The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-18

looking TO the convincing of U. s.
congress that great aud growing
Injustice is being done the roads in
tie matter OF cofhpehsatioIl they re-
cgfse fer carrying the mails.
The railroad companies have mot
in this case any OF the ofdidary
means OF recourse, since II is con-
greSs which ffxes the compensation,
while the railroad companies that do
the work have never been permitted
TO have anything 10 say about the pay.
No other shipper. of course, can fix
his own rates, and IN other instances,
when rates are regulated by the gov
ernment, II, is always on a basis. as
near as can be: figured out, OF just
ahd reasonable profit to the railroads.
10 the matter OF carrying niaiIa, the
f9iir6ads insist that they are not on
/, lya not making any profit at all, but
that they are being forced to lose
immense sums OF money each year.
s.|s''f ~ ~ ;s--,----s-a is.t, aa
That the alleged bafbarities and
horrors OF the Fulton county convict
icamps have not been due to bad stRto
laws or general conditions, Batiafe
the result of the autocratic power sof
4
Bon.is the practical meaning OF itifa
grand jury presentment that SO EtIfz
red this community yesterday Gfter-
noon. ~
The local board OF county Sgsn4
piissioners Is blamed for letting lytR@
aldson exercise so much power, ats5Iit
the actual conditions are put atsIDsl
DonaldsOn's head, and his cotsifiabc
elimination from tho county, cpnIict
system Is recommended in the pre-
sentiment. .ldikss
From the State prison board cdiiies
the statement, backed up by oijvfntta
facts from many sources, that if fie
conditions in Fulton are what flie
grand jury says, then Fulton rs I'll o
exception To the rest Of the State, and
y T0iiid DE Unfair TO sIne whpie OF
Georgia for the outside. world 5tsto
Judge prison system by, the cru6lEle
that have grown up in one couusy
because of one man. 49,. 6 S,
. Tho State prison commission Grs. sss.
E. Dawson, T. e. Patterson hiIe lai
lLa eR3iney, have been parfieasafIsl
busy during. the past few mon tlIS iii
Investigating general condiElbns
throughout the State. They iilnpe
found a remarkably good Showing fnI
.tae health conditions OF the vaFi6sts
camps. During the month Of lssLs4 n ]
ees,.leess. there we're enly t.Ee convict =it:t
deaths in the entire state, and for the
past six months the deaths through
srt TIE -EiGiiS State dfdunSs Felony
cotivicts averaged only four month.
During the entire month of December
there were onlyn 107 cases lcfo sick
ness In the prison population of the
State.
as. for local conditions here in Full
ton, tue county board will immeiiate-
iy.. take up the grand Jury present
tlent, and if the prinsipsl reconsIffIn.
nations tire carried ont it viii ntean
the end OF the Donaldson ,rarfn.a e.,,,
good md md .slE l.. .s9.3.is5 s.,5, -
49, q -s-s.-..-- 81 K ......
Eheg sixteenth ANIMAL Atlanta Rihlej
Conference, which will begin March
=. and which. will bring 81 famous.
preachers frohr all orerys BIB World
VIII be remarkable for the eresenre.
9f rs famcus Chinese statesmens end
teacher. DR. Nc P0ona Chew, now OF
San francisco; and yoan Sof tbs IrisSst'
notable Christian dg or tne ,1reas
ent generation IN the far eass ts
DIR. NE fPo6n' Chew will nave a
promsnent place on the plo grams Ion
don, England, will send two ding
,iiished liyines, In tho persons of DR..
campbell Morgan ana Rev. William
.sopeer. In addition to preachers
ana Bstis 1ehoiars. tiiisssa viii be- dis,
gSllshed :aTchAeol0 gtsts and scigri- Z
lists in attendance ON the conference.
pr. Sol C. Dickey, who has been fa-;
nous for years as ssasieS active figure
or the Winona gatherings, viii be the
director OF the Atlanta conference.
Dr. Lon g. Bronghton who hasf prs.
sided In previous years. " iiil not ba.
apIeF 70 come over ffoR London for
this occasion. 1t Is said OF Or. Dick
ey that he is the only man I'M Amor
lee WHO ctr adequately an DR.
Brough hton,a lnIaeal - -; g