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TTTE ATLANTA GEOROTAN AND NFWR. CONVICTLIFEALLEGDRY, POET PAYSTRIBUTE TO 'ANGEL OF U.S. PRISON’ AN APPRECIA TION Four msn sat around a table at one of the western wlndowa of the great dining hall, one of them was a meant arrival at the pricon. • • • The last course of dinner had been served and the 400 friends were en joying their coffee: a few were smoking cigarettes, for this was Sunday an<j tobacco was allowed to ail who oared for it. on that day. The band was playing Beethoven’s "Moonlight Sonata;’* the music vi brated softly and remotely on the air. The hall had marked archi tectural beauty, and the colors and decorations were quiet but effective. The tables were arranged with aisles between, at the intersection of which stood Immense orange trees and standard roses alternately. That Is the netting that Julian Haw thorne, In what Is probably his last article for “Good Words,’’ the maga- aine of the Atlanta Federal prison, provide® for a remarkubie dialogue between the four men or, “Jails of the Future,*' forecasting prison reforms It appears In the August number, and Is without doubt one of the best that the noted writer has produced since his Incarceration in prison. One of the four men Is a newcomer, both to the prison and to the country, and to him is explained the workings of a system that has revolutionized the treatment of crime and changed Jails from “hells to a kind of ante chamber to Paradise." The dialogue Is fanciful, but It un doubtedly depicts conditions ttv t Hawthorne believes must exist when humanity has come to recognize crime as a disease and treat It as such. That portion of the article that de scribe® the workings of the Jails of the future is as follow's: “No More Lawyers.” "When we found we were tailing about a million men a year, and that the faster the lawyers made laws, the greater was the number of law breakers, some of the sane ones gut together to talk It over. “They fixed It so that there should be no more lawyers admitted to the bar for 60 years, and those already practicing should be charged 75 per cent of their incomes In taxes. No lawyer was eligible for election i? any Legislature or office of publi? trust. "A body of 600 experts was set to work revising the statutes, and they reduced the number of them 90 per cent. All artificial crimes—those cre ated by law®—were cut out; only kill ing, stealing and lying were left in. “If the»e were committed owing lv> conge.nial defects, or ynder abnormal conditions, the perpetrators were nut under medical care; if otherwise, th* culprits were tried and sentenced, but were given their choice of going to S Jail. or carrying round their necks, / by a smalf steel chain, a pewter disk, on w.hlch was engraved the crime and the penalty. At first, nearly everybody took the disk, but after a few years the majority preferred th^ Jail. The Jails, meanwhile, had been undergoing strange transformation®, both actual and theoretical. “It began to be realized that the handling of crime was the moat Im portant function of the State a.*d problem of society. If even Justice were done, everybody would be n prison, and so-caJled officer® of Jus tice were often the worst of the lot. ’Best Men at Wardens. “Accordingly, the very best men of the community were appointed war dens and guards of Jail® Upon elec tion. these men were given a fre*t hand and all the funds they wanted to carry out their plans. All th. old Jail® were torn down and new ones built upon different principles, both of construction and administration. “In a few years Jills had become t kind of universities for training men who were found to be below the aver age in intelligence, character or hab its in the obligation® and responsibil ities of the best citizenship. All kinds of trades and orofer ions were taught theoretically and practically, and the men were put to work as soon as possible at such employment a® they selected or as were chosen as most suitable for tnem. “Along with all this was established a system of hygiene and bodily ex ercise and diet somewhat resembling the old Spartan rules Instituted by Lycurgus; and a general discipline of mind, manners and conduct as strict as that of West Point, but more en lightened. What had been a .stigma became a certificate of merit, and by and by. instead of being sent to Jail by sentence of court, men who had failed In life or felt themselves weak and Incompetent voluntarily applied for admission. For what they pro duced they were paid good wages; their families were supported by the Government until the men’s earnings could care for them.” Denounces Present Method. In another article In the same num ber, on “Self-Respect," Hawthorne brands the dress and branding of prisoners, under present-day prison rules, and the substitution of num bers for names an a crude anachron ism, as are also, he says, the titles of “convict," felon" and “Jailbird.” “Their effect," he writes, “is to pro duce in the prisoner a feeling of rad ical and permanent separation from his fellow men It Is an attempt on the part of finite human beings to in flict eternal damnation on some of their fellow creatures.” Hawthorne declares that most pris oners mean to be good when their term is up. “Whether or not their resolution hold® firm." he writes,” depends part ly upon their native strength of char acter, but in a larger part upon the treatment they get in Jail. Shooting and clubbing prisoners and subjecting them to torture has proved unsuc cessful in leading them toward sweet ness and light. Need for the actual club and gun may arise in an emer gency, but the more firm and uniform the discipline, founded, as all disci pline should be, on enlightened prin ciples of order and efficiency, the le®s likely is such emergency to occur." TO MRS. EMMA NEAL DOUGLAS Beautiful, grarlous Spirit of human pity and kindness, You, Irani your tranquil retreat, remember our need and our blindness: You Speak not, but stretch your hands, full of plenty and healing, Sot eohl and disdainful, but gentle and tender irith sisterly feeling: From your height sen ne you step dou n to comfort our gloom, and remind us To hope and he strong, and to leave our evil and error behind us, Our void in filled with your bounty, me blest your name, though unspoken, We hail you the herald of God, whose merry your merries betoken. —By REGISTER NO. 4435. This inspiring verso is by Julian Hawthorne, dedicated to the “Angel of the Federal Prison’’ in “Good Words,’’ the Fed eral Penitentiary publication. Bill Passed Looking to Eradica tion of Weevil Through Regu lation of Cotton Traffic. LIFE TERMS FOR BLALOCK 51 II 11 DEPUTIES Judge Fite Sentences Dan Hat field and Clem Poole—Quick Justice Meted. Atlanta Expects to Land Textile Meet Alonzo Her, of Greenville, S. C., has arrived in Atlanta and will con fer with the committee on meetings of the Southern Textile Association, of which he is chairman, to determine the date for the annual meeting tills year. It is expected that the meeting will be held in Atlanta and that fully 300 delegates will attend. $1,000,000 Estate Willed to Charity DECATUR. ILL., Aug. 1.—The will of Mrs. Anna R. Mllliken, widow >f the founder of Mllliken University, Just made public here, gives the fam ily estate of nearly $1,000,000 to char itable and educational institutions. The will provides that the Mllliken mansion here shall become a mu- Kum of art. New Month Picks Hot Day for Debut August picked a hot day to make I j its 1913 debut, the mercury standing at 75 at daybreak. Light breezes af forded the downtown section ver** lit tle relief, for at 1 o'clock the Govern ment thermometer showed 90 degrees, i | while the heat mark on the streets was about 94. Relief is promised Friday night or | I Saturday by thundershowers. Zachry Child Torn From Mother's Armsj | COLUMBIA. Aug. 1.—When Judge Gary to-day awarded the elder | Zachry child, France®, aged 8 years, to Julian J. Zachry, tne father, it re quired four deputies to overpower ; Mrs. Mary W. Zachry. the weeping | mother who refused to give up her child. The ®cene in the courtroom was pathetic as the child w r a® torn from the mother's arms. Mrs. Zachry fied from Augusta to South Carolina with the children after Judge Hammond had ruled that under the Georgia law the children belonged to the fathir. JOBBERS' JUBILEE SEPT 15-20. CHATTANOOGA, Aug, 1.—The an nual fall Jubilee of the Chattanooga Wholesale and Jobbers’ Association will be held during the Grand Army, of the Republic encampment Septem ber 16 to 20. The data were an nounced to-day. DALTON, Aug. 1.—-Judge Fite to day sentenced Dan Hatfield, convicted of the murder of Will Parish, and Clem Poole, convicted of murdering Policeman Harry Cook to the peniten tiary for life. In the Hatfield case he held there was doubt as to the existence of a conspiracy, and exercising the right where conviction cornea from circum stantial evidence alone did not pas* the death sentence, a® was expected from the Jury’s refusal to recommend mercy. John and Tom Nicodemus, indicted with Hatfield, were released on their own recognizance, the outcome of the Hatfield case not showing enough evi dence to convict them. Convicted in Four Day*. Poole was found guilty Thursday night, the jury making a recom mendation for mercy. The verdict was returned twelve hours after the trial began. The evidence was com pleted at 2:30 o’clock. Pool® Shot and killed Policeman Cook Sunday near midnight. Mon day afternoon he was captured in Chattanooga, and Tuesday afternoon was indicted for murder. He was I convicted four days after the killing. The rase attracted approximately ( 1,000 people, the courtroom being filled to its capacity. Defense Claims Insanity. The defense stood on a plea of In sanity, relatives of the prisoner swearing that for the past few j months, since hi® marriage, Poole had j ('hanged greatly, and was at times not mentally responsible for his ac tions. The defense also contended ! that Cook, being without a warrant for Poole's arrest on the charge of shooting at hi® wife, had no right to seize him. The State put witnesses on the stand who testified that they had known Poole for years and believed him capable of distinguishing right from wrong. Girl Wife in Court. Witnesses testified that Poole shot Cooke while the officer was only at tempting to arrest him. In his state ment, Poole said Cook was clubbing him, but this was not borne out by other testimony. The prisoner also said that he was attempting to get rid of his pistol and it was acci dentally discharged. Cook while the officer was only at- wlth him throughout the trial, weep- I ing at times. His aged father and mother were also present. At 5:15 o’clock Thursday after noon, Judge Fite had completed his charge and the case had been given to the Jury. Retiring Revenue Collector Jack- son Given Two Loving Cups. Thompson Takes Oath. A. O. Blalock, of Fayette, recently appointed Internal Revenue Inspec tor to succeed Henry S. Jackson, took the oath of office Friday morn ing and appointed the following dep uties: James L. Patrick, Roy Har rell, Tobe Moye. J. R. Britton, J. F. Camp, Miller H rrtson, John W. Martin, J. A. Henderson, O. C. Cole, O. H. Pendley and R. M. Blount. Other appointments will be made later. Revenue Inspector Shaw’han, of Washington, effected the transfer of the office and has checked over the books of the outgoing Inspector. Hen ry S. Jackson. He stated that he found everything in excellent condi tion and that the books balanced to a cent. When Mr. Jackson appeared at the office Friday morning he wa* met by the entire forces of the Revenue Service and the Custodian Depart- menL Following a speech by U. S. Seal, Assistant Custodian, he was presented with a handsome loving cup as a token of the esteem of the Custodian Department. O. H. Pendley, of the Revenue Service, presented a loving cup as a token from the Revenue Department. Mr. Jackson was deeply affected. Howard Thompson, appointed United States Marshal to succeed Colonel Walter Johnson, took the oath at 10 o’clock Friday morning and appointed the following deputies: B. B. Lenders, Gainesville; Frank Godfrey, Jr., Clayton; J. H. Penland, Fill Jay; W. B. Lovlnggood, Blue Ridge, and L. B. Greer, Atlanta. Mr. Thompson Is well known throughout the State, especially in the Northeastern Circuit, where he served twelve years as Solicitor Gen eral. Since that tlmo Mr. Thompson has confined himself to the practice of iaw in Gainesville, Ga. The State Senate Friday morning passed House Bill No. 443 providing for an additional Judge of the Supe rior Court of the Atlanta Circuit. The Senate also passed, unanimous ly, Senator Ford’s bill to eradicate the boll weevil by giving the State Boar*, of Entomology the power to prescribe rules for the shipment of cotton and cotton articles. Mansion Question Up. The proposed disposition oif the Governor’s Mansion provoked much discussion in the Senate when the bill of oenator Watts, providing for the appointment of a commission to in vestigate, was reported unfavorably by the Committee on Public Prop erty. Senator Burtz, chairman, declared the proposal to appoint a special com mission was contrary to the spirit for which the Public Property Commit tee was created. He, therefore, op posed this measure and others of sim ilar character. Senator Harrell of the Twelfth raised the question as to the ad visability of disposing of the property. In reply, Senator Miller, who also proposed a bill providing for a. com mission to be appointed by the Gov ernor, replied that it was absolutely necessary. Adjourns Until Monday. To this Senator McNeill of Macon objected on the grounds that the canital would soon be removed r o Macon. The matter finally was sent back to the Committee on Public Prop erty. Senator Harrell’s bill requiring paint manufacturers to label their goods, which was reported unfavor ably by the committee, was re-com mitted by unanimous vote of the Senate. The Senate passed a number of lo cal bilks and adjourned until 11 o’clock Monday. Bickerstaff Says Present Statutes Discriminate in Favor of Foreign Competitors. “If the Legislature fails to pass the Meaders bill allowing Georgia fire in- | surance companies the statutory right i to invest in stocks it will have the ' effect of forcing several Georgia com panies out of existence,” said Charles A. Bickerstaff, of the Atlanta Home I Insurance Company, Friday in com menting on some of the objections raised against the proposed measure. Mr. Bickerstaff declared several of the companies would be unable to pay dividends if their investments were hampered and restricted to an extent that would prevent them from purchasing securities that w’ould yield them a sufficient income. “The bill introduced by Mr. Mead ers," he asserted, “is copied practical ly verbatim after the New York law, and is intended to restore to the Geor gia companies the right which they had until the bill of 1912. “No such restrictions are thrown about any foreign company operating in Georgia, and the companies of this State have been placed at a decided disadvantage. The foreign compa nies have built up their tremendous assets and surpluses by making in vestments in staple stocks which yield a much larger percentage of income than the investment in bonds. [whole Day oi Adventure \t Fountains & Elsewhere Ask for “HORLICK'S" The Original and Genuine • | MALTED MILK The Food-drink for fill Ages f \t restaurants, hotels, and fountains. 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