The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 26, 1912, Page 4

COLORS—Browns, Blues and Fancies 25c and 50c The Butler Weekly Times Printed on Thursday of each week J. D. ALLEN, Proprietor ROBT. D, ALLEN, Editor and Manager Entered at the Post 0 @econd-class mail matter. re of Butler, Mo., as PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR eee THE PENITENTIARY SCANDAL | Barbarous methods of punishment are said to be practiced at our State, Penitentiary. Prisoners say they are | flogged, strung up by their thumbs, strangled by the so-called water cure | and compelled to toe a chalk line. | They say those extreme measures are | resorted to much more frequently i than the outside world suspects; and i for trivial offenses, such, for example, | At Savine Prices All Ladies and Misses Tailored Suits On Sale at HALF PRICE $25 Suits for....... $22.50 Suits for $20 Suits for....... Choice Stock Fine Fur Scarfs, Muffs on Sale at 20% Discount. .$12.50 $17.50 Suits for........... .$11.25 $15 Suits for EAH ee ee $10.00 $12.50 Suits for........... Votayheneaee $15 $20 Coats for...................814 SorCemnte $10 $12 Coats for.................$8.50 Other Coats reduced in proportion. This is a nice saving on furs just at the time you want them. Silks for Waists............. 48c to $1.50 Bath Robe Blankets................. $2.50 Automobile Hoods. $1.00 to $1.50 Handkerchiefs... . 5c to $1.00 Shawls.............. -$1.25 to $5 Table Linens.... 50c to $1.50 KYIGIGIOVES hci eiicas ss ccsas ecaea en $1 to $2 Bed Spreads. ....$1,50 to $5 Linen Towels.. .50c pr to $2.50 pr Long Kid Gloves ................... $3.50 Comforts... ..- $1.25 to $3.50 Napkins........ -98c to $7.50 doz. Driving Gloves .. 50c to $2.50 Blankets..... .39c to $12.50 Lunch Cloths . $1.75 to $5.00 Fur Gloves.... . $1.25 to $5 Lace Curtains.................... $1 pr up Table Sets .. $6.00 to $15.00 + Neckties.......... .» 25c to 50c Curtain Material. ..10c to $1.25 PaceiCollars sicccsevicscicocsses eens 35c up Bradley Mufflers... .-». 25c to $1 Trunks......... $2.50 to $12.50 SADOCB Nar sct ccminsiinies aeleda nar umacsy ee 25c up Leather Handbags.. 50c to $7.50 Suit Cases. . .98c to $9.00 } é Silver Mesh Bags.. $2.50 to $5 Small Rugs............. .$2.00 to $3,75 Cluny Lace Doilies GhainePltsea hc cccnussshssiquanune 50c La Porte Dress Goods... .50c to $2.25 yd Drawn Work Doilies Fancy Back Combs 50c to $1.50 Coats, Suits, Skirts at reduced prices. Drawn Work Scarfs » BatPiner nese secccaistsceess 25cto 50c Fur Muffs and Scarfs....... $2.48 to $25 Fancy Work to be Embroiderded Detachable Handle Umbrellas..$1 to $5 POUOOBIB).i.0s5 scree. ose eveeaes 75c to $5 Towels, Pillow Cases Table Scarfs » Suspenders in fancy boxes..25c and 50c Kimonas... ... $1.50 to $3 Doilies, Pillow Tops, Gowns Garters in fancy boxes................25¢ Sweaters..... ..50c to $7.50 Corset Covers, Combination Sets, Etc. Belts and Garters in fancy boxes......$1 Shirts (B= 4 W..) ss ide ccc cscseteererees 95c Walker's Special Shoes Stick Pin and Cuff Buttons in box....50c Flannel Shirts. .- $1.00 to $2.00 Packard Shoes 4 Rust-Proof Corsets . .$1 to $3.00 Mens Socks.................... 10c to 0c. Godman and Buster Brown Shoes Redfern Corsets $3 to $6.00 Ladies Hose.. ..10c to $1.50 Felt Lined Shoes Golf Gloves.... ...50c to 75c Crochet Caps................ 75c to $1.50 Leather and Felt Slippers Walker-McKibben’s © Munsing Union Suits yond that system. Tom Tynan of Colorado is a conspicuous example. | He found the Canon City penitentiary | reeking with graft and the vicious; cusioms of spoils politics. He fairly transformed the place. He first of all made the business | He morally fumigated the sumptuous offices of the staff. He swept the, presumably respectable wing of the! ality. prisoners. He was no theorist. entertained no soft-headed notions | about what gentleness or sweetness | could do for men who had committed | crimes. convict was a more degraded crea- ture, less of a man, more of a crimi- ‘states have progressed notably be-- MUCH WORK FOR A LONE MOOSE Only Progressive in Missouri House! May Sit On All Committees. Jefferson City, Dec. 23.—L. M.| Wilson of Nevada, who was door- ~~~ | management of that prison honest. | keeper of the last house, again has! announced for the place. He admits he has opposition, but insists he has the indorsement of more members | ‘institution clean of graft and crimin-' than anything else in the race. | Roscoe Black of Sedalia is a candi-| Then he turned his attention to the | date for enrollment clerk of the; He house. Representative R. S. Tyler | of Pettis half. One of the first questions to be dis- county is working in his be- But he did see that under | posed of by the house is how many | the system at Canon City the average | clerks, stenographers and other help- | ers will be necessary to perform the work of the session. It_is probable as failing to do the quota of work de- | nal-at-the teati f-his-sentence . resorts to torture are alike departures manded of them by the terms of con-} tractors to whom they have been hired | out. | It isa wretched story that comes | from Jefferson City. Most of us | would gladly discredit it. But in} view of the revolting disclosures from | other State institutions under the! Hadley administration the public mind unfortunately, is prepared to believe rather than doubt. There has been | shocking mismanagement in our in-| stitutions the past four years. It would be small wonder if the contag- ion of incompetency had infected the Penitentiary. Now, nobody imagines a peniten- tiary is a pleasant place to pass the time. No normal person would have it such. A prison term is in part punitive and partly reformatory. The mawkish sentiment that would coddle prisoners and the fiendish cruelty that from the rational. Both are eviden- ces of incapacity. The prison management that can- not maintain discipline excepting by brutal punishment is unfitted for the job. And as long as wardens and their assistants are selected because of their political activity we are likely to have the deplorable conditions which are reported from Jefferson City. The shrewdest politician in the State might make a bungling or brutal all. Bring your Bible and note book. Bible school and B. Y. P. U. next E Sunday but no preaching. The pas-| potatoes, 20 bushels; mince tional and standard thing in prison| tor will be absent at the Fifth Sun-|2,000; coffee, 500 gallons; management. In recent years several | day meeting. ! loaves. than when he entered. He changed all that. He gave those men a chance. Some of them tried to impose on him at first. They soon quit that. Slowly he establish- edanhonor system. As is widely known, the results have splendidly | justified the experiment. The Tynan management of a _peni- tentiary is as practicable in any other State in the Union, as in Colorado. But to make it effective you must have a Tynan for warden. It all de-' pends on the man behind the gun. Few men in this country can preach | political fairness more plausibly or, persuasively than Herbert S. Hadley. In the written or spoken word he has a genius for seeming to conse- crate himself to the best ideals of the public service. But in practice he is a flagrant, brazen politician of the spoils school. And under the direc-| tion of his appointees there has been a miserable epoch in our State. insti- | tutions from Farmington to Jefferson | City. Good Start Last Week. The Bible study work began with interest and good attendance last week. This week the two classes will combine, and meet on Thursday night at 8:30. A cordial welcome to each member will be allowed to ‘name one clerk. The only Progres- sive member of the house, J. H. Somerville of Mercer county, proba. bly will get the priviledge of naming! both a clerk and a stenographer be- cause of the odd distinction he en- joys. He willbe the floor leader and will be entitled, as the representa- tive of the Bull Moosers, to all privi- ledges which are granted to the Re-| publicans. Heis entitled toa place on every committee and will be call- ;ed upon to represent his party in many other ways. If he performs all the duties which | fall to his lot, he will have very little time left for himself. Somerville has told friends he will be equal to the task and he wants all the honors and duties which are coming to him. The number of Republicans in the house is so small that the Democrats will be liberal with them, it is stated letting them have all the clerks and stenographers they thing they need. Prisoners to Eat Turkey. Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 23— Christmas will be a day of rest and|Preme Court today held that they|q recreation for the convicts in the |Should have been allowed. State Penitentiary. A turkey dinner, with its accessories, will be served at 2p. m. “The Quality Store.” | sensible Holiday Gifts Pre remo The Quality Store. Our Store Will be Closed all Day Christmas Army “Emoluments” Grow Washington, D. C. Dec. 23.—“Em-| /oluments’”’ or allowances for army | | officers include forage for riding and | carriage horses and the hire of house | | hold servants, according to a decis-| \ion to day by the Supreme Court of, | the United States. | The decision was announced in a | Suit of Mrs. Sarah K. McLean, widow | |of Nathaniel H. McLean of Cincin- | nati, who resigned from the army in| 1864, to be reinstated in 1875. | | Congress passed an act in 1905 giv-; | ing him the pay and all the ‘emolu- | ments of a Major during the years he | was out of the army.” Mrs. McLean sued the Government because the ;Comptroller of the Treasury would not allow, under the head of “em-! oluments” forage for two horses used by Maj. McLean for riding and driving, and for two household ser- vants hired during those years; The Court of Claims likewise de- cided against the claim, but the Su- Maysville Fire Loss $52,000. Maysville, Mo., Dec. 23.—A fire Here is what they will eat: Turkey, | Wl! saved Maysville’s business cen- 3,500 pounds; cranberries, five bar- rels; dressing, 1,500 pounds; mashed pies, bread, 1,200 ter from destruction by the flames threatened it Saturday night. loss, conservati figured, is 000. The epere bow tires and: several small buildings destroyed. E BR? 5 | New York police affairs, - ALL THE POPULAR KINDS OF FUR—20% DISCOUNT LADIES GLOVES AND MIT- TENS 25c to $3.50 Wilson Refuses Gift Cow. Princeton, N. J., Dec. 23.—Some!| of President-elect Wilson’s Christmas gifts are: Four turkeys—accepted. One cow—declined. One meerchaum pipe—accepted by someone who saw it before it reached the governor. One barrel of specially fattened oysters—accepted. “We have been looking for an ele- phant,”’ said one member of the Gov- ernor’s family this evening, “but up to date none has come.” , “Has anyone seen a goat?” asked another. To which it was replied, no. Police Resist an Inquiry New York, Dec. 21.—“Tfnecessary, we will back a van up to Police head- quarters and take all the records we want to examine and bring them down to the city hall,” members of the al- lermanic committee investigating said today. They assert the police were trying to obstruct their investigations. The in- quiry is being checked at every step by “silent treatment,”’ none of the of- 2 volunteering information. ? “Tf you want anything su! na it,” Deputy Police prin heme Mc- Kay is quoted as replying to the com- mittee’s inquiries, | U.S. May Bar Negro in Army Washington, D. C., Dec. 23.—The | Proposal to eliminate the negro as an American soldier is a topic slated for consideration when the conference of the ranking officers of the army is held here January 8. Some officers favoring the plan are Prepared to urge it on the ground that | in the Philippines the natives are said i to resent the appearance among them | of the black troopers and that there are signs of dissatisfaction in Hawaii ; owing to the fact that the Twenty-fifth |Infantry, a negro organization, has | been ordered to the islands to form a permanent garrison. Friends of the negro soldiers are Preparing to make a strenuous fight in their behalf, pointing to the splen- did war record in Cuba and the Phil- — ippines, ‘ | Christian Science Services Will be held at the court house in the Probate Court room every Sun- day morning at 11 o'clock. All are: cordially invited. Subject December 22, “Christian Science.”* Hay Wanted. 200 tons or more of good timothy or light clover and timothy mixed.) i, salon st Ez J. 8. WARNOCK.