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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-01-06

dergarten Re-opens.
|town Free Kindergarten
|lday after the Christmas
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-01-06

William w. Dean has improved his
residence on Western avenue by the
addition of a piazza which was part
of the house damaged by fire recent.
and the property of Mrs. A. H. Lynch
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-01-06

Antonio Giordano has purchased the
Hiler property in the rear of Water
street near the Electrical Alloy CON-
pany's works.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-01-06

JOHNSON, and David Johnson, a
man, of this town. The other
hre residents of Newark.
|thaniel C. Toms was counsel for
nephew and niece and former
tor Edward K. Mills represented
Brown, the executrix of the will.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-01-06
|soN WILL PRoBATED.
|imon Decides the Document
b Been Properly Drawn

nrietta Johnson will case has
lied by Judge Salmon decid-
1.-THE will had been properly
Ehen the will was filed for
niece and a nephew of Mrs,
who was a negress, filed a
they We're Martina Johnson
I'm H. Johnson, both of this
the will the property, ag-
about $4,000, is left to four
usins, two of whom are
y Brown, who lived with
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-01-06

Edward F. Nuber has purchased o.
james r. Voorhees, building lot OF
Elliot street. Ems
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-01-06
REALTY AND BUILDING.

The Speedwell Avenue chapel build
ing has been raised by House-mover
James Clark and is being moved
back on the lot, greatly improving
It's appearance. A new foundation OF
cement will be built for the building
and new plumbing and heating plants
installed. Arthur Brown has the gen
eral contract for the work.
The Nugent property on Market
street has been sold by Sheriff Gillen
at the suit OF the Morris County Say
ings bank to Alice Nugent who bought
it in for $1,100- The claims aggre-
gata $1,416.SS-
The Misses Mills have purchased
the house and lot No. II Washington
street, adjoining the premises recent
ly purchased by their brother, John
M. Mills. The house is now occupied
by Edwin p, Ford.
Robert Lowery, of Mendham avenue
has purchased through the Carlton A.
Dobbins agency the house at No. 1913
Washington street, owned by G. Har-
wey Loree. Mr. Lowery will occupy
his new home about April 1st.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-01-06
To Give a Japanese Tea.

The Young Women's missionary
society ,9fatRanu ylA stresS nH1E;
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
% MORE BANKS
ALL OVER ]. :.
BOOST CITY
National Institutions include At
Ianta in Argument To Be Of
fered Reserve Board.

Twenty eight more national banks,
in all parts of the United States
not one Of them in Georgia-sent in
to the regional bank committee in
Atlanta the news that they had chos-
en- this city as the site for the South
eastern reserve bank, in proposing to
the National Organization Board their
ideas on the way in which the coun-
try should be districted.
With the 81 received THURSDAY, a
total OF IS national banks now have
informed the national committee of
their belief that Atlanta should be
selected for one OF the regional re-
serve institutions
Following are the banks, by States.
which have endorsed Atlanta $
claims:
NEW YORK First National.
Bonneville: Union. Schenectady
Nichols. Nichols; Citizens, Poland:
First, Geneva; City, Watertown; Ma
tional Bank of New Berlin, New
Berlin; First National Perry.
NEW HAMPSHIREs-Fa
National, Pennington; Somersworth,
Somersworth.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

tered with one blow of the lash, were
unfolded Friday morning by Charles
Davis, a negro. who served nine
months OF d twelve-m month sentence
in The Bellwood and Miner convict
camps OF Fulton County.
Davis told also OF another convict.
JONI James, being whipped every
morning for month, until he finally
became so weak and lame in his back
that he was taken to the hospital.
where he died In a few days from the
effects of the terrible beatings he
had received
The tales told by Davis involve
Deputy Wardens r. c. Collier ana
/ Oscar T. Jones CAPTAINS of Miner and
! HOLLYWOOD camps. respectively. as the
perpetrators Of the outrages These
men have not heretofore been mem
toned in connection with the investi-
gation.
Here IS Davis story:
Il was released Just before Christ
mas, after | mad served nine months
and sixteen days | was whipped
four times during the time | was
there. getting % Ia shes twice, ten
once and fifteen the fourth time, each
| iogging being on my bare back.
Il don't know yet why | was
peat ten.
II went TO Bellwood Camp first.
where Captain Jones Is in charge We
were put to work on the North ave-
nue. improvement, and about the sec
ond month I was there late one after
noon, the guard. John Robinson
cursed me and said l didn't work hard
enough. / worked as hard as | could
and told him / was doing my best
The next morning Captain Jones
whipped me twice. without making
any investigation or asking me what
| had done.
Given Twenty five Blows
He brought the blood. and ne made
big wells on my body the first time
he whipped me. ! started to count
the lashes, but after l had received
eighteen or twenty / felt so weak
and the pain was so great ! lost
count. Some of the men who saw
1t said he gave me % ticks After
he whipped me, Captain Jones turned
away and | dragged myself TO my
feet and started to put on my cloth
ing | hadn't finished when he came
back
Wait minute, you black he
yelled. I'm no. through with you YETI
He made me take off my clothing
~Gaih anu gave lhC lctl DiOIt IdSlHS
on my bare back
When he brought down the lash
on me again. the pain was more than
l could stand. and ] put my hand be-
hind me and tried to protect my body
with the back Of my hand. The heavy
whip struck 1t. and broke several of
the bones ] didn't know what was
the matter with my hand for several
days. until II began &c swell up al
most twice az large az il should have
been. ! finally found out 1t was
broken, and told the guard. he said
it ought to have been broken. and
| made me keep on working with T.
They didn't let a doctor dress 1t for
two CT three days after told them
about it
~ was sent to the Miner camp then
under Captain Collier. NV hand was
In bad shape, and I couldn't do as
much work as some of the men who
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
Grand Jury Begins Probe
Of ROseLand Camp Abuses

Fresh tales of iptulerable cruelty In
Fulton Countys convict camps had
been heard by the members Of the
Grand Jury when adjournment was
taken Friday afternoon New Wit
nesses Will be summoned for tn"
hearing which will be resumed next
Tuesday morning at 10 a'Clock.
New indictments were looked for
Friday on the stories told by six ne
gro convlcts from the Roseland camp.
of which A. NJ. Luck was the foreman
until his dismissal Thursday by the
County Board OF Commissioner.
Wien adjournment was taken, how
ever no announcement was made pf
any true bills
Within q few minutes after Perry
craig. one OF The conviCts had ap-
peared before the jury and exhibited
welts and bruises from recent waiD-
pings and sears from older ones, So
iicitor Dorsey was called into the
Grand jury room presuma Div for me
purpose OF deciding on the advie. uiluv
OF drawing gp indictments against thu
camp employees thought 10 be re-
sponsible for the alleged crueities
Prefers DeKalb Camps.
BY Dorsey Riclar dsou. "a negro,
serving "a three months sentence at
the ROEcldnd camp. Tue Jurors " -fN
told hat he much "a ther would serve
nineteen months IN the Dekalb CouG
ty changang tiau three months IN
der Captain luck
Richardson. it appeared was ne
gro Of wide eEncrienCe IN chalngan ne
service. He enid that he had served
a year In CObo county and nineteen
months With the men IN stripes Ia
DeKslb County. Then be- was sent "a
LucSis camp
He told FRIDAY Of the nuniShments
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

two since last JAY, mostly fg he
later. lie said that he had done all
sorts Of work, from sweeping about
the house and washing d.shes to tax
ing care Of 81 DonaidsOn's horse.
Quiz Turns to Donsi dson.
TIE Grand Jurys investigation
Friday also turned toward Captain
Donaldson and his brother, 81. in re-
gard to their ale gad use Of county
conVicts an. supplies.
Captain Luck was asked about the
use Of AlonZo Woudson. negro, who
was hostler for Captain Donaldson
w. ri. Smith, for three years d guard
at Bellwood, was asked bout the de
livery Of a Wagonioad Of feedstuffs t.
the Donaldson homo
W. G. Townley- sixteen years q
guard at BellWood ana employed there
now. was questioned along similar
lines The Grand Jury evidently was
determined to ind oct if there was
any criminal culpsGiiity in the habit
various county officials had Of using
county supplies.
All the negroes n the waiting
room at Grand fury headquarters
F'ridas morning denEinced Guard Gus
5uttles AZ Rosesand camp as cruel.
They said liot.1 SuttIes and Luck
wcrc uH;ncrc3fail Ia ;hcir trcat:2i er :
Of them
one negro. Perry Craig said thai
Suttles in a At of anger few DAYS
Ego. struck him over the head with
a rock. Craig also said Suttles would
rerort him 10 Captain Luck for no
reason a. al and that Luck then
would whip HIM.
Flogged Twice in Week.
Craig said he has been in the
camp for three weeks and has been
logged twice for alleged laziness in
one week
All the negroes but one. ma mel
Alonzo Woodson. said t'sey would tell
the Grand Jury how they had been
flogged on their naked flesh.
Craig said he COULD show long,
broad. nnhsaled scars on his back
Where CAPTAIN LUCK had whipped
him with the Dig leather strap stud
ded with brass rivets
All the negroes said ne food they
are given at Rose'and IL unff1 to eat
They reiterated the stories OF bad
FOOD told by white corvicts from
AGamsvilIe
Luck Denies Charges.
The names Of the negroes who Fri
dav are testifying before the Grand
> VI dI@ THIhs
Charles E.dwar5E. shooting, Dorsey
Richardson. larceny. Jim Owens.
fighting Frank Rice larceny, and
Alcnzo Woo lson. practicing medicine
without a license
Captain Luck, who has been dis
charged for the employ OF The coun-
ty, denies that there is any truth in
the statements OF the negroes He
viii tell his sforv 10 the Jury.
Indications that the Grand Jury at
the close OF its probe will be asked
70 recommend the adjustment of the
| la sh and stripes, and the hiring OF
intelligent and merciful men as
guards. are found in statements by
Philip Weltner. secretary of the Geor-
gia Prison Reform association. at a
meeting of the Brotherhood OF st. An
drew OF the Church Of the Incarna-
ton Thursday aight, that more
crimes are committed against the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

We're not injured. although | did all
that | could. They didn't think / did
enough. though, and Captain Collier
gave me % lashes when a guard re-
ported me. A few days later he gave
me Is l,cks
I've seen dozens Of men at Bell
wood and Miner camps whipped until
somebody would have to help them
to bed. ! saw sone body whipped so
nard he couldn't stand to have his
clothing rubbing against his body.
there were so many cuts and bruises
on il. remember another man. John
James. VINO died last year from the
effects of the beatings he received.
The Guard Robinson used to have
James whipped almost every day, and
finally James back got lame and he
vas taken 10 the hospital, where he
died"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

that were meted out there. He said
that he had seen the whipping OF
Andrew Clark VINO was given 80
ashes for a most trivial infracti0n Of
the rules. Clark. he said, was beaten
until he collapsed, and has been laid
up ever isnce, having been transfer
red to the Beilwood camp because OF
ais inability to work
John Cox. another negro convict.
was treated with, even greater say
agery according to Richardson
Kicked and Lashed.
They handcuffed his hands be-
hind him" said the witness Then
they benz him double aud Kept him
that way with a pickhandle. one of
the guards kicked MIN over on the
ground ana they began Ia shing him.
Nearly every lick broke open the
skin BY the time they got through.
Cox was covered with blood and
bruises He SCREAMED and Yelled for
mercy but IL seemed as though they
beat him all the harder
"Out there they Kick and curse YOU
II they think Won are not doing enough
work The guards are swearing at
the men all the time. ] never have
been whipped in the short time
have been there hut I complained OF
being sick one morn ng and the guard
1 sWore at r1e and said that Ne would
see that I got some uiet'tine lie
meant tho whipping strap.
| Tells OF Work for Donsidsons.
! Convict Al0nzo w oodspn was qUes
| toned BY the Grand jury as TO Worl
| that he had done ~ the home of Cap
I tain r. j. Donaldson. depc=ed super
| irtendenf OF the Department Of Public
Works. and at the home of the cap
tain's brother. 81 Donaldson. Wood
SON said hat he had worked for the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

Observation-Disclosures Ron
of Slatington, Slatington; Valderbu.
First National, Ulster; First Matt
vi, Hamburg.
INDIANA-Delphi.
NEBRASKA-F'irst National r.,
ca.
ILLINors-state National, Bloom.
ington.
Observation-Disclosures CITY No
tional, Delaware City.
MICHIGAN--First Nationa, Ma.
shall; Hackley. Muskegon; sAoo,a
Saginaw. o0iu
lOWA-Ffrst, Malvern; Merchants
Cedar Rapids; First. Mason Civ
RHODE ISLAND-Ashawav A.
away. ASH
Observation-Disclosures a.n
National, fA,rth Adams; Hadlev \ al'.
Holyoke; Leominster, Leoninstas
First. Marlboro; Manufacture
North Attleboroush.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
REF ORMERS LIKELY To
DEMAND LASH ABOLITION

room and ms,e five Of ~ bathe IN
ire same water in a barrel cut half
n two. Then. il We didn't get out
and dressed as duicB as the guards
thought We ought to. the whipping
boss would come n amongst us Just
Ike he would amongst a bunch Of
ca.Jle and The way he would Law
about him with that strap on those
bare bodies was a sin He could make
a man jump six fee with one cut Of
the cursed thing
I've seen the guards nj Buckhead
come into the camp house at night
roaring drune and beat up the pris-
oners piSi because rhey could -
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
Liner Is Battered by
Storm All Way Over

NEW YORK, Feb. Shattered by
storm and mountainous seas, the
American liner St Paul arrived here
to-day. Captain +, NJ. Passow, who
has crossed the Atlantic 200 times,
said the voyage was the toughest in
his Seafaring career
Many of the passengers We're suf-
fering from bruises. Harry Barrass
ships carpenter was swept from the
promenade to the main deck by a
wave which engulfed the ship. Two
of mis- ribs were broken.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
Rome Wants Wilson's
For Big Homecoming

ROME Feb. "a homecoming
week with President and Mrs. Wood
row Wilson as honor guests. is the
ambitious project launched by the
Chamber of Commerce Of Rome, the
details including an elaborate pa
geant
The promoters are reasonably Ger
tain that they will be able to secure
the presence of Mrs Wilson, If not
the President Rome being the home
of her girlhood and the place of her
marriage
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
Officer Goes to Get
Man Who Left Child

Newt Garner, of Solicitor General
Dorsey's office, will leave Friday
night for Hamilton, Ohio, to get W.
Scott Kennett. wanted in Atlanta on
a charge of abandoning his minor
daughter, Isabelle.
It is charged Kennett left the child
in September Of last year. During
his residence in Atlanta he lived at
No. 1871 Windsor street
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

two since last July. mostly fT he
later. lie said that he had don, all
sorts of work, from sweeping about
the house and washing d.shes to tax
ftto 600 Tl,pa ff1ggy4'g bIwse
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
minais than against the state.
Lash Must &c, He Declares.

The present abominable system"
said Mr.. Weltner, ''dcgrades both
guards and Convicts into bTutes, and
is fundamentally wrong.
The lash. the stripes and me chains
must go. and even though this would
mean additional guards. the State is
well able TO hire them on account
of he free labor il gers from'the con-
victs.'
II was intimated that Mr. Weltner
will make a direct request that the
Grand Jury urge the adjustment of
the LASH and tne other things that
have made the torture of prisoners
q ane art In the county camps.
And n view Of the attitude taken
by the Grand Jury in conducting it's
probe, IL is generally conceded that
the matter Will be given much con-
eidera tion.
Horrible as have been the tales OF
Ccnvicts brought before the Grand
crnoon and Friday morning of con-
ditions hat are seven worse.
Weltrer Oenouncee System.
Mr. WeItner, in his speech 10 the
! Brotherhood of St. Andrew at the
Church OF the Incarnation. branded
&c a!mcs. high treason the hiring by
the state of Georgia of convict guards
and wariens who can not run a camp
without the lash and denounced the
present penal system az one which
degrades into brutes both the pris-
oners ana their keepers. Mr. Welt
ner also brought to task the church
for not revolving against the horrible
conditions now existing in the Full
ton County camps.
Tells OF Brutaiities.
The speaker described the condi :
ton Of a few Of the convicts who
we're brought before the Grand Jury,
how men were brutally beaten when
sick and how they were whipped un-
mercifully for missing the lick" IN
their work He tod of the death of a
little daughter OF one of the conVlcts.
Georgia murdered that little girl,"
he said. she was sick. The State
sent her father 10 the chamgang for
eight months AMI took away her and
her mothers suppcrt. The mother
was forced TO work for IS per week
and leave her sick child. That was
murder
! Mr. Weltner advocated the aboli-
ton Of the lash. stripes and chains
snd tbe hiring of intelligent men as
guardS and wardsns He said that
the removal of the chains from the
convicts would require more guards,
but that the State could we'll afford to
hire more on account Of the free la
| Dor.
The present abominable system, "
concluded the speaker, which de-
grades Doth convi',ts and guards into
| brutes, is fundamentally wrong. All
good citizens must arise and correct
| it. Already there are more crimes
| committed against the criminals thar,
against the State
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
Continued From Page

wasn't any covering ou a.s back
when they did il, either
They say The prisoners food 81
good at these camps want 20 tell
YOU that when I was in charge Of the
county automobiles "a the county
comnissarv n 1911 that all the good
meat went 10 Tom Donaldson and
the county officials. and. an the rot
ten stuff went to the prisoners.
We used to have Gne time when
We went to ,ahe bath. They would
ii-rd about nifty Of us INTO a little
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
Brutality Laid to
Two More Captains.

Stories of fiendish tortures and of
being whipped with a leather strap
studded with copper rivets so that
the bones of his left hand were shat
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

b in khm dmnaere the pr rules h lived
o
o touLn Its
humane than whpp
no nmadan une thorough
dhb Theesn and ddi
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
" 10 Las1es Makes Floggng Farce Says Suspended Boss

o Re camp made
f Jogging in hcn npsf State
b. OF Foggng OLA areb
is ntre yihe 70 the mrdnd addsp
criminal who just augna uchawe ak punLnnen
f nyGuetyn Hanythng elaw
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-18
REPORT CONFIRMED
OF DROWNING OF
LOUIS MRRG0LIN

That Louis Margolin OF the u. s.
forestry service, who investigated and
made an elaborate report on euca.
lypts in Hawaii, was drowned last
June. as was feared in coast news
paper report repubIished in the Star.
Bulletin, is now confirmed. A letter
received by the editor of the Hawaiian
Forester and Agricultural today from
T d. Woodbury.. assistant district for.
ester in California, says in part: !.
Il regret very much to inform you
that Mr.. Marg0lin was drowned while
on trip on the Sierra national for
est last June. Please drop his name
from. your mailing list" -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-18
SOLDIER FAILS TO !: j..
SHOW .APPREC IARI0N; !.
SEEKS NEW BONDSMAN

. Nicholas Trillu, an enlisted man in
the S159th company of Coast Artillery,
stationed at Fort De Russy, will have
to secure a bondsman who will back
him up to the extent of $500 if he
would have his liberty until the day
he is tried in the federal court on a
statutory charge. .. ~
When Trillu was arrested recently.
Commissioner George s. Curry fixed
his bond at 500. Captain Edwin Car
penter of the 159th company being
the bondsman. This morning, in open
court, 1t was announced that letter.
had been received by the district at
torney's Office from Captain Carpenter,
asking that he be dismissed as bonds.
man. The reason he gave was that
Trillu did not appreciate what the
captain was doing for him. and had
twice been absent without leave. Cap.
tain Carpenter was summarily releas-
ed as bondsman, and Trillu was re.
manded to the custody of the mar
shall.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-18
JOSEPH A. GILMAN
MAKES OFFER TO PAVE
MAKAl. KALAKAUA AVE

At yesterdays meeting of the board
of county supervisors Joseph A. Gil.
man submitted an offer to pave the
makai side of Kalakaua avenue with
a Warrenite surface at rate of $i.S5
a square yard, to include the work
|cf excavatipg and rolling. This is the
lowest price yet made fer the Kala-
kaua avenue project on which tht su.
pervisors are still undetermined.
Doubt is voiced by the supervisors
as to the material which should be
used. and Petrie has suggested that a
caucus be held In the near future to
discuss the matter, but the date for
the caucus has not yet been set
Whether Warrenite, bitulithic, asphalt
or macadam would be best, is the
question that seems to be holding the
project in suspense. 1t is understood
sufficient funds are at hand to finish
the paving Of 1900 square yards in
Warrenite material at GiIman's fig
ures.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-18

! other day drawing design for a pine
apple-juice selling counter. He has
utilized an immense pineapple. to be
built of staff, as a center-piece. From
about the middle of this huge pine
are fancy faucets from which flow a
steady stream OF pineapple-juice. or
colored water, into receptacles below,
the same fluid being Immediately fore
ed upward and used over and over
again. =.
Around the pine is circular coun-
ter from which is served pineapple
juice and all soft drinks such as one
gets at soda water counter in drug
store. 1t strikes me that Hawaii. be-
ing the pineapple land" should have
one of these in Honolulu in a promi-
nent place. The suggestion might be
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-18
NEW TO-DAY
PROPOSALS.

Proposals will be received at the Blu
reau OF Supplies and Accounts, Navy
Department, Washington. d. c., until
10 o'clock a. m, October 20, 1914, and
publicly opened Immediately thereaf
ter, to furnish quantity OF electrical
supplies at the naval station, Pear
Harbor, Hawaii Applications for pro
posals should refer 20 Schedule 1880
Blanks VIII be furnished upon appli.
cation TO the navy pay Office. Honolu.
la, Hawaii. or to the Bureau. SAM
UFL MCGOWAN, Taymaster General,
Z. s., N. 9-2I4
5962-Sept. IL, %.