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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-10-06

meme court says that it is not
iW.at are some O: your bills?' Mr..
Wyche was asked.
Il do not care" he replied ito set
myself up as the entire legislature
and lay down a programme as to what
it is to do to give relief. would not
be so egotistical as to arrogaIe to my
self such a wonderful power of lead
ers&ip or attempted dictatorship. The
bills which ! shall offer for their con-
sideration, and which l hope they will
consider seriously, are: One to re-
duce acreage, one to extend the time
for tie payment of taxes, and a joint
resolution giving the incoming State
authorities power to borrow money if
it be necessary, to finance the State
until the extended time for the pay
ment of taxes has expired
McAdOO Wires Robertson.
Edwin W. Robertson, the president
O. tne National Loan and Exchange
bank of this city and one of the best
known fnanciers in the State received
the following telegram from W. G. Nc
Adoo, secretary of the treasury, last
night:
washington, D. c., Oct 2, 1914
Edwin w. Robertson, President Ma
tional Loan and Exchange Bank,
Columbia, S. C.
Festus J. Wade, of St. Louis, has
made some suggestions to me regard
ing the cotton situation in the South,
which seems to me to be worthy o.:
careful, study and consideration. 1t is
my earnest desire to do everything in
my power to be helpful, and l think
that every suggestion that offers
possible benefit should be considered
by the best minds familiar with the
problem. l shall appreciate it if you
could visit ST. Louis on Monday next
and confer with Mr.. Wade and his as
sociates with a view to working out,
if possible, some plan that will be
helpful to the cotton situation in the
South. Please telegraph Festus J.
Wade, ST. Louis, and advise me of
your action.
"W. G. McAdoo,
Secretary ofthe treausry."
Mr.. Robertson at once signified his
willingness to act in accordance with
Secretary McAdoo's suggestion, and
left this afternoon on the Carolina
Special for ST. Louis. There is much
interest as to what plan the secretary
of the treasury and Mr. Wade have in
mind to relieve the cotton situation.
Situation in Texas.
According to telegram received by
Commissioner Watson last night from
Representative Stevenson, the South
Carolina committee now in Austin,
Tex, urging on Governor Colquitt and
the Texas Legislature the enactment of
law restricting cotton acreage is
meeting with success. Under date of
October Mr.. w, F. Stevenson tele
graphed from Austin, Tex, to Cmmis-
sioner Watson as follows:
'Have had hearing before the house
and the sentiment seems favorable
here. The attorney general also ap-
proves. The bill prepared by him
must be submitted to the legislature
by the governor and we will have a
hearing before the governor when Nc
Laurin and Stachaouse arrive. Also,
probably more extended hearing be-
fore the house"
The other two members of the COM
mittee are Senator John L. McIaurln
and Dr. Wade Stachhouse, who were
to go to Austin from New Orleans,
where they attended the general cot
ton conference Mr. Stevenson went
direct to Austin from Columbia and
evidently las been hard at work from
the moment he arrived.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-06-04
NOTES OF THE DAY

Well-it was grand day.
Duke seemed to enjoy it all more than
anybody.
The Washin'ton delegation lowered af-
fectionately close to the band.
What difference music makes-and
how we'll our boys can play.
All were happy except the ''King of the
Cobblers'' and he wanted to go back 10
the old prison where he has spent thirty five
long years. 'sIt's not like home to me
over here," he said with sigh.
Carlo got more real enjoyment out of
passing the ball than he's had for a coon S
age-even if he did get his hands bunged
up.
Our Chaplain, Rev. John Mccoy was on
the scene early and intermingled with the
were all glad to have him with US.
Now for the Fourth of July and all the
athletic contests we can put together.
If there is dance known to man that was
not executed to perfection on the green
sward by the dusky brethren, we'd like to
know what it is. Talk about your Tangos
and Hesitations- foot fingers those
fellows.
Everybody, it seemed, wanted to see the
Editor and get their names on the list for
exchanges. That's right boys, you're per-
fectly welcome to them.
Somebody reported that a camera hend
had snapped the crowd in the yard. We
didn't see it, but we know if it was done it
was against the rules.
Here's hoping Marco Polo, Beau Es-
prita, Pendennis, Blackstone, Sand Artist,
Book Worm, Otto Mobile, ct. al. may be
with us on the next holiday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-06-04

troop in columns Of platoons in ex-
tended order, he made a mild charge
on them, but the crowd would not
be bluffed. They lodged the horses
and laughed at the. old man."
which you may he sure was not
pleasing to him. He would have
given anything to be able to cut
loose at the gang and with drawn
sabres ride them down; as it was,
we could only retreat to the road
leaving our commander in the rear
a much Inundated cavalry officer.
Blondy, at this time. was right
on the job and doing lot of think
ing. An idea came to him that
looked good, and if it worked it
would not only pull the troop COM
mander out of a bad hole but at
the same time be the means of win
ming the coveted diamonds"
With this thought in his head, he
turned to the troop and in loud
voice commanded troop atten-
ton! Draw carbines, with ball
cartridges. load;-as skirmishers,
guide right, forward march-at ff-
teen yards commence firing"
Did it work? Ball cartridges
was no sooner heard by the crowd
than they began to ease away, then
when the troop got within Fifty feet
of them panic seized them they
broke and ran for all they were
worth.
The show people got busy at once
Strengthened out their outfit put up
their tents and in thirty minutes a
stranger would not have known
that a fierce riot had occurred there.
After Blondy had assembled the
troop in columns of fours. the cir
Gus manager, in earnest, well chosen
words thanked the troop command
er for saving his property and to
show his gratitude presented the
troop with tickets to the afternoon
performance, which the old man"
consented to accept.
The old man" on receiving the
acting First Sergeant's salute, forced
stern expression on his face and
said Il have always been under
the impression that l was the COM
handing officer of Troop E, but l
see that [ was mistaken; neverthe-
less if you have no objections, |
will resume command and you,
upon arrival at the post, will inme-
diately proceed. to draw from the
Quartermaster's department. one
pair of Diamonds" for 1 think a
man who can run such bluff with
blank cartridges, and muster nerve
enough to take the command of the
troop from its proper commander,
deserves to be First Sergeant of this
trOOD
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-06-04
BLONDY WON DIAMOND
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few minutes, it seemed as if their
hard and trained muscles would en-
able them to route the rowdies, but
fresh crowd from town joined>in
the melee, and outnumbered, the
show men were beaten; their tents
pulled down, and all breakable
and all movably property wrecked.
The circus manager asked our
troop commander to intercede and
save his property from destruction.
In case of this kind the command
er had no authority TO use his troop
for the suppression of rioting with
out orders from headquarters. But
the old man" was a good, square
man and love of fair play. He
hated to see injustice done to any
one; SO, he thought it right to try to
bluff the roughs. Forming the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-06-04
DESTRUCTION OR
RECONSTRUCTION
Continued From Page One)

-O-- O-~'
to fight against the temptation to
follow the line of least resistance
and violate those laws which he feels
have robbed him Of the best there
is in life.
New York with less than 10 per
cent. more population than Penn
sylvania, had on January l, 1910, a
prison population Sc per cent, great
er than that of Pennsylvania. With
population exceeding that of Hi
nois by about 6l.5 per cent. there
were on the same date 1889 per
cent. more persons in the prisons of
New York than there were in those
of Illinois. Yet the proportion of
unpublished crime in New York is
undoubtedly as great as the proper
ton of unpublished crime in either
Pennsylvania or Illinois. But in
neither of those states are the SEN
fences any way near as severe as in
New York. Can it be that New
York's greater prison population is
due in part to the long sentences
imposed?
Hardship on Innocent Ones
The sentence to ten, twenty, thir-
ty or forty years. imprisonment,
which rolls glibly off the tongue of
the Judge and is heralded as vim
dication of justice or an interesting
news item il the daily papers, does
something more, than condemn a
criminal to a punishment which in
some instances be deserves; it also
in many, perhaps in most cases con-
dennis his family to poverty and Of
ten something worse.
Only those who have lived
many years in prison and have been
SO situated that they have shared the
condolences and the sorrows of their
associates know how frequently the
home is disrupted and the girl or
the boy has gone to the bad because
the elder brother or the husband and
father was sent to prison. AS
general rule the family of prisoner
keeps together for a while and strug-
giles along for few years, and then.
made desperate by want, with no
hope to sustain them because there
are yet many unserved years, that
seem to them ages, of the sentence
Of the man who could and would
help them. the girls go to the street
the boys take some way to get easy
money that enables criminalogists
to point to another instance OF her.
edity. If it were not violating con-
fidence to do SO. we could tell CT
some cases of this kind that are heart
breaking. Is it any wonder that
our prisons are full!
1t is very difficult to understand
why some long sentences are given.
Suppose young man of good |
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-06-04
MEMO ORAL DAY
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decorated with flags, and we noticed
that majority of the men, as they
passed beneath the colors, paid them
an almost involuntary tribute, rails.
ing their cap, or saluting.
The opening number on the pro.
gram for the day, and to the par.ici.
pants at least, the chief number, W az
a pie eating contest. Eight juicy,
open face" berry pies made such a
tempting appearance that there was
near riot among the would be con-
testants. When all was set. the
Deputy announced the prizes. Three
plugs of tobacco to the winner and
the solitary for second man. and
gave the signal. Say, did you ever
see naptha chain burn? Well,
that was slow business to the way
those pies were absorbed Yes, alb
sorbed was what I said. Tenderfoot
Tim and Dan Blue tied for second
place, one of the Federal blackboys
easily walking away with the three
plugs. Tim protested that as there
was tie for second place another
pie should be produced, that he
might GO against time for the prize;
but noting Tins evident relish OF
the first one, the Deputy wisely de-
cided to double the prize instead,
and gave each of the tied contestants
a plug.
A Tug of War
Next came the tug of war between
shoe shops and farm machinery
shops. 1t sure was the real thing,
as the first rope broke with neither
side at advantage. A two inch new
manila hawser was produced. and
after spirited fight lasting nearly
five minutes the shoe shop men won
out. Each of the members of the
winning team received an extra to-
bacco ration.
Foot races on the avenue came
next, the course being from the
steps of the Deputy's Office to the
end of the cell house building and re-
turn, little less than two hundred
and twenty-five (225) yards, and
some fast time was made despite the
rough track. Two heats were
needed to decide each of the races
and first, second, and third runners
were rewarded with extra portions
of standard weed.
Jumping contests for high and
broad jump records we're pulled of
next, and some pretty work showed
up by all contestants. Some one
produced ball and gloves, and
some snappy warming up was in
dulged in. Considering the limited
recreation space within the old pris-
on enclosure the athletic events OF
the day were supremely successful.
The men wish to express their
thanks to the Deputy Warden for
his enthusiastic interest, and fair
judgment of all contests. At noon
holiday repasC was served in the
dining rooms, and extra letters were
issued TO all inmates during the af-
ternoon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-06-04
COURT SHOULD BE MADE INSTRUMENT
OF CRIMINAL REFORMATION

- HE general assembly of the Presbyterian
church, in annual session at Chicago last
week, considered, among many other
Ii important matters, the question of prison
methods and prison reform; and placed
itself on record being in accord with
the general movement looking toward the
reformation of criminals in preference to
punishment. The special committee ap-
pointed at the last session of the as
sembly for the purpose of investigating
conditions and make such recommends
tons as deemed proper; made it's report
through the chairman, Reverend w.
Francis Irwin, of Louisville, KY.
Among other things, the committee recon-
mended that the court, instead of the prison, be
made the instrument for the reformation of crimi-
nails; and that prisons be used as the last step
rather than the first. In other words. they urge
that all first offenders be given fair chance to
redeem themselves, rather than be stamped at
once hardened criminals and made to suffer the
same penalty melted out to habitual offenders
When the report of the committee was read.
and no specific mention was made of punishment
for murder. Reverend G. c. Sterling, of Eureka.
ILL.,, arose to inquire what the committees views
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-06-04

LAST week the inmates of the Illinois state prison
at Joliet. assembled in the chapel and celebrated
the first anniversary of the Inauguration of real re-
form methods in that institution, which came
simultaneously with the appointment of Edmund
M. Allen as Warden. The Illinois prisoners have
good cause to honor that man.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-06-04
God help us to be fair to all.
:. e d. It o II L A l. -.
SPEAKING FOR, AND TO THE INMATES

1PEAKING for the eleven hundred and
sixty inmates of this institution, the Mir
rOr desires to express the sincere thanks
ii of all, to Mr.. Henry Wolfer our Warden,
IL for the exceptionally liberal privileges he
has granted to us, and for the splendid
effort he is making to place the wards in
his charge on higher plane, morally
intellectually and physically. We know
that are fully authorized to act as
spokesman in this event, inasmuch as we
have cOnversed with a sufficient number
of the inmates to know how every man
here feels in the matter; and as the pris-
oners' organ-ther mouth pece-we feel it our
duty to express their individual sentiment; so that
the Warden may know that we do appreciate all
he has done for us.
Very few prisons in the country can boast of
granting liberal privileges to it's inmates as we
now enjoy under the rules just adopted Ger
tainy none have offered fairer treatment or great
consideration for the unfortunate men held
within the wallis
To have the ban of silence lifted frequent
amusements afforded and athletic sports and pas
times at our disposal, will lift the weight of woe
and tighten the load of misfortune in many hearts,
and the men who had, through years and years of
Imprisonment, lost heart, will at least have reason
to be thankful for the change which should, and
no doubt will enable them to see life in new. a
purer and better light.
But it is up to we inmates now to prove our
selves entirely worthy of the trust that has been
imposed in us. We have longed for some oppor-
tunity to prove it, and the chance has come to us
suddenly; even while we we're wishing for it most
The Wardens action in lifting the men out of the
third grade and placing them in the second, was
another magnaminious action which shows the
heart OF real man. He has, in word, abolished
the stripes and has placed every man on equal
footing If the stripes ever to be seen in this
prison again, it will not be the fault of the officials
1T will be the fault of the inmate who shows
lack of appreciation for what has been done for
his, and all our benefits.
AS inmates it is to our individual advantage
to see to it that attractions of the rules occur
1t is duty to counsel our fellows how to act in
accord with the rules of the institutions and make
them understand that there will be no sympathy
for the man who breaks them.
The Mirror is confident that the Warden will
not be disappointed in his men. We believe his
estimate of ninety five per cent will not be proved
whit too high. We hope it may be increased
There is no reason why it should not
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-06-04

I'VE years GHo prison pOpulaGlOn mas almost
doubled.
Add to these figures the number of men serv-
ing sentences at the state reormatory and add the
increased number of inmates there during the
past year, and the result will at least give food for
careful thought to those who have heretofore Civ
en- little heed to very important problem which
merits wise and hasty solution.
Does this vast increase in the criminal family
of the state of Minnesota denote that incarceration
of social offenders serves to lesson crime? Does it
signify that the discriminating sentencing of
men and women to long terms, filling the prisons
to their capacity, has tendency to deter others
from breaking the laws?
There is surely something radically wrong in
the system somewhere. With twenty state pris-
oners received and only two released in one week.
it will not take long to outgrow even the capacity
of two prisons of our present size.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-06-04
SOMETHING RADICALLY WRONG

[GURES showing the total prison popula-
ton are printed in these columns every
week, and each week shows decided in
crease over the week before. On June
1st of last year the total prison popula-
ton was 978; since that time 487 new
prisoners have been received, and 3O5
have been liberated either through the
expiration Of terms, or on parole. This
gives a net increase in the number of in
mates confined here of 1872 men in
one year, sixty-one of whom are state
offenders, sent here by the courts of
tho Statn Of Minnesota D,Irinr tho ,,o,+
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-14
''Wen," said he, 81 dunno about a

"We1," said he, 81 dunno about
million" 80
think that he began to see that
the principle is not the same always.
We must all cease thinking about
these things as similar in principle
to the old things to which our broken
down laws refer. New occasions
teach new duties" We must cease to
think of any Of these classes Of men
as to blame. We must come to think
of all, from Louis Tikas to John D.
Rockefeller, IT., as more or less help
less factors in a great web spun by
all of us and by fate, all of whom are
Sinned against and SHINING.
If we are to save this country from
impending anarchy and civil war, we
must think.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-14
SAYS MOTHERHOOD CAN'T BE

q - DIN
Dear Day Book:-As between DR..
Dickinson and our gracious and gen
erous-hearted Jane Whitaker and
their discussion of Vida Hagen and
her babe, it seems to me that in spite
of the learned DR.. Dickenson's pro-
posal to give "the other side of the
case" in reality only one side has
been given, as both these ladies treat
ed but one side, of the case, each one
viewing it from her own particular
angle, but both of them tacitly en-
dOrsing our heartless social creed
that visits the sins of the parents on
unoffending babes.
Here is the other side: According
to God, all motherhood is sacred. Ac-
cording to Nature, motherhood can
not be a sin" Then, isn't it time
we ceased using such words as I'll
legitimate" ''nameless" and bias
tard"?
Is any form of abuse more coward
ly and contemplate than that which
we heap upon the head ola defense
less child which came into the world
through no will of its own?
- Why do so many mothers abandon
their babes to so-caIled charitable So.
cieties?
Is our opinion of woman's nature
so low that we can believe thousands
of them incapable of loving their own
offspring?
No, my brothers, that is not the
reason. 1t is because these poor, de-
fenseless sisters of ours shrink from
the brutality and cruelty of prudish
civilization, which, hypocritically
calling itself Christian, has forgotten
the word of the Master whom it pre-
tends to serve, and who said that lit
tie children were ALL "of the King
dom of Heaven" He did not say
Suffer little legitimate children to.
come unto me" Sincerely,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-14

You have such fTattering mind-pic-
lures Of the girl who wins a beauty
prize that when you meet her and see
what she really looks like, you vince,
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