About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1924)
PAGE SIX Reporter's Story To Close The World's Worst Prison Lost Souls and Tortured Bodies Are the Inhabitants of France’s Island Prison BY MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Correspondent PARIS, Oct. 7.—Devil’s Island is to be worthy of its name no more. St. Joseph’s Island is to cease to be a hell on earth. The forest road from Cayenne in French Guiana into the interior is no longer to be the route of lost souls and tortured bodies. The French colonial penal set tlements in South America are to be wiped out by Premier Herrict and his cabinet. But this reform is not due to the speeches and campaigns of humani tarians and reformers. It is not due to statesmen. It is the work of an ordinary, hard-working French newspaper reporter—Albert Lun dres. VISITS PRISON The French public had hoard about the penal settlements and prisons in Guiana at the time of the Dreyfus affair when the Frcncn army captain was brought back from his cell on Devil’s Island. But many people thought much of this was ex nggerated—-the exaggeration to be expected in any campaign. And then Guiana was forgotten again by all except those French families whose sons were deported there. Londres gave himself the assign ment to go to Guiana and see things for himself. What he saw and heard exceeded in terror and horror the picture Dante drew of Hades. In 50 years nearly 50,000 prison ers have been sent to Guiana. Thou sands have died there. “LIBERTY” IS NOT LIBERTY The ordinary French juror doesn't know what he is doing when he de- 1 crees for a convicted man imprison ment of from five to seven years. Such a sentence means Guiana. And when the man has finished his pun ishment, it begins all over again, be cause he is compelled to remain m Guiana for a period .equal to his prison term. If his sentence has been for over seven years the prisoner is compell ed to Femain there forever. Theoretically the Überated pris-j oner is to become a colonist. Ac- 1 tually he is a hopeless outcast. Now he almost starves. In prison, j W/M I [7l I F-i ! T7@ I 77===== I — — J lzdOßi r'Sl J Wb- rfcu I Wool Seamless Rugs are I the Best Floor Coverings 4 ASK y° ur dealer to show you the JLJu famous I Tapestry, I and Axminster Seamless Rugs made by the Alexander Smith & Sons [ Carpet Company, the foremost mak | ers of Rugs and Carpets since 1860. Rugs for every room in pleasing patterns I and all sizes, at prices within the reach of everyone. Maximum durability in proportion to cost. Look for trade mark stamped I on the hack of every rug. I Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Co. II NL W YORK .... /' ON THE ISLAND OF BLACK DESPAIR magi *II t L- - IM— -1 A; ' z'V'xT" <’fe - xs - , MMnirattfrv '» Albert Londres (lower left), French - reporter, wrote & story which is likely to close the French penal colony o i Devd s Island, .South America The pris -1 oners (above) ate always heavi ly guarded. Capt. Dreyfus was imprisoned on the island in tb.- little house in the stockad’ shown in the lower right picture. at least, he got some food. Now r he is almost caked. Tn pris on he, at least, got some rags with which to clother himself. Now he sleeps on the sidewalk?. In prison, he, at l;..st, had a cell. j Londres saw cotivict after con Viet i who had tatooed on his. body sen tences expressing utter despair. On? EFFFICENCY EXPERTS —so called—are often deficiency experts in reality. A well equip ped office has every labor and time saving device therein installed, and needs no efficiency expert where everything, and everybody, works right. Office supplies of every kind in the better grades, kept in stock. SOUTHERN PRINTERS, Phone 334 had across his chest: “The Past betrayed me. “The Present, trortnants me. “The Future frightens me.” He visited the heart of the forest wliere presumably the convicts are 1 building a road through the jungle and swamps where it rains almost all the year round. This road was started 50 years ago. Fifteen miles have been built! The convicts come back from work on the road shaking and shiv ering w'ith chills and fevdr, eaten by swarms of mosquitoes and other swamp insects. Quinine is a treat for which they beg. Londres sum med up the verdict of decent thus: “THE DRY GUILLOTINE’ “Forced labor from criminals? Yes. “Bus forced disease for them? No!!” Then he tells about the three 11, rocky’isl Guiana, mockingly hafned “Iles du Salut.” These islands are St. Joseph’s, Royal and Devil’s. The Rylander Theater Presents WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY Mr*b tW®\ w( Jvwl i ll 1 riloOß a /XWR O I. If yf j v 4(1!® If ' \ A )' A Maurice Tourneur \ Production with Bessie Love » and Owert Moore. b __ K ftyf. <•■<«*• JI - —.ta. > Ci..• — __ ...—3* Thrill Upon Thrill! Flaming Human Pas sions Midst the Terrific Japanese Cataclysm. ji 4 d THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER convicts call them the “dry gußio tine.” They are tne ultimate punish ment for the incorrigibles. Here men are caged like wild beasts, with * out the comforts given even to wild beasts. They spend 20 days in ut ter darkness, then 10 days in semi -1 darkness; then 20 darkness, and so ! on. The prisoners can’t stand full light. It would blind them. They are alone with a plank to sleep on, fettered at night—and silence. There are men who have had as high as 2000 days of this. All his experiences were gathered up in a bock “Au Bagne,” which has i sold by thousands. Herriot read it and was shocked. ■He has decreed the end of it. But even now there are politicians who say Parliament must act first and who favor the retention of this pris on system. t But Harriot is confident he has the power to do away with this dis- I graceful settlement. No more prison- ■ ers will be sent to Guiana. They will be kept in prisons at home. The only problem is what to do with the men already in Guiana. There are 4500 convicts in prison there and 2500 “liberated” ones, but still in exile. To bring them back to France would cost a big sum of money. The most favored pro posal is to mitigate the sufferings of those now there, but to keep * ia jjpß 1 a ’™Vp | . 0 A ■ \ From time immemorial, leavening gas has made the “touch” which ; made the paste of flour and water a digestible food—the staff of life. A flat and soggy loaf or biscuit is an igaa unleavened food. So it is that leaven- ing agents such as yeast or baking powder are employed. complete leavening of her biscuits, WOal cakes, muffins, etc., which is so impor- tant to perfect digestion, the pure food authorities found it wise to require a cer tain standard of leavening strength in \ y . baking powder. To maintain this guaranty of digestibility— to insure minimum deterioration of leaven ing strength, baking powder is packed in tin. This prevents absorption of atmospheric mqis- ( ture. Dampness produces premature reaction in the can—results in loss of leavening gas.' The food official, would properly condemn bak ing powder if packed in cheap sacks. But what about self rising flour? It comes to the southern housewife from remote northern mills Chemical analysis shows that much of it has lost its leavening strength before it reaches the consumer. Breadstuffs made with such self-rising flours cannot rise properly—they come to the table heavy, flat, and /■- soggy. Why don’flthe pure food officials demand that self-rising flours contain 0.5% leavening gas, the equivalent to the 12% required of baking powder? Calumet Baking Powder is scientifically and legally cor rect—the last spoonful is as ware and sure as the first Packed in tin*-'keeps the strength in ' i ~~ , <aM»csncgcwMi HF »■uamp.m ■- ... ttASSIFIEDADVERTISEMENTS SS,-sa-JiB gLjr.-ja-.^aauam>wz<MMßinMßß—BM—»—■»iwnn '■■ ■ «r.»- ■■ b—sk—iimiiwu..—■ < i ' m—»r»z<B»«wMwa— a— WANTED PECANS WANTED Spot cegh j paid for them. Neon Buchanan. —l-ts WANTED Stenographic office ! work of any kind. 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Notify ’.ugene Cato.—6-3t PURE PORK .SAUSAGE, Veal, Sparerib.- and Select Oysters at Bragg's Market—6-2t[_ The Chinese revolt can’t be half as revolting as sdme of the stuff served in this country as Chinese food. Louisiana, Taxas, Aarkansas ard California a«e the chief rice grow ing states. ■ . .z. .. ■ -... K hU;»S. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 7, 192' them there. By and by, when they die out, the prison settlement will itself die out, never to be renewed. DRUNK AND SPEEDING CHARGED TO OLDFIELD CALEXICO, Cal., Oct. 7.Barney Cldfield, veteran automobile driver was at liberty under SSOO bond ’ FOR SALE ' ONION Sets and Abruzzi Seed Rye; fresh Fall stock Garden and Farm Seed. T. J. Wallis, Garden and f arm Seed Dept.—'2s-tf. i FOR SALE—Eggs for hatching from hens that came from a pen j lie.ided b y“Wonder Eoy,” the Don | aldson strain S. C. Rhode Island ; Reds, phone 328, Brown McLen ! don.—4-Gt : i FOR SALE—French and Dutch Flower bulbs and Winter grass; just I received. Americus Seed and Sup i ply C0.—27-tf DRINK ivu-urape m Dottle sc. —l3-26 t FOR SALE—Ford Touring car and good wagon, cheap. Phone 709. FOR SALE, Fresh cut flowers daily —florals made to order. Mrs. W. H'. Bowers, phone 249.—4-2 t LIKE GRAPES! Drink Mi-Grape in bottles.—l3-26t FOR SALE—Winchester automatic shot gun, full choke; in perfect condition. T. M. Furlow.—7-Gt BABY CHICKS—Send no money. We ship C.O.D. Leghorns, 10c each; Bars, Reds, 15c. Live d«- , livery. Missouri Hatchery, Bowl ing Green, Mo.—6-3t FOR SALE—Four-gallon milk cow, fresh in, $75.00; Big Bone Poland China Sow and 7 Shoats, $50.00; pair Muies, $200.00; pair Mules, $350.00; 3-mule McCoy disk plow, $30.00; Deering reaper and bind er, $60.00; one 2-row dusting ma- I chine, S3O; Oliver riding cultivator, $35.00; 250-egg Wisconsin incu bator, $17.00; 210-egg Buckeye In cubator $25; 300 Feris strain White Leghorn, cheap for cash; 100 bales hay, $22.00 per ton. L. L. Joiner, Americus ,Ga., Rt. B.—-7-3t Annual per capita consumption cf rice in this country is about:; 0,8 pounds. Monday pending arraignment in lice court on a charge, of driv an automobile while intoxica According to the arresting off ' Oldfield was going 87 miles an 1 d between Calexico and iEI Ct 1, when overtaken. i e People won’t feel sorry for unless you feel sorry for your.' ’ v MISCELLANEOUS ; FARM LOAN MONEY Plenty at cheap interest rate and on easy terms. W. W. Dykes. 9-ts THE AMERICUS BUSINESS' Col lege which opened Sept. 1, an ■ nounces the opening of a night school Sept. 29, with classes from 8 to 10. Those desiring to regis ter, see Miss Lillian Braswell, President, Merritt Bldg. LIKE GRAPES! Drink Mi-Grape in bottles.—l3-26t ’ FOR RENT FOR RENT —Small 5-rom residence Forrest street. See George M. Bragg.—2-ts. FOR RENT—Apartment 207 East Church street. Phone 309. —24tf APARTMENT FOR RENT Two large rooms and kitchenette with private bath. Possession at once. H. C. Davis, phone 763.—24-ts FOR RENT—Six room house with large garden and barn. G. W. Walters.—l-ts. J/’OR RENT—Five room house; to business section; all mod- , Yrn conveniences, phone 475. —3-10 t 1 FOR RENT —Furnished room in ; private family; close in; all mod , ern conveniences. Reasonable. , Phone 465. —l-6t . FOR RENT—Neat and comfortable, rooms. Mrs. C. B. Pouncey, . phone 989. —7-St ■ . Autos can be imported into Ger i many only under permit, except iu the occupied territory. • | At the close of the season’ the f : Athh tics were playing the best bad 8 1 In the league. . . . What they nce'd most is an all-year schedule.
