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The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Many prisoners ought not to be in prison at
all If they were given fair chance in the world
outside, they would behave themselves and be good
Citizens. We could prevent crime and save the
State expense by establishing conditions that would
enable them to get the chance. Many prisoners are
insane not morally insane alone but insane as the
word is commonly used. Instead of being in prison
they ought to be in ssylums. Many are mentally
and morally weak. They ought to be treated as
sick people. We must have moral doctors for the
body. They would be expensive, but not nearly so
expensive as the representatives of the present sys-
tem who, with a few exceptions, are helping to
keep back the needed changes and are doing an
inealculable amount of harm.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

We speak as if the laws were made to keep
society in good behavior. But behavior they reach
only in part. Most of our behavior is not in any
way affected by the laws. And yet our transgres-
sions may be serious, and may impair the welfare
and the happiness of good many people. Those
of US who keep out of jail are, rule fortunate
in not having the particular kind of weakness re-
garded as anti-social and associated with legal
punishment This consideration alone ought to
make us see the Importance of dealing with prison
ers not as aliens not as outcasts but as sharers of
our common weaknesses. use every man after
his deserts" says Hamlet, "and who should 'scape
whpping?"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
REUNTTE MOTHER AND GIRL.
Adopted Parents Give Up 17-Year-
Old, Sought IL Years.

Ashtabula, Ohio, Dec 6.-To live with
her mother, whom she has not seen in
eleven years. Elizabeth Wallace, seven
teen, adopted daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Wilder. OF Jefferson. left here in COM
pany with her stepfather, William II.
S7eicher. for Stoyestown. Pa. When
she was five years old Ellzabeth's father
died and her mother, who was i'll. had
to put the child in a home in Alliance,
Ohio. When she regained her health the
child had been adopted. but she was
nver able to find by whom.
When she became older the girl longed
for her mother and wrote hundreds OF
letters to all parts OF the State in search
of her. Her mother finally located her
In jefferson High School and Mr.. Wilder.
her second husband. came for hsr,
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
Protest from n Reader.

Editor of The Washington Herald:
write to protest very strongly against the
insertion in The Washington Herald of
December 2 OF that piece entitled, The
Invisible Presence" by John d. Barry.
Its irreverence when speaking of the holy
name OF God gave me a perfect shock.
! wished I could put II from my mind.
l was really afraid to see the holy name
spoken OF the way 1t was. The Lord
will not hold him guiltless who uses His
holy name SO very irreverently.
A SUBSCRIBER.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

The people have begun to pay, with more cheer
funess than might have been expected, special
tax that its orignators sought justify upon the
theory that the European war had practically de-
stroyed our commerce and industry 1t is not
altogether reasonable to expect that they will con-
tinuc to pay as cheerfully if a large proportion of
the revenue from this special tax is spent in the
purchase of ships to carry on the commerce that
the war wiped out.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

of the Interstate Commerce Commission, very re-
spectfully what excuse they can now have for
denying to the railroad companies the per cent
increase in freight rates that was asked tor, and
what reason for stll suggesting to these companies
that in place Of this increased charge, they try to
get something which the Supreme Court of the
United States and the different State railway COM
missions have said they shall not have.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
Aakinr Too Much.

Vicar-You know, Thomas. you set the
younger men OF the parish a bad ex-
ample by going into public houses on
Sunday. Why don't you take your
gallon Of beer home on Saturday night?
Thomas-Ah, sir: couldna gang Z
sleep wi a gallon O. beer in the hOose.-
London Tattler.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

England's postmaster general has rejected the
suggestion of the sufragettes that women be en-
ployed to take the places OF the letter carriers who
have gone to the front. When the time comes that
woman may be trusted with sacks of letters and
depended upon to deliver them promptly her sphere
will be boundless.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
BENEDICT, 50, CHANGES MIND.
After Two suits and Divorce He
RewedS Third Wife.

JefIersonville. Ind, Dec. 6.-Robert z.
Jones, Of HsnryviIle. who will be seventy
years old next spring. was married June
20. 1872. in this city to his third wife.
who was Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman. of New
Albany. twenty years his Junior. He IS
her second husband. He sued for divorce
February =, 1914; on April . he dismissed
the suit: August IS he started another
suit, and October Il. 1914. a divorce was
granted. They have now been remarked.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Buy cotton sack full of -four and send it to
the Belgians, thus providing them with both food
and clothing and accelerating consumption of our
cotton crop. This idea credited to the millers of
the Northwest is illustrative of the American way
of doing things and makes popular appeal. Very
little effort would be necessary to give it an
ment.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
sRoT A COON! HERE'S ALIBI.
Two men Fired at 1t All Right,
but 1t Was Crows Nest,

but 1t Was Crows Nest.
Ashtabula. Ohio. Dec. 6.-Hale Britton.
OF Richmond Center. started down his
pasture a few nights ago. when his dog
struck a coon trail and soon landed the
coon up a tree.
Britton went to the house for a shot
gun and when he returned he could ju st
see the coon high up In the top Of the
tree. He shot at the animal several
times, then decided the shotgun was too
short ranged to reach him. After telling
his dog to keep a close watch. Britton
went over to D. Tinkham's house and
the two returned with Tinkhan's rife
From then on until 1 o'clock they took
turns firing at the coon.
Finally they built a fire and waited
until daylight. Then they learned the
coon they had been shooting at all night
was a crows nest.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
A HoId-up.

Parson Johnson-De contribution dis
morning will be fo' de purpose OBJ max
ing up de deficit in yo' pastors salary!
De choir will now sing and will continue
to sing until de full amount am col
lected Puck
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
A Foreign Tongue.

Mrs. Frost-We have a French wait
ress, and SO we always speak French TO
each other at our meals
Mrs. SnowAWhy so?
Mrs. Frost-Well, We don't want her
to know what we're talking about, do
we.-LIife.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
Also the Medicine Venus.

Farmer Hawbuck (visiting art mu-
seum)-It this the stactery room?
Attendant-It is, sir. Anything special
you'd like me to show you?
Farmer Hawbuck-Yas. my datter told
me t be shore an see the Apoller with
the bevelled ear.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
A Line o Cheer Each Day o
the Year.
By JUHN hENDHICh bANHS'
REMEMBERED SONGS.

Copyright, 1910, by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate
The winds may roar
Outside my door,
And sob and sough
At the rebuf
The sturdy panels give them.
But as for me
Right joyously
Amid the din
! sit within.
And as days come / live them.
No roaring blast upon the wing
Can quell q heart that's echoing
TO songs Of summer and Of 6prinG.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
Quite Different.

Friend-Tve noticed Cults the tailor,
going up to your studio every day for a
week. Is he sitting for you?
Artist-No, he's laying for me.-Boston
Transcript.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

The Mann white slave" law is one piece of leg
slation that seems to be accomplishing great dea
more than was intended.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
Scents Mileage.

A little-navy pork barI Congressman probably
figures that if hostile feet should sail I'D the
Potomac he would draw the regular mileage rates
on his hasty retreat frO'~ inStnn-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Prisoners then come from comparatively small
class of offenders The more one studies them the
more plain it is that, in some way, they asso-
ciated with poverty and the things that go with
poverty For example, in prisons there are few
college graduates. Does this circumstance show
college education tends to keep men from being
offenders against the law? l believe it does not.
AS the revelations of graft in high places during
the past few years have proven, some of the worst
offenders against society belong among the highly
cultivated. However, the advantages that go with
college education, the possession of good clothes,
of fresh collars, of friends, tend to keep men out
of prison.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Announcement comes from San Francisco that
Great Britain France, Germany, Turkey, and
Japan will all have important exhibits at the Pan
Exposition. The superintendent of the neu-
trality department has not yet been selected.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Investigation of the estate of prominent New
Yorker who died a year ago discloses that he left
1881 shares of stock in worthless concerns
Further proof that the Gotham promoters never
overlook the home market.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Thousands of Japanese are leaving Havana for
home to join the coors, presumably for service in
Egypt and India Some people in this country
may be able to get a. little much needed
sleep.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Members of the House of Representatives are
planning to make about the foot-and-mouth
disease, while some people saying that half the
trouble started right there
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Consolng thought for the day: It's only three
months to March 4 But then lot of extra session
talk may spoil it.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Now peace advocate blames the teachers Of
history for the in Europe, and it is thus
widely distributed perhaps we had better let it
go at that
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

men holding public Office that looks like list of
guests at one of those celebrated dollar dinners.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

truth is that we all offenders If we were sub
jected to the severity of judgment experienced by
most prisoners we should be exceedingly uncom-
Portable.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

If you and l should break the law and get
caught, what would happen? Should we be rail-
roaded to prison? By no means. All the influences
we could command, all the perquisities we enjoyed,
would rush to aid They would probably keep
from being prosecuted. If they did not they
would make powerful appeal to the judge for
mercy. The chances are that we should get off.
This situation prison reformers have in mind when
they say that the greatest of all crimes punished
by the State is the crime of being poor If we stop
to consider the meaning of prison realize how
fortunate we are you and l, in living far from the
prison zone. If we lived in the slums the prison
zone would surround US.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
Prisons.
BY JOHN d. BARRY.

u EFORE we can approach
- anything like a solution
of the problems associated with
prisons, we must look at them
in a spirit of candor and hu-
mility. 1t is not our business
to take the superior point of
view and to pass judgment on
our fellow-beings. AS judges
we are failures. Justice is al
together too complicated a
matter for our understanding
and measuring. The best we
can do is to show mercy. The
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Though there may not be an ideal prison sys-
tem there is certainly something better than the
system now in operation. Here and there we can
find clues. They are provided by those writers who
have pointed out the Importance of mstng prisons,
not as different from society as possible, but as
close to society as may be consistent with public
safety. And they are also provided by those
humane workers who accept prisoners their
fellow creatures and try to help prisoners they
would help members of their own families One
woman of this kind who has given to the prisoners
years of voluntary service says: Il don't about
what is called the evil in men, and don't care
what it makes them do l only care for what is
good in them, and know that the evil is small in
comparison with the good. All 1 want to do is
to give the good chance to develop. Then the
evil will slough off by itself. 1t will disappear
exactly as disease does with the fourishing of
health"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
Only Too Evident.

-Four Years Gn Sunday school)-we've
got a new baby at our house.
Rector mot recognizing him)-And who
are you, my little man?
Four Years-Tm the old one.-IIfe
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
Morning Smiles.
War Methods of the God.

Knicker-Whom the gods would destroy
they first make mad.
Henpeck-Much you know about it:
they first make their wives mad.-New
York Sun
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Why do we speak correctly, and why do we
behave correctly? Is it because such won
derfu, superior people? We know that it is not
1t is because we have breathed in our correctness
We have been shaped, the psychologists say
by our environment If we had been born and
brought up in the slums should speak diff
ferenty, and we should act differently. Our think
ing would be different We should be different
people.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

If we could look behind the causes of crime
we should find them so complicated that we should
marvel at our effort to pass accurate judgment and
to impose sentence of definite length and severity
And if we could look into prisons we should see
that instead of Strengthening men for their return
to society, we were making them weaker. More
over if we could look into the minds of prisoners
with eyes sharper than physical eyes, we
should see that their mental machinery often
broken or twisted.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

The Minister OF Switzerland. DR.. Paul
Ritter. is in New York in anticipation
Of the arrival OF Mime. Ritter and her
youngest child, who are due today on
board the Kroonland.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Nine Dumba, wife OF the AmbassadoP
OF Austria will go TO New York
today and join the Ambassador. DR.. Con-
stantin TheOdOr Dumba, for a stay Of
some duration.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Miss Mildred Dennis, who has been a
guest Of Rear Admiral Richardson Clover,
L. s. N, retired, and Mrs. Clover, haS
to New York
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Countess Won Bernstorff. wife Of the
Ambassador of Germany, who Is in New
York, will not return to the Embassy at
Washington this season.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Mrs. Leigh c. Palmer will 20 to New
York tomorrow to join Lieut.. Commander
Palmer, L. S. "
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

The Italian Ambassador and Countess
de Cellere returned to Washington last
night from New York. where they at
tended the most successful ball for the
benefit Of the Italian Hospital They
stopped at the Waldorf during their few
days stay in New York. and were lavish
ly feted and entertained
The wedding of Miss Julia ]. Calhoun,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs John c. CAL
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-09
Agricultural Short Course and
Profitable Diversified Farming
Pres Andrew NJ Soule Georgia State College of Agriculture

1t is all important that if you are
going to raise other crops than cotton
that you know what to raise and how
to raise it. You cannot afford to
learn by costly experience. You can
pick up valuable information here and
there. and you will pick up some that
is good and some harmful without
knowing which is good and which is
bad till you have tried it.
Reliable and workable information
Is the sort which a College of Agri,
culture offers, because such informa.
ton has been thoroughly tested and
compared with experiences from all
the world. The business of such an
institution In teaching farmers Is to
teach them right, to offer the truth
that has been determined by painstak
ing testing, perhaps for years, with ev.
cry element Of error or doubt removed
as far as it is possible to remove it.
For these reasons the progressive
farmers have come to value agricul.
tural colleges highly and to make use
Of the short courses.
In Georgia a crisis Is faced. 1t
will be Improbable to raise the usual
amount of cotton next year. Misfor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-09

tune has already fallen upon the cot
ton crop of the past season. The farm
er must extricate himself from his
difficulties by keeping his acres at
work for him, growing some other
crop. What it will be, what is best
adapted to his soil, to his market, to
his farm program, should be ascertain
ed, and then the cotton farmer should
set about growing these crops by ap-
proved methods, with economic ma
chinery and with scientifically cor.
rect rotation.
The Georgia State College Of Agri,
culture cannot carry the desired In
formation to the farmer half so eff
fectively in any way than by means
of the short course of ten days that
it offers to farmers at the beginning
of each new year. The facilities for
instruction, the object lessons and IL
Illustrations of the College laboratories
and the farm, are of greatest value
In imparting information along the
various lines that farmers Of Georgia
are now seeking.
Any one can come. An admission
fee of only 81 is charged. The ten
days spent at the College will make
broader men and better farmers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-09
SUDAN GRASS IN GEORGIA
John r. Fain, Professor Of Aeronomy
Georgia State College of Ayr.

Experiments have been conducted at
the College plats which show that SUI
dan grass promises to be very use
full hay producing crop for the state.
The experiments were primarily to de-
termine the best time to seed Sudan
grass. Apparently March or April is
the best time to SOW, but during 1914
the spring was very dry and fair
test cannot be said to have been made
of what the yield would be when
planted at that time. The largest in
dividual cutting was obtained from
seed sown in July. The earlier sown,
however, gave as many as three cut
tings and, of course, a greater total
production.
Sudan grass has the appearance of
Johnson grass without any of its dis
advantages. 1t is not pest, but will
produce quite as we'll as Johnson
grass and makes an excellent hay.
On account of the sudden widespread
popularity of Sudan grass and the linn
tied amount of seed, the price of seed
is very high. The high price has
tempted unprincipled persons to mix
with it Johnson grass seed and sell
as Sudan grass seed. Such Seed of
course, would aff1ict farm with a
pest. Care should, therefore, be taken
to get Sudan seed only from reliable
dealers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-09
STARTING GARDEN PLANTS
T. II. Mediation, Professor of Hortlcul-
ture, Georgia State Col. of Ayr.

Every farmer should produce plants
for setting his home garden, such as
tomatoes, peppers, egg plants, ETC., for
which 6x12 hot bed IS inches deep
will be sufficient. At the bottom put
about four inches of brick bats, or
chunks of wood, to create drainage.
Then put on three layers Of ferment,
ing, fresh horse manure, each layer
being about four inches thick and
we'll tramped down before the next
is put on. On top of the manure put
about five inches Of garden loan.
The temperature will go above 100
degrees. When it falls toSabout 80 or
So, which will be in about four days
or week, plant the seed. When the
first true leaves appear, transplant
the young plants about two or three
sures better root development.
For south Georgia seed should be
sown about January Is, for middle
Georgia February lis, for north Geor-
gia about March l.
The plants should not go into the
night with wet foliage, nor should
any day pass that the plants are not
allowed to have fresh air, bearing in
mind that the temperature should not
be lowered appreciably.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-09
Cant Keep Ladies From Loving
Me- Actors Reply to Wife's Suit

have loved him, but as for his loving
her, why how absurd! He had no
time for loving, and further, scores of
women sought his attentions, but he
brushed them all aside and gave them
the icy stare.
1t was just like this with Jane and
the others, he says, in answering Mrs.
Santrey:
Il admit Jeanette Sherwood and
other women have expressed affection
for me, both verbally and in writing,
but this is an incident to which most
actors upon the public stage are sub
jected, and notwithstanding this, your
deponent has never been guilty of any
misconduct with the women he has
met"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-09
Especial to Times-Recorder.)

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Henry Santrey
an actor, says he just can't keep wo-
men from loving him. Santrey is mar
ried, but not happily, to Olga Santrey,
an actress. Happiness might have
been theirs, says Mrs. Santrey in suit
for separation, but along came Jane
Jeanette Sherwood and away went
Henry's affections. Mrs. Santrey says
she could hardly believe her husband
had fallen in love with Miss Sherwood,
but alleges convincing proof of their
infactuation came when she discover
ed letters written by James to Henry.
And such affectionate letters they
were.
Henry says Miss Sherwood -.Iay
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1. 0. 0. F.

/. 0. 0. F.
Meets every Tuesday night at e:O'
o'clock. K. of P. Hall. Visitors
avs welcome. w. ]. BROOKS,
s. H. EDGE, Noble GRAM
Secretary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-09
RUNAWAY LINOTYPE

grouchheaer Of The Constu-
ton quotes the following Cimmaron Jacksonian
neptude which is derived from
chaotic mscaneousness
incident to the occptal which inevitable
We do not call attention
linotype keep
up with the wilde -ifo occasion offers
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-09

31S Lawton st.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-09
THE END OF THE WORLD

OF late prophets this old world
must be drawing agree Kansas City Star:
kings John Sobesk
believes but hundreds of
plain epople"
ALL The of this world which
have pleasant coming thousands
down into the
nit singing God King Kaiser" God the
power shout into the of all the rulers
the
the jewels in the
would place fresh red
of fromh his
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-09
RELIGION AND WAR
The (Tuscaloosa, Ala Times-Gazette..

The Tuscaloosa, Gazette.
great many the papers commenting
great religious the This
nation brought face to face with things that
naturally guidance and
thousands of leave their homes and go to
that they know DEATH they be-
the time that they
kne they
lisp.
It time for thought poor
and listen to the
tell but that shell will
vhistng they eternity
mothers home They
are lying praying good
this condition enough to to
nothing could produced? AS
number of them
OF
stalk their loved it is then that they realize for the first time
heplessness
all mankind live holy lives wihoct being brought
awakening family calamity be
prepared
come"
is nothing
of usually
clothes
suffering Begians
charity sending there relief while
country and state going hungry.
-
different
reports every
president
Perhaps ALL may
a college.
you your yet?
Have you helped Empty Stocking Fund?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-09

Send me Fifteen Cents and l will
send you by Parcel Post loaf of my
FAMOUS BOSTON BROWN BREAD
You never did taste any so good.
Mrs. l.. T. BeauVaiS.
31S Lawton st. Atlanta, Ga.
The Holbrook news., 1914-03-27

Population in 19lO-14, ,6O3. County seat: Holbrook Population 191O-62O.