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FOR A REFORMATORY
AND JUVENILE COURT
A reformatory Is an institution in
which youthful criminals b built sexes
nix; given ;t helping hand, uplifted, and
taught some trade by which they may
earn living and become good and lise-
ful citiaens. But the reformfitoi
should carry along with it the Idea of a
juvenile court A juvenile court is a
court in which the judge is invested
wHh the power and discretion o coin
mitting youthful criminals to prison or
sending them to a reformatory. Thi:
investing of the judge with this discre
tion would do away with the imposition
that frequently takes place. A reform
atory In North Carolina should possess
the above means r of educating thi
youthful criminals, but it should also
invest the judge with the power and
discretion to prevent imposition.
The reason that North Carolina needs
a reformatory is that yearly thousands
of youthful criminals are sent to the
jails and penitentiaries where they as
sociate with hardened and experienced
criminals, thus graduating in crtttie;
By statistics eighty-five percent of the
youthful offenders in New York have
been sent to reformatories and made
good citizens. In Denver, Colorado,
Judge Hen Lyndsey has established a
juvenile court and has saved ninety
Ave percent of the youthful criminals
from lives of crime and imprisonment
He tells in his own way how he was leu
to a feeling of consideration for the
youthful offenders that daily thronged
his court: "For several weeks I had
noticed an Italian woman cry out
against njy justice, and as my eye Wan
dered during a certain evening it had
fallen several times 'on her, crouched
there among the back benches, and I
reirieniU. i thought how like a cave
dweller she looked. I didn't connect
her with the case, any case. I didn't
think of her in any human relationship
whatsoever. For that matter, I hadn't
considered the larceny case in any hu
man way. And there's the point: I
was a judge; judging 'cases' according
to the 'law,' till the cave-dweller's
mother-cry startled me into humanity.
It was an awful cry, a terrible sight,
and i was stunned. I looked at the
prisoner again, but with new eyes now,
and I saw the boy, and Italian boy. A
thief? No. A bad boy.' rerhaps, but tle UIK. w1n las been behind its w
not a lost criminal. Comforting and A reformatory; on the contrary, is cU
QUletlng her, 1 talked with the two to- j vating, uplifhting. and leaches ono'u
iar, aj momer and s,m mis time, am; ..-ui nnnns v,v w hich he ran earn
that a reformatory would hnv
established fur the negroes, find why
not? Btlt as to the overllowi:::;. l1
would not take place; tin JU-lge haying
the power to commit to prison or re
formatory would easily perceive the un
derlying motive of the young negro of
fenders, and would ri niand tin ir insti
gators to jail.
After some of this proceeding was put
into use, Imposition on the part Of the
negroes would cense. Then another
which speaks very strongly in favor of
a reformatory Is that the apprehension,
trial, and conviction of one person
would cost the state about twice as
much as it would to send that person
to a reformatory.
Only recently in our city two boys
weie sent !.j the penitentiary for bur
glary, and each was given nine or ton
years. The .boys were about six
teen years of aye. Thus when they
leave the penitentiary they will be
about twenty-six years old, without a
trade .without a friend and without any
means of making 8 living. Tenacity to
honesty in the face of every discour
agement is the sole plank that can save
these two youthful criminals from a
degradation worse than death. Biit it
is very probable that these boys will
not possess that tenacity to honesty,
and thus they enter upon a path of
crime and degredation. For Chief In
spector Watts of the Boston police
force says "that the lack of a trade is
a potent and permanent occasion for
crime and also a grievous handicap tor
the released prisoner who wants to get
back into the langs of the decent and
self-respecting." He further says:
"Take the best man in a community
and put him in prison and keep him
there three years in idleness, and I
would not give much for his morality
when he comes out. If he is able to
withstand temptation he will be some
thing more than the ordinary man. Ad
mitting this, what condition will these
two boys be in when they leave tli
state's penitentiary ten years hence?
They will be in a condition worse than
death. Now if these two youthful of
fenders had been sent to a reformatory
instead of to state's prison they would
In a few years come out with knowl
edge of a trade, and means to make a
living, and would have become self-re
specting and useful citizens. This is
only one of the many causes why a re
formatory should be established in
North Carolina for the protection and
education of youthful criminals. Fur
thermore .a prison is degrading, a dis
grace, and forever leaves Its stain upon
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Our
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at what ho saw nt the college, jtidg-j intended to find tile cause and teaea
ing from the following in.ervicw in i the remedy for these troubles. Wo
Charlotte Observer this morn-j hare found how (o make and do in
I North Carolina more cotton per acre
:" Mr, I than Texas makes. This lias been
condition .1 done by a proper study and applica-'
the
ing:
' We found the -el
Tompkins said, "in bet!
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than ever before. The studen:s seem
better satisfied and there is a better
esprit do corps than we have ever
before found at the college. We saw
a game of football between the
teams of the sophomore and junior
classes and it was not only good
ball but good and healthy sport."
"How many students in the col
lege now?" was asked.
"I think between four and five
hundred. Dr. Winston says he conic;
double the number if he ha'i dormi
tory room and tetwh-ars to take care
of the increase.
"I think one thin; whlcn lias con
tributed to the bettdv ton tent muni
of the students is the reduction of
the military feature. Drill is still
maintained, but students are not re- committei
quired to wear military clothes all! with whu
tion of fertilizers and improved
methods. But there is a point u
which we are eiill deficient in cot
ton production and that is the qual
ity of staple. The English spinners
went to Mississippi to buy a big
farm and the: location was selected
to get. better staple than we make!
in the upland Carolinas. I saw ;,ti
the college sorhe fine specimens ol
improved fabric and if the farmers
in the state would follow the meth
ods by which improvement can be!
made in staple it would very much
enhance the value of the crop of the
slate and would" hold the state in j
the Cronl rank for quality as well I ij
as quantity per acre.
"All i he gentlemen on the joint
were very much pleased
they saw at the college
WEATHER FORECAST.
on this time, and
I found that they had a home. It
made me shudder. I had been about to
ser.d that boy to prison among crimi
nals when he had a home and a mother
to to to. And that was the law! The
fact that that boy had a good home:
the circumstances which had led him to j
not steal, but 'swipe' something, the
likelihood of his not doing it again
these were evident pertinent, nay cital
to his case. Yet the law did not require
the production of such evidence. The
law? Justice? I slopped the machin
ery' of Justie to pull that boy oui 'if ils
prindrr.; Riit he WftH jjnilrv: what was
l V.o , lr.no with him'' T rllrln't 1; new. I and failed. T
I said I would take c
self, but I didn't knov
to do, except to visit him and his
mother their home. And I did visit
them, often, and well, we his mother
and I, with the boy helping we saved
that bey, and today he is a tine young
fellow, industrious, self respecting, and
a friend of the court."
Now. suppose Judge Lyndsey had not
a living.
Reformatories have been established
all ovOr the world. The first being
rounded in England, they extended all
over the universe. Matty of our states
have experimented with and found them
satisfactory and surcssful. Then why
Shouldn't North Carolina, one of the
greatest states of the union, likewise
provide protection and education for its
yOUthful ofler.ders?
Auditor Dixon recently in his article
in the News and Observer said that in
Canada rdi'oru.atoi ies had be
e reason of this
e of hiili my-! eioi uiaioi ie: in cauauci were
what I meant ' ducted more or: the principle of pris
the time, unless they want to and and witli iis worl
practically very few wear uniforms
except on drill.
"What do you think of the school
as compared with the University?
Which set of graduates do the bel
ter?" was asked.
"The two institutions cannot be
compared any more than the Uni
versity or the A. and M. could be
compared to the Normal School at
Greensboro. The University has its
field of work, and' I believe it is fill
ing the place for which it was estnb-1
lished and is maintained with com-j
plete satisfaction to those who keep!
up with its work and are pleased I
I ... CP
j Wash i i
North i '.'
Fair and
except sh
fresh suv
Associated Press.)
Dee. S. Forecast
for tonight and Sun
: tonight ; Sunday
fail
st portion, warmoi
tli
ds
if tl
in ti
with good results. ,.,.',.,,?.,,
"The A. and M. College is a newj(.,v i;) tj,
kind of institution. Practically all moved" raid
of the technical schools of the Uni- tion end no
tod States are new. Germany is far
ahead of lis in the matter of techni
cal education. Happilv here in the
south we got nearly an even start tr;1' I""'1!'"
t J'i'"1 . with other jiortions of the United j ?,ns' "
, - peratures.
cal schools. The men turned out solitv ,
Ifoi. ...... m in l. Jntn- .,.-.11 n,k.,0,.,-
than reformat..! ies. The confinement uc u"'"b " """u" . cause, t i.yn
of a reformatory accompanied by the thev work !t home or go north to! will be wan
tcachine of seme trade would he a i "Cirri-
helping hand to our youthful criminals
and not a punishment.
There is a Widespread public senti
ment in favor of the proper, support of
ear charitable institutions. The neccs-
heeded that Italian woman's cry: had j sity of a reformatory for youthful crim
proceeded to carry out the law and had inals is recognized and endorsed by
sent that boy to prison. What would every religious sect and political party
have been the result? That boy s life I in tin- United States,
and prospects would have been forever Many leading philanthropic journals
ruined. He would have been sent to j say that crime is large, y the result of
prison, where by associating with hard- social errors and social injustice, and
ened criminals would have left that (that furthermore the crimes of men
prison a more hardened and thorough ( have their origin in the vagrancy
criminal than ever before, and would
have immediately begun a career of
crime which would eventually have
ended with the gallows. Only by a
word, by a mere gesture, Judge Lynd
sey, regardless of law or custom put
that boy on the right track again. But
this was only a beginning; after that a
reformatory was established In New
York, and annually hundreds of boys
leave it to enter upon honest and
worthy careers.
Now the reason many people are not
in favor of a reformatory is because
they think that if one had to be es
tablished for the whites one would have
to be established for the negroes, and
that the reformatory for negroes would
be overflowing with young negroes
Who had committed crimes in order to
be supported by the state. It is true,
Childhood. .Some more reasons Why a
reformatory should he established.
Thus it is my earnest opinion that a
reformatory Should be established In
North Carolina, and that ir. connection
with it should be a juvenile court of
law to prevent the- incarceration of chil
dren in the jails. J. H.
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 8, 1906.
PLEASED WITH A. AND M.
"In establishing and maintaining
this A .and M. College the state is
endeavoring to extend its education)
system and in no way abate the
work of other schools. We want men,
who are at the same lime educated '
and practical, who have knowledge j
as well as skill and the kind of
knowledge and skill most, applicable
to make the natural forces and
natural resources of the state Vain
able and useful. It transpires that
the trucking interests of the slate
are often attacked by bugs and dis
eases. The work at the college is
e la high east of the Miss
Kjl.ll the crest of the wave
til'' middle states. THIS
sed Colder weather fiver
east of the Mississippi
eialures are generally
loW from North Carolina
in- low appearing yester-
ovtrome northwest has
in a southeasterly direc
eiivers most of the country
Mississippi liver. It has
it a few stations and a
lattice in the south ben-
I' the country. A high
e energy Is approaching
est attended by low tein-i-
weather in this vicin
;r and warmer tonight,
approaching low; Sunday
r with showers.
A. H. THIESSEN,
Section Director.
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Increase Oiler on Kirst 1 Pago, Sec
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