Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
9sGood CITIZENS or
Good PRISONERS"
Georgia 0oes to Her Self Respect and Standing Ar,or,
Nations to Abolish the Flossins of Prisoners

~, '"aniy - Weuiu nave AT.
3 traoted Dy ats bulk the attentian
OF any painter who might havs
been passing ''''e
1T was the fore-carriase 4,
one OF those drays for carryins
heavy articles used in WOODS
countries. for transporting ioists
and trunks of trees; it Consisted
OF massive iron axle tree wiz
pivot to which a heavy noIa
was attached, and which va
supported by two enornnn,
wheels. us
"As a whole 1t was sor..
crushing and misshapen: /,
might have been fancied 81
gantic Carriage.
Reminder of the Galleys.
The roads had covered tho
wheels, felloes, limbs. axle and tho
pole with coating of hi6eous
yellow hued mud, similar in fin,
TO that with which cathedraIs 90
sometimes decorated. The wood
mad disappeared beneath mnd
ana the iron beneath rust.
Under the axletree hung fos-
TONED a huge chain, fit for a 90.
Hath of the qafleys. This chain
recalled not the beams which Il
was used to carry, but the mas
todons and man moths which i,
might nave f1arnessed; It remind.
ed one of the galleys, but Of CIV.
clopean and superhuman galleys
and seemed as II unriveted from
some monsteri With It Homer
could have bound Polyphemus ar
Shakespeare Caliban.
why was this vehicle in this
place in the street, one NAV ask
First, to obstruct the land and
then to complete its work of rust
THERE is IN THE OLD So
CIAL ORDER A HOST OF IN
STITUTIONS WHICH WE FIND
LIKE THIS ACROSS DIR
PATH IN THE FULL LIGHT or
DAY, AND WHICH PRESENT
NO OTHER REASONS FOR RE-
ING THERE!"
Mr.. Patterson, Mr.. Dawson, Mr..
Rainey, do you see the applica-
ton to YOURSELVES of this
nlonstrous symbol of ONE insti-
tuition of 'the old social order?"
Don't fall to read this incident
In the life of Jean Vatican after
he has won the battle for the re-
spect that is accorded to a MAN
among men:
"One day he came upon some
country folk very busy pulling up
nettles; he looked at the heap OF
plants. uprooted and already
wilted, and said:
This is DEAD, but 1t would
be well If we knew how to put 1t
to some USE. When the ettle is
young, the leaves make excellent
green's; when it told, II has fla
ments and f1bers 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, 1t is good for horned cattle.
The seed of the Kettle mixed with
the fodder of animals gives 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 a
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 Ia
all.
"1f we would take littls
pains the nettle would be USE
Full; we neglect it and it be-
comes HARMFUL. Then Wa
KILL IT.
HOW MUCH MEN ARE
LIKE THE NETTLE!'
After short silence. he
added:
o. 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
instil in the mind of convict
such ideas as THIS?
No, you do not You can not
In Terre Haute. Vigo County
Indiana, is a 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, Gepraved, a dope fiend and
a whisky soak. who, in a fit OF
maudlin rage, shot and killed his
L.. in TarfA
Haute.
Became Normal Self.
In prison Joe Roach was built
up physically until he was MS
normal self. Then he began 10
study law. After some years no
was paroled. He went back 10
Terre Haute to become respect
ed citizen where he had been a
guttersnipe. 1t was the act OF
courageous man. Roach has won
the fight.
Mr.. Patterson, Mr.. Dawson. MT:
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 wou'ai
be the man he is to-day If he hao
been sent to the Georgia chain
gang to be hogged, and baoi!
housed, and poorly FED anu
clothed?
No, you do not think so
Georgia owes it to her self-re-
spect and her standing among
nations to:
Abolish the flaying Of prison
ers.
Take them off the public hish-
ways. ..,,.