Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
"Good CITIZENS or
Good PRISONERS"
Georgia Owes to Her SeRespect and Standing Amons
Nations to Abolish the Floggins of Prisoners.
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front of The Sergeant of watar
100, one evening in the spring a,
1913 certainly would have ar
tracted by its bulk the attention
or any painter who might hava
been passing.
1T was the fore carr,aga :.
one OF those drays for carrv,ns
heavy articles used in woods
countries for transporting ioista
ana trunks Of trees; 1t consisteS
or massive iron axle-tre wiz
pivot to which a heavy noIo
was attached, and which w.
supported by two enormons
wheels. --Ous
AS a whole 1t was srr..
crushing and misshapen; Il
might have been fancied a ~
gantic n-carriage.
Reminder of the Galleys.
The roads had covered n.
wneels, felloes, limbs, axle and ths
pole with a coating of htdeou.
yellow-hued mud, similar In fin,
10 that with which cathedrals ars
sometimes decorated. The WOOD
mad disappeared beneath mud
anu the iron beneath rust
Under the axletree hunR nnz-
TONED a huge chain, At for a Go
hath OF the Galleys, This chez.
recalled not the beams which II
was used to carry, but the mas
todons and mammoths which il
might have harnessed; Il remind
ed one OF the galleys, but of cv-
clopean and superhuman salleys
and seemed as IL unriveted from
some monster! With 1t Homer
could have bound Polyphemus, or
Shakespeare Caliban.
why was this vehicle In ths.
place in the street, one may ASK
First to obstruct the land and
then to complete its work of ru~t.
THERE rs IN THE OLD So
CIAL ORDER A HOST OF IN
STITUTIONS WHICH WE FIND
LIKE THIS ACROSS OUR
PATH IN THE FULL LIGHT OF
DAY, AND WHICH PRESENT
NO OTHER REASONS FOR Be
ING THEREl"
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 order7"
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 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 we'll II we knew how to put II
to some USE. When the nettle Ia
young, the leaves make excellent
green's; when It ] told, II has fla
ments and f1bers like hemp and
flax.
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 nettle mixed with
the fodder of animals gives a lus-
ter to their skin; the root mixed
with salt gives A beautiful dye.
IF makes, moreover, excellent
hay, and 1t can be cut twice in a
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.
If we would take little
pains the nettle would be USE
Full; we neglect 1t and it be-
comes HARMFUL. Then We
"How MUCH MEN ARE
LIKE THE NETTLE!'
After 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
instil in the mind of q convict
such ideas as THIS?
No, you do not. You can not.
In Terre Haute, Vigo County,
Indiana, is a County Attorney
an admirable work in cleaning up
the dlNSS dIIU gangs lIt0IS. 11o -
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, oepraved, a dope fiend and
a whisky soak. who. in a Mt Of
maudlin rage, shot and killed his
oh -, IN, Tara
Haute.
Became Normal Self.
In prison Joe Roach was bufN
up physically until he was his
normal self. Then he began to
study law. After some years he
was paroled. He went back TO
Terre Haute to become a respect
ed citizen where he had been q
guttersnipe It was the act OF
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 fogged, and badlg
housed, and poorly fed ana
clothed?
No, you do not think so.
Georgia owes 1t to her sef-re-
spect and her standing among
nations to:
Abolish the faytng of prison