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that if we ask anything according to His will, |
He heareth us.—l John 5:14. l
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CATTON'S COMMENT |
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. BY BRUCE CATTON !
S 0 many biographies are being printed these days'
that you'd hardly think any American of the slight
est importance had been mrsseda by the men who
wiile lile histories for the reading puble. '
But it does happen. Indeed, the biographers havof
barely scratched the surface. For proof, consider |
the fact that the twentieth volume of the Dictionary |
of Amrican Biography has just been printed—an
eigh-year job, containing brief stories about more
than 14,600 past and present Amercans, whose livefij
were significant enough to deserve preservation in|
history. l
And it is an odd thing, considering the fact that!
each of these persons contributed his or her share
to the shaping of the nation, to reflect that there
are thousands of Deople in this vast dictionary of
whom most of us never heard before. ‘
Who for instance, was Hannah Adams? Who
was Ohio Columbus Barber, and what did he do
that affects your life today? Who was William A,
Bullock, and how does his life work influence your
own ex.swence? Who were Thomas Fitzpatiick and
Leslie K. Keeley ana francors Frevost,
They're worth finding out about. Hannah Adams,
for instance, was tne first Ameriacn woman to make
writing a profession; she helped, in other words, to
pave the way for people like Willa Cather and
Edna Ferber and Dorothy Thompson and Edith
|
Ohio Barber used to peddle hand-made matches
from door to door; he wound up as founder of the
great Diamond Match Company, and the next time
you strike a match to light a cigaret or start a fire
on the hearth, you might reflect that Ohio Barber
helped make the job easy for you.
William A. Bullock invented the high-speed print
ing press, and you can’'t escape from his influence
if you read a newspaper. Fiwzpatrick was a trapper
and indian agent whose name might well rank be
side Kit Carson’s. Keeley devised the method of
treating and reaabilitating drunkards, which bears
his name to this day. Preovst performed the first
Caesarean sections in medical history.
Those names are a few random samples from this
dictionary. And it ix interesting to reflect how much
of the important work of the world gets done by peo
ple like this—people whom fame somehow misses,
who either are ignored entirely by the history books
or cut down to a few lines, but who nevertheless
helped to create a different world for the people
who came after them,
Fame is capricious. Popular biographies go to
the interesting persons, but not necessarily to the
important ones. Or that great debt which we owe
to the past, a substantial part—perhaps even a ma
jor part—is due to the unsung men and women who
got no reward in history.
For many months dispatches from overseas have
been belicose in tone. Either Hitler was reducing
another part of the Versailles treaty to confetti, or
another dictator was bellowing defiance, or troops
were smashing at some objective somewhere,
Foreign mews had become pretty monotonous, in
general so it is probably with relief that America
views the new trend. Romance and intrigue seem
to be making a comeback abroad.
Following the recent execution of a (German for
alleged espionage activities, it was revealed that a
beautiful Nazi spy had lured him into her power,
and secured evidence against him.
In Hungary, a poor doctor wooed and won a
beautiful heiress, against the will of her family, and
then systematically began to take on scores of his
countrymen in duels, to avenge asserted slights to
his honor.
and the love of a king for an ex-Baltimore belle
is rocßing the Brtiish empire.
The glamour that was Europe’s may be returning.
It is a little bit easier to understand the British
furore over the Simpson affair—almost incompre
hensible to most Americans—by glancing an at article
written for the New York Times by Harold J. Laski,
professor of political science at the University of
London.
The great principle involved, says Professor Laski,
was independent of the personality of the king, of
Mrs. Simpson, or of Stanley Baldwin. It was simply
“the principle that out of this issue no procedent
luust be created that makes the royal authority once
more a source of independent political power in the
.:‘am.n
Looked at from that angle, the uproar is easier
to understand. Great Britain is a democracy, . The
very cornersione of its democratic institutions js
the fact that the king reigns, but does not rule.
He must be bound by the advice of his ministérs.
Those who opposed him in the Simpson case doubt-
Jess felt that to let him over-ride his cabinet in this
instance might pave the way for an extremely un
desirable abuse of the royal power later on.
"~ The stars Arcturas and Vega are much brighter
than our sun. Vega is 51 times, and Arcturus 112
times as bright.
- Improperly prepared and addressed mail causes
a Joss to the Postoffic> Department and users of the
mails of $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 annually.
THERE IS YET TIME TO SHOP
While the early shopper is wise and
benefits from having a choice of merch
andise, as well as avoiding the crowds,
vet the stocks of the merchants still are
complete, in a great measure, for those
who have not been able to get around to
shopping. All citizens cannot buy early.
Some do not have the time and others, of
course, may not be financially ready to
trade, but before the close of the holidays,
they will be in the market for their share
of goods. L
The merchants have adopted a splendid
plan for those who are not prepared at
this time to pay in full for their purchases.
It is the “lay-away” system. A reasona
ble amount paid now on purcnases will
insure your choice of merchandise, Prior
to Christmas, the purchaser pays in full
and the goods are delivered,
If you had not thought of this plan, con
sult the merchants and they will take
pleasure in explaining to you its features
for accommodations. :
We have never seen in Athens more
complete stocks of staple as well as holi
day merchandise. The merchants have
tried to please their customers by buying
the highest grades and qualiities of mer
chandise. There is no city in Georgia that
can offer better bargaing than can be
found here. It is inexcusable on the part
of shoppers to visit other places to do
their trading. The prices charged by the
local merchants are in keeping with the
quality of the merchandise. No inflated
prices or goods marked up higher than
actual values, affording, of course, a le
gitimate profit to which the merchants
are entitled.
SIGN OF THE TIMES
One of the best signs of the return of
better and more settled conditions are the
reports of charitahle organizations from
many of the cities throughout the country.
These reports show large increases over
that of last year and the preceeding years
since ’29.
A report from 78 cities that have con
ducted campaigns for -charity thvoughi
Community Chests and other local organ
izations, show a collecgion of $38,000,-‘i
000 paid into the tills of their quotas
which will be a sufficient amount to meet
every demand for those who are in need.
In Athens, our people are responding
liberally to the Empty Stocking Fund,
that is being raised by the Elks and WTFI
radio station. It is believed that every
dollar needed to relieve the situation in
Athens will be subscribed before Christ
mas eve. The committee in charge of
raising the fund proposes to see to it that
Santa Claus visits the homes of those un
fortunate, and leave for every child on
Christmas mornign the things™ that chil
‘dren most cherish and enjoy at this sea
son of the year. Families in need of the
'substantial things will be provided for in
la most bountiful way.
' HAS ALIMONY BECOME A RACKET?
The courts of the country are being
ioverloaded with alimony suits, following
'divorces. Grounds for divorces are nu
merously alleged in the petitions asking
for separation. Some on the grounds of
;incompatability, cruel treatment, deser
tion and other causes, all of which usually
result in the filing of suit for alimony.
e largest number of such suits arise
‘with the wife, and it is seldom a jury or
a court refuses her petition. No doubt
her actions are based on good and suf
ficient grounds to justify a divorce and
the payment of alimony, but there is a
sentiment being felt throughout the na
tion that divorces and alimony are grow
ing to be a racket and that women are
making an industry of wedlock that
<hould be held sacred by the contracting
parties, |
It is alleged that the laws, in some
states, lean to the men while in other
states, the laws lean to the women. In
Georgia, it is said that a woman applying.
for a divorce and alimony is seldom re
fused. That may be true, but, we suspecti
that due to the charmgs of the petitioner,
the jurymen give to her first considera
{ion, which, of course, is one of weakness,
of men. However, when women are made
eligible to serve on juries, it may be that
the divorce and alimony racket will, in,
o great measure, cease. }
JUSTICE IN THE COURTS FOR
POOR MEN
Harrison Tweed, president of the New
York ‘Legal Aid Society, has warned the
lawyers that poor men must get justice
in the courts. Speaking before the Soci
ety at a testimonial dinner to the retir
ing presidetn, Mr. Tweed, said: “There
are some 20,000 clients come to the Lega!i
Aid Society every year looking for help,
but the society is able to provide coun-g
sel for defendants only in the court oi
General Sessions, and it cannot handle‘
cases in courts of record. |
“At present a disproportionate number |
of wage claims show that there is some
thing wrong with the law. Advocating as |
a remedy the enactment of a model wage
law, such as already exists in some states,
making the withholding of wages by an|
employer a misdemeanor. |
“This is a day of social reform in thei
interests of the unfortunate. We can take
part in it or we can sit on the sidelines‘
and not take part. I think that the bar
will live up vo its best traditions and will
do its part toward seeing that the task of‘
social reform is done well.” |
Continuing his remarks, Mr. Tweed
said: “Unless poor men get justice in the
courts of the nation, some kind of sociali
gation of the .practice of law will follow.
The remarks of this great lawyer are de
serving of consideration and practice by
the lawyers of this country, whether in
\New York, Georgia or elsewhere,
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DID IT EVER
OCCUR TO ‘U’
Sam Woods, editor of Ro
tary News, and Luke Pettus,
editor of Savannah Rotary,
are engaged in a heated con
troversy that may lead to
trouble.
Editor Woods announced in tne
‘News that Hudson Edwards, sec
retary ot the Savannah Rotary
club, was his cousin. Efitor Pei
tus questioned the statement, and
now these two editors are scrap
ping it out, calling each other
names that are only permissable
in Rotary. Editor Pettus has
called Editor Woods' newspaper a
“lousy little sheet,” and we are
afraid that trouble is brewing be
tween these Dbrother Rot,arians.é
If Rotarian Edwards is not rela:-|
ed to Sam Woods, he could settle
the “‘dispute” by -coming out in thcl
open and saying so. Such misun-‘
derstandings occur often between !
Rotarians, but the teachings nll
Rotary outweigh personal gricv
ances and settle all differences in
a hrotherly manner.
We do not know of any or
ganization that brings its
memberse in closer relation
than does Rotary. It is a great
institution and one that has -
made mankind better. i
At the meetings, on the streets’
or wherever yoix meet with a bro
ther Rotarian, you are greeted by
your fisrt name, "Tom, Jim, oy
whatever your name might he.
There are no “Misters,” “Colonels’
or any other title -used in Rotary,
regardless of your station in. life.
You are one of the boys and nd
longer a dignificd doctor, lawyer
or clergyman. You are called by
your everyday name and nothing
else. Brotherly love, a good hand
shake and a pat on the back help.
many & poor soul to keep on the
upward track that leads to a
happy life. &
When the writer of this col
umn was a member of the Ro
tary club there was one mem
ber he could never muster up
courage enough to call by his
first name. {
That man is C. D. Flanigen, mj
a class to himself, and one of the!
highest types of ideal citizenship |
we have ever known. In our és«]
teem and affection for him, w 0
hive called him Douglas would!
have been a” desecration for which .
we would have never forgiv.-n?
ourselves. For that reason, we |
violated the rules of Rotary and
paid our fine. About the first jol)!
we ever had was given to us o, |
Mr. Flanigen. That was a lnn:.‘.”'
time ago—when he was in Lh(l
crockery business, a merchant o«
Broad street. For some good rea
son, he fired us, but that did n»
interrupt our friednship and rela
tions which have lasted for mor¢
than a half-century. !
Rotary has been the making
and saving of thousands of
men. Many in despair, broken
in heart, mind and morale
have been brought back to |
normal life again through its
association.
The membership of the Athens
club is growing—many new mem
bers having been received during
the past few months. It is an or
ganization that puts out much for
its members in return for thefr
loyalty and living up to its pes
quirements. There is nothing se
cret about Rotary; it is & club for
those who enjoy living normalig®
d \ H AEF ‘AC nE i .‘i"‘ s’k(’
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' BEGIN HERE TODAY ‘
{ Marcia Canfield, daughter of
| wealthy Philip Canfield, knows
| .that the neighborhood is buz
| zing with gossip over the sud
| den disappearance of Frank
| Kendrick, whose engagement to
| Marcia has been announced.
| Since his disappearance, a
| shortage in Kendrick's funds
| has been discovered.
| With her friend, Helen Wad
| dell, and others, Marcia is ina
| restaurant when there is a
| hold-up. Marcia ioses a ring
| that was her mother's. -
’ Learning that Frank is in
Chicago, Marcia goes there to
! try to persuade him to return
‘ and face his financial obliga
‘ tions. Before she reaches him,
Frank leaves again.
Tony Stellicci suspects his .
" brother, Carlo, of being invol
ved in the holdup, and finds
some of the loot in Carlo's
home. Tony returns Mar
] cia’s ring, tells police what he
. knows of the holdups, but
' Carlo escapes.
] Bruce McDougall, artist,
| comes to make his home in the
} town. Dorothy Osborn, who
| dislikes Marcia invites him to
. dinner.
| Carlo, in New York, becomes
desperate for money and re
. turns to his criminal asso-
ciates. They attempt to rob
! the bank, but the alarm is
' given. McDougall sces the
~ holdup, cries out to Dorothy
. to start the car. The robbers
escapc.
}NOWC GO ON WITH THE STORY
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| CHAPTER XIX
r Dorothy Oshorn stopped her
car within « hundred yards of the
bank and looked back. A crowd
!\v:zs gathering, milling futilely
about the bank’'s doors and peer
ing down the side street through
which the bandits had fled.
| Sirving “the lzst cartridge in his
and humanly. Socially, education
ally*—that lis, helping 9 deserving
boys and young men to secure an
education; and in boys' work,
character building, Rotary has
contributed much to this commu
nity. It is good to be a Rotarian
and to live up to its principles.
Judge—“ Well, here you are
again, Rastus.” !
Rastus—"Yassah, boss, I'se back
afore you again but dis time Ah
has’ a cause.”
Judge—"“Well, what is it, Ras
tus?"
Rastus—" Judge what would you
do if someone steal your wife ”
Judge—l'd cut her company
Rastus, and let it go at that.”
Rastus—‘Dat's jes what Ah 4id
~and [ cut him deep.”
The foregoing joke of the
Judge and Rastus is original
with Luke Pettus, of Savan
nah Rotary. At least, it was
printed in his interesting pub
lication.
The joke reminds us of soms
inciaents that occur In Judg‘a]
Matthews' court, hbut we are not
licensed to reproduce them in thisl
column. That is, in the wording
&s told us by the sedate judge.
However, we will dismiss the
comedy side of the court and re
fer to the more important teatures!
of cases that arise daily in that !
tribunal. One feature that we are}
plezsed with, is the heavy fin9sl
and sentences the judge imposes
on drunken and reckless drivers.l
' Such criminals are a menace to
the community and deserve the!
Ftreatment they receive at ‘the.
hands of the recorder.
pistol after the vague shape of the
robbers’ car, the policeman whao
had reponded to the aiarm shoui
ed an order to the crowd in gen
eral to call for reinforcements
from the statiorn house, and then
looked wildly around for a car to
give chase. ?
A limousine was approaching
from the direction of the railroad
station and the officer jumped into
its rath, gesturing commandingly.
MeDougall, having - met Mrs.
Osborn at the door of the store in
which she had been shopping, had
just escorted her to her own car
‘whhen fthe pommandeered limou
sine rushed past, the policeman
winding down the window of the
door at his side and reaching in
his belt for more cartridges.
“Let's go after then!” cried
Dorothy excitedly. * :
Mrs. - Oshorn surprised DMec-
Dougall by assenting eagerly, and
they scrambled into the old car,
the artist vainly warning them
that there were bandits and gun
play -‘ahead. - -
“But I always liked to follow
the fire engines,” Mrs. Osborn
seid simply, and appeared to think
she had exrlained everytking.
In the commandeered ear ihe
policeman was shouting directions
to a uniformed chauffeur.
“Straight down to Shore Roard'"”
he yclled. - *They headep dov u
Hillview Avenue, so they got io
come out on Shore Road. Keep heil
rolling!”
Someone lezned forward from
the cavernous depths of the bhack
Bent, é
“What's happened?”
. The policeman had _not- even
ibcen awere of anyone else in the
Icar. Now he glanced back. g
“Blue bldazes!" he ‘cried. “I didn’t
‘know there was anybhody but the
driver!” » N
“What's happened?” Philip Can
field repeated impatiently: '
“The lady—!"” the _policeman
|bog‘vn. : 3 ;
“‘Don’t mind the lady,” ' said
l.\larcin. Canfteld. - *“Where's the
| fire ?” .
[ The policeman swore. “You got
ito get out!"™ he cried. “T° got to
. commandeer the car, but you get
lto get out! I'm chasing bank rob
| hers!!” >
~ “Keep her ‘rolling Tommy!”
i.\[arcia echoed to the chauffeur.
i Already .the car had swung
into Shore ' Roard, where the
black waters of the Sound were a
contrasting -border to the snow
covered land. A quarter of a mile
away, running without lights but
visible in the glow of the streei
lamps, an automobile was speel
ing away from the town.
“That's them!™ shouted the po
liceman.
His pistol was over the sill; the
passengers were already forgotten
"he Canfields, © father and
daughter. sitting forward and
gripping the back of the freont
seat as they stzred over the swav
ing shoulders of the policeman
chauffeur, were too excited to
think of danger. The chauffeu:
could not have had an assign
‘ment more to his liking. He had
always wondered what this car
would do if freed of arbitrary
traffic laws and owner's restric
tions. Now, with the connivance
of both owner and' the ‘law, he
would find out—if only they
reached a stretch of pavement
free of ice.
It was a wild ride on that pave
ment. The pursuing car did not
see mto be gaining, but it did not
apnear to be losing. either. Ob
viously, the bandits’ driver could
lnot risk' top speed. A skid and
spill would mean capture, |
Roy V. Harris Will Push Program for
Alleviation of “Deplorable Conditions”
* At Insane Hospital in Milledgeville
By JOSH SKINNER
AUGUSTA, Ga.— (#) —Roy V.
Harris Georgia legislative leader,
s«aid today he will push a pro
egram for alleviation of “deplorable
conditions” at the state hospital
for the insane and for improve
ment of other eleemosynary in
stitutions during the approaching
general asembly.
Harris, unopposed candidate for
speaker of the house of represen
tatives, said he will start work on
the program immediately after his
apparently-assured election to the
speakership.
His first move will be to request
housge committees on eleemosynary
institutions to make investigations
during the IJ-day organization
meeting of the assembly and have
recommendations ready for the
beginning of the legislative ses
sion.
Either g special session or the
regular 60-day sessionp of the leg
islature will follow immediately
after the preliminary 10-day
meeting, he declared.
While he has centered his at
tention on alleviation of conditions
at the state hospital for the in
sane at Milledgeville, his interest
will embrace all institutions of
the ecleemosynary system.
Other branches are the school
for the blind at Macon, the
school for the deaf at Cave
Springs, the training school for
boys at Miledgeville, the training
school for girls at Atlanta, the
school for the feebleminded at
Gracewood, and the sanitarium for
tubercular at Alto.
Need for improvement in the
asylum, he said, is greater than
at the other institutions. This,
Harris said, is because there is an
“immediate and imperative de-
There, they’'d gone into a spin!
Off the road and through the
crust of snow on the shoulder.
But their car was out in a mo
ment or two, lumbering on to the
road again and picking up. speed.
The followering cer, however,
had gained about 400 yards in
that fraction of time. Already the
policeman, grimly plezsed, was
{iring frem his window.
Suddenly the fugitive car slow
ed down, wabbling dangerously
along the shoulder The policeman
fired again as the Canfield ca>
streaked to close the wide gap,
and there were flashes from the
car zhead as once again it picked
ur 'speed. *
And in the road was a hideous
bundle that the headlights ‘of' the
following car picked out as a man.
The chauffeur instinetively
braked. The hewvy car swung to
ward the edge. Valiantly he® puilled
the wheel in the dirgction of the
skid, but just a bis short of
enough. 2
The car turned over as the slope
of the diteh threw it into the field
heyond., g e
Probably by the luck of the
Irish, the policeman, by the open
window, was thrown clear,
The Oshorn cor could not match
even the restrained speed of the
two automobiles ahead on
Shore Road. and Dorothy, her
mother and McDougeall came upon
the wreck a full two minutes later,
Dorothy pointed the car off the
roxd, so that its headlights glared
upon the giant scratch across the
snow and the crushed machine at
the end of it. McDougall was out
before she stoprped, and was run
ning toward the other car.
One door in the twisted frame
refused to onen: he jerked at an
other and reached in, slowly.
zgently, pulling out a man. A man
who was still.
Doroihy was beside him as he
dragged of{ nis overcoat and
placed the man upon it, in the
Snow. She helped him as he
reached again into the car, bring
ing out another man, and her own
coat went down for him,
' tAnd yet again, and thiz time
MecDougall straightened up with
Marcia in his arms and staggereu
withh white face, toward the Os
born czr in the road. 3
‘At sight of the two cars, one
wrecked and the other turned
with its lights on the spot, anothe:
nachine, racing from town, slowad
up, but the policeman who had
been tossed {rom the Canfield cac
was on his feet again znd waved
t ahead, with shouted directions.
it wasr a rolice car, taking up the
chase.
Other cars now were streaming
zlong Shore Roard, and it -was 2
bricf matter to flag two of them to
carry Philip Canfield and the
chauffeur back to the town. Dor
othy started her own car; Me-
Dougall, in the back seat, held
Marcia in his arms.
The street lamps, flashing in.
projected his image to Dorothy at
intervals through the rear view
mirror — not clearly, but well
enough, 2
The old car heroically threshead
its way.
The policeman had walked over
t¢ the bundie in the road eond
dragged it aside.
Carlo Stellicci, with a bullet in
ais head, had paid for his error in
lanning, #nd for cravenly fearing
disaster in greater speed along
<hat ice-covered road toward free
dam. s
Returning from trouble dreams,
Marcia Canficld’ s first confused
thoughts were of hurtling down tey
crash in a field of white. For un
counted moments she went
through again the experience of
landing in an airplane on a snowe
covered farm, and then she re
membered the more recent expe
riencc of being tossed off a road
‘n a careening automobile.
A stab of pain stimulated her
into the present, and she saw, not
the white of snow, but a room en
tirely white. A glaring room,
which, before she could identify
It, was lest again in a black mist.
(Te Be Centinued)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1936
mand” for caring for the mental
ly unbalanced, while other insti
tutions maintain long waiting
lists and ape not forced to over
tax their facilities to the extent,
he deeclared exists at = Milledge
ville.
Next to Milledgeville, he said,
improvements most needed are at
AMo, where “inadequate facilities
leave many on waiting lists who
stay in their own communities
and spread tuberculosis further
throughcut Georgia.’
He is in favor of tapping fed
eral funds possibly available for
assisting the state in erecting new
buildings and repairing old ones.
A special suggestion of his to
the Milledgeville committee will
be study of feasibility of estah
lishing two branch insane asylums,
one in the northern section of the
state, the other in the southern.
He quoted Dr. J. W. Oden, su
perintendent of the state hospital,
as saying 45 percent of the per
sons admitted to Milledgeville are
suffering from malnutrition and
can be dismissed after g relative
ly short course of treatment with
proper food. 4
“My idea would be’ Harris de
clared, “to establish north and
‘south Georgia branches for treat
‘.ment of this type of case, leaving
the facilities at Milledgeville for
earing for the incurable cases,
“It may be possible that center
ing all activities in one adminis
tration makes the system so un
wieldy, that it becomes ineffi
cient. Cer:ainly this would be true
of a central place charged with
preparing food for all of the in
sane, and those needing special
diets could not obtain the neces
sary individual attention they
might In institutions operated es
| pecially for that type of case.
| “pDr. Oden is of the opinion that
he can cure more cases if he has
lthe facilities and funds for feed
ing them properly.
“TPhe task of caring for our in
sane”” he continued, ‘is a legisla
tive responsibility and rests en
tirely upon the state. We can not
shift this responsibilty in any way
to the federal government.”
He pictured conditions at Mil
ledgeville as “deplorable.”
“I inspected the asylum on¢
night at bedtime. Patients are
so numerous and facilities 'so in
adequate that many were forced
to sleep on pallets lining both
sides of the hallways. In some
parts of the buildings as’ many as
150 women have to use the same
bath and ioilet.
“None of the bhuildings have
been repaired lately. Some are
fire traps. In others, broken raft
ers are propped up to keep them
from falling op the patients. The
need for improvement is immedi
ate and acute. If a fire should
‘happen (o break out, there is no
telling how many would be kiil
ed.
“Besides, there are many insanc
persons waiting for _admission.
There is hardly a jail ‘in Georgia
without one to five insane men
in its cells.” R
Another possibility of increas
ing quarters ‘at Milledgeville lies
in the assumption of operation of
the state prison in Tattnall coun
ty, erected by the government and
intended for use by ‘Georgia on
payment of an annual rental.
Shifting at least part ~of the
state prison to the Tattnall pro
ject possibly would leave some
building free from remodelling
and renovation to suit the need
of the state hospital, (&3
Through his program, ' Harrk
hopes to have each of the institw
tions brought as nearly sas possk
ble to conditions for meeting tht
demands wupon them in an ade
quate manner both through oper
ation funds and through repair "
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