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A MESSAGE FROM
THE STATE FARM
D. L. McCord Writes a “Sermon” to
Boys of Monroe. Asks them to Shun
Bad Company, Cards and Whiskey.
D. L. McCord of this county,
vBo was recently convicted of liq
uor selling in Monroe Superior
Court and given twelve months at
the state farm, has written The
Advertiser a statement that is in
deed a sermon. The whole of it
was too long to publish, but such
of is as gives the experience of a
“wayward son’’ and contains good
advice to young boys who are being
led into bad habits we give, that
they may profit by this man’s life.
*** “I am now a prisoner or
convict at the itate farm. *** I
don’t hold any malice in my heart
for the judge that sentenced me
to work here. He is doing the
best deed in passing these straight
sentences that ever happened. It
has taught me a lesson I othewise
would never have learned.
Boys and young men take a
word of advice from one who is a
convict. I believe I can give from
experience something better than
those who have always been law
abiding citizens, for they have
known the torture of a sinful
conscience.
Iwas raised by a Christian moth
er, who believed in honesty and
paying her honest debts above
everything else in the world. It
was her earnest desire for ail of us
to be law-abiding citizens. My
father I hardly remember.
When I was 14 years of age I
began associating with bad com
pany. My mother had eight chil
dren, two older than myself, the
others all small, so I easily slipped
off from her, and made it a regu
lar practice to go to parties and
social entertainments. There I
found boys who urged me to drink
with them. Telling me ‘ oh a dram
wont hurt you.” Needless to say
I drank the social drink and each
one called for more.
I began going with bad com
pany and playing cards once in a
while. I would get drunk and the
more I drank the more I wanted.
* * *
I Was sent here for a deed that
I did not do, altho I admit I have
done this kind of misdemeanor, I
never did this. I am here because
I bore the reputation of what I
was.
% * »
But friends I want to act in the
future so as to be glad to hear the
truth. lam glad now that the
truth is out I have been a gam
blerand whiskey drinker, and am
reaping what I have sown. Am
beginning now pretty hard.
i * *
A few words to our good judge.
Isay and truthfully feel that he is
doing much towards stamping out
the whiskey in our county. I be
lieve he is a Christian man. I be
believe he is no respecter of per
sons, and I believe that he will
pass a straight sentence on a rich
man as quickly as on any poor
man.
■* * *
I have a wife and four little
girls alone, left on the mercy of a
cruel, wicked world, which whis
key has helped to make. To those
who know them, please help them
the best you can andjpray for the
one who has left them in their de
plorable condition. Pray that the
whiskey and cards that are mak
ing so many homes desolate may,
in due time, be forever stamped
out of the country.
* * *
To all boys I say shun bad com
pany and whiskey. If you leave
off the bad company you are more
.than apt to leave off bad conduct.
F A few words to chrisian people.
Don’t let your duty stop with go
ing to church, but visit chain
gangs and prisons. You can do
more there than anywhere else,
if you wait till they get out they
are hard-hearted and don’t care.
Let them know that you remember
them. Remember they were in
fants once and some mother’s dar
lings. And they hav Q an interest
in God’s kingdom too; and even
tho they are prisoners, there’s hope
for redemption. A friend in need
is the one who counts.
Hoping that Monroe County
will be a better county since I am
away, I beg to be remembered as
a wayward boy. D. L. McCord.
GRAND OPERA PROGRAM.
Gratified by its reception dur
ing three successive visits, and
faithful to its promise to confine
its activities to New York and At
tanta, Mr. Giulio Gatti-Casazza,
general manager of the Metropoli
tan Opera Company, takes pleas
ure in announcing that arrange
ments have been completed for its
fourth season of grand opera at
the auditorium during the week
beginning April 21. The local
management, as heretofore, will
be in the hands of the Atlanta
Music Festival Association, which
has done so much to foster Musi
cal Art throughout the South and
make Atlanta one of the import
ant operatic centers of the country
Four evening and three after
noon performances will be given
as follows
Puccini’s manon lescaut in|ltalian
on Monday evening, April 21.
Verdi’s la traviata in Italian on
Tuesday afternoon, April 22.
Damrosch’s cyrano in English on
Wednesday evening, April 23.
Ponchielli’s lagioconda in Italian
on Thursday afternoon, Apr. 24.
Offenbach’s tales of hoffman in
French on Friday evening,
April 25.
Donizetti’s lucia in Italian on
Saturday afternoon, April 26.
Puccini’s tosca in Italian on
Saturday evening, April 26.
The foregoing list of operas
speaks for itself. In preparing
the repertoire Mr. Gatti-Casazza
has sought to please all tastes.
The public will have an oppor
tunity of hearing in three langua
ges including Englssh. Several
new artists of the first rank will
make their debuts before Atlanta
audiences, while a glance over
the roster of stars will discover
the names of eminent artists who
have already won their way into
the hearts of the South’s music
lovers.
It is quite unnecessary to enter
into further details as to the char
acter of the performances prom
ised. The Metropolitan Opera
Company is a household word in
Atlanta. Mr. Gatti-Casazza can
only repeat his assurance that, as
on former occasions, the full re
sources of this, admittedly the
the greatest operatic organization
in the world, will be utilized, and
as far as physical conditions will
permit, the performances will
equal in casts of artists, scenic
splendor, rchestral and choral
support and every other detail,
the New York productions which
have given the company its in
ternational preeminence.
Orders for seats will be received
now by tho Atlanta Music Festi
val Association, Mr. C. B. Bid
well, Treasurer. 1016 Fourth Nat
ional Bank Building, Atlanta,Ga.
ALL MAIL ORDERS must be
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The Central of Geogia Railway
offers convenient and comfortable
service to and from Atlanta. Ex
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nearest ticket agent.
J. C. Haile,
General Passenger Agent.
F. J. Robinson.
Asst. General Passenger Agent.
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