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The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-19
BRISTOL.

We have had some very pleasant weather for the past few days.
 Health is not very good here at eresent.
 We intend starting the winter term of school here October "A, two weeks earlier than the school was to Utart.
 Rev. H. D. Fowler of Mt. Nebo, filled his appointment here Sunday at II o'clock. This church has call cd Rev. Fowler as pastor for the ooming year. The church also elect cd as messengers to the convention at Mt. Vernon next Thursday, J. c. Garrison, H. E. H. Fowlkes and Mrs. Ann Goodsell; alternates, Mrs. F. L. Kelley, Miss Dora Jennings and Jasper Garrison.
 We will meet here next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock and organize Sunday School. Let every body come sae and take a hand in the Sunday 6dhool.
 Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sowell of Mt fabar, visited here Sunday.
 W. A. Bryant of Oak Grove has moved his sorghum mill to J. c. Garrison's and is making molasses.
 R. E. Henry and w. F. Wood at xended the county meeting of the E F.. & c. U. of A. at Vilonia last Thursday and Friday.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-19
SHADY GROVE.

Mis- Erie Nichols entertained her many friends with a singing last Sunday night.
 MT. and Mrs. E. T. Herring and MT. and Mrs. L. E. Holloway have moved into our vicinity. MT. and Mrs. Holloway have recently moved from Texas.
 Misses Hector and Velma Mckay entertained the young people Satur- day night at their home.
 George Waters and Arlin Hankins, who have been working at England have returned home.
 MT. and Mrs. J. M. Mckay spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Hargrove of Kendall
 Miss Francis Pollard is said to be the champion cotton picker of this
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-19
NORMAL EXTENSION WORK GROWS FAST

With 53 additional students enroll ed since October l, the extension de- partment of the Arkansas State Nor mai School, under the direction of Col. H. l.. McAlister is doubtless mak- ing the most rapid growth of any edu- cational institution in the state. This department, which was opened just two years ago, has enrolled a total of sos students, of whom 33O are actual ly at work on courses today and a large amjority of the remainder have completed their courses and received their certificates.
 The extension department gives courses by correspondence, which are handled by members of the Normal faculty in their regular departments, and is the means of assisting many young men and women of the state to increase their proficiency as teach CTS. Its growth this year is con- sidered little sort of phenomenal. Established in October, 1919, it en- rolled during the first six months only 15 students and during the first year only 103. Including seven new students listed today, there have been enrolled during the second year of the department exactly 800 or prac- tically five times the number enrolled the first year.
 MT. and Mrs. C. A. Ritter and Mrs Sam Donnell are visitors in Conway today, making the trip from Lit..'" Rock by automobile
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-19

Legal Blanks for sale ar this office
The New York herald., 1921-01-30
Most Prisons All Wrong, Says Chisolm

have been dismissed by the inefficient places
of correction.
Two things can be done, as 1 see it. We
can reform the man while he is in prison
and show him how to live without breaking
laws, for one And for the other, we can
take care of him afterward so that he need
not be forced back into his troubling pur-
suits.
Prisons as the majority of them are built
and conducted at the present time are bad,
because the chief thing they can do is to
make the men hate society and to have a
crouch generally. The old cell blocks such
as they have in Sing Sing should be dyna-
mited. They are medieval and would be
logical only II men were never to be released
from prison Men in prison should be taught
to make a living. They should earn their
living while in prison. They should be
Taught to take care of themselves. And their
self-respect should be increased until it is
big enough to fill them with hope. Present
systems fill them with despair. Let us have
cottage systems. Let us have adequate
parole systems Then prisons will make
instead of breaking men,"
Mr.. Chisolm ranks saltwater Prison, Min
nesota, as the best in the United States.
Sing Sing, in New York with its odtime
equipment, its unsantary cells and its lack
of industrial programme, he ranks among
the distinctly bad penal institutions. 1T has
been planned to rebuild Sing Sing, however.
This is distinctly encouraging. But hear
that 100000 has been appropriated to build
a death house in the middle of the yard of
Sing Sing" said he. "That is an ancient.
horrible and wasteful idea.
let them use this $4,000 to maintain a
housing plant for ex-prisoners while they
are trying to get on their feet again. Bad
as prisons are. they accomplish one thing,
certainly They make about S5 per cent. Of
the men who leave them vow that they will
The New York herald., 1921-01-30

supplies the line which Father Cashin leavoG
out; that for twenty years, to go no further
back than that, Sing Sing has been the
same old place it was long before that and
remains to-day.
Twenty years ago." he said, there were
1,209 prisoners here and ten years ago there
were 1,722. Since that time. however, a
block of 800 cells has been demolished and
we no longer double two men to cell.
80 the population now averages about
LOO, but frequent transfers to other prisons
are necessary to keep the census at this
point. 1t cost $420, ,703.63 to operate Sing
Sing for the fiscal year ended on June 30 of
last year, which amounts to S104 a day per
inmate. His food averaged a little more than
29 cents a day and his clothing not quite
nine and a half cents The net sales from
the industries, which employed about 300
men, amounted to $494321.S1.
Now, although a total of LOSS prisoners
have been received and kept here during the
last year. 2,643 different prisoners were
handled during the year, counting in those
who were transferred to Auburn, Clinton
and Great Meadow prisons. The majority
of men detained in the State prisons are
employed at farming, in the construction of
new buildings, in the laying of water and
pipe lines and at concrete work and in lay
ing cement roads and at other work con-
nected with the general uplSeep of the in
stitutions
Are prisoners generally as vicious or tur-
brlent as they used to be? That is not a
The New York herald., 1921-01-30

"The intelligent mother who shoulders her
civic RESPONSIBILITIES seriously is influencing
her daughters. And the schools are assisting
in this kind of educational work. Citizenship
Is in the air 1t is discussed everywhere, and
the girls mind is naturally being developed
on these new lines. The foundation that
mothers and older women are laying now Is
bound to build up a splendid generation Of
good citizens
''The girls of to-day may be qualified to
hold political office In the future. Politics
and Government managemenS will be to
them then what 1t Is to the intelligent man
now. He has grown up in its atmosphere.
In that he Is years ahead of us. But we
will catch up with him.
There is always some hysteria in any
movement, and there have been hysterical
women in politics. The great mass is not
to.be judged, however. by the few hysterical
members. They become conspicuous in the
public mind, which sometimes fails to recog-
nize the ranks of solid women working and
studying industriously."
Women should train for citizenship, not
for politics, is Mrs. Robinson's belief. 1t is
important that all women should be good
citizens. but 1t is not necessary that they
should all be in politics. Politics is a spe-
cial calling.
1t was on this principle that Mrs. Robin
son opposed the candidacy of a woman for
the office of Secretary of State in the last
State election. No personal party ele-
ment entered into the question. she stated.
but she felt that the State would be better
served by electing an experienced man, and
in time it might be served equally well by
electing a woman after she has had expert
ence.
There is no woman more active than Citi-
zeness Robinson. The work she Is most In
terested in is speaking before public school
classes, which she Is daily invited to do.
And her speeches made to these future citi-
zens are about her brother. She has volun-
tariy undertaken to interpret Theodore
Roosevelt to the youth of America.
Her appointments are divided into quar-
ter hour periods. 1t is the only way to ac-
complish all that each busy day offers. Even
with this careful distribution of her hours
she is corn7'led to decline numerous re-
quests to speak.
1t will be recalled that Mrs. Robinson
gained nationwide fame at the July conven-
ton of the Republican national party In
Chicago for her short. clear address to the
hundreds of delegates In the huge audlto-
rum. The newspaper correspondents and
the political leaders pronounced her the best
speaker at the convention, no. even barring
men Of recognized oratorical ability. Since
then she has been In demand for all sorts OF
public affairs, for drives for this and that
organization, for the new Town Hall, OF
which she is supporter; for the Roosevelt
Memorial. the cornerstone Of which was re-
The New York herald., 1921-01-30

never get back. And yet "a per cent do
return.
That is because the ex-prisoner is forced
back. What happens to him after he comes
out? He is poorly clothed and he can't find
a job. 1t is difficult for many others to find
jobs nowadays. But a prisoner? Not a
chance.
This is what happens. Some one comes
to him, slips him bill and says, Come on
with me. You might as WE'LL He may
stick out for few days, but cold ard starva-
ton drive him, and he comes on. He be-
comes an employee in the industry of crime.
There master minds in this city. /
know names. but that is not my business.
They have orderly offices, scouts and work.
men. and they send out their minions to
commit the crimes and bring back the loot.
So the ex-prisoner breaks in and steals a
few things because he hasn't any other job
or any other way of getting money. To him
crime seems TO be the one paying industry.
And up the river he goes again.
Some peop.e say parole doesn't work be-
cause lot of men break their parole. They
do. Because the parole officers can't do the
work they are supposed to do. There are
four parole officers to look after all the
paroled men of four large prisons in New
York.
This crime wave would not really be such
bad affair IL IL taught people that their
methods of treating crime should be re-
vised- But I have had letters from police
commissioners and other high officials from
all over the country. Their opinions vary
from giving life sentence for theft to public
hangings for burglary. Such panicky sug-
gestions will increase the crime not only of
the present, but of the future as well. 1t
will have great and repeated evil reactions.
A certain percentage of prisoners are mem
tally abnormal. But. barring that. crime is
not disease Prisons and penal systems
should teach them the possibility of gaining
a legitimate livelihood"
The New York herald., 1921-01-30

ssVV THILE police departments and the
w aroused poplaAes search for the
causes of the crime wave breaking
over the country B. Ogden Chisom shrugs
his shouldes disdaining to say II told you
So"
"The crime wave is not sudden rising in
the tide of crime. 1t is clear indication
that our methods of treating crime and cur
ing criminals are all wrong" says b. O., as
he is known to scores of prison wardens
throughout the country and to hundreds of
criminals who come TO him to help them
beat the game. b. Ogden Chisolm, member
of the executive board of the Prison Asso-
citation of New York. has made survey Of
more than 130 prisons throughout the coun-
try, with O. view to determining the best
methods of treating lawbreakers.
Most prisons are colleges of crime. They
make bad men worse What they should do
Is to make weak men wise. But 1t is the
public that is not WISE
THE country spends considerably more
than four billion dollars year on crime.
II has cops. 1t has courts. 1t has expensive
jails. Each prisoner costs US $4,000 a year.
And half million men pass through our
prisons each year. That is about one in
every 200 or so of our population.
yet 50 per cent. of the men who are sup
posed TO be cured OF criminality by imprison-
ment come back for more punishment. DO
you think that is a businessike basis on
which to work? Forty-six per cent. eff
cheney on the part Of our prisons is pretty
low. 1t seems to show that making life as
hard as possible for men while In prison
does not cure them Of the tendency to law
breaking.
Crime therefore, evidently leads to future
crime. So that at least 54 per cent. of the
men who are sent TO prison now will go
hack again at some future time after they
The New York herald., 1921-01-30
Expects Women to Arouse Men
To Full Sense of Responsibility

Intelligent women-and that includes a
large group-are a great addition to the
electorate" she said. There is group OF
the illiterate, which is something of a men,
ace. but In time this group will be educated
along tho same lines.
Many men are so used to their citizen
ship that they regard 1t casually. as a matter
of course. They do not seem to be awake
to the full responsibility 1t implies Upon
such men the new voters will have bene-
fetal influence. If wives and sisters and
mothers of these men take their new respcn-
sibilities seriously. and most of them are
doing so, the men will consequently be
aroused to the Importance of considering
governmental matters earnestly and thought
fully That is great work we women have
before u.s."
Although college professors are lecturing
against the tendency to frivolity among col
ege students, and pastors and other men
of Importance are inveighing against the
geyeties in which the younger members Of
society are induging, Mrs. Robinson does
not believe that the growing generation is
weak and given to levity
There are frivolous girls, of course" she
granted. Every generation has It's light
minded group, but the girls of to-day, taken
as whole, are not frivolous. How can they
be when their mothers set them such an
excellent example7
The New York herald., 1921-01-30

NE good citizen, man or woman. can
influence another person to become
a good citizen. And to the mind of
The New York herald., 1921-01-30
Mrs. Robinson Advises Women Voters
COL Rooseves Sister Urges Mothers to Train Daughters
the tate---Partisanship Favored in Politics

Gently laid; for the starving children of Eu-
rope and something like q million other
causes, 1t seems to her.
Perhaps one reason that she can accom-
plish so much is that she has the power Of
concentration In few minutes she can
discuss the subject of citizenship more thor
oughly and concisely than-shall we say
great many men? Mrs. Robinson does not
permit Interruptions to break in upon an in
terview That shows that her household is
we'll organized and that social life has not
made her unappreciative of the demands OF
public life. But the Roosevelt family
have always been leaders in both, and there
fore the training was begun long before she
was wife, mother or a grandmother.
Let women inform themselves on the
duties of citizenship" she said. 1T is the
only way to learn about politics and govern
ment. The women 1 know doing this
now They started as soon as they were
given the vote. Almost every woman's club
has classes In citizenship. II any new voter
wants to find out where these are being held
she can communicate with the State party
organizations.
"The Colony Club. the Cosmopolitan and
the woman's City Club have extensive
courses on this subject There Is no reason
for remaining in ignorance IL a woman Is
ambitious to familiarize herself with gov
ernmental procedure"
Mrs. Robinson Voices Opinion
That Non-Partisans Count for Litt.-
In politics Mrs. Robinson is a strong be-
lever in partisanship. To her mind a non
partisan does not count for much.
At the first opportunity Mrs. Robinson
showed her partisanship. She was of
the strongest factors In the women's organ
ization to help nominate Major-Gen. Leonard
Wood. 1t was bitter disappointment to his
supporters when the Republican convention
selected Senator Harding. Party loyalty
never had a severer test than on that oc-
casion The new voters, women who
for the first time to cast their ballots for
President of the United States, realized the
exigency of the situation. They had fought
valiantly to their favored candidate
nominated, and when defeat was final and
complete they nobly put their preferences
behind them, and remembering only party
loyalty, turned to and threw their force
In favor of the delegates choice.
Mrs Robinson who had spoken elo-
uuently for her brothers friend Major-Gen.
Wood, espoused the candidacy of her ia
vorite's opponent and stumped for the Re
publican party until election day.
Mrs. Robinson regards the future OF
women In politics as promising. This belief
is based on their accomplishments in the
past And tremendous factor in the equa-
ton Is the stride forward that has been
made In the comparatively short time that
they have enjoyed the privilege of the ballot.
The New York herald., 1921-01-30

as, having acquired her visiting ticket at the
ONCE. she presents it at the barred gate
which admits her into the visiting part of
the prison.
She has copied it from some woman in a
hotel probably while the man she is In
Sing Sing to see was appraising the womans
jewels with practised eye. Anyway, the
woman from rural parts might do worse
than assume the girls manner till she can
do better, for II 1t Is not quite the grand
manner it approaches 1t closely Not that
the girl was born with it, but she picked
it up in a good place and as far as it goes
it is the real thing.
Out of the women who come to the prison
on calling days the elderly mother of the
era when HelTs Kitchen and the Five Points
were heavily represented at Sing Sing is
disappearing. Her kind Of boy has almost
completely graduated out Of the criminal
classes. The mothers who arrive now are
nearly always dressed with a good deal of
the style the younger women Of their races
and kinds affect so consistently The great
majority of them are of foreign blood If not
Of foreign birth, and have that strong flair
for snowy raiment which nheres in the
Near East and in south and southwest Eu-
rope. And none of them have the dffidenoe
or the touch Of shame that the mothers Of
the tough lads Of an older New York used
to have.
Showing What Is All Wrong
About the Youthful Convict
Perhaps the kind of men they come to see,
and what Is all wrong, as Father Cashin
testifles about the young men in the prison
to-day is we'll expressed by the incident of
a youthful convict who was on duty in the
anteroom Of the warden's office the day the
material for this article was gathered.
EJa yiyor ,orfh far
in his middle twenties, with an eager man
ner having a good deal Of assurance in it.
He looked up from the desk where he sat at
work as keeper. out Of uniform, came in
and said that he was going to walk over to
the village.
''will you do me favor, then?" asked the
young convict.
The keeper said he would if it lay in his
way.
The young man produced a pair Of low
shoes, very showily cut, from the bottom
drawer of his desk.
Like good fella," he said. have these
kicks half soled at the village. I get outa
here in eight days. You know how it is at
the institution shops; you can't let them
touch a swell pair of shoes there. These
kicks cost me eighteen bucks and I want a
good job done. It'd never do to go back to
Broadway in a pair of State shoes"
The keeper promised to leave them at the
village, and then said as his eyes wandered
to the window and the wintry landscape
outside 1t:
"But won't you find 1t cold leaving here In
low cut things like these?"
mo-" said the young convict I've ar
ranged about that. The day I'm sprung
friend is to meet me here with a pair Of
gray spats.'
The New York herald., 1921-01-30
By MARTHA CONAN.

NNE good citizen. man or woman can
influence another person to become
a good citizen. And to the mind Of
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson good citizen
ship is one of the greatest contributions to
the nation. Especially does she emphasize
the importance of the influence mothers can
WELD in imbuing their daughters with a
sense of responsibility as coming voters, and
she urges that they exert this influence to
the utmost. And she looks to the women
also to awaken men to a keener sense of
their civic duties
Like her brother. the late Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Mrs. Douglas Robinson, as
she Is formally known. is staunch Repub-
lican. But political preference does not limit
ones civic duties. and she urges every voter
to join party It's the only way to achieve
full expression.
Mrs. Robinson believes that in time women
willtnke a full share in the government Of
the people. But they are not ready for as
Stunning the responsibilities of the more i'm
portant Offices AS a preparation she ad-
vises a thorough study of government, start
ing with the management of the city and
extending the course to include State and
Federal rule.
The New York herald., 1921-01-30
Peace, Sing Sing and Its Inmates Change Little

Major Lewis E. of Sing Sing and
pnolog whose prohibition
factors crime there is little change In
The New York herald., 1921-01-30
Grand Airs and Gaudy Furs
Mark to Girls in Taxicabs

But whether in the long run there are
conyicts brought to reformation by the wei
fare league and the chapel and the schools
one thing always happens when the girls
who come in the taxicabs make their call
ing applications at the prison office on vlsit-
ing days. Every package they carry ~
searched carefully to make sure that none
of them contains a thin little saw blade or
a rat tail file The girls who bring fur NUNS
with them are required to leave them at
the office to make certain that no contra
band of a similar order or little quill full
of cocaine will find its way to a cell block.
They are curious crew, bespeaking with
their gaudy furs and pretentious clothes the
need expressed by Father Cashin for
llvelier spirit of religion beth within prison
walls and without them. They range in age
from 16 to about 80, and approach the prison
with about the same diffldence that they
might suffer in addressing themselves to the
purchase of ice cream soda. Frequently their
air with the Office attendants Is quite y
superior thing Many a woman arriving
in the metropolis from a small town and
anxious to acquire its ways might do worse
than copy the manner of one of these girls