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REFORM IS HIS HOBBY
Former Sing Sing Hud, Who Hu
Accepted Missouri Prison
Post, Led Attack On
Old Methods.
Prom the Kansas City Star.
Thomas Mott Osborne, noted prison
reform advocate and former
"warden of Sing Sing, who recently
consented to serve as adviser to the
.Missouri prison board, is one of the
few men inside the pale of the law
who really knows prison life.
Osborne is a Democrat. He is a
leader of the "anti-boss" faction in a
state where "organization" is hard
to fight?-New York. His home is at
Auburn, where he owns a large agricultural
machinery plant. In New
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York the wardensmps were consiaered
among the best of the plums
which the organization could pass
out to the "faithful." The salary
w'as good, but there was a minor
source of income. Drug rings, peddlig
narcotics among the prisoners
and the broad road of revenue offered
through artistic manipulations of
the prison's "expenditures" offered I
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xne Dest routes, rwm ?iiuw?iivc3
factory output also fattened the
purses of the machine "boys."
Iiy these machine controlled state
institutions Osborne saw the great
need of reform. He saw the misery
and disease caused Iby the confinement,
drug consumption and unsanitary
conditions. Tuberculosis claimed
many of the inmates. Working
conditions in the prison factories
were deplorable. Men, in physical
conditon which would justify hospital
treatment, were compelled to
work all day, and turn in theiT al
lotted output, or suffer the conse,
quences?floggings, tortures, and
in some instances, worse.
These things Osborne knew. Knew
because he had served a term in one
of the New York state prisons, upon
his request, just to find out if conditions
wpre as bad as thev were ru
:. mored. He found them worse. Then
he carried his message to the people
of the state. He pictured the terrible
plight of the inmates. Told of the
harsh discipline which killed the mor
ai strength, just as unsanitary conditions
and cruelties killed the physical.
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As a result of hi3 incessant work
to reform prison methods he was appointed
warden of Sing Sing by Governor
Whitman, to work out the reform
he advocated. His success in
this has made him a national figure
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. and other methods of graft which
worked to the detriment of the inmates
and the state. Good food replaced
the old rations. Working
conditions even worse than at the
state were taught trades that would
benefit them on tiie outside. Self
government was introduced. Cruelties,
torture, floggings?all were
barred. The prisoners were treated
oe VMUTI
<?o UIVII*
But Osbone did not accomplish
this without opposition. The machine
missed its regular income. The
old "graft" meant nothing to Osborne.
He possessed more than a
million dollars. But the "Iboys" were
out in the cold, so they planned to
get rid of the warden so they again
might bask in the sunshine. Their
attempt fell through and the prison
reform went on, spreading to other
etate institutions and other states.
When war was declared against
Germany, Josephus Daniels, then
secretary of the navy, called upon
Mr. Osborne to make a survey of
the naval penal institutions. At the
Portsmouth, N. H., naval yard he
found conditions even worse than at
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. And with these simple verses
We send our best good will;
Enclosed please find $1,
To pay our printer's bill
A STRANGE HAPPENING
i
"Attacked by a Cat", this was the
caption of a story in a Boston daily,
telling of an attack upon a lady by
an apparently infuriated cat. The '
animal belonged to a neighbor.. It
found entrance, in some way, into
the apartment of the lady in question,
hid under the bed, and finally
sprang upon its victim, sinking its
teeth in her leg. Beaten off with dif
ficulty, it seized her by the arm and
inflicted there also an ugly wound.
Only as she was able to find refuge
in another room and close the door
did the cat cease its attacks.
We thought this story probably
greatly exaggerated until upon investigation
we found it quite literally
true. What was the matter with
the cat? It escaped and we have heard
nothing of its being found.?Dumb
Animals.
the state institutions. The treatment
of the men was the "most
severe anywhere." He was appointnmmiwinHailt
rvf t.VlP TVri-ROn. and
again put his humanitarian methods .
I in effect. The results again spoke for
themselves. Instead of degrading the
inmate he endeavored to take his
place in the navy or in the world as
a better man and citizen.
At the close of the war he resign- ,
ed his post at Portsmouth and ,
launched a nation-wide campaign for ,
better prisons. When Governor Hyde
was inaugurated he sent a special in- ,
vitation to Mr. Osborne to inspect
the Missouri state institution at
Jefferson City.
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He is not like "the merchant;
One dollar's all he wants,
To settle matters all right up
With sisters, cousins, aunts.
He is not like the lawyer,
Who scarce his fee doth earn,
And before the trial is over
His legal hack will turn.
parties to the first hearing.
Immediately following the an
nouncement of the board's wage cut
on June 1, roads from every section
of the country poured in their ap- *
plication to the labor board for authority
to make similar reductions. <
A. hearing set for June 8 included a
total of 164 roads and in the next
two weeks sixty-one more submis- ,
sions were made and included in a
hearing for June 20. A few roads
which had not included all classes of 6
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employes in their lirst petitions for ?
reductions came in wifh the remain- {j
ing classes in the last hearing.
Many of the roads which asked re- E
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ductions for only a part of their em-.C
ployes at the original hearing in May ,c
came back with applications to cover f
all employes in these two later hear- f
ngs. Virtually every railroad in the [
country affected by the labor board's [
six hundred million dollar wage E
award of July 1920 was included in 0
one or more of the three hearings. :
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APPRECIATE JUDGE BENET y
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Keowee Courier.
Former Judge W. C. Benet, of E
Grimshawes, N. <C., spent yesterday E
in wainaina among nis many inenas.
He was on his way to Abbeville to
spend a few days at his old home on
business and pleasure. Judge Benet
is a wonderfully attractive conversationalist,
and his great storehouse
of information is a never-failing
source from which he is always able,
to draw valuable information for his
friends. Judge Benet has been re- i
siding in Oriimshawes for a number |
of years. It has ibeen sixeen years J
since he presided over a term of jj
court in Oconee.
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Winthrop College
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE |
EXAMINATION
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The examination for the award of
vacant Scholarships in Winthrop
College and for admission of new
students will 'be held at the County
Court House on Friday, July 1, at 9
ft. m. Applicants must not be less
than sixteen years of age. When
Scholarships are vacant after July
1 they will be awarded to those I
making the highest average at this
examination, provided they meet
the conditions governing the award.
Applicants for Scholarships should
svrite to President Johnson before
the examination for Scholarship examination
blanks.
Scholarships are worth $100 and |
free tuition. The next session will E
>pen September 14th, 1921. For |
fiTrfViOT- infnrtna+jATi inH id
iddress Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock'|
Hill, S. C. 5, 27-tf. |
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Rub-My-Tism kills infection. |
iGE REDUCTIONS
GREATLY ENTENDED
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TWELVE AND HALF PER CENT.
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CUT EXTENDS TO 210 ADD!- j
TIONAL LINES, EFFECTIVE ON
FIRST OF JULY?WILL SAVE n
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FOUR HUNDRED MILLION
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Chicago, June 28.?The United
States Railroad Labor Board today
extended its wage reduction order ^
effective July 1, to nearly every large
railroad in the countrj'. No change ,
f?nmlTTC nor /tanf
JLiVWi U?Vi w A V.duction
granted 104 <Jarriers on June
1 was made by today's decision. r
The new wage decision of the Uni- 1
ted States Railroad Labor Board ^
will make a reality of the estimated
four hundred million dollar annual
savings expected when the board's :
twelve per cent cut, effective July 1 j
is applied to all employes, on all
railroads, known as class one car- 1
riers. The decision, drawn up as an
addendum to the wage reduction order
of June 1, adds practically, every
railroad in the class one division to i
the original list of 104 roads author
ized to make the 12 per cent reduction.
When the reduction order was issued,
it was estimated that, if applied j
to all employes on all class one .
roads, it would lop approximately
four hundred million dollars from ! (
the country's railroad labor bill.
The new decision will make this cut|
possible by ordering reduced wages (
from employes not included in the1 (
original case and also by including j
employes on roads which were noti
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Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brown and children,
of Sharon, spent Sunday with
the former's mother, Mrs. John
Brown.
Miss Melose Dansby is spending
this week in Abfoeville with Miss
Isabelle Moore.
Miss Belle Fleming, of Level
Land, is visiting her cousin, Mrs.
Lewis Beauford.
Miss Doretta Smith, of the Abbeville
'Memorial Hosprtal, is spending
heT vacation with Miss Julia B.
Beauford.
Miss Isabelle Dansby ia visiting!
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Miss Gladys Waters visited with
\liss Eula Mae Waters Saturday af;qrnoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Graydon Shaw spent
;he week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Porter Hill.
Paul Waters and Horace Waters
vere in Anderson Saturday afterloon
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Nelson spent
Sunday with (Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Kill. t
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Watkins and
shildren visited Mr. and Mrs. Johnlie
Waters, Jr., Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Crittondon
ind Mr. S. A. Waters spent Sunday
vith Mr. and 'Mrs. C. L. Manning.
Misses Leila Mae and Virginia
rurner entertained a number of
;heir friends Saturday evening at a
delightful party. Among those present
were Misses Vera Crittondon,
Rosa Lee and Lucile Watkins, Fanlie
Mae and Bell Crocker, Messrs.
Horace and Jimmie Waters, Willie
SVatkins, Cleo Crocker, Clifton Crittondon
and Mr. Hampton.
Miss Lucile Watkins spent Sunday
with Miss Ollie Sue Waters.
iMiss Eula Mae Waters si>ent Sun
lay afternoon with Miss Christine
Parnell.
Rev. N. -G. Ballenger spent SunJay
with Mr. and Mrs. ,G. L. Waters.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Manning s,-pent
Saturday afternoon in Lowndesville
shopping.
Mr. Donnie Parnell and son, Parker,
spent Monday with Mr. J. W.
Waters.
Miss Rosa Lee Watkins was the
guest of Miss Etila Mae Waters Sunday
night.
Mr. Andrew Hill was a visitor in
4 i n j a
Anderson ounaay.
Mr. Horace Waters spent Sunday
with Mr. Callie Boles.
Miss Luicle Watkins spent Friday
with Misses Fannie Mae and Bel]
Crocker.
Mr. J. W. Waters was in Lowniesville
shopping Saturday.
Mrs. S. B. Crocker spent the
week-end near Iva with Mrs. Andrew
Crocker.
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to her home in Greenwood after
a visit to her grandmother, Mrs.
John Hall.
Mrs. A. K. Woodhurst spent Saturday
with Mrs. Ben Metts.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Beauford and
Miss Belle Fleming spent Tuesday
with Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Beauford.
Mrs. Jas. J. Link spent several
days last week with Mrs. W. J. Evans
near Abbeville.
Mrs. Will McNeill and tw> sons,
David and Joe, of Lebanon, visited
friends here Sunday afternoon.
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