The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 19, 1917, Page TWO, Image 2
MB. TY1LS0S HAKES STKU^U
FI ^ T)AY ADDEfcSS
Why We Joined War?Declares It Is
People's Battle Against Prussiau
igm, for Freedom, Self-Gov
ernment and Justice.
Washington, June 14.?President
Wilson warned the American people
in a Flag Day address on the Wash
ington Monument grounds today that
Germany has carried lnro effect the
jsreater Dart of her immediate plan
of conquest and now is negotiating a
aew "intrigue of peace," designed to
end the war while her aggressions are
secore.
All the Central Empires, the Presi
dent declared, have been cemented
into one great autocracy-ridden em
pire "throwing a broad belt of German
military power :jid political control
across the very center of Europe and
beyond the Mediterranean into the
heart of Asia." This accomplished.
lie said, it Is easy to nnaerstanu wuj
Germany is fostering a propaganda
for an early peace.
Much Peaee Talk.
"-Peace, peace has ben
"Peace, peace, peace has Deen the
talk of her foreign office for now a
year and more," said the President.
"A little of the talk has been public,
but most of it has been private.
Through all sorts of channels it has
come to me and in all sorts of guises.
rT,T- - ?-1:nHor whfim
JL LLG minim y liiasiuo uuv?v>
Germany is bleeding see very clearly
to what point fate has brought them.
If they can secure peace now with
the immense advantages still in their
hands, which they have up to this
point apparently gained, they will have
Justliied tnemseives otuure mc ur*=i
man people; they will have sained by
force what they promised to gain by
it"
- Spoke Under Umbrella
Several hours before the President
spoke Washintgon had been denched
with rain and pelted with Hall. All
, through the speech rain came dowu
an/? a swret service man held
9aV4V4J V?UW W
-an umbrella over the President's head,
while hundreds of umbrellas hid the
faces of most of the hearers. In spite
of the unfavorable conditions, the
crowd was large and applauded vigor
ously. Secretary Lansing introduced
the President and most of the mem
bers of the Cabinet and others prom
int;ul. 111 umviai me ?v>v
The President recited again the Ger
man aggressions which drove the
United States to war. He declared the
purposes for which American soldiers
jk>w carry the Stars and Stripes to
S&urope for the first time in history,
are not new to American tradition?
'because realization of German's war
aims must eventually mean the undo
ing of the whole world. He spoke as
follows:
Emblems of Unity.
"My fellow* citizens: We meet to
-celebrate Flag Day because this flag
which we honor and nuder which we
serve is the emblem of unity, our pow
er, our thought and purpose as a na
tion. It has no other character than
that which we give it from generation
to generation. * * We celebrate the
<Jay of its birth; and. from its birth
nstil now it has witnessed a great nis
tory, has floated on high the symbol
of great events, of a great plan of life
worked out by a great people. We are
afcout to carry it into battle, to lift it
where it will draw the fire of our ene
mies. We are about to bid thousands,
trundreds of thousands, it may be mil
lions, of our men, the young, the
strong, ine capauie men n_c uauvu,
to go forth and die beneath it on fields
of blood far away?for what? For
some -unaccustomed thing? For some
thing for which it has never sought
the fire before? American arms were
never ueiore sem atiusa cut ow^.
*W&y are they sent now? For some
new purpose, for which this great flag
has never been carried before, or for
some old, familiar, heroic purposeifor
which it has seen men, its own men,
die on every battlefield upon which
Americans have borne arms since the
revolution?
"These are questions which must
fce answered. * * *
x German Aggressions.
"It is plain enough how we were
rorcea mxo me war. me wuauiur
marr insults and aggressions of the
Imperial German Government left us
bo selfrespecting choice but to take
up U111S 111 UCT.CU9C U1 VU1 j xu
* free people and of our honor as a
?orvereign government. The military
Masters of Germany denied us the
right to be neutral. They filled our
unsuspecting communities with vici
ous spies and conspirators and sought
to corrupt the opinion of our people
in their own behalf. When they found
that they could-not do that, their
tigents diligently spread sedition
amongst us and sought to draw our
own citizens from their allegiance?
and some of those agents were men
eonected with the official embassy of
'he German Government itself?here
ji our own Capital. They sought by
"Jrsi/vr.rtQ ? <1notrmr aiir inflnrips. and
arrest our commerce. They tried to
incite Mexico to take u parms against
us and to draw Japan into a hosttile
alliance with her?and that, not by
indirection, but by direct suggestion
from the foreign office in Berlin.
They impudently denied us the use
of the high seas and repeatedly exe
cuted their threat that they would end
to tehir death any of our people woh
ventured to approach the coasts of
Europe. * * *What great nation ir
such circumstances "would not have
take:, up arms? Much as we had de
sired ;jeace it was denied us and not
of oar own choice. The flag undei
which we serve would have been dis
honor ;>d had.we withheld our hand,
only l'art of the Story.
"But that is only part of the story
WV> know now as clearly as we knevs
before we were ourselves engagec
that we were net the enemies of the
German people and that they are noi
our enemies. * * *"St Tiiey arc
themselves in the grip of the same
snister power that has now at lasi
stretched its ugly talons out anc
drawn blood from us. The whole
world is at war because the whole
world is in the grip of that powei
and is trying out tile great battle
which shall determine wiietiier it is
to be brought under its mastery 01
fling itself free.
"The war was begun by the mili
tary masters of Germany, iwho provec
to be also masters or Austria-Hun
gary. These men have never regard
ed nations as peoples, men, women
and children of like blood and fram(
as themselves for whom government!
existed and in whom governments ha(
their life. They have regarded then
merely as serviceable organizations
which they could by force or intrigu*
n* /wYrrtint tn their own ournose
iuvuu VA ? w-|#w .. ? ? ?
They have regarded tue smalle]
States, in particular and the peoples
who could be overwhelmed by force
I as their natural tools and instrument!
1 of domination. Their purpose has
! long been avowed. * *
Only a Step.
"The demands made by Austria up
! on Servia were a mere single step li
a plan which compassed Europe an<
Asia from Berlin to Bagdad. The:
j hoped these demands might no
i arouse Europe, hut they meant U
press tnem wnetner tney uiu ui uui
for they thought themselves read:
for the final issue at arms.
"Their plan was to throw a broa<
belt of German military power am
political control across the very cen
ter of 'Europe and beyond the Medi
terranean into the ehart of Asia, am
Austria-Hungary was to be as mucl
1- - - - rvnmn o <3 Qorhl Ck I\T "Rill
I X116U iuui auu j/Anxx iw v?v. w ?
1 garia or Turkey or the ponderou
| States of the East. Austria-Hungar
i indeed, was to become part of th
,! central German empire, absorbed an<
dominated by the same force and in
. fluences that had orignally cementei
! the German States themselves. Th
dream had its heart at Berlin. I
j could have had a heart nownere else
j * * * It contemplated binding to
j gether racial and political units whic!
[j could be kept together only by fore
| ?Czechs, Magyars, Croats, SerDs. Ru
| i manians, 'furks, Armenians ? th
' ?Ufthomia ?ri/i Hun
I piUUU SMltO VI ?
'{ gary, the stout little commonwealth
!: of the Balkans, the indomitable Turks
J1 the subtle peoples of the East. Thes
. people did not wish to be united
t they apparently desired to direct thel
11 own affairs?would be satisfied onl
. j by undisputed independence. * *
.} Plan All But Accomplished.
[ "And they have actually carried th
! ppratpp nart of that amazin? plan in
, to execution! Look how things stanc
* * * From Hamburg to the Per
,'i sian gulf the net is spread.
"It is not easy to understand th
j eagerness for peace that has bee:
manifested from Berlin ever since th
. snare was set and sprung? Peac<
peace, peace, has been the talk of he
, foreign office for now a year an
more; not peace upon her own initia
tive, but upon the initiative of th
nations over which she now <leem
herself to hold the advantage. A lit
I tie of the talk has been public, bu
j "most of it has been private. Throug
j all sorts of channels Jt has come t
j me, and in all sorts of guises, bu
j never with the terms disclosed whic
! +v.? r* *-i finvornmpnt would b
!| willing to accept. That governmeii
? has other valuable pawns in its hand
'! besides those I have mentioned. I
j still holds a valuable part of Franc<
;f though with slowly relaxing grasi
!i and nracticallv the whole of Belgiun
Its armies press close upon Russi
and overrun Poland at their will. I
'i cannot go further; it dare not g
j back. It wishes to close its bargai
before it is too late, and it has littl
- j left to offer for the pound of lies'
!; it will demand.
PrA#MrHinftnt of Tfilitarr Masters.
| "The military masters under whor
;l Germany is bleeding see very clearl
!| to what point fate has brought then
| If they fall back or are forced bac
! j an inch their -power both abroad an
;,at home will fall to pieces like .
j house of cards. It is their power a
home they are thinking about no^
'j more than their power abroad. It i
| that power which is trembling unde
j their very feet, and deep fear has en
i t?r*d their hearts. They have bu
one chance to perpetuate their mill
tary power, or even their conirollin,
political influence. If tney can se
' ure peace now, with the immense ad
vantages still in their hands whic
! they have up to this point apparent
> ly gained, they will have j-ustifie
themselves before the German peo
pie. * * * If they fan tnelr peo
pie will thrust them a&ide, a gov
1 ernment accountable to the peopi
j themselves will be set up in Germany
; it. has been in England, in th
((United States, in Franoe and in al
1 the great countries of the moderi
times except Germany. If they sue
ceed they are safe and Germany am
I the world are undone. If they fai
i Germany is saved and the world wil
j be at pea?e. If they succeed Amerio
i will fall within the menace. We a'ni
. all the rest of the woiid must re
i main armed, as they will remain, am
must make ready for the next stej
I in their aggression; 'if they fail thi
! world may unite for peace, and Ger
j many may be of the union.
Aim Is Deceive.
| "Do you not now understand thi
new intrigue, the intrigue for peace
j and why the masters of Germany d<
not hesitate tc use any agency tha
promises to effect their purpose, tin
j deceit of the nations? Their presen
particular aim is to deceive all thos<
Who throughout the world stand fo]
the rights of peoples anc trie self
i government of nations; for they seef
!j what immerse strength the forces!
of justice and of liberalism are gatli-j
; ering out of this war. They are em-;
; ploying Liberals in their enterprises.'
They are using men, in Germany and!
j without, as their spokesmen whom j
I they have hitherto despised and op
| pressed, using them for Uieir own l
r| destruction?Socialists, the leaders or!
ji labor, the thinkers they have hither- i
} | to sought to silence. Let them onco'
; | succeed and these men. now their i
, I tools, will be ground to powder be-;
, neath the weight of the great mili-i
i tary empire they will have set up;!
[{the revolutionists in Russia will be|
;! cut off from all succor or coopera-;
I; tion in Western Europe and a coun-|
^: ter-revolution fostered and supported;
;j Germany herself will lose her chance
;j of freedom; and all Europe will arnr
.Ifor the next, the final struggle.
Intrigue Everywhere.
"The sinister intrigue is being no!
| less actively conducted in this coun-i
try than in Russia, and in every coun-1
try in Europe to which the agents and!
J dupes of the Imperial Germon gov- j
1 ernment can get access. That gov-j
| ernment has many spokesmen here,!
] in places high and low. They have
1 learned discretion. They keep with
! in the law. It is opinion they utter
> | now, not sedition. They proclaim the!
j liberal purpose of their masters;
.; declare this a foreign war which can
j | touch America with no danger to eith
J er her lands or her institutions; set
3! England at the center of the stage
5 and talk of her ambition to assert [
economic dominion throughout thei
world; appeal to our ancient tradi-j
tion of isolation in the politics of!
Jithe nations; and seek to undermine j
the government with false professions1
of loyalty to its principles.
fj
tj Will Make >'o Headway.
"But tney win matte no neauway.j
The false betray themselves always;
f j in every accent. It is only friends of'
j the German Government whom we
*1 have already identified who utter j
1 these thinly disguised disloyalites. The'
- j facts are patent to all the world,!
! and now where are they more plainly!
J seen than in the United States, where:
1j we are accustomed to deal with facts
and not with sophistries; and the
s great fact that stands out above all'
y the rest is that, this is a people's1
e war, a war for freedom and justice j
*: and self-government amongst all the
~i nations of the world, a war to makej
the world safe for the peoples who
e live upon it and have made It their
t own, the German people themselves
.included; and that with us rests the'
choice to break through all these hy
k' pocrisies and patent cheats .and,
ft. ?->-> n n 1 t r\f Vvt"ii + q f nrfio qiiH bpln qpf I
, llia^IVd VI 1/1 4V1 VW M.AAV* MWW.
" the world free or else stand aside
e and let it be dominated a long age!
L~ through by sheer weight of arms andj
s the arbitrary choices of self-consti-!
* tuted monsters, but the nation which:
e; can maintain the biggest armies and,
the most irresistible armaments ?,
r i a power to which the world has af-;
y| forded no parallel and in the face ofi
*. which political freedom must wither!
' and perish.
"For us there is but one choice. We J
if \XTr\a ho tn thp man or i
I j uaic inaut 11. ii vu >#v w ...? _- ,
,'i group of men that seeks to stand in J
"j our way in this day of high resolution)
i when every principle we hold dearest;
is to be vindicated and made secure
g for the salvation of the nation. We,
4 | are ready to plead at the bar of his- j
'*: torv. and our flag shall wear a new '
Ti lustre. Once more we shall maKej
j good with our lives and fortunes the!
~! great faith to which we were born,{
ej and a new glory shall shine in the
i face of our people/'
& ULBULANCE UNIT
oj IS WORKING HARD
kj Colombia Company at Allentown, Pa^j
ei Striving to Fe Among First
lt! , Sent to France.
si
t1 To the Editor of The State:
Since the arrival of the Columbia
ambulance company at training head
1- i ?+ Vl <2 O ItnHoi'O'^np ^Dm ^
"| ijuai ici o ib nuo
a; changes, having been divided into
* i three distinct units, each under sep-1
0 arate ofiiers. It still retains its prig-1
a inal number, 26, with sections 26, 27
e and 28. Each section is made up of
h; one first sergeant, one s-econd ser
! geant, one corporal, two orderlies, two
! clerks, one chief mechanic, two as-1
aj sistant mechanics, one cook, two as-J
y\sistant cooks and 24 truck and ambu-J
1 - - i
l- i lance drivers. !
I
'Section 26 has the following officers: j
First sergeant, L. yi. Smith; second
*! sergeant, R. H. Banks, and corporal, j
j H. T.. Livingston. Section 27 First!
V'sergeant, J. N. Piatt; second sergeant,!
s T. A. Fridy and corporal, L. E. Alt-;
ri man. Section 28: FMrst sergeant, D. 1
~ R. Wallace; second sergeant, W. G.1
* Ragsdale, and corporal, C. E. Mont-!
" i gomery.
p; A company is made up of five full,
j units or sections. Our company lacks '
"I two units of meeting this requirement,
< so, in order that we may have a tuli
South Carolina company, commanded
| by a South Carolina captain, every
; officer and private is doing his ut
i most to secure the desired units im
i mediately.
e | We are hard at it drilling and get
'*! ting in trim generally for eany ser
e vice, as we have been notified that
the first ready will be the first to
1 get off to France. Watch and see
" who is among the first! Our men are
still young in the business but are
J i ODtimistic and in high spirits gener-'
ally.
jji Of course our hearts are back In:
3| the old Palmetto State and our minds'
~! r.ften revert to relatives, friends andj
*! others, to whom it was so hard to j
1 ,y 5UWHY
Robert F. Goodwin,
I Allentown. Pa., June 12.
WISCONSIN ENACTS
ITS OWN FOOD LAWS!
J
Madison, Wis., June 14.?The state j
council of defense was given the pow-j
er to investigate and take over the,
distribution of food products of Wis-]
consin today, when the assembly put
through the finance cottee bill. j
KED CROSS WEEK.
President Wilson Frges People of tlie
United States liaise Some $i,00C,0(K/
War Fund for the American lied
Cross, South Carolina's Share
$300,000.
It is an immense sum winch tne
people of the United States are ask
ed to subscribe as a war fund for the
American Red Cross?$100,000,000.1
This is nearly seven times as much
as the initial appropriation bj the,
Confederate Congress for war pur-!
poses. But when the war of the;
Confederacy began the belief was
general that it would be a short, easy,;
bloodless and inexpensive conflict. \
The immensity of the work which the
American Red Cross must do from;
now on in the present war is realiz
ed also that the work cannot be ac-;
complished except at a cost in treas-1
ure and in sacrifice wnic'n is veryI
great.
To understand why the American'
Rpri r.rn?s much monev It
must be remembered that it has a
work to do for our Allies as well as
for the great army of American sol
diers and sailors now being mobiliz-,
ed for service in the war against Ger-;
many. It will only be a few mofcths j
until we have an army of a million
men and a navy of a hundred and;
fifty thousand men. It is the task i
of the Red Cross to care for these
men when they aTe sick and wound
ed. The Red Cross must care also
for the distressed of other countries.
It must aid in combatting tufcerculo-;
sis which has become prevalent in i
France, as a result of trench warfare.,
It must look after the homeless in
+1nn ft ViiinHro/1 tj-iTi/ri a and vil
UiC V/V4 - -?
lages of France which have been laid
waste. It must lend its aid to af-j
flicted Russia, where on a ^line o? a
thousand miles there arc on:y 6,000
ambulances, as against 64,000 on the
JYench front of four hundred miles
All its resources will be taxed, no
matter how generous the response of
the American people to the appeal
now being made.
President Wilson has proclaimed
the week of Monday, Jpue 18-25, as
"Red Cross Week," He ras designat
or? snmp r>f thp foremost business and
professional men in the United States
to lead in the campaign for the $100,
000.000 war fund which the Red Cross
needs. South Carolina is called up
on to subscribe to this fund. Public
spirited men in every county have
been asked to organize for the rais
in z of the money. The Red Cross or
ganization of the City s+f Charleston
has alrpadv nledrced itself to raise
$75 as Charleston's share. It is
pnoerf that every man, woman and
child in South Carolina will try to
have some part in this great and no
ble movement. Announcement of tne
movement's success cannot fail to
send a thrill throughout all the Allied
coutries.
1785
1917
pemAv
Luj/jujc,ujc, ur tnAaiJi,.iiv;i
^oTrf?t c-rUlna's Oldest College
133d Year Begins September 28
r?4i*anfA ftT~Tr\"'"!fl*:or,c: rt iT! th*?
county-seats, Friday, July 13, at 9
a. ra.
> Four-year coures lead to the B. A.
and B. S. degrees. A two-year pre
medical course is given.
A free tuition scholarship is as
signed to each county of the State.
Spacious buildings and athletic
grounds, well equipped laboratories,
unexcelled library facilities.
Expenses moderate. For terms and
catalogue, address
ttARBISON RANDOLPH, President,
MANY WILL ATTEND
NEWBERRY MEETING
Summer School for Sunday School
Workers to Be Held August 11-17
?Arrange Program
The State, 9th.
The Rev. E. C. Cronk, D. D., re
turned to Columbia yesterday from
Virginia to perfect the arrangements
for the summer school* for Sunday
school workers, to be held in New
berry, August 11-17. Dr. Cronk is
AYpnnt.ivA serretarv for tbe summer
school, which is under/ the control fit
the Lutherans of the State. The com
mittee will present a programme of
unusual excellence this year. Dr. D.
Burt Smith of Easton, Pa., will give
a course on "The Sunday School at
its Best?How?" Dr. Smith is one
of the leading specialists in Sunday
school work in Pennsylvanra. He has
done special work at Columbia uni
versity and is taking an additional
course there this summer in psychol
ogy and methods of work. Dr. J. Hen
ry Harms of Newberry College will
havq charge of the course on the
Old Testament. Dr. R. C. Longaker
of Lenior college, Hickory, N. C., will
>>e heard, for the first time in Soutfi
Carolina, in the course on the New
Testament. Dr. Longaker is a Sun
day school worker of large experience
both in the North and the West and a
tocher of marked ability. Mrs. E.
C. Cronk will give a course on "Me
thods of Work," and will have charge
of the evening "story hour." Mrs.
Cronk is chairman of the committee
ori methods for the Interdenominaaion
al Federation of Women's Missionary
Societies of North America. She will
come to Newbery from the Northfield
conferences, after a series of summer
chautauquas. The course in pedagogy
will be b~ -I m Gregory's "Seven
Laws oi Teaching," and will be given
by Prof. S. J. Derrick of Newberry,
who has specialized along tilts' line.
The delightful out of door evening
meetings will be held oi* the campus.
witn addresses uy iiiemucis vi mc m
c-ultv and other speakers.
Enconraging Him.
Cheerful'one (to newcomer, on be
ing asked what the trenches are like)
?"If yer stands up yer gets sniped; if
yer keeps down yer gets drowned; ifi
yer moves about yer gets shelled; andl
if yer stands still yer gets court-'
martailed for frost bite."?Philadelphia'
Ledger. '
A'ewberry County Chaining*.
' Following is the report of the New
berry county chaingang taken from
the quarterly report of the state board
of charity and corrections:
1. Mr. T. H. Teague, foreman. .Vis-!
ited October IS, 1916. Camp about 12
miles from Newberry near Bush River i
church.
Equipment?For the guards a tent:
with a fly. Convicts occupy an empty1
three-room tenant house. Convicts!
sleep on six pallets made of mattress- j
es spread 011 the floor of one or tne
rooms. For bed covering blankets
were provided. They were only fairly;
clean. Cooking is done in one of the
rooms in the house over the open fire.!
Management.?Nearest physician is
summoned to the camp when a convict;
is sick. Records of convicts kept by:
the foreman are up to requirements.!
Law requiring separation of races is
being obeyed. Convicts who behave
themselves were given one-twelfth off
their sentences, instead of one-tenth
which is provided by law.
Convicts.?Number on gang day vis
uea?negro men, ia, ujl wnum mu
were "trusties." Convicts are re-:
quired to bathe on commitment and
once a week while on the gang. Three'
convicts bathe in the same tub of
water. On day visited convicts had,
for breakfast fried bacon, cornbread,
molasses for dinner: fried 'bacon,
cornbread, molasses; for supper:,
peas, fried bacon, cornbread, molass-!
es. Convicts given fresh beef about1
once a month. Fresh pork provided at
irregular intervals uuuug iuc muici.
They have wheat bread once a week.1
The sewerage from the camp is buried, j
Trusties who need discipline are!
shackled. Chain men are strapped. |
The latter punishment is inflicted by
the foreman himself in camp. I
i i
2. Mr. J. G. Miller, foreman. Vis
ited October 18, 19-16. Camp five miles
from Newberry on the Herbert ferry
road.
Equipment.?For convicts one tent
without a fly to cover it; for the
i guards one tent with no fly. Convicts
! sleep on pallets made of mattresses
. resting on boards raised off the
ground by logs. Blankets are used as
i bed covering. Fairly clean. Cooking
, is done out or doors,
i ^Management.?No physician is re
gularly employed to do the practice
at this chaingang. The nearest physi
cian is summoned when a convict is
sick. Sick convicts are kept in the
camp or sent to jail. Records of con
victs kept by the foreman are very in
1 adequate as they consisted only of a
few commitment papers. Law requir
1 nf rar'Oa flflfl t.hft
liig Lilt: scpaiauuu VJ.
law requiring the giving of one-tenth
off the sentence of convicts who mer
it by good behavior were being fol
lowed at this chaingang.
Convicts.?dumber on gang day vis
ited?negro men, 11, of whom three
were "trusties". Convicts are re
; quired to bathe when brought to camp
: to begin their sentence and weekly
thereafter. Each convict is given a
. tub of clear water. On the day of
j the visit convicts had for breakfast:
j friend bacon, cornbread, molasses; for
'dinner: peas, cornbread, boiled ba
| con, molasses; for supper: fried ba
I con, cornbread, molasses. Convicts
1 have fresh meat to eat about twice
o mnnfh and wheat bread with two
j meals during each week. Sewerage
from bucket in the convict's tent is
! buried in a shallow pit immediotely
' in the rear of the tent. For punish
ment convicts are whipped or double
shackled. Former punishment is ad
ministered by the foreman or the
guard of the camp.
3. Mr. J. W. Miller, foreman. Vis
ited October 18, 1916. Camp near
Jolly Street school.
Equipment.?For guards one tent
I with fly. For convicts one tent with
fly. Convicts sleep on six cots and
, one double bed. Straw ticks and
i blankets used as bedding. Both in
very poor condition. Cooking .done
j for convicts and guards out of doors.
1 Manageemnt.?No physician is em
ployed to practice at this camp. Near
est physician is called when a con
; victs is sick. Few, if: any, records of
i convicts kept by foreman. Sick con
! victs stay in camp or are sent to tne
I Newberry jail. The law requiring the
separation of races and the law pro
j viding that one-tenth off the sentence
' of convicts who merit it by good be
( havior be remitted are obeyed.
Convicts.?Number on gang day vis
i ited?negro men, 10 of whom nine
j were "trusties." Convicts are re
j quired to bathe when they come to the
camp to begin their sentence and once
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a weeK mereauer. un wc uo;
visit convicts had for breakfast: fried
bacon, cornbread, molasses; for din
ner: friend bacon, cornbread, molass
es; for supper: cornbread, fried ba
con. molasses. *Tesn meat *ciy
seldom." Wheat bread "seldom." The
j sewerage from the camp is thrown
on the surface of the ground. Trusty
convicts have their shackles put back
on them for punishment and chain
! men are strapped.
' Recommendation for Gangs.?Pro
i vide covered kitchens, preferably
j serened wooden cars of approved
1 type, for all chaingangs. Employ a
| physician on a salary basis to <\o the
practice for the gang. Require him
; to make a physical examination of
| convcts when commtted to the gangs
j unless they have been examined while
' in jail; to vaccinate convicts against
' smallpox when indicated; and to visit
! the camps regularly once a week, in
: sheeting the convicts' food and quar
ter. Send all tubercular convicts to
j the tubercular nospuai at me sun..::
penitentiary. Foremen of Gangs 2 and
3 should keep in a suitable book a
record of all convicts committed to
the gangs which should include their
names, dates of commitment, race and
ages, length of sentence, whether
they have a family dependent upon
them for support, whether "trusties",
dates of discharge and reasons for dls
; charge. Give the convicts fresh meat
to -eat twice a week and wheat bread
j once a day. Use kerosene oil as a fly j
| repellant in the sewerage buckets in
the convicts' quarters; dump the sew-:
erage into a pit at least 105 yards!
from the sites of the camps, and'
cover carefully with earth regularly
once a day. Abolish whipping as a
means of enforcing discipline. Give
convicts on Gang 1 one-tenth oft their
sentences as required by law when
they merit it by good behavior. At
Gang 1 stop the practice of bathing
more than one convict in the same
tub of water.
t tnv trii.t.vj FLOREXrv
Female Check Forffer Gives Police
men and Others a iiace.
Wilmington Star.
Mrs. O. O. Grant, or Mrs. C. S~~
Whitney, who is held here in th
county jail on the charge of passin
worthless checks on Wilmington bu
siness men, and who made such a
sensational escape from the jail ia
Florence before being brought here, **
stirred that South Carolina town txr~
? ?; /t.Vi r\f av/>ifomont ac/inrWinff
4Uiic a yii^u \jl oavi^vuivuv, ?v^.v^v..uo
to a story in the Florence Times of
the day she attempted escape. The
i;torj follows:
"Florence was treated to a rich and
novel sensation this morning, a young:
woman dressed in man-s clothing,
fleeing, from a pursuing crowd of men
and children, jumping fences with the
agility of an acrobat, and Cnally mm
down and sent to where her offenses
apparently began. Nobody knows the
woman or if they do know her they
will not tell, sue is awui zu years
of age and is supposed to be a Mrs.
i Whitney, or 'Whinney, as the telegram
read, said to be the wife of an engi
neer in Wilmington, or by others who
! claim to know, a well known wo
: man of the demimonde of that town.
She has been^ pasing worthless checks.
i Her plan was to take a check to a
I furniture store, buy half or two thirds
, its value and get the rest in cash. She
, got off the train at Winona yesterday
morning, got a car to Florence, went
i in at the front door of a boardinj
: house and out the back, got anoth?
| car and went, to Lake City, giving th^|H
, driver the slip there, also, :t.ls said
and was finally arrested by the chief
j of police of that town on order from
j the sheriff here.
i "She was brought to Florence and
delivered to the jailer, but as she was
so lady like in her appearance Mr.
and Mrs. Bryant gave up one of their
j rooms in the jail to her. Mr. Bryant
anxious about her, sat up all night
! on the piazza of the jail watching the
i exit to the room. At dawn she got
! him to call Lake City for her on the
! long distance telephone, and talked of
; breakfast and returning to Wilmington
I without trouble, but when Mr. Bryant,
I the jailer, went to answer the phcne
: from Lake City she dressed in the jail
; er's Sunday suit, hat and necktie, slip
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I pea out or me u&ck. uwr auu juiu>mi.
! the high fence in the back of the jail
: and made her way to Palmetto street
j where she stopped some nr.gro cooks
! going to service and asked for a car.
| While talking with these Mr. J. E.
; Justice suspected something wrong M
and saw that it was a woman dressed
; in man's clothes and arrested her, 41
; but she broke from him and fled.
I He thought he had a German spj
'I atartpd in mirsuit. She lenT)eT
! over a fence that was one rail too higli
for Mr. Justice but the pursuit v:zz ta
' ken up by others on the other side,
and after bogging through recently
drowned gardens and flying like a bird
over fences and around corners she
was finally taken, ingloriously taken,
and then, like men, every one who
had caught her, wanted to help her
run away some more, and not catch
her, or catching her, xeep ner away
from the horrid sheriff for she was
young and pretty; but the sheriff was
right there in the crowd and he is
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! does his duty, and.his duty vas to take
i her back to jail and lie did so, where
\ she was again property attired and
] sent to Wilmington on the morning'
train.
! In connection with the, a letter
j sent out from Charlotte to mayors
| in various towns indicates that pos
i sibly there is a wide-spread cam- ^
j paign of ch^ck flasLmg. The letter j
j follows: ' 1
| "There is a swindling game going
on over this state, and I am using
' every means I can to catch the guilty
j parties. The game is this: A lady
.roes into a store to make a purchase,
j and usually makes it suit to make
. this purchase after banking hours
| or. Saturday afternoon; and after she
I makes the purchase she remarks that
! the bank is closed and that she has a
j check for thirty or forty dollars, as
finer, TVI i OrV> f V\0 C>1 Ck (Tot O th 0 m PI*?
LUC VCtOC b W j W&4V QVVW - ?? ?
chant to pay the difference in cash
above what the goods cost, and al
j ways gives lier residence number dn r
j the city she operates in, and when the
j goods are delivered they find that no
j such party lives there. She usually
I has the goods delivered about two days
later in oredr tc give her time to leave
the city before tliey are delivered.
"She played her game here witlx
the 'Wake County Savings bank of Ra -
leigh. N. ., and I presume she se- ^
cured a supply of checks here ir< A
Charlotte to work the next city s'ac A
may happen to visit.
"This woman is apparently abeut^B
! 26 years old. neatly dressed, and very ^
modest. She wore glasses, and was
medium build and medium brunette.
Feints and Faints.
An Irish recruit was being drilled
in the mysteries of sword-play.
"Now," cried the instructor, after.
carefully explaining various rules of
fencing, "what would you do if your
1 opponent feinted?"
"Begorra, sir," answered the Irish
man, winking knowingly, "I'd jest
prod him wid the point o' me sword
to see if he was shamming*,".?Jack
o' lantern.
Elegant Discourse.
"Ali want to be procrast'nated at
de nex' co'ner," said Erastus Pinfcnejr
to the street car conductor.
"You want to be what?'*'demanded
the conductor.
"Don' lose 'o' tempah. Ah had to
in A n (4</%t{/>norv T?YTflO'f I
i\j\jn. in ug
| found dat procrastnate means 'put
1 off.' "?Cincinnati Enquirer,
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