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FOUR THE AUGUSTA HERALD Published Every Afternoon During the Week and on Sunday Morning. THE HERALD PUBLISHING CO. Entered at the Augusta Post office as Mail Matter of the Second-class. , aunscßiPTiON ratssT Daily and Sunday, 1 year $6.00 Daily and Sunday, per week IS Daily and Sunday, per month &0 Sunday Herald. 1 year 1-00 PHONES Business Office ?97 1 Went nd phone *96 Society 261* J Manag'g Editor TOO News Bonn ...299 t Circulation ....2036 FOREIGN REPRESENT A TIVES The Beniamin At Kentnor Co.. 225 E’fth Ave., New York City. 121# People** Gas Build ing; Adam* St., and Michigan Blvd., d'hiengo. TRAVELING RE PRESENT ATI VER * KJlnck and TV. D. M. Owens are the only authorised traveling representatives for The Herald. Pay no money to others ”»ile*s they can show written authority from Business Manager of Herald Pub lishing Co. Address all business comment'atlons to THE AUGUSTA HERALD. 791 | August*. On, No communication will he published in The Herald unless the nnrne of the writer is Signed to the article. The Augusta Herald has a larger city circulation, and n larger total circula tion than any other Augusta paper. This Ha* been proven by the Audit Co., of New York. The Herald Guarantees Advertisers 50 per cent, more Home Carrier City Cir culation in Augusta than 1s given by any other Augusta paper. This guarantee will be written In every contract and The Herald will he ready and willing at all times to give full ac cess to its records to aiJ advertisers who wish to test the accuracy of this guarantee in comparison with the claims of other Augusta Newspaper*. THE WEATHER Augutta arxi Vicinity. Generally fair tonight and Sunday. South Carolina and Georgia. Generally fair tonight and Bumlny. ». Comparative Data. May 2nd. 1911. fliftheftt temperature record, 92 In lDot;. !jo west temperature record, 42 In ] 877. Lowest this morning, f>4. Precipitation yesterday 0. nrWiual 0.11 River stage at 8 . m.. R. 4 feet. Pall in 24 hr*, ending nt R a. m., 0 1 ft. E. D. EMIOH, l»ca) Porecaater. CRITICISING PRESIDENT WILSON. Perhaps It la part of the American temperament that make* every man, woman and ohit of a child believe that they know the way* of wisdom better than their President knows them. The number of people who feel that they could map out a better program In Mexico than the president has mapped out is astonishing. Thi* is because it Is fun to criticise and no roaponsiibil- Ity Is Attached to It Of course, wo beli«v* In thin cock sure, l-he-damncd-ms* of tho Atnerl - can people. Foolish questioning la better than none bM'iuiM every little Inlerrogatlon point spur* up a thought ICvrry little know-lt-All who rushes forward with hi* Idea of what Ihe President outrht to noo tuid undcraland I* starting something. Sometimes there may la> a grain of wladom in hi* loi'oiiimViHlations. oftenllmea there la not. hot in any cane ho remind* those he talk* to of mime good reason for sgrcolng to disagree. with him and when we keep on trying conclusion* one against the other, we tret the sense of tlnnas threshed nu But. nevertheless. I Imre |* such a thintt a* too much of a trend thing and we think there Is a certain loyalty flue President Wilson If for no other reason hocnuse he m the President of this country and, as such, commands the consideration and respect of the ritiaens of this country. We do not expect every one to ap preciate President Wilson's wisdom and high qualities, because we realign that those men who who stand staunchly for moral principles Invar iably call down upon themselves the wrath amt Indignation of their kind: hut we think such criticism as la of fered should at least be cariefully con sidered and free from the merely Im pudent assumption that the Presi dent's Judgment and Intelligence Is not as good an any other man's PRISON EVANGELISM We do not think then. Is any nn» thing that so clearly marks Ihe ad vance of civtllmed Ideals an lnipres glvwly as tho universal change which has come upon society In Its attitude toward the criminal and unfortunate classes Thy. awakening of society to its re- Hponsthtlittr* In fostering crime natu rally leads some isnallral and nver tmpresHcil por«ms_to absurd lengths, but at the same lime. we are all learning to realise that penal Insti tutions nuss their purpose In merely punishing offenders against law and lust leg. Mr. Frank Mooes. the superinten dent of the New Jersey reformatory, •ay* that "the penal Institution no longer Is regarded as a place to pun ish men. but a place to reform tlirip A< lasi Ihe world has heard Ihe Great Judge say: 'Vengeance is mine, 1 will repay.’ and leaving that to Him, we turn to helping our weak brother to become strong ” Society, nowadays, recognises two important duties: the first to Itself in preserving Its parity and safety •nd the aecond to those against whom our Imperfect system hears. The modern Idea ts to treat crime as we treai disease To segregate crimi nals from the social body as we seg regate diseased persons and those af 'Ucted with contagion We cannot af 'ord lo permit the powers that prey in go free, but neither can we afford e permit these misfits and degen. ■rate* to grow more perverted under die mistaken system of making them luffer for their offenses. In Georgia we have dune away with Vera Cruz Put Up a Twenty Days 9 Fight in 184 7 The Mexicans Had More Men and Much Better Equipment in the City the First Time the Americans Attacked the Place. General Scott Went About the Siege With Great Care and Deliberation. The capture of Vera Crust by Amer ican force* under Major General Will; Geld Scott and Covnftiodore Conner in 1N47 was a much more difficult problem than that facing Rear Admi ral Fletcher and his bluejacket* and marines this week. A force of thir teen thousand soldiers and several hundred sailors besieged the city for twenty days elifore the capitulation slxty-sev< n years ago. A blockade by war vessels bad been maintained for several months. It W'as popularly supposed that Vera Cruz would fall only after operations covering many weeks, possibly inontnM, when General Scott was ordered to prepare his army for a march on the Glty of Mexico, by way of Vera Cruz, late in 1K46. General Taylor was driv ing Santa Anna slowly back in North ern Mexico. The United Htaes gov ernment decided to end the war by striking at the enemy's heart. Tam pico was captured without difficulty and used aw an advanced base in pre paring for the assault on Vera Cruz. A Blockade Was Established. Commodore Conner, commanding the warship* in Mexican waters, es tablished a blockade of the port. Men, army and supplies wer gathered at Tampico, Galveston and New' Orleans. Early in March General Scott had thirteen thousand men on transports off Vera Cruz harbor and a council of war was called to determine the best wav of assaulting the city. It was decided to land the army at. some fayorablo point, invest the city as soon as possible to prevent re-enforcement arriving from the interior and then take the city and Fort Sun Juan de Ulna, either by bombardment and as sault or siege. Accordingly. March 9, after a care ful reoonnolter of the coast by naval small boats and engineer officers, Worth’s division of regulars was transferred fjom transports to war ships and carried a few miles south of the city off the beach of Galindo. For an hour or two the sandhills back of the bench were shelled by naval guns. In the meantime the troops were embarked in surfboat* and form ed back of tho larger vessels. The shelling stopped and the surf boats landed their men. Landed Without Opposition. The first regiments to land Imme diately went Into skirmish formation and advanced to a line of sandhills commanding the beach. No enemy was encountered. Patterson's division of volunteers and Twiggs' division fol lowed. By lo oYlck that night General Scott had his thirteen thousand troops safely ashore and slowly taking posi tion. Drink began at sunrise Mnrch 10. The Mexican batteries at Santiago, the southernmost fort guarding Vera Cruz, and Han Juan de Ulua began shelling the American position. No damage was done. Patterson's divis ion marched west of Worth’s and be came Hcott's left of line. General Patterson sent a brigade composed of two Tennessee and two Pennsylvania regiments under General Pillow to the front. Brisk skirmish fire began, wounding several Americans. A Revolution Aided Scott. That night Worth's artillery moved In toward the city and took an ad - vanced position about nine hundred yards south of Santiago. The follow ing day was spent in artillery duel ing and vanguard fighting. Scott be gan his Investment tactics the morn ing of March 11. Twiggs’ division moved to the left of Patterson, making the latter the center. Lieut. George It. McClellan, officer of engineers, lo cated a line for Investment. Patter son Immediately occupied It with a New York regiment, the Fourth Illi nois and r battalion from a South Carolina regiment. Sharp fighting began as the American left extended Itself gradually around Vera Cruz. The Mexican forces gave way in all direc tions. Scott now sent parties to his renr to notify of the approach of any re enforcements. Fortunately none came. Revolution had broken out Jn fc be City of Mexico and no troops dnld be spared for Vera Cruz. Tw com pleted half the investment 'A March 11 and there rested two dsjp on what is called the Ja la pa Road 4 March 13 the line was extended to Vergara after a cavalry fight. Vergara''is two and a half miles north of Vera Crus. Th| Ihe pernicious contract system, but our prisoners nre still left In filthy camps and confined in cages like wild animals. Keeping these unfortunate creatures In a state of degredatlon Is simply a method of manufacturing criminal*. It harden* those who have taken Ihe first steps In a criminal career and stimulates In them an in (ctiHc antagonism and fury against organised society. The period of time, which Is passed In prison, is Invested tisdly for the prisoner tail worse still for the commonwealth. There Is a movement on foot now tn prison evan gelism, headed by the Reverend Ueorge N. ITnldree, which is designed lo arouse public consciousness to the folly and wickedness of continuing under the stupid conditions of ne glect and cruelty which still obtain. Here are some fads which should be thought over: The United State* census show* that tn January. 1910, in Georgias pe nal institution*, were sixty-eight hun dred and sixteen persons. To every hundred thousand persons, Georgia hud two hundred and slxty-one pris oners. The average per one hundred thou sand In the United States was only one hundred and twenty-three, Georgia's prisoners were twice as numerous as those of Virginia. Three time# the number In South Carolina or Mississippi; more than four times as many a* were In North Csrollna or West Virginia Of the Southern states, Texas was second to Georgia. But Texas had twenty-four hundred and ntnety-les# prisoner* than Georgia—on I>' one hun dred snd eleven per hundred thou* ad against our two hundred and sixty on®. The grand Jury of one county, after a recent Investigation, said of a con vict ca ino “At least one or two of the guards and probably others of the officers have been known to be drinking or drunk In charge of convirt* while at work on the public highways. "Two of the guards ha\e Insulted investment was now complete. It hpd taken three and one-half days, with a loss to the Americans of only two killed arid twenty wounded. Batteries Were Placed. Engineers now began planning sta tions for siege batteries which Scotl exerted daily from the United States. Vera Uruz was defended by two strong forts, Santiago to the south and Con ception to the north, with lunettes and redoubts for eight and ten guns be tween. Walla connected the forts and redoubts. Scott planned to reduce the gun stations and then carry the walls by assault if the city refused to sur render. A severe storm halted oper ations until March 15. Siege guns, mortars and more troops arrived thaj; day and were hurriedly brought ashore and mounted. March 22 Scott had his artillery placed. His lines had in closed Vera Cruz nine days. It was known that the city was In straight ened circumstances. General Juan Morales, commanding, had but five thousand men. augmented by citizen volunteers. In addition to his land defenses he had San Juan de Ulua with 12X heavy guns to protect his sea flank. Additional water batteries commanded all approaches from that side. General Scott sent in a demand for the city’s surrender. Morales re fused. That night the bombardment began. Three Shell* a Minute. Seven 10-inch mortars opened the fire. As fast us other guns arrived they were brought ashore and mount ed. Detachments of bluejackets were landed with guns from the fleet and took their place In the Investing works. A schedule of ISO shells an hour during the day and one shell ev ery five minutes during the night wag maintained by the Americans' The Mexicans returned the fire by spurts, it was most ineffectual. General Scott had expected, had been promised, in fact, much better artillery than he received. March 24 and 25 tho American forces were annoyed several times by bodies of Mexican cavalry operating from the rear. These forces were from Jalapa and Puebla, but had arrived too late to enter Vera Uruz. Col, Penslfer t’. Smith and Colonel Harney, of the American riflemen and dragoons, en gaged the Mexican cavalry with suc cess. The first signs of serious weak ening by the Mexicans came on the night of March 25. An American exploded the magazine at Santiago that night, causing severe loss of life and property. Vera Cruz Surrendered. The next morning General Landero. who had succeeded General Morales, made overtures to General Scott. Fire was suspended Immediately. Scott appointed General Worth, General Pil low und Colonel Totten as his commis sioners. They met the Mexican com missioners, Colonel Herrera, Colonel Gutierrez de Villa Neuva and Lieuten ant Colonel Robles at Punta de Hor nos, a lime kiln, between Santiago and the American lines. The commission extended its meeting to the next day, when terms of capitulation were an nounced. The Mexican forces were allowed to march out of their works with all honors of war. That was done at 10 o’clock on the morning of March 29. The Mexican troops passed out the Gate of Mercy and halted on tile Plain of Cocos. Here they stacked arms and wer paroled. The Mexican flag was then lowered and saluted by *n American battery, GeneraJ Scott took immediate possession u Jt the city. Scott Played a "Waiting Game/* Scott’s generals wer not at all pleas ed by ids siege. They favored a di rect assault as early a# Mafich l. Tty lor had taken Monterey in three days, they argued and their honor de manded similar action. Scott dis cussed the matter with his staff, Colo nel Totten, chief of engineers; Lieu tenant Colonel Hitchcock, inspector general; Captain Robert fe. Lee, en gineer, and Lieutenant H. L. Scott, aide, and decided to continue the siege. The total American loss was sixty seven killed and wounded. The Mex icans lost five hundred soldiers and four hundred civilians by death and wounds. Five thousand regular and Irregular troop* surrendered, with four hundred pieces of artillery, a most welcome addition to Scott’s artillery batteries. cltiien*. One of the guards has re peatedly been guilty of the grossest Infraction of the law Wo think great progress has heon made because the prison commission bus stopped the use of the striped uniforms except as a mark of special disgrace and degradation, but condi tions still exist that are far more harmful than the Indiscriminate use of the convict stripes. Here Is a brief recitation of conditions discovered tn Fulton county by the Reverend George IS. Crabtree: Night after night men are sleeping chained together. In defiance of the rules of the pris on commission, In Fulton county, men are sleeping two In a bed. Recently a seventeen-year-old boy in Hellwood Uamp was attacked by a moral pervert and horribly mutilated. Man after man Is forced to bathe In the same water. Considering the disease among them, the wonder is that Ihe death rale Is not far greater than It Is. The circular also calls attention to numerous Instances of cruelty to boys and men who were Imprisoned because they had no money with which to es cape the penalty of their rather light offenses. One instance Is of a man who was fined forty-five dollars for gaming. He could not pay. He had no money. Because he had no money, he wux put In the cliaingang lor eight months. The gang was working In a roe* quarry. With hammers weigh ing forty-nine pounds, they were crushing rock beneath a broiling aim. The heat was frightful. Te man fell and died. "If this man had had forty-five dol lars to pay a fine to you and us, he would not have fallen working In our quarry." m>s the circular. "Such a man today could he released on probation, given a chance, If the Judge saw fit. For probation, that system which permits the Judge to let a ftrgt offender go upon good behavior, was written into the laws of Georgia at the lust serslon of the legislature at the request of the churches. ’ The Herald hopes that this crusade for better prison conditions will cre ate a through and through reform. It will never do for the state of Georgia to make n grandstand play about a little matter of convict stripes while permitting such hideous and frightful, condition* to contlnuii. THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA. The New Neck wear is Gorgeous in Coloring But you note the dif ference in Dorr Neck wear, for no matter how daringly bril liant the colorings may be, the exquisite harmony of shades and designs in Dorr Cravats r e 1 i eves them of any suspicion of loudness. DORR Good Taste Apparel Magnetos recharged, price $3.00. Special price to dealers. Reliable Auto Co. Just a little notice to tell you of Tennis Rackets, Balls, Nets, etc., Base Balls, Gloves, Bats and all. 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Unnatural Oischanres and many diseases not mentioned, Call or write for FREE CONSULTATION AND ADVICE, Hours 9 a. m. to 7 p. m Sundays 10 to 2. DR GROOVER, Specialist. 504-1 Dyer Bldg., Augusta, Ua, Augusta Herald APRIL CIRCULATION DAILY AND SUNDAY HERALD. The circulation of the Daily and Sun day Herald for the month of April, 1911, was as follows: April 1 10,485 ! April 15 10.444 April 2 10,499 i April 17!... .10.509 April ,3 10,465 | April 18 11,202 Arffil 4 11.037 I April 19 10,523 April 5 10 630 | April 20 10,893 Apr! 6 in.!.",9 j April 21 10,519 April 7 10,738 I April 22 12.119 April 8 10,743 1 April 23 13.648 April 9 10,739 | April 24 13,986 April 10 10,476 | April 25 12,504 April 1t...'. .11.088 ! 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