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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27
GEORGIA USES
OLD METHODS
ON PRISONERS
Goes Back to the Primitive For
Methods of Furnishing I'm
ruly Convicts

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 27.-Stocks
sweat boxes, and various other prim-
tive forms of punishment have been
in vogue in Georgia's convict camps
since the lash was legally abolished.
And Georgia is aroused now by
charges that in the penalties infict-
q ed on prisoners for violations OF
rules, the state has gone from bad
to worse.
So widespread has become a @e-
volt of public sentiment against The
punishment methods used by ward
ems that the state prison commits
sion has called a conference for De
cember to adopt new regulations,
Stocks and sweat boxes particular
Nv are denounced by Georgians IN
terested in prison reform, as bark
ing back to the days when convlcts
were subjected to more ruthless bru-
tality than the beasts of the field.
Reports have been made to the
prison commission by several conf
mittees which investigated prison
conditions in the state. These dis
closed that following abolition OF
whipping, wardens were left virtual
Nv to tnem own devices IN penallzlng
convicts.
Stocks and sweat boxes appear 10
have been the favorite substitutes.
But they have not been the only
ones.
In one country camp, a prisoner
to be punished was backed up to
post, and his arms chained behlnd
the post, His arms then were raised
as nigh as possible and the cham
fastened on a nail. The prisoners
was compelled to stand in this attl-
tude for hours. Chairman Emmett
Williams of the legislatures penlten-
tiary committee said.
Another report told of a convict
being confined in a shallow box just
large enough to hold him, and OF
molasses being poured over his ex-
posed face. His arms were fastened
SO that he was powerless to pursh
away the flies.
Use of stocks and sweat boxes is
described and defended by Supern
tendent A. A. Clarke of the convict
camps in Fulton county.
These devices are resorted to, sale
Clarke. only when less severe meth
DDS of punishment have failed to
make recalcitrant convicts obey ord
ars.
Awhile youth sentenced as a Vag-
rant refused to work, Clarke said
He was placed in solitary box, "
a fraction higher than the average
man, with holes hored in the top
Bread and water were passed
through a small sliding panel in the
door. The prisoner had to stand up
right in the dark when the door was
closed.
so thought a night of that would
tame him." said Clarke. But after
six days, on bread and water, he
was as stubborn as ever.
after that | had stocks made,
and we locked him in them. Six
hours later he begged to be releas-
ed"
Clarke further explained: "Whel
man stays in the stocks too long
his arms and his legs swell, and then
he has to be taken to the hospital for
treatment"
He remarked: This is a prison
camp, not a hotel, We do the best
we can by the men, We get the very
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

Laura, Lee, Lemule, Lillian, Luther,
Lois, Lucille, Lester and Lawrence.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

In one family of 10 children, they
all have names beginning with 81. "
The names are Lenora, Lydia, Lula,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27
When the orchestra stops its surge of music-and
the ahplauding couples begin to leave the 4oor-nAen
you join the good fellows for jolly talk and friendship
have Camel!

WHEN the orchestra gives you encore after
encore, but finally stops. And the couples glow
ing with happiness reluctantly leave the floor.
When you join the men for jovial talk until the
next dance begins-hdve Camel
For no friend so enhances the joys of life as
Camel. Camel makes every happy occasion
happier, adds its own charm to every festive
day, every blithesome evening. Cames contain
the very choicest tobaccos grown in all the world.
They never tire your taste, no matter how freely
you smoke them. They're SO skilfully blended
they never leave cigaretty after-taste. Rolled
into Camels is every good feature you have ever
wished for in cigarette.
So, when you're waiting happily and conf
IDENTIFY for your time to rejoin the dance
taste the smoke that's known and loved by the
worlds experienced smokers. No doubt about
it, you'll never know how good cigarette can
be until you
Have a Camel
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27
Plains Methodist
Circuit

Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Guest have
been granted church certificates
from Concord church, they having
recently moved near Abbevile, Ga.
Rev. C. A. Philips delighted the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13

Washington musicians have nego-
tiated new scale calling for Is per
cent increase in wages and improved
working conditions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13
The Cherry
" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
fOundly, sometimes flippantly,
sometimes reckessly.

Mileage of hard surfaced roads in
the United States is close to the half
million mark.
Some stretch of roadl
The Romans built good roads and
used them as means of holding the
empire together.
Roads mean easy travel and easy
travel means lot of things.
Roads used to mean mainly easy
military transport. But they mean
much more than that today and the
half million miles of new road will
see very little of the business of
marching armies-very little indeed.
When George Washington was
president of the United States the
journey from Philadelphia to Wash
ington was a long and tiresome one.
From Washington to Mount Vernon
was tedious trek, but now sight
seers in big busses count it as just a
by-path paunt
In those old days there were only
roads of mud where now there are
rolling surfaces of concrete. And
with the change in road bed there has
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13

the anthracite operators and negoti-
ate with them if they will concede
that the negotiations shall be on the
basis of fact. If they will not with
draw their statement, on record in the
conference, that they will yield moth
ing but reject everything that tends
to disturb the factor of mine costs,
then there can be no negotiations
under the conditions upon which we
adjourned the conference; negotia-
tions can be resumed only upon the
request of either party, either the op-
orators or the mine workers, by MAX
ing known their desire to the chair
man of the conference, who will call
the delegates together.
"Any day the operators desire to
renew negotiations with the United
Mine Workers of America, they can
do so by formally, or informally, noti-
flying the chairman of the conference"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13
'STEENTH REVOLU-
TION POSTPONED
IN CHICAGO

Chicago.-The American negro la
Dor congress, widely heralded by the
communists, developed into a hand
full of persons who could be crowded
into a street car of the one-horse
type.
The pathetic little gathering lis
tened to appeals to race prejudice and
of the A. F. of L. Cen
eralities were the order of the day.
The regulation collection was not over
looked, newspapers were furnished
columns of publicity on the latest
revolution, and the gathering ad-
journed.
The collapse of the so-called con-
gress is due in large measure to Pres
ident Green's warning against this
movement.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13
Labor to Make Big Drive For Laws to Limit
Equity Courts to Field Of Property Rights

shave in equity And, while in equity
he is assumed guilty and must prove
cleanliness, in law he is assumed inno-
cent and the burden of proof is on
the plaintiff. He points out also that
excessive punishment, common in
equity, is not menace in the law
courts, in addition to which contempt
proceedings found in equity are elimi-
mated
Opportunity for Justice Equal
''In addition" Mr. Woll said, "em-
ployers and employees are given equal
opportunity and equal freedom in ad-
justing their relations without bring
ing the state, through the courts, into
the situation as partisan to the en-
ployers under the guise of protecting
property rights. -
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13

come to US also the great change in
vehicles-or vice versa. Distances
have melted away like dew before the
morning sun of springtime.
Our half million miles of new good
roads mean that more people can go
more places-and that means more
than just joy riding.
Out in Oregon one can leave the
little city of Medford, with its memo
ries of gold rush days, and in a cou-
pie of hours he can look down from
high SUBMITS into the sunlight val
leys of the California side, bathed in
the golden flood of an afternoon sun
Where creaking, groaning horse
drawn wagons used to moil along over
roads that were little better than mud
paths, great automobile trucks hurry
along to market with all manner of
produce. The concrete mixer by the
roadside is wonderful spreader of
civilization and of it's benefits
All of this means that time pays
bigger dividends than it used to pay.
Good roads diminish the time spent
in the business of getting from place
to place. Not only that, but more
important, they make possible the
business of getting from place to
place. That means much.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13
Capital Comment By xhsKDs shKD 5

Washington, D. C.-Organized la
Dor was handed a smack in police
court when the judge decided that
Mrs. Dorothy Ferguson was guilty of
violating police regulation and was
fined ten dollars.
Mrs. Ferguson was arrested for
picketing local haberdashery, and
the judge says she is not protected by
the Clayton antitrust act because she
was not an employe of the store and
was not seeking employment there
when arrested
Another case against Mrs. Ferguson
was dismissed recently by another
police court magistrate, but this is
said to be different because Mrs. Fer
guson was not shown to really be in
terfering with trade.
John N. Breen, the attorney for the
defendant, told the Central Labor
Union he is preparing an appeal and
has every reason to hope for a rever-
sal before higher court.
The convention of the National
Council of Congregational Churches
in this city heard the cooperative plan
of management of industry lauded by
Robert w. Bruere, associate editor of
the Survey.
owe as churchmen," he told the
convention, 'can contribute much to
the welfare of American industry if
we will acquaint ourselves with the
details of such significant tendencies
as this union cooperative manage
ment plan" He out lined the situa-
ton at the close of the shop crafts
strike in 1922, the solution agreed
upon by the Machinists' Union and
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and
quoted President Daniel Willard, of
the B. & O. as saying, "The union
is the basis of good management"
Washington is in the clutches of al
coal famine, and the harassed house
holder is being urged to use substi-
tutes- which, of course, cost as much
or more than anthracite.
The daily papers assured us, when
the strike began, there would be no
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13

cry counts. If the government loses
in the present appeal, then the defend
ants will be entirely free from danger
of prosecution on charges of bribery
This is the governments last stand
on the bribery charges.
1t is the bribery charges in which
the famous black bag figures and in
which the charges were made that
Fall was given 100000 by Do
heny junior Fall leased the Elk Hills
oil reserve to the Dohenys while Sim
clair got the famous Teapot Dome
lease
International Labor News Service
was the first to call public attention to
the scandal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13
Campaign to Mark Change
In Fight Against lnjunctions
Organized Workers Propose to Require Law Courts To
Adjust All Disputes Arising Out of Industrial Dis
agreements, Assuring Accused Right of Trial by Jury

in industrial relations has afforded the
supreme court an opportunity to de-
clare all such legislation unconstitu-
tional on the ground that such legis-
lation has violated the due process
of law section of the constitution and
the section safeguarding property
rights created by the courts them
selves
THE field of property rights has so
developed and extended through judi
cial rulings that today no personal
right exists which does not involve
some property right developed in this
way.
New Proposal Avoids Difficulty
"Our new proposal avoids this diff
Guilty, in that it does not seek to define
either property rights or individual
and collective personal rights which
may be in conflict with each other in
industrial disputes, but will require
their adjudication-if they must be
adjudicated by judicial process-in the
law courts and not in the equity
courts. BY following this course the
difficulties placed in the way by the
supreme court will be successfully
overcome"
1t was pointed out by Mr.. Woll that
in the law courts the accused is as
sured a jury trial, which he may not
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13
Miners Stand Firm on Basis
OfStrike Settlement Outlined
In Speech by President Lewis

By international Labor News Service.
Indianapolis, Ind.-Thomas Ken
nedy, secretary-treasurer of the In
ternational Union, United Mine Work
ers of America, has reiterated the
stand taken by President Lewis, of
the union, in the matter of resuming
negotiations with the anthracite coal
operators.
Before the first joint conference of
the miners and operators at Atlantic
City, President Lewis, in a speech to
the business men of Hazleton, Pa, en-
bodied settlement basis" Secretary
Kennedy said. "That basis still holds
and is the one on which the miners
will SETTLE"
The secretary quoted President
Lewis statement he made to eastern
newspapers shortly after the breaking
up of the conference:
I'VE are always ready to meet with
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13
BY CHESTER M. WRIGHT
Staff Correspondent, International
Labor News Service


Staff Correspondent, International
Labor News Service
Washington, u. C.--Labor's new
policy in the fight against injunctions,
a puzzle to most delegates to the re-
cent A. F. of L. convention even after
they had voted unanimously for its
adoption, was cleared up in an inter
view today by Matthew Woll, chair
man of the convention committee
which proposed the new policy.
Labor will, in the next session of
congress, and in every state legisla-
ture, Mr.. Woll said, seek enactment
into law of a proposal to limit the
jurisdiction of equity courts in such
a manner as to throw into law courts
the type of cases in which labor
injunctions have been issued in the
past by equity courts.
To Fence in Equity Courts
Hitherto labor has fought the in
junction as such. Now it proposes to
abandon the fight of 25 years and
fence in the equity courts in such a
manner as to restrict them to the pro-
lection of property rights and pre-
vent them from interfering with per-
sonal rights, either in the cases of
individuals or of groups.
This means that little hope is longer
entertained as to the effectiveness of
the Clayton act, until now hailed as
charter of freedom from equity
court action.
"All federal COURTS" said Mr.. Woll,
vice president of the A. F. of l.. and
lawyer, "are the creatures of con-
gress. Congress establishes them, it
fixes their jurisdiction and it may
change their jurisdiction at any time.
The supreme court has repeatedly up
held this contention. That assures US
of clear road in our new program.
What is true of federal courts in the
nation at large is true of state courts
in the states.
Congress Can Limit Courts
Congress may say that in certain
cases there is remedy by injunction.
1t may also say there is no such rem
edy. 1t is true that the equity courts
have developed jurisdiction regard
less Of congress and in addition to
any power that congress has given,
but congress most certainly may say
that these courts shall be limited to
certain kinds of cases, that they may
not deal with certain other kinds.
"We have never attempted to have
congress say to the federal courts that
conflicts arising out of labor disputes
shall be confined for adjudication to
the law division Of the federal courts.
On the contrary, we have said that the
abuse shall be remedied by trying to-
define labor's rights, but still leaving
the power undisturbed in the hands Of
the equity courts.
To Ask Restriction on Jurisdiction
1T is now proposed to ask congress
to have the federal courts confine ad-
judication of all disputes or claims
relating to personal rights or the con-.
duct Of persons to the law division and
to deny jurisdiction to the equity div
sion in such cases.
s'The attempt of congress and of
legislatures to affrmatively set out
|labor's individual and collective rights
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13
Government In Last Fight
10 Press Bribery Charges
In Teapot Dome Oil Scandal

BY international Labor News Service.
Washington, d. Especial gov
ernment lawyers are making their
last effort to bring the Teapot Dome
scandal back into court Attorneys
Pomerene and Roberts have gone into
the District Court of Appeals here to
secure reversal of the ruling of Chief
Justice Mccoy who quashed the in
dictments on criminal charges involv-
ing Harry Sinclair, Albert B. Fall,
Edward F. Doheny and Edward F..
Doheny, Jr.
Since the original indictments were
ordered quashed by Mccoy new in
dictments have been secured charg-
ing conspiracy, but it is impossible
to secure new indictments on the brib-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13

shortage or raise in prices, but never
theless we have both, with the price
of anthracite out of reach and prac-
tically none on hand. Bituminous
dealers are supplying orders at great
ly increased prices.
In Baltimore the price of soft coal
has advanced 100 per cent in the last
month, and hard coal is selling for 500
a ton, and only enough on hand to
last the week out. Unless something
is done soon folks in the East will be
keeping cool with Coolidge.
The American Federation of Labor
is printing in pamphlet form for dis
tribution the speech of John L. Lewis
at the Atlantic City convention. Mr.
Lewis disclosures as to the scheme of
the coal operators to change the mesh
of screen and lower the quality of
various grades of coal is illuminating
This little bit of manipulation, Mr..
Lewis says, will pour into the pockets
of coal owners a trifing matter of
twenty million dollars year
Washington musicians have nego-
tiated a new scale calling for a Is per
cent increase in wages and improved
working conditions.
Federal employees are joining in the
fight of the building trades against
local builder, and with their help
it is confidently believed only ques-
tion of time until he capitulates. Data
collected by the Defense Association
from statesmen and pickets show this
builder has sold only eight Of 90
houses completed since September 9Th.
Literature directing attention to the
unfair attitude of this builder is be-
ing distributed to all trades unionists
and will undoubtedly result in curtail-
ing sales of houses.
One good thing about the anthracite
strike is that the customary two kill
ed and sixty injured each day is re-
duced to nothing. This is the well
known silver lining.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13
"HELLO" GIRLS WIN

Bloomington, Ill.-Organized tele-
phone operators have secured new
agreement. Wages are increased and
working conditions improved.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-13

One good thing about the anthracite
strike is that the customary two kill
ed and sixty injured each day is re-
duced to nothing. This is the well
known silver lining.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-30

u San Antonio's industrial and commercial advantage.
and possibilities will be broadcast to the leading execu-
tves in the United States by advertisements bust
ness magazines and trade journals having national
circulation In addition to the 313777 executives who
read these publications. San Antonos message will appear
in the LITERARY DIGEST, read by 14334s3 people
more than million of whom are executives.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-30

II was suffering badly with my
stomach Mr. Hendrix continued.
Ut seemed like all my food dis
agreed with me and after every
Tneal ] would suffer with indigcs-
zion and shortness of breath. Gus
Fould form and / would bloat up
badly. began to live on a diet but
y didn't do much good for even the
highest foods such as milk and eggs
would disagree and sour in my stom-
ach. / was often dizzy also and
would nearly topple over at times.
Finally, my kidneys got out of order
and began to suffer with consti-
patton and would have to take salts
every night. This condition had
kept up for months and ! tried medi.
cine after medicine but il seemed
like nothing would help me.
Il heard so many people talking
about your Plant Juice that finally
] started taking it and, as / said in
the first place, it has done even more
for me than was claimed. Nv stom-
ach seems TO be as good as new and
IL certainly is wonderful to be able
10 eat what you want and know that
you will not have 10 suffer for il.
Yes. j eat and sleep like a child
since i have taken Plant Juice and
] surely am glad TO indorse this
medicine to the people who arc
suffering"
Plant Juice is sold in San Antonio
By all Of the Sommers drug stores.
and is sold by all druggists every
where!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-30
ROHMER FUNERAL
HELD WEDNESDAY

Funeral services for Harry Ed.
wards Rohmer, AZ, who died of a
heart attack after eating lunch at his
home Tuesday, were conducted from
the home, ZIG Taft boulevard, We'd
nesday afternoon, followed by services
at st. Philips Catholic Church, the
Rev. Father G. Alsine officiating.
Surviving are his widow and son,
Harold: four sisters, Mrs. r. Neil
Campbell, Mrs. Mary Richards, Mrs.
c. c. Green and Miss Katherine
Rohmer, all of San Antonio, and two
brothers. Charlie and Joe Andres Rob
MGR. Pallbearers were Ed Collins,
Will Collins. P. c. Trainer, Alfred
Callaghan, Ban CARA and Albert
Graham.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-30
MEMORIES OF ACTRESS
AND SALOON KEEPER
ARE KEPT GREEN

AUSTIN, Sept. S0.-CP-In the
cold decisions of the Texas Railroad
Commission handed down in the
abandonment of Bean station on the
G. H. & S. A. Railway Company, and
in the change of location of the Lang.
try station. memories of Roy Bean,
saloonkeeper and justice Of the peace,
who was a law unto himself west Of
the Pecos' and of the famous actress,
Mrs. Lille Langtry, were recalled.
Roy Bean was famous in West Tex
as in the early days for his admins
tration of the law. Mrs. Langtry was
in a wreck near where the station Of
Langtry was located. The atoms
were named for them.