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ATHENS, GEORGIA |
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. SHERMAN AND THE SOUTH
| A NEW VIEW OF THE MAN WHO MADE
i WAR HELL
BY DR. £, M. COULTER
University of Georgia History Department
(Continued from Yesterday)
Sherman’s war record was not nearly so cruel
as some of his widely expressed intentions would
indicate. There is no evidence that in his most
destructive moments he ever permitted his army
to slay non-combatants or ‘nat his army ever
desired to do so, although he had solemnly writien
Sheridan that the correct method was to kill the
people rather than conquer the territory. To re
peat, it was mnot inborn cruelty that prompted
Sherman in his war measures; it was his idea
of effective warfare. It was his conception of the
best method by which to perform a given duty.
He firmly believed that his system would win
the war in the shortest time, and therefore be a
blessing so both the North and South., He tried
hard to establish the point that war was war and
not popularity-seeking, und that when peace
should come he would be the first to offer thel
haipin/g hand of friendship. Though at timés he
ran off into wild_ ravings, which appeared ot be‘
mxnpted by motives of revenge, he was more
nearly his normal self when in his correspondence 1
with the city council over his contemplated de
struction of Atlanta, he declared, “But, my dear
sirs, when peace does come, you may call upon
me for any thing. Then will T share with vou the
last cracker, and watch with you to shield your
homes and families against dangers from any
quarter.”
Sherman was soon to be givem a chance to
demonstrate how sincere he was in these protes
tations of friendship for the South. After sweep
ing across South Carolina he entered North Caro
lina just as Grant was preparing to move to Lee's
destruction. In the latter part of March he at
tended a conference with Lincoln and Grant on
the “River Queen” at City Point, Virginia. Tt
was evident that the Confederate armies would
soon be surrendering, and now the question of
procedure was discussed, No definite detailed
terms were laid down by Lincoln, but he very
clearly stated that the sooner the surrender came
the better he would be pleased. He was hopeful
that there would be very little more bloodshed,
and he hoped intelligent efforts would bhe made
to prevent another battle. He would be very lenti.
ent on the Confederates, espcially as regarded
their civil governments. Sherman now returned
to his army ir North Carolina with his thoughts
revolving around apothed gieat stroke which
would appeal to the imagnation as much as his
march to the sea had done. Though a military
man with' a bitter contempt for politicians, he
would now turn statesman and apply the same
efficiency in making peace which he had emploved
in making war. Just as his poliev in war de
manded stern straightforward fighting, so - in
peace it call'ed for honest friendship and consid
eration for the vanquished,
Now as peacemaker Sherman stirfed up as'
much consternation and bitter hostility in the
North as he had in the South in the role of war
maker. When he had first set out to the sea he
had offered Georgia protection and pay for al
food consumed if the governor would withdraw
the state from war. Now a much greater oppor
tunity was abeout to present itself. As he neared
Raleigh he reassured the panicky state officials
that they should remain in charge of civil affairs.
Le¢ had surrendered, what would ' Johnston do?
A conference was arranged and terms were ulti
mately drawn up agreeable to both commanders.
Sherman was about to do something of more wide
pread consequence than the surrender of Lee, to
Grant. He would not simply receive the surren
der of Johnston alone; Le would sign terms which
would bring peace from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande All Confederate opposition should cease
immediately and in return he would grant the |
former Confederacy the following terms: The
~ various armies shoud deposit their arms in the
respective state capitals, subject to call of the
~ United States but nevertheless to be used if neces.
sary in maintaining order. The present state
governments in the Confederacy should continue
as formerly by their officials merel:y taking the
oath of allegiance to the United States govern
. ment. Federal courts should be set going and the
people were to enjoy their ancient political rights
and franchises and their preperty, not to be dis.
turbed as lomg as they remained at peace. An
enemy in war. in peace a friend. He ordered
General Wilson, who was raiding certain parts of
the South. to desist—“now that war had ceased,
it was our solemn duty to protect, instead of
plunder.” With the coming of peace there was
n?t the slightest trace of vindictiveness in Sher.
- man. He not only wished the people all the hap
piness peace could bring, but he sincerely hoped
that. the leaders, whom a year before he had said
should be exterminated, would be able to make
their escape from the vengeance of those who
would arrest them and try them for treason,
. Agam was SMerman called ma¥—and worse.
m t,*{,»tlme, by his frends. His terms were
:.‘mc;fi;.m,’m‘{ed by Stanton and Halleck
“and forthwith rejected, and their author was tech.
_mically removed from command of the army that
J} to the sea. He had turned traitor
in the hour of victory! Jolmston then surren.
‘dered on the terms Grant had given Lee. Sher.
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' ON BEHALF OF DOCTOR SOULE
No institution in the state stands higher
in the estimation of the people of Georgia
than the College of Agrciulture. And its
distinguished president has and deserves
a national reputation.
~ Under his skilfull tutelage, eroded hill
sides have been transformed into fertile
farms and forest lands, and almost as
if by magic Lumpkin Hill has been adorn
ed by stately buildings and beautiful
parks.
| The citizens and civie clubs of Athens
ifeel an especial pride in the accomplish
iments of the institution and no visitor
here is allowed to depart until he has
been shown its magnificent plant,
And yet, for reasons difficult to fathom,
!both the college and its president have
been constant targets for repeated at
ttacks. For a time these criticisms were
{ignored. They persisted. Then they were
idenied. They still persisted. Now, it
seems to us, they must be ended once and
for all by a thorough and impartial in
| vestigation conducted by a disinterested
’committee of distinguished men.
\ The legislature is about to convene., The
!recent serious charges made before one
of its committees by a citizen of Athens
will likely be repeated before the body as
a whole. Whether true or false they can
be ignored no longer. In fairness to Dr.
Soule, to the College, to the man whe
made the charges, to the State itself, a
thorough and sifting investigation should
be made that will leave nothing undis
closed. |
If things are being done on Lumpkin
Hill that should not ke done, they should
be brought out into the light. If the
charges are without foundation, this
should be disclosed.
We have no fear of the outcome of an
investigation. - We are sure 'the friends
of Dr. Soule and the authorities of the
college will welcome it. By all means let
it be made, so that one of Georgia’s most
distinguished servants and one of its finest
institutions may hereafter pursue their
paths in peace. e
. BENEFITS OF THE SCHOOL BUS
Recent years have brought many im
provements and facilities to the rural
‘schools of this country. Not $o many
years ago, the school houses were widely
secattered and some in isolated locations,
but the use of the bus has brought the
school houses mnearer the homes of the
children and made possible schools for all
the children.
Since the school bus plan was first
adopted, it has steadily grown in favor
and now rural communities in all sections
of the nation use this mode of transpor
tation for the school children.
The Christian Science Monitor views
the school bus system with much favor,
and states that last year more than $40,-
000,000 was spent g the United States
for transportation for children to and
from the rural schools. Commenting on
this improved system of school transporta
tion, that newspaper, says:
“Last year more than $40,000,000 was
spent in the United States to transport
children to rural schools, and from the
country to city high schools. This seems
an enormous amount, but probably many
times this figure could be set as the value
of the resultant gains in literacy and gen
eral cultural improvement.
“This does not mean that the school
bus has displaced private vehicles or that
the children merely receive the luxury of
ia ride instead of having to walk. It means
that many who before were unable to at
tend school at all because of long distan
ces to wallz may now obtain an education.
It means also that they are able to attend
'better and more modernly equipped
'schools, centrally located, and thati those
who before were forced to halt their edu
,cation where the rural school left off, now
imay go on to high school. 1t also means
'that even thuse who regularly walk short
idistances may attend school when weather
‘makes walking difficult or impossible.
- “Increasing literacy in the more back
werd districts may be traced partly to this
'move making education more accessible.
The unlearned are not always ready to
Iput forth great effort to gain knowletge.
‘by placing the school almost 2t the door,
\learning becomes not only more easy but
more attractive.
| “Other factors, such as saving of time,
iwhich is important in rural cemmunities
where the children must hurry home to
‘help with the *“‘chores’, make the school
bus not ‘only a valuable convenience but 2
‘necessity in many cases.
| “It is only just that education should be
‘made as easy for the farmer as for the
city dweller. More money spent for this
purpose will not be misgyaced.”
NOT SO VERY TOUGH
Frank McErlane, long called the tough
est of all Chicago gunmen, seems to have
gone completely insane. He was picked
up by police after he stood on a street cor
ner and blazed frantically away at empty
space with two shotguns, and when he in
!sisted that he was beating off a swarm of
'foes they prepared to ship him off to some
iquiet hospital.
I Those familair with the situation say
{that’ fear of his underworld enemies
icaused the man to lose his mind; and that
Ifact sheds a revealing light on the stature
|of the average gangster.
{ This McErlane, remember, was the
itoughest of the tough. But common, every
lday cowardice drove him insane! Where,
ithen, is the he-man ruggedness, the emo
'tionless self-control, the square-jawed self
ireliance that the gangster is supposed to
{ possess”?
| There are more than 55,000 doctors reg
]istered in Great Britain.
; More than 9,300 white rats have de
’Stended from a pair brought to the U. S
' Department of Aggiculture in 1925 for nu
itrition experiments, : C i
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{ A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING ||
!I —NOT MUCH OF ANYHTING ||
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! BY HUGH ROWE l'
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We have received a number ‘
of letters and had personal
contacts with citizens, living ‘
in all sections of the city, re- |
garding the danger of acci- |
dents at the corner of Hill |
street and Milledge avenue. {
It is understood that the mayor|
and council did erect stop signs at/|
thiz point, but later ordered them/|
removed. Just why the signs wcl’ci
removed, no one seems to know.|
It there is a location in the city)
that is more dangerous for auto-'
iste, we ave not informed of it, un
less it is at the intersection of
College Avenue and Clayton |
street. An electrical traffie signal!
is located there, but since traffic
regulations have been removed, it
would be better for the mayor and |
council to place the signal where;
it will be of some service. I
Se far as we are personally E
concerned, we are willing to |
take a chance en getting run- i
down or Kkilled, if there were |
any excuse for such action. !
But so long as there is a-city‘
ordinance regulating traffie, it]
should be enforced, even though it |
involved an overdraft of a few‘!
thousand dollars. Stop-signs and |
traffic signals are inexpensive.|
They are a necessity in all towns!
of five thousand population and!
more, and not to install these |
traffic protectors is a responsibil-:
ity on the officials which is of!
more than ordinary . importance. '
The taxpayers are entitled to pro
tection made possible by stop
signs and traffic signals.
This is the latest Wall street |
story, refiecting the “trend.” |
It comes from Kuhn, Loeb, |
where they are glad they nev- |
er started an investment trust. |
“Did you hear about Thompson
making $1,000,000 in cotton?” |
“Yes, I heard about it, but you!
havent got it quite right. It was- |
n’t Thompson, it was Johnson. It!
wasn't cotton; it was copper. It!
wasn't $1,000,000; it was SIOO,-
300. And he didn’'t make it; hel
lost it.”—New York American.
We are not informed of the |
tree trimming program, but it !
it has been commenced, we |
hepe that no street, or should |
we say, sidewalk, will be |
neglected. {
There are a number of sections |
in the city wheresthe limbs of |
trees are extending over the side- !
walks—at sueh a height as to!
cause pedestrians to “duck’ 'while |
trying to pass under. Then, if it
it ¥s following a rain, a shower |
bath of cool, if not cold water, is |
reecived from the accommodating |
boughs of the trees. All sections |
should be treated alike and all|
trees with limbs extending over;
the sidewalks should be shorn. {
The firemen's convention |
which meets in this city next |
week will be one of large at- |
tendance. Fire chiefs will be |
here from all the Southeastern !
states as well as some from |
the Western states, ; i
Fire Chief Lester and the com-!
mittee in charge of the program !
for the entertainment of the visi-|
tors are making elaborate prepa-|
rations for the coming of the;
“Chiefs.” Secrctary Terrell, of|
the Chamber of Commerce has]|
outlined a program that will be of |
interest to the visitors as well as%
beneficial to Athens from an ad-;
vertising standpoint. This year;
has been a convention vear in!
Athens-—let us hope that 1932 wil!?
surpass all previous vears. in num-|
bers of conventions. :
Crg s 5. :
1001 GEORGIA VERSES . :
No. 104 ;
. {Note—The first sewing ma
chine of which there is a record
on invention was made in Georgia -
by a minister for his invalid wife.
Rev. R. H. Golding—he never
patented it.) D i
Here men have thought first of
their women-folk,
Itow they might save them drud
gery that wears . . -
Here dreamed a thought . . . an
idea it awoke . . .
A fine invention this to banish
cares
And labor for the busy housewife,
boon
To all who work, if morning, night
or mnoon.
-D. G. B.
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SHERMAN AND THE SOUTH
(Continued from Column 1)
ticians—especially. by Stanton.
He had given terms easilly infev
red from what Lincoln had said
.2t City Point and from what Lin
coln had done in Virginia directly
following Lee’s zurrender. He still
believed that the government had
made a mistake in disallowing hiz
terms. He wrote Grant with some
sarcasm for the politicians. “It is
true that non-combatants, men
who sleep in comfort in serenity,
while we watch on the distant
lines. are better able to julge than
we poor soldiers, who rarely see
The payroll of the Geor- |
| gia Power Company and its |
| subsidiaries in 1930 was |
'J $7,381,636.16—every pen- |
| ny of it paid to Georgians. |
| Over 4,000 employes—and |
. with their families a total of |
over 12,000 Georgians — |
shared in it.
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A Cit L 2.0 N W HETRTEVER W E E RV.
a newspaper, hardly hear from our
families, or stop long enough to
draw our pay. . I envy not the tagk
of ‘veconstruction,” and am delight
ed that the Secretary of Warshas
relieved me of it.”
(To Be Continued)
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|- NICHOLSON NEWS |
Ig Social and Personal t
NICHOLSON, Ga.——We are re
quested to announce that the an
nual revival services of the Meth
odist church will begin here on
Saturday evening before the third
Sunday in July, next. Rev. J. R.
Griffies of Comer, the pastor, will
be ably ‘assisted by Rev, Mr.
Veatch of Elberton, who is the
presiding elder of the Klberton
district. The public is cordially
invited to attend these services.
You are invited to attend relig
iots services rat the Congrega
tional Holiness church, Saturday
evening, Sunday morning and eve
ning, Rev. J. H. Norman of Col
bert in charge,
M. D. ¥Freeman, the postmaster
of Nicholson office was in At
lanta during last week, where he
The Georgia Power Company is
one of the largest property owners in
Athens. It is one of the city’s largest
taxpayers. It provides electric and
transportation service every day in
the year to thousands of Athens
people. In 1930, the 244 employes of
this Company in Athens and the sur
rounding towns put into circulation
$330.538.45 in salaries and wages,
giving them an important part in the
business and commerce of Athens
and Athens’ trade territory,
This small army of workers is an
active force in the citizenship of
Athens and other communities in the
region. They pay their taxes, Many
own their own homes. They help
support local institutions, Their chil
dren attend the local schools.
They are members of local
churches. They take part in
all movements —civic and
otherwise — which have as
their aim the welfare of Ath
ens and their other home
communities.
We are people, you see, the
attended the Postmaster’s Con
vention. A nice time- is rzported.
' Walter Brooks, Messrs. C.. M.,
J. L. Barnett and families atfand
ed a birthday dinner at the home
of Mr. J. H, Barnett of New Har
mony, Stnday. *
Prof. and Mrs. M. H. Reynolds
were off during last week for
Dahlcnega, where they swill be in
attendance at the summer school.
Friends wish them success,
Mrs. M. M. Canup of near Jes.
ferson preached at the Fire-Bap
tized Holiness church, Sunday
morning and evening.
W. T., and Dorsey Smith of
Smithonia were week-end visitors
here, the guests of relatives and
friends,
Claud Whitehead, sivs. Flim
Massey and children of Athens
were vißiting here, Saturday aft
ernoon,
Mrs. Arthur Canuvp, Misses
Jackson and L. T, Canup of Jef
ferson were visiting here. Sunday.
Otis Casper. of Winder was
among the visitors here with
friends awhile, Sunday afternoon.
C. M. Miller and J. L. Ander
sen were in services near Arn
oldsville, Saturday and Sunday.
The Misses Chandler’s of Com
merce were the guests of Mrs,
M. D. Freeman dyring last week.
J. H, Davis of Maysville was
visiting here over the week-end,
the guest of relatives, :
OFFICIAL DIES l
NEW YORK.—(&)—Mrs. Re. |
becca F. Hoffman, county reg |
ister of New York and the high- |
est paid woman public official in i
the state, died last night after |
a six weeks illness of inflamma- l
tory rheumatism. Mrs, I\'wff-i\zn,l
who three times was a delegate‘
to “the Demoecratic national con- |
vention was elected last year to a 11
$12,000 a year office, ;
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