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The Colorado statesman., 1923-12-01
BOULDER, COLO, NEWS

Boulder is having a snow today, 27th.
1t started in last night, showing about
o'clock.
Rev. Jackson preached morning and
evening mt the Baptist Church, Sunday
the 25th.
In the afternoon Mt 3 o'clock Sunday
School convened. At this service they
decided to have Sunday School at 10
o'clock hereafter. We wish them sue
cess in their every effort.
The Booker r. Washington Civic
League met last Thursday night. They
had election of officers for the year
and a spelling match. We hope it will
be real live wire. The new officers
appointed are: Mr.. Oscar Moore, pres
ident Mr.. C. Sutton, vice president /;
Miss Fanny Roberts, secretary; Mr..
James Chrysler, treasurer.
Rev a. c. Murphy was acting chair
man until permanent officers were ap-
pointed. They are planning on having
public installation of officers.
At Allen Chapel, the Senior Mite
Missionary Society will give dinner
Wednesday, the 2Sth, real Thanks
giving dinner, turkey and all the fix
ms" They serve at noon and also at
night. Mrs. Mary White will be in
charge.
Mr.. Clyde and Mrs. Elizabeth Hall
are the proud parents of a baby girl
born Friday night, the 23rd. Mother
and baby are doing nicely.
Mr. J. Morris of Eighteenth and Wa
ter was Boulder visitor Sunday, re-
turning to Denver Sunday night on the
late Interurban.
Mr. Rucker of 2045 Goss was not
feeling at all well Sunday, but is bet
ter ut this writing.
Mrs. S. ]. Washington has been suf-
fering with n bad tooth the past few
days, but is some better.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-12-01
Water Harder Than Steel.

A thin jet of water may be harder
than steel. Several such jets exist
at the new turbine station at Fully,
Switzerland. The nozzles from which
they issue are about IA inches in di-
ameter, and the water, the pressure
of which is nearly two tons to the
square inch, is so rigid that a strong
man armed with an iron crowbar would
be unable TO drive it through the thin
jet of water though he tried with all
his might.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-12-01
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The Colorado statesman., 1923-12-01

For Sale-one Pullman uniform, two
Pullman coats and vests and two caps.
One pair of skates for boy IL years of
age. Apply 2449 Humboldt. Phone
York 4O14-J.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-12-01

For Rent-Two Large front rooms
suitable for man and wife or gentle
men, and two side rooms. Hot water
night and day. Apply, 241o champa
ST. Phone Champa 9323-M.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-15

S11dl11
 yic City
 represents with it's stores basement and subbasemen expenditure 0000 When the entire 240 feet shall have been covered by the completed structure there will have been real estate investment ofneary 300O0O At that P z will still feel that like Birmngham things have ust started"
 Pztz is proud of his record here Birmingham but he prouder still of the district and the people that have made that record posb there thing of which he is proud than anything else his unwaverng faith in Brn ham and his confidence the capacity of her people to appe cate modern merchandising and sustant Pz has ventred many tmes he has ventued the rocboto of this dis tricts undepng the sound basis for his ventures Feel ing always that Birmingham just startng he has at no time been afraid of making and bigger start himsef Seeing Birmingham growing during the periods when bus mess depressed and this growth forcing itself the superficial observance of Pz had the faith to the growth that taking place beneath the surface and wait ing only the first encouragement of better general cond tions spring forth and flower more beautifully than Business not all in the nicke and the dollars that tnke into todays till There in business there the loves of men and and the achievements of warriors Pztz saw in the smoke of Soss furnace the weird nightly glow of the Soss coke and the dgay piles of sag into such useful service for He and pitched his tents here in the spirit of pioneering felt by those who cut their way through forests help found and become part of the vest
 Pizz was just starting the same Birmingham
 "just starng quarter century ago and he intends
 to keep "just starting with Birmingham He 'rather
 likes" Birmingham because Birmingham has shoWna lik
 ing for him. Heis building bigger and bigger the years
 go by but he intends that his shall be big
 to be the courteous peoples store that it at the
 time of it's beginning and all the other first startngs"
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10

we heard the guard add in what he
imagined was too low tone for us
to hear. "Yes-yes, that's right" he
went on half laughingly; sit will
help to keep their minds off the mat
ter"
Then Comes Friday.
Hear that. john" Dutch ques-
toned, without even glancing at me-
They've got our interests at heart
eh?"
/ And then my neighbor Of Murder
ers' Row proceeded with the telling
OF something that carried us. figu-
ratively. far away from our circum-
scribed and trying situation.
Charley's story telling was respon-
good fortune in getting to remain
outside for full half hour more on
both that and the following day.
The third day after my arrival at
the safe place" pending execution,
which day was Friday, was the day
FOR Frank Flowers to be executed.
Charley had explained that all pris-
| oners would be kept in their cells
during the execution, and when Fri
day morning came l tried to get my
| self in frame of mind that would
make 1t easier on me to remain in
the close confine until the afternoon.
The happenings of that Friday
morning. Will I-could ,I-even IL /
live to be hundred years old, ever
forget about it all? Perhaps, how
over. all cross-sections of human
life and activities are worth record
ing. Moreover. this is a narrative of
what prison life means to a man !;
therefore l shall set forth carefully
| here what happened in connection
| with the execution OF Frank Flow
ers.
On that Friday morning the time
sentence convicts had gone to the
shop and other places about their
work. A little before 10 o'clock,
however, the large gong in the tower
| over the dining room tapped four
| times; then the smaller gongs in each
| cell house and the one on the center
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10
By John w. Kane

The chair faced west, and to look
in that direction one would see
low building with broad doorway
35 feet distant from the chair. One
might not look through that door
way, because suspended across 1t
and reaching almost to the top was
a curtain of coarse heavy matsriSi
In that curtain at distance OF
about two feet from one another
were five round holes about three
inches in diameter.
Few, if any, were then looking to-
ward the curtsined doorway. All
eyes were turned toward that man
with the black cloth over his eyes.
Turn this way, Franll-now sit
down" one of those leading Flowers
spoke to him.
Are there many watchin' it?"
came his laughing inquiry.
Not many-about 80, maybe, an
swered one of the officers as he
and others began to adjust straps
around Flowers arms and legs,
mo chance to get away now" the
man in the chair remarked mo-
ment later. No one replied.
The doctor stepped forward then
and pinned a circular piece of white
paper over the region Of Flowers
Have you anything you'd like to
say, Frank" asked the chiet deputy;
Not thing" was the clear anu
even answer. Let er CO. winch
you're ready
Then the chief deputy looked to-
ward that curtain across the door
way. The pencils of the newspaper
men present were working rapidly.
Ready" the deputy called out The
muzzles of five rifles came Slowly
through those holes Take ann
And the muzzles became almost sta
tionary for three seconds. Fire"
"Thfs Man Is Dead"
Almost as one rifle those five
spoke. The form in the chair gave
a Jerk slightly upward, the head
dropped little bit forward and to
the left. A pallor rapidly settled on
the lips and over that portion Of the
face and neck below the bandage.
The prison physician and another at
tendinge physician stepped forward
and each took hold of wrist with
rapidly weakening pulse. For almost
a minute there was silence. The re-
porters' pencils were still.
Gentlemen" said the prison ply
stefan, this man Is dead"
The sound of those rifles had
reached me also, I had a pair of soft
soled shoes, and after that volley I
arose and began to walk noiselessly
back ad forth in my cell. And mental
ly swore a solemn oath to myself
that, in the event all legal effort
failed and l believed all hope in that
direction was lost, rather than to go
to that chair / would take any de-
sperate chance whatsoever.
CONTINUED Next Week)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10
Thicker Than Water
By Mary Blake Woodson
CONTINUED Next Week.

in next day a-huge mountaineer
blacksmith with clear blue eyes of
girl
Never sick a day in his life. Says
he'll give the blood and never miss
it, he announced. Just examine
him, will you?'
But they didn't-much. Instead.
they walked around him and whistled
marveling that man over fifty
could have the smooth skin of youth
and mighty muscles Of maturity. The
blacksmith looked a long, long time
at the pinched pallid face Of old
John ST. Clair sleeping in his silent.
lonely room.
ITS the rich. rich Mr.. st. Clair"
the prettiest nurse whispered when
he came out and as the huge black
smith nodded silently. wonderingly,
she added briskly: "At in the
morning"
So the blacksmith went away.
bent, up a steep, red-brown hill into
a red-gold sunset. And in going he
walked very slowly.
But 1t wasn't TRANSMISSION that
cured old John st. Clair next day.
1t was respite. 1t was opening his
hard eyes to find yesterdays door
wide open that he'd locked against
himself all the bitter money making
years, wide open and hiding nothing,
after all. but happiness; 1t was open
ing them on a world suddenly full of
human understanding and comfort,
of light and tenderness; it was open
ing them on room no longer lone
some and still, on self nc longer
mean or waiting for death or that
other thing or even waiting. For
piece" was there and a bunch of
mountain wild-flowers and a plump
woman named Marthy, who smiled
at him and whose huge husband, at
the moment he opened his eyes. was
nursing a bandaged arm and good
naturedly was wrangling with the
biggest doctor over money-money
he wouldn't take. He began by say
ing it didn't matter what his name
was. Pete would do. He ended by
roughly pushing the doctors hand
away and saying huskily: "Shucks.
doc-why-aw, ssS-hell, doc, don't.
Why he's my-own brother. old John
St. Clair is"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10

post of the shops. The prisoners
dropped work and went noiselessly to
their cells.
The Death Warrant.
After the slamming of doors, the
silence was that of midnight. For
five minutes it was as still as a
tomb The first sound was that of
many feet upon the cement walk that
led from the front of the walled en-
closure to the cell houses and the
grounds back of them. Out in front
and near that house in which I was
confined another walk extended
around on the south side of the build
ing. 1 could tell that some of the
approaching footballs were turning
that way, while others were coming
straight on and up the steps leading
Into that house. Soon there was a
rafting of keys, locks and sliding
levers, and through the end gate of
that corridor below me came eight
men. l counted them as they passed.
! knew five of them. They were the
warden, deputy warden, prison
physician, chief criminal deputy sher-
if of that county, and a Catholic
priest.
Without a word they stopped in
front of the death cell.
"Here, Frank" the warden ad-
dressed Flowers, sis Father Raglan.
A friend of yours insisted upon his
coming up to see you. and If you
wish to talk with him, you may do so
alone for few minutes"
II never sent for him" Flowers
voice was clear. And l have nothing
to say to him."
A moment later the priest and the
deputy warden came walking back
by my cell.
I heard the deputy sheriff's voice
He was reading something. 1t was
the death warrant.
Il suppose it's all right" said
Flowers. II don't care anything
about it either way"
"a. Fine a. SILK"
Then the prison physician: Frank,
YOU don't look either pale or flushed.
How do you feel about 1t, anyway
LAS fine as silk" Flowers assured
him. But if you don't get me a
drink of whisky I'll come back and
haunt you"
The deputy warden, who. had re-
turned, telephoned that the whisky
be sent in. A guard from the 'front.'
of the prison brought 1t. From the
bits of conversation I knew Flowers
had pronounced it good.
About what time is it now" 1
heard him ask.
ITS Just one minute after 10 by
nv watch" answered the doctor.
And then came some brief CONVEX
sation between three or four, with
comparisons of time. Their talk told
that they were at high nervous
tension. but were trying to appear
otherwise.
well, Frank" said the chief dep
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10

whispered about bread and butter
again. Last of all he blurted
"Marthy."
And after that there was no stop
ping him. The art musem wasn't
home" He wouldn't stay. So one
balmy day, a special train crept
slowly through purple. pne-clad
gorges of the Blue Ridge mountains
carrying nurses, doctors, comforts,
luxuries and a very weak and fret
full John St. Clair.
Soft rugs. easy chairs and luxuries
from the city gave the rented sum-
mer hotel an air of bustling &C.
cupancy and outside were gorgeous
sunsets. comforting hills, mellow
sunlight and scented, soothing air.
But inside, again it was still and
lonely for old John ST. Clair and he
was disseminated. He lay passive, as
if stubbornly waiting for something
to COME that wasn't death-and
didn't come. His hard eyes grew
harder. Once he said huskily: II
was born right over that-ridge at
Turkey Run" And when the pref
test nurse smiled to hide her
amazement. he added haltingly:
"Marthy-she lived-six miles up the
turnpike. Lordy, she could-cook.
ana Sne was pTtlly-dS pretty as you
are" he finished grudgngly. And
while the prettiest nurse thought
fully turned a ring on her third
finger she made mistake.
"Was-Marthy the-the girl you
married." She asked, softly.
Such sudden rage shook cid John
st. Clair it frightened her. He rallied
at marriage and at fool women and
at fool men until he lost his voice.
But out of a little silence after he
had stared into the past with visit
fulness back of his glare, he vouch-
safed grumblingly: I-got mad-I
never-came back after-she mar
ried-somebody else"
And after his sudden squirt of
anger, cid John ST. Clair failed fast.
He seemed to give up waiting and
grow listless until presently his brain
drowsed in his fragile body and they
knew. from the biggest to the httlest
doctor that there was only one thing
left. The littlest doctor brought it
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10
By SOPHIE IRENE LOEB

A father came to me the other day,
pleading that l see his daughter, his
only child, and try to urge her to
come back home to the small town.
about two years ago, thinking she
was going to capture Broadway"
Well, seemingly, Broadway got her
instead
She had theatrical ambitions. and
as the father put it. she was spoiled
in her own nome town" Her friends
told her what wonderful actress
she would become and how she
would storm the metropolis. She
vas a good dancer and they felt sure
she could get into the Metropolitan
Ballet before the year was over. She
had always played the leading parts
in the home talent productions and
was altogether the belle.
After she came here she learned
that the flattery of friends is far
different from the critical demands
of managers. The best she got was
some kind of an act in vaudeville on
a circuit for small towns. She mar
ried her dancing partner and is al
ready seeking divorce, and in the
meantime working as cloak model
When I think of the splendid
father and mother of this girl, whom
position this girl had at home. to
say nothing of the opportunities she
left to do similar work here, my
heart goes out to them.
1t was not as if this girl had to
do this sort of thing. because her
people were able to take care of her
amply and let her develop all her
talents. But no. youth would spread
its wings, which in this case were
very badly singed indeed.
She is today much wiser and less
enthusiastic. She has learned her
lesson and l believe has realized that
it is much better to be large fish
in small pond than to try to blaze
way on Broadway with nothing
behind you but the kind words Ct
good friends. J
OF course. this does not mean that
genius will not find it's way and get
to the top, but the important thing
is to learn if there is marked abil-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10

uty sheriff after moment of ST.
lence, 'if you're ready, we are"
I'm ready right now" was the
prompt reply-"the sooner it's over
with, the better it suits me-"
The next moment 1 saw Flowers
ers come walking along the corridor
One of the officers took hold of his
arm, but Flowers pulled loose.
You don't have to hold me-" he
said. Tn not goin' to faint
"All right, Frank. but I thought
maybe the close confinement had
made you weak"
mot bit of it," And then. near
ing Dutch Charley's cell and looking
up, Flowers called out: well, so
long Charley-Ill see you on the
other side!"
"Good-by Frank" answered Char
ley. Go through with it like a
MANI
'T'II See You over Therew
You betn'
BY that time he was in front Of
my cell. There also he looked up
ward.
Good luck. Kane" he spoke in a
slightly lower tone. And if you
come I'll see you, too"
"Good-by!' 1 responded.
A moment later they were passing
across the outer coTrluOr anu uoW IL
the steps to the yard.
From there on all that Charley
and / and other prisoners could do
was to wait for the sound of the
rifles.
Soon after that day, however, be-
gan to think of the possibility of
some day writing this, and therefore
found out from several different
sources all that happened after the
death procession passed out of our
hearing.
Along the south side of that cell
house they marched in an easterly
direction. When near the corner of
the long building, around which the
whole back yard could be seen, the
procession stopped. The deputy
sheriff took from his pocket black
cloth and started to tie it over the
condemned mans eyes.
wait minute" said Flowers,
without the slightest tremble in his
voice I'D like to see how it looks
where the shootin' is to take place"
Under the law we have to blind
fold you, Frank" the deputy told
him.
All right then. but let me look at
the sun once"-which he did. Now
you can do your blindfoldin'."
The cloth was tied on and the
march taken up again. Just round
the corner northward some 20-odd
persons were waiting. AS the group
with the blindfolded man between
two of them approached, the crowd
departed and Flowers was led
through an opening in roped- off
oblong area and to a rough-lumber
improvised chair at one end.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10

"Don't Sleep BY Day"
The tray-bearer held the end of
the tray through the doorway ana l
began to unload the dishes. There
were roast pork, apple sauce, fine
white bread, a small pot of coffee, a
glass of milk, a cut of lemon pie and
cigarette. l perhaps showed my
surprise
you'll be pretty we'll fed now,
that's the practice the guard told
ME. 1.-THE cigarette isn't regular
part of it. Jack s., the chief
accompanied me in from the front
office-"slipped that one from his
case and sent it in to YOU
We'll, Well l appreciate, all OF
it," said l. But a man Will need
some exercise on this kind of 1904
won't he?"
there In the court this afternoon, If
YOU want it," he explained; ana mo
doubt you will s..
did want the walk--and 1 got ~
between the hours of and ina;
was under the eye OF an armed
guard who sat on a wall. But soon
forgot about his presence ana inc
walking seemed to strengthen ana
help me. II -, ~.
After my return to the cell, the
signal for which was the guards ap-
nearance at an upper window.
talked again with Dutch Charley.
He had been permitted to exercise IN
the forenoon. He explained various
matters. He told me not to sleep IN
the day time, because that would
prevent sleep at night. -,
The night came-the time after ai y
movement of inmates had ceased
throughout the prison; 1t came much
earlier in that respect than 1t ever
fore the gong had tapped three times
as a signal for inmates to prepare
to retire, I had lain down in prepa,,
ration for the sleep that l longed