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t 7 . THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 191 7." SEVEN N 1(1, S PR U NT NAMED nrut steps Taue; , to IllC7en,e CASE OF HUMANITY "MM on i irrary nmiNnii rzA - i yrf Tt-- a i3Uiuiiii w w a vjmv v - iiivji aatHfi rim ait nn v ' 1 1 mm - r - x rzrmm , to Help Raise $1,000,000 to Buy Books for Soldiers --limine -ton's Per Cent of Levied Amount Is $1500, But Doesn't Ex pect That Much Can Be Raised. nr. James Sprunt, recently appoint- on the State Library War Council ky Governor Bickett to serve with other prominent North, Carolinians un itr Frank A. Vanderlip, chairman of National organization which was inted by Secretary of War Baker $1,000,000, whioh sum is to building-, equipping, and Ftort Steps Takes Looking to Increase ,., FXd Supply. Washington. Sept. 25. First steps looking to the organization of their in dustry so as to increase tlie supply were taken today by representatives of the fish interests of the country after a V. conrerence with the Pood Aaministratlon (Greensboro News.) The governor has raided the charnel The new nro-tniTofn hnnco o ; tii -i will m . . j s'u. xiib roucu l orQer eneci ..... -v, vcttio who me Aamin'.stra u. Lilo uistriDution of nab as a sub stitue for meat which must ba shipped to the Allies. At today's conference a systematic exchange of information about mar kets and producing -condition was agree dupon as necessary between lo cal Ashing interests and the local food administrators in the various states as well as the Washington authorities. Delegates from the South. Pacific coast and Mississippi Valley remained here to confer further with the direc tor of the food section tit the Food Administration. CARGO OF DAMAGED BANANAS GIVEN AWAY BY FRUIT FIRM the gpoi to raise is used in z camp and cantonment at home overseas, has received the details 0j the methods suggested by Nation al council to raise the money, when interviewed yesterday by a representative of The Star, Dr. Sprunt jaid that contributions for similar purposes had already been made by Wilmington citizens through other channels but that he would be glad to receive any contributions, large or small, for the cause that the Library War Council is to further. One Week Set Apart. One week has been set apart, Sep tember 24-29, to raise this money, thus necessarily making the campaign a strenuous one. It has been suggest ed to Dr. Sprunt that he set apart one iay. the last day of the campaign, and concentrate all efforts to get Wilmington's per cent of the one mil lion dollars raised in the one day, the per cent being five per cent of Wil mington's population, which would make Wilmington's required amount J1.500. The time allotted fe thfc soliciting is so limited that Dr. Sprunt, who is in charge of the work in Wilmington, has not been able to tnter into de tails and secure the necessary assist ance of committee suggestion, accord ing to his statement of yesterday. It is his purpose to interest those who have the means and the inclination to contribute to the cause. He has already approached a number of citi zens who have been obliged to de cline not because of any lack of in terest, but because they have, along with other patriotic people, strained their resources in promoting other causes of a similar character for which people of Wilmington have al ready contributed over $40,000. This first fund was to be used in carrying out the purposes of the Red Cross So ciety, and the National Special Aid, and Conservation Commission, and the Soldiers and Sailors' Business Aid Committee in conjunction with the State and County Council of Defense. These societies have been helped no tably by small but regular contribu- j uons in addition to tne large sum al ready contributed. In order to avoid conflict and confusion in the work md scope of these worthy undertak ings, a meeting was held some weeks ago for the co-ordination and co-operation of these organizations, which plan was unanimously agreed upon to prevent lost motion and duplication of effort. In view of all this, Dr. Sprunt fears that it will be difficult, if not im possible, to raise such a sum as 500. However, Dr. Sprunt desires The Star to say that he will grate fully receive and forward any contri bution, large or small, which citizens may feel inclined to make for this cause. What a Dollar Will Do. It is claimed by the National Library Council that one dollar spent in this cause will give one soldier the privilege of reading one book, to change it as many times as he likes for another book, provide him with library reading room space, and the services of a trained librarian. , "One dollar will do this for three years. This is less than one cent ev ery eleven days," says Dr. Spunt. Boston, Mass., Sept. 25. Thousands of bunches of bananas were given away today because of an accident to the refrigerating machinery of the steamer that brought them here. Two carloads were sent to Camp Devons, thje National Army cantonments, at Ayer; boatloads were sent to the Navy Yard and the Naval Reserve training station and many more were given to local institutions end charities. The United Fruit Company asked that the fruit be condemned and dumped in the harbor. City officials refused to do this and Mayor Curley sent a telegram to Herbert C. Hoover in which he charged the company with attempting to destroy the fruit to maintain high prices. As a result of the city?s refusal to condemn the bananas, the company decided to give theni away. Four Suffragettes Sentenced. Washington, Sept. 25. Four Woman Party banner-carriers, arrested in front of the White House yesterday, were sentenced to pay fines of $25 or serve thirty days in jail. They chose imprisonment and will be sent to the district workhouse where fifteen others are now confined. TRADES UNION MEN SEEK 'SHOWDOWN' (Continued from Page One.) have been named in Washington have arrived on the scene. Several meetings were held tonight by the various unions and later lead ers of the tsriking men were in con ference, but all declined to give out statements. . No further announce ments to the position of the men has been issued, but leaders declare that the small army of machinists at the yard are certain to walk out within the next 24 hours, unless the alleged injustices in the wage scale as pro mulgated are corrected. A general mass meeting of all crafts has been called for tomorrow night in Nor folk. It is expected that the medi ators will be present and ask for a hearing. In response to an inquiry relative to the status of a number of the men, exempted from army service under the selective draft, because of being government employes at the Navy Yard, the following reply was tonight made by Provost Marshal General Crowder's department at Washington: "If men were exempted on the ground that they were doing neces sary work and have ceased to do this work, their exemption automatically ceases." How to Stop Loss of Hair and Start New Growth Here's good news at last for men and women whose hair is falling out, who are growing bald, and whose scalps are covered with dandruff that nothing they have tried would keep ing the release of 21 convicts from the ! State rison has brought into the light ' of day a collection of skeletons that "fi18 otate not the Dones of dead men, but worse. They are the bones of dead hopes, of perished aspi rations. Even the ;oy that liberation brought is only, the grinning skull of the joy long since stifled in the shad ows or that temple of misery. Take the case of John Perry (of New ? Hanover county), sent up for life at 13 years' of age, and released now af ter 27 years. Where is the imagina tion gloomy enough to conceive of a tragedy cotmparable with this Burg lary was the charge, a capital crime, but the state forebore to inflict the death penalty on the little lad; instead it merely took away his youth, took away adolescence, took away the first flush of his vigorous manhood, and called it mercy. What a cynic is ths State! 13T-Year-Old Robber. We do not know a single one of the circumstances of John Perry's crime. We, do not need to know. We know that he wa:; 13 yeara old when he com mitted it, and that is enough. Bethink yourseir, Mr. Respectable Citizen, you pillar of society, you man of unim peachable integrity, now many apple orchards have you robbed? Would it have mattered to you then if the ap ples had been inside the house, instead of on the tree? Yet, if you had enter ed the house for them, you, too, would have been guilty of burglary. John Perry entered, presumably broke in. against the peace and dignity of the state and the statutes in such case made and provided; but dare you stand up before the bar of your own con science and assert that he is therefore a worse man than you? Yet for this he has lost his school-boy days; he has lost the poigant delights of youth; he has lost the joy of the young man coming into his full strength; he has lost love, and happiness and peace. Part of his childhood they could not take away from him, and age lies be fore him; his child's throat did escape the hangman's noose, but nevertheless they have taken his life. For the act of a foolish child, twenty-seven years in hell and even then only at the interposition of the governor does the state say, It Is enough. Enough? God in heaven, how shall the state of North Carolina make expiation for this deed'.' ll-Year-Old "Jesse James." And John Perry is only one of the sad procession. There is Elwell Over ton, formally adjudged a. burglar when he was 11 years old, and sent up for 20 years, of which he has served 11. There is Melissa Clegg, sentenced at 16 for 20 years; she is 31 now. There is Will German, sent up at 12 for 15 years, and released after 11. There is Josephus Williams, taken at 12 years old for burning a store, and given 25 years; he has served 15. There is George Johnson, an ancient reprobate of 15, given 30 years for burglary, of which he has served half. And remember, Mr. Respectable Citi zen or shall we call you by the title which the courts in these cases have adjudged your true one, namely, rob ber of apple orchards, burglar of the jam closet? these things were done in your name. It was the State against John Perry, and State means you, and us, and the late legislature that had so much hearty scorn for the "sickly sentimentality" of prison reformers. Of course we didn't know. We would have been worthy of the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah If we had done these things deliberately. But we didn't care. We were too lazy to investigate for ourselves what was being done in our name, and too full of our bump tious conceit to believe reformers when they tried to tell us something of what was happening behind those grim walls. John Perry didn't know what he wais doing, either. Always, when Humanity is crucified, the men msillfliiiiiii 99 3 f SS 5 SIS ySurffoofis an investment; Protect it TVERY roof covering an office building, warehouse, power building, i church, apartment house, school, or residence represents an investment in some cases of many thousands of dollars. The roof itself, if kept in repair, may be made to last many years. A small leak developing today may be repaired at a cost of a few dol lars not repaired it may friean a new roof in a few months. The damage to valuable machinery, goods in stock, furnishings, etc. may be inestimable. 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It was pointed out by this delegation :hat especially in times of war there is great danger of incendiary fires being started on the other side of the river that would seriously cripple the business interests, and might possibly spread to the city proper. ply you with Parisian sage (liquid form), which has been acknowledged one of the very best things to quick ly stop loss of hair and promote a new growth, entirely banish every trace of dandruff and itching scalp yet perfectly harmless and inexpen sive. Thousands 'can testify to the excellent results from its use; some who feared baldness now glory in their abundant hair, while others who have suffered for years with dandruff and itching head got a clean, cool scalp after just a few days' use of this simple treatment. No matter whether bothered with falling hair, gray hair, matted, stringy hair, dandruff, itching scalp or any form of hair trouble, try Parisian sage tonight. Only a few massages are usually needed to stop the hair from falling, and very soon you should be able to see the new hair coming in. The very first application will make your hair and scalp look and feel 100 per cent better. Be sure you get the genuine Pari sian sage (Giroux's), as this is non sticky, delicately perfumed and will not streak or stain the hair. R. R. Bellamy will supply you. they do. Withering Indictment. "They were kept in prison," says the governor's statement, "simply be cause no human being had any inter est in their release." No more with ering indictment has ever ben brought against a commonwealth. "No human being had any interest in their release" and you, and we, Mr. Respectable Citizen, and the members of the late legislature, go to church and pray unctiously, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." Right, Your Excellency. No inman being had any interest in their re lease. Justice is not a human being, only an attribute of God. North Car olina has high walls and strong bars to shut out from her sight the poor children on whom her honorable courts have laid their heavy hands. North Carolina has thick stone walls that inture that Mr. Respectable Citizen's ears shall not be pierced by the cries of the convict beaten until his back is raw and bleeding. North Carolina has ponderous walls that a strong man's hands canot budge, much less the puny strength of a 13-year-old boy. And North Carolina has much busi ness to attend to. If she stopped to investigate what goes on behind those walls, Mr. Respectable Citizen m'.ght have his feelings harrowed; and what are a few wretched children compared to Mr. Respectable Citizen's feelings? "Who enters here leaves hope be hind." We call it our penitentiary, Our place for doing penance which should wipe out sin; and over its door we have written the inscription on the gate of hell. Red Crimes Against Criminals. It is unnecessary to agree in toto with Goveri.or Bickett's use of the pax don in order to accept the principle as correct. It would be a marvelous exercise of common sense and justice if in some thing like cne hundred pardons a busy governor should not make a mistake. It would be an uncommon use of wis dom if in a batch of twenty-one some body should not outrage the terms of such clemency. The governor's first effort at kindness on the wholesale plan tesulted in the immediate return of a pardoned convict to the prison which he had just left, but prison of ficials reproach themselves for freeing this man without any money with which to make a beginning anew. With the broad principle that has governed Governor Bickett, the human itarian sentiment o fthe State must agree. Soon after coming into the governorship he saw enough to con vince him that many prisoners are working out long sentences who should no longer be in confinement. Largely because they are the forgot ten of the race, without friends, rela tives, money or influence, they have been spending, many of them, the greater portion of a natural life in the state penitentiary. Governor Bickett surveyed the prison and in two uses of the pardoning power on large scale, he has discharged about forty. It does not in the least lessen the wrong against the prisoners to show that the majority of them are negroes. It cannot shock the public mind less to know that these children, scarcely btyond the kindergarten stage but treated as mature men, are for the in the power of threatened or inflicted pain. We have committed crimes to punish crin e and we have committed crimes to prevent crimes. The Lesson of it All. The survey will do much to make such crimes fewer. We have register ed already something of an advance. There will be no more life sentences for 13 year old boys. We shall have no 12 year old rape fiends! We shall hardly imprison any more 13 year old mothers for 25 years because one baby in her shame kills another baby. One prison act, insufficient as it is, does not hold the conscience helpless in the conviction of a child. The peni tentiary may be yet a place of peni tents. It has been a hell, the place of the damned. DIG i Hik m WW most part of the African race. Having fewer ohances and belonging to a child race, tho crime against them is all the greater. But the state has with singular indifference to age and sex imprisoned children and forgotten them. White Children as Well as Black. Some months ago Governor Bickett pardoned a young white girl who went to the state prison 25 years for infanti cide. She was convicted when she was 13 years old, which, of course, meant that she was wronged when she was 12. She served 15 years before any body appeared to have become inter ested in her, and Governor Bickett was the first man who did. So far as is known, nothing was ever learned of the man-criminal who was almost as cruel as the state in his wrong to youth. A few weeks later Governor i Bickett pardoned a Wake county white I boy who entered a house when 13 I years old and stole ?5. This youth was given a sentence of 20 years for burglary and served many years of it. The state has not mistreated the black boy. In the 21 pardons granted the other day Governor Bickett finds five pris oners whose crimes were committed been only o3 years. The oldest of the j MQOflSOIl'S Uffif TOM" StartS Y(HlT UWTo?f tonight. YoM druggist or dealer quintet was id, tne youngest 11, QUICK BELIEF FOR Use Mi-o-na Tablets, they are one of the most effective and safe reme dies for out-of-order stomachs. Be sides quickly stopping the distress, Mi-o-na soothes the irritated walls of the stomacn, strengthens and builds up the digestive organs. Do not suf fer another day, get a 50 cent box at once. For sale at R. R. Bellamy's. 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