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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.
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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.
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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 ! April 26 11,323
April 12 10,635 | April 27 12,279
Apr! 13 10,484 I April 28 11,834
April 14 10.428 | April 29 11,740
April 13 10.510 | April 30 11,473
TOTAL APRIL 334,474
DAILY AVERAGE 11,149
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