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Scene snapped on the occasion of Mrs. Ruck’s second visit to the Ohio Reformatory. She is standing
before the gate of the prison withe Gov. Ilonahey of Ohio.
MARYSV1LLE.O.—Mrs. Winifred
Huck, former congresswoman from Illinois
aroused nationwide interest last winter when
hae disguised her identity and entered
Ohio refofnttrtoty for wpmen here as a vol
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untary prisoner in an effort to learn something
of crime and punishment of women.
* When she ivas released she told the nation
of her experiencea through a series of articles
written for and distributed by NEA Service.
Now she has revisited the prison. What she
saw and felt, how she was received, how pris
oners and officials reacted to her portrayal of
the lives there—all / are told in the follow
ing article which she wrote for NEA Service.
BY WINIFRED MASON HUCK
Former Congresswoman from Illinois. . . .
Cast January 1 cut through all kinds of
red tape, concealed by identity and entered
the state reformatory for women at Marysville,
O., as a legally-committed prisoner.
Although I had done my best to deceive the
authorities at Cleveland, where I was ar
rested, my real crime had begun when I enter
ed the prison. For I completely deceived two
of the finest prison superintendents in Amer
ica and hundreds of women prisoners.
More than’ once I had sat on my cot, my
aching head in my hands, my heart aching
even more for these girls I had learned to
like so well. - And my pardon had no more
than arrived than I was planning to return.
I expected the girls would hate me for de
ceiving them- As I drew near the reforma
tory, seated beside the wife of Ohio’s gov
eriior, Mrs. Donahey, my heart beat faster
What would the girls say to this boogyman
newspaperwoman who had deceived them so
and and had spread broadcast their innermosi
thoughts? Harsh words and a little rough
ness, 1 thought, would be easier to stand than
the silent contempt I feared.
A Compassionate Heart.
Then another thought disturbed me. Mrs.
Donahey, one of the finest, most refined wo
men in the country, had never visited the re
formatory before. Would it be a hard day
for her? Would it bring new aches to her
heart, always so compassionate and tender
toward those who were in trouble? Had I
done right in urging her to come?
My meditations ended as the car swung
into the prison grounds, followed by the mn
chine carrying the governor. As we walked
into the superintendent's house some of the
girls walked past us—and there, sure enough,
was my old friend, Cora. I waved to her.
She smiled and waved back.
. Mr. Mittendorf, the assistant superintendent,
greeted us, and i saw that he, at least, held no
hard feeling toward me. And then came
Mrs. Mittendorf, the superintendent, with n
welcome that further dispelled my fears. We
chatted in her bedroom, and 1 saw the same
bedspread that I had feather stitched around
the border as my first prison job,
At dinner I saw another old friend, Helen,
who served us. 1 was glad to see that she
seemed happier than she used to. And then
we went over to the assembly hall where
Governor Donahey addressed the assembled
iMisoners.
I never dreamed he would show so much
understanding and sincerity. "No man wants
to see a woman in trouble," he told them,
and many a girl was bruahing away the teats
when he finished speakinfi.
Her Fears Vanish.
my turn. As soon as 1 got up
.j I saw that I need have no fear. The
girls were all smiling at me. In their ap
plause there was a ,.uth and sincerity th;tt
warmed me through and through.
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i The realization that they bore no resent
mc nt and that I was talking to friends heart
j encc J m fl. It wns theea siest audience I evci
j rddressed.'
As the girls left the hall Mrs. Donahey
(;hook the hand of every one. No trace
of condescension in her manner—1 knew her
heart was aching for all of them. Again I
gloried in the greatness and simplicity ol
Ohio’s first lady.
The governor, meanwhile, went on a reg
ular military inspection of the place, from top
to bottom, learning to his satisfaction that
everything was neat and clean as a whistle, 1
was glad to learn that the deplorable plumb
ing conditions that obtained while 1 wa.
an inmate had since’ been corrected.
But my greatest joy came in talking to my
dd friends. I was given the freedom of the
place and I went at once to old ‘‘B" corridor,
found my old place and 3nt and chatetd.
All Read The Papers.
The girls told me they had read my stories
in the papers, 1 knew they weren’s allowed
to get newspapers, but when I asked them how
they had gottem them they laughed and said.
“Now, Elizabeth, you know a3 well as we
do how we got them.”
Goldie, whom we used to call Silver, was
still there, as full of life and as popular nr
ever. Then there were May and quiet little
Pearl, who had been locked up so long. Joe.
Pearl’s only real companion, had gone home
with her baby, which arrived only a few day
after 1 left last February.
Glad as I was to see my old friends, I wan
even happier to see that so many of them were
gomh Louise, the little German girl who hac!
been caught making wine, was gone. I w;’3
glad, for she seemed a fine girl, except for
her disregard for the eighteenth amendment.
Big Stella and Little Stella were gone, toy.
and I feel neither will ever be back. Edith,
the red-haired Irish girl who have been hav
ing such a wonderful fight with her sister when
the police arrived, was gone, too, and so wb
the sister.
Pust before I called May called me to her
room. it was filled with dolls which had
been made for a bazaar. She picked up one.
ond old one, and offered it to me.
Her Prized Possession.
“I love this one," she said. “It is very old.
But { want you to have it. It was given me
by—’’ and shebegan to cry. I could no more
have taken that doll than 1 could have hurt
some little child.
So I asked her instead for one of the dolls
she had made, and now as 1 write these words
there is perched up before me a little doll
clad in an exact replica of the uniform 1 used
iO wear as a prisoner. I have named it Mny,
nd it is going with me on all ,my lecture trip:
Blanches is still there, with her sweet smil *
»nd her madonna like face. And June, whs
ccd to be so sickly, has grown to be ahand
. well-rov.vidcd-out young V.T'.'nRI'.*
1 Was glad to go back. I was glad 1 had
r one there in llm first place. And I knov.’ the,l.
mm? day when I meet these girls outside the t
prison, would malic 1 will good.’! be able to sayt *1 kx. c\: th'y j
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On the way back to Columbus Mrs. Dona |
hey added the finishing touch to my hnpp.
ners. She leaned towards me und said:
“Winifred, 1 am glad I went to Marysville/’
GfclKFlN DAILY Nvwh
PROHIBITION LA?/
BE REPEALED, SAYS HEAD
ANTI-ALCOHOL LEAGUE
BY ERNE8T H. CHERR1NGTON
General Secretary of the World
League Against Alcoholism.
Prohibition in the United
States is not a complete success
remains to be dope in the matter
of law enforcement and law obser
vation, that which has already
been done has justified the effort
to secure national prohibition and
is justifying the energy,
and expense for enforcement- and
observance, both on the part
the state and federal governments, ’
and on the part of society at
large.
The 18th amendment to the fed
eral constitution was adopted by
the largest rriajority ever given to
any provision of the federal con
stitution or any amendment
that constitution.
Ratified Two to One.
e ,°l ... g T conBtltut ... ‘°" f . th' ,
o
n United > States was ratified by an
aggregate majority m the
conventions of approximately twj
t° ™ s aggregate
in all the state legislatures for
the ratification, of the 18th amend
inent was more than 4 to 1.
The m . first ... eleven amendments , to
the constitution ^ _ were ratified ,.. . . by
a mere three-fourths , it majority ... „
the state ^ „ , legislatures . , ^ required. ,
*
i-our T . states . . never ratified .. , the 121
amendment. Five states never rat
ified the 13th amendment. Six
states never ratified the 16th
amendment. Twelve states never
ratified the 17th amendment and
there are ten states that neve.
ratified the 19th amendment. The
18th amendment, however, was
ratified by 46 of the 48 states.
The only way the 18th amend
ment of the federal constitution
could be repealed would be by th-
same process by which it wa,
enacted. That means that so long
as a single! house of each of 13
state legislatures holds out for
the present amendment it cannot
be repealed or modified.
The Volstead law can, of course,
be changed by a majority vote of
congress. However, something of
what is likely to be the attitude of
the country toward any weakening
of the Volstead law is ti be found
in the status of the state and con
gressional district on the prohi-
This Year A Tornado
' I
And An Earthquake!
♦
The RED CROSS did not fail
Now the Red Cross asks you to join—surely YOU
will not fail. __
Misfortune—disaster—lives lost- and threatened—in these moments
the great work of the Red Cross is keenly felt.
This very year the competence < f the Red Cross in times of catas
phe was magnificently illustrated both at Santa Barbara, shaken by
earthquake, and in five middle western states that were swept by a
tornado.
Always the Red Cross is ready to help, to provide food, shelter,
medical care, clothing. And in countless other ways, less dramatic
perhaps, but vital for the welfare of human beings, the Red Cross ren
ders its humane aid: Public Health, Nursing, Nutrition Service, Life
' Saving Instruction, Service to Disabled Veterans—for every need the
Red Cross is ready.
This great organization needs constant support. Now the Red
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Can,you do anything but respond to the call?
JOIN NOW!
Red Cross Annual Roll Call
NOVEMBER 11-26 %
THIS SPACE DONATED BY THE GRIFFIN NEWS.
J
U. S. Marine Corps
Formed 150 Years
Ago On Tuesday
13 ^ ears ® a J“
most t iont >e ore ul< ,
eig . s
* mbat ^ tled col f ists d f lared J n
de P ende J "f e J rom tha Bntls .
cr ° wn ’ the Can tl f, ntal Co " K ^ 8S J
8,tt,n * ln Philadelphia, t ^ ] authorized
“that two battalions of Marines
be raised.” Thus, the United States
Marine Corps came into being
even before the United States
government itself.
Samuel Nicholas, a Philadelph
ian, was commissioned captain of
Marines and was the first recruit
ing officer . of the corps, setting
up a recruiting rendezvous in Tun
Tavern, a famous hosterly of old
Philadelphia, situated on one of
quaint cobbje-paved streets
leading to the Delaware River
‘ wharves Captain Nieholas subse
. .
became first commandant
Qf thg corpg
Qn the sHe of thc Q , d tavern
^ e „ inated by . expand .
ing . commerce __• the Thomas n Rob .
ierts i__. Reath Marmt ^ t, Post . of . the
[American . .___ Legion T will ... unveil .. today . .
I a , bronze tablet, , ,. , commemorating
1
;the sesqui-centennial „ . , . . of , the ,, corps
'and , marking , . its .. , birthplace. . . A ,
banquet . and , , ball „ will .... be , held ., to .
night.
bition question aside from the na
tional prohibitory law.
■ Sixty-six of the 96 members of
the United States senate repre
sents states that, under former
legislation, would still be
prohibition even if the 18th
amendment and the Volstead law
were repealed.
More than 70 per cent of the
lower house of congress represent
congressional districts that
already under prohibition by
law before the national prohibition
law was enacted. If the member ;
of congress were to represent the
public sentiment of the country in
the representative constituencies,
it would be impossible for an /
weakening amendment to the Vol
stead law to secure the support of
even 35 per cent of the member
ship of both houses of the United
States congress.
Tuesday* Nov. 10* 1925.
Want Ad Column
FOR RENT—Four room house on
Alabama St., Griffin Realty Co .
FOR RENT—Two 5 room houses
in Kincaid sub-division. fcRIFFIN
REALTY CO.
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FOR RENT—The lower floor of
the Thad Clark home place. Five
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spot. E. Broad street. See A. F.
Gossett.
FOR RENT—Two unfurnished
SALE—5,000,000 cabbage
plants. 100, 20c; 1 to 2 thousand
2 to 5 thousand, $1.25; 5 to
thousand, $1.00. Call G. W.
Jones, 644-W.
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FOR SALE Fresh. t Country
Meal. Call me and let me bring
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J^nes — Phone 644—W. 1
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SEED WHEAT for sale. Lindsey
Smith. Walkers Mill. Phone 221^
EAR CORN for sale. Jusf re
ceived car shipment ear corn,
Price right, at Planters Ware
house. Ogletree & Ogletree.V
FOR SALE—Digby homeplace at
County Line on Newnan highway,
[seven bato^out room houses. house, 2 Also tenant 85 houses, acres
gfod i evel i and . Also two thirds
nterest in Digby Store, housed in
concrete building. Terms to re
sponsible party. Write J. N, Car
son, or^. see~me at Digby store.
FOR SALE—Milk cow. Phone 219
A. Hall.
FOR SALE: Two nice mare mules,
two cows, 5 tons octang nay,
500 bundles fodder, 150 bushels of
corn and farm implements. W. J.
Harrison, Brooks, Ga., R. F. D.
Julian Griffin has returned <o
Atlanta after a-short visit 'o his
mother Mrs. Harold M. Griftin.
Mr. Griffin was en route home
j from Columbus, where he covered
] the Georgia-Auburn gams for the
'Atlanta Constitution.
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Mr. and Mrs. Sam Deane, of
Macon, announce the birth of a
daughter, who has been named
' Carolie. Mr. and Mrs. Deane for
merly made their home here and
the lovely baby is the grand
daughter of Mrs. Cleora Deane,
Liberty Chapter, O. E. S., will
meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock at
the Masonic Temple,
■
; Mrs. Dozier Wynne was a vis
itor to Atlanta Monday.
LOST—Three red beef cows. I
with white spots, 1 light jersey,
1 jersey bull. Millers Market.
LOST—Single Stone Marten chokr
er. Reward. Phone 029.
LOST: One old blue cow. Weight
about 740 pounds. Call Jones Cash
Market. Phone 817 _
_
LOST—Small black coir, purse at
:urb in front of Goddard’s store.
Contained $12 to $15. Call 268.
LOST—Ladies yellow gold wrist
ward. Phone 318.
If it is for sale we can sell ® it.
List your property with us. GRIF
FIN REALTY CO.
YOUNG lady wants position as
Has only six months
eirpcrience but is capable and anx
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references,_ Address “Steno”, care
The News.
WANTED—Position, as compan
ion by refined elderly white w .
man. Willing to Help around the
house. Good references. Answer
KG care Griffin News.
WE CAN rebuild your mat
tresses and make them good as
new. Our work absolutely guar
anteed. Mauney ' Mattress Co
phone 938
BOARDING—Can furnish to six
or seven men meals 211 W. Solo
mon street. Close in, across from
post office. Mrs. G. W. Clark.
Phone 728.
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(AND JIGGS)
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122 W. Broad St. Griffin, Ga.