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Evening star., 1944-01-27
Top Days Collection
Boosts Paper Total
Above 100000 Lbs.

The 1000, ,000-pound mark in paper
salvage at the schools cooperating
in The Evening Star-PTA Salvage
for Victory program, which it had
been expected would be reached with
today's collection, was not only met
but left far behind yesterday when
1880 pounds-by far the greatest
regular collection in the campaign
was collected. The grand total now
stands at 2,020,641 pounds.
At the same time, Shaw Junior
High School went well over the top
sas the first school to reach 100, 900
pounds. Shaw, with 1880 pounds,
brought its grand total to 03,282
pounds.
With a number of big collections
In prospect today and tomorrow,
February will see substantial start
toward the third million pounds.
Among the high totals recorded
yesterday were:
H., D. Cooke, 2,5o1 pounds; West,
1855 pounds; Brightwood, 6,115
pounds; Petworth, 7,740 pounds;
Wheatley, $3.50 pounds; Noyes, 3,166
pounds; Bunker Hill, 4,489 pounds:
Sumner Magruder, 5,118 pounds;
Bancroft, 1881 pounds; Macfarland,
1875 pounds; Silver Spring Inter-
mediate, $500 pounds; Kensington
Intermediate, 3,066 pounds, and
Leland Junior High, 6004 pounds.
Petworth, one of the better pro-
ducers among all schools and the
leader among elementary schools, is
dropping out of the campaign for a
short time until the committee can
be expanded. Until the present
time, three mothers have been doing
all the work in connection with the
weighing and tying of paper. After
several months of this work they
are beginning to feel the need of
help. 1t IS expected that collections
will be resumed shortly.
In the meantime, another school
which has not been in the drive so
far has enlisted for a period of eight |
weeks, during which an intensive
drive will be undertaken. The
Takoma School at Piney Branch
road and Dahlia street will start
with next weeks collections. 1t is in
a neighborhood which should yield
plenty of paper and magazines for
the drive.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Flying Boat Mars
Brings 10 Tons Of
Mail From Hawaii
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALAMEDA, Calf. Jan. 27.-The
worlds largest operating airplane
the Navys flying boat Mars, re-
turned yesterday from Honolulu to
complete her first round trip as a
passenger and cargo plane in the
Pacific theater of war.
The giant craft made the flight
of almost 2,400 statute miles from
Hawaii in II hours and II minutes.
Comdr. Gene Tunney, former
heavyweight boxing champion, was
among the eight passengers aboard.
He returned to the United States
after seven months of duty in the
Southwest and South Pacific battle
fronts.
In addition to the passengers and
II crew members, the Mars carried
record load of 10000 pounds of
mail. At the postal air rate of 20
cents a half ounce from Hawaii this
would represent a paying cargo of
S128, ,000-if none of the load was
1OFCI llIllcIlt HAL.
Previous records by the Mars in
clude, the longest over-water flight
and longest nonstop cargo flight of
4,S75 miles between Patuxent River,
Nd, and Natal, Brazil; greatest air
cargo load Of IS 600 pounds and the
heaviest load ever lifted by plane,
148 500 pounds gross.
The flying boat performed per-
fectly on the .1ong trip to Honolulu
last Saturday night and the return
tosg,san Francisco Bay. and 1t.
Comdr. William E. Coney of Balti-
more, the pilot, was enthusiastic in
his praise of her performance.
The Mars, with a wing spread of
200 feet and powered by four 2,200-
horsepower engines, holds as much
as railroad boxcar.
Evening star., 1944-01-27

prices controlled by percentage
markups are unfair to consumers.
The dollar and cents type. fol
which the OPA puts sign on each
item, Is the fairest," he asserted
There has been trend to put more
commodities under this system, but
it is limited to goods of some sta
bility."
Other speakers for the meetings
which will be continued today and
tomorrow are: Mrs. Daniel H. Sill
berberg, program chairman Of the
Consumer-Nutrition c o m mitt e;
Mrs. Charles Putnam, price panel
Of the District OPA;
Mrs. Frederick Witt, chairman of
the Consumer Nutrition Committee: :
Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, Civilian War
Services Division; Mrs. Arthur c.
Watkins, president of the District
Federation of Women's Clubs; and
Mrs. Ola D. Rush, Parent Teacher
Association.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
|AFL Council Backs
Federal Commission
On Postwar Policy

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 27.-The Amer
ican Federation of Labor's approach
to postwar problems is a reconstruc-
ton commission created by and
responsible to Congress, with au-
thority to make the overall policy
on reconversion, contract cancella-
ton, disposal of Government prop
erty, and utilization of demobilized
manpower.
The policy would be made by
representatives of employers, labor
and agriculture, with a chairman
appointed by the President. Quar-
terly reports to Congress would be
required.
The AFL Executive Council yes
terday heard these recommendations
by its postwar committee, headed by
Matthew Woll, and adopted them as
its own. The councils winter meet
ing was expected to end today.
Conference Slated.
The council also announced 1t
would sponsor a conference of en-
ployers, labor and agriculture in the
near future to consider these prob
lens. The conference will be financed
by a $4,000 contribution from the
Carnegie Foundation. Mr.. Woll, an
swering news conference questions,
intimated that the labor representa-
ton at the conference would be
limited to the AFL. He said the
Carnegie contribution was made
without strings"
Legislation creating a reconstruc-
ton commission also would provide
for continued price control and
Evening star., 1944-01-27
kozi Propaganda Chief
In Ukruine Is Slain

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, Jan. 27. - Joaquin
Paltza, 80, German propaganda chief
for the Ukraine, has been slain by
Russian guerrillas while on a "busi-
ness trip" according to German
press dispatches.
Paltza was a member Of the Nazi
party's old guard. He had been
named chief Of propaganda in East
Prussia in 1884 and was transferred
to the Ukraine when the Germans
captured Kiev.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
OPA Price Control in Groceries
Discussed at Meeting Here

In a Cooks tour through price
control in grocery store" Sher-
wood Dodge, acting price executive
of the District once Of Price Ad-
ministration, explained to home
makers and representatives Of civic
organizations the essentials Of war
time food buying Yesterday in the
United States Chamber Of Com
merce auditorium. f
The meeting was the second In
a series Of four lectures preliminary
to survey Of Washington's 1000
grocery stores. Sponsored by the
District Civilian War Services Di-
vision, the survey hopes to gauge
the effectiveness of OPA and to
create more widespread understand
ing Of price control.
Mr.. Dodge said that control
methods which base prices on those
of certain period in the past and
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Ruth. Mitchell Divorce
Case Set for Mondoy
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
RENO, New, Jan. 27.-Mrs. Ruth
Mitchell Knowles divorce action
against Stanley Knowles will be
heard here Monday, her attorney,
Sam Platt, said yesterday.
Mrs. Knowles, sister of the late
Brig. Gen.. Billy Mitchell, spent
three years in the Balkans, and
has lectured recently on her expert
ences with Mikhailovitch's guerril-
las.
Her complaint against Mr..
Knowles, now a university instructor
in England, charges three years
separation. They were married in
England in 1926.
Fellow residents of dude ranch
near here, where Mrs. Knowles
established Nevada residence, quoted
her as saying that after her divorce
she would remarry and that this
marriage will startle the world"
Evening star., 1944-01-27
ST. Louis Paper Collection
Plans Cited by WpB
BY the Associated Pres.

Sy the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 27.-St. Louis did
so well In its one-day curbstone coll
lection Of waste paper Sunday
rounding up 1910 tons-that the
War Production Board has asked for
copies Of the plans for national dis
tribution through salvage commits
tees
Irwin A. Olian, chairman Of the
drive, said innovations in the st.
Louis system were central dispatch
headquarters which routed pickup
trucks into areas where they were
most needed, truck drivers paid by
the ton for their collections and
1900 volunteer high school boys,
four to each truck.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
One Killed, Six Injured
In Work-Train Collision
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORTH CREEK. N. Y, Jan. 27.-
Roy Edison, 40, Port Henry, was
killed yesterday and at least six
other men were injured, two criti-
cally, in a head-on collision Of two
work trains on an American Lead
Co. private line.
State police said the wreck oc.
CURED in remote Adirondack coun.
try, about 13 miles north of NORTH
Greek, Essex County. Cause of thu
collision has not been determined
they added.
The collision was the fourth train
accident this week in New York.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Two Die in Plane Crush
On Hospital Grounds
By the Associate, Pres.

BY lne Assoc1ated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. 27.-Two
Ellington Field flyers were killed in
the crash and explosion of their
twin-engined plane on the grounds
Of the Houston tuberculosis Hospital
Tuesday night.
They were identified as 1t. John T.
Dollins, jr., Waco, Tex, and Cadet
Phillip G. Whike. Canton, Ohio.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Nozis Reported Moving
Industry From Warsaw
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-A Polish
underground radio station broadcast
yesterday that Nazi economic
evacuation Of Warsaw is under way
and said German engineers, tech
nicians and politicians were taking
with them whole Notwithstanding
cry, administrative stats and the
workers.
The Polish-language broadcast,
monitored by NBC, added, "They feel
the ground growing too hot under
their feet"
Evening star., 1944-01-27

MACFARLAND is THIRD AMONG SCHOOLS IN PAPER DRIVE
Shown with part Of yesterdays collection 500 pounds of
Bobby Smms and Billy bbs 13year-od pupils
at Mcfarland Junior High School, This collection by Macfar
land students them third position among the District
schools in the paper salvage campaign Their total collection
which stands at eoo1 pounds represents about 52
pounds of paper per pupil Star Staff Photo
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-25
Ia ali proti?

kolikor je pac mogel, in veliko
vec sploh nj bio mogoce pod
vzeti.
Pa je vkljub vsemu prislo
med nami do nekega nesoglasja,
ne sicer glede Iubezni do naro-
da, pae pa 2 ozira ma SANSovo
priznanje Partizanov. SANS jim
je pozdravil kmalu potem, ko
80 Sc pojavili ma jugoslovan.
skem obzorju, Sc takrat, ko je
bill Mihajlovic proslavljan.
Toda Partizane so pozneje
PRIMAL tudi zayezniki, poseb-
no Amerika in Anglia. Koncno
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-25
PiSe M. K

Sloven3ko Ameriski Narodni
Svet so vstanovili vsi Slovencl
v Ameriki "a vse Slovence v
ST. domovini. O tenn menda
nihce ne dvomi. To je bila ma
nifestacija nase sloge v ljubez-
nj do naroda v domovini.
SANSov prvi namen je bill
pojasniti zelje in zahteve nase-
ga naroda pred zavezniki, po-
sebno pri nasi vladi, ker narod
9 a m nj mogel govoriti Ease
vsled sovrazne okupacije. v TEN
pogledu je storil SANS toliko,
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-25

kom, ker je cd svojih kaj bolj-
sega pricakoval. Kaj maj reee-
mo ma vse to?
Upajmo, da je Dilo takega
nasilja mani, kakor Sc govori,
in da nj bilo tako hudo. Upaj-
mo, da sc mora najvec nasilja
pripisati ma rovas ne-partizan-
skin potepuhov, kakorsnih mo-
ra biti tam vse polno. Sicer pa
SO bill Partizani organizirani po
ruskem vzorcu: vsaka vecja
skupina ,je delovala v svojem
predelu dezele, vec ali mani ne
odvisno cd osrednjega> powell
stva, k a tero so provincijalni
vodje priznavali le po imenu.
Ma ia nacin ne moreno napr-
titi resnih zlocinov ma ledja O.
srednjega partizanskega vod =
stva. Pokrajinski partizanski
zlocinci, &c jih je res kaj maj
bodo po vojni klicani ma odgo-
vor in po zaslugi kaznovani, ka-
kor vsak drugi kriminalec. Kjer
in v kolikor je mogoce, maj Sc
skoda povrne. Use skode po-
vzrocene po vojni itak ne bo
mogel nihce nikdar poravnati.
Olajsevalni razlog pri teh
''zlocinih' ie ia: jemali so, da
81 ohranijo zivljenje in po o.
rozju segli mogoce sele takrat,
ko je bilo njih lastno zivljenje
v 'nevarnosti, neodvisno Cd re-
kvizicije.
Partizani bi 81 bill mogoce
morali zajamciti hrano in oroz-
je predno so zaceli z organizira-
MIN bojem proti sovrazniku.
Mogli bi Sc bill dogovoriti S
kmeti glede prehrane. Toda vse
20 so lie ugibanja. Dejstvo je,
da so Sc kmalu tudi kmetje O.
oorozili in sicer nemskim in
laskim orozjem, izrecno proti
Partizanom, ker sicer bi tega O.
rozja ne bill dobili. Ali sc ne
5kriva "a tenn nemsko- -laskim O.
rozj zjem v slovenskih rokah ne
kaj temnega in grozecega? Ne
vemo in vsled tega niti dokazati
ne moreno, ne mi lie kdo dru-
gi, da Ii SO te zlocine povzroci-
Ii Partizani, lazi-partizani, ro-
parji in razbojniki, ali pa Mem
ci in Lahi sami, da bi mogli "a
sejati bratomorno borbo m e d
mas narod.
Ce je to zadnje res, potem
so vsekakor vsreli. Zato pa mo-
ramo vsaj mi v Ameriki poca.
kati dokazov. Mi moreno mno-
go pregledati, mnogo odpustiti,
nikdar ne obsojati brez nepobit-
nih dokazov, vrh tega pa vedno
in vedno imeti pred ocmi in "a
trjevati: .Vsega tega bi ne bilo,
&c bi Nemcev in Lahov ne bilo
v dezeli, "a kar MISC imeli no
bene pravice niti po bozjem niti
zakonu. TO dejstvo 81
moramo vsi skupaj dobro zapi-
sati "a usesa.
Nasa naloga v Ameriki ie po-
mirjevalno vplivati ma vse roja-
ke v start domovini. Znajmo
vendar, da 2 vlivanjem Ola v o.
genj strasti ne DO prav niko-
muir pomagano. Ali maj ina mas
ubogi narod po tel vojni se ci-
vino vojno? No, to bi bill sels
zlocin!
In kaj maj recemo o Partiza-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-25

lie bill VSeenO dODrOdOSel.
jih je priznala Sc reorganizira-
ma jugoslovanska vlada s DR..
subasicem in kraljem Petrom
ma celu. Istocasno je ia vlada
uradno razpustila Mihajloviceve
:etnike, oziroma jim zapoveda-
la, maj zdruzijo svoje sile S Par
tizani pod Titom.
Partizani toraj predstavljajo jo
Jedaj "uradno" jugoslovansko
vojsko, kateri je poverjena ma
loga pognati sovraznika IL ma
Sega ozemlja in vzdrzevati red
v novoosvobojenem ozemlju.
Ma mestu hi bilo vprasanje,
ali je kaksna razlika med vse-
mi temi priznanji Partizanov
Je! Amerikanci in Anglezi so
jih PRIMAL "a sobojevnike proti
Nemcem in Lahom; Lahi so
medtem odpadli. Jugoslovanska
vlada jih je priznala "a svojo
oborozeno silo, kakor re receno,
poleg tega pa Jim je dala "a
5topstvo pri vladi, podelivsi jim
par ministerstev v Subasicevem
kabinetu. Pravilno bi bilo, da
'partizanska armada sedaj pri.
,eze zvestobo Jugoslaviji, oziro-
ma vladi, XII Jugoslavijo pred
;tavlja. Ali je bio to storjeno
iii ne, nam nj znano.
Razume Sc, da je Partizane
tudi Rusija priznala "a svoje
3obojevnike. Vkljub vsemu pri-
5navanju cd vseh strani nasi di-
sldentl, vsled partizanskega pri-
znanja, ne marajo nobene skup-
nosti S SAMSON. To pa vsled
tega ne, ker sumijo, da bodo
Partizani v Jugoslaviji vpeljali
komunizem.
Kaj je torej Partizani? q
nacelniku Titu, pravijo, da je
komunist. Enako, da so bill ko-
munisti prvi, XII so v gore po.
begnili. Komunistom da so sc
pozneje pridruzili drugi uskoki,
fantje in mozje, katerim je vsled
enega ali drugega vzroka preti-
la nevarnost strani sovraznih
okupatorjev dezele. Vse te da SO
organizirali ma upor proti So
vrazniku komunisti, vsled cesar
da imajo komunisti vse Parti-
zane v rOkah.
Drugi vzrok odpora nash di-
-identov prot Partizanom je
naslednji. Prisli so Nemci in La
hi ter pobrali kmetom, kar je
bilo kaj vrednega. Pozneje so
Nemci in Lahi Sc nazaj hodili
ter jemali poljske pridelke. Ko
so odhajali Nemci in Lahi so Sc
pojavili Sc Partizani ter odnasa-
Ii, kar je ostalo "a prvima dve-
ma. Ces, kaj je pa ma ta nacin
ostalo "a kmete? Zopet. Parti-
zani so razdirali zeleznice, ceste
in druge naprave, XII so sovraz.
niku sluzile. Po storjenem delu
so Partizani pobegnili in, ko SO
prisli Nemci, so Sc znasali "a
5torjeno skodo n a d okoliskim
kmetskim prebivalstvom, ki nj
moglo bezati. Tako je bilo vec
vasi pozganih, mnogo moskih
odpeljano v taborisca, ali pa ma
pristine delo v Nemcijo. Nemci
in Lahi so streljali ljudi, ki 50
Sc upirali rckvizicijam. Toda,
pravijo, streljali so tudi Parti-
zani, in Partizanom je narcd
bolj zameril, kakor sovrazni-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-25

Ma nedavnem potovanju il Solomons Island, Md, v
Little Creek, Va, je incl krovu Let ladje, Donald
Nelson nacelnik WPB, majhen prostor odlocen poc
TEX Ocividno nj bill prostor namenjen tako velikega
moza kot e bill Nelson ker je bill poreben pocitka,
je bill vseeno dobrodosel.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-25

nih samih?
Najprej moran priznati, da
so Partizani ne le bojevniki am
pax istocasno udi politicna
grupa. Sam "a Sc mislim, popol-
noma Sc nisem preprican 0 tenn,
da so Partizani v glavi in O.
kostju komunisti, v krvi, mesu,
kitah pa demokrati. Partizani
so politicna .skupina, XII sicer nj
enega in istega prepricanja,
vendar pa so 81 vsi edini v tenn,
da Sc mora odpraviti il Jugo-
slavic VISA politicna gniloba, da
mora priprosti narod priti do
odloeilnega vpliva v drzavi, da
morajo biti njegove pravice
(stara pravda) enkrat "a vselej
zajamcene. Ako DO petinsedem-
deset procentov slovenskega in
jugoslovanskega naroda dobro,
DO dobro tudi onim, XII cd tega
naroda zivijo, ne glede ma to
kakshe privilegije je vzivalo do
sedaj preostalih petindvajset
procentov. Jamstvo "a to bodo
dali prec po vojni isti Partiza-
nj, XII zahtevajo pravico "a ma
rod, pozneje pametna ustava,
XII bo stalna cato, ker bo pa
metna; bodocnosti pa vzgoja
in izobrazba naroda v tenn du-
hu.
Ako Jugoslovani, in posebej
Slovenci, ne bodo hoteli komu-
nizma, jim ga vsi Partizani ne
bodo mogli vsiliti. Russia ga ne
vsiljuje Romunom, Poljakom,
Bolgarom in Cehoslovakom; ne
DO ga nudila niti Jugoslovanom.
;Sicer Sc je ze Tito sam izrazil "
tenn pravcu. Poleg vsega tega
bodo imeli tudi demokratski "a
vezniki besedo. Vemo, da bi ma
stal prot vsakemu nasilju v
tenn pogledu silen odpor. Laz
dane besede bi Rusiji sami bolj
skodovala, kakor pa pomagala
komunizmu. Sicer pa sem trdno
preprican, da celia Jugoslavija
"a RUSTIC nj toliko vredna, da bl
tvegala po tel strasni vojni Sc
emo vojno, vojno komunizma
proti demokratizmu. In vendar
bi bilo nasilno uvedenje komu-
nizma Jugoslaviji sejanje Sc
mena move vojne. Ostajam to-
raj pri TEN: Ma Jugoslovanih
samih je lezece, kako maj bo u
rejena njih drzava po vojni. Ve-
mo pa, da je ogromna vecina
nasega naroda nekomunisticna
cato, ker je mas narod, narod,
kmetov,
Sc emo vprasanje: Ali je bila
bojna organizacija, kakorsno
tvorijo Partizani, potrebna "a
Jugoslavijo? Seveda je bila po.
trebna. Mas Hull svari Avstrij-
ce in druge, da sc morajo boriti
"a svojo svobodo, &c jo hocejo
imeti. Enako 50 posvarili Rusi
Romune in Bolgare.
Nasi Partizani so svojo nalo-
go mad vse prieakovanje dobro
izvrsili. Svet jih stavi drugim
"a vzgled, kako >se je treba bo-
riti "a svobodo. Mogoce so pre-.
zgodaj zaeeli bojem, ker MISC
cakali ma zavezniski poziv; mo-
goce je vsled tega. yes narod
yec trpel, kakor je bilo treba.
Toda Partizani sami so pretrpe-
Ii tisockrat vec, kakor pa "a
gresili. Slava junakom mucen-
Gem! Vecna zahvala ill cd
vseh, XII ljubijo svobodo!
Preprican sem, da bodo Ju-
goslovani preboleli izgubo vo-
low in ovac, katere so Jim Parti-
zani "pokradli', da Sc vzdrze
pri zivljenju, in da sjih bo yes
narod enkrat opeval, kakor pref
kedaj .devet mladih Jugovicev,
car Lazarja. Milos ObiliGa, Ko-
sovku Devojku in druge.
SANS je bill primoran pri-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26

Mrs. Fred MCGOWAN and Mr..
and Mrs. George Cochran over
the weekend.
Landon Spencer and family
were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mack Long. They were &C
companied home by Mrs Maggie
Long.
Alice Dapis was visiting her
sister, Mrs. Burnie Mullins, over
the weekend.
Visitors and the home of Estes
Musick Monday were Bessie Mu-
sick and son, Ayers; Tommy
Hill and Ferne and Mabel Coch-
ran.
Mr.. and Mrs. Estus Musick
were shopping in Clintwood on
Thursday.
Mrs. Emma MCGOWAN and
daughter, Hazel, and Mrs. Dixie
Musick visited Lonnie Musick
and family Saturday.
Billie Rose spent Monday mite
with Ronald Hill.
Miss Goldie Owens has return
ed home, after spending about
two months with her sister in
Kentucky.
Mrs. Orie Rose and children
visited her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. w. Davis, Monday.
Bert MCGOWAN, Clyde Amos
and Sam Cochran are building
dairy for Will MCGOWAN this
week.
Worley Gibson and family and
Denver lColly visited Mr.. and
Mrs. S. P. Cochran Sunday. and
Make Cochran accompanied
them home.
Mrs. Ernest Hill and Son visit
ed her parents, Mr.. and MRS. J.
W. Davis, Monday.
Ella May Rose spent Friday
night with Make Cochran.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26

words except those he uttered
mechanically following the words
of Father Lynch as the cap and
moose were drawn down over his
face. His faithful attorney, M. c.
l.. Richmond, was the last to tell
him good bye, and then two
strong men grasped the stays I'M
der the trap, removing them and
letting the trap down about two
inches, it resting only on a small
cotton rope. The seconds now
seemed minutes and the minutes
hours, SO great was the suspense.
Sheriff Holbrook grasped a
Ratchet and standing upon the
steps he struck warning blow
with the butt of the Ratchet then
in a loud and trembling voice he
exclaimed, ''The Lord have mer-
cy upon the soul of this poor I'M
fortunate man." struck the cotton
trap rope a ringing blow and as
the victim dropped into the void
below the sheriff covered his face
with both hands, rushed to one
corner of the Enclosure and wept
as though his heart was broken.
This scene will never be eff
faced from my memory; the low
reassuring tones of Father Lynch
and the evident influence of
those words; the hard, revengeful
good bye of Halls sister, the eff
font to console her and the coun-
sells of moderation by the con-
demned man; the thorough self
possession of the prisoner; the in
tense emotion of the sheriff; the
limp, cold figure suspended dur
ing the longest thirty minutes
ever experienced; the cutting
down after the usual tests by the
physicians; the laying in the
plain coffin and the placid ap-
pearance of that dead facial
combined to make a picture not
to be forgotten, and I long for
the day when this State and 9TH
ers will abolish capital punish
ment and leave in the hands of
God the taking of human life.
E. A. p.