Barton County democrat. [volume], January 29, 1915, Image 7

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HELPING JUSTICE WITH
MERCY IN KANSAS.
"Governor" said a reporter to
George Hodges,' retiring execu
tive, of Kansas, the other da',
''have you had. any fun out of the
Wjob?"
11. The governor instantly averred
that he had. Two kinds of fun;
"one .was swatting the wrong sort
..'of politicians and the other was
. helping make things better at the
'.Kansas penitentiary. Kansas has
2l board or pardons and paroles,
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Hoisington, Kansas.
DR. R.N. RUSSELL
Veterinary Hospital
Corner 16th and Main
Phone 288-Day or Night
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but to a number of men guber
natorial paroles have been extend
ed in the last few years. Hodges
has taken the keenest interest in it
all; interest in the system, study
of individual cases.
"People talk," he said, "about
miscarriages of justice but they
have no idea of the number of
these cases that come up. Passion
and prejudice, popular feeling
and friendship all play a promi
nent part in getting men and wo
men into and out of prison and
then there are those outside of
prison walls who have been en
tirely forgotten.
"I have paroled five men who
have served from sixteen to twen-fy-one
years in the penitentiary
men w ho were lost to the world,
without a friend to intercede for
them, with no money and no
chance for recognition. We have
interested ourselves in cases of
that kind, and we have been len
ient perhaps, to the unfortunates
who have had no one to intercede
for them.
"A particularly touching case
was presented for our considera
tion the other day, and a photo
graph of seven small children,
accompanied the application for
parole. The mother was support
ing these children by washing.
The father was sent to the peni
tentiary for some alleged crime
that a jail sentence of ninety days
would have been sufficient pun
ishment for. He was paroled.
"A white man and a negro rob
bed a box car a number of years
ago. Both plead guilty to the same
charge. The white man was sen
tenced to six months in the coun
ty jail and the negro was sentenc
ed to five years in the penitentiary
We discovered the case alter he
had served four years of his term
and he was released.
"A case was called to our at
tention not long ago of two men
who had served seven months for
stealing six chickens. One of the
men was married. His wife was
a refined, intellectual woman.
They had a bright baby girl about
5 years old. We went into the
case thoroughly and felt that the
man had served sufficient time.
Through a misunderstanding, the
board had refused to grant the
parole. We asked the woman t:
appear before the board again,
but before she had an opportun
ity to make a plea, she fell from
her eiair in a faint and one of the
members of the board discovered
instantly that she was not sick,
but had fainted from lack of nou
rishment. The woman finally
confessed that she had not had a
mouthful of food for thirlv-six
hours and that the baby had been
fed by some neighbors that morn
ing. The chairman of the board
insisted that the woman take
money to buy some food, but her
pride compelled her to refuse and
then the baby spoke up and said,
'Do take it, mamma, I'm so hun
gry.' The man who had served
six or seven months for stealing
three chickens was released and
he is now making $15.00 a week
and taking care of his wife and
children.
"There is an interesting story
of a young man who was taken in
charge by a probation officer and
sent to the reform school for play
ing truant. He was released and
finally became an inmate of the
Hutchinson reformatory, and
eventually an inmate of the peni
tentiary. The total pilferings of
this boy did not amount to 25,
but yet he has served twenty-two
years out of a life-time of thirty
two years in these various penal
institutions.
"A false sense of loyalty often
prompts a man to suffer penal
servitude for another. We have
just paroled an interesting case.
A man had lived an upright life.
He knew of a murder that had
been committed by one of his
companions a Spanish-American
war veteran. This man had nurs
ed him through a sped of sickness
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DON'T CARRY A SAFE
full of money when you can eas
ily open an account with us and
then use checks instead of cash
in making payments. You are pro
tected thoroughly against burglars
and fire without extra cost to you
besides enjoying all the conven
iences of a bank account.
Let us help you to make life
more pleasant. Every dollar you
put in this Bank we secure by
the same Bond we secure the
County, City and School Moneys.
Try the
CITIZEN'S NATIONAL BANK.
The
real Bend
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Complete Home Furnishers
,4 Undertaking and Embalming
Private Chapel
J. L. COX
Phone No. 1
J. W. COX
and he fell that his recovery was
due to his nursing. He was ar
rested and convicted of being an
accessory before the fact.whcn it
was clearly known that he had
nothing whatever to do with the
case, but his foolish sense of loy
alty prompted him to spend six
years in the penitentiary rather
than disclose the name of the
murderer.
"Before we parole a man now
days we procure him a position.
We get a mental chart of his
brain power, that his intelligence
may be determined.' Thirty-seven
men were applicants for parole
some time since, and their charts
showed that twenty-seven of the
thirty-seven did not have the in
telligence of a boy 12 years of j
age. I he state should provide
some method of taking care of
these mental derelicts and that has
been one of the problems we have
been trying to solve during our
administration.
"Of the 204 gubernatorial pa-
roles seventy have been released
on account of sickness, as they J
were a menace to the institution.
That left about one hundred and
thirty able bodied men paroled
by the executive. Of this num
ber twenty-seven have violated
their paroles and have been re
turned. One hundred then, arc
out endeavoring to regain their
place in the world, become con
structive citizens and take care of!
their wives and families." I
TRADE
HOISINGTON PROPERTY
I have some Great Bend prop
erty I can trade for places in
Hoisington. J. W. Soderstrom.
TO END FAKE ADVERTISING.
It Is Aimed At Fake "Railroad
Wreck" and "Fore Sales"
It Provides Both Fine and
Imprisonment for Violation.
. ill Greatest Grass Grown In America
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Grow Soudan Grass
.THE MOST WONDERFUL GRASS OF THE AGE, intro
duced and endorsed by the United States Agricultural Department
very highly. Tested severely in every part of Texas successfully.
Will grow wherever sorghum does. Makes more grain and better
hay than any plant known. Never a pest. Under ordinary con
ditions will produce 300 to 600 pounds of seed, besides 3 to 6 tons
of choice hay from one acre the same year. Adapts itself to all sorts
of soil and RESISTS DROUGHT MORE THAN ANY OTHER
CROP. Takes 2 to 6 pounds of seed to sow an acre in drills and
10 to 20 pounds broadcast. Quality of hay equals timothy and all
kinds of livestock eat it in preference to alfalfa. Last spring the
seed sold for $2.00 to $4.00 per pound. It is now selling for $1.00
per pound and will go higher before spring as the supply is limit
ed and the demand unceasing. We will send prepaid by parcel post
genuine Sudan seed free from other seeds in lots of 50 pounds and
under, not less than 1 pound considered, for 1.00 per pound and
larger lots cheaper by freight Better order your seed now and
be sure of getting same and save money pnd then make money
growing it Every fanner should try it another year. Address,
Ellagene Farm, Box 15, Aldine, Harris County, Texas. Full in
structions how to plant with order. Circular free.
MORE SUDAN GRAIN MEANS MORE MONEY GAINED.
A bill to prevent fraudulent ad
vertising was introduced Wed
nesday in the Missouri legisla
ture through the influence of the
Missouri Retail Clothiers Associa
tion. The proposed act, modeled
upon laws already adopted in Wis
consin and Iowa, makes it a mis
demeanor for a merchant to mis
represent in any way the goods
he offers for sale. A maximum
fine of 500 and imprisonment
for ninety days is provided.
The bill is aimed particularly,
members of the association say,
at "railroad wreck" and "fire"
sales of goods that have never
been near cither wreck or fire,
and against the practice of mis
quoting the "former" or "regular"
retail price of articles advertised.
The bill as framed makes the
offense punishable whether in
tent to defraud is proved or not.
The bill follows:
"An act relating to untrue, mis
loading and deceptive advertise
ments and providing a penally.
"Be is enacted by the General
Vssembly of the Slate of Mis
souri, as follows:
"Section 1. Any person, firm.
corporation or association who,
with intent to sell or in any way
dispose of merchandise, securi
ties, service or anything offered
by such person, firm, corporation
or association, directly or indi
rect! v to the public for sale or
distribution, or with intent to in
crease the consumption thereof,
or to induce the public in any
manner to enter into an obliga
tion relating thereto, or to acquire
title thereto, or an interest there
in, makes, publishes, disseminates
circulates or places before the
public, or causes, directly or indi
rectly, to be made, published, dis
seminated, circulated or placed
before the public, in this state, in
a newspaper or other publication,
or in the form of a book, notice,
handbill, poster, bill, circular,
pamphlet or letter, or in any other
way, an advertisement of any sort
regarding merchandise, securi
ties, service, or anything offered
to the public, which advertisement
contains any assertion, represen
tation or statement of fact which
is untrue, deceptive or misleading
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall, upon conviction there
of, be punished by a fine of nol
less than ?25 nor more than .im),
or by imprisonment in the county
jail not less than ten days nor
more than ninety days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment; pro
viding nothing herein shall ap
ply to any proprietor or publish
er of any newspajer or magazine
who publishes, disseminates or
circulates any such advertisement
without knowledge of the unlaw
ful nature of such advertisement."
LAUGHS AT DROUGHT! SMILES AT RAINl
The Amounts Invested ,
The Telephone Equipmentland
Construction Cost
On account of our heaviest con
struction being underground irt
the business section of the town .
and the construction in the resi
dence section having been placed
in the alleys whenever possible
the amount of material and labor
necessary to provide an exchange
such as we have in Great Bend
does not become apparent unless
attention is called to it.
In order that some idea may be
gained as to what we really 1 ae
a statement as to a few of the
more important items is herewith
submitted:
There are in use today in order
that subscribers may be connect
ed with our exchange the follow
ing materials:
Poles in the city limits 721, av
erage length 30 feet.
Poles connecting rural subscrib
crs 1,882, not counting lines car- .
ricil on tool poll lines, average .
length over 20 feet.
Aerial cable 26957 feet, carry
ing ."3 1 miles of copper wire, un
derground cable 5,440 feet, carry
ing 042 miles of copper wire.
Open wire in town 95 miles.
Open w ire connecting rural sul
scribers 214 miles.
Underground duct 15,190 feet.
A switchboard costing over ?10,- .
000, one of the best in the slate.
(Our patrons are invited to call
and inspect it at any time.)
There is an immense amount of
equipment in addition to this in
cluding thousands of feet messen-
ger strand, terminal equipment,
telephones, lighting arresters,
guys and other equipment neces
sary to the construction of an ex
change. There are employed by the tele
phone company at Great Bend 11
operators and 8 others, a total of
1!), with an annual payroll of
14,0 12.25.
The Arhansas Valley Telephone
Company
H. E. LIMAS, Pres.
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STOP THE CHILD'S COLDS.
They Often Result Seriously.
Colds. Croun and Whooping
Cough are children's ailments
which need immediate attention.
The after effects are often most
serious. Don't take the risk you
don't have to. Dr. King's New-
Discovery checks the Cold,
soothes the Cough, allays the In
flamation, kills the Germs and
allows Nature to do her healing
work. 50c. at your druggist. Buy
a bottle today.
Get the habit. Read the ads in
the Democrat and save money on
your purchases.
Mr. and Mrs. George Schumach
er came up from Radium Satur
day evening for a visit here with
relatives and friends. Mr. Schu
macher went on to Kansas City
to attend to business matters and
Mrs. Schumacher remained here
for a visit with her parcnis, Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Davis.
Will Meyers, Clyde Sterling and
Lease Langford were among the
Ilcizcr people who wen visiting'
and transacting business in the
city Monday.
Mrs. Clark Coss was down from
Heizcr Monday on a shopping
trip and for a visit with relatives
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aim ii leiiu.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Smith and
family spent Sunday visiting witn
relatives and friends at Pawnee
Rock.
Fred Schrepcl and son. Law--Greeley
and Charles Ahlgrimof ,
the same place, and J. H. Sheeny,
of Chase, were among the out-of-town
cople who were here Sat
urday to attend the mule sale and
look afler other business matters
and visit with friends.
Phillip Brack, of Otis, Will
Swartz. of Olmitz, and Wylie jy,
it-iti of lfnieinffnn virp JitnnnP
the outsiders- who were visiting
with friends and attending to bus
iness mailers in the city Satur-dav.
I An Excellent Stock and j
For any itchiness of the skin,
for skin rashes, shap, pimples,
etc., try Doan's Ointment. 50c
at all drug stores.
Louis Mische was in from south
east of town Monday on a busi
ness trip and visit
Reasonable Prices
This is a combination which should, and we-believe will win.
We carry a very complete stock at all times, and as we pur
chase all of oar supplies in very large quantities we secure
them at the very lowest prices, and can in turn sell them to
you at much less than the average dealer.
Whenever you are in need of any of the finest and best that
the market affords in the produce line, remember that you
can save money by buying at the
Great Bend Seed
6 Produce Comoanv
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