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Volume XV Lenoir. N. C. Friday, January 10, 1913 No. 19
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GOV. TRUSTS CONVICTS.
Oregon's Executive Ha The
Humane and Modern Ideas
About Prisoners.
Iu the "Interesting People"
department of the January j
American Magazine appears an
article about Governor Oswald ,
West of Oregon, wtio likes to
trust men. He let a life term
murderer out of prison long
enough to earn money to pay off
a mortgage on his fattier in
law's home, the money having
been spent to hire lawyers to
defend hun. Following is an
extract:
"Out in Oregon there is a
governor w ho believes in men
even though they have sinned
againstAsociety and have been
committed to the keeping of the
penal institutions of the State.
OswaldjWest .believes in men to
such an extent that sixty two
per cent of the prisoners serv
ing time in the Oregon State
penitentiary are out 'on honor,"
as it is called. A considerable
number of these are earning an
honest living outside the prison
walls, entirely independent of
any prison discipline or over
sight. The rest are 'trusties'
working for the State at other
public (institutions, or building
roads without being guarded,
frequently one or two hundred
miles away from the prison, and
often in thinly settled portions
of tin; Jcountry where escape
would be 1 comparatively easy.
And yet fewer prisoners try to
get away , under this system
than in the old days "when the
guards stood by armed with re
peating Winchesters.
"One of .Governor West's first
experiences in trusting men was
to release temporarily a murder
er servinga life sentence, simp
ly on his word of honor, in or
der that he might earn sufficient
money to pay off the indebted
ness on his father in law's home
which had, been mortgaged in
order to! raise money for his
legal defense. About the mid
die of last January the man re
appeared at.the penitentiary af
ter an absence of nearly a year.
'I'm back,' he said to the war
den. 'The! mortgage is paid.'
"When the present executive
of Oregon came into office the
State penitentiary had a reputa
tion that was anything but envi
able. Discipline was adminis
tered through methods that had
long been outlawed in many
penal institutions.
"Over one third of the prison
ers were unprovided with work
of any kind.jjj&Guards with load
ed ritles watched every foot of
the prison property, and went
with each 'group of prisoners
that was sent outside the walls
"Govornor.West has changed
all this. He has put every able
bodied man to work. He has re
moved most of the guanb
Over 2(X)oi the 4.0 men now
under sentence at the Salem in
stitution are outside the, wall
daily with out guard of any kind
trusted to return at night ami
honor bound to dp a fair days
work.
When they betray his trust
as occasionally happens, lie lias
been known to lead the posse
that undertook their capture.
One such escaped 'trusty,'
whom he ran down alter a hard
chase, said to him as he took
him into custody: "Who are
you, the sheriff?" 'No,' replied
the executive, 'I'm the man to
whom you lied.'"
If there is over a cure for bald
heads invented it will be by n
man who doesn't need it.
Parcel Pott Opportunities .
(Grrosboro Xtws.l j
In Asheville the parcels post
has reached such proixrtions ,
that wagon service for delivery!
has already been mustered in.
The new system has wondrous!
possibilities, for the producer,
the consumer and the merchant'
alike. The producer now basal
way of delivering his products
directly to the consumer while!
the merchant can deliver his
wares at the farmer's mail box.
For the merchant to get the
mot out of his rural trade, he
should advertise, and it is the
merchant who advertise the
most, intelligently who will get
the most customers. Cjuote the
prices, so the farmer, and his
wife, in sitting by their evening
ti reside, may see just what the
merchant offers and at what
price. Intelligent advertising
will work just as effectively for
the fanner, who cannot spare
the time to come to town to ped
dle his eggs and butter and oth
er products li y advertising his
fiesh, pure products, he can
work up a nice mail order busi
ness. Oftentimes, it would be
much cheaper for the fanner to
pay a little postage than to lose
i whole day from his farm work.
n England where the parcels
post has been established for
years, farmers have become
great users of advertising space.
As we said yesterday, the par
cels post is now in the experi
mental stage but its success is
assured and the individuals and
the firms who quickly grasp its
full significance will bo the ones
who will realize the most from it
Brought Home, Again.
We wonder what the fret
traders are going to say about
the efforts of Colonel Hoyden
and other Salisbury people to
keep the protection on aluminum
and save the 10,XX).(XX) plant
now being erected at Whitney
lrom being destroyed even in
the completion? This industry
is made possible in this country
by a tariff of seven cents a pound
If this protection is removed, it
is good bye to the big plant near
Salisbury and all it promised for
the development and prosperity
of that section. The first Whit
noy development was killed by ;
money panic. It would be. too
bad to see the present and mud
larger development killed by
bit of tariff folly. CharlotU
Observer.
Preparing for New Orchard.
The Southern Fruit and Farm
Company, with headquarters at
Des Moines, Iowa, purchased
several hundred acres of land
on the road from Southern
Pines to Carthage, about thn
miles from the former place, a
year or two ago. A few week
ago Mr. Nelson, the head of the
company, made a visit to
Southern Pines and made a con
tract with Charlie Williams to
clear 70 acres of the land. It is
the company's intention to s
out poach trews on this land.al
though Mr. Nelson, while hen
did not definitely contract for
the several thousand trees (hat
will bo needed or for setting
them out, although lie did get
figures and doubtless can close
the contract quickly. This
moans that several farmers and
orohiirdists will come to South
em Pines in the near future and
become good citizens of this
favored spot. The company
clears the orchards and farms,
plants the trees and carries
them to bearing time before the
purchasers take possession
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS
Items From Our Regular Corres-
pondents and Neighboring
County Papers.
A DA KO
Rev S. R McCall instead of
tilling his regular apKintment
at Flemmings Chapel on the ord
Sunday, will hereafter hold
services on the L'ad Sunday.
Mr. M. C. Bras well has his
new store house alout complet
ed and will soon be ready for
business at his new stand.
Mr. Whitner. of Jonas' Kidgo,
has moved his family to Adako
and will work here at the Black
smith trade.
While on a business trip to
Adako. Colonel Joe Lingle, of
Hudson, traded for a tin' pacing
horse. Joe says he had thought
of trading his automobile for a
(lying machine, but recently he
has demonstrted the fact, that
le can neat mo birds living, so
io trailed lor the nurse to pace
ns machine with, in order to
low his time down.
Uncle Billie Corpening, after
lingering sickness, passed
uvay at his place near Adako.
'nele Hi Hie was one of the old
time darkies, and through his
industry had accumulated quite
a lot of property.
Now that the Legislature is
in session what has become of
the advocates of the dog law.
koad ( ommittemon. please get
busy, lots have a rousing moot
ing on the lMh. No use keep
ing up a failure. X.
KKLSY.
Christmas and New Year
passed off' quietly with us. No
liquor, but good characters.
Miss Vera Coffey spent Christ
inas at home with her parents.
She is teaching school at Hud
son.
Mr. and Mrs. I). N. Coffey an
sick with la grippe.
Prof. Collins .is teaching in
stru mental music at Sands.
Messrs. James Coffey and
Birch Berry, with others, left
for West Virginia the tith.
Mr. Arthur Dula, of Blowing
Rock, spent last Sunday with
relatives at Kelsy.
Was real glad to see tin
Kings Creek items appear in tin
last issue.
Mrs. Arthur Dula sold a cow
last week for $40.00. Pretty
good price, but "old Jersey" is
a good cow.
Mr. Braine Coffey went to
Boone on business today.
Well, if this rain and fog
doesn't bring us a relaps of the
grippe, I will write again soon.
Kate.
Jan. t'.th, lUHl.
BOON'!;.
I W aCuia Doinorrat. I
Rev. J.G. Pulliam, now en
gaged in New Mexico, with his
daughter, Miss Mary Leslie
Pulliam, now a teacher in the
Virginia lnterinont College at
Bristol, Tenn., joined his wife
and little son. Robert, at the
hoim
of his brother in law. Mr.
L. N. Perkins, near the village
last week, and the reunited
family spent the holidays to
gether in tat ideal homo.
The ironing of the Spring
term of the A. T. S. on Tuesday
was most propitious There
were, wo
students
are told nniiv more
an ioid, nianv nioie
present than at any
former opening in the history
. of the institution.
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Interesting Reading Matter of
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
The Greensboro Chamber of
merce has started a campaign to
raw Ul) to advertise aud
boost the town.
A Brittish and an American
vessel cohded in the Chesapeake
Bay last Friday night during a
severe gale and twenty persons
I were drowned.
A recent cold wave on the
Pacific coast is said to have
damaged orange and lemon
crops of California to the extent
of s;,(t,(K.x).ixx).
Owing to the Kith of January
being designated as inaugura
tion day for Governor Crag, the
date for the Forestry convention
has been postponed until the pi.
Many importers and Manufac
turers are beseigmg the Ways
and Means committee of Con
ress pleading lor their respec
tive interests in the proposed
tariff revision.
Maj. W. A. Graham and other
Southern men have appeared
before the Agricultural commit
tes of Congress and asked the
sum of $7!0,XX) to help eradi
cate the cattle tick in the South.
. N. Heiskell, editor of the
Arkansas Gazette, has been ap
pointed by Governor Donaghej(,
of Arkansas, to till out the un
expired time of the late Senator
Davis, in the I nited States
Senate.
Tlie ;j'J men who wore con
victed of conspiracy todynainitt
non-union shops and works, at
Indianapolis last week and son
fenced to the penitentiary have
taken an appeal to the higher
courts. J hey are trying to give
bonds ponding the appeal and it
is thought they will succeed, the
bonds amounting in all to over a
million dollars.
In tin1 little home of John
Bishop, in Jackson county
few days ago, throe children
were left alone. One child
played with matches and set the
house afire. The two oldest ran
out, leaving a b -months -old
baby in bod in the burning build
ing. A little girl of loss than
five years heard her baby broth
er's cry and she rushed back in
to the house and saved him. 1
This week's issue of The Trac
tion Weekly carries a statement
saying that a contract has bee
let by the Southern Powe
Company for the construction of
an interurban railway from
Winston-Salem to Durham, by
way of Greensboro, ;nd a num
her of the smaller towns be
tween that city and Greensboro
including Chapel Hill. The
article further states that the
work will be. done in sections
Mrs. .1. U. VanN'ess, Jr., of
i narione, was lounnuoad in mo
bath room of her home last Sat
urday night, her death being
produced in a very singular way.
Her husband was away from
home and alter putting her six
year old child to bed, she ev l
ill I i t . . . J 1 1 j1
dently went to the
take a bath Tin
Kith room to
ath room is
heated by a gas heater, winch is
'connected to the gas pipe by ;iTho Government is always w ill
rubber tube. The lady being 'ing aud ready to pay a reason
subject to fainting spells evi ! able price for suitable property,
jdently fainted and loll against
1 this rubber t uhe with sufficient
force to break it loose from the
gas range, thus letting the gas
escane which soon over came
i i .v . l i t i
suffocated b o r T b
' body was cold when found iVlu
she had ev idently boon dead sev
nil hour?
too uh inert Attack Officer.
Winston Salem, Jan v Yes
terdav Sheriff T W. Davis, S K. Man Important Matter, to be
H trkrauer. United States deputy Considered. Met Wed
marshal. deputy Sheriff R. B. ; nesday, Jan. 8. ,
Schuyler and Warren Hayes
went into the mountains in the ' The bi.-nnui vmm:i of the
western part of Surry County North Carolina General Assem
looking for an illicit still. A still . ly met in the State-House, at
was found in a cave, in the mourn , Raleigh. Wednesday. January s.
tains, and several men .were pres" The Senate is comH.ed of 'A)
ent. A pitched battle, followed 'members. 17 of whuii are Demo
m which pistols, sticks and rocks t-'ts and three Republicans In
ayed a prominent part. Theitne Mouse oi Uepresentaiivos
officers finally secured the still
id captured one man, named
(jjj
The officers started for Dobson ,
ibout y o'clock at night with the I
!
still and their prisoner wdien
they were attacked later in the
arkness, by a do.en men. Dav -1
!-
is received :i li c iw in tie I ace i
that knocked two of his teeth
out. Harkrader was struck in
the forehead and knocked from
us horse. line now n. no was
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kicked m the side.
The handcuffs were taken
mm the prisoner's wrists and
placed on Harkrader. l hey
gave the keys to Davis and were
told to go to Dobson, Soon
liter. Harkrader was unable to
travel and be was taken to km
met Isaac's home where he was
ittended by a physician.
Both Davis and Harkrader
were badly bruised, i no re
coverv of the latter is doubtful
Officers were sent to Surry to
investigate the affair.
Road Tax Fact.
jenoir township has about
one million dollars worm oi
property listed for taxation on
the county tax books. A twenty
cent tax on this sum will yield
$2,(XXJ. The township has ap
proximately twenty miles of
public roads to improve and
keep up, this would mean $100
per mile. Is there any man in
the township who will bind him
self to koei) the roads of the
township in good condition for
$100 per mile p e r y e a r?
This says nothing about making
improvements re grading etc
which are absolutely necessary
in many instances it we nave
good roads. The work of grad
ing roads in this country will
cost an average ol a thousand
dollaT per mile to sa,v nothing
of the finishing and up keep.
Again Lenoir township has
by far more proiorty than any
other township in the county,
so if this is the conditian in tAiis
township, how would it be for
some of the others. The idea
of a tax for building and keeping
up roads is not feasible and will
not work in a county like ours.
Public Building.
We note from press dispatches
that Congressman Doughton
has introduced a bill to appro
priate $l')0.(XX) for a public build
ing in Lenoir. It is likely the
bill wi
pass and with pi.(),H.r
efforts Lenoir should have a
nice Public Building within two
years. It is absolutely neces
sary though for some work on
the part our people Those
having elligible sites should re
member too that Uncle Sam can
not be mulched and made to pay
exhorbitant prices for property
but the experts who look the
situation over and buy the land
always fainiliarie themselves
. wit, romit ions and pi ices and
, , . .,
Usually Know what Uiey are do
e,
; inK befoiv they buy. Holding
prices up will only delay the
souslruction of the building.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
there are ui members oi me
Allowing political faith: 102
Democrats. i. tvepuoheans ana
n Vt Progressives
A number oi imina:ii ques
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pons are to re considered in trie
legislature which is of vital
moment to the people of the
v um mini rai u i.
Fist of all wi
raise revenue
noted the Stati
be the act to
As has been
as been living
beyond its income and some
means will have to be provided
to combat this.
Other matters to come up will
be. amending the child labor
law, increasing the age limit at
which children may work in the
mills from 11 to 10 years and
prohibiting the working of wo
men and children in the mills at
night. A system of factory in
spection may also be established
similar to the law now on the
statute books of South Carolina.
The mill men are divided on the
question and it is difficult to
lazard a prediction as to the out
oine of this agitation.
The Legislature will ho asked
to increase the number of
Superior Court Judges from lb,
the present number, to J4, and
place solicitors on a salary in
stead of a fee basis.
nother question that will
engage the attention of the
solons will be to change the lartf
so that the Secretary of State,
Superior Court Judges and
county officers can take care of
private local relief bills instead
of taking up the time of the
Legislature with them as is now
the case.
The question of State-wide
primary is certain to come up at
this session and will most likely
be adopted although there is
some opposition to the measure.
The Legislature will also be
asked to establish a board of
pardons composed probably of
the Council of State to take this
responsibility from the should
ers of the Governor. A number
of cities ami towns will ask that
they be allowed to vote on the
question of establishing a com
mission form of government for
their municipalities.
Two new counties are clamor
ing for establishment, one with
High Point, and the other with
Dunn, as the county seat.
United States Senator F. M.
Simmons, having received a
majority of the votes cast in the
Democratic primary, at the No-
vembor election, will be elected
lor the third tune to succeed
' '"mself at Washington, for
l,u11 ,,,n" 'miiing Mcl.
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An effort is to be made
have the lA'gislature pass a
prohibiting the killing ot
to
aw
all
song 1 mils
A petition ask ins.
for siu h a law will soon be cir
culated in this county for sign
ers, and Messrs M Leslie
Davis and
Charles S Wallace,
egllat . e lo'presen
champion the bill.
I arteret s
tatives. vv i
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Some Mople enji telling the
truth only when it is i -e
un
pleasant than h lie would l.
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