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. SHERMAN AND THE SOUTH i|
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- A'NEW VIEW OF THE MAN WHO MADE | ‘
. v WAR HELL |
;,w BY DR. E. M. CCULTER
, i!}ctory Department, University of Georgia
o (Continued from Yesterday)
“’ fi}ouhou; the period of reconsiruction Sher-
L : oked with disgust on the course the domi
jant party was taking. He considered the Radical
’mx structionists wrong on almost every point; he
"}V'J keep himself as far away as possible from
:‘J@Vhole saturna'lin of trickery and corruption.
.';go.clared, “Washington is as corrupt as Hell,
~ .50 Py the looseness and extravagance of war.
_avoid it as a pest house.” His contempt for
fans was heightened as he saw the recon-
Fuction measures developing. When his name
,j’lieen suggested in 1864 for the presidency he
"'I would receive a sentence to be hyng and
amned with infinitely more composure than to be
k;;;gpcutlve of this nation.” He looked with mis.
"»’ at Grant’s shift into politics. His agree-
K Jn the main with Johnson's position in the
mtest over reconstruction won for him the high
‘mards of the president and led = Johnson to
“ hlm the secretaryship of war. ’
; first disagreement with the Radical recon
ructionists grew out of his long-standing attitude
ward the Negro. He had spurned abolitionism in
;’lnd during the war hie had shown his cone.
g t it for Negro soldiers. Now at the end of the
BF, with his low estimate of the .Negro race he
f d upon the mounting cry for Negro suffrage
&c‘flme against light. He wrote in May, 1865,
tanton wants to kill me because 1 do not favor
,fg'e.heme of declaring the Negroes of the South,
';free. to be loyal voters, whereby politicians
‘ufaclure just so much more pliable elec.
5 ng materig]. The . Negroes don't want to
smmy want to work n'ml enjoy property, and
i@y are no friends of the Negro who seek to com
‘him with new prejudcies.” His opposition
33*«: 3gro suirage naturally led hi* to support
hite supremacy. When Johnson was having hig
ffopen battle with the Radicals over the Freed-
Bureau, Sherman set down as an article of
Rith, “The white men of this country will control
§§ | the Negro, in mass, will occupy a subordi-
Bite place as a race.” 1
“Sherman believed the reconstruction of the
p States to be very simple. He had acted
;WS in his terms to General Johnston—the
81l of war was broken; now reconstruction need
?‘«p “for years to come.” He would have no
fitary governments in the South;, they were
fi rard and expensive.” Furthermore there was
) need for them. “The South is broken and ruined
id appeals to our pity. To ride the people down
":persecutions and military exactions would be
@ slashing away at the crew of a sinking ship.”
a n beleyed that he had a background of ex
flence in ‘the South which warranted him in
that he knew Southern people. He. knew
Bt the South wanted peace and that it would
no trouble. He declared that the country
ight look for “outbreaks in Ohio quicker than in
z’f and Mississippi.” And he knew “that all
sij;of substance South sincerely want peace,
{;do not believe they will resort to war again
;this century.” He not only Dbelieved in
"gupremacy in the South, byt he also believed
":k” erate supremacy—“for some time the
%' ing of state governments must be controlled
f the same class of whites as went into the re
f‘,kagainst s .
égi} man’s attitude on reconstruction was not
jséd exclusively on cold reasoning detached
j ;‘arson\alities. He had a triendly regard for
";r“ the region he had so thoroughly devas.
_“;";jn war, and the South was not without a cer
endly feeling toward Sherman. He did not
“}_hls Louisiana associations. During the war
,g ght about the exchange of one of his for
i ,;professor colleagues who had been_captured,
@l later he used his good offices in having re
% Thomas O. Moore, the Louisiana gover.
] ing bhis college presidency, a plantation
hieh had been confiscated. His old college asso
remembered him with feelings of friend
i,‘. They asked him for a painting of himself
Bhich they might hang in the college library.
:H p responded and also sent many books for
";i:.’l!brary. He returned from Mexico in 1866
pough the Mississippi Valley and visited the
lenes of some of his recent raids. Many people
%*“iim “n the most friendly spirit.” Even
the bleak chimuney stacks and Dbroken
g of Jackson, Mississippi, grim 'reminderu
“his recent visit, many people pressed to see him
w; their natural curiosity, nothing more.”
: ;d‘ he was received with warm cordiality in
$W Orleans and at other places in Louisiana.
**-* endly feeling extanded to the point of re
to permit the General to pay his steamer
{“ hotel hills. So rapid and complete a’ healer
;j that when e passad northward, he was
f by Jackson and Cantopn, 4owns he had once
@ waste, to pay them a visit.
been Sherman’s fate to be most widely
embered for only an incident in his career.
%\' to the sea was illustrative of a
neiple which has not been generally recognized,
i, therefore, the meaning of the march has been
isunderstood. His policy of uytter destruction of
rervthing that could be put to war.like use, was
be keystone of his strategy. He was fighting nos
.. (Continued in column four.) 3
i JUDGE HENRY S, WEST
‘ The death of Judge Henry S. West, of
‘this city, has removed from this commun
lity one of its most prominent and valua
ble citizens. Judge West had been a citi
zen of Athens since his early manhood and
during all the years of his residence here
he was active and prominent as a leader
in all affairs for the good of the commun
ity, civie, professional, in Sunday school
iand church work. As a lawyer and jurist
]he was recognized as an outstanding rep
resentative of the legal profession; as a
feitizen, he did his full duty in contributing
to the welfare of his fellow man and to
his community; as a husband and father,
he possessed all the traits of character
that go to make-up idealism and perfec
tion in this life. f
Judge West served several terms in the
legislature before moving to Athens, rep
resenting his native county, Habersham,
After moving to this city, he became
prominent in affairs, municipal, state and
national. He served four years as city at
’torney. resigning to accept tne judgship
of the City Court, which office he held for
|a number of years. He resigned to re
enter the practice of law with his son, So
licitor Henry H. West, under the firm
name of West and West, As a practicioner,
he met with marked success, and as a
jurist his decisions were invariably affirm
ed by the higher courts.
To the members of the bereaved fam
ily, the sincerest sympathies are extended
in the mind of their great sorrow. |
THE CRIME SITUATION
Crime conditions throughout the coun
try show quite an abatement during the
past year. Especially is this true insofar
as relates to the populated centers of the
country. New York and Chicago hava
led, in crime, all cities in the world. Or
ganized lawlessness has become an indus
try in these cities and large groups of men
and women earn their livelihood from
participating in law violations.
The Manufacturers Record views the
gituation from a favorable and improving
point of view in that the officials of these
cities are making an honest effort to rid
the cities of racketeers, gangsters and
professional bootieggers. In its remarks
dealihg with lawlessness and crime, the
Record, says: - _ :
“The progress of New York and Chi
cago in their warfare on entrenched crime
is encouraging to the entire country. Re
cent crimes have been followed in a num
ber of instances by prompt arrests and by
equaly prompt indictments, This has
been true lately in many of the large cities.
At last it seems there has been an awak
ening to the loss of life and property
through the activities of the gunman and
the racketeer, and there are evideuces of
an incrasing determination to put thugs
out of business.
‘““The crime wave in this country has
reached unprecedented proportions.
Largely by reason of apathy the toll has
been great. It is estimated that the tribute
paid to crime in the United States is as
much as $12,000,000,000 ,a year. The
cost in human life cannot be estimated. No
nation on earth can afford to permit such
waste and we doubt if any other coun
try woud permit it.
“There has been the apparent danger
that our people might become tolerant of
the evil and in time accept it as a matter
of course. If the country is to maintain
its self-respect, it must stop the work of
the criminal whose boldness in preying
upon society has ‘passed all bounds. Suc
cess in this direction will tend to strength
en the national morale at a time when
every encouragement is of value.”
Crime waves, like cyclones usually fol
low one after another until the climax is
reached and then the reaction sets in.
Chicago, which has been crime xridden for
many years, has at last awakened to the
importance of throwing off the yoke of
racketeers and gangsters and taking place
along with law abiding citizens. While
New York dees not have as damaging a
reputation as uces Chicago, ,yet during
the last few years, crime nas shown a
marked increase in that city. With the
law abiding citizens organized and with
a determination of controlling and wiping
out such conditions, it may be expected
that life and property will yet be made
safe in these two great metropolitan cen
ters of this nation.
If the courts used their machinery,
judiciously, for stamping out and controll
ing ¢érime, these cities would not be any
worse than are some of the smaller cities.
Crime has been allowed to run riot in
these places so long until criminals have
no respect for the officers nor of the laws.
That is the secret of the gang rule in these
great cities.
Germans claim to have perfected a
method for waterproofing concrete sur
faces by spraying them with molten
metals.
The thirst for education in Japan is
amazing. To learn English speech and
English writing is re arged among Japa
nese coolies as the rgost obvious pastime
for their scanty hours of leisure.
s
There are at least five libraries in the
world which contain over a million vol
umes.
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. Excavations near Mexico City have
brought to light well-preserved remnants
of the bathing places of the ancient Aztep
aristocracy. The “tubs” were carved out
of solid rock.
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- U. S. currency is printed with 98
pounds of ink on every 100 potnas of
paper. Each’sheet of paper money is
counted 18 times, 15 by hand and three
by machine. ‘
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~ An Englishman has invented a table
with Jegs whi¢h adjust themselves to un-
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{ BY HUGH ROWE
) Charles Emory Smith, well
known attorn:y and former
} Athenian is now residing in
~ Elberton, where he is en
gaged in the practice of law.
Colonel Smith is an alumnus of
the University of Georgia; after
his graduation from that institu
tion, he entered th> practice of
law here and met with much suc
cess. Later hz removed to Met
ter, Ga., where he resided for sev.
eral years, practicising law and
engaging in agricultural pursuits
and was chosen as representative
to the legislature from that
county. His recent location in
Elberton will be of much interest
to his friends here and in this
secticn of the state.
The election of Hen, Pope
F. Brock, president of the
Alumni Society, of the Uni
versity of Georgia, was a
most happy and wise sel c
tien ¢n the part of the
alumni.
After gradvation from the Uni.
;versity. Col. Brock opracticed law
in this city, later removimz to
Macon where he has b:en most
successful in the practice of his
chosen profession. As ian orator
lawyer and citizen, he is one of
the most outstanding in the state.
His numerous friends here will
be pleased to learn of his success
in the practice of law as well as
of thz honor conferred upon him
by the members of the Alumni
scciety, in choosing him for its
president for the ensuing year.
The Kid—" Pop, how soon
will T be cld enough to do
as I please?”
The Old Man—*“l don't know.
Ncbody has ever lived that long
yet.”—Troy Times,
The University of Georgia
campus grounds presented a
neat and well kept appear
ance during the commence
ment season when hundreds of
visttors were here.
J. T. Dudl:y, superintendent of
buildings and grounds, is a most
capable ond painstaking official,
giving his personal attention to
all dstails for the upkeen of the
grounds and repairs to the build
ings. Other improvements in the
way cf paved walks, in m2ny se -
tions of the campus, are now be.
ing planned for comvletion dur
ing the summer months. :
Ceming down town en one
of th> coaches, a few days
vince, we came near getting
intc & wreck of dangerous
proportions, at the inters~e
tion of Hill street and Mil
ledg> avenue,
A motorist was coming ouvt Hill
street as fast as if he had re
ceived a. hurried call and with
ott warning of hesitating, ne
turned into Milledge avenue at a
spred of some forty or fifty
miles an hour. narrowly escaping
the coach. If he had struck the
¢2ach, no doubt. his car would
have -upset and damag:d ‘i
coacl, if not his own car. Hill
street and Milledge avenve is a
dangevous corver, snd unless stop
signs are arected at that voint
some one is bovnd to lose a life.
SEVEN YEARS AGO
Wednesday, June 18, 1924
Cotton: 29 1-4 cents.
Weather: Partly cloudy.
Degrees were awarded one hun
dred and eighiy-six graduates of
the University of Georgia Wedi
nesda) at the closing exercises of
the 124th Commencement.
Chairman Charles E. Martin, cf
the Clarke County Democratic
Executive Committee has called a
meeting for Saturday of thst
committee for the purpose of fix
ing assessments for candidates
fcr county and state officers.
Detroit, Mich.: Police have ob
tained finger prints of all the
employees in the house and about
‘the grounds of the residence of
Ldsel B. Ford, president of the
Ford Motor Co., in connection
with a SIOO,OOO jewelery robbery
Satvrday night.
Berlin: Seventeen persons were
killed and forty seriously injured
‘when a trclley car at Isarlohen
hurtled down hill, its breaks use
less, leaped the track .and crash
ted into a wall,
| 1001 GEORGIA VERSES
| No. 405
| (Note — Georgia has produced
many great preachers).
Here next to Nature, near to Na
ture’s God,
Where He had writ His word
yielding sod, '
Here rcse tru: leaders who could
clearly teach
His truth, persuading men, those
who cold preach
The sverlasting ~asnel, far above
| All other news, the story of His
| ‘Love!
! z —D. G. B.
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s SHERMAN AND THE SOUTH
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' (Continued from column one,
| Editorial page.)
to prolong the war, but to hasten
its end. To give up the most es.
fective weapon in securing his
object would have been to him lit.
tle less than treason. Sherman
'also Dbelieved that this policy
| would not only operate to starve
the South into submission, but
taking a hint from the French
Reign of Terror he felt that it
would also smother the proud
spirit and break the morale of the
Confederates through the opera
tion of that psychological engine
of destruction called-fear. But-the
wartime Sherman must be balan.
egd azainst (the man in | peace
times—otherwise the picture is
wholly w@storted. Sherman was
honest. =traightforward, outspoken
—he was not cruel nor did he have
the instincts of a barbarism. He
had a big heart, §illed with a
¢ ag deat of kindness for his
feljo\vm.m. To him, war must be
fought cffectively or mnot at all.
An’ enemy i war, -if peace a
friend.
(THE END.)
| LETTERS FROM THE |
| PEOPLE |
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FORMER GEORGIAN WRITES
FROM CALIFORNIA
To The Banner-Herald:
The sun rose besauteously over
the mountains, reminding me that
continuity of purpose must abide
with those who are striving for a
goal, With this thouwght I turmed
from my brush to indite a sug
gestien to those who are imbibing
the wholesome air of dear old
Georgia. DMemory takes me back
to the red old hills of my native
state. Again [ view the zorgeous
stnrises and sunséts which first
inspired me to become a painter.
Many canvases are evidences of
my efforts to delineate th: beauty
cf sky. land and séa. But I have
never been able to paint anything
s 0 beautifvl as wera the sunrises
above the primeval pines of Put
nam. In the contemplaticn of un.
duleting landscapes which inviron
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iy childhood home, there came’a
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arc precipitate, or too low.
Ye whe till the fields of Geor
gia, be content to remain -in the:
best state in the wvnion. Ye who
weudd delineate beauties of na
ture stay in Georgia and .glorify
your talents. Let not. traditions
ltre you to the “Wooly West,”
where charlatans swav ignorance,
where covrts imprison innocence,
where faithful ambassadors of
Christ are imprisoned, where
thieves go ‘into homes, steal ev,
ery article therein, where murder
thrives fluently Wherc judges
and juries are bribed, ang spuri
ous religions sway multitudes,
My dear old father was right
when he said: Georgia is the gar
den-spot of the world. Remain
in Goorzia make it rejoice as the
rcse. So I will sing:
O let me back to Georgia go
To live near friends I love tru:,
Who never wculd their honor sell.
LAURA KNIGHT NELLIS.
Hermosa Beach, Calif.
1334 Stanford Street,
June 12, 1931, ] 3
The writer is the daughter
of ‘the ‘late Rev.. ‘John W.
Knight, who preached 40
years in Georgiz. If you print
the frreocing send me two copies.
I wish Bob Sheeley, to have a
copy. You know Shecley was jail
od for exposing briberies in the
courts of Louisana. ;
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