Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
"Good CITIZENS Or
Good PRISONERS"
Georgia Owes to Her SeRespect and Standing An,o,,
Nations to Abolish the Floggins of Prisoners,
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front Of The Sergeant of Wat.
100 one evening in the sprins =.
1913 certainly would have a. "
tracted by its bulk the atten+io.
OF any painter who might haUa
been passing. "Fe
IL was the fore CARRIAGE =.
one of those drays for carryin y.
heavy articles used in woods
countries for Transporting iois.1
ana trunks of trees; 1t consisteS
or massive iron axle-tree pitS
IS pivot to which a heavy mi.
was attached, and which We
supported by two enormous
AS a whole It was .cr,.
crushing and misshapen. !,
might have been fancied 81;
gantic gun carriage. o.
Reminder of the Galleys.
The roads had covered ~.
wheels, felloes, limbs, axle and tbs
pole with a coating of htdeon.
yelloW-hued mud, similar In tn,
TO that with which cathedraIa Az.
sometimes decorated. Tho wooS
mad disappeared beneath mrS
and the iron beneath rust
EUnder the axletree hung hn,-
TONED huge chain, 1T for a..
hath Of the Gaileys. This cbsi,
recalled not the beams which IL
was used to carry, but the mas.
todons and mammoths which u
might have harnessed: It remind
ed one of the galleys, but ~ cv-
clopean and superhuman gallevs
and seemed as If unriveted from
some monster! With It Hom.r
could have bound Polyphemus or
Shakespeare Caliban.
Why was this vehicle IN mt,
place in the street, one may ash
First, to obstruct the land and
then TO complete it's work OF rust
THERE is IN THE OLD So
ClAL ORDER A HOST OF IN
STlTUT1ONS WHICH WE FIND
LIKE THIS ACROSS DIR
PATH IN THE FULL LIGHT OF
DAY, AND WHICH PRESENT
NO OTHER REASONS FOR Re
ING THEREi"
Mr.. Patterson, Mr.. Dawson. Mr.
Rainey, do you see the applIca.
ton to YOURSELVES Of this
monstrous symbol of ONE insti-
tuition of the old social order?"
Don't fail 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 unon 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 II would
be we'll II we knew how to put II
to some USE. When the nettle is
young, the leaves make excellent
greens; when II told, 1t has Ala
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, 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
If makes. moreover, excellent
hay, and 1t 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 1t is
difficult to gather them; that Is
all.
eff we would take little
pains the nettle would be USE
Full; we neglect 1t and 1t be-
comes HARMFUL. Then we
KILL IT.
"'HoW MUCH MEN ARE
LIKE THE NETTLE,'
After short silence, ne
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
instil in the mind of a convict
such ideas as THIS?
No, you do not. You can not
In Terre Haute, Vtgo 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 Peni-
Tertiary at Michigan City. He
was convicted of murder and SEN
fenced for life. He was igno-
rant, 6epraved, dope f1end and
a whisky soak, who, in a 1T Of
maudlin rage, shot and killed his
chum In a dope dive In Terre
Haute.
Became Normal Self.
In prison Joe Roach was buif
up physically until he was MS
normal self. Then he began to
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. 1t was the act OF 8
courageous man. Roach has won
the fight.
Mr.. Patterson, Mr.. Dawson, MI
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 would
be the man he is to-day II he had
been sent to the Georgia chain
gang to be logged, and badIy
housed, and poorly fed sns
clothed?
No, you do not think so.
Georgia owes IT to her self-re-
spect and her standing among
nations to: