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FROM ROANOKE.

ROANOKE, VA, August 1O.-The
Piedmont Sunday School Convention
convened. at Bluefield, w. Va. from
August A to s. Miss Alpha Penn.
OF Seventh Avenue, Mrs. Emma Penn
OF Tenth Avenue and Mr.. S. w. Hyl-
ton were in attendance from Ninth
Avenue Christian Church as dele.
gates. They report one of the grand
est conventions of past years.
MRS. Nicy j. Gravely and son, 90
Seventh Avenue, NJ w. left Wednes.
day, August IL for Danville, Va. to
visit her motherin-law, Mrs. Grave
ly, of that city
Miss Ethel Howerton, of lis Sew.
enth Avenue, N. w. is much i'm
proved, to the delight of the entire
community.
Messrs H.. L. Drew and Willie Da-
Vfd left Tuesday night for Washing
ton, d. G. to spend their vacation.
Mr.. jeremiah Holland is vacating
there also.
Mrs. Hattie Perdew of Northeast
Walker Avenue, who has been sick
several weeks is yet indisposed.
Mrs. Catherine Stanfield 153
Madison Avenue, N. w. is slightly
improved. She is suffering with
high blood pressure.
Miss Majors. of Northwest Seventh
Avenue is suffering with a rheumat.
Ia hand. She is improving.
Mrs. Woods, of Northeast Walker
Avenue was taken seriously i'll Sun
day.
Mrs. Frank Mccoy and Mrs. Lucy
Lindsey were royalty entertained on
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Fannie MINIS, 22;' Tenth Ave
nue.. Ice cream, cakes, soft drinks
and lemonade and other delicacies of
the season were served. All enjoyed
the repast.
Mrs. l.. V. Fultz and Mrs. Hattie
G. Cooper called to see Mrs. Gather
inc Stanfield Tuesday evening.
Prof. M. Traynham left for Column.
bus. Ohio Monday, August 9,
The Richmond Planet Agent at
Roanoke solicits your patronage and
!our news. This is Virginia's oldest
and best journal
Rev j. w. Sanders, of FarmvilIe
was in Roanoke Sunday He lee.
tured to the Sunday School at Eben-
ezer A M. e. Church and attended
morning service there. He preached
to full house at Mt. Zion A. M. E..
Church at night. His sermon was a
gem. DIR. Sanders has the distinction
of being one among the greatest
preachers Of our times, in the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal Church He
is scholar Of wonderful ability who
has the power to produce his own
F., matter unaided by anyone save the
! Divine Head He is among the teach
ers Of the age. Rev. Sanders is here
, taking survey Of Roanoke and the
southwestern section of Virginia ana
West Virginia. He is looking fine
and quite active as in years gone
by when he pastored Mt. Zion.
Mr. Broadnax of Norfolk Avenue
dies here this afternoon He was a
SIR e"'her of st. Paui's Merotliai Moth
odist Church
Mr. Pnffin Sewers, of Louden Ave
nue. who has been an invalid for a
number OF years, is yet very feeble,
but cheerful
In memory OF our beloved Elton
Brown. who died eight years ago
July 2S:
Eight years have passed since that
| sad day
. The one we loved was called away:
God took him home with him to stay
1t was His will,
But in our hearts he is living still
Mother, Brother and Sisters. by
Mrs. Paytry Crews
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WITHIN PRISON WALLS

Editors Note: within Prison
Walls in this issue was written by
and training, who for obvious reas-
ons is withholding his real identity
and who due to his ability, served
During course of ten years. in
his positions Gas an inmate) one of
which has never been filled by any
other inmate of any race.
During this series he will dwell
intimately on certain phases Of pris-
on life that are rarely, If ever. dis
closed to the public.)
lContinued from last wfek.l
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every morning.
Yours truly,
EDWARD BRYANT,
Douglas, Arizona
camp Harry j. Jones,
Co. ID, 18th Infantry.
FOUND GREAT RELIEF.
Power, W.. Va, Feb. 8, 1926.
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re- chmond, Va.
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MRS, MARY GROCE
Power, w. Va.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Having qualified on the estate of
Louis II Crump. deceased. al, per-
sens indebted to the estate will
please settle with me. and all per-
sons having claims against the
estate will present same to me for
ettlement. Residence 915 st. James
Street.
BESSIE MONTAGUE.
Administrative.
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Dauberville. Pa, March 25, 1925.
Mr.. L. j Hayden.
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Richmond, Va.
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Yours truly,
MRS. CHARLES EBLrN,.
DaubersvjiIe, Pa.
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(" Within Prison
Walls. >
Wins Fame Behind Prison
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Derience of a Brilliant
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you couldn't have. to eat if you had
the wherewith to buy it,
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LIFE IN PRISON"

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OTHER PRIVILEGES.

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prison regulation cloth, cut in any
style desired. Silk shirts, socks and
underwear could be worn IL you
could get them. Even some men
with special jobs could have one or
more outside suits hanging up in
their cells. On holiday you could
have your wife, mother or sweet
heart visit you and with them min
gle in the prison yard as at county
fair.
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HAD NO DEFENSE.

had no defense. / did not know
what he was talking about and did
not realize that he was referring to
the letter / had written my girl
friend until he asked me if 1 hadn't
asked some one how to get letter
out" Then it dawned on me what
the white friend had told me and l
challenged the Warden to recall from
the front office the letter / had writ
ten the night before and to. deter
mine whether anything was being
attempted to smuggle out. He got
the letter. Everything was in regu.
lar order and / was excused with a
Warming but no further warning was
necessary for / realized I was up
against different proposition than
I ever had been before
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BY An Insider

reprint and publishing rights re
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A TOUGH JOB.

A fellow came over to show me
the knack so it wouldn't be so hard
but the officer chased him away and
when the operator of the saw OBJ.
served his actions he thought he
would be smart by putting the
boards through two at time, max
ing four boards for me to catch and
pile evenly on the truck. / couldn' t
see the joke and made no attempt
to catch any of them with the re-
suit that they telescoped and went
through the window at the other
end of the shop. The only thing I
regretted, however, was that in fly
ing through space one of the boards
barely missed another inmates head
by about six inches. / regretted
very much to have placed him in
such danger. AS it happened, how
ever, the only casualties were a
couple of broken windows and my
privation of freedom for three days
while / cooled my temper in the
bulr7pen, chained to tho door during
working hours and lying immovable
on an iron cot the remainder.
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AGENTS

AGENTS
80 /" business far yousdsq, do mol
6s a psddtsr on canea0aer az yo~ G(s
Sd get i"to 0ometei"g .sgsse goa can
eStaeGsG yo",asfP IN a good pe,ma-
"e"t business. Os si9 Rep goa
sad. e Gig chance @or s;tGes men
on eomen Dsae 40 to-day.
The ozonized OK Marrow Go.
Warsaw, Illinois
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TRIED SUICIDE.

The first night ] thought Of ending
1t all and casting about for a means
to an end thought of my belt and
taking it off ! stood on the cot while
] fastened it through the ventilator
at the top, made a moose, put my
head through with the intention of
jumping off the cot but / guess mad
vertantly jerked my head too tight
and the ensuing pain took all the
inclination out of jumping from the
cot so / cancelled my plans and de-
cided that life, even chained to the
door was better than no life at all.
(To be continued).
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A DISTINCT TYPE.

Ss~r-
To think that fellow-inmate and
of the same color would desire to
cause so much trouble set me to
thinking and was not long in COR
rect1y reasoning that it was not the
man but the system that caused
such espionage. Perhaps it would be
we'll to explain my surprise. Warden
Russell was a distinct type Of man.
He domineered. He was law. Many
were the times when the State Leg
islature attempted to curb his pow
ers through Investigations but he
weathered them all. He ran his
prison the way he wished and he
told the world so. In Marquette
were men who were mostly repeat
ers or men who had been in trouble
before and most of them had long
terms.
Warden Russell may have had a
real rehabilitation plan in mind but
my belief was that he wanted to run
his prison with as little trouble with
these apparently hardboiled men as
possible and consequently he allowed
them wide latitude in the matter
Of privileges. He had instructed his
rIen and oft remarked on same
within the writer's hearing that he
could run his prison with fewer of
ficers than any institution in the
SINE and his policy proved 1t. At
night hr had but one officer (the old
mar. previously referred to) in the
two wings and in one wing an in
mate carried the keys at night
NO GUARDS ON POST DUTY.
He had no guards on post duty at
night and needed none He openly
told the men that they not only had
themselves to watch but also their
neighbors and by granting the slight
est privilege or concession he had
no difficulty in getting plenty of in
mate watchers. In fact such watch
PRS actually felt that It was their
duty to hold every other inmate i'm
check or they would lose their own
petty privileges. At any rate, from
nv arrival till the sudden demise of
Warden Russell he carried his pol.
icy through in a most unique man.
ner. Instead of having few uni
formed guards to watch you didn't
know who to watch for any inmate
might be guard.
] correctly reasoned the circum-
stances and pledged to myself that
my row there would be hard one
IT had to use such tactics for I was
not. never have and never will be a
believer in spying on my neighbor.
However I resolved not to say or do
anything that would antagonize his
system for the privileges were really
beyond all fancy.
LUxURIES PURCHASED.
Outside of the interming1ine of sex
there was positively no luxury that
money could buy that you couldn't
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LUxUR1Es PURCHASED.

Outside of the intermingline of sex
there was positively no luxury that
money could buy that you couldn't
enjoy, A morning paper incident
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CONTINUED from last week.)
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-29
GAMBLING EVERYWHERE

More Monte Carlos. The great palace formerly
|wned by Kaiser Wilhelm the island Of Corfu in the
Mediterranean has been turned into a gambling nsti-
|ution, and the famous Sultans palace at Yidz,
overlooking the Bosphorus Constantinople is sui
|ering the fate.
All kinds of gambling apparatus are being INSTALL
Fd. The place will operate lease from the Turk
|sh governmen-noW installed far away at Angora in
|e heart of Asia Minor-and will bring into the public
treasury perhaps half million dollars year
Here is new recognition Of the gambling mania
hat has swept the world along with the dancing
nania since the big war. Gambling everywhere!
Gambling in professional gaming houses, in remote
places of chance in domestic bridge games in horse
Faces. This latter form Of betting has reached enor-
nous proportions, in America as elsewhere.
Our government froWns, however, on such activ-
tues. The Turkish government, like the Monaco gov
Etnment, will reap revenue from its gambling industry
-but reap II from other nations. The Koran forbids
gambling, and 50 the good Mohammedan government
pf Turkey Ike me good Christian government Of Mon
aco will take the strangers money and forbid lis own
people TO play. Governments may be wiser than ndi-
,dualS.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-29
IMPERIAL VALLEY COOPERATION

The reception yesterday of the hundreds of edi-
RS of the National Editorial Association was pleas
eXemplltlcation of the spirit of cooperation exist
between the cities OF the great Imperial Valley.
That spirit of mutual aid between the conmun-
es of this region will be their greatest asset in the
lal summing up OF cultural and material advance
ent VIII do to build the Boulder Dam and make
is the greatest food supply region in the Union, than
| other things and efforts tending toward goal.
When one contemplates the depOrable rivalry that
IS retarded the growth OF innumerabe municipalities
ON villages to great cities, it is matter for self
ngratulatlon of the coalition of interest be-
the Imperial Valley towns. 1t noted and
mmented upon by many of visitors, men Of craft
hose most essential asset Is observation.
Just long the cities of this valley adhere to
at spirit of mutual encOuragement-and undoubed-
that will be always-just that long VIII the progress
this favored land be unprecedented. In there
strength
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-29
ROTTEN DRAMA

One of the leading New York dramatic writer's
gorge Jean Nathan, has never posed particularly
; moralist, finds the moral garbage OF the netrop
is too much for him, and breaks out follows
"'Che theater today is in a rotten condition
and there is no denying it. Its stages reek
with the plainest kind Of odoriferous garbage,
designed solely and entirely for money making
purposes. Filth floods the platforms from one
end of New York to the other, and trickles out
of New York into the other American cities The
meritorious DRAMA in isolated instances, is
neglected entirely for the kind of drama that
goes after box office money with cheap and con-
temptibe pornography.
"It is all very comfortable to say that such
things will, if left alone in due time run their
course but comfort is one thing and fact is an
other. Dirty plays, plays without the slightest
degree of quality to offer in eXtenuation, have
been left alone by the professional morasts for
two years now-and with what result? With
the result that they getting dirtier and
dirtier and more and more popular as time goes
on"
l 1t is easy for any decent person who attends
hows, reads about them, agree with this critic
;r and to admit that something ought to be done be-
ore things get much worse. Public taste does not al
7ays reassert itself TO purify the moral of drama
r anything else. There is such thing as slow, in
idous corruption Of the public taste, until indecency
ONES to the normal thing and there are no more
tandards fit to Judge by
Censorship under cloud because so often in
ate years censorship of and morals has been stupid
r arrogant. Dictatorship of any kind is unWelcome
this land of free, ndivdualistc traditions Yet it
oes begin to look if moral dictator in the realm
+ American drama might be a good thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-29
Roberts Tells
of Tire Repair

Through the development Of tn"
r,w and improved system OF tire
irpair>. the national campaign to
conserve tire mileage is assured OF
greater success, accordin. to J. =.
Roberts II the L. :. Grant Auto
Equipment company, Fircotone deal
e..
Roberts pointed out that the IN
dividual motori>t is charged with
his share Of the responsibility Tor
aidiug in the campaign started b.
Harvey :. T1rcStonc against the
foreign rubber monopoly and which
Is now being followed up by govern
mental authorities.
Only secondary in Importance t.
rnaintaining tie proper ali prcssur
IN tires us that OF having a good
repair made when trouble develops,
the tire dealer said.
Tire repairs have now been
made to keep pace with the moo
c-.l methods Of tire manufacturing.
l., fact, they are based on the sam
principles. FircstOrc, in dcNrlopir :
tUt bdlipiH tii', ItN'- Itl/'A tidl "a.
old methods Of tire repair would b.
satisfactory for the thin sidcWa u
highly flexible balloon
Following three years Of cxpcli
i1cntal work By Firvstouc engineers
the new repair equipment was deVc'
opcd and is now in use in shop.
throughout the United States.
.'Undcr this new system the jill
iurco section of the tire j. tow
down. Every trace Of the miulT
j, removed. Then ply by Ply the
tire is rebuilt with thc new matcriat
rebuilt IN the same manner the
tire was originally constructed az
the factory. Even the tread design
l. reproduced faithfully and H."
balance and flcXibility Of the tIt"
are unaffected.
Tho tire is cured by special
r'olds and the heat located Al the"
point OF the repair. This prcvcnt,
ovcrcuring. There S-c no weak
spots left at this point and on rhc
repair becomes permanent. Nor
" are the Fircstonc methods tn"
best for balloons but they arc equal
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-29

WASH ! Il real rose. There was never
a real, green rose. And. besides
this one docsn I smell like It rose.
Il : only cloth.
"Malbc We couldn't fool the
Lady Mouse with green rose, but
We can fool Uncle Wiggily, - laugh
ed Billie. He can I see very we'll
)n account Of him getting old. And
he can r smell very we'll on account
II twirkiiu- his pink nose 50 much.
i'm his ward j. an old rose bush. lie
planted il years ago AVID each June
hr hopcs it viii have a rose on it..
T>.it it never has.
" Now went on Billie the goat,
il we fStcncd this green cloth on
Uncle Wiggily'> bush. tvirg il with
grass string, when he came out he
would think it was real flower. He
would hop up to smell it and he d
prick his nose and then we could
laugh. Ha, Ha.'
How would Uncle Wiggily pricl:
Iii, nose on this green rose when It
i only made Of soft CLOTH? grunt,
ed Floppy, who by this time had
pulled the artificial flower off the
Old bonnet.
I'm got thorn from the BRAN
bile brain bush and stick it down in
side the green cloth ros"'' softly
bleatcd Billie. "Thcn when Unc!r
Wi.gilv think, it 5 a real folwcr and
lc smells Of it, he'll prick his PM;
Ia, Ha laughed the Pig boys.
Then they kicked the old hat around
rd il wa, yet too carly TO 20 to
school, they went around the back
way into Uncle Wiggily'S garden.
Tier" 'hcy used ~ string Of twisted
grass 20 tie the green cloth rose on
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-29
New Automatic
Loom to Have
Vital Effect

BERLIN. June 29-Thc mcchani,
cal loom, WI III unIcashcd the indus
trial revolution when it replaced the
spinning jenny eighty years ago, is
now itself to he scrappcd if Il new
invention lives up to expectations.
An automatic loom, according to
reports from Munich, i soon to be
thrown on the markets and promises
to spell the end of the mechanical
weaving apparatus.
The latest invention dispcnscs
with the weaver 5 shuttle. The
thread, needed for single day 5
weaving is held by four srools,
which automatically unravcls into
the warp and woof Of the new born
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-29

the bush which had mover bloomed.
And DOWN in the center of the cloth
! flower Billie fastened long sharp
thorn.
"Now we II hide aud see what
nclc Wiggily does when he comes
out nd sees a green rose ON his bush!
whispered Billie Bees buzzcd
among the other flowers in the bun
ny gent ,man : garden, and Il big
humble chap flew over the green
rose. Curly. FjoPpy and Billie
were 50 excited, watching the bun
2alow docr to see when Uncle Wig
gilv came cut. that they didn t no
tee the Bumhlc Bee not what he
dill.
Suddenly Uncle W'ggily hoppc3
our into the ward. He looked at his
bush that had never bloomcd ana
cried:
"Oh, a green rose! How wonder,
ful, Look here. my drar,' hc called
20 his WIFI. And when the rabbit
lady hoppcd out, Uncle Wiggilv
pulled off the green rose. and aftc,.
III Sltl'i't'l u II III iltll II ~ Hl>
wifc'S nose. How sweet" mur-
INJURED the bunny. 'Such lovely
perfume, said Mrs. Longcars.
Bur why didn't they prick Their
'.o>cs'' asked Floppy nd Curly os
Billie the goat.
don I know!' blcatcd Billie.
Il guess maybe the thorn fell out,
No. # djda I fall out I pulled it
out.' suddenly buzzcd the Bumblc
Zee. Il saw the thorn in the green
cloth rose aud pulled it out and
put on The uusccnted, Artificial flow
c2 some perfume from the real roses
have been visiting this morning.
I wouldn t let YOU fool Uncle Wig
gily. And now You d better run
along to school before sting YOU, =
So the three bad little boys ran
a'org to school. And Uncle Wig
gi!v didn t know, for a long time,
taat the green rose was only cloth.
And if the steam heat docsn Z
lun the ice cream when they 5:
npxt to each Other al the rag doll $
farty. I'll tell You next about Tn
c.c Wjggilv : shirt.