Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
ttGood CITIZENS Or
Good PRISONERS"
Georgia Owes to Her ScRespect and Standing Anons
Nations to Abolish The Flogging of Prisoners"

front of.'The Sergeant of Wa.
loo one evening in the snrins :.
1913 certainly would have ..
tracted by its bulk the atten+i"n
OF any painter who might baOn
been passing. -'o'e
1T was the fore carriaea =,
one of those drays for carTv,n VI
heavy articles used In woodss
countries for transporting iois.u
and trunks of trees; II consistns
OF massive iron axle-tree witb
pivot to which a heavy noIa
was attached, and which va
supported by two enormous
wheels. ''ious
AS a whole it was SOMA,
crushing and misshapen. !,
might have been fancied -
gantic gun carriage. o
Reminder of the Galleys.
The roads had covered N.
wheels, felloes, limbs, axle and ~
pole with a coating of hideou.
yellow-hued mud, similar In t,n.
to that with which Cathedral ars
sometimes decorated. The 49,
had disappeared beneath NINA
and the iron beneath rust
Under the axletree hung a.,
TONED a huge chain, At for a.
Hath of the Galleys. This chsir
recalled not the beams wh,cb 4.
was used to carry, but the mas
touons ana r1ammoths which II
might have harnessed; It remind
ed one of the galleys. but Of cy.
clopean and superhuman galley,
and seemed as If unriveted from
some monster! With It Homer
could have bound Polyphemus, or
Shakespeare Caliban.
why was this vehicle In this
place in the street, one may ask
First, to obstruct the land and
then to complete It's work of rus.
THERE is IN THE OLD So
ClAL ORDER A HOST OF IN
STlTUTIONS WHICH WE FIND
LIKE THIS ACROSS ORR
PATH IN THE FULL LIGHT OF
DAY, AND WHICH PRESENT
NO OTHER REASONS FOR BE-
ING THERE!"
Mr.. Patterson, Mr.. Dawson. Mr..
Rainey, do you see the appl,ca.
ton to YOURSELVES Of this
monstrous symbol of ONE instl-
tuition of "the old social order?"
Don't fail to read this incident
In the life Of Jean Vatican after
ne has won the battle for the re-
spect that Is accorded to a MAN
among men:
One day ne came upon SONS
country folk very busy pulling W
nettles; he looked at the heap Of
plants, uprooted and ALREADY
wilted, and said:
"'This is DEAD, but II would
be well If we knew how to put It
to some USE. When the nettle Is
young, the leaves make excellent
greens; when 1t told, It has Ala
ments and fibers like hemp and
fax.
Men Are Like Nettle.
"'Cloth made from the nettle
is worth as much as that made
from hemp Chopped up, the
nettle is good for poultry; pound
ed it is good for horned cattle
The seed of the Eettle mixed with
the fodder of animals gives a lus-
ter to their skin; the root mixed
with salt gives beautiful dye.
IF makes, moreover, excellent
hay, and it can be cut twice in
season. And what does the net
tie need? Very little soil, no care,
no culture except that the seeds
fall as fast as they ripen and It is
difficult to gather them; that Is
all.
of we would take a little
pains the nettle would be USE
Full; we neglect It and 1t be-
comes HARMFUL. Then we
KILL 1T.
chow MUCH MEN ARE
LIKE THE NETTLEn
After a short silence, he
added:
my friends, remember this
That there are no bad herbs and
no bad men; ONLY BAD Gull
TIVATORS.'"
Mr.. Patterson, Mr.. Dawson, Mr..
Rainey, do you believe the Idea
of punishment taking precedence
over the idea of reformation could
tnstil in the mind of q convict
such ideas as THIS?
No, you do not. You can not.
III S4Lo I1dute, NlSO NpuHtIf
Indiana, Is County Attorney
named Joe Roach. He is doing
an admirable work in cleaning up
the dives and gangs there. He Is
respected and honored.
Not many years ago Joe Roach
went to the Indiana State Penl-
Tertiary at Michigan City He
was convicted Of murder and SEN
fenced for life. He was igno-
rant, oepraved, a dope fiend and
a whisky soak, who, in ft OF
maudlin rage, shot and killed his
chum in a dope dive in Terre
Haute.
Became Normal Self.
In prison Joe Roach was built
up physically until he was his
normal self. Then he began 70
study law. After some years ne
was paroled. He went back 70
Terre Haute to become a respect
ed citizen where he had been
guttersnipe. It was the act OF
courageous man. Roach has won
the fight.
Mr.. Patterson, Mr.. Dawson, Mr..
Rainey. do you think the idea Of
punishment took precedence over
the idea of reformation in the
case of Joe Roach?
Do you think Joe Roach wonlo
be the man he Is to-day II he hao
been sent to the Georgia chain
gang to be f1ogged, and badly
housed, and poorly fed and
clothed?
II
Georgia owes 1t to her seh-re-
spect and her standing among
nations to:
Abolish the faying OF prison