Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 41, 22 December 1911 — Page 8

PAGE EIGHT. THE RICHMOND PAIADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDA if, DECEMBER 23, 1911.

REPORT MADE BV THE JURY

ON ITS WORK

Better Care of Insane Women at the Women's Jail Is Strongly Recommended to the County Board. (Continued from Pago One.) with, and we wish to say before going Into details as to the conditions in this institution that the members of the Jury were wholly misinformed as to the relation of this institution to the county, and we are of the opinion that a very small per cent of the tax payers of Wayne county realize the true status of affairs in this institution. The Home of the Friendless is a wholly charitable institution in its purpose and organization, managed through the assistance of charitably Inclined persons who may become members of the association by paying $1.00 dues per annum. This entitles the member to vote for a board of trustees consisting of nino men, which board of trustees elect a board of fifteen ladles who have direct control of tho institution, and hire a matron. This institution is open to women who are unfortunate and are compelled to have a temporary home, or women who are destitute and homeless, or persons being financially able to pay for their keeping in this institution not desiring to be taken to other institutions for reasons of their own. The jprtmary purpose of this is certainly laudable and should commend itself to the good people of Wayne county. 'While the building is an old structure built of brick it is reasonably comffortable and fairly well ventilated. Its furnishings are sufficient for its needs and altogether it affords a very comfortable home for those persons who lare compelled to seek refuge there. This institution is not owned, controlled or operated by the county. It Ifs entirely a separate institution and Under no obligation in the least to receive or care for the prisoners of "jWayne county. In the administration of the affairs of the county our courts find persons, both men and women, guilty of crime or misdemeanors for which they must necessarily sentence- them under the laws of our state. For the Imprisonment and care of the male portion of our county prisoners a large brick, structure consisting of fairly decent prison walls, including cells and corridors, is provided in which these male prisoners may be incarcerated, and in connection a dwelling therewith for the sheriff and his family. He has in his employ a woman to cook for the inmates, and the turnkey, as we understand it, has care of the insane, besides the sheriff and hi deputy to take care of and overtake the male prisoners and care for the unfortunate insane that may have ito be imprisoned there while awaiting Admission to the hospital. This much ifor the Imprisoned of the male prisoners from our local courts. Now we will inquire into the facts jas to what becomes of the female prisoners from these same courts. In lorder to care for them the county commissioners have supplied a small structure built just in the rear of the above mentioned Home of the Friendless. 'This structure encloses six cells in (which women prisoners may be confined, which part has been built within the last six years. The old portion of ft hi s brick structure located just north of the corridor of the new part, consists of one large cell and one small cell, and these eight cells constitute the whole arrangement for caring for the female prisoners of our county. There is no turnkey, no guardian for the insane, no attendant, absolutely Ho person paid for by the county to assist In caring for the women prisoners and the insane women. The matron of the Home of the Friendless is paid for her services by the association that keeps up the home $360.00 a year. This association receives for boarding women prisoners committed to this institution 40c a day, which moBey la put into the general fund of the association and aids In the upkeep of the Institution. The court has not been paying one penny to the matron for her extra work in caring for the aick and insane, and we are told hat many cases of violently insane women have been Imprisoned here, likewise many cases of women suffering with delerlum tremens, with no one in authority except the matron with the assistance of a hired cook who is paid 3.00 per week for cooking and serving Jthe meals. The institution is furnished with no straight-jackets, or restraining apparatus, and no arrangements of any kind to assist the matron in caring for the dangerously insane. At the present time a much needed and commodlus insane ward is being added to the men's county jail. While at the time of our visit to .the jail there was not an insane man Imprisoned there, and at the time of our Ylsit to the women's jail in the county there were two insane women there and we are told that there is usually from three to six Insane women, and we would respectfully call the attention of the court and of the taxpayers of Wayne county to the question as to which Is needed worse, an Insane ward for men or an Insane ward for women? The county owns the women's jail, pays tor the light, heat and water, and pays 40c a day for each prisoner while ' being kept there, but furnishes no one whatever to aid in the care and attention. We have also learned that It frequently occurs that Insane women are taken to this women's jail because they bare become violently insane and ft Is necessary to restrain them Im

mediately, and that In such cases where they have not been committed to jail under provision of the court, but are awaiting an inquest, that our county commissioners have frequently refused to pay the 40c for keeping them. Now, this grand Jury having investigated this institution very carefully and interviewed the matron, Mrs. Thomas, who is certainly deserving of great commendation for the most creditable way in which she has performed her dual duty for the women of the Home of the Friendless for $30.00 a month, and being a deputy sheriff without the authority of a deputy sheriff for the county for nothing, deBires to say that we consider it a disgrace and a shame that such a condition is allowed to exist. There is absolutely no reason in law or justice for these conditions to be as they are. The women prisoners of Wayne county have absolutely just as much right to ewe and attention as the men prisoners of Wayne county. Why this condition exists we can attribute to no reason except that the people of Wayne county do not understand that this institution is the woman's jail of Wayne county, and as such 5s entitled to its just portion of the taxes for its maintenance, and the insane women are just as legally and justly entitled to proper care as the insane men, and while we desire to commend our board of county commissioners for taking the step that should have been taken years ago in securing proper and suitable rooms for our insane men, we must emphatically declare that just as strong reasons exist for doing something to relieve the unsatisfactory conditions as they pertain to our women prisoners and insane women. If it were within our power we would demand some immediate action to make conditions better and provide for a better care of our insane women, but we must content ourselves by making a very urgent recommendation to our county commissioners that the larger cell In the old portion of the women's jail be partitioned off into three cells so as to accommodate three insane women and in addition to the one cell already located there; also that they should supply the jail with the necessary restraining apparatus so that the one in authority may take care of these violent cases in the proper manner. We also urgently recommend that provisions be made immediately by appointing the matron of the Home of the Friendless a deputy to the sheriff of the county, or giving her the authority and paying her wages commensurate with her duties of caring for the insane women. We understand that Mrs. Thomas is considering taking the stand that she will refuse to receive any insane women. If she would do this, and under present conditions she, we believe is entirely justified in doing It. the county will be absolutely without any provision to take care of this class of unfortunates. Further, we recommend that suitable restraining apparatus be supplied for caring for the violently insane, partitions be placed In the large cell in the old part of the building, making three cells out of the one for the insane, and giving the present matron the authority and the compensation hat will justify her in securing sufficient help to take care of these prisoners. We believe that any fair minded taxpayer of Wayne county visiting this institution will agree with us that our recommendations are exceedingly mild in view of the needs. On the same afternoon we visited the county jail, where the male prisoners of Wayne county are incarcerated, and found the conditions there very satisfactory. The jail and cells within seemed to be kept clean, but we believe that there is sad need of ventilation in the cells which may be remedied by having an air shaft so placed as to afford ventilation, and also we believe it is due the sheriff and his deputy that greater protection be given them in entering and leaving the jail proper. That a vestibule door should be provided so that they might step into this and close the door back of them before opening the inner door and entering the main corridor of the jail. As it is now as the door opens it affords the temptation to the desperate prisoners to

strike down the sheriff or his deputy and gaining his freedom, and we recommend that this change be made. We were very much pleased with the new insane ward for the men's jail and believe that the taxpayers of Wayne county will join us in saying that the money expended for this much needed improvement has been justly and well expended. We next inspected the county infirmary and found the same to be clean and generally speaking in good condition. The food served to the inmates seems to be ample, wholesome and well prepared and the general management of the institution is to be commended. lh conclusion, we wish to express our appreciation of the efforts of Judge Henry C. Fox, the board of county commissioners and the county council in providing a separate department in. the county jail for the proper care of insane male prisoners. This wag badly needed and the steps that have been taken to remedy the condition heretofore existing are highly creditable . to all persons who are responsible for them. Respectfully submitted, Chas. W. Jordan, Foreman.

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Only Very Few Farmers' Sons Attend Agricultural Colleges

BY ISAAC L. TOTTEN. According to the report furnished by the census bureau, only one out of every five hundred young people in the country districts ever attended an agricultural college. In fact, it has been stated that fully ninety-seven out of every hundred rural boys and girl3 finish their education with the district school. This latter statement may not hold true in Wayne county, nevertheless, it is deplorably true in many counties throughout this state and many other states, in fact, all other states. Is this not a strong argument in favor of more diligent, more earnest, and more determined work and thought on the part of the parents to the end that the boys and girls should be given a more complete education in those subjects of supreme impor tance to the successful farmer and to the broadening and upbuilding of country life? If the report of the census bureau be true, and we have no reason for doubting it, it means that a surprisingly small number of the young men who engage in the business, or profession, if you wish, of farming, do not seem to realize the benefits of a more advanced education along the lines of their chosen vocation. It indicates that they do not place their chosen work on a par with the other lines of endeavor. It has been said that, "Intelligent" farming still pays. The farmer is less affected by panics and fluctuations of the market than the merchant or the manufacturer. In the United States we have practically reached the limit of our tillable land. Our population is rapidly increasing by immigration, a majority of which goes to the large cities. Thus, the demand for farm products steadily increases. To meet this demand a larger production must

be realized per acre. More than ever uary iu; inaiana iive block ureeubefore a comprehension of the princi-jers Association, January 11; Winter

pies underlying his business is necessary for the successful farmer. "One of the factors in a farmer's success is a knowledge of a soil and ite requirements as to fertilization and tillage. An appreciation of the benefits of drainage is essential to a larger production. Proper tillage to conserve moisture for the use of the plant at its critical stage of growth must be understood. The plant food necessarly to the highest development of a plant and the supply which a given soil will yield, can be determined only by careful Btudy and experimenting. Another item in success is the proper definite rotation of srops to soil. The benefits of a definite rotation have been abundantly proved. A wise choice of varieties makes a big difference in the returns derived from a soil. It has been shown in Indiana that with exactly the same conditions of soil, climate and tillage one variety of corn may yield as much as fortythree bushels per acre more than another. Similar differences have been noted with regard to wheat and oats varieties. Then again it must be folly to attempt to grow grain crops on land which washes badly and which is by nature fitted for grass and for fruit. The young man who is contemplating engaging in farming will do well to prepare himself to the fullest extent possible by careful study, not only of books but in some of the various courses in agriculture given at the agricultural colleges. When a young man decides to take up law, medicine, engineering or most any other line of work, he sets about to prepare himself for that particular line, and when the parents see that he is in earnest they straightway deter mine that he shall have the best chance to become proficient in his chosen work that their means will permit. Is law or medicine or any of the other divisions of work so much more important than farming that they should be gone into more deeply. Should not the young man who contemplates following the business of farming be encouraged to put forth just as great an effort to gain as thorough a knowledge of his work as the young man who takes up any of the professions ? Is it any wonder that the boys have been deserting the farm. From the time that he has been able to look as though he understood what the parents were driving at, and reply, "goo-goo," he has had pumped into his system something about becoma great man some day a lawyer or a doctor and so on through the whole calendar. At the school entertainments they used to have a dialogue in which there were boys representing a number of the vocations. Among them was a farmer, and to represent the farmer they usually selected the sloppiest, dirtiest individual in the school, while 33 SOUTH 6TH

the merchant, or president, (they always had a preseident) was reprented by the neatest and brightest boy. "However, there has been a noticeable change in this practice of thinking that hte men of brain are not found In the farming class, and the farmer is coming more into his own. Much of this is due to the present money making opportunities on the farm, and to

the awakening to the fact that well j lst stand of tne Old Uuard in tne itedirected effor along the lines of agri- j publican party. Never again will there

culpture proves as interesting as any other branch of human effort. It would be out of the question to expect all of the boys and girls in the rural districts to follow in their parents' footsteps and remain on the farma vet thorp is roaann tn heliev i that more of them would stick to the j soil if they could have the opportunity ; of becoming more thorougly conversant with the advanced ideas which have placed the business of farming on

a level with the most prominent of the Republican committee made at Washprofessions. ! ington last week for refusing to inIn this state we have one of the I dorse the presidential primary as a best agricultural colleges that one can j method of nominating a president.

find anywhere, and the work before this institution would proceed beyond the most sanguine expectations, if the farmers would give it the proper support by sending their sons not only to the short course, but to the complete long courses. We have before us a copy of the bulletin which Purdue university is distributing to announce the winter course iu agriculture. The following are the courses of study: 1 Agriculture and Horticulture; 2 Animal Husbandry; 3 Dairy Husbandry; 4 Domestic Science and Agriculture. There is a regular course of four years, a winter course of eight weeks and the farmer's short course of one week. The calendar follows: Farmers' Short Course, January 8-13; Indiana Corn Growers' association, JanCourse in Agriculture, January 16 to March 8. Entrance examinations begin June 5. Commencement day, June 12. In a general statement in the bulletin we find this paragraph: "Every young man and woman desiring to make the greatest success on the farm and in the home will find that the best investment they can make is to pursue a course of study in agriculture. It will not only add to their profits and pleasure, but will inspire them to higher ideals and greater effort. An agricultural course broadens the student and makes him more useful and efficient in the world's work. It gives him a knowledge and understanding of his business from a scientific and practical viewpoint that Is bound to add to his success." Special information relating to the School of Agriculture, such as qualifications for admission, registration, special scholarships, expenses, etc., can be obtained by communicating with Dean J. H. Skinner, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. Here's hoping that Wayne county is represented at Purdue this winter by more than one out of every five hundred of our farm boys and girls. Sealshipt Oysters in pint and quart cans Select and Standard, at Bend er's, 9 South Fifth street. 29 2t Morocco's Fertile Spots. Parts of Morocco are very fertile. A traveler writes: "However, our mules were ready at last, with several camels behind carrying our heavy baggage, and we started for the hills. At first all our way lay through miles of country covered with fruit trees laden with their rich loads. Oranges, apricots and peaches were growing in the greatest profusion, and between were patches of land where corn was growing. This corn. It is said, can le sown and reaped within forty days, so rich is the sail." Beautiful Individual Ice Cream Molds at Bender's to select from. 22-2t Singular. "A very singular incident happened at the theater last night." "Yes? What was It?" "A beautiful girl came in wearing a gorgeous gown." "But what was singular about that?" "Why. she came in fully fifteen minutes before It was time for the show to begin." London Express. DR. B. McWHINNEY Physician and Surgeon Office Gennett Theater Building North A Street. Residence, The Arden, S. 14th & A Phones Office, 29S7; Res. 2936 THE FEED MAN

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LaFollette Predicts Nomination of Public Servants By Popular Vote. (National News Association) MADISON. Wis.. Dec. 22. "It is the gather in, party council men who will thus contemptuously spurn a proposal to obtain an expression of public will for party guidance. Never again will the party of Lincoln be humiliated by such flaunting of Blind Bourbonism in the faces of progressive voters. The day of nomination by bosses is past, The day of nomination by popular choice has dawned." In these words Senator La Follette arraigns the program of the national This time the prophecy of Senator La Follette is made under the caption of "Weaving a Web of Technicalities," as the leading editorial in La Follette's Weekly magazine, just out. "It was Scott of West Virginia Scott, the repudiated United States senator Scott, the system-serving, system-loving, system-favored hench man of the privileged interests, who sounded the keynote for the national Republican committee. "Stick to the old method," he cried. And the organization men the Taft machine controlling the committee, echoed "Stick to the old method! "That meant 'nominate the next Republican candidate for president by the bosses, by the politicians, not by the people.' " Senator La Follette says that before the committee met it was supposed there would be a compromise between the old method majority and the presidential primary minority. What was looked for, he declares, was a reference of the question to the committees in each state. "But not even that concession to popular preference was permitted," continues Senator La Follette. "Instead, the committee decided tha all delegates must be elected by the old method, except in states having presidential primary laws." The senator declares that the entire program of the national Republican commute was so worked out that the "steam roller" will be put to work to stifle the sentiment of the people when it appears to be against "standpat" interests. He calls upon all governors of states that have not presidential primary laws to call special sessions of the legislature to enact state statutes. "Where there will be no regular session of the legislature, have a specitl session called for this purpose," concludes Senator La Follette. "Let the enactment of presldental primary laws be the answer of Prograssive Repuublicans to this arrogant fiat of the system controlled national committee." Lost Gold nugget stickpin yesterday afternoon, pro- ; bably on Main street between Sixth and Tenth. Return to A. S. G., Item office; reward. A man in Iowa ha3 patented a bedstead that holds a mattress on rollers and pivots. The object is to turn the mattress around or urn it over with slight effort. Automobile Repair Work Our Specialty Expert Mechanics to Do Your Work. Quaker City Garage 1518 Main. Phone 1625 h Kodak Makes an Ideal CHRISTMAS GIFT Everything in the Photo Line Come in; let us show you Flashlight Booklet Fro W. H. ROSS DRUG CO. 804 Main PHONE 1679

FIGHTING FiSH. In the Rage of Battle They Turn From Dull to Brilliant Color. In the gardens of Singapore it is the custom to stock the ponds with all manner of queer fishes, many of them of the fighting variety so dear to the heart of the orientals. This species of fish is so combative that it is only necessary to place two of them near each other, like fighting cocks, and perhaps to irritate them a little to bring on a lively conflict. They at once charge each other with fins erect, at the same time chancing color in their excitement from the dullest of gray greens to brilliant reds and blues. Indeed, confinement in close quarters is not needed to arouse their combative propensities. Place two glass jars close together, with one of these fighting fish in each and they will at once swim ronnd and endeavor to charge each other through the interposed glass. Even a single fish seeing himself reflected in a mirror will dart at his own image and. irritated all the more by his failure to reach his supposed enemy, will assume the most brilliant hues. Seeing his reflected antagonist do the same, be will redouble bis efforts to reach him. Exchange.

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