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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-20
MEETING To Be
At CLARkSByRG
WEST VIRGINIA SONS OF REVo;
LUTON WILL MEET AT WALDO
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

cLARKsBURG, Feb. 2O.-All pre-.
partitions are eo,nplese ese for. The annual !.
state meeting Of the Sons ofthe Reyo'
luton Of West Virginia here Thurs
day. The business meeting will be
held In the assembly room OF the
Waldo hotel in the afternoon and q
banquet will be held in the banquet
hall oil the Elks' home.
Fred T. Martin, OF Grafton, presl'
dent OF the organization, will call the
business session to order at O'Clock
in the afternoon and the banquet with
two members OF the Elks lodge as
hosts will begin at o'clock, with
cards issued for about 80 persons.
A. 3. White, of Parkersburg, eS'
governor of the State, will be the
POSTMASTER AMI responses will be
made BY Charles B. Light, OF Charles
ton; James F. Newcomb, OF Parkers'
burg: Thomas c. Miller, Of Shepherds
town: and John Basel and Col. Henry
Raymond, of Clarksburg.
Mr.. Light will speak on The East
ern Pan-Hantile in the Revolution. :
Mr.. Newcomb's subject Will be THE
Puritan"
DR.. Miner's address will be on
"Washington's Interest in the Trans
Allegheny Regions" s.
Mr.. Basel will talk on How PREF
udices Endure" dwelling especially oil
Canada's rejection OF the reciprocity
treaty offered by the United States.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-20
SERVE
HIS SENTENCE
RODNEY j. pIEGLE, FORMER SEN
ATE SERGEANT, TO DO THREE
YEARS IN PENITENTlARY.
10y Ended Press.)

COLUMBUS. o., Feb. 20.-Rodhey
j. Dleg!e, a former Senate sergeant,
must serve three years in the peniten,
tiary for completely in the legislative
bribery deals last spring.
The Supreme Court affirmed the
conviction of the lower courts thereby
holding the entrapment and use OF
IJictagraph valid and opening the way
for the procedure for trials OF the rest
Of the men caught in the trap sprung
by the Burns detectives.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-20
ARRESTED
FOR HOLDING UP TRAIN
Sc VEN HOURS AFTER RELIEVING.
PASSENGERS or THEIR JEWEL,
ny AND MONEY cuLPRlT rs
3, cEpiN THE MINERAL couN.
IN. JAll--Is CAPTURED NINE.
MILES WEST OF PIEDMONT.

4 CUMBERLAND, Nd, Feb. 2O.-
Within seven hours after masked
b6Ddits held Up the u, & o. train No.
4 near West Piedmont, w. Va. and re-
lIeyeds "a number of passengers Of
yewelEy and money at the point Of a
revolver, Brakeman Becker was ar
rested and locked up in the Keyser,
Va jail charged With the hold up.
The money and iewelry was found
on Becker.
1t is alleged that little is known
concerning Becker by the B. & o. Off.
eiais and employees.
He boarded lat keyser II is said. apn
{ BIS run was from Cumberland to Grail
ton, ". Va:
10 was arrested this morning at
atho forty mile water station. nine
miles west Of Piedmont by Lieutenant
Kenuey. Of the D. & 0. police.
The Robbery,
PIEDMONT, W. Va. Feb. 2O.-Dal.
tinore and Ohio passenger train No.
carrying seven coaches, from st.
Louis to New York. was robbed by q
lone bandit on the steep 1T.mile
grade from this city to Cumberland,
Md. Shortly after 10 o'clock a lone
masked bandit jumped from horse
near a clump Of bushes, Just outside
81 town, and swung up onto the rear
sleeper. Entering the sleeper the
sasfi dyeH Two Colt FeyoIyers, and
Think six shots into the, roof Of the
ear terrified the passengers. Hold
ing the conductor, brakeman and por-
lei at bay with one gun, the bandit
robbed the sixteen passengers of
their Yaluables.
After securing more than 5000 in
money and nearly this amount in Jew
sc leaped from. thae train just las.
u WIS plilifg into Altamont, and dis.
appeared III the darkness. AS soon
ls the train came to a standstill, the
crew gave the alarm. All the sur
rounding towns were notified. The
Ctmberland police Immediately start
ed Working on the case, and posse
ssas organized and started searching
the foothills, Until midnight no trace
OF the 2iode bandit had been found,
and the posse returned to Cumber-
land. osses were also organized
here, but they were unable to either
find the bandit or his horse, which he
jumped from before boarding the
train.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-20
WILSON ENDORSED
GRAFTON DEMOCRATS STATE
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
WHILE NAMING LOCAL TICKET.

GRAFTON, Feb. 2O.--At the Court
House last night the Democrats named
the following city ticket: Mayor
Harry shafrer; city collector, w. b
Cruise; council, First ward, Alex Max
we'll; Second ward, George F. Greene;
Third ward, George L. .I.usader;
Fourth ward, ], w. Hamilton.
The candidacy of Woodrow Wilson,
the income tax and the initiative and
referendum were endorsed,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-20
CRUSHED

McKEEsPoRT, Pa, Feb. 2O.-while
at work In the W. Devices wood mill
of the American Sheet and Steel COM
pany this morning, Charles Saunders,
aged q years, was killed by being
caught under a fall Of iron.
He died before the iron could be re;
move from his crushed body.
He was 10 have been married IN
June.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-20
EuMERAL

The funeral of w. H, Drake, whose
death occurred at bis home on Mer
chant street, yesterday morning, will
take place on Thursday afternoon al
2 80 O'Clock from. the Diamond street
Methodist Episcopal Church and h
terme1t viii lie made in AxoodlaEl
Cemetery.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-20
FAST TRAIN Kills
MOTHER AND CHILD

MAssELLoN, Ohio. Feb. 20. While
carrying her 1S.months.old baby in her
arms, 10 miles south Of here, an an.
known gypsy woman was struck by a
fast Wheeling & Erie passenger train
and instantly killed The baby died an
hour later.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-20
DISSOLVED

The Pennington Planning Mil Com,
pany. John w. Mason, president, and
principal office at Fairmont. has been
dissolved and the charter has been
surrendered to the Secretary of State,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-20
OPEN 10 Am. TO II P. M.
Colonial
Theatre

QUALITY AND QUANTITY,
SOMETHING YOU NEVER RE.
cEIvEp BEFORE WE STARTED.
DO you remember what you used to
get for your money?
GET WISE VISIT
The COLI oNtAE
And see what We give you for
YoyR NICKEL.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-20
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Rain tonight and Wednesday,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-23
HUNG CRAZED LION
ATTACKS AUTO PARTY

S. F. Examiner. Nov. s. Chased By
d hungerscrazed California lion on =
mountainous stretch Of road 4 mile
west Of San Grcgorio. Julian Hurd
and wife OF Oakland had one Of the
most exciting experiences that has
ever befallen party Of automob ilists.
Early Sunday morning as the party
was rounding q turn on the mountain.
side the half.started Hon leaped out
OF the brush and hurled Itself against
the machine IN an effort to pounce
upon Hurd, who was driving Al.
though injured III this assault. the an.
imal made several more attempts up.
on Hurd Finally Hurd sccceedcd n
shooting the beast.
After the first leap at Htrd the AMI.
nal gave pursuit for several hundred
yards and succeeded ii Jumping into
the machine. Hufd stopped the cdI
and reached for the. iron starting
erRpk With this be struck and pr
tally dad animal IN q last ef
fort the lion sDrang At Mrs. Hnrd. but
another blow felled the beast
Before Hurd could bring his retol
yer into action, the animal was upon
him. Il dug its claws deep into H1rd' I
flesh as he fired the shot into the
lions head. which proved fatal
The Hurds then continued on their
way to Redwood City. DR.. II w. Tag.
CART treated Hurd'e injuries.
* The injured mans hurts, while
painful, are not serious. They con
! =.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-23
SPECIAL STAMPS
FOR PARCELS POST

Special attention has been called
bv the postal officials TO certain feat
ures Of the parcels p0st regulations
which VIII 60 into effect on January
next, and which are Of interest to
thoEe who Intend to avail themselves
of the new service. One Of these reg
alations provides that on and after.
that date distinctive parcels post
stamps must be used on All fourth,
class matter, and that such matter
bearing ordinary postage stamps will
be held for portage. The special
stamps used are intended to enable
the government to determine the
financial status Of the parcels post
and adapt charges to receipts All
parcels must also bear the return card
of tho sender, failing which they viii
not be accepted for mailing. Further
more, parcels will be nathalie only at
pest offices. branch post Offices, letter
ed and local-named stations and such
numbered stations as may be desig-
mated by the postmaster Under the
new regulations the limit Of weight
viii be eleven instead OF four pounds,
the present limit of weight OF fourth
class matter. and the combined length
and girth of packages Intended for
mailing must not exceed seventy-two
inches. As has already been explain
ed, rates are graduated in accordance
With weight and distance as measured
by zones. The rate on fourthclass
matter weighing not more than four
ounces Is to be 1 cent for each ounce
or fraction thereof. On matter weigh
ing more than four ounces, the rate
on all matter mailed at b city office
10 any point within its delivery limits
being 5 cents for the first pound or
fraction thereof and cent for every
additional pound or fraction of a
round The same rate holds for mat.
ter mailed at the post Office from
which rural route starts, for delivery
on such route, or matted at any point
on such route for delivery at any 9TH
er point thereon.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-23

Little Margie had very exalted
opinion of her fathers knowledge
One day she said: Papa. is it true
that one-half of the world doesn't
know how the other half liyes?r Il
believe so, dear" he replied. sWell,"
continued Margie, why don't you take
a day off and enlighten il
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-10

sufficient sum Of money by their Ia
bOTs in prison?
The method most advisable would
be one that would pay to all pris
oners, irrespective of their labor, a
hat rate per diem. The receipt of
this might be conditional upon good
behavior, but it should be sufficient
to make it anl<object for the prison
er to Work~and observe the rules.
The sum Of money given a prison
er upon his discharge could be in
creased so that in the event of his
having been deprived of his earn
1ngs through misbehavior he would
still have a respectable sum upon
being released. Other prisoners
who observed the rules would have
a similar SUM in the advent of their
having sent their earnings to their
families, Or have it added to the
earnings paid them upon their re-
lease.
With the proper work and meth
Cd the benefits to be derived from
granting prisoners compensation for
their labor would be four-fold: The
institution itself could be made self
supporting; it would serve as an
aid in maintaining the discipline;
the prisoners's family need not be-
come public charges; it would also
aid the discharged prisoner, who
desires to live right, to tide over,
the interim until he could secure
employment, thereby aiding in pro-,
tecting Society from future mis-
deeds on his part, which might oc-
cur through necessity or dire want.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-10

Some object to Bermuda grass bes
cause of the difficulty of graduating
it and because it may spread from
the pasture to parts of the farm
where it is not wanted. 1t is diff
cult to eradicate, but there is no
trouble in combining it to the pas
ture ii little care is taken. What
ever it's Objectionable features, there
is no grass adapted to the South
which will afford anywhere near as
much pasture. When I am asked
to give directions for making a per1
manent pasture in the South with.
out the use of Bermuda I must con-
Tess L feel as if my best gun had
been spiked and that I am asked
too difficult a question. By all
means make Bermuda grass the
basis of the permanent pasture in
the South. If a good seed-bed can
be prepared seed may be used if
they will terminate but the safest
plan is to use the sod or under
ground rootstocks, as has been re&
peatedly advised in The Progressive
Farmer. Either should be put out
in, May.
TO complete the pasture, white
clover, bur clover and Paspalum
dilatatum or Dallas grass may he
added. OF course, Japan clover or
lespedeza should also be used and
If the land is not already seeded to
this most excellent of pasture plants
it should be sowed.
Perhaps bur clover seed, one
bushel Tin the burs,) and white clo-
yer, three or four pounds to the
acre, might be sowed in the fall. In
the spring, Japan clover may be
sowed and then in May shallow fur
rows may be run every two or three
feet and the Bermuda roots dropped
In these burrows IL to 10 inches
apart.
If Bermuda is not used, then we
would sow redtop, one to eight
pounds per acre, with bur clover,
Japan clover and white, or on moist
lands, Alsike clover-The Progress
sive Farmer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-10
WHAT TO SOW FOR PERMANENT
pA GFTvETpE7
PASTURE.

A West Tennessee reader wants
to know what to SOW for a perma-
nent pasture.
The great pasture grass of the
North is bluegrass. Where it grows
best it is an excellent pasture grass,
but for the South it is not well
adapted. Our summers are either
too hot or there is too great def
cheney of lime, or both.
The grass which must take it's
place in the South is Bermuda.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-10
PTIIovTg FIR Ell 9

WITH every order for one of our nm
equal1ed S6-lb. Feather Beds at the
rIdiculously low price of $1e.eO we in
cIude 6-lb. pair of Feather Pillows
CREE! Freight prepaid on all Best
IIcklng. New Feathers. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Send cash with order
FINE proposition for AGENTS. TUR-
NER q CORNWALL, Dept IT, Char
lotte, N. c. Reference: Commercial
National Bank
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-10
SOUTH GEoRGkA FARms.

FARMERS OPPORTUNITY-Wr for
information about South Georgia inn
proved farms that are producing a bale
of cotton per acre and other crops ac-
cordlngly. State how much you want
to invest it YOU find something that
suits you in a good, healthy commu-
nifty. Terms could be arranged so the
farms will pay the deferred payments.
Write M. HARVEY SKIES, College
Park, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-10
LOCAL REPREsENrArIvn wANrun

LUCAL REPRES ENTATIVE WANTEU.
Splendid income assured right man to
act as our representative after learns
ing our business thoroughly by mari.
Hormer experience unnecessary. All We
require is honesty, ability, ambition and
ness. No soliciting or travelling This
Is an exceptional opportunity for a man
IN your section to get into a big-payinE
business without capital and beconoe
Independent for life Write at once for
full particulars Address e. r. Marden~
Pres. The National COOPERATIVE ReaI
Estate Company. L 631 Marden Buildg
ing. Washington. D. c.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-10
RUPTURE CURE.

WE have article that holds RUPTURE
IN place Cures permanently Soft,
cool, delightful. When worn never
Know you are ruptured. Nothing like
it. Guaranteed Write for inforna.1
ton. Don't hesitate. Price Use. JOS.
TINDALL, Macon, Ga, $50 Napier Ave.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-10
AGENTS VENTED.

$500 DAY-We don't want q man
VINO can't earn at least three dollars
Gay at our work. The best and Invest
canYassing proposition in the South.
Blg commissions. The Jeffersonians,
Thomson. Ga
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-10
PAGE FOUR THE JEFF.
Compensation For Prison Labor

his loved ones while powerlss to aid
them. 1t is well enough to say that
the prisoners should have thought
Of all this before he committed
crime. Admitting the truth of this
trite remark, we ask: will the logic
it contains clothe the naked or put
food in the mouths of hungry child
rem? The world is full of thought
less people, and there are many who
are compelled to suffer for their
thong htlessness, but in the case of
the prisoners family much of this
suffering could be alleviated by COM
pensating the prisoner for his la
Dor.
Another class of men are confined
in prisons: men who have no home
ties and no one dependent upon
them. Among these are perhaps
classed the most desperate Of the
so-called habitual criminals; yet
even these men in their reflective
moments realize that crime does
not pay and Outlines are possessed
of an earnest desire to try the
fruits Of honesty. But how are they
treated? After having requited
their debt to Society by laboring
long years in prison, they are fire.
quently discharger in the coolest
winter weather with but a few dol
lars with which to start life anew.
Is it any wonder that, discouraged
and penniless, they frequently re-
turn to their old Society? Compen-
sation for their years Of prison la
Dor would greatly aid these men I'M
til such time as they could secure
a position.
Many penal institutions through
out the country have some system
whereby a prisoner may earn a few
dollars. One OF the Oldest now in
use is the contract labor system
whereby prisoners are hired out to
contractors who install machinery
in the prison, and pay the State a
small sum per diem for the labor Of
each prisoner, at the same time do
ing their utmost to secure as large
a profit as possible upon their in
yestment. Under this system the
prisoners are put at work that fire.
quently completes with the underpaid
female labor Of the outside world
Prisoners who are ablebodied and
can finish their tasks in less than
the stipulated time, are allowed a
small sum for extra work they may
do. This is paid them by the con-
tractors. The State Furnishes those
prisoners who are unable to do the
task proportional out to them by
the contractors. This system, while
it does offer a small recompense to
the few, works a hardship on the
many, and is rapidly being abol-
ished.
Some few prisoners pay a small
stipend to those prisoners who are
actively engaged in doing the work
that serves to make the institution
self-supporting From this amount
the State deducts the cost of keeping
the prisoners. One great State in
the East pays the prisoners the
munifcent wages of one and one
half cents for each working day, ir-
respective Of what their work may
be, but even in this case earnings
were forfeited for each infraction Of
the rules.
There are still many penal insti-
tutions where the prisoner receives
absolutely nothing in the way of a
recOmpense for his years of labor.
He is given a few dollars and d rail
road ticket and left to shift for him
self as best he may.
Many newspapers of recent date
contained the story of an ex-convict
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-10

Cne IICl0 paper GOOD
- Words" published in the
Federal prison, Atlanta, edited and
managed entirtly by men who are
serving sentences in the prison.
The Editor in Chief of the little
paper is the moving spirit of the
enterprise. He is nameless, in his
little world, being known by mum
Der.
In letter to one who wrote an
preciatively of his work, the Editor
in Chief speaks Of his work; he had
never done work of this sort, be-
fore his entrance into the prison
and this is proof of the great
amount Of good possible under the
new rule, which gives every man a
chance to develop any talent which
he himself may have been unaware
of.
One Of the recently discussed
questions, touching the welfare OF
prisoners, hinged on the question OF
allowing long term" men, compen-
sation for their labor.
The Editor in Chief of Good
Words expresses himself thus, in
the current issue Of the little pa
per:
In his report to Attorney General
Wickersham for the year ending
July /, 1911, Warden Meyer. of
this prison, includes the following
paragraph:
1t would, in my opinion, be a
long step in the way of modern
prison reform if a law could be en-
acted providing that an arbitrary
value, consistent with the character
Of the work performed, be placed
upon the labor of United States
prisoners, and that the money thus
earned by the prisoners, after de-
Quoting the cost OF individual main
tenance and a fair allowance for
overhead charges, be paid to de-
pendents of prisoners, or, in cases
where there are NO dependents,
credited to him on the books of the
prison, to be disbursed by him as
such disbursements are made I'M
der our present rules and regula-
tiOns.'
While this is a subject of consid-
cradle interest to penologists, chart
table societies, and the prisoners
themselves, it should also be one Of
considerable interest to Society at
large.
The vast majority of men com
mitted to prisons are wage-earners.
Most Of them have wives and child
rem; profess religious preferences,
and have enjoyed the home sur
roundings of the average citizen
With most OF these men the fault
has been one of living beyond their
means. They have tried to keep
pace with those who enjoyed much
larger incomes; many have pre-
tended to be something they were
not, while others have been the vic
TINS of appetites they either could
not or would not control, all Of
which led to their downfall. In
such cases when the day of reckon
ing arrives, as it invariably must,
it is not the men themselves that
suffer the most, it is those depend
ent upon them. Generally they have
saved nothing, and when deprived
OF their liberty their families are
frequently left destitute. With
their advent in prison the earnest
desire Of most prisoners is to better
themselves. Where they are unable
to accomplish this financially, many
accomplish it mentally in spite of
tho fact that, while paying their
debt to Society, their minds are of
ten dist ractcd with wOrrioc oooo
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