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JUST ONE OF THE MANY
MURDERS BY "BOSSES.” j
The present legislature is milk
ing an effort to cheek the brutal,
inhuman treatment of the convicts
in this state, and before an inves
tigation which wns made a tew j
days ago an ex-convict made the |
following statement,and if this in
addition to all that is being told |
in the Atlanta Georgian now-a-j
days is one-hundredth part true, j
whyfthen, we say the wrong gang
is wearing stripes. From what
we have heard of hades it must be
a warm country, but we don’t l>e
lievo it is any too hot for those '
heartless bosses, doctors, and es-:
peeially those who went to so
much trouble to prepare the Rules '
and frame them glass cover, j
then never try to have them
obeyed.
Here is Cock ran’s story :
“Cockran testified that he was
on the state farm from August,
1903 to March of the next year,
when he was sent to the Chatta
hoochee brick yards where lie re
mained until he was pardoned. He
testified that there was excessive
severity and cruelty practiced at
both places; at the state farm un
der Superintendent Foster and
Captain Slater whipping boss,
and nt. Chattahoochee, under Cap
tain Casey.
He told of a negro who wns ill
being given twenty-five lashes and
sent to work in the cotton fields,
where he fell and later expired.
Asked if the negroe’s name was
Peter Harris, he replied that he
could not remember.
The witness had been suffering
for several days with a carbuncle
on his finger of his right hand. He*
went to the hospital to have it
lanced. The physician Dr. Fisher
cursed him for being there be
cause he appeared strong and
healthy. Learning of his trouble
he operated upon Cock ran’a linger
cutting twice to the bone and
scrapsng the bone. Witness wns
given no annesthes in,and protest
ed at the third incision.Dr.Fisher
threatened to give hi in two lash
es. Witness replied that he had
the power to do that,but he asked
that his finger lie not cut again.
The whipping was not administer
ed.
At the same time there was in
the hospital a negro. Dr. Fisher
ordered him back to work. The
negro protested that he was ill
ami suffering. For his pains he
was given 25 lashes with his punts
down. Dr. Fisher cursed him and
ordered him into the wagon with
other laborers. He was too weak
to get in and was thrown in and
driven to the cotton fields, where
he was ordered to pick cotton.
The negro fell in the cotton rows
and svas ordered to rise and re
sume work. He could not, and
Captain Slater, after cursing him, |
commanded other negro convicts
to raise him to his leet. They de
clined, declaring they were afraid
to touch him, as the man was dy- i
ing. On gomg to him Captain .
Slater saw bis real condition and
ordered him removed from the
field. The next day the witness
Baw his dead body. , i
He d eelared the man had not re
fused to work, but begged and
pleaded with the physician and
whipping boss to be excused on
account of bis weakness. Witness
picked cotton oil the day of his
operation with his left hand; his
right paining him too much to
use.’’
THIS WAS GEORGIA’S
BANNER FRUIT YEAR
Georgia’s banner fruit year has
just about closed. The figures of
the Central which handles more
lrnit than all the other roads in
Georgia combined show that du
ring the season 4094 cars of peach
es have been handled and 840 lor
last year. The watermelons have
filled 1945 nars and t' e cuiCh
loupefl 247. The handling of
these big crops lias pushed up the
earnings of the Central to a very
large extent during Jue and July.
If no calamity licfalls it Mont
gomery county will gather a tre
mendous crop this fall.
DR. LEN 6. BROUGHTON
TAKES A SHOT AT 'EM
lii his sermon Sunday night the
10th inst., Dr. Len G. Broughton,
Atlanta, made a sensational at
tack on members of the legisla
ture, who engaged in a friendly |
game; on the convict system ; on
the members of the Prison Com
mission, Hiid on the ‘‘nenrlicer”
of Atlanta.
Saturday night a room m the
Kimball was raided and five mem
bers of the Legislature caught
there were allowed to make bond j
without the formality of paying j
a visit to the police station and j
having their names docketed on
the records.
Names of the members have i
been scrupulously guarded.
l)r. Broughton demands investi
gation by the Legislature . ami a
trial of the legislators by the
court.
Os the Prison Commission he
declared that they were a ‘‘set of
rimless naughts,” ami that they
had not shown themselves compe
tent to hold their positions.
Speaking of “near beer,” he
said Atlanta was full of “nears.”
He declared that the only thing
that was not “near” was the May
or of the city. He asserted that
Mayor Joyner could not claim to
be even a “near” Mayor, as he
was a man who lived in Cobb
county and made his living run
ning professional btißebnll teams.
Those who are willing to com
promise with Tom Watson in the
matter of presidential electos are
not democrats although some of
them have probably voted with
and affiliated with the Democra
tic party. As for the Enterprise,
we Yvant nothing, to do with tJVun
Watson nor his game of political
piracy.—Fitzgerald Enterprise.
BE A FARMER
Now is the time to get a nice
farm and settle down. Farms are
divided into two kinds—the aband
oned and those that want to be.
Having secured your farm proceed
to settle on it as gracefully ns
possible. To begin with, mort
gage your projierty in town ami
gather together all your available
resources.
Much can be done with an
abandoned farm if one has money
and courage enough. First, re-move
all the superfluous rocks. To do
this start a rockery. Whenever
in walkig over your farm, you
notice a bowlder or so loafing
around left over from the heartless
old glacial period, with nothing
on earth to do but to gather moss,
pick it up carelessly add it to
the rockery, After a while you
will get the habit. Then in case
you run out of resources, you can
with the muscle thus acquired,
spend the rest, of your life in a
museum, as a strong man.
Second: Secue a respectable and
even-tempered herd of kine. Kine
are largely used to give milk and
to furnish models for oil-paint
ings. You can also use them to
drive to pasture. Driving a herd
of kine to pasture is not only
splendid exercise—better than gulf
—but it also add* to your sense
of the beautiful.
Third : Keep on hand a stock
of liens. These delightful com*
(Miltons will l*e a perpetual source
of amusement and profit. Ac
company tiiem With some hantic
leers. As long as they sheer you
by their presence, you need no
alarm clock. There will naturally
occur to every* one, the old germ
laden bueket, the green colic ap
ple orchard,the malaria due-pond,
the hired man who sleeps in the
haymow, and the artistic leaks in
the roof where the sun comes
peeping in at morn—on bright
days. i
But the t<est thing about a farm
is the rest you get. After you've
fed the hens, tucked up the kine,
sawed wood, unhitched old Dob
bin and locked up after the hired
man, you can lie down on your
s lignum-vitae lied and sleep right
i through until nearly 3 a. m.—
Success Magazine.
! “Corn in the crib and meat in
l the cellar,” is the song down here.
THIS MONTGOMERY MONITOK—THUUSbAY* JULY Ik), MW.
THE CONVICT PROBLEM.
Editor Scaly has done a patri
otic service that, is more than
Stute wide in showing up the in
iquities of the Georgia peniten
tiary system, and the careless
manner in which the laws and
rules have been administered by
those charged with that responsi
bility. There is no doubt but
that the lease or contract system
is doomed—and it should be. The
question of providing adequate
punishment by the State and at
same time make the convicts as
nearly self supporting as possible
js up to the members of the pres
ent Legislature, and we do not
doubt but that they will meet
thatresponsibility inn statesman
like and patriotic 110111111*1'.
No motive of making the con
victs bring in an increase for the
school or public roads of tin* state
ought, to swerve in the least the
members from a humane arrange
ment for tin? punishment of those
who violate the laws of the stale.
If the convicts are to lie worked
for a profit, in the name of just
ice the profits ought to belong to
the widow and orphans left, be
hind. In most, instances they are
left a charge upon the communi
ty in which they live,for tin* state
hns taken away the only means of
support they had and magnani
mously appropriated it, to the pub
lic roads or the public schools.
The state cannot, confiscate the
little home may be left behind
and appropriate it to public obli
gations. but really there would
seem to be about as much justice
in it as there is in taking away
the main support of (lie family
and appropriate the profit, which
it seems has been very consider
able, to public charities instead
of returning at least a part of it
to the widow and orphans, to
whom by every principle of in
heritance and right it, should be
long. It is the duty of the state
to punish, but does the state also
have a right to the revenues pro
duced bv the husband and father
after the expense of his keep has
been paid ?
The laws of a groat state should
be founded upon the strictest prin
ciples ami of equity and just iee.—
Blackshear Times.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALR.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
VYMII )»o sold in said county on
the 28th day of July, 1908, be
tween the hours of 10 o'clock a.
111. and 4 o’clock p. m. at public
outcry at the late residence of
Henry A. Joyce, Sr., to the high
est bidder for cash, all of the
perishable property of said Henry
A. Joyce, Sr., embracing bis stock
of horses, cattle, hogs, etc. Also
the following: One buggy, one
ox cart, one sewing inaeiiine, one
cotton gin and oik* boiler, oik* pair
of scales ami one bale of upland
cotton. Saiit sale will be con
tinued from day to day until com
pleted. YV. It. Mosi.ky,
Adr. Estate Henry A. Joyce, Sr.
HJ| Georgia School
It better etjulp|iee] and orjtanired lit all
Urfl department!! than tm before, and pre-
UJ L '° "ork in its iiistory.
In order to afford tfie young men
fl of Georgia high clans tec finical educa
j| tion, fifteen free scholarships are
assigned to eat li County in the
XjState. 1 ake immediate
of this opportunity and write for
latest catalog, containing all in
mgmßßE&UKl formation e'.sary foi prosper live
MHHK9 and s< tting foil the ad
vantages ol the Geoigia 'lech.
A''vanred courses In Mtrhanical,
neering, Engineering Chemistry,
■p Chemistry and Architecture. Ex-
MjGl tensive and new equipment of
BK Shop, Mill, Lihoratoriea, etc. New
>2l Library and new Chemical Labora
tory. The demand for the School's grad
uates is much greater than the supply.
Next session opens Sept. 30th.
For further information address K. G.
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notice of incorporation.
Georgia—Montgomery Comity.
Not.me in hereby givim that than*!
will !><• intt'o4|iii*i*il in tl»HH|)|)r<»noli
ing Herndon of l li** Ci«*n»rii I A ms4* in -
lily of Georgia, conformably to i
law an to lli4! publication of thin
not Kin, a l>iU incorporating tin 1
town of Glitnwooil, (In., defining
corporate liinitu, granting the (
I>r«»|»4*r municipal powerH, mill giv
ing such pnv'ili*gcß ami iinniunitii'H ,
ah aro coiuinoniy grauteil nicer-1
|iorftt<‘d towns in tliia state. Thin;
the 4th day of' Juno. l$H)8.
not si: for salk.
A fi-rooin house, new mid well
painted. Good hum, gimlen, etc.
Also, SU, iicres ot land in Ml.
Vim'iion. All going at u Baiuiain.
For prjC4*s and terms see
H. J. Ginns or
A. B. Hutchkhon,
s{-f>-tf Mt. Vernon, Git.
Fon Mai.b —A good buggy and
Inn ih'hh. I'riee right for a (piu k
sale. Curtis Coleman,
ts Mt. Vernon, Ga.
BOILERS.
Do You Need One?
Wo aro offering for Immediate Sale the
following Horizontal Tabular Boilers:
One 12 feet x 4 feet 0 in., TO tubes.
One 16 ft. 6-in. x 5 ft. 10-in.. 64 tubes.
One 16 feed x 5 feet, 64 tubes.
One 16 feet x 4-ft. 2-in., 61- tubes.
All lioili-rs Complete with Stick, Water Columns, Front*, etc.
See them at plant at Ochwnllkee. All in Good Condition.
Hilton & Dodge Lumber Company,
Oehwalkee, Ga.
1 QORQO.
GOBGO is a Black Stallion, 4 years
j; old, 16 bunds high, and weighs I,6ooLbs. jj
Will make the sciihoii of this grand Stallion at
Stable of Fislmr l.owry, for the year 1808, at ||
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS TO INSURE A LIVINO COLT.
jll Fisher & Lowry, Soperton. |
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i MONEY TO LOAN ON FIVE YEARS TIME jj
% At Seven Per Cent Interest
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£ On Improved Farm* in Montgomery and adjoining
conntfi'h in an'iouiitu of SI,OfJO and over, and at 8 |>er
cent, on loan* of N-mm than SI,OOO. NO COMMISSION
I or brokerage charged. Expenses frf borrower for ah
atruct and ilrawi.,g paper* are small. NO DELAY.
Loans promptly
Geo. 11. Harris, Attorney, Meltae, Ga.
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