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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-21

electricity. The cells are heavily
barred and all along In front OF
them and foot or two from them
runs wire netting. When the con.
demned talks to friends or family,
he has his bars and this netting
between him and them. There is a
window at the far end OF the cor
ridor looking over the small exer.
else yard.
And at his right is the small door
painted green.
' At each end of the Death House
is a guard. They will watch him
until The Little Green Door" opens
for him.
When the condemned enter their
Gems pipes and tobacco are fur
nished to them and wide range
OF BOOKS for those who wish to
read. The daily spell Of exercise,
the three meals, the weekly bath
and shave and an infrequent visit
from lawyer or near relation-from
whom they remain separated by cell
door and the wire screen-are the
only material breaks in the mo-
notony OF the weeks or months Of
meeting hopes and growing despair
that stand between them and their
first and last personal experience
with THE Little Green Door"
OF all their apprehension, their
horror and their gradually be.
numbing despair. The Little Green
Door" is the focus. Though they
know that beyond the Door stands
the death-dealing electric chair.
they cannot see it. The chair is
an abstraction, 1.-THE Little Green
Door" an ever-present reality. They
can see 1t with their eyes shut. Il
is like magnet, attracting ire
sistibly the metal of all their senses.
On one side is life-such as it
is-on the other instant death
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-21

irresistible in its fascination. And
to us the Death Chamber is but
The Room With the Little Door,"
Thus wrote Roland Burnham
Molineux, who lived to tell the
tale. For, though The Little
Green Door" exercised its fascina-
tons upon him through four nerve.
destroying years, it never opened
for him, and he passed out the way
he entered-into the sunlight.
Now the Door" Is fastening itself
upon the minds and hearts Of five
who cannot yet recover from their
establishment that it was possible
to bring them into its presence.
Astonishment, and the fate Of
their appeal for little while will
rob THE Little Green Door" of the
fulness of its terrors for these FIVE;
but long before the matter Of the
appeal is settled the Door" will
have begun to work its spell. The
Door" is no respecter of appeals.
1t Is the exit from the Death House
into Death. To occupy a cell in the
Death House, appeal or no appeal,
is to be the ordained victim Of the
Doors destinations. Even by now
the five seem to be hearing it say
to them:
AHA, the appeal! An appeal is
only an appeal-it can be denied.
But always l am here, ready to
open and admit you to the eternal
shadows. Watch me; when next
open it may be for you-all in a
moment, as l close again, to blot
you forever out of the sight of Your
fellow men,"
Curiously enough the head of
Becker's cot touches the wall on
the spot which is almost directly
opposite the point on the other side
where the waiting chair all but
rests its back against it. A few
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-21
What the War Means to Cigarette "Fiends"

X Yearly all of the best Turk
M ish tobacco is grown on soil
n v from which the Bulgarians,
servians and Greeks have driven
their enemies of the Ottoman EN-.
pire. 1t is certain that for at least
three years the amount of tobacco
grown in European Turkey will be
small. Two-thirds of the popula-
ton of the villages have gone, and
it will be a long time before enough
men are tempted back to grow the
tobacco.
An inevitable result will be that
labOrers' wages will leap up, as the
tobacco growers will offer anything
Tor their services. and it is equally
certain that the price of Turkish
tobacco viii rise-no one can tell
how high.
This is the prediction Of a manu-.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-21

Zen. has already learned that
there are two distinct sets Of gov.
erning regulations within the Death
House-the prison rules and the IN
written laws observed by the com.
munity of those under sentence of
death. The first night following
the arrival of a new member wifi.
nesses his initiation. This cere.
mony, which is one of the Death
House secrets, and In which each
condemned man in his cell plays
part through the medium Of speech
and song, is the newcomers ghast.
Iy adleu to all that he represented
IN the outer world and seals him to
all OF the habits and observances
OF the doomed fraternity up to the
moment when The Little Green
Door shall close behind him for.
ever.
In the case Of an appeal. which
acts automatically as stay of exc.
cution. and the appeal is denied.
tnere IS mystery in the Death House
about the new date of the now quite
hopeless prisoners taking Off. No
verbal announcement is made to
MIN, but presently there are signs
which none can misunderstood.
One Saturday, on stepping from
his bath, the fortunate one" as his
comrades call him, is ordered into
a new cell. 1t is the cell next To
the Door" Here" as Molinenx
wrote, The receives everything new:
new bedding, new clothes from head
to foot, and then his knicllnacks
pipe, tobacco, boxes, books. and tho
package of letters from home rep.
ged and blurred from reading and
rereading-after all have been care.
fully searched. But he knows that
he has received something else
his unuttered notice that one week
from the following Monday he win
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-21

CIT TIE Little Green Door" is
the door between the
Death House at Sing Sing
Prison and the Execution Chamber.
The Death House is where con
dsmned murderers wait Tor the sum.
mons that will take them through
The Little Green Door" When
they pass its threshold, they as
cend "The Chair" from which their
souls are hurIeu out OF their bodies
On 10000 volts Of electricity.
'The Little Green Door" never
opens except for this very definite
summons On one side of it is life
ON the other, death! That is all
there is TO it.
But the door is not simply thing
of steel plates, bolts and bars to
the occupants of the Death House.
II is the entrance to the grave, the
little acolyte to Death, who keeps
watch over the condemned. And
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-21
IT Leads from Sing Sings Death House to "The Chair
1t Is the Threshold of the Craue---None of the
Condemned EUer Forget 1t, No One Who
Passes Through Euer Returns

the passage leading TO the Execution
Chamber; beyond this are three
more cells-one now used as q store
room-Which abut on the wall which
separates the Death House from
Principal Keeper Connaughton's
oLflce The MOrgue lies on the other
side OF the Execution Chamber.
Across the corridor of the Death
House are two tiers, the lower of
eight cells, the upper of four.
The upper four at the en-
trance end OF the Death House are
now occupied by "Gyp the Blood"
Lefty Louie" Whitley Lewis" and
"Dago Frank" counting from that
end. The upper tier cell directly
opposite Beckers in the lower tier.
holds Whitley Lewis" but all five
are within plain view Of each other
except when curtains are drawn
across their cell doors.
No one of the Tour gunner can
approach the door Of his cell and
not see The Little Green Door"
whose sinister significance grows
upon him day by day. Becker, from
his cell, can see their eyes turned
upon Though he cannot see it
from his cell door. He knows,
though, at what they are looking
and he himself cannot escape the
sight Of it whenever he is taken out
for his exercise hour. He feels its
presence at all times.
What is the road that leads to
the little door? After the con-
7opnpad bag opForad C;1o CT. H.
is dressed in the plain gray costume
Of the Death House. Keepers take
him through corridors of the prison
until great gray door of steel
stands before him. This is opened
and he enters. He is in a long, mar
row room llehted brilliantly with
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-21

Whenever we look out OF our cages
we see it; we close our eyes-we
still see it. When exercising in
the corridor one passes and re.
passes it; though we walk away, we
know we are going towards it,
Thinking by day and dreaming by
night. it is always with us, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-21

moments after THE Little Green
Door" next opens. Becker-if he
places his ear against the wall
VIII hear the creaking of the chairs
straps as the mysterious current
ends life in the straining body of
his recent comrade.
Becker. and even the four gun
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-21

be moved again. No questions are
ever asked; he has seen it all be.
tore. But should he ask, the only
reply would be Il don't know"
Now, the unwritten etiquette ot
the community is most punctilious.
ly observed. The comrade for
whom THE Little Green Door" will
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-07-05
County Commissioners

There was a meeting of the County
Commissioners on Tuesday with all the
members present. The following OF
ders were passed
Ordered, That Eleanor Dance and
Marie Shipley be committed to the
Maryland Asylum and Training School
at Owings Mill, at the expense of
Prince Georges county, and the Sheriff
is directed to take them to said institu-
ton.
Ordered, That Nose Bolding, Bowie
district, be allowed a pension of $40 a
year.
Ordered, That this Board on the
furnishing of bond, acceptable to the
County Commissioners, turn over to
the Board Of Road Directors what re-
mains of the $4,000 levied for the Suit
land Road levy of 1910; provided that
this money be expended on the Suit
land Road.
Ordered, That A E. Bowen be ap-
pointed constable for Hyattsville dis
trict, in place of J. C. Rutherford re-
signed.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-07-05
School Dedication.

In spite of the unpropitions weather
last Thursday large crowd assembled
on the occasion of the dedication of the
Baden Agricultural High School. AT or
an inspection of the magnificent build
ing that has just been completed and
furnished, the visitors assembled il
the Guild Hall of St. PauPs Church and
istened to interesting and forcible ad-
dresses by the following gentlemen:
DR.. Augustus Stabler, and Mr.. B. B.
Hare, of the Agricultural Department;
Mr.. Jackson H. Ralston, Hon. Thos.
P lrran and Hon. Blair Lee.
The speakers and the members Of
the School Board were entertained at
dinner by Mr.. R. E. Baden.
A dramatic entertainment was held
in the evening and was largely attend
ed. The proceeds amounted to S130
and will be used for the school.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-07-05
Orphans Court.

There was a regular meeting of the
Orphans Court Tuesday with all the
Judges present. The following orders
were passed:
Ordered, That Charles Clagett, ad-
minstrator C. t. a. of the estate Of
VIM. B. Clagett, deceased, be authoriz-
ed to sell at public or private sale two
calves, about six weeks old; and the
tobacco crops of the Navajo, !"
Cottage" and Enfield Chase" farms
of said estate in 1911; provided, that
such, Of said assets, as were returned
in the inventory of said estate, be not
sold for a sum less than the aforesaid
inventory thereof.
Ordered, That letters of administra-
ton be granted to Charles H. Stanley
at the remuneration and request of c.
F. Shaifer, administrator OF Margaret
A. Shaffer, filed and approved by this
Court. Penalty Of bond 1000.
Ordered, That upon the petition of
George W. Waters, Jr., administrator
of the estate of George W. Waters, de-
ceased, that the said George W. Wat
ers, Jr., administrator, be hereby au-
thorized to continue for the time being
the business of George W. Waters, de-
ceased, and do such things as may be
necessary not to exceed twelve months.
Ordered, That the first and final ac-
count of William A. Callahan, admin
istrator of the estate of William M.
Callahan, deceased, be passed.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-07-05
What You Should Do when in Dam
ger of Hydrophobia

At the last session of the Legislature
the following Act relating to giving
persons who have been victims of mad
dogs the Pasteur Treatment, was pass
ed :
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland that
the State Board of Health is hereby
authorized, empowered and directed to
provide for the treatment of persons
exposed to the contagion of hydropho-
who are unable to pay the usual charges
for the treatment known as Past eu
Treatment
SECTION g. The State Board of
Health of Maryland shall prepare or
purchase or keep on hand sufficient
antirabic virus for the treatment of
persons exposed in the contagion of
hydrophobia and shall administer such
treatment to such persons in the City
of Baltimore provided that if the said
Board is able to provide, by contract
at reasonable rates, with competent
and reliable individuals or institutions
for the administration of the Pasteur
Treatment, the said Board is authoriz-
ed and empowered to enter into con-
tracts with such individuals or institu-
tons in lieu of preparing or keeping
on hand Antirabic Virus and admins
tering the said Pasteur Treatment.
SECTION 3. The said Board shall
provide for the Pasteur Treatment to
such individuals as may present them
selves to the said Board in the City of
Baltimore with a written statement
from the Commissioners of the County
in which they reside or the Mayor of
the City of Baltimore as the case may
be stating that such individuals are I'M
able to pay the usual cost of such Pas
teur Treatment.
SECTION 4. For the purpose of max
ing effective the provisions of this Act
a sum of $2500.0 per annum or so much
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated, payable by the Treasur-
er of the State upon warrant of the
Comptroller at such times and in such
sums as may be authorized by the
State Board of Health upon presenta-
ton of the proper vouchers.
You will note in Section 3 of this Act
that the State Board of Health is not
authorized to eXpend the funds of the
State for this purpose, excepting upor
a written statement from the Board Of
| County Commissioners or the Mayor OF
the City of Baltimore, as the case may
! be, stating that such individuals are
unable to pay the usual cost of such
| Pasteur Treatment.
AS delay in such cases is unnecessary
and unwarranted and dangerous t.
to the life the patient, the Board o
| County Commissioners is respect
| fully requested to take prompt actor
in such eases, and if there is any doub
as to the financial ability of the indl
vidual to pay for the cost of treatment
! that such cases be decided in favor Of
| the individual. This, of course, does
not mean that persons who are able tt
pay their own treatment, should be
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-07-05
Bernard Carriers Will.

The will of Mr. Bernard Carter, the
well-known lawyer, leaving nearly all
he possessed to his six sons and three
daughters, was filed for probate in the
Orphans Court yesterday.
Mr.. Charles H. Carter, Mrs. Resale
E. Law, wife of Mr.. Ernest Law, of St.
Davids' Pa; Mrs. Alice B. Fisk, wife
of DIR. Arthur Lynn Fisk, of New York
city, and Mr.. Julian S. Carter are given
$4,000 each.
Mr.. Bernard M. Carter, another son,
is also given $4,000, Mr.. Carter's
residence, 1912 Eutaw Place, subject to
an annual ground rent of $3.50, to be
taken as part of the legacy at a valua-
ton of $4,000.
For Mrs. Mary Louisa White, a
daughter, wife of Mr.. A. Robinson
White, of Howard county, $4,000 is
left in trust. She is to have the in
come for life, and at her death the
principal is to 60 to her children.
Mr.. Carter's sisters, Miss Mildred
Carter and Mrs. Annette Brogden, are
each to receive 81, 900.
Miss Helen M. Schar, a stenographer
in the law Office of Bernard Carter &
Sons, is bequeathed $500.
Mrs. Annette White, niece of Mr..
Carter, is to have the income from
SIS, 900 for life, the principal at her
death to pass to such persons as she
may will it.
Of the residue of the estate Mr.. Car
ter's sons, Messers. John Ridgely Car
ter, George Calvert Carter and Shirley
Carter, each to receive so, 600, and the
balance is to be equally divided among
his nine children.
1t is directed in the will that Mr..
Carter's farm, White Marsh, in Balti-
more county, and his real estate in
Prince Georges county be sold as soon
as may be.
Messrs. Charles H. Carter and Ber-
nard nj. Carter are named as trustees
and executors without bond.
The will was made July %, 1911.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-07-05
Wedding Bells.

Miss Ella Jane Hopkins, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. Clay Hopkins
of Halls, Md, was married on last
Tuesday, 80 p. M, at St. John s-of-
Hamilton NJ E. Church South, Hamil-
ton, Md. by Rev. J. J. Rives to Mr.
Franklin E. Phipps, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. F. Phipps, of Mitchellville,
Md. The bride was attired in a mode
travelling suit and carried white sweet
peas. Her only attendant was her
sister, Miss Edna Hopkins, of Wash
ington, D. c. The groom was attended
by his brother, Mr. Geo. M. Phipps, of
Hamilton. The Church was very
prettily decorated with palms and cut
flowers. After the cerimony, the couple
left for an extended trip South. They
were accompanied to the boat by a
host of friends, who gave them a
rousing send off. Upon their return
they will reside at their new home,
Severn, Nd.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-07-05

That the success of the new Lewis
rapidfring aeroplane gun, successfully
tried out at College Park, Md, will
have far-reaching effect on future
military strategy was the almost I'M
animous verdict Sunday or ordnance ex-
perts of the army and navy. The
''fourth arm" of national defense,
which is the military designation of
aerial war craft, has now made its ap-
pearance fortified by the deadly Of
fensive power of machine on each
air craft capable of moving down $50
infantrymen or cavalrymen in single
minute. The effect of a thousand or
two or those armed air craft, stratgists
say, can easily be imagined.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-07-05
Arrival and Departure of Mails al
Upper Marlboro POstoffice.

BALTIMORE-NoRTH AND EAST
Depart-6:45 a. m. and 4:25 p. m
Arrives a. m. and $50 p. m.
WASHINGTON-SOUT AND WEST.
Depart-6:45 a. m. and 4:25 p. m.
Arrives a. m. and $50 p. m.
Mails for and from Southern Mary
land counties, via Penn. r. R.-Arrive
7:l0 a. m. and 4:50 p. m. Depart
8:35 a. m. and sos p. m.
Mails for and from Hyattsville
Chesapeake Beach train-Depart-9 as
a. m. and 2:45 p. m. Arrive-10:10 a
m. and $40 p. m.
R. F. D. MAILS
Leave the office at 9:2O a. m. and
arrive at p. m.
Mails for Meadows and Forestville,
Md via carrier, Leave office 9:20 a. m.
Arrive at Office 4 D. m.
FRED. w. WILSON,
Postmaster.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-07-05
BREVITIES

Miss Ida Waring is spending a
month with friends in Virginia.
Mr.. John Talbot and Mr. Howard
Suit spent the week end at North
Chesapeake Beach.
Mrs. Edward Miller, of Washing
ton, spent last week with her mother,
Mrs. Jessie Suit.
Misses Mary and Della Nallev, of
Washington, have been on a visit to
their sister, Mrs. Fred. w. Wilson.
-Childrens' Day service will be held
at Forestville M. E. Church Sunday,
July 7th, commencing at 1870.
Mrs. Weddie Duckett is visiting
Miss Ellie D. Sasscer and Mrs. 7. Van
Clagett.
Miss Elizabeth Tippett, of Charles
county, spent Wednesday with Mrs.
Mary E. Wilson, last week.
Miss Cecil and Sadie Traband have
been visiting their aunt, Mrs. Frank
Legg, of Kent Island.
Mrs. illegal, who has been visiting
her daughter. Mrs. George w. Wilson,
mas returned to her home in Phillips
burg, Pennsylvania.
st. Barnabas' Church, Oxon Hill,
Sunday School will hold their annual
excursion to Chesapeake Beach, on
Monday next, July 8. Tickets 25c
Mr.. and Mrs, Horace F. Wells and
Mrs. j. E. Loveless, of Washington,
and Mr.. " l. Wells spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Buck, Jr.
The ladies of St. Thomas Church,
will hold an ice cream sale at the hall
at Groom, Saturday evening, July 9Th,
beginning at o'clock. Dancing later
In the evening.
Masters Richards Chew, Otway
Bergman, Jr, and Franklin Zantzinger,
son of Mr. and Mrs. o. B. Zantzinger,
of Hyattsville, have been visiting their
aunt, Miss Minnie Chew, at 'Ellerslie. -
Mrs. William B. Clagett returne d
last week from a delightful automobile
trip with friends through the Delaware
Water Zap and many other points of
interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace F. Wells and
Mrs. J. E. Loveless, of Washington,
spent the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Wells, of Spring Hill, near this
town.
Capt. Louis Griffith, father of DR..
L. A. Griffith, is quite ill at his home
in Friendship, Anne Arundel county.
His advanced age, IS years, make his
recovery very doubtful.
Miss Agnes Coffren has returned
from visit to her school friend, Miss
Reeder, in st. Mary's county. She
attended the commencement ball at
Charlotte Hall Academy.
Mrs. Royden D. Clagett, of Wash
ington, and infant son, Charles Thomas
Clagett, are staying at the home OF
her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth c. Clagett
where she will spend most of the
Summer.
The Annual Excursion of the Sun
day School of St. Mary's Catholic
Church, this town, will be held al
Chesapeake Beach, on Monday next,
July 8th, 1912. Tickets 25c round trip
All friends are invited.
Miss Helen Au gusta Strong anc
Miss Gertrude Vrooman are spending
couple of weeks with their Grand
| mother, Mrs. Maria A. Turner, at hel
home Holly Grove Farm. They have
enjoyed most charming visit to Mrs
l.. C. jenkins and her family at one OF
the most hospitable and pleasant homes
i in Southern Maryland.