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Show ROAD BUILDING I IDEAL CONVICT ROAD CAMP I Prisoner Worked Without Armei H Guards and Without 8pecial In- H ducements of Reward. M MM I Without dlgl attempt to escape, H nn average of negro convicts met maintained fr ten months In the Ful- H ton county (Oft.) honor camp conduct H i-il iimlcr the observation of tilt 1'nltcd B Stnti'K nfllce of public road, nd rural wiglnecrlni,' gad tha United Stntt-s pub-H pub-H lie health neilie. This not wlthsiand- Inf the facts that the convicts were H worked without artneil kiiuiiIs, with-H with-H out exceptional COadlttOBg as to hour H of hihor, without special reward or H other 1 Mini Inducement to good H hchavlor and with the camp located H near u trolley line and within 11 miles H of (he city of Atlanta, from which H inoxt of tlie convicts wore sentenced, n H condition admitted by nil competent H iiutliorltleH to he most unfavorable to H the successful operation of nn honor H romp. H The methods of discipline contrast- H ed sharply with those practiced In the other camps of the county, .slate and H hcctlon. So far as enn he learned, slm- , H liar methods never have been applied H to any convict camp In the South, and H for this reason the success of the sys-H sys-H tern Is one of the most striking and H Important results of the experiment, H which appears to demonstrate coticlu-H coticlu-H sjvajy that there Is little foundation H for the belief that iiojjro convicts are ' H nineiiable only to the discipline of H locks, si buckles and lash. H In this ciiiiip no guard was armed H and no convict was shackled; the only H building locked night or day was the H commissary. I'lalu gray Clothing was H mibstitulcd for convict stripes and the H use of the whip was prohibited. In H place of negative mwasures, order, m- H curity mid obedient e were obtained by H the positive measures of attractive H food, lilit, airy quarters, clean and H comfortable beds, reasonable, kind H treatment and greater privileges. Dur- H Iiik the day on the work the constant H menace of the gun was removed and j 3ggl jjjl. .1M0 -1 Repairing Concrete Road in Georgia. H the men worked under the foremen as ! H free men work. Instead of patting the H men "on the chain" Immediately after H the evening meal, in this camp they B were pt i milted to remain outside the H building, read I iik'. Mnoktngi playing , H quoits or baselmll until tlark, or In I he H inessrootn to enjoy a phonograph which H waa provided for them. Saturday after- H noons, during the summer, were hull- , H days, and the time was devoted to Hj baseball and other games. H Minor Infractions of the rules, dls- Hj obedience and unsatisfactory work Hj were punlslied ly domcrltlng the of- H fender. When the number of such de- H inn its exceeded the established limit Hj the convict wus returned to the county Hj be dtiuarters camp to be placed aguln HJ under the more rigid discipline of one , Hj of the other camps. Attempted es- Hj rape would have been punished In u H Ki 1 1 1 1 In r milliner, but It was unnecessary Hj to administer any punishment for this Hj cause during the ten mouths tne camp Hj was under observation. Hj The full measure of the -access of Hj the system of discipline Is reull.ed Hj when it Is understood thut no attempt Hj Was made to hold the men by rewards Hj of n.oney or allowances of "good time" Hj greater than those granted to other Hj county convicts. The only measure of HJ this kind was the granting id' the ens- H toniary ration of tob'icco. Tills was WM usi d at I he rate of about our ,pi,ii ler HJ pound per convict per week. m The morale of the force was excel- HJ lent. With few exceptions the men J weie content with the treatment they H received, and fri ely I cpreased their HJ appreciation of It, not only In wonls, Hj hut in a willingness to work and a HJ prompt response to orders, such as s PH olis.i.ed seldom In convict camps. |