. \. Edward:

Bristol, Va, March l4.-Four
persons were killed in the court
room at Hillsville. Va, by
moonShiners aroused oy the
conviction of one Of their num-
ber ifoT n2oonshining, and re-
sisting an officer.
The men killed We're Judge T.
l.. -.Iassie, Commonwealth At
.oraey V. D. Foster, Deputy
:Sheriil. y ebb.
Juror ]. e. Biankenship be
tag seriously wounded. The
men who did the shooting We're
Jack and Sidney Allen, brothers
Of Floyd Allen, Who had just
been sentenced to one years
Imprisonment. As soon as his
fate was annou cced from the
bench, the brothers rushed into
the court room, and opened fire
with deadly effect. The judge
anj Tie attorney were the first
20 faI. Guns We're then turned
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-03-21
Silk Culture.

Near Spartanburg is a colony
! of Syrians engaged in the cul-
ture Of silk worms and the max
ing of silk. Mr.. E, Gabriel, a
business man of Spartanburg,
has recently written to Col. E..
J. Watson, commissioner of
agriculture. commerce and in
dustries, asking him for help to
be furnished these Syrians in
their sericulture. Mr.. Watson
referred Mr.. Gabriel to Miss
Henrietta A Kelly, who for sew
eral years was in the employ Of
the federal government as a
special agent in silk culture.
She made several trips to Italy
in the course of her work.
Miss Kelly wrote to Mr.. Ca
briel. offering him free cuttings
of white mulberry and also four
dozen strong trees. She also Of
fered to furnish the Syrian colo
ny with silk worm eggs if there
were silk worm food near that
could be used. Miss Kelly has
offered to furnish any other per-
sons with eggs and mulberry
cuttings. She may be reached
By addressing her at l714 Col
lege street, Columbia.
Miss Kelly after her return
from Italy had planted on the
Battery" in Charleston a num-
Der o. the beautiful white mul-
berry trees Oh which the silk
worms thrive. Miss Kelly made
a large culture of silk worms for
the Charleston museum last
spring and placed in the museum
several hundred layings of from
800 to 6G0 eggs each. These are
to be distributed to persons de-
string to exp eiment in sericul-
ture, provided such persons have
available food supply for the
worms.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-03-21
Mrs. Addie Daniel

Whereas God. in His infinite
wisdom has seen best to take
unto Himself the soul of our
loved friend and co-worker,
Mrs. Addie Daniel Wyatt. and
while we deplore the loss Of a
faithful friend and consecrated
worker, yet we bow in humble
submission to Him who doeth
ali things well, and resolved:
First. That in her death the
Sunday School Association Of
Pickens County, has sustained
a great loss. and while our sor-
row is great, We feel that she
has he ,rd the well done' of
her Father and thank God for
her life.
Second. That as recently ap-
pointed Superintendent of the
Home Department our Associa-
ton has lost a most @illing and
capable leader.
Third. That We extend to
the bereaved husband and little
sons our heart felt sympathy,
and commend them to the care
Of Him who is all tenderness
and compassion.
Fourth. That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the family,
to The Sentinel, Easley Pros @ess
and Pickens County Messenger.
Mrs. F. B. Morgan, Chm.
Mrs. L. G.. Clayton
Mrs. Frank Smith
Mrs. J. T. Gassaway.