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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-09-21
BONUS BILL KILLED

As the Star expected, the Senate
failed, Wednesday evening to pass the
bonus bill over the presidents veto.
The vote was forty-four for to TWEEN
ty-eight against. The House had just
voted for the bill again by 258 to 81.
1t has been the Stars opinion all
along that the bonus bill was destined
for just such a fate-that it was the
subject of a frameup by the republi-
can majority in Congress. AS the
president has very sensibly said, there
was no way provided by Congress of
raising the money for the bonus if the
bill became a law And the republi-
can leaders doubtless depended on just
what has happened-the president s
veto and not enough votes in the Sen
ate to pass the bill over his veto. 1t
has been a big bluff on the part of the
republicans all along.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-09-21
LEAVENGOOD-PRICE

Especial TO the Terra Haute Starr
Casey, H., Sept. ia pretty we'd
ding was solemnized last night at the
home Of J. V. Price on West Main
street, when his only daughter, Miss
Mildred Price, was married to Mr..
Hansel D. Leavengood of Ocala, Fla
The Rev. 4. c. Adams officiated. Be-
sides the family Mr. and Mrs. Don
Price We're the only witnesses. The
bride is a graduate Of Ward Belmont
and DePau University and for sew
eral years has been engaged in high
school teaching. She was attired in
flesh georgette gown and her trav-
cling dress was of brown duvetyr
with sand and brown accessories
After a several weeks automobile tour
down the eastern coast of Florida, the
couple will be at home in Ocala, Fla.
where the groom is engaged with hi:
father in the newspaper business.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-09-21
Ocala Ten Years Ago
Evening Star Sept. p, 1912

Evening Star Sept. p, 1922
Prof. J. H. Workman returned to-
day from his summer vacation spent
in Tennessee.
The railroad men on No. 40 today
told of a tragedy at St. Petersburg
last night. Two citizens by the names
of Jackson and Haines had a fight
over a real estate matter and Haines
was killed.
E. P. Rentz & Sons, lumber manu-
facturers at Silver Springs, have
moved their accounting department
and the clerical force from that point
TO Ocala and part of the space in the
Ocala Northern offices at the corner
of Oklawaha and Osceola street has
been set aside for the department.
Dexter and Sam Phillips, two OF
the Stars faithful carriers, left today
for Jacksonville, where they viii
spend few days with their aunt
Mrs. E. L. Lee.
Mr.. Frederick Hooker is spending
4 few days in the city with Mr.. Ed
ward Green before resuming his
studies at the University of Florida
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-09-21
HARRIS-CORE

John W. Harris of Sparkman and
Miss Ethel Core of Reddick, were
married yesterday afternoon at the
Methodist parsonage by Rev. c. W.
White. They were accompanied by
two friends of the bride, Miss Inez
Fridy and Miss Turnipseed of Red
dick. After the ceremony the couple
left for Sparkman, near Punta Gorda,
where they will reside.
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can prove aiibis, for We turned out
of the Dixie Highway and followed
the road alongside the Seaboard to
Orange avenue. on which We rapidly
came into town. Dewitt Griffin will
never win any cups on an internation-
al speedway, but he is a good and
careful driver and has fine little car,
and put each one of Us down safely
at home, after which he took himself
home. So ended what was to the
scribe a pleasant and interesting
journey.
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ANNOUNCEMENT

The private school conducted by
Mrs. Jennie Cassil at $50 E. ThirC
street will open Monday morning, Sep
tember 25th. All grades Day anc
night classes. Special coaching. Fol
phone 277. 1856
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OCALA TWENTY YEARS AGO

Evening Star Sept. p, 1902
Mr. VIM. W. Clyatt Sr., father of
W. w. Jr. and Vernon Clyatt, of this
city and J. L. Clyatt of Gainesville,
died this morning at his home at
Long Pond, in Levy county, at the ad-
vanced age of seventy-four, after a
lon gand painful illness. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. W. Clyatt Jr. were present
during his last hours and Mr.. Vernon
Clyatt went up today. The funeral
will take place tomorrow and the body
will be laid to rest in The family
burial ground. Mr.. Clyatt leaves only
the three children above mentioned,
his wife having preceded him home
many years ago to that bourne from
whence no traveller returns. He was
one of the first settlers of Levy coun-
ty, having resided there over fifty
years. He was one Of the wealthiest
stock raisers of the county and had
large interests in lands and other
properties. He twice represented the
county in the legislature and was one
OF the most highly respected citizens
of Levy county.
Mr.. Sanford Jewett left today for
Barlow to take a position with a
firm there.
Misses Edna Dozier and Annie Mae
Standley left today for Spartanburg,
S, c., to enter Converse College.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our apprecia-
ton and heartfelt thanks to our many
kind neighbors and friends who sc
lovingly and tenderly assisted US ir
so many ways and offered words OF
sympathy and coincidence during oul
recent bereavement.
". L. Colbert.
Alice Colbert.
Turney Colbert.
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he fund is now:
EIGHT YEARS AGO

Sept. p, 1914.-Battle along the
Disc and the Aisne in its eighth day
Allies claim to be gaining.
Three British cruisers sunk in the
North Sea by a German submarine
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COME ALONG WITH THE CASH

The Star Publishing Company chips
in with two dollars, and we wish all
you democrats would come along with
your coin so we can send the commit
The fund is now:
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

MY first prison experience oc-
CURED in 1894, when as presi.
Dent Of the American Railway
Union. was locked up in Cook
County Jail. Chicago because Of
my activities In the great railroad
strike that was In full force At
that time.
I was. given q cell occupied by
five other men. It was infested
with vermin, and sewer rats
scurried back and forth over the
floors of that human cesspool In
such numbers that It was almost
impossible for me to place my feet
on tho stone floor.
Those rats were nearly as big
O. cats. and vicious. recall .
deputy jailer passing one day with
q fox terrier. I asked him please
TO leave his dog In my cell for .
1.-THE while. 40 that the rat popu-
iatibn might thereby be reduced.
He agreed, ana the dog was
locked up with IN. but not for
ions. for when two Of three
sewer rats appeared. the terrier
1t out such an appealing howl
mat the jailsr came and saved
him from being dsvoured-
I recall seeing my fellow In
mates Of Cook County JAN
stripping themselves to their
waists 10 scratch the bites In
flicted by all manner Of nameless
vermin, and when they were
through, the blood would trjckle
down their bare bodies IN tiny
red rivulets. Such was the
torture suffered by these men
VINO ~ Jet had been convicted Of
NO crime. but were awaiting trial.
The cen allotted me. ~ guard
took pains 10 tell ma, had been
occupied by Prendergast, who as
sassinsted Mayor Garter H. Har.
rison. He showed ms the Moody
rcps with which Prsndergast had
besu hanged. and intimated 10 ma
with apparent giee sparkling In
his syss. thst The sans fats avail
a NJ
His intimation wss perhaps pred
ApatsA upon what he read IN the
nswDapsrs q thaf period. fsr NJ
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s. ARTICLE .,.. - a..
SOCIETY AND THE CONVICT
PRISON is cross section Of society in whicl
every human strain is clearly revealed. .
BY EUGENE v. DEBS

4 PRISON is cross section Of society in which
~ every human strain is clearly revealed.
- = We can take an average prison, and its in
mates in point Of character intelligence and habits,
viii compare favoraby with any similar number OF
persons outside of prison. ... Z .>sf. ~. =.
\ believe that my enemies, as well as my friends,
VIII concede to the right to arrive at some conclu
sons with respect to prisons and prisoners by virtue Of
my personal experience, for have been inmate Of
three county jais, State prison and one Federal
penitentary. N.-. -, .
total Of almost four years Of my life has been spent
behind the bars common prisoner; but an expert
of such nature cannot be measured in point of
years 1t is measured by the capacity to see to feel
and to comprehend the social significance and the hu
man import Of the prison in its relation to society.
In the very beginning desire 70 stress the point that
have personal grievance to air as result Of my
Imprisonment. ..-~ - ..s.l-
1 was personally mistreated, and man was
ever brutal to On the other hand, during my
prison years I treated uniformly with peculiar
personal kindiness by my fellow-prisoners and not
infreGuently by officials -
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associates and I were accused OF
every conceivable crime In conneo
ton with that historic strike.
With my associated officers Of
the American Railway Union ]
was transferred to the McHenry
county Jail, Woodstock. H.. where
I served . six months sentence In
1895. for contempt Of court In con-
nection with the Federal proceed.
ings which grew out Of the Pull
man strike In 1894. My associates
served three months, but my time
was doubled because the Federal
judges considered me q dangerous
man and Q menace to society.
In the years that intervened
some national attention was paid
to me because I happened to have
been named the Presidential can
didate in several successive cam
paigns. a'
CONVICTED ON SPEECH.
When . jury. In the Federal
court in Cleveland found me guilty
Of violating the espionage law
through q speech delivered In Can.
ton on June 1s, 1918. Judge West
enhaver sentenced me to serve ten
years In the West Virginia State
penitentiary at Moupdsvilie. E
This prison had entered into IN
agreement with the Government TO
receive and hold Federal prisoners
for the sum Of 20 cents per day
per prisoner. On June .. 1919, the
State board Of control wrote . lee
ter. to the Federal superintendent
Of prisons. complaining that my
presence had cost the State $500
q month for extra guards. and rs-
quested that the Government send
more Federal prisoners to Mounds
Vile to meet this expense.
The Government could not sss
its way clear 10 % this. sincs II
wss olaimsd there was plenty u
room st Atlanta. and n. ~ The
State board of control avsrrsd, I
was . iiabtiity r.thsr than IN ~
sst 20 ths stats. ne Government
would trsnsesr NJ b NJ swa
reasrai prsSsa - Asiase.. rAis h
diA % yuns 80 1e1A. snnse1v 80
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DEBS WILL REVEAL
DRAMA OF PRISONS

Debs once poIled a million votes for President.
In this series of ten articles Mr.. Debs Du limit his
message to plain facts about prisons. their faas their
possibilities for improvement
he soiH give anecdotes of the inmates that b.
tensely dramatic. ):
He ,oi tell of the tragedies tat befau the families
of co1victs.
He declares he has no personal grievance to air as
result of his imprisonment
He has promised he a0iu not attempt to Urite hio
the series any Socialist propaganda -, Il >. a.. s4a
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oouy1nce Nun tn9f Nc Ints peeu5
plaosd there 10 rsdsssn hirs Inr hts-
1transsresicns and reclaim hin "a
Z human being. '" " ~S p.
ION the contrary. the process en-.
bitters him against all who had any
part In his plight. estranses him
from whatever kindly influences
that may stili be operating In his
behalf. and alienates him from So
ciety. which. In the first and final
analysis. 10 responsible for him.
and. perhaps In the end, must an
swer to him. - ..
After the bath I was clothed in
cheap faded blue denim which had
been discarded by some prisoner
who had gone out in the world. In
company with several others who.
also. had just arrived, I was escort
ed to the kitchen where our first
meal was served, the dinner hour
In the general mess. having passed.
Save for the bread, I could not
say what the meal consisted Of, n
I could not make Il out, nor did I
attempt any internal analysis Of
the menu. The food and the man.
ner In which h was served crested
nausea rather than m appetite.
j. While we sat ut the table bulky
guard stood over US swinging his
club and delivered himself In .
xruff voice Of certain instructions
a. to table conduct ut the prison. ]
suspected that q passage or two In
his culinary flight was made for
my benefit, and appiauded in 81
lence. - -. ~ .,.
j was not eager abcnt meal-time.
was In Atlanta prison nearly two
weslks and pretty well starved be-
fore nature forced me to become
receptive 10 the food and the man.
ner In which II was served. ..
GUARDS AND wINCHEsTERs.
A AFTER q few days In q tempo.
rary cell I was assigned to my
regular cage which was occupied
by i've other men. one of whom
was . German. one . Jsw. one On
Irishman and two Americana.
Being the latest arrival. I should
have occupied an upper bunk. but
the German. who had the lower
insisted on taking the upper and
giving me his own sleeping slab.
He also insisted on making my bed.
a. I had some difficulty In making
II up 90 II would pass Inspection.
He continued this kindness all the
time occupied that cell. He like
wise did my laundering on the
smaller items of apparel that had
TO be done In our cells.
This German was sentenced for
i've years because some liquor had
been found in the lodging house Of
which he was the proprietor and
at which soldiers were quartered
during the war. This ID one Of the
many savage sentences that was
brought 10 my personal attention,
ana which sreitsd my Indignation
and revolt.
I never knew . firsr maa and I
could not have been trstatsd more
kinAiy ana esnsidsratsiy, had these
flvs sssvfsts sssa ny swn hpeth-
90 upes ne osrmas's .rsissss
Hpsm psissn ~ ssns No q hsantifzl
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A1rEspr 70 BE .1HlsHslAs.-

49, A ~ 49, A'
IN the massivs nam corridor in
s which I found myself I had my
first viw and received my first
impression Of the sinister institu-
tion. known a. the United States
Penitentiary at Atlanta. II SEEM
ed to me like . vast sepulchre in
which the living dead had been
ssquestered by society. Through
the steel gate at the end Of the
corridor I could see human forms
hurrying back and forth under the
watchful eyes Of guards with clubs.
and they appeared to me with all
the uncanniness Of spectral shapes
in the internal regions. I was per.
fectly calm and self-possessed for I
had made up my mind from the
beginning that whatever my prison
experience might be should face
II without fear or regret.
Such serenity is always vouch.
safed by the Psychology Of the man
who follows the dictates Of his own
conscience and is true to his own
soul. I could not help feeling
aware Of the curiosity which my
presence aroused among the con.
victs and some Of the officials. A
few of the latter. I observed.
smothered whatever interest. hos
tile or kindly. they may have felt
over my presence by the Sphinx
like sullenness which I readily
comprehended.
There seems to be . studied men.
tai attitude on the part Of most
prison officials have met, particu.
larly the guards, that has for its
purpose to impress upon the
prisoner that the official II wholly
disinterested In the human equa-
ton. In the natural impulses that
mako Us what We are.
He strives to appear - unhuman
~ possible, and this psychological
sub-normality on his part comes to
fruitage In what IL often his inhu-
man conduct toward the prisoner.
So Ear as the prisoners were con.
cernsd. fNt their kindly interest
expressed in their furtive giances
toward me. and their goodwin was
apparent on every hand.
The guard In charge conducted
me 10 . shower bath wh<rs I a.
vested myself Of my clothing.
Every article. including Q quirl
toothpick. was taken from me and
my garments were minutsly seach.
Cd. The guard. I wish to admit,
treated me quite decentiy, although
I confess that but for my having
stssrsd myself through whatsvsr
might be In the program I should
have felt outraged BY. the harsh
and unfssiing method with which
the thing vas done. .. y.
lrYsrxRY o. MENU. ...
T,Hn insroduStiou . prisoner ~
csivss and the way he b put
through the initial stages a his sen
tsnos srs nst saisulatsd - imprsss
him WIN ths fhst tAsA . prissa y
Q humane institutisa. ne viesr>
90 tEsaAnana - sssa6p.s IN -
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.ms svsr siacs, Z 3. : -. ~ =, J, :.
sfnosdsnts ef hunnzn Kindness in,
thfs prison cen could be multiplied
By the Hundreds. would not givs
the impression that I was the sole
beneficiary Of these loving acts. for
have seen prisoners manifest the
same regard toward each other. in
spite Of the harsh rules and regu-
lations that seem to be calculated
to crush magnanimity wherever
It lifts its benevolent hand.
Just beyond the prison cells lies
the campus across the walls Of
which guards in uniform pass back
and forth swinging their winches-
ter rifles N II they were going out
to shoot squirrels. The sight
shocked me through and Though
with its horrid significance a. .
symbol of mans inhumanity under
the prison regime. =
For paltry pay these guards con-
tract TO send . bullet through the
heart OF some hapless wretch who
might have dreamed Of liberty, and
attcmpted 10 escape the tortures Of
. prison he'll.
7 WAS aware Of the marvellous
change that came over me dur
ing and Immediately after my first
incarceration. Before that time I
had looked upon prisons and pris-
oners as q rather sad affair, but q
condition that somehow could not
be remedied- 81.
Il was not until I was q prisoner
myself that I realized. fully COM
pretended. that the prison prob
lem and the responsibility for It,
In the last analysis. falls directly
upon society Itself.
The prison problem 10 directly CO.
related with poverty, and poverty
as we see II today II essentially
social disease. II is q cancerous
growth in q vulnerable spot Of the
social system.
MAN is the only animal that.
Ava constructs q cage for his
neighbor and puts him in 1t. To
punish by imprisonment involving
torture In every conceivable form.
L. q most tragic phase In the an.
malls of mankind. The ancient Idea
was that the more cruel the pun.
ishment the moro certain the
reformation. '>'
This idea. fortunately, has to .
great extent receded into the
limbo Of savagery from whence It
spranE. We now know that bru-
taiity begets brutality. and W
= know that through the centuries
there has been . steady modifica-
tion OF discipline and msthod In
the treatment Of prisoners.
I win concsds that the prison
today 10 not nearly a. barbsrous
a. II was IN tAs past, But there is
pet rsom fss vast imprcysmsnt.
and n % Tor the purposs Of caus-
Ing 70 be oorrsstsd some of the
crying evils thas sbtain IN present.
day prissns ana uaairinG psssibis
sash shsagss in eur psnsi $40
t~m a Nm unftirsks ne unisoss.
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Side PRISON WALLS By Eugene v. Deb
Story of His Experiences In the Atlanta Penitentary

months after the date on which !
began to serve my ten years IND
pfisonment-a sentence wDich was
commutsd BY President Harding on
Christmas Day. 1891.
Strict secrecy was enjoined by
the Government a. TO my removal.
and especially a. to the train upon
which I was to take my departure.
I have since been informed that
before I left Moundsvilis the Gov.
ernment officials commanded the
two telegraph offices in Wheeling
to accept no messages from report.
s-s or othsr persons about my leav.
ing West Virginia prison until the
next morning. In spite Of this
attempt to effect profound secrecy
a. to my movements. q leak occur
red somehow. for I was inter
Viewed by Q reporter the same day
at Cincinnati On route to the
South. IS.
~ ~ - 80 ... o.
WARDEN JOSEPH 2. TER
RELL. Of the Moundsvflis
Prison. gave me . friendly intro
duction to u. o. Marshal Smith and
his two deputies who took mo IN
charge on arrival at Wheeling.
whittier the warden and his son
had taken mo in their automobile.
The marshal and his deputies treat.
cd me with all consideration over
the entire journey. The marshal
bore letter from Warden Terrell
to wardsn Fred q. zerbst at
Atlanta, commenting me on the
basis Of my prison record.
Shortly after the noon hour on
the following day, June II. ws ar
rived In Atlanta. The marshal
called for . taxicab. b..
Where do you want to Co."
asked the chauffeur.
TAKE US to your best penitep-
tiary." replied the marshal
Less than half m hour later We
were landed at the gates Of my new
home. and was delivered, signed
fora and the nsrshsl and his dspu.
ties took thsir dspk kitirs. Wishing
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-12-28
DISASTERS

Many thousands of lives were lost in
disasters in 1922, and vast property
losses sustained. In January a Greek
DESTROYER was blown up, 80 men per-
fishing; and in Washington 81 persons
were killed and 1873 injured when a
theater roof collapsed under weight of
snow. In February Is men died in a
mine explosion at Gates, Pa, and "a
were killed by the fall and explosion
of the army dirigible Roma, which had
been bought in Italy. On March 10 a
great fire in the Chicago business dis
trict did damage amounting to $780,
600: on March % British submarine
sank with % men, and on March 30
the famous Church Of st. Anne de
Beaupre, near Quebec, was burned.
April was marked by fatal and de-
structiye floods and tornadoes in the
Mississippi river valley and in Texas,
and by a severe earthquake in Japan.
On April IS 400 carloads of war NUM-.
lions exploded In Monastir, Serbia,
killing hundreds and destroying the
center of the city. On May 10 the P.
& o. liner Egypt was sunk in collision,
90 lives being lost; and on June 81
persisted when a Paraguayan eXcur-
sion steamer blew up. New York city
had one of the worst storms of recent
years on June II, about so persons
being killed. Forty lives were lost in
the wreck of a pilgrims train near
Lourdes, France, on August L; $4,000
Chinese persisted in a typhoon at Swa-
tow August 2; 81 were killed in rail
way wreck at Sulphur Springs, Mo-, on
Aug. 5. Great forest fires in Mime
sofa in August destroyed several small
towns The japanese cruiser Nitaka
went down during a typhoon August
%, with a loss of 300 lives, and three
days later 316 persisted when a Chilean
ship sank near COquimbo. On August
%, 4S men were entombed in a burn
ing gold mine shaft at Jackson, Cal,
and % days later all were found dead.
Falconara fort, Italy, was destroyed on
September % by exploding ammunition
stores, ia soldiers being killed. On
November a gas explosion in a mine
near Spangler, Pa, killed so miners
and on November % a dust explosion
in a mine near Birmingham, Ala, killed
"a.
On December s a confagratlOn de-
,stroyed the center and much of the
residence section OF Astoria, Ore, the
loss being $15,000,0OO.