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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16
Federal Institutions Have an In
crease, but State, County and
City Jaj!s Show Decrease.
NO INMATES IN 1880 CITIES
Figures Were Obtained as Preliminary
to Complete Decennial Census
of Prisoners to Be
Taken in 1928.

Washington.-The Department OF
Commerce announces that, according
to returns received by the bureau Of
the census, the number of prisoners
confined In federal penitentiaries,
state prisons, county jails, state and
county chain or road gangs. city police
stations, and other penal institutions
on July 1, 1922, was 163,9S9.
OF this number $3.50 were reported
for three federal penitentiaries, 7S,073
for 104 state prisons. 44.2S3 for 2,451
county penal Institutions principally
jails), 12,717 for 206 chain or road
gangs in certain southern states, and
21,635 for 1910 city institutions, while
the remaining 1,04l were women COM
mitted by the courts to the care Of
other institutions GA In NUMBER
mainly under the control Of religious
or charitable organizations.
Similar data were collected for July
l, 1917, but the total for that date
does not include all prisoners In chain
or road gangs, nor women Committed
by the courts to the care of institutions
under the control of religious or char
liable organizations. Excluding these
from the figures for 1922, the compar-
able totals for the two years are !:
1922, 151,172; 1917. 150.1S6. These
figures include prisoners awaiting trial
and few persons held us witnesses,
as we'll as prisoners serving sentence.
Report Part Of Big Census.
The returns We're obtained In re-
Spouse to u circular of inquiry which
the bureau of the census mailed to the
various institutions, us preliminary
to the complete decennial census OF
prisoners, which will be taken in 1923.
The number of prisoners In federal
penitentiaries increased from 3,018 on
July /, 1917. to 500 on July l, 1922.
During the same period the number Of
inmates of state prisons increased
from 71,442 to 1858, and of county
jails from 41,871 to 44,2S3, while per-
sons confined in city penal institutions
(lncluding police stations) decreased
In number from 23,S55 to 21,635.
The data as to prisoners in federal
and state peLal institutions, presum-
ably. are complete and accurate for
both 1922 and 1917. The combined
total of persons In such institutions
increased from 74,460 in 1917 to S4,-
213 in 1922. the rate of increase being
1871 per cent.
The rate of increase In federal pris-
oners was $3.50 per cent; In state pris-
oners, 10.1 per cent. The ratio of fed
eral prisoners per 100000 population
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16
The CHRISTMAS
SPIRIT
BY Mary Graham Bonner
20. 1872. Western Newspaper Union. ,

10, l5zz, western Newspaper UniOnL1
z Lien had been feeling that there
- was no such thing In the world as
a Christmas spirit.
During the summer, for example.
she had taken trip. Everyone seemed
to enjoy 1t. Everyone seemed to be
glad to get away from the world with
Its scandals and Its spoilt civilization.
That was what everyone said as they
took the trip through the simple wilds,
-emote and picturesque and old.
This seemed to be the life everyone
longed for and then some one men,
toned scandal which had taken place
nearby some months before.
With dash everyone made for the
scene-so they could tell the people
back home that they had seen the To-
cality of the scandal and Ellen had
been disguised. Was it such a sordid
world after all?
Then she had taken some poor chill
dren to big store to see the Christ
mas display and they had been refused
ndmlttance. The customers had OBJ
jected to such crowds of children
they wanted to see the display them
selves-why should poor children see
the toys when they could only look7
And all about the outside of the store
we're eager little faces peerlng into
the windows and hoping that perhaps
they could get in when the one who
watched at the door was not looking.
Once in while one did and the chill
dren from outside waited for the news.
"What did you see? What did you
seer" they shouted as the lucky one
came out again.
Other stores had been different.
Other stores had not had their rich
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16
Electro Chemical colers.

The preparation OF mineral and srtt
ficlal organic colors by the aid CT cleo.
trlcity has made considerable progress
md II Is suggested that the products
OF the Industry may eventually replace
those derived from ccai tnr. Among
the colors now protlnced In commercial
quantities By the employment of the
electric current are yerMllion. Scheeis
green. cadmium yellow. Japanese red.
cerise or cherry red. Berlin green and
ninc white, besides n number of organ
&c colOrs. The process consists essen.
TALLY In sending an electric current
through a solution containing the ele-
ments required for the production by
precipitation. OF the colorlng matter
Observation-Disclosures.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16
Census Cuts
Prison Score

increased from In 1917 to 81 In 1922
and the corresponding ratio for state
prisoners Increased during the same
period from T2.4 to 745.
The returns for counties and cities
are not comparable for the two years.
for the reason that In each case a
larger number of institutions is COW
cred for 1922 than for 1917.
The only fair comparison between
the county and city figures for the two
years Is that made with averages
based on the total number of institu-
tons for which reports were received
Including those reporting no prison
ers).
For county Institutions the average
number of prisoners decreased from
1872 in 1917 to 14.T In 1922, and for city
Institutions 1t fell from 10.1 In the
earlier year to in the later.
The number of empty county jails
and other county Institutions de-
creased from 623. or PAP per cent Of
the total for which reports were re-
ceiyed, in 1917, to $40. or 1879 per
cent of the total, In 1922. On the other
hand, the number of city institutions
reporting no prisoners increased from
1,l6S, or 4a.7 per cent of the total, in
1917 to 1890. or 51.3 per cent of the
total, In 1922.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16

customers complain. But 1t had sad
dened Ellen. And one of these very
complainers had bought six copies Of
"The Christmas Carol" by Dickens to
give away to friends. Ellen heard that
later. 1t had not improved matters.
And on this same Christmas trip an
other she had met had said to her that
these children had such shamefully
poor coats and had reproved Ellen.
Il WISH" the woman who had spok-
en- so sharply to Ellen had said. that
they had some of the nice warm things
belonging to my children" but when
Ellen suggested that she should do
something for these children she had
gone off angrily.
And another person had patted her
as she had seen her walking with these
children and had said:
"a fine work, my DEAR"
And Ellen knew that the woman felt
she had showed Christmas duty and
Christmas service and Christmas love
by making that speech.
But when Ellen began to see the
trees which were sent to the city for
Christmas she felt better. The smell
Of the trees gave her some of the
Christmas spirit. Oh, yes, 1t WAS all
right after oil. she had been seeing
only what was disagreeable and ev-
erything else had passed her by.
And then one day In the crowded
section Of the city she saw a small
crippled newsboy so up to Salvation
army bucket and put In his donation.
Helping others to have Christmas
dinner when he was none too sure of
his own!
AS she saw 1t she involuntarily
smiled and smile answered hers. A
strange man was smiling ut her.
Was some one going to be imperti-
nent to her? Was the incident of the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16

little boy only going to serve as an
excuse for man to smile at her?
But In another moment he was apol-
ogizing.
"Im so sorry" he said. 81 was try
ing to place you in my mind. l was
so sure l knew you. And then I re-
membered that you were the picture
Of the girl on the cover of magazine
last Christmas which l saved all the
year and SO which Is naturally very
familiar to me- am so sorry!''
And then Ellen laughed. For last
year she had posed for one of her
artist friends.
~ don't suppose you've any idea."
the man continued, show much good
that picture did. I've heard so many
speak of II and Of the Christmas spirit
It expressed. You fairly breathed Il
then"
And now I'm differently" she asked.
"You don't look just as-just as
Christmasy." he faltered.
And Ellen felt ashamed. For she
had been critical Of others and In wor-
rying about the worlds shortcomings
she had lost her own Christmas spir-
1t. But It had been merely wander
ing--it was not utterly, lOst--and the
man? The man who had found 1t
again for herr
They became friends and then they
became sweethearts and they made Of
their love n permanent thing and were
married.
And he alw avs called Ellen his beau
tifrl Christmas picture. And Ellen
w0i glad that he d.d. It kept con-
stantiy in mind the Christmas spirit
that had once almost left her for good
nd all
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16
Only 10 Per Cent of the Entire
Product Is Consumed by
Human Beings.
IMPORTANT GIFT TO WORLD
Consumed Either Directly or In Form
of Meat It Is the Principal
Source of the Nations
Food Supply.

Washington.-Corn the red mans
gift to the white man. has come to
be the nations most important farm
crop. Consumed either directly or in
the form Of meat and other animal
products. it is the principal source of
the nations food supply.
The 1921 year book of the Depart
ment of Agriculture shows just to
what extent the 100000, 600, OOO-bushel
crop forms the basis of the livestock
industry. Forty per cent Of the crop
is fed to swine on farms. 80 per cent
to horses and mules on farms and Is
per cent to cattle on farms. Only 10
per cent Is used direct for human
food.
Corn was one of the most impor-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16
Wife Charges Him With Series
Of Forgotten Crimes.
Human Enigma In jail In New Jersey
10 Now Blamed for Shooting for
Which Half Brother Served
Sentence.
4 IN n n , as &

Philadelphia.-Like q ''hairy ape"
both In appearance and in his rebellion
against society, like Robson Crusoe
In his self-sutHciency. with something
of cave mans characteristics In his
disregard OF clothes and comforts. Wi.
liam Ware, dragged from his cave near
Stratford, N. j.. is an enigma in Cam
den county jnil.
He Is veritable human riddle. tn.
solution of which may mean the un-
travelling of number of long forgotten
crime mysteries in New Jersey ranging
from petty thieyery to heinous out
Nges.
Most Of the allegations of CRIME
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16

tant gifts America made to the rest
of the world. The United States now
produces about three-fourths of the
WORLDS corn crop. That corn also Is
an Important crop in Argentina, Bra
I'll, Mexico and some of the southern
European countries, is shown In the
report.
Disease Regulates Crop.
Weather, insects and plant diseases
have a great deal to do with regulut.
Ing the size Of the crop In the United
States. The estimated loss caused by
common smut alone during the period
1917-1920 was placed at about eighty
millions Of bushels annually. OF In.
sect pests the corn-ear worm. where
abundant, causes loss of at least 7
per cent Of the grain on the ers at-
tackled. The European corn borer
also threatens to take heavy toll.
1t Is stated the production of the
corn crop Is financed with less Dor
rowed capital than is the case with
other staple farm crops. The reason
for this Is that the farmers income
Is distributed throughout the year
more evenly than is the case in many
other sections. and because the direct
investment In the crop consists more
of the farmers own labor and less of
purchased material and ,.quipment
than is the case in many other crops
Get Book From congressman.
The year book. which Is obtainable
through congressional representatives
from the department. contains much
data of interest and value to produc.
ers, including chapters on production
costs and figures, financing and ad.
vice ON production according to sea.
sonal supply and demand.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16

william Ware Is intelligent and talk,
wen. HE says he is no criminal and re-
sents being taken to jail. although be
did not offer physical resistance.
he wore only trousers and shoe,
wnen they found him In his cave. The
hair on his chest Is two inches long
and few chimpanzees can boast more
FURRY forearms. His torso and upper
arms bulged with great muscles. He Ia
one OF the most sklllful wlelders of an
Ak among the woodxEen Of south Jer.
sey.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16
Famous Old Restaurants.

What Is the Oldest restaurant In the
world now open for business? Paris
has mt least one restaurant. the Cafe
de la Regence. which Is mere than zoe
yenrs old; the AIitre hotel at Oxford.
England. is said to be 500 years old /.
the Rathskeller ut Bremen was built
In 14o5, the curious little restaurant
known rs the Bartwursrglockiein- In
Nuremberg, which Is part Of church.
has. 1t 10 believed. been serving roast
sausaees since the year 400; and the
Capelio Nero restaurant, In Venice
traces it, beginnings back to the yeaI
1870.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16
Corn in Lead
AS Farm Crop
He Buries $3.50 in Jar;
Worms Dine; Cash Gone

Toledo, O.-Two years ago,
Pete PullOs. railroad section
foreman, became worried over
national financial conditions and
withdrew his life's savings, ST.
800, from n local bank and bur-
led 1t in an earthen jar.
The other day Pullos decided
the banks were all right again,
and dug up the jar. In the bot
tom of the partly disintegrnted
receptacle was mass of bill
fragments, chewed by worms.
Pullos hurried to a downtown
bank with the remnants of his
small fortune, where expert
money handlers tried to patch up
the pieces. but to no avail.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16
Washing Fluid Poor Seasoning.

Fall River. Mass.-Walentz Nowackl
knew that something was wrong with
him when Ibis stomach began to burn, /"
according to the story he told the
South end police.
He bought what he Thought was n
bottle of vinegar from a neIghborinq
grocery store and later used some AZ
the contents to season his supper. In
vestigation showed that the fluid h,
had swallowed was a washing ou,d
and a stomach pump YVES put Int
operation
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16

moderate expense. This would eiimin-
ate the guess work part Of the bar
gain and make the matter moro salts
factory and equitable to all concerned
More attention to details OF this
kind will be time we'll spent. az the
balance sheet of tho years business
when figured up will show.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-02-04
NEGRO DIES IN
ELECTRIC CHAIR

Curtis Franklin, 33, negro convict
ed in Aiken January IL, 1922, of
criminal assault, was electrocuted
yesterday at the state penitentiary,
life being extinct within short time
after the current had been turned on
by Sergt. N. j. Wallace. For q time
1900 volts passed through the BODY,
then the voltage was lessened to
about 500 and then was run up again.
The negro was convicted before
Judge j. w. DeVore. His body had
not been claimed yesterday afternoon
and will likely be Inferred by the
state. 1t was said at the pen;tentiary
that no relatives had visited Franklin
since he was incarcerated.
When asked if he had anything t.
say, the negro replied that he was
innocent, said Col. A. X. Sanders, su-
perintendent.
A small group of spectators wit.
messed the electrocution, among those
present being Harry Gardiner, the
"human fly" who scaled the State
House dome Thursday evening.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-02-04
TEXTILE MEASURE
GOES TO SENATE

The final passage of the 55 hour
bill was the only action Of outstand-
ing statewide Importance taken by
the house at its session yesterday, the
greater part of the representatives
time being consumed in the debate on
The Gerald arbitration bill and the
consideration Of local measures, SO
many of which now crowd the house
calendar.
The 55 hour bill, which was pro-
posed by Representatives J. X. Ham.
bin of Union and Eugene S. Blease
of Newberry as a substitute for the
original Itamblin- Hendricks AZ hour
bill, was given it's final reading yes
terday without further debate and
now ;SGes to the senate to be given
consideration there probably mex;
week. The bill, which was passed to
third reading by vote of 80 to 4
Thursday night, provides for the re-
enactment of the law Of 1916 with
divers changes, chief of which is the
substitution of 55 hours for the 60
hours provided in the old bill as the
maximum working week in tho cotton
and woolen mills in the state.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-02-04
NEGRO SLAIN
BY MASKED MEN

Malvern, Ark, Feb. 3.-Harry Har-
rison, negro, was taken from the
sheriff of Hot Springs county and two
deputies at the door of a train here
shortly before midnight tonight by a
party of masked men estimated to
number 200 and was riddled with bull
lets within a few yards Of the railway
station.
The negro had been accused of
frightening girls and women for some
time, his offenses eliminating yester-
day when he appeared half clad be-
fore an automobile filed with school
girls. He was arrested this afternoon
and placed in Jail. Tonight when it
was rumored there was talk Of lynch
ing the officers decided to take the
negro to Arkadelphia for safe keep
ing. They had just boarded the train
when they were overpowered by the
mob.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-02-04
Many Baptists in Russia

Moscow, Feb. 3.-Dr. Everett Gill,
representative of the Southern Bap-
tist Convention of America, who is
here for the purpose of distributing
clothing among the Baptists of Rus
sia, says he has been surprised to
find there are between 100000 and
100000 Baptists in this country
and that Russians take readily to i'm
mersion, as they are accustomed to
it because of it's practice by the Or
thodox church.
Itinerant Baptist evangelists are
now endeavoring to spread the teach
ings of that doctrine very widely in
Russia. A union Of all the Baptists
of this country Is planned next June
Until now they have been divided
into two branches, one located al
Moscow and the other at Petrograd
The Russian Bsptists say they
have not been persecuted under the
Soviet regime, the ire of the Com.
munists being mostly directed at the
Orthodox church, which they regard
ed as a tool Of the empire.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-02-04
WOULD PURCHASE
HOME PRODUCTS

Senator Wells yesterday intro
duced in the senate bill to require
all state collegS and other state in
stitutions and county supervisors TO
purchase as far as practicable sup
plies from the home products, grown
By the farmers of South Carolina.
The bill was referred to the commit
tee on finance. Provisions Of the
measure are:
"Be it enacted by the general rs
sembly Of the State of South Caro-
lima: Section l. That it shall be the
duty of all the state colleges and
state institutions supported by ap-
preparations from the state treasury
and all county supervisors, to pur-
chase, as far as practical, the home
products from the farmers of South
Carolina such food supplies for mair-
tcnancc as can be grown and pro
duccd upon the farms Of South Caro-
lima.
"Sec. ,. For carrying out the pur-
pose of this act, it shall be the duty
of said officers and agents from time
to time, giving reasonable notice, to
make a list of such supplies as can
ne produced i'll this state, and will
hc needed and the quantity, quality
and time of delivery, and the same
shall be published free in the bulle-
tin which shall be issued by the de-
partment of agriculture and distrib-
uted among the farmers in the sever
al counties Of this state.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be lawful for the
officers and agents Of said institu-
tionS to enter into a contract, with
farmers, or any associations or or
CARNATIONS of farmers of this state
for the production and delivery upon
such terms as may be agred upon, of
such produce as may be needed, and
can be grown in this state, sufficient
notice as far as practical being given.
to give time for planting, growing
and harvesting.
"Sec. A. 1t shall be the duty of all
county supervisors to make list
from time to time of all county sup
plies that may be needed and can be
produced in their respective counties,
and purchase the same from the far
mers in their respective counties, and
rnay esfter ints contrActse with .zsstei
farmers, or any association or orcar-
ization of the same ~ produce a.!
deliver said sur2lic'. anc said lis rt
supplies may be uhl;sNed IN sale /.
ricultural bulletin, hy posting or T.
fishing in new,raper within tn" -.-
cretion Of the cruaty srsp'rviS ?rp.
vided, no contract shall ~ ,0;".-".
into to purchase ar" Sv"r,'.s a. b..
greater price than the market price
at the time of delivery of said sup
plies"
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-02-04
Jonesville Defeats Chesnee

Jonesville, Feb. 3.-The Jonesville
High school basket ball team defeated
the Chesnee Highs this afternoon to
the tune of 35 to "a, in one Of the
fastest and hardest fought games that
has been played on the local Y. M.
c. A. floor this season.
The Jonesville team, although get
ting a multitude of shots could not
find the center Of the cage in the first
half of the fracas, and at the end of
this period Chesnee led by a score of
Ia to 10.
However, after the ten minutes rest
the locals came back with such speed
and determination that they soon ov-
ercame this lead and completely swept
the visitors off their feet. The local
boys pulled off some Of the best pass
ing throughout the entire game ever
seen in Jonesyile.
Individual stars for Jonesville would
be hardto pick as every man was in
the game every minutes. Perfect
teamwork accounted for every goal.
The visitors played a hard and
steady game throughout, fighting
gamely until the last whistle sounded
Cudd and wall played stellar ball for
them.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-02-04
Honor Roll of
Buffalo Graded School

The following is the honor roll of
the Buffalo graded school for month
ending January 9th:
First Grade Dexter Roberts, Janet
White, Eula Warner, Leroy Webb
Dorothy Smith, Lois Haney, Laura
Thomas, Carlisle Gowan, Lola Brooks
Nellie Lawson, Vera Willard, Robert
Bishop, Alvin Rogers, Cheney Rog.
ers, Oscar Wright, Woodrow Manis
Hugh Kingsmore, Robert Brooks, Ec
Brooks, Willie Mae Worley.
Advanced First Grade - Blanch,
Norris, Evelyn Haney, Ruth Caldwell
Daisy Minton, Bonnie Mccall, Ruby
Mccall, Gertrude White, Fannie
White.
Second Grade-Lucy Justice, Laurs
Mae Justice, AlonZo Banks, Anns
Ball, Maudie Brown.
Third Grade-Clyde Gowan, Mil
drcd Griffith, Hubert Minton, T.
Malpass, Naomie Petty, Eva Manis.
Fourth Grade-Thelma Wildwood
Grace Messer, Lloyd Shelton, Violet
Sumner, Lottie Massey.
Sixth Grade-Irene Kassler, Norms
Kassley.
Seventh Grade-Melda Won Holen
Bernicc Carver.