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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16

prison system, which has attracted
almost nationwide attention, and it
is that criticism, because true, that
! these two men at Raiford want to
see lifted.
This young boy said:
Having pleaded guilty to the
charge against me, | realize that
will be sentenced to prison. In doing
so, of course, your honor feels that
he is protecting society and at the
same time reforming me by punish
ment
81 want to say to the court, how
ever, that no such thing is possible
Your whole system of so-called JUS
tice reforms no one. Furthermore,
you do not protect society, because
we all come out of prison worse than
when we go in
Il am no first offender | have
probably had a hand in as much
crime as any boy in the country, yet
you would find if you had me examin-
ed that l am not criminal at heart
am just as moral as the average
boy.
why then. have l committed these
crimes? Why am | at eighteen fac
ing long term in a federal prison?
My answer is that the very institu.
tons of which this court is a part
have driven me to a life of crime
/ have spent all but two years of
my life since ] was nine years of age
in institutions, so-called reformatory
institutions.
Il would not be telling your honor
this story of mine if | had not had
an entirely new experience since
was put back here after breaking
away from the court house. That
experience has been the making OF
the first real friendship l ever had
with older people. one man and
there was such thing as friendship
in the world.
| am not foOling myself with the
idea that this statement will change
your sentence I am only trying to
tell you that nothing your institu-
lions can do will help me or society
have already had enough experience
with institutions to stand whatever
sentence you give me, but / don't
want to go to prison without max
ing this explanation and protest
against the whole idea of your So
called justice.
"When / come out these first real
friends of mine will be waiting to|
give me what your institutions have
robbed me of, and I want to say here
now that I have firmly made up my
mind when l come out to use my
own experience to help change the
system which has so far ruined my
life and the lives of thousands or
other boys. This is all I have to
say. am ready for my sentence
We repeat again that it is the
purpose of those two manly men at
Raiford, Messrs. Bitch and Brown,
to make just such criticisms as made
by that boy impossible.
That such criticisms are true is
black spot on our much boasted
civilization
NOTES
We omitted to mention that the
prisoners are given every Saturday
afternoon for rest, recreation and en-
joyment.
What delighted us most were the
more than two thousand little chicks.
We were told that scarcely a death
occurred amongst them a week. So
much for the one in charge of them
knowing how to handle them.
A very substantial shuck mattress
is manufactured at a cost of $2.25.
A cheap grade of excelsior mattress
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16

The following states nave abolished
capital punishment: Tennessee, Kan
sas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Ore
gon, North Dakota, Rhode Island.
South Dakota. Washington, Wiscon-
sin, and Missouri.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16

Sistrunk Of this
we were in the h
added very mucI
a visit which we
ure in our me1
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16

In the semi-annual appOrtionment
of the one mill tax Marion county gets
$7162.95.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16

Abraham Lincoln said: 81 have
never had a policy. I have simply
tried to do what seemed best each
day as each day came"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16
formerly cost the institution $3.50.


The home of the superintendent is
elegantly constructed and well fur
nished The table, with the excep-
ton of what is made from flour, is
supplied from the farm. Turkeys,
chickens, beef. mutton, pork and
hams, in the way of fowls and meats,
fresh milk and butter in abundance,
and all kinds of fruits and vegetables
in season.
The grounds are in keeping with
the building. In front is a beautiful
green lawn and in the rear most
attractive flower garden. The
grounds were laid out by a French
landscape gardener who was for a
time an inmate of the institution.
The two greenhouses are marvels of
rustic beauty.
The pecans border the farm roads
in all directions and when older will
add greatly TO the beauty of the
drives. Near the buildings a park
has been laid out and planted to
trees and shrubbery which. will add
to the farms attractiveness.
Under the old regime the meals
were eaten in siIence-not a word
was allowed to be spoken. Now a
general conversation may be enjoyed.
One, though not, in prison bonds,
may we'll appreciate the change.
va a Recommendation for the abol-
ishment of prison stripes, constant
reminder of degradation, will be sub
stituted for one more in harmony
with the changed conditions.
The opinion is general that cheap.
cruel. inhuman guards are respon-
sible for the fearfully unsavory rep
utation of our prison system. We
were surfeited with the most shock
ing stories inflicted by them upon
helpless prisoners
What excited our pity, perhaps,
more than anything else was the
sight of young boys, yet in their
teens, among the prisoners. Three
of these young boys we were told
were sentenced for stealing some
pears After stealing the pears they
found the sack somewhat heavy TO
carry so for the moment Appropri-
ated an automobile and as they were
returning the automobile to it's prop
er place, were caught by the police.
Again we are told that six-year-old
boy is at the reform school at Mari
anna-the little ones offense being
that he stole dollar from his mother.
Cruel and inhuman punishment
should be frowned down by pulpit
press and society.
The sheriff of Bradford county,
who for a number of years was more
or less connected with prison camps.
says that ten years in a turpentine
camp is long enough punishment for
any human being. If he were Judge
that would be the extreme limit for
all penal offenses.
Mrs. Bitch presides over the house,
hold with dignity and grace. She is
a sister of Mr. S. T. and Mr. Henry
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16

If the legislature does not give the
people a decent and practical primary
law it has failed in one of it's most
important urposes.-Lakeland Tele-
gram
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16
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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16

Entered as second class matter
the postoffice at Ocala. Fla, unde
Acts of Congress regulating secon
mail matter.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16

The soil is more productive than it
looksand the reason of it is because
1t hasa subsoil of clay and the yield
OF allkinds of crops is most excellent.
Ever, stump has been removed and
the pst improved machinery is EN-.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16

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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16

A young boy not yet twenty years
old was recently tried and convicted
in federal court in New Jersey and
when the presiding Judge asked him
if he had anything to say why judg.
ment should not be pronounced
against him he arose in his place
and made criticism of our whole
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-16

Wa Va Recommendation for the abol-
ishment of prison stripes, constant
reminder of degradation, will be sub
stituted for one more in harmony
with the changed conditions.
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18

This evoked a protest from the MexI-
can Embassy to the State Department
DId Speaker Gillett thereupon apollo
glze, or declare he was misquoted, as
some OF our Democratic officials have
50 often done lie did not. He stood
Dy ms guns. 81 appreciated that what
sand would offend him." said Speak
er Giliett, but it seemed to me that
even at that risk the suggestion /
made ought to go before the confer
ence. 1 thought it would be preposter-
Gus IN a discussion of the commercial
conditions on this continent to have no
allusion made to Mexico, whose per
sistent failure to observe her interna-
tIonal Obligations and protect foreign
ers engaged IN commerce has been no
torious and is the most fragrant OBJ
growth in our hemisphere" We can
imagine Secretary Baker trying to
crawfish out OF statement such as
this credited to him, if he ever had
the courage to say it, for fear it might
give offense to my dear friend" Car
rama. Gillett told the truth. 1t was
the truth that hurt. If these truths
are not to the liking of the Mexican
Ambassador the thing for him to do is
to work for sanity in government in
Mexico. If he and his party do not
soon do this it may be that the United
States, regardless of the league of ma
tions, may find that it has a manda-
tory in its own back yard, and decide
to exercise it.
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18
Put Men On The Job.

Immediately following the bombing
-outrages, Government officials an
nounced that there is need of better
immigration laws. That is the usual
plea of administrative officers who fail
in their duty. As a matter of fact,
there were laws prior to 1917 adequate
for the exclusion of anarchists. In
1917 Congress passed an even more
stringent law giving the administration
all the power it could ask or that
could be conferred upon it to exclude
or deport anarchists or men associat-
ed with anarchistic organizations OF
who assault or encourage Others to as
sault officers of the law, etc. So far
as handling the lawless is concerned,
the immigration laws are as good now
as they can be made. All that is ncces-
sary is to throw out a lot of pacifist
incumbents of executive offices and put
in their places men with iron in their
blood who will wage war upon the en-
emies Of the United States.
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18
Remarkable Record of the Banks

While railroad forces have increas-
ed and they are burden on the tax
payers under government operation,
banking has paid heavier taxes, rem
dered greater service and has not in
creased fees.
Banking rates of interest have been
lowered during the war period, and the
volume of community work has doubl-
ed anel trebled, for nearly every bank
becaus headquarters for war drives.
of course, no one thinks of a bank
as bel ng conducted except on strict
busine SIS lines, and no one stops to
give a bank any particular credit for
anythit ,g it does for the individual OF
the cor annuity.
But rassured of healthy banking con-
ditions, and an abundance of money
and ere dit to meet all natural and leg
itinlate, requirements, industrial en-
terprisc. throughout our country car
proceed with confidence and security
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18
CT IARLES NJ. PIPklN,
Market Correspondent.
USF.LE ESS ITO BUILD
ROADS WITHOUT PROPER
MAINTENANCE
Grayeled loads in Colorado Suffer
More From Blowing Than
Anything Else.

"Experie1 ce has shown that in Colo
RADIO IL is ne cessary to fight the dam
age done bv rain or water" says Prof.
f r House of the Colorado Agricu
tural ColTeg, True it is that there
are many places where the under
drainage Of the road must be care
fully ,,side red, but in practically
all of trbe tate, the roads are ex-
posed 70 the winds, and there is more
damooa from blowing out than there
is from ruth 3g due to rains
"If IN or, i, one mistake that our
road bui Ide.. re making, it is that
they allc ~, tho road-building cam
paign to ,.,,,,,J out the road-mainte-
nance ca n,noigr Consequently in a
few vea1 g tho -, avel-serfaced roads
become u,ite rous h, with manychuck
holes nm Il v,.yas /, } annoy the parties
riding oy ,er them Whenever you pass
over r, ,ad of this kind. and the auto
iumps N ,d bucl,s re member that it is
the attel npt of the r, 'ad 10 convey u
YOU this ide, I,cl = f Maintenance!
Every ime you go up, thihK lack o.
mainten ancev Every me you CONF
down s. ay lack of mair tenance!
Mar ltenance cost mon ey' ana som'
Lave rgued, let US buile ROAD ina
will no have +o me p,,irt lined' Thi.
lis imp ossiSle, for rs the (, GLOW sad
There amt no such animal Every
road m ust be maintained"
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18

ideas from the soapbox. Neither OF
them is a taxpayer.
The great middle class, who have
homes and pay taxes, who read and
think for themselves, who earn their
living by labor or carry on business
by their own initiative do not accept
the doctrines of Bolshevism.
The son of college professor at
Boston, who is master of five langu-
ages has been arrested for Bolshevlsm
and for the use of language which
consigned the American flag to the hot
place.
He graduated from Harvard at 10
and now he is twenty-one years Old
and a full-fledged Bolshevik.
Chances are he would not know a
pick-axe or a crow-bar if he met them
on the street, and could not distinguish
the difference between u trowel and
a dornick.
He is horrible example of the kind
of "workmen" who do all their labor
ing with their mouths and who absorb
fantastic notions about labor.
People have been known to recover
from this by going out into the open
and doing some real work.
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18
Kan sas City Stock Market.

June 16 Hogs today were 10 to 20
cents h igh cr than Friday, and the ad-
vance c arr led the extreme top which
was 81 l.1l into a new high position
for the year. The full advance was
not mai ntained and the bulk Of the
offerings sold at S2O.5O. Cattle prices
were str ong to 15 cents higher, ex-
tremes az much as % cents up on year
lings. s. Seep were strong to 20 cents
higher. " 18th trade active.
Cattle receipts today were 10000,
or 900 /, 49, than = week ago, and 81
600 less ban year ago. Hog re-
ceipts wer, n 10000, showing a decrease
of 1000, compared with week ago
and an in crease Of 1000 with year
ago; shee receipts, $500, were about
1000 less than week ago, and
year ago. Comparatively few long
haul catt lie 2gere here, and most oi
the sheel cal ne from Texas and near
by state. 5.
CT IARLES NJ. PIPklN,
49,. ro.rocpoudent
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18
Any In The Army?

Strange things are being uncover
ed by the Republicans in their reorgan-
ization of the House of Representa-
tives. A Texas Democrat possessed
Of four sons was found to have three
Of them in the Government service,
one page on the floor of the House.
another acting as his secretary but
drawing salary from the Treasury, and
third on the clerical force of the Post
Office Department. The sum drawn
from the public Treasury by this en-
terprising family was a very substan-
tial one, but the Republicans will see
to 1t that Il drastic reduction is made
at once.
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18
Spend Faster Than Receive

Receipts from income taxes, from
customs, from internal revenue, from
sales of victory bonds, have all been
spent before the money came to the
federal treasury. And yet the admin
istration seeks no opportunity to econ
omize. Expenses have been cut only
where continuance of the expenditures
would probably have resulted in i'm
peaehment. The administration could
hardly be kicked into preparation for
war, and now it can hardly be kicked
into discontinuance Of war expendi-
lures.
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18
WORD FROM WASHINGTON
Plenary Powers.


Washington, June 17-(Special Cor
respondence) )-Senator Lodge, the new
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, has introduced a resolu-
ton authorizing his committee to hold
hearings ''in connection with any sub
ject which may come before. said COM
mittee, to send for persons,
books, and papers, to administer oaths,
etc" The resolution is in the routine
form presented by the chairman of
most committees, but the grant of
these powers to the Foreign Relations
Committee has a special significance.
1t means that, if the Republican ma
jority of that committee choose to do
30, they can probe without limitation
ence, and ascertain facts that have
been withheld from the American peo-
Pile ever since the conference eonven-
ed. Mysteries hitherto unexplained in
connection with the treaty and the
league may be cleaned up, and the
people informed of the terms of the
various trades and barters that have
been made. Senator Lodge has not
indicated what course of action he pro-
poses to pursue, but he is wise in Sc
curing a blanket authorization thus
early in the session.
A Hearing for Erin.
Unexpected unanimity was met by
Senator Borah when he brought up
his resolution asking fair play for Ire
land at the hands of the peace con-
ference. The resolution reads as fol-
lows: That the Senate of the United
States earnestly requests the Ameri-
can peace commission at Versailles to
endeavor to secure for Edward DE Val
era, Arthur Griffiths, ard Count
George Noble Plunkett a hearing be-
fore said peace conference in order
that they may present the cause OF
Ireland" Upon yea and nay vote
being demanded by Senator Borah, 60
Senators favored the resolution, and
but one, Democrat, recorded himself
against it. Quite likely the request of
the Senate will receive scant considera-
tion at the hands of the President, but
Mr.. Borah conceives it to be precisely
in line with Mr.. Wilson's repeated de-
claration of "self-determination. 1t
is understood that Senators who would
have opposed the resolution a year or
two ago on the ground that it was
meddling in the affairs of England,
support it now for the reason that Eng
land, as well as other countries, has
united in an attempt to take from US,
through the league of nations, exclu3-
i've rights to the Monroe Doctrine.
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18

In a speech before the Pan-American
Commercial Congress, Hon. Frederick
Gillett. Republican Speaker of the
House, asserted that Mexico was the
greatest impediment in the Western
Hemisphere to international trade
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18

In the industrial world today all
signs are good signs. Since the social
istie administration has been checked
by election of a Republican Congress.
there is nothing to prevent enjoyment
of long period Of peace and prosper
ity.
The Lamar register., 1919-06-18
Parlor Bolshevism.

Dangers Of revolution in our country
emanate from two sourees-the over
educated college theorist and the und-
er-educated toiler who takes all his
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-22
MONTPELIER
City Council Considering Cutting Down
Expenditures to Permit Street Work.

A special meeting Of Montpelier city
council took place Thursday evening. 1t
was called for the purpose of deciding
whether the appropriations in some of
the departments should be reduced in or
der that the work that has been started
on State street shall be completed The
finance committee, which was asked at
the last regular meeting to see what
could be done along similar lines, had no
report ready, so it was the sense Of the
council that the committee bring the ae-
counts up to date and that they report
at the next meeting as to what can be
done The street committee has started
a good piece of work on lower State
street and wants to complete it, and the
street ia so rough that it apparently
needs the work.
The council put into effect an ordi-
nance directing that all vehicles left
standing with Is feet of hydrant shall
be moved. This is done as result of the
fire department being unable recently to
get TO hydrant that was blocked by
automobiles, The matter of part of the
police force being allowed to 20 to the
state fair, with pay, was left to the
police committee, with power TO act. The
matter of allowing the American legion
to have the use of the memorial room
was left to the property committee.
Belle L. Richardson in probate court
has been appointed administrative of the
estate of Piummer Richardson, late of
Worcester Della Beard of Barre Town
has been appointed guardian of Benja-
min and 0lin Bedard, minors, in Barre
Town.
DR.. C. H, Burr has organized the health
boards in Waitsfeld and Warren. He
also this week completed the organiza-
ton of the boards in Williamstown and
Broolcfield, and is meeting with good CO.
operation in the towns in his district, the
general opinion being expressed to him
that an improved health regulation will
be effective.
The chairman of committees who will
look after the local arrangements of
the teachers convention III October, will
hold another meeting Monday evening
Amos Lanier and family of Worces-
ter, Mass, are visiting relatives in the
city. Amos Lanier, ST., who has been i'll
for some weeks is not gaining very fast
The condition of Leo Matthew, who