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r±m A'I'IjAMTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. », URJf. -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