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r±m A'I'IjAMTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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-in gold and prizes will be given by The Georgian
and News to the most popular women in Atlanta and
Georgia. Full details will appear in Thursday’s Geor
gian.
No larger or more liberal offer has ever been made
by a newspaper, and everybody has a chance.
There’ll be a double page announcement in Thurs
day’s Georgian, telling all about it, and it will be
mighty interesting reading.
Senator Brock Finds
Many Evils in
Camps.
New legislation on tli* convict quse-
tlon In Georgia mny be the result of u
report to be made nt the next session
of the legislature by the visiting com
mittee. from the .enate anti house
which have Just completed a trip of
Inapertlon to the convict camp, of the
elate.
The Inapectlon made thl. year war
the moat thorough In the hlatory of
the atate'e penal ayatem and the re
sult of Ihla Inspection will be nn In
tereating and coinptehenelve report to
the general assembly.
At the same time that the committee
was tnvcatlgatlng the prlaon camps a
newspaper woman from timimuttl ha<
I teen Writing many of the catii(»>. the
Atlanta etnekade and the elate Instittt-
tlone. Bent to Georgia to Inveatigate
the convict leaae ayatent and write of It
and Ita evil.. She hna atudled condl-
tlona In not "ii^ Georgia, but other
nates, and ahe believe, that the con
vict leaae ayetem I. wrong.
The member, of Hie coinnilttera from
the senate and house met In Atlantic
Tuesday at the Kimball House, after
vleltlng the catnpa over the state, anti
reports of the various sub-committee,
were turned over to Senator J. It.
Brock, chairman of the senate com
mittee. ami Representative J. X. Hol
der. chairman of the house committee.
Both chairmen are still in Atlunta
aolng over the many reports, and It Is
probable they will be here fur unother
day.
Visit Ninety-one Camp*.
While moet of the convict camps In
the state were found « be in good con
dition. there were some which called
for unfavorable teports from the com
mittees visiting them. The two com
mittees from the senate and house
were divided up Into sub-committees
and then aent out to the ninety-one
felony and misdemeanor camps In in
state. All were visited with the ex
it ptlon or a few and these will be vls-
<ted later on before the general aseem-
Hy meets.
Senator Brock la well pleased with
the reports made by the various sub
committees. and he believes consider
able good will be the result.
“The Inspection made this jy-ar." sal.l
Senator Brock, “la the moat thorough
In the hlatory of the convict ayatem.
The report, show there ere some thing
that need remedying, and all this will
be Incorporated In the report to the
general assembly.
Need Better Supervision,
a "One thing that strikes me la the
By tem of misdemeanor punishment. A
man convicted ,of a misdemeanor In
Dade county stimuli bo given the eatug
punishment as' a man convicted In
Lowndes. There should be more uni
formity In this punishment. At present
many of the counties lease out their
misdemeanor convicts and all' tills
should be done under the supervision
of the slate and the prison commission.
A solicitor general hires out convicts
to Individual lessees, and there the
matter of supervision ends. There Is
« chance for, and there are, abuses In
this, and the whole matter should be
under the state's supervision
“Then, too, at present there Is some
question a. to the legality of this
method of a county hiring out con
vict.. The question should be either
legalised or IHegnlliied. It should be
settled. Borne of these kind of camps
were found to be for from satisfactory,
while other camps under slate super
vision were found id be In excellent
shape.
Insane Man in Camps,
"Another matter which might call for
regulation Is the working of men In
convict camps who should not be there.
The law provide, for convicts unable
to do good work being sent to the stnle
farm at Mllledgevlllr. where any loss
from their •Inability to perform labor
will fall on the state nnd not on the
lessee. I found one craay man, or
rather a man demented, working III a
convict camp, and I nt once notified
the prison commission. One of the
committees found another craay mun.
This should not be allowed. And It Is
possible that there are convicts at the
slate farm who ought not to be there,
tmt who should be working In camps.
•‘Few of the convict camps were com.
plained about. That report about com-
plaint of the coal mine convicts was
w rong, James'camp at Durham mines
was In excellent londltlon, and the
only complaint was about one of the
wardens at Captain Kngllsh's mine.
This was In regard to some language
used by the warden. I have had con
siderable experience In working con
victs at the coal mines anil blast fur
naces and these nre kept In good con
dition."
Worth More Then Guard*.
Senator Brock culled attention to one
feature of the convict leaae system
which Is well worth Investigation. He
pointed out that a short lime ago he
saw a contract for a sub-lease of con
victs where the lessee paid $48.T5 a
inuntil for each convict and agreed to
clothe and feed him and pay for his
medical attention and the guards lil/'c'
to watch these convicts were paid
|2].t0 a month and had to hoard and
clothe themselves.
•Thl. put. » higher price." said the
senator, "on the convict than on the
guard. The result Is that an Inferior
. lass of men la secured for guards. That
Is one of the rensnns why so many of
the convicts In Georgia escape.
Found Guards Drunk.
"Personally, 1 found two guards
drunk once In charge of a gang of
convicts and 1 took their guns away
from them and guarded the'convicts
until the warden could reach the scene.
I dlil this Just as a clltxen of Georgia.
You can't get the right kind of men for
any such money.
“Another thing that would help the
situation Is to pay the members of the
prison commission or the chairman
more money and make It to their In
ti rest to orten visit the ramps and see
the conditions. I believe this would
help things.
‘The convict lease question Is n big
me. but we have learned more thl* year
than ever before, and I think good win
lesult from il.
"The Idea of the state making money
out of convicts Is somewhat repulsive
to me. although I believe the system
should be self supporting.'
superintendent of the large mines In
hie home county of Dade and la thor
oughly i conversant with the convict
system In Georgia. 1 ' • Is now phy
sician for several ra s. and comes
In daily contact with the mndltfons ex
isting and Is In a good position to And
the weak points In the problem.
An Expansive Trip.
"Thle trip ha* been rather expen
sive." said the senator, “but I believe
Il Is money well spent for the state, at
many members of the committees saw
things about which they knew nothing
before. The result will be beneflclal to
the system."
Member* of the committee received
$4 a dnv while doing the Inspecting In
addition to actual expenses. The coat
I nr each member ranged from $64 to
lifts, and as there were about seventy-
live on the committee* the total will
amount to considerable.
CINCINNATI NEWSPAPER
WOMAN VISITS CAMPS.
Miss Jessie Partlon, a bright and
popular member of the staff of Tho
Cincinnati Post, Is spending several
days In the city gathering Information
for a series of articles concerning the
convict leaae system of Georgia, to
which aha expresses strong opposition.
Miss Partlon Is on a to^r of the
Houth for her paper, and. on her return
to rinclnnatl, will write a number of
stories, dealing with conditions gener
ally and touching particularly on the
convict question. Since her arrival
here the young newspaper woman has
nttended police court, visited the city
stockade, state and county convict
ramps and other place* where she
might gain Information affecting the
theme of her stories.
Miss Partlon. who Is stopping at the
Piedmont, talks Interestingly of her In-
vestlgatluns. As a result uf these In
vestigations. she declares the convict
lease system Is all wrong and advo
cates reform.
Degrades the State.
•The present system In vogue In
Georgia," says Miss Partlon. "should
be changed. The lease system degrades
the whole slate, the convicts and the
people who work them. Georgia, how
ever, I* not the only state that haa
adopted the wrong method for the
punishment of criminals. 1 have trav
eled through the West and North, and,
after visiting prisons and Interviewing
official*, have become convinced that
the whole penal system I* wrong. Here
In Georgia, as well as other states, you
are doing nothing to make the criminal
a better cltlsen. When he comes out
of prison he Is worse than when he
became a prisoner, and Is a greater
menace to society.
••There le no doubt but that some re
form Is needed, but the nature of the
rt form Is a great problem. I am satis-
lied, however, that U would be better
for the state und for the people If the
state had direct supervlalon over the
convicts Instead of leasing them out to
private Individuals and corporation.'.
The money nude off of the labor of
convicts In this manner I regard an
nothing more nor lens than blood
money."
Mis* Partlon stated that she con
sidered Recorder Broyles a fair and
Impartial fudge, and declared nh» be
lieved any report that he discriminated
against the negroes waa unfair and un
warranted. She also complimented the
probation system and the treatment of
Juvenile criminals. She had a lengthy
conference with Probation Officer
Gloer. being especially Interested In
the mode of punishment for Juvenile
criminal*. Miss Partlon win probably
return to Cincinnati the latter part of
the week.
ANOTHER PRINCESS IS BORN
IN ITALY’S ROYAL FAMILY
Dinner at Piedmont to Bid
Farewell to
Him. m
Kappa Alpha men of all Georgia will
gather at the Piedmont Wednesday
night at a dinner tendered to Hon. John
Temple Grave* by the Kappa Alpha
alumni of the - ntnte. It will be one
of the most pleasing of the many en
tertainments offered Mr. Grave* pre
vious to his departure for New York.
Mr. Graves was formerly knight com
mander of the national organisation of
Kappa Alpha, the highest office In the
order.
General Clifford L. Anderson will be
loaetmasier, and the speakers will be
Samuel D. Hewlett, president Atlanta
Kappa Alpha alumni: Robert Lee
Avery. K. C. Konts, J. It. Lumpkin. A.
U. Powell, Thomas H. Jeffries, grand
master of Georgia Morons: K. O. Math,
eson, president Georgia Tech; Clark
Howell, Jr.; Burton Smith, Lamar Hill,
president state association of Kappa
Alpha, and Mr. Grave*.
BUSIED FIVE DAYS,
MINER IS SAVED;
LIVED ON OIL
Mahanoy City, Pa., Xov. IS.—To the
great surprlae ami Joy of thl* entire
community, Michael McCabe, the miner
entombed In the Draper mine at Gll-
bertnn ami thought to be hopelessly
buried, wai rescued today. - He lived
{five day* with mine oil a* hi* only
food and drlrk. He was taken out limp
[ and weak, but apparently not Herlous-
j ly affected by hi* imprisonment. He
. had sought refuge in a heading.
CROWDING OFFICE
TO PAY THEIR TAX
SUNK VERDICT
AT INQUEST OVER
BODYJFm
Brother to Take Body to
Old Home at Augusta,
Georgia,
QUEEN HELENA OF ITALY.
Home, Xov. 13.—The queen ha* given birth to a daughter. Both
mother and ihlld are doing well. The prince** will be named Giovanni.
Thl* I* the fourth child, three girl* and a boy composing the family.
8 III iv Tax roller tor Ktewari Issued hi*
••hurry up'* rail n few «lnys ago lo the eor-
|H»ratlt>iiii doing Imslnesw in Atimitn and
which hare ih.i paid their speclsl license! ‘ 'niimer“registered at the hotel Tues
Isx required by Isw, there he* hem a rush ,) 0 y morning as "D. Stralles, New
for the Isx enllerter's office, ntel the della-1 York.” Thl* name waa found to be
Coroner Thompson held an Inquest
Wednesday at noon at the undertaking
parlors of Greenberg, Bond & Bloom
field over the body of T. N. Palmer, of
Augusta, the young dental etudent who
committed suicide Tuesday In the Wil
liams House No. 2 by shooting himself
In the head with a pistol, the Jury find
ing that Palmer died J>y his own hands.
No evidence wa* brought out to show
a cause for the act, but friends of th*
student state that he had been on a
protracted spree for the past ten day*
and assign this as the primary reason.
It la said that Palmar was naturally
of a despondent nature, and. It la be
lieved, remoras drove him to such des
peration he decided lo end hi* life.
L. K. Palmer, a brother, a member
j of the firm of Palmer-Crooks Company,
of Augusta, arrived In Atlanta Wednes
day morning and will take the body to
Augusta for burial.
A pawn ticket, found In the room, in
dicates that Palmer had parted with
hi* watch to secure a pistol. He was
a student at the Atlanta Dental Col
lege and 25 year* old.
Locking himself In a room at the
Williams House No. 2 In North For
syth stret Tuesday, Palmer, a stran
ger there, committed suicide oy ehootlng
himself through the head with a $»-
caliber revolver, after writing on a
slip of paper, “I am going to hell now."
When the door wee found locked
Tuesday afternoon. Clerk Burke looked
through the transom and law the dead
body on the bed.
The police elation wa* then noti
fied and Call Officers Williams and
Maddox hurried to the hotel, forcing
open the door. Inside of th# room they
found Palmer'a dead body lying on the
bed. the pistol clasped tightly in hi*
right hand.
IOUKI be sett supporting. sr.iu. as s bobby, emeclslly favoring i
Senator Brock wa* for several jejrs related or deigned Tj lady artist*.
BROWNE’S COUNSEL
DENIES REPORTS
A^urdlng lo Attorney Burton Smith thero
I* no foun<l(ttioD for the rejw»rt« ibwt Dr.
J. I.ewU Brown* has clr«*nlnto$l w-nudnlot!*
report* calculated to besmirch tbe character
of Father Joh u B. Bunn.
-I hare th.* highest respect f..,* Father
Gann.” aabl Mr. Smith. ”and I kuow there
la no excuse up any criticism of him by
l>r. Browne or any wir else. either In
reaanI le i><Muea» transactions or any
other matter.
|«*n Father Gunn It waa;
• waa mentally urn! phr*l-
Itk and hi* nerve*
••If Dr. Browti
nllleh reflected
nt a time*when I.
rally exhausted by •mmom ni$fi hi* nrnr«; c . ,
were unstrung. In my preaemv. Dr. Browne . 11,1 10 1 ne , » r * ,r * wn -
ha$t always »poken $$f Father Gunn In the ; Adrian, tin.. Xov. 13.—Tuc*»ta.r eveulng at
bljrUevt terms. Orinita. n town * miles from here. Judge
“It I* very unfortunate that there re Swnln ami Frank Foskey. who had been
l*>rt<» have liern carried to the pres*. for ; drinking, begin* iiuarreUits. and this result.
It pots Dr. Browne In a very uulnst poaf- }ed *» Judge Swaiu shooting Foikey. Fo«
1 !••**, as I am wore It hn« never l*eti * * —
. _ .. hi*-key I* notin' lietter today, but hi* roudl*
intention to erltfrfse Father Guuu. 1 Hon •• thought to be a me what serious.
••Dr. Browne I* one of the most brilliant t —
nmiiefana In America, and like must inettf There have Imvii «rer 3M9J <hur«ti hells
of geniar he is ahbjeet to Individualities cast In Troy, X. Y.. alhre ifce lim fuun-
wbkh av time* trail him Into error.” Hw wa* bulh there in US.
fictitious, however, as he had signed hi*
right name to a note written juat be*
fore he fired the deadly bullet Into his
brain.
The following note waa found ad*
dressed to ”Dr. Bostwlck, Honea Path,
8. t\: M
”1 have tried-two times to do this
act. You know of one of them before-
I say I hold no malice to no one. I
was the cause of It all. God knows I
killed myself by my own hand.
•T. X. PALMER-
On another all|* uf was written
AFTER QUARREL j— went—gone* *° '^'t^pTfaLMeIl " *
"Notify my brother of this acL Oil'*
H. Palmer, at Blythe, Ga.
Th# Dr. Boatwlck. to whom the no'*
was addressed, le Dr. J. M. Bostwlck.
of Honea Path. S. C. Dr. Bostwlck
formerly followed his profession h*re
end Is said to have left Atlanta Frtasf
night.
quent corporations are paying up faster
than a half doken clerk* ran take It In.
Ia»*t week there were something like 200
corporation* which bad not paid this special
tus. nnd. tta a lust resort. Mr. Stewart
IlircnViied to go before the grand jury w%i
their name*. He thinks It will not lie nee-
••i»*arr now.
••They are paying up fn>«i enough now.”
unit! Mr. Kfewart. “and In order not to
work ituy hardship upon them 1 aiu not
umking any extra coat.”
JUDGE SHOOTSMAN
Fire of oar presidents only were nadM
dfty years old when Insugnrsted—lietc*.
Grant. Garflrld. Cleveland and Roo«*v«l L j