The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-08-16
STATE FARM WOMEN
PROTEST ARTICLE
RESENT SLURS ON INMATES,
AND SAYS PRISON PLACE
IS WELL CONDUCTED.
(From the Atlanta Journal

The Journal is in receipt Of COM
jmunication, signed white Women OF
Georgia State Farm" with the request
that it be published. While no names
are signed to the communication and II
thus violates a rule of The Journal
against the publication OF anonymous
Ily signed communications, an excep-
ton is made in this instance in view
of the fact that it would be manifestly
unfair to require these women to sign
their names. The Journal does not
know who prepared the communica-
ton and presents it below just as re-
ceived through the mails:
State Farm Women Desire to
Enter Protest.
To the Atlanta Journal: We, the
majority of white women inmates OF
the state farm, wish to make this state
ment to the public through the col
umns of your newspaper.
Noticing an article in a Savannah
paper referring to the white women in
mates of the state prison farm as hag-
gard wenches, we wish to say to the
reporter who wrote the article that if
he had used the eyes God gave him,
instead of talking so much and trying
to make hit with his write-up about
the women of vice, he would have seen
more than one woman who has adj
vantages and who has an education.
We are sure that the said reporter
missed seeing and hearing a lot that
possibly would have made his Write-up
more interesting and lengthy and then
he would have been able to give the
other side here justice.
We admit that we have been women
OF vice; 1--WE are NOT proud of the fact)
and are willing to- stay here and try
to make good so we can make new
start when we again enter the outer
world But we do not think that with
the exception of very few here that
any of us are out of place. We think
lit just and right that the man or wo-
man who disregards the moral, social
or criminal laws of this country and
state should be punished.
But we want the public to know
that there are quite few here who
come from good, honest people, and
who are endowed with more intelli-
gence than the haggard wenches are
commonly supposed to have. We have
never even heard of a white woman
called wench, much less being called
that ourselves. We wonder if the pub
lie thinks it just that this man should
call us wenches, when he does not
know us or Anything about us?
We agree with him entirely that
Marguerite Harris is an exceptionally
intelligent girl and we should all be
glad to see her gain her freedom. She
is we'll liked here by all. But we DOM
think it fair that the remainder of us
should be classed as this reporter has
classed us. We don't know his name
only know that he was here or got his
information from some one who was
here with the committee from the leg
isature July %, 1921.
Now we certainly would appreciate
it if the reporter would take his vaca-
ton down here and see if he thought
there was but few if any of us really
and truly deserves that scorned name
I-"Haggard Wench. "
Now, we want to add Just a little
about this institution. We are receiv-
| ing better attention than we ever have,
! the place is kept clean at all times, and
everything is run in a systematic way
! Our matron and warden are consid-
crate in every way, and we want the
public to know that we are better sat
| iSfed than we have ever been. Very
respectfully, WHITE WOMEN OF
! GEORGIA STATE FARMS writ
ten by an inmate OF fhe State Prison
| Farm.)