ON PAY ROLL. y\cr\ in Prison Costly, Work’ ; r ‘ Them Aids When Free. |By HARRY F. DUNN.) men iin prison is costly bus tpprins them there is still mor i ; - Some students of crimnol- Snomirs and history -have de e t r * from no point of view li I \' v society to confine its * Mi'ii in charge of state ~ ve discovered that it costs ice ! l r \oe, SI,OOO to arrest, con u f V.fto the doors of the pris aiu‘ ? nr with an added expense n< i ~?It $350 per year as long as there. Efforts to take the taxpayer have been f \ ■ vit'ii'' schemes, most popula [)) : [c \ x has been selling of con in quanity, to contractors ~]!? have been bad both for f'ato and the convicts. llclL \, lllK Cahtorma with a new I ' v t ; , ', ,! result of study by state ‘ ..risen wardens, welfare > t ]', e prisons, and the stud ‘T Penologv. The law is now in what appears to be good n the state and to the con -1 Ti\ Jaw provides that the state We- 1’ the California State Highway r.yhon. shall employ on the con tin, of it." higl.'*vays all available IT j shall pay them $2.50 a ior evevv day they work. Pro ■ ( | criminals, men convicted of |-uifilter and of degrees of mur iMo), do not carry capital pun- I : so that the men are held in Litharies are barred, but the pris t own as ordinary convict, who ts has committed his first fan.l probably will ‘‘go straight” | t ’-, the opportunity, is included | workings of this plan. | i ? w was drawn up by Julian H. In' San Francisco, who has been ■ '-h a welfare worker for one of Protestant churches in the If of California. It is actively Irted by some of the wardens a d I authorities and opposed by |a"d so won the recognition of lw state administration, headed l ornor Friend W. Richardson. It ■fed that for every 1500 con lo employed $1,000,000 will he ■even- year to the tax payers. I I with Mr. Alco, on the day Re returned from the several | of convicts, established under lw plan, and while he talked, a ■7,011 men whom he had helped lies from San Quentin and from I. called on the telephone to ■ The smiling little man, ap ■ without a care in the world 9sed years of his life behind ■walls as a volunteer worker I behalf of men and women ■ the state restrained, and out ■experience has come a law in ■ to prepare the convict for a ■ life; to provide his depend ■th a livelihoood, and the pris ■mselt with strength to retain ■ respect and his initiative. ■ idea grew out of the urfor | relationship between tlm state ■met/’ said Mr. Alco, disdaining ■ himself any credit. “The act ■t of sending a man to prison ■ judges, attorneys, juries po l.d transportation —ranges from ■ to $5,000, a minimum average ■ obtained at a reduced rate rvi p* co t with p slight acldi charge to cover handling and ration. Clothing shoes and to >cn : y and ether ‘luxuries’ are ted at cost. Sales of army cloth -1 shoes provide equipment for n g at costs far below those at a wei could buy them were "2. Food army sho°s, for ex ' ve Peon supplied at fL ty k ' ’-'enty cents a pair, overalls c° its to thirty cents, and j • espondingly low pries. " • t ’east ‘sfv'ntv a day. This sum is to their ' ’ the dav of their release, at paid to dependents, is 1 r !'he men not onlv have which to live until they '■-tamed work, but they are pro owl edge of road build ms to obtain a job. Fur ls has arranged with mtractors to take into ■'S3 men v/ho are re nd records. Thus the n man with and lition has preserved l his self respect, d s the man out of f prison thought; it , y from instruction in j amid clean, healthful . and gives him the ini ty to ‘come back’ 0 secure the future of > has paid his so-called ’• employment must be in. In most cases, the the mu previous to °d. The workingman, n to prison; it 8 , 0 0 1 eokkeeper, the -. 1 s onal man who makes V art of our prison pop -1 men cannot return to • ! e-k, but they can be -vk, without expense installing machinery Co „ ; f • and without the ’ ’’To conflict with free 1 i zation of free la ls the ‘letting out’ be f ... , mm '*or» + ra'*N>r; rt-ey f -ff only by the state, ad feonstruction teas served time m a road camp has a job open in a free road camp when he is dis charged, and needs no recommenda tion to get his job; the state’s word is back of him. The law was prepared after long conferences with the labor unions on the competition of convict labor with free labor, but the measure was so drawn that the laboring people are protected. Putting the men at work on state highways eliminate the necessity of employing the convicts within the penitentiary at occupa tions whose production comes under competition with free labor. The high ways constructed by the state with convict labor are in remote sections, in the mountains, away from the cen ters of free labor. This preliminary work was done by Mr. Alco, before he obtained the approval of the gov ernor. Guards are kept chiefly to maintain discipline, but they are be ing eliminated from the road work itself simply by increasing the reward for an escaped convict from fifty to two hundred dollars, and deducting that amount from the pay of all of thj men in the camp when one escapes, knowing that the reward comes out of their own pockets; or,* if a man es capes, strive to get him back, so that , the reward so paid may be turned over to their camp. This plan has I worked well. j ‘ The convict has a drawing account j to purchase such luxuriies as he may desire, but if after thirty days, his drawing account, including transpor tation, food, clothing and luxuries, ex ceeds the amount that he has earned, i he is sent back to the prison whence he came. The convict himself hand les no money, and aside from the pay ment of his transportation, clothing and food, his one obligatory expense is the payment to his dependents, if he has any, of 'a certain sum each month! Dependents resident in Cali fornia for three years get certain aid from state and county, ranging from five to ten dollars per child each month When a convict lias such de pendents, if they are entitled to state i aid, he must pay to them two thirds of his earnings. To those dependnts who are not eligible for state and j county aid, the convict may send to two thirds of his net earnings if he so chooses, but this is not obliga i tory. STRANGE AND CURIOUS. Peculiarities That Will Astonish Almost Anyone. Vern F. Smith, of Laporte, Ind., bet $5 he could marry a certain woman and he won. i A man arrested in Chicago has got to answer 261 charges against him, 233 being for burglary. • . 1 The memorial Methodist Church at Denver, Col., has boxing contests af ter services in the church have been held. A woman in Lincolnn Neb., has sucrl her husband for divorce because he loves his dog better than he does her. A baby that weighed only 12 ounces was recently born to Mrs. Anna Game of Chicago. He nicely fits into a cigar box. One man, an Italian operates 40 a blind tiger in Pawnee, Neb., eat its places where liquor is sold in New York. Booze, held in evidence, against ablind tiger in Pawnee, Neb., eats its way through the wooden barrel in which it was kept. I Our Guarantee Means |j) : I'. f I I Proof Instead Os Promises I In some things we must be satisfied with promises, but where money is fl involved NOTHING SHORT OF PROOF IS ENOUGH. Imagine paying j|Jj U\ for a promise the same amount of money that will buy the proof! Think Xja of buying a bond secured by First Mortgage on income earning proper- ffiV ties, but with only the promise of safety, as against a Six Per Cent jjijj First Mortgage Real Estate Bond with every dollar of principal and in- [Bij est guaranteed to maturity!* js|. ijjjj cp || A Promise Means the Hope of Safety Ij % A Guarantee means the Knowledge of Safety. That’s what you get in Phone 34. IN BUSINESS 45 YEARS. (§) i A We sell Most Everything. Siler City, N. C. © l.i. ® l@©®®®®®©®®©®©®©©©®©®©(§)©©(§)(j| ;j Before j !; have the people in and around Bonlee had the opportunity !; ; es buying the Celebrated ENDICOTT- JOHN SON SHOES. j! | lam receiving a complete line of these Shoes for Spring || and Summer wear. Also have other brands, such as STAR ; BRAND, and the W. H. MILLER Shoes. We also carry \\ a good line of Dry Goods, Notions, and Groceries. It will ]! t pay you to see me before you buy anything in my line. | One Music Master Phonograph for sale at a bargain. B. A. PHILLIPS, \ Bonlee, N. C. • |! ■MMBWMnglMimMriinffMMgaMniMWll II RIM f ■ U-MBMMMM——!———a— mFODß^aest Magajines mi'' rt \\P"THE CHVTH.4M RECORD ! [Partesi ;\\ | ** w i hf one Yeat j ■ ™ : f i fi ex' Zn^'af/ S eor S ano t year from | fill VTitWl present tiate o* expiration. l l.l..—IM’J. ■ wi—n ■■ m i ii■! i mtm imh ■ i Ml i W n man M mn W mi-| i n■■■iii' iwi ■ ■ !■■■ in rii^aa»^'r.TP. , anHWP»c^•win—i;^—amJMWi l New York has a hospital to re pair ugly faces. — , jl Clean teeth the right way j j —with a dentifrice that ! j does not scratch or scour. \ I “Wash” your teeth clean \ COLQftTES. > - ■■ —■■ i ■ ! Don’t Knock | I KNOCKERS Don’t Win 1 i! x i I Be a WINNER and open a savings I \W.