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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

hard TO believe of a court over which
carmen sylvia the brilliant novelist
and woman of letters presidcs.
That the old friends of Queen Eliza
beth ask for an audience now is said
to be due to the fact that the Queen
is surrounded by three old women, who
prefer TO sit and knit and cannot under
stand why one should want to talk
about books or art. But when the court
is at Sinaia. and the old women have
gone to Wicsbaden for their annual
cure the old friends of the Queen
come back. But in Bucharest the
Queen sees none OF them. Even when
they ask for an audience she does not
know of il, because her maids of honor
refuse on the ground that Her Majesty
is very tired.
The Queen is splendid nccdlewo-
man herself and makes many beautiful
things for her invalid niece. Princess
Elizabeth of Wicd. who is so delicate
that she lies literally wrapped up in
cotton wool. The Queens eyes are
better now, and she has fully recovered
from her attack of Influenza, which
was so severe that her friends were
greatly alarmed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15
Gunuahuato and chihuahua.

In Guanahuato the Americans have
renovated and increased the silver min
ing Industry. which has been in opera
ton there for more than 200 Years
They have sunk their shafts far below
those of the MeXicans and have put UP
enormous mills capable OF dealing with
hundreds Of 'thousa.nds OF tons OF ore
every year Fh"y get their power
from waterfalls more than $50
miles distant. and are mining with the
most modern machinery. In 1911 the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

Prince Boris 10 the Russian Cars
second daughter. Grand Duchess Ia
tiana, who is just sixteen
Boris came back from Adriunon1e
with the measles His distracted mother
was AT his bedside night and day The
young prince took his illness in the
lght OF personal reproach How
disgraccful II is" said he. FOR n soldier
20 have the measles. There's nothing
manly In IT. do Wish II were
Turkish bullet instead"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

nent home. Both the countess and her
mother abominatc the Austrian CAPT
tai. chiefly because he has been the
scene OF repceted disappointments So
ciaiiy for the young countess.
The Szcche us arc now established
IN their new ..ome in Surrey, and Mrs
Vanderbilt is visiting them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

and accumulated Il surplus OF more
than Si.,ooO.oo0. This companys
smelling plants have combined ca
paciiy of i've or six million tons. and
It's reiincries of almost a half million
tons every year In 1911 the net pro
hts were more than $4,000. 600, and
tn" dividends on its common stock
were :! per cent.
The Bntopilas Mining Company
owns over 1900 acres OF mineral lands
and IL has liz addition, :, smelling
company with very large plant. It's
t"piial Is S3.1OU.0oo. and IL has Il sur
plus OF an equal amount
There Is a great deal of American
money invested In the Ciunnahuato siI-
Yer mines. and there are four great
mining companies working there The
Amalpnmatcd Gold Mines Company
owns properties In the Laluz district.
II has Installed modern machinery
worked by electricity, and il has Atty
TWO steel cyanide tanks. The Guiana
huato Consolidated Mining and Mil.
ing COMPANY. with offices in New York,
has n dozen or more mines. including
the Sircna. which has been worked
for more than 100 years. and the
Guanahuato Development Company, in
corporatcd IN New Jersey. controls the
PinSuico mines and the Mexican Mill
ing and transportation Company. II
is capitalized at 100000. and pays D
per cent per annum on it's preferred
stock nd then there are the Guiana
huato Reduction and Mines Company
and others
An Old Mine Which Yields Millions
The Real del Monte Pachuca Min
ing Company is another valua bic
property. which has It's chief offices
in Boston. This company bought the
old Real del Monte mine in 1906 and
since that time its stockholders have
put almost SA,o00.co0 into the new
plnnt and in DEVELOPMENT work. They
paid UP the last OF their assessments
n 1907, and since then they have re
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15

Sofia. Bulgaria, June 14.-Much sym
pathy is felt in court scircles here for
the Czarina, who is one Of the most
beloved Of royal women. The CZarina
who has done noble and heroic work
as n nurse during the Balkan War, had
set her heart on marrying her eldest
son. Crown Prince Boris. to the eldest
daughter OF the Gear of Russia, Grand
Duchess Olga. But that young woman
preferred her cousin. Grand Duke Dmi-
tri, her betrothal to whom was recently
announced.
Czarina Eleanora took the matter
very much to heart. and seemed to find
little comfort In the hint that has come
from st. Petersburg that the Car has
other daughters The message from
the Russian court pointed out to her
that hor son was only nineteen years
old. and that there was plenty OF time.
And now II appears that arrange
ments arc being made TO marry Crown
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19

The excellent rarpon Springs
Leader has passed from the hands Of
+ l.. Zimmerman into the posses
sion Of +. 7. Byington, who will
hereafter be its editor and publisher
MIR. Byington is Il veteran newspaper
man Of ability and character. well
known to the press Of Florida, and at
the head of such good paper as the
Leader in such good town as Tar
pom Springs there can he no doubt of
his success
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19

We take IL that the next Legisla
ture is going to adopt with slight
if any alterations the recommends
ions as to the changes in our court
procedure made by the commission
appointed by Governor Gilchrist for
that purpose. Some of the foremost
lawyers of Florida were members of
that commission and they considered
the subject very thoroughly before
they agreed upon the changes recon-
m,nded II is fully worth a session
o, the Legislature to get these
changes in the rules Of our courts
which will dcthronc the technicalit,
and make expeditions justice tn
leading consideration in the trial OF
cases.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19

We had thought TO get through
the winter and early spring without
a screech from that old disturber,
the Georgia peach crop, but il was
expecting too much. At the eleventh
hour 1t got busy and told us in thu
old familiar way that the peach
crop is in imminent danger unless
there is n rise in temperature befor"
EIghtfall We trust the tempera
turc "riz" as desired and that the
Georgia peach crop will now 20
ahead to bumper output
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19

Not until . new deal comes around
In politics and there 10 q redistribu-
ton OF the Offices to be made. do we
realize how enormously some people
magnify themselves and how mighty
are the ambitions Of the common
place Some Of those job hunters up
In Washington are colossal jokes
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19

We welcome President Wilson to
Q place alongside the Telegram on
the top rail Of the fence on the wom-
sn suffrage issue. He says that he
hasn't made up his mind on that
question yet and neither have We
There is no need for hurry about
the matter. in fact. caution is a vir-
tue on q question of such vast impor-
lance. Woman suffrage hasn't yet
been tried out" even In those States
where II has been In operation for
. number Of years; and what is good
for one State is not necessarily good
For another where population condi-
tions are very different.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19

Senator Tillman is growing IN
grace as he gets older. He yielded
his claim 10 the Craftsmanship OF the
II nate committee on appropriations.
nieh distinction upon which ne
s.t his heart and to which he
~ in a certain sense entitled. with
out raising a row that would have
r..verberated through all the news
paper columns OF America. He has
ability in plenty for that or any
other honor the Senate could con-
fer upon him, hut his health is frail
and one of his old bursts Of temper
would be likely to PROSTATE him
with paralysis or apOplexy. He was
wise to yield the honor of the chair
nlanship to Senator Martin. Tillman
was the high spice Of the Senate be-
fore his health failed. and even now
he can get the spotlight when some
% his strong characteristics assert
themselves.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19

The assassination of King George
b, one OF his own subjects was the
very limit Of stupidity not less than
crime lie was the best king in Eu-
rope. an honest. kindly man. who
sought constantly the good Of
Greece. And ne was no burden on
his subjects. for they hardly paid
him enough TO live decently on.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19

The stranger who Will come into
a State. predisposed against il. per
haps, from inherited prcjudices. hunt
industriously around until Re h.
found its weakest native types Of
people and then insist that they are
representative Of the whole. and on
ali occasions, regardless of company.
make it point TO sneer at the ma
tive Florida Cracker. is not only In
capable of intelligent generalization
on any subject where more than the
smallest measure OF ability is re-
quired, but il without the tact and
consideration which are everywhere,
all over the world. amid all races
and in all chimes, the hallmark Of Q
gentleman. Such lightweight
emart-aleck with hair-trigger
tongue could with entire propriety
20 to the Cracker for both brains and
breeding.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19

Paragraphs like this from the Tai
lahassee True Democrat are seen
quite frequently in our STATE papers
these days
oakland is doing herself justic,
and three new brick blocks planned
ard large hotel started will soon add
to this rapidly growing city"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19
Representative Browns bill e

Representative Browns bill to
provide the voting privilege for quail
lied voters uravoidably away from
home ON election day is meeting
With much favor from the State
| .1ss and the criticism OF it from
two or three papers has been based
upon want Of information of the
provisions of the bill. The Sanford
Herald. warmly approving it. says
This bill is most mcritoriOus in
every way and is one that Sanford
people can appreciate, giving as il
does our railroad men the oppOrtun
ity to exercise their franchise with
the loss of no time. Mr. Brown is
we'll known her. ant. his good worn
is greatly appreciated by his many
friends. Representative Brown Will
make good as a Law maker
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19
From the same Office 10 Issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS

A. weekly newspaper giving . re.
sumo Of local matters. crop cOndi.
lions. county affairs. etc. Sent any
where for 800 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19
TO EQUALIZE THE
BURDEN OF TAXATION.

One of the large duties winch VIII
devOlve upon the Legislature al It's
approaching session will be the work
Of euualizing as near AS possible the
burden of taxation in the various
counties. II is very unequal now
and there is just complaint on the
subject. The special tax commits
sion created by the Legislature OF
1911 to 90 thoroughly into the mat
ter and propose a remedy was COM
posed OF w. s. jennings. &. l..
Clarke and E. s. Matthews. three
we'll known citizens of Florida pc
suliarly fitted for the task. They
have done their work and the Leg
islature will be called on to cOnsid-
Ell it and adopt il in whole or in
part or reject il as il sees tit AS
the matter is one in which every
taxpayer feels "A lively interest We
give below IA summary of the work
of this commission. which holds that
there are three causes for our de-
fectivc system Of taxation, namely:
The restricted provisions of the
State constitution requiring uni
form system of taxation and a casn
valuation In arbitrarily liking an
impossible valuation and imposing
duties upon the tax assessors in re-
quiring them to appraise all prop
erty at its full cash value without
rrolidin a means of ascertaining
comparative cash values throughout
valuation is made the basis OF the
State levy. The law is defective gov .
elning assessment and the equaliza-
ton thereof in that ii does not pro-
vide any plan or power of equaliz-
ing values for the State revenue be-
tween the various counties
THE general remedy which the
commission has concluded to recon-
mend for consideration il dcsigne !
10 separate the sources of State and
local taxation. providing that the
State shall assess it's taxes upon rail
roads, telegraph and telephone COM
panics, miscellaneous taxes and IL
censcs for the full amount Of IL
revenue. and that the counties may
lovy their own taxes for county pur-
poses on property of local char
acter, other than the sources men,
toned.
THE result anticipated under the
new system would be uniform and
just taxation, the establishment Of
AT economic. definite system Of pro-
viding revenues for State purposes
and establishing and providing
definite, economical and Just pro-
vision for assessment and collection
Of revenue for county purposes. and
. system and power Of equalization
in the various counties
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-19

Notice is hereby given that on
the 2lst day Of April. A. D. 1913. ap-
plication will be made to the Hon.
orable Park Trammell. Governor Of
the State OF Florida. at Tallahassee.
Florida. for the issuance Of letters
patent on the following articles Of
incorporation. the original of which
Is now on Ale in the office Of the
Secretary " State at Tallahassee.
Florida
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-11

respecting misdemeanors of children
as follows.
Early this month read in the Chi
cago papers that a 1O-year-old boy in
Georgia had been sentenced to IL
years confinement in the Georgia re-
formatory for theft Of a scent bottle
OF coca cola and that the supreme
court Of Georgia had sustained the
sentence and refused to interfere. Be
ing an attorney, thought I would in
vcstgate the case and ascertain If this
state Of facts could possibly exist in
this boosted land Of the free.
u communicated with the attorneys
for the people Of Atlanta, Ca. and also
the attorneys for the boy. and finally
obtained from the clerk Of the supreme
court of Georgia a certified copy of the
opinion Of that court. which I have at
my office subject to inspection.
The boys name was Ollie Taylor
and the suit was respecting habeas
corpus proceedings brought by his
father 10 get his son out Of the posses
sion Of the reformatory land its keep
er, a man named Means). 1t IS my
purpose 10 give you the gist OF the
decision of this court, and l have also
investigated the statutes of the state
Of Georgia and attach hereto the rele
want parts Of their criminal code.
HIGH COURTS VIEW Of TT.
The supreme court opinion states
the facts Of the case as follows:
20. F. Taylor instituted habeas cor
pus proceedings against T. A. E
Means, charging that the defendant
was Illegally OBTAINING petitioners
son, Ollie Taylor, a youth OF about IS
years OF age. and setting up that peti-
toner was entitled to the possession
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-11
STEALS 10 CENTS;
10 YEARSFOR BOY
Case of Barbara Law in Geor-
gia" Cited in Detail by a
Chicago Lawyer.
COURTS HANDS ARE TIED
Fathers Efforts Fall 10 Free Son
After He Has Been a Prisoner
Three Years.

What is branded as "one Of the
most aggravated instances OF legisIa-
tive stupidity that has eversexisJed IN
the United States" Is brought to public
attention by a decision OF the Georgia
supreme court handed down last
month. II centers in the sentencing Of
a 10-year-old Georgia boy to II years
imprisonment for stealing a bottle OF
COCO cola worth cents
The details OF the case are furnished
by Willis H. Hutson. lawyer. 100000
Otis building, Chicago Mr. Hutson in
sending the facts expresses the hope
that publicity will shame the Georgia
legislature into repeating the "ds-
graceful statute"
STATEMENT OF THE CASE.
Mr.. Hutson sets forth this case Of
the workings OF Georgia's barbaric law
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-11

entitled to the society, services, and
possession Of his son.
This present suit was an attempt
by habeas corpus to compel the sur
render Of the son to the bather, and
both the trial court and the supreme
court decided against the fathers
rights as well as the boys.
"Over three years have elapsed
since this baby, l might almost call
him, committed his crime and he
is still prisoner! It is possible the
governor of the state may exercise
his right of pardon, or that this boy
may IN time be liberated, and indeed
less important than the existence If
such a law, which must constantly
bring further unfortunates under its
pernicious ban, and this article is
written in the hope that public senti-
ment may be aroused throughout the
country 80 that the legislature Of Geor-
gia may be induced or shamed into
repeating this disraceful statute.
"a TRAVEsTY ON JUSTICE
That the mental and moral up
lift Of the child could be accomplish
ed in an association, for IL years, with
criminals in a 'stockade' with no
chance TO see his family and beyond
all outside influences; where the child
would be kept constantly at work dur
ing week days where the keeper of
the Jail is enjoined 10 use the strict
est economy respecting food, cloth
ing and needs Of the enid is prepos-
ferrous. and this Georgia statute is a
travesty on the justice it purports to
extend!
I'VE venture to assert that there
is not one legislator in Georgia, or
one Judge on fits bench, that, in his
boyhood days did not do many things
much worse than the taking Of a FIVE
cent bottle of coca cola, and II all
our childish offenses were 10 be pun
ished with such inhuman severity, we
would all be inmates Of institutions,
and there would be none to be keep
ers and guardians thereof.
The science would have been be.
yond all reason had it been for 80
days with child like Ollie. and when
the operation Of this law extended
the time to IL years It simply dem
onstrates the futility of human effort
to make proper laws. Even the leg
! islators themselves would have gaspef
| If they could or would have been car.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-11
and services Of his said minor son

and services Of his said minor son.
The lower court refused to liber-
ate the child and the supreme court
held that it had no power to do so
under existing laws. Continuing, the
supreme court states the circum-
stances as follows:
When a little more than 10 years
OF age Ollie Taylor had pleaded guilty
to an accusation charging him with
an offense which amounted to a mis-
demeanor-Lo wit: the theft OF a bot
tie OF coca cola, Of the value Of FIVE
cents. The order and conduct OF the
life OF the boy while confined on the
industrial farm was as follows: Arise
from 4:45 a. m. to o'clock a. m; eat
breakfast from to a. m, do chores
from breakfast to $50 a. NJ, attend
school from 81 80 to 1880, dinner at
II m, play from dinner to 1870. work
at jobs suitable to his strength from
1880 TO 30 minutes before supper;
supper anywhere from 4:30 to s, ow-
ing to the season OF the year; study
from supper to 1880 or 6 in winter and
in summer from $50 to 1880; then to
bed, battle. work private garden, and
play baseball Saturday; play house
games Saturday nights; Sunday rise
as on any other day; breakfast, thence
TO Sunday school; exercise by drill or
gymnastics; dinner, preaching in the
afternoon, and singing at night; disci-
pline is military.
APPLICATION OF THE LAW.
THE court held as follows:
THE sentence in the present case
is not one imposing punishment IN
der the purely peal statutes of the
state: the purpose Of the sentence is
not punishment alone but restraint
and correction under circumstances
that shall tend to the mental and moral
uplift of the child and the proper for
nation of his character.
Where q minor under age OF le
| is convicted OF misdemeanor.
/ The act Of the legislature confers
/ on the presiding Judge a discretion
/ TO send him TO the chain gang, or
/ TO the Industrial farm, but IL he is
/ sent 10 the Industrial farm, or other
similar institution, the legislature has
declared thai such a sentence shall
/ be for and during the minority OF
such person. The courts we're
not given any discretion Of authority
TO send minor TO the industrial
| farm for less time than that above
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-11

rfed to the extreme which the facts
of this case demanded under its strict
letter.
I'VE believe this case to be one of
the most aggravated instances of leg
islative stupidity that has even ex-
listed in these United States, and |
feel It is my duty to raise my voice
against it, and | hope that the all
powerful public sentiment may be
aroused throughout the country in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-11

mentioned, or to discharge him before
his reaching majority, on a writ of
habeas corpus.
FOR BOYS "MORAL UTPLIFT1
q have investigated this case in a
dispassionate manner and with the
desire to be entirely fair, even though
my sympathies have been drawn upon
and my wrath excited as my investi-
cation progressed. These facts are
clear from the decision of the supreme
court itself: That the boy, Ollie, was
but 10 years old at the time of the
offense; that his crime consisted in
the insignificant taking Of five cent
bottle of coca cola.
"Ollie was honest enough to ac-
knowledge the theft. If he had denied
it and stood jury trial it is likely
rnar no Jury would ever have convict
ed the boy, no matter how guilty they
[ believed him to be; certainly not if
! they had any idea Of the severity of
! the punishment which would await
! him.
THE supreme court says that the
/ punishment was not the entire purpose
and that the restraint was such as
shall tend to the mental and moral
/ uplift of the child
in other words, take the boy away
from loving parents with all home in.
/ fiuences and place him among the de.
/ PRAYED, dissolute and abandoned youth
/ OF the state; lock him up within a
'stockade,' in a 'reformatory prison,
! keep him there until his majority
which in this case would be II years.
Had the boy been still younger the
term of Imprisonment would of course
have been longer.
CHAIN GANG ON THE FARM.
/ Under this outrageous statute,
where a child is found guilty of q
misdemeanor, the trial Judge has but
one choice and that is a discretion to
send him TO the chain gang or the in.
dustrial farm Think OF sending min.
OF boys, under 10 years old, to the
chain gang to be chained I'D with
criminals and compelled to work
Z building roads, etc, IN Georgia,
The judge evidently did the bes;
/ he could and sentenced the boy tc
the refromatory, and the father and
/ his attorneys, concluding that moth
/ ing further could be done in that
quarter, started a habeas corpus pro
ceeding in the name Of the father up
On the theory that he, as father, was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-11
In New Shop,

E. f. Lamp, who has conducted
plumbing shop at 325 Seventeenth
street for a number of years, has re
moved to new and larger quarters a
6f9 Seventeenth stTeet-(Adv.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-11

such a manner as to make Georgia
ashamed of itself and to compel the
speedy repeal of this disgraceful stat
ute"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-11

mentioned, or to discharge him before
his reaching majority, on a writ of
habeas CORPUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-11
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