NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1909.

BLACK CONVICTS GOING TO WORK ON THE ROADS OF WILKES COUNTY, GA.

WHITE PRISONERS WORKING ON THE ROADS OF FULTON COUNTY. GA.

RESULTS OF OXE MONTH'S

TRIAL.

GEORGIA'S NEWCONVICT SYSTEM

SMUGGLING CHINESE.Australia Is perturbed by the discoveries of Mr.

Bptrh-lor. the Commonwealth Minister for Ext.r-

nal Xffatr-.. who has been inquiring into the Illegal

influx of Chinese, There is a wealthy organization

in China with agencies In all the P^^^!^liar, ports and with the connivance of ships om-

jew the systematic smuggling of Chinese Into Aus-

tralia has been carried on for a long time.

The ships trading between Hong Kong and the

Australian ports have been so cunningly supphed

with false bulkheads, walla and floors that hiding

room has been provided for eighty Chinese stow-

aways on a single voyage. Ship cooks have been

secretly paid to supply the stowaways with food.

The trade is very profitable, as Australia is only

a few days1 steaming from China, and many thon-

aanda of Mongolians at always ready to pay large

sums and run all sorts of risks to get to the landOf gold.—Chicago News

An enlisted band is to be a feature in the Mth

Regiment, to replace the one under Conterno Tne

new band, which la now practically organized, has

a number of professional musicians in its ranks

and bids fair to be right up to date. The presen,

strength of the regiment la TH officers and men.

V trial of the Maxim gun silencer will be heWin the armory of the 13th Regiment under the di-

rection of Captain K. J. Reil'.y next Tuesday night

Company F. 3d R-g:ment. win hold a smoker at

the armory on May 3. Company D will hold a

dance at the armory next Friday night.

The 6th Company of the 13th Regiment willhold

a barn dance at the armory next Saturday night

in conjunction with the Ladies' -^'-h^>p^^ •ition A rifle club, with Captain E. J. Reil!> as

president, has been organized In the resiment.

Colonel Foote, of the 14th R^fJ*^*^^pointed Private M. R. Matthewson. of Company gsecond lieutenant. The war «M™£^£-£?!ment will hold their annual campflre on Ma> li

Major General Roe will review the 71st Regiment

in the armory next Thursday night. Colonel Hates

has Issued a roll of members of the regiment who

have been awarded the regimental long service

medal and who are now serving with the regiment.

There are ninety-seven of them all told. No. 1 is

Major William IILtnson, who enlisted in the regi-

ment October 22. ISM. Private 11. C. ZiegleJ. ofCompany K. who enlisted May 13. 1883, Is No. ..The senior non-commissioned officer is First Ser-

geant J. C. Roger?, of Company C, who enlisted

February 3 18S3. and stands No. 5. Captain Henry

Maslln, of Company G, who enlisted September 1.,

1889 and stands No. 8. la the senior In his grade.

The senior second lieutenant la Arthur E. Canter-

bury. who enlisted November S. ISS9. and the seniofirst lieutenant, who stands No. 16 on the list, to

James Eben. who Joined the regiment January L..

£T Colonel Bate,, who stand- No. IS, joined the

regiment May 16, IS?2-

Military men nre Interested :\u25a0' the '

12th Regiment next Friday night by M

Thomas H. Barry. V. S. A. whfrom Cuba, where he w

-United States r . s known

cation. After the military

. i:i be given a \u25a0•

-eral Barry. Company D •

In the Nrw Ptaaa Aasembl-

RoEast 59th street, on Saturdaj

B will elect a first lieutenant to-morroi

the only candidate will be Becond UeutenaTucker. Team practice to hei ,-everj- Monday night.

Very complimentary remarks have been made onthe annual Inspection and muster of the 22d Regi-

ment by Lieutenant Colonel McAlpin. inspector gen-

eral on the division staff. He praises the appear-ance of the regiment and Its general efficiency,

speaks of its steady progress and the hearty

co-operation of its officers, and praises Ks bookand paper work. Of Company F, under commandof Captain C. J. Dieses, the Inspector says: "Gen-eral appearance, military bearing, disci] "• court-esy and efficiency, as shown by th; Inspection,

very good. Adjustment of equipments, very gcod to

excellent. Best manual of Inspection anna and the

cleanest company in the regiment. Books anl

papers, very good to excellent." Company M hasjust secured a prominent recruit in the person ofWilliam Bartlett, a member of the Union Club, anda son of the late Colonel Franklin Bartlett. Com-pany F will hold some interesting athletic games

and a reception ct the armory on the night ofApril 27.

Major General Roe will review Iits armory next Tuesday night.

Three new companies are to be - hi theBth Regiment, to be known aa the Mth. Bth aad

S6th companies. The regiment at present consists

of nine companies.

the squadron. It is a subscription even* a-eo<=t is $19 a head. The annual muster and I

tion of the squadron by War Department ai

..ffi.-ers will be held next Wednesday night.

acquired land for a rifle range for the troops of

greater New York at Bliwelt. near Nyack, to take

the place ofCroMmoor. cannot be made ready un-til about September next There was a great deal

of work to be done. This Includes surveying thn

ground." making plans for the rang* an.l letting

contracts for erection of targets etc. Colon*'. N.

B. Thurston, ordnance officer, will rush the workin every possible manner, but it will take time.

Some ambitious officers have already made- appli-

cation to use the range next month, not realizing

that there was a. good deal of work to do.

A team from the (StU regiment will fhoot a mat

with a tram from the Ist Regiment Of New Jersey

on May 34 on tha range of the New Jersey organ-

ization. The teams will consist of six men on aside.

The application of Lieutenant Tom P. DUkes.of the ?th Regiment, for a three months' sick leave,

on the ground that he was suffering from nervous

prostration, has been refused. Burgeon C. Steven-son, of the Bth Regiment, gave a certificate to

Dilkes which stated that he needed three months'

leave to recover from the ejects of nervous pros-tration. Colonel Morris, of the 9th. however, wasno satisfied with the examination of Dr.* Steven-son, and preferred his own surgeon. Major 'William

S. Cherry, to pass on the alleged debilitated state

of Lieutenant Dl kea Dr. Cherry, after the exam-ination, reported that Lieutenant Dilkes was fully

fit to perform his military duty, md that he did

not need any vacation! The lieutenant was promi-

nent recently in preferring charges against hiscolonel and captain, which were disapproved by

the Governor and General Roe as being groundless

arid solely the result of animus. Lieutenant Dilkes

preferred the charges after being court -Mailed

himself and sentenced to a fine and a reprimand.

The smoker Of Squadron A to be held in theMurray Hill Lyceum to-morrow night will be ex-

clusively for the active and veteran members of

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..\u25a0 pin had !•••\u25a0 n. port • f a ridge, an 1

\u25a0 any odds against I

•. .- : his only \u25a0 b was 1

pot. Travis didad finally lost ti,.- match on

the fifth extra hole.Thirty ye v fore the game n a

. i -.1 over ;•!•-.• :?=<>•! the i

Now it i« aluminum ai i eldom wood.H |a ;,.-i open question whether the polfe

-. . \u25a0\u25a0 to-day than they did a

v century ago, bui it la an undisputed ;\u25a0•

are th>se who -ire uncommonly good withIronai d oth« ra equally deadly with aluminum «• ap-

on». which would s.-.-m t<> bJ«.ck up the tl ry thatmore in the method than the Instrument• .-lit if the short

game among the profe donala In ;t;i< cotmtrjSmith, now connected with the Wykagyl

Country Club. WTien Alec, who lias used bothkinds, puts, the ball seema to be hll so hard andfreely that It must invariably travel a considerable

\u25a0• beyond the cup: but while ibold ;

;;!m,..js ci\ins the ball a chance. Smithrat-- that th< rely runs out holing dis-tance. Probably the greatest charm about Smith'sputting to ti.e onlooker at l«.as! is the brief time

HERBERT STRONG.

The Apawamis Club professional, whose master stroke is the short approach.

Al^xnnder F. Irvir.e.who doesn"t like to be calledmister or reverend, although he preaches everySunday p!ght In the Church of the Ascension, fcaj

bought a 300-acre farm near Peekskill. where heplans to establish a summer school to train theproletcriat for the coming kingdom of collectivism.Some people say It will be a workmen's Chautau-qua; others call It a colony. Itis ban! to use cor-rect and acceptable terms when dealing with suchenterprises. The keenly critical Socialists repudiate

any definition which is not contained in their na-tional platform, and are especially on the alert toavoid the non-scientific, benighted and abhorrentimplieaticr.s of communism. The shorter and uglier

word of the party catechism is "utopla." There-

fore a prudent consideration of the comeback In-volved in erroneous statements dictates a recital

of the cold facts in regard t» the summer school—Ifit is isummer school— without attempt at pre-

cise definition.

The farm is on a wIM and woodsome height over-looking the noble Hudson, where sociologists cango swimming and economists can porder the prob-

lems of determinism while waiting for the fish to

bite. The farm Itself ia ideal for the workingoiit

of the agrarian problem, and there is enough un-derbrush to symbolize tho jungles of the competi-

tive system. There are massive rocks which may

be compared with all sorts of things, and two

brooks full of trout and Shakespearian sermons.There Is a hillSOtf feet high, which willcommand acertain view of the Brotherhood of Man. Far below

In ilark. wei places will remain noxious Insects, that

typify the pests of meUern civilization. It takes

effort to go uphill and gain th« heights serene,

ar.d there Is another lesson for the remodel'.ers of

the world.la order to get the summer school idea as cor-

rectly as possible, the writer sought out its founder

in his home, in East lOtli street. Itis not often that

Mr. Irvine is found at home. He Is generallyasitating and preaching, which la also agitation.

in all parts of the town. But he happened to beathome, and Fitting on the edge of a low Morristable in his study, with the mien of an artist and

an outpour of rich friendliness that fascinates his

audiences, te told what he Intended to do with

the farm. The personality of the man who began

as a poor boy in a coal mine, enlisted hi the Eng-

lish army, wen a medal for fighting in the Soudan.

became a preacher, turned author, then lecturer

at'd is ncTr chiefly a protagonist of socialism, im-presses one at close range even more than at adistance. Many public characters collapse, physi-

cally or mentally, at a near vietv. Irvine remainsyouthful vigorous and fiery, although he has

grown up sons; his smooth face is not "1with

undue care, nor has his vibrant voice lost its force.

V.ith a Celtic twinkle in his eye and an occasionallow chuckle, which suggested a reservoir of ajiee

worth tapping 011011 some festive occasion, the sociaJ

evangelist said:

NOT A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT."Let me tell you first what this enterprise is not.

It is neither c social experiment nor \u25a0 personalattempt at agriculture. One rrial on i

-abandoned

farm near Xew Haven taught me a lesson that will

lasf at least twenty-nve years. All preachers be-

lieve they can run farms and make them pay. Ir's

tho thing most of us look forward to when ourcongregations, want a long rest. Iwoke up on*

morning «n the grim clutch of my ideal. Ibought

an incubator ;fand started to raise ehteksai or. a.wholesale plan, bat my kerosene her. only yielded

dividends to jJr. Rockefeller. Iproceeded to raisepotatoes by hand and Igot the finest crop ©? ex-perience that man ever had. Iwas trying to do

modern farming with a hoe and a lawn mower

and succeeded just to that extent, while my neigh-

bor with machinery and capital, managed to get

out of the ground six crops in the year. No. farm-in- i« skill-1 work, and I'm going to leave it to

skilled farmers. A skilled farmer wi!! have charge

of my farm. Iam not going to venture any mor»

into any kiwi cf Utopian farming, nor am Ipa*afl

to have a little slice cf the co-operative common-wealth all to myself, nor am Igoing to solve an

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problems, nor ask anybody else to solve them in

this kind of way. If a rr-.an wants to try his

rard at some cf these things on his own account

I'lltry to give him the opportunity. I'm anxious

to got congenial people to make a summer home

there and particularly anxious to get people with

children for one o? the thtasa Ithink we couldget together on would be a home and kkaakwaHMsifor children."

S. man wanted to give a printing press fas' th»

use of the summer school, add^d Mr. Irvine, and

a talented young bookbinder wanted to start a

bbokblndery. but such incursions into the indus-

trial field were considered rather questionable. Th»

main object of the enterprise Is to have a p!ac»

for proletarians to spend a few weeks !r. recrea-

tion and study. There will be lectures by promi-

nent socialists of this country ani Europe. Tha

soap box agitator needs to understand th- agrarian

problem and to study the farmer at close range, so

that he may become a better al! around propa-gandWt. in Russia the work of the students in

livingwith and stirring up the peasants has be-

ccme historic Whether specimens of the individ-

ual'farmer willbe brought before the agricultural

c'a-s of the summer school as exhibits is not de-

termined. Anyhow, the class will b^ able to R«

out i:i the neighborhood and observe the farmer in

his native haunts. Mr. Irvine's farm manager may

pose as the typical man with the hoe. bowed barneath. th<: weight of mortgages and the extortions

of the railroads, the commission house and tb.«machinery trust.

Many other economic subjects besides farming

will fee taken u\> by eminent lecturers, and • SM

villbe a class In oratory to teach your.? men and

women how to talk against the roar of elevated,

trains and the jangle of streetcars. Maybe. wh..»

one member of tne class is speaking, the \u25a0m wtr

ban? milk pails, just to get him used to a racket.

WIDE FIELD OF STUDY.

The curriculum wiil not be al! socialism, nor wil!

all visitors and lecturers te expected to carry red

cards. Radical union men and straight scientists

v.i.11 be welcomed. The i-rwtetaria- needs sonr*.

knowledge of the physical sciences, and Mr,Irvine

<loe;-

not think there w much danger cf its beins

misled in yuch branches as botany, zoology andgeology. -Geology is not like political economy,"

he said with a chuckle. "You can't very well call

old red sandstone something else. Ithink were

sife with those subjects.- University professors cf

botany and geology have offend their service* Inlecturing, and ot'.itr scientists are expected to

teach their specialities. So far as possible tnes»

studies will be pursued out of doors hi the lotin

of Held excursions, combining pleasant exercis*

with tV.e acquisition of knowledge. English litera-ture, especially the social ideals In American lit-erature,* will be another course. This will hay»

to be confined practically to novels and stories, fca-

cause the social drama has hardly de^ eloped yet.

It is planned to devote the forenoons to study

and the afternoons U> fishing, swimming, moun-

tain climbing, baseball, outdoor sjjmnastics andeverything else In the form of sport, except golf.

Free and easy costumes -will be worn, by all hands.When the apples are rip-.- in the thre^-acre orchardthere will probably be some raiding of the fruit.

Beskl- s cows and chickens, about a hundred sheep

will be distributed over the premises. The stu-dents wUI get some fine metaphors by observing

the shtep. if they do not obtain more solid "ad-vantage of fresh mutton.

The food and housing problem has not been en-tirely solved. Mr. Irvine hopes to induce families

to put up canvas houses for themselves and tohave a few camaa houses to rent. Such, struct-ures, shown at the recent tuberculosis exhibit, con-tain three rooms downstairs and threv? roomsstalrs. and they cost SXO. As for single workin^-iv.vn. they will be the j;ue*ts of Mr. Irvine In.Msfarmhouse, but will be asked to pay a nominal surafor tiie cost of board. A person who wisnes to putup a tent and live mainly on fish and wild 'berri*3may do <\u0084. There raay be a large tented dininghall for everybody on tie farm.

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Alexander F. Irvine Buys Farm

Near Peekskill for Xovel Project—Lectures bi/ Socialists.

TO COMBISE RECREATIONAXD STUDY.

SUMMER SCHOOL

FOB PROLETARIAT

enough, but how few find the w out to safety

without serious loss? Watch a &eW of golfers

closely, and any student will at once be able to

tell where the skill H?9 In the common reserve ofpower to bring the loefced-up energy to bear upon

a bad lie. or far carry to the green.

Th-'re is no more able exponent "f playing out

of trouble than Isaac Macl . present champion

of the Eastern Professional Golfers" Association.\u25a0\Vlun Mackie finds his ball lying in rough stuff

he lays the face of his mashie. sometimes a'

nlblk-k. well back, and by takhi : the weapon up

rather sharply with the wrists be is enabled tt.

rush It down to the ball In a manner calculated

to encounter the least possible resistance from

the grass. As the club bead cuts across the baila trifle there Is generally a s!!c» to the shot.

-It la really remarkble tha way Mackle manages

to recover from all kinds of hazards, frequently

slamming the ball right up to the hole feide. Inspeaking of the accomplishment recently tnisgenial Scot smilingly observed that he probably

bad had more practice in this sort of thins than

most players.There Is nothing more us. fu! in this game than

the short approach, or what is commonly known

as the wrist shot A great many professionalsplay it well, probably none- bettor than HerbertStrong, who fcr the last few years hus been con-nected with the Apawamis Club. Maybe it Is be-

cause of his slight build. possibly it la a naturalgift, but at all events Strong seems to have tha

"feel" of his mashie mure than most. Man ur.d

club appear to be in the closest possible harmony.

Strong takes his stance with the ball near, tha

right foot, the feet being well apart ar..i the ri.u-'.:t

a trifle advanced, with the toes turned out. His

left foot points toward the hole. The weight ofthe body also favors the left foot: In other words.the weight Is a little ahead of the ball. It Is also

noticeable that Strong takes an extremely low

hold on the club, the first finger or tho right hand

being on the string at the bottom of the grip. H*grasps the club firmly in the fingers of both hand?.

and Is careful when addressing the ball to keep the

heel of the club well down, so that the toe U about

a quarter of an Inch above the ground. Tte face

of the club is turned slightly on the tall, and theApsvwamis "pro" remarks that be finds it im-portant to keep the wrists working. A commonfault with players Is that they rest the club too

long after addressing, which has a tendency to

stiffen up the wrists.Strong starts the club back by turning the left

wrist slightly toward the left knee, and as thewrist is turning he tries to keep the clul headas near the ground as possible. Tiiis brings theleft shoulder down a trifle and forces the right

hand over the left. After reaching the top of theswing. which is a trifle less than half, he starts

the club downward, gripping tightly with the right

hand and relaxing a trifle with the left. The right

forearm and shoulder then come into action, andat the moment of Impact the right hand Is turnedslightly over the left, with the left arm rigid.'whilethe wrist is turned up and pointing over the leftfoot. At the finish of the swing Strong says he

finds he is still gripping with the right hand.\u25a0 He asserts that there i- little or no roll after

the carry when this method id used. On the otherhand. if he desires a roll, he loosens his grip

sMghtly at the moment of Impact. ere is al-

ways a small divot after one of • these approach•hots, > and it is also noticeable that in, heel ofthe club cuts deeper th>n the tee. According to

Strong, two points worth particular attention areto keep the head down and start the club backwith the left wrist. •

A prominent student of the game one sa..i,

"Show :ise tlie man who gets out of trouble well

and Iwill show you a real golfer." There is prob-

ably a deal of truth 1" that observation. Any dev-otee of the game ca.n get into trouble readily

grip with both hands and never fails to pick thedub well up. By this means, he assorts, a greater

back spin can be imparted to the ball. Anotherpoint worth remembering is bis manner of stop-ping the stroke the Instant the club head hits theball. After the moment of Impact the head enters

the ground and stops suddenly, the follow through

being almost nil. With a true green ahead of him.Smith iigures to lay the ban, IInot dead, so nearly

so as to enable him to bole the put four out offive times. For that matter, it is no uncommonthine to see him hole one of these short mashie

shots during a day's play.Although a deadly putter, this is not the onlydepartment of the game over which the former na-ttoaaJ and Western champion has exceptional con-::-.." There Is to

-\u25a0• with the maahie at

distances all the way from thirty to fifty yards of

the pin. Inmaking this phot, accomplished almostentirely with the wrists. Smith maintains a flrta

he dwells over the bail. He gets the line quickly.

lilts the* ball without the slightest hesitancy and

g«cs for the back of the hole.It baa been declared that in every put it seems

i= If there is one psychological moment when the

roUer thinks be can hols the ball—en instant when

mi to have the right line and every conrt-

In his ability to find the button) of the cup.

This happy condition, when hand aad eye are work-

ing in complete harmony, apparently comes oftento Smith.

SOME OF THE MASTER STROKES IN GOLF DESCRIBED

Atlanta. April -*\u25a0— On April 1 the convict l?as<?

rysteiii died forevtr in. Georgia, ad to-day nearly

two thousand convicts ny- at work on the ronds,_• the state, under the supervision of state officers.The change came about as toe result of one of ihe

most ekcttiag campaigns evi;r htid in Gfoieia. withthe possible exception of the flsht that put whiskeyon the i-hrlf.

V."h:ie St is still too early accurately to forecastthe marsure of success th« no v disposition of con- !

.xictt will attain, and tliis situation is still further jcomplicated by leas-ju of the failure to provide

properly for the white convicts, the Prison Com- jmis--kn officials and the county qfficcrb of the state j

are taking a:i optimistic view of the future.They believe that it will not be many years be-

fore Georgia willbe able to boast the best roads inthe country: they are certain that the convieta

*tinder the new system will receive more huma:i<*treatment than under the old; they are confident jthat their h«alth will be better lucked after, and i

that they will Dot be pushed beyond their endu- \u25a0

Tsr.ce. and they are of the opinion that by a segre-gation cf the iaces. as Intended under 'be bill,butnot at present observed because <>f a dispute be- \u25a0

t«ee:i the Prison Commission and the Governor, jfcoth whites and blacks willbe bettered-

The ofci-T-f objection to the «>]<isystem came from is. moral ar.d ;ihumanitarian standpoint. From a ,moral ..... these who might be termed the I

friends of the convicts did not believe that the I

traffic i"convicts was irymore morally legal than jthe ola slave trade. From a humanitarian stand- :point the defenders of the convicts pointed out that, j

cut off frcm the world, henirrt in brick camps and \u25a0\u25a0

in mines, under th<* care of guards and wardens. •

who while nominally in the employ of the state jreally wore higher paid by the lessees than by The \u25a0

state, the convicts were made- to work harder than jwas contemplated by the ytatf.

There were rules and regulations governing thefood, ciothing and work of the convicts iaid down

tv the Prison Commission. At the searching In- |instigation of the legislative committee it was ;ccnclusiveiy proved that these rule* and regula-

tions were not observed. And It was shown that .tfce failure to observe them was largely the re- .sa:t of the Indifference of the wardens or guard?. I

These wardens received citlvr $50 or f75 a month

from the t-tate. The lessees also found it to th«

Interests to cross the palm of the alleged guar-

diar.s of the state's wards v/ith silver. The amount

was generally from $.» to $73 moreIn other words the sum given by the state was

always or nearly always doubled, and sometimes

more was given. The state did not wink at this.According: to the Prison Commission they did not

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know Ituntil within one year before the investiga-Tier, when an order was issued forbidding the ,

wardens to receive money from lessees. A large i

curator of the wardens laughed at the commission

and contlaned collecting.

CONVICTS BEATEN TO DEATH. jThe disclosures before the legislative tavestigat- {

ing committee showed that three or four convicts :

had been beaten Io death; that convicts had beenhorribly treated, and that nearly every camp [worked Its men almost beyond the limit of en- i

durance, and certainly far beyond the work pre- jecribed by the Prison • 'omniisslcn. They were ill ifed. badly clothed, seldom bathed and neglected jin every way, except « en it was time for work. .The medical attention was bad, and the inspections jby state officers were loosely conducted. Some of ',

Ibc phys-cian?, wardens and other employes ad- i

rained they had been lax in th« discharge of their .duties. ;

Mar Georgians bad"mad« fortunes out of th«» j

convict traffic and many high In state politics had |been deeply interested. It was time to stop this .traffic. The fllends of human liberty decided, and j

the Legislature put an end to it.The lifeof the convict under the lessee system has ,

beea shown. Sum for their life under the control |'-' the state.Under the old system the state received $224 25 a j

man. which for some sixteen hundred convicts jamounted to about 5375/>X> ~ year. The state ap- jpropriated •-\u0084-• taking care of the |convicts in the way of guards, etc.. leaving a :

surplus of rrrjiffwhich went to the school fund. |Under the new system Georgia is out that ;

amount of money and must care for her schools i

by direct taxation. The money received from the •

whiskey traffic sdso went to the schools, so it will Ibe sea that the schools have been hit pretty hard, !la addition to losing J225.000 a year, Georgia must i

take cars of the white convicts, as under the nil: IIt was Intended that the negroes should work the jroads .-:\u25a0•\u25a0- should be placed on a farm. ;this being done so that no white man should ever j

\u25a0dEer the disgrace of being seen in convict uni- •

form on the roads. To pr .vide for the white con- Isfcts It was necessary to buy a farm, tool?, build .houses, etc.

The legislature decided that a tax on near-beer jealoons would bring in this amount, and so a £.">}.tax a year was placed on all such places.

This m~ney has been collected, after much dod^- jlag and fightine on th<=- part of the near-l>eer deal- jwe. and is ready for the sta-.e to spend on a farm.

Then a hitch resulteJL Tfca pri&on commission;advertised for farms ?nd finally picked out onethat suited it. It didn't suit Governor Smith, j

He wouldn't have it and the commission wouldn'tUke a back seat.

'The result is no farm has l>een ,

boughi and th- white n:on work on the roads, be-ing taken by DeKalb, Fulton and Richmond coun- jties. Itis drawing near tiiiie for the next session ,.' the L.eg;s:-iture. and it is understood its ir.i-m-

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bers have views which may r?-sult in keeping tha j\u25a0R'hite convicts en ihe road.

The ..... hundred of whom ar>>negroes, nave been :aken by one hundred and thrte \u25a0

counties in Georgia, being divided, according topopulation. The other counties had a right to th< ir

pro r«:.. *l;are, but uecided tii- '.xpenye was tooheavy and so did cot take them. They still havethe right to call on the prison commission forroad work, but the expense would in that case be

'heavy, and ro they can safely be eliminated fromfurther consideration

PAROLE SYSTEM IN EFFECT.Oa« rteuit has .i«tn the expenditure of l^rge

•cms of money by all the counties in the state inthe purchase of road machinery, building housesfor the convicts, maintaining camps, hiriiigguards*o<3 other details. Th-;re is no regulation salary fur .the guards. Each county decides Tor its<rJf. Theta»n oa the road are only felony convict Thecounties also work their misdemeanor convicts.For Instance, Fulton has some five hundred con- •vlcts, dhid.-d about half and half.At present the convicts are JieavHy Ironed, more•° than in the camps under the lessee system. This I

i» due to the fact thai being new at the game, the Icounties are afraid the prisoners will get away. A !

few rears a^o. when some six hundred convicts !*ere farmed out io twenty-eight counties, tiie men !escaped In droves, but wore all recaptured. As soon j** the guards get to know the men the irons will \u25a0

\u25a0 lightered, except in UKUsunl ca.^es.•hew before the men were shut Up 111 brick*Jk*and in coal mines, working their lives out.*"> \u25a0» now working under the sun. In the broad

and ImprovingIn health, instead of retro-•radlns.

The greatest drawback u> the new system Is inth« \u25a0\u25a0tier of overtime. I'nder the old system men

'*etc >uppofct.-d to work so many hours. If they .*4£ttd to work man. the lessees had to )iay them*«• tfceir labor. Frequently a convict would save

'wasidf-rsiUe. One mar., released Just l*?fore thej**system went into tffect, haj saved a!,-»ut $JOO« live years. I'nder the new system the men*Grk the required number of hours and that isthe end. j

L'uCer the eld system congenial work was found'''

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tuny white m*n. That is to siy. there was*Wk Around a brick camp or a </oal min<? for-the•**esstor.a! RMS at -.v.-ll as the laboren Goodbookkeeper* were snuc:i :<tfded and much nought•**«". If a man of education and refinement be- |etc *« *

convict." there was for him work of the j**"&*had l/^cri used to. Under the new system

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the bookkeeper, the stenographer, the lawyer, the

doctor, must v.-< rk on the roads with the laborer,

Cn&er the old system there were a large numberr>f men who had become known as "trusties

"They

had earned a certain degree of liberty by reason oftheir "illness to duty and genera! trustworthi-ness. UndA- the new system there are no trusties.AH are chained.

I'nder the old system there was no such thing

as paroling a convict Undei the new order aconvict may be paroled, and by prompt obedienceand conformity with the rules of the camps hemay gain his conditional liberty sooner than underthe, old regime.

There are MB camps, and to keep in touch with

them thoroughly additional inspectors have been

put on duty, so that the prison commission will

know that the rules are being obeyed. These regu-

lations are strict, and will be rigidlyobserved.Georgians expect to be greatly benefited by the

new order. While there are many good roads inthe state, the majority of them are In need of im-provement. Farmers realize that with good roads

It will be easier for them to get their produce tomarket; veal estate men realize that property will

at once increase in value, and automobile driver*

and other amusement seekers know they will gain

with good roads.Labor has also been the gainer, as the convicts

will not come into competition with it now as they

did formerly, when free labor had to compete with

convicts In lines and in brick kilns.Up to date not a single escape has been reported,

and Georgia is enjoying a period of road Improve-

ment and of moral rest which she has not had formany years.

NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

Inspector General McAlpin of the recent annualInspection of the 7th Regiment in his official re-marks says:

"General appearance, military bearing, discipline,

courtesy and efficiency, as shown by Inspection,

excellent. Great credit is due all concerned forthis splendid showing, and only by united effort*

could such results have been attained. Company

F has succeeded In again attaining the excellence

of last year, but is now SQualled by Company I.with Company (i a very close second, with theother- seven companies of this remarkable. organi-

zation almost as good. Special mention must be

made cf the mess kits and tinware of Company

V and the blankets of.Company G. No .showing

could have been better. The rnenuel of inspection

arms was excellent in all companies except E and

H. where there are possibilities of sl<ght improVt--

ment. The adjustment of the field equipment wasuniformly excellent throughout the. regiment. Theprevious high standard of efficiency of this organi-

zation has been surpassed, and entitles 11 to the

hizhtst commendation. Books and records at head-quarters excellent. The quartermaster has a re-

markably complete and compact property record ."

The regiment will be reviewed to-morrow nicht by

Colonel Thomas Diamond, president of the Veteran

Association.

Contrary to the expectations of many, the newly

An Approach by Troversand a. Put by

Tra-vis.

< hunter I.

Master shots, those marie with telling effect atcruci:il momenta of a match, are the ones thaicount ir.ost and live longest in the golf memory.

It has frequently beea said, possibly with moretruth than poetry, that the only shot that counts

in golf is th«- one which finds the bottom of thecup, but that Is like tin swimmer, who, with onelast powerful stroke, reaches the shore in safety.

That last combined sweep of the arms anil kick ofthe legs did the business, to be sure, but they

would have availed little had they not been pre-

ceded by similar efforts. So it Is" with the ancientgame. While the shot that lands the bill In the

hole Is the one thai settles all doubts, almostequal credit, sometimes more, belongs to the earlier

strokes that make the holing-out -shot attainableApropos of this was an approach by .Jerome I>.

Travers. the national champion, in his match with

J. G. Anderson during the Lesley cup competition

at Garden City last tall. After Anderson had been

dormie two. the Mont/lair expert won the seven-teenth and eighteenth holes and squared the match,

which meant an extra h le. Travels hooked hisdrive, •\u25a0\u25a0.:;\u25a0! the ball lay in rough grass and high

weeds. Moreover, he had to play over a huge

mound to the green, which he couldn't even see.

let alone the Hag. Travers \u25a0elected a niblick, andafter the stroke, which tore up grass and sand in

a cloud, the ball sailed well over the. mound anddropped without any run some twenty feet from

the pin. It was a marvellous shot, especially as itmeant so much on this particular occasion. Inci-dentally, it may have disconcerted Anderson, who

after a beautiful drive straight down the coursefailed to hold the green on his approach, so that

the hole and the match went to Travers. BeforeTravera made his approach it was 80 to l that

Anderson would win. Had th« champion not risen

to the occasion with the wonderful recovery and

the match gone the other way, •' is possible theLesley cup would now be resting In Boston instead

of New York.There are times, however, when the successful

execution of these master strokes serves only to jworry temporarily the opponent. A case In point

was furnished In the match between H. ChandlerEgai> and A. 1.. White, both of Harvard, In thefinal round of the Intercollegiate championship

tournament at Myopia a number of years ago.

Kgan had pulled into the rough at the eleventhbole, and his position seemed hopeless, as the balllay In long grass with a bush close at hand. TheWesterner, with one of those rare strokes for

which he was famous, carried the bunker to thegreen; ad a put for a Iand won the hole in <.

Later on White got even by holms, an approach at

the seventeenth hole, the thirty-fifthof the match,

and a few moments later he defeated Esau tot the

Of all the puts ever made at the right time and |place so as to save the day, thai executed by. !

Walter .l. Travis- in h}s match with H. !I.Wilder |daring tfce nr.tlono! tournament at Garden City,

last September, probably has few equals In the

history of the game. It was while they were,playing the seventeenth hole la the afternoon, the Ithirty-fifthof the match. Wilder was dormifl tt/o. jso that all he needed was a .halve to defeat th* ra-

State Is Getting Road Improvement

and Moral Peace, Missing forMany Years.

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