The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1901 Page: 2 of 10
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
THE CHANDLER NEW8, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1901.
For Reform in Jail Management.
To the citizens of Chandler and Lincoln
county, O. T.—
Believing that it is in many instances for
want of knowledge and in others for want
of consideration that the present disgraceful
condition of things exists in relation to some
of those who are arrested for the violation
of law, I, after carefully considering the
matter, have determined to state the facts
to the public, feeling convinced that this
will be all that will be required in this en-
lightened Christian country to cause a radi-
cal change in these conditions.
In the first place I would state that there
is no provision whatever made for the care
of female prisoners. For instance, there
has been a young woman 19 years of age
in our jail for the last two months. The
officers have, I believe, done the best they
could under the existing conditions. The
young woman has been kept in the outer
room where the jailer sleeps. In that room
are two cots, one single and one double, no
privacy whatever, not so much as a curtain.
This woman at one time was was so ill as
to require watchers all night and not a wo-
man to aid or comfort her. She may be a
criminal; if she is this is the way to make
her worse; and if she be innocent, this is
the way to destroy her self-respect and
make her vile. I feel that the womanhood
of this land should demand that proper re-
spect be paid to her sex and that when a
woman is imprisoned there be private apart-
ments for her and a female jailer to take
care of her. As women rarely put the
county to expense by lawlessness, they
should be accorded proper consideration for
sex when so unfortunate as to be placed on
on the crimnial list. Who among you
would be willing that your wife or daugh-
ter should be treated as has been this young
girl? Echo answers "who?"
Another grave matter for our considera-
tion is the iucarcerating of young and com-
paratively innocent boys in the same apart-
ments with hardened criminals. The youth
is often (ignorantly or perhaps forcibly)
led into violation of law by those old and
hardened in crime, if confined separately
and then punished mildly and rebuked for
his folly and crime he might be saved to
himself, his family and his country. In-
stead of this wise and merciful course he is
herded with the vilest of crimnals for
months, and even though he be proven in-
nocent in the end he comes forth with pol-
luted mind and morals and in most instan-
ces becomes a curse to his friends and to
society. I am quite convinced that there
are many Jean Val Jeans in this land of
ours and all because we fail to remember
the golden rule of love and do to others as
we would wish to be done by under the cir-
cumstances. No mother's boy is safe, or
girl either for that matter. Do- not then
deceive yourself with any such selfish
thought, but let us as Christian citizens do
something to remedy these evils.
Yours for right and justice,
Mrs. C. E. Ferguson,
Pres. Chandler W.C.T.U.
Died
Mary Ellen, wile of James A. Hurlbut,
and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. Benning-
ton. Mrs. Hurlbut was born in Davis
county, Ind., and was married to her now
bereaved husband June 17, 1897; she died
in Union township March 20, 1901, aged
20 years 6 months and 22 days.
The circumstances attending the death
were distressing in the extreme. She was
working in the garden wh?n a spark from a
burning tre? set fire to her clothing; before
the the flames could be smothered she was
fatally burned. When she was able to
soea\ to those around her she said "I am
going die, send for father and mother."
Th ■ t'nder care and nursing of friends and
loved ones, an 1 physicians skill were alike,
unavai ing. She was willing to trust in
Him who ruleth all things well, and bade
farewell to love d ones and earthly concerns,
after a week of great suffering, passed
away. She was a loving companion, a
model housewife and a kind neighbor.
Appropriate funeral services were con-
ducted by Rev. Albertson, M. E. pastor, of
Carney, Okla. A large coucourse of
t iends and neighbors were present to ac-
company the remains to their last resting
place. The sorrowing ones have the sym-
pathy of a host of friends in their bereav-
men'.
A Friend.
Vet Sale.
A good driving pony for sale, in best ;
order. Inquire at News office.
Don't be Deceived §
By others Claiming to ^
have as good a Culti- ^
vator as the
"OHIO" BROWN,
Made especially for Okla. and Texas.
■3S
4S
sS
55^
:s *" • 3
Full Set of Cotton Attachments with
each Cultivator.
s®
THE "CANTON,"
Is the Best Corn and
Cotton Drill Made.
Full Line of HARNESS.
J. F. COLLAR,
Chandler, Oklahoma.
&
V
<41 >
I
-rf
. /
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1901, newspaper, March 28, 1901; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117288/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.