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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1912
Page
7
This article is the second in a series on the Texas Penitentiary System covering laws governing the system, prisoner treatment, and management practices. It outlines existing structures and points to proposed improvements and future coverage.
Will H. Mayes outlines the 1911 Texas penitentiary reforms, detailing prisoner intake at Huntsville, medical examinations, classification into three groups, separation by race, education and religious provisions, restricted whip use, credit for good behavior, work limits, clothing and food standards, maintenance of records including deaths, and parole and discharge provisions. The article previews further discussion on ongoing reforms.
Lockhart Texas October 3 The committee to raise fifteen hundred dollars for the preliminary survey of the Central Railway of Texas which would run from Quanah to Rockport has finished its work Fifty thousand dollars and company right of way were requested and will be supplied The road pledges passenger trains here by July 1914 Orange The Orange and North eastern Railway Company will begin construction from Orange to White City totaling 130 miles with 100 miles in Louisiana and 30 in Texas The line will connect with the Cotton Belt at White City and open a rich trade territory
A boy pesters a bald man aboard a crowded suburban train. The woman mother tries to quiet him as the bald man quarrels but offers a quarter for silence. The boy pockets the coin and declares it bald-headed money, while the angry passenger departs in frustration.
A broad pitch offers loans from 200 to 10000 with instant funds and no inspector wait. President Taft voiced full sympathy with farm irrigation, Governor Wilson urged conservation of storm and flood waters for irrigation and power, while Senator Smoot argued resource use must meet current needs and warned against delaying for unborn generations. He urged storing flood waters to feed navigable streams and maximize water use across Texas.
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