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|| C HAT I
Every day some paper has an article
from zomeone airing his or her theories
on a future Ufa-
‘ * Many of those articles remind me of
peas in a pint measure. Put in a few
| and oh. how they rattle, fill it up and note
the difference. These rattlebrains ad
vance all aorta of empty ideas. I am glad
E that there is no law to make us read the
iff.
I Harper s Baxar. you know, is one of my
favorite magazines, and I am going to
■ give you some ideas that John Bigelow
F advanced in the June number:
“Ours is the only species of the animal
' kingdom that is never satisfied with what
at any moment it is. has been, or has
done Its successes are regarded practi
cally as but steps to a higher plane. We
are always struggling to accumulate
power; whether in the form of health,
of strength, of knowledge, of experience,
of skill. Os wealth, of popular esteem or
tanneries. The passion to better our state
or posttlom to accumulate more of some- I
thing that we value, is an emotion which ;
t, distinguishes us more than any other
apecies of the animal kingdom, and ani
mates us to the very -close of our earthly
life. • • •
••What pretext or excuse can be made
tor the creation of a planet—not to say
I an incalculable number of planets—and
P stocking ours with creatures whose en
| virohment is specially calculated to fit
i them to become purer, wiser, and better
than they ever do become while incar
nate. and yet who are always impelled
by desires which result in more or less
E ' ouccessful struggles to become purer,
wiser, better, or in some way. at least in
their own eyes, more important? Surely
such a life if terminating at the grave
can only be regarded as but a fragment,
as only a page of the great volume of a
human life, as only the atrium of one of
God's noblest temples.”
“The results of the Science of the Ra
» ttonalist at best are but hypotheses, the
>possible fragments of a truth, but in no
sense absolute truth. They are vessels of
r which any man may drink, but none of
them are like Joseph's 'cup with which he
divine th We infer that the sun fnat
, disappears this evening will reappear the
< following morning, but that is not the
Vconclusion but only an inference of
| adence. The inference that the sun will
reappear tomorrow is faith. without
I which the scientist is as blind as the ,
'j beast that perisheth. for neither can de-
" menstrate the truth of what is not. That
can be rendered even probable only by
faith, which, as the apostle Paul, with;
acienetiflc accuracy. Mid to the Hebrews,
‘is the assurance of things hoped for; the
« proving of things not seen. For therein
the tlders had witness borne to them. By
? faith we understand that the worlds have
been framed by the word of God. so that
■ what is seen hath not beer, made out of
i things which do appear.'
■ "But faith is not material, but spirit-
S ual. and what advantageth it a man to
I know what has been, without the faulty
» of trusting at decretion upon the consec
utive relations of events and their prob
able consequences.
“In what respect, then, ought our faith
in sunshine tomorrow to differ from our
faith in the continuity of life after part
ing with its earthly garments? We can
i not demonstrate, neither can we deny
• either, while for both there is every prob
f? ability and for neither any demonstrable
a improbability.''
There are times in every life when we
would like to put out our hands and
grasp something more tangible than the
most of us have in our hearts, and right
then, if we wait for the “still small voice”
we will have an assurance that is almost
like the ci sap of a hand. Lately a dear
friend has been in the depths of sorrow,
her stxteen-year-old daugther was sud-
I denly taken from her. The only child of
a widow, and a girl who gave promise of
such a noble womanhood one can see
how hard it was to say. 'the Lord giveth.
and the Lord take th away, blessed be
•His name.” But she said it. and through
blinding tears repeats ft. With her home
broken up and living now in the home of
• others she goes to her daily work and is
an example of fortitude to the hundreds
she must meet every day.
In all this city there is no livelier exam
ple of Christianity. Do you suppose life
to her would be worth living but for the
f knowledge she has that when her mission
on earth is ended she will l>e forever with
• her dear ones in one of the mansions
our Saviour has prepared for all who love
and serve him? Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
Where There’s a Will
Dear Miss Thomas: I did intend to write
sooner to thank yon for your kindness in sirart-
Ing me roar paper another year for the letter
that I sent to the Household sbont flowers.
I bad torn* of the finest clematis flowere that
I ever saw. end I juat wanted you to sec aotne
| of them and sent you two after they had b«en
open a week. They grow on a 'Vine as hardy
as an oak. I hare eight clematis vines, nil
different kinds or colors of flowers, they bloom
at intervals all stimmer king. The two ts.at
I sent yon were single white, the double white
g baasty but I haven't had any to bloom
this year. Fix of my vines are small on re.
V Just bought and planted this year, but I hope
to have them all to bloom this year. Mr yard
has been far from what I wanted It to be. Is
Elixir
Cleanses the System
EjfectuaWy
Ifapds colds and Headaches
duels Ccns\\paX\on;
Ads wrtwoMy as
alaxc&wc.
Best Jut Men Women audQiM
and o\d.
To Ws bencJicAoA ejjccts,
cAways buy Genuine.
moru/octi. red by the
* CALIFORNIA
Fig Syrup Co.
SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS
one 3o« oniy. refulgr price 50* per bottle, i
it was at the mercy of my neighbors' chickens
and many stray cows and sorry doge have
lodged in It and destroyed many of my tifiugs. i
But 1 have help at hand. 1 hired a colored |
boy to help iuj Ben and 1 to get up and roll
■ rocks down a steep hill Just above our house.
I Sime they put on a wheelbarrow and they got
the use of an old trusty mule and hauled away.
We were a long time getting up the rocks, tor
we could not work at it all the time. Hut
at last we phoned for ten sacks of cement
from the warehouse nnd I got out my Hue and
stretched it as tight as I could where the fence
was to be. in order to get it perfectly straight
ion the ground. 1 got my garden hoe and with
the pointed end made a mark to lay the foun
dation on. Then 1 raised my line up off the
ground and tied it tight to stakes driven up
at each end where the fence was to be. two
at each end the same distance apart as 1
wanted the thiekenss of my fence to be about
a foot. I tied small stones to each side of the
lines to work by to keep it perpendicular. Aa
they were needed I slipped them along to work |
by and now I have a fence that I prise higher
titan any other kind, because I made it wIE
Imy own bands. Os course my Ben made up tue
I cement and pnt it tn as I would put a layer
lof the prettiest roughest stones outside and
I fill in the middle with small rocks any shape
;or kind, then ponr over the cement, being carc
! ful not to let the cement run through where
lit would show on the outside of the fence.
I Well. 1 went home with my farmer son that
lives four miles out In the country; he has
' lots of cedar trees on his place, so he cut such
■as I wanted and loaded them on a one-horse
| w agon and hitched that same old trusty mule
■to It. I da-ore her home by the most private
I way na«* of r“*’»“c; for the people, and 10, gtlfi
| behold I Just as I got home there came a crowd
'of youngsters out walking, and one of the
prettiest girls in town with an escort by her
side called out to tue to know where I got
my Job. I told her at Sugar Valley, for that
I where my son lives. 1 got thnt cedar to
make rustic gates for my rustic fence; haven’t
got them made yet but hope to soon. I have
rhe yard filled in nearly half way up the fence.
Jest plan ed it today. So you see where theie
Is a will there 1s away to get things done.
But I tell you it takes will power to succeed
in anything. ,
Just here I want to say that Muriel bad to
muster up a great 'deal of that ingredient when
slie decided so wisely to give up that hand
some sweetheart of h»rs, when we older ones
advised her to do so. God bless all snch girls,
and send them better sweethearts for every
dram drinker that they drop, and lead them
to know how to say, ••No" io a dram drinker
every time. Let all true-hearted, good women
hold themselves aloof from dram drinkers at
all times, and then you will see the biggest
ware of temperance sweep over the land that
has ever been known. Now Muriel. I certainly
do think you are a sensible girl to lake good
advice in time: when you are once married to
a drunkard there is no advice then that can
get you out of more than a peck of trouble.
When I started this letter I meant it per
sonally to you. Miss Thomas, but you can pri *
as much or as little as you. see fit. Can t
you come down to Calhoun some time and see
our beautiful little town? I am sure that many
of ns would try to make it pleasant for you.
Yours truly. MRS. B. F. LANG.
Under the Old Oak Tree
: Th-re is nothing better than to get the dear
. Scmi-Weeklv Journal and alt under an obi
I oak tree which stands near our door and
■ read the many good and helnful letters from
! the Household writers. Out under the old oak
• where I can breathe the pure and fresh aum
i trier air: where I can listen to the sweat
I voices of the hapnv little birds: where I can
s*e the beautiful butterflies snread their bright
. wings and coquette with tW fragrant blos
; »ms: where I can see the busy, humming
1 bees burv tnemselves in the white cups of
| the Hiles and the crimson hearts of the roses!
i 'Tts then, dear Household, that I feel, ns
I Anna Higgins mid. that I am getting close
ito Nature and Nature's God. V.'hat has
become of the Gvosv that so much delighted
In hunting? Her letter was unite Interesting:
sh« must come again and tell us whether or
not her face ever got well.
Mcnniky. you must come nenin. Your letter
was fine. I think it all the eirls would do
as you advised them—ouit kissing the boys
under anv circumstances whatever, and not
associate with those that smoke cigarettes
and drink whiskv. we would have a much
nicer lot of boys, not savins anything of »he
Change there would be in thn girls.
I am nufto sure there would be a great
change f<y the better in this part of the coun
try I am a bov and that is exactly why
I know that the bars will tbinh more of their
sweethearts if thev will make them walk a
chalk line and keen their lips to themselves
until the wedding dav. And eirls, you would
better be sure that vour love is true and
that you have plenty of love for him before
you give your right hand, for you know we
hear and of broken-hearted wives and
mothers almost everv dav. While you are
rtncle is the time to ston and consider the
matter, for let me sav right here, if you go
on and irarr. a man that van don’t love and
perhaps one that doesn't love vou. I imagine
those sweet kisses, even to w.alt until your
wc-.idßng to begin with them, would grow to
be awful sour before old age overtakes you.
Just stop nnd think and tell me if that is not
your onfaion
I don't mean for vou to vet the idea that
I think that marriage is a failure, for 1
think unless the famllv relation is tender,
pure and true, civilization Is Impossible.
I believe in marriage. If there Is anv
h»av<>n on eartit It is in the family, by the
fireside. The happy man is the successful
man. and the mas who makes somebody' else
happy is a hapnv man.
I believe marriage should be a perfect and
equal partnership. I do not like a man wbo
thipks he ‘s "boss.” If there is a man I de
test it is the man who thinks he is not simply
the head of a famllv—the man who thinks
’ he is the whole family.
This is certainlv a good world, if we only
make sonietxxfy happy; if wa are only pur-j
hearted In ft.
I da not like a man who thinks he has got
authority and that the womajj belongs to
hint: that wants a slave for his wife.- I think
lov» i„ the only thing that wtU pay one hun
dred per cent on the .vutlav. Love is the only
thing In which the height of extravagance is
the last diene of economy. The man who
has the love of one splendid woman is a
rich man. “Jov is wealth, and love is the
legal tender of the soul."
I regard marriage as the brOUst instituttion
among men. Without the flrmdde there is no
humap a«.vancement: without the family re’a
tton there is. In mv opiniM no life worth
ving. Evon good government fg made up if
gord families, and a neighbefhood is a sam-
P!e of what good government in a home will
i“ e ’ er rule thf, n th*
goidcn rule. and if you live by it you
won t be in a family that Is a disgrace to a
good neighborhood, nor have an v cause for
r <'t’ r cieh. JOHN HALIFAX.
The Right Sort of Girl
Dear Household: Meaniky. you have writ
ten on a subject that I have often thought 1
would try to write on. I. to->. have a horrot
of e cruel girl and the young man flirt Girls
do not rcadxe that thev may tempt voung men
by their coquetlsb looks and familiar actions,
.•ut they do. All girls dream of the time
when the "true lover'" will come-her destiny,
her Hfe-mate. "
"Across the miles that stretch between.
I _Through days of gloom or glad sunlight—
There shines a face I have not seen
'' , r _. . Vct doth rnakp my world more
bright.
"He may be near, he may be far.
Or near or far, I eannot see.
But faithful as the morning star.
He yet shall rise and come to me.”
What kind of a man shall this one be who
Is coming Into your life some future day - ’
How do you picture him In vour dreams'* a
man _ wh ‘> been a "ladles' man” from boy.
hood. Who has made love to every girl who
came in his iiath?
"Love Is the greatest thing in the world.’-
you know, noble, high. pure, in the exercise
of which we Iwcamc- most akin to God.
1 m "* c * "bands ofT' your motto in girl-
. hood days. Which do you most admire a
. watch fresh from the jew-ler with Its beau it
ful finish unblurred, unmarred, or one tha.
■ has seen the wear of years. Its surface dull
: snd scratched ?
In the stores you see the sign "hands off”
, placed on deiieate-eolored silks, dainty laces
; pure white, silken-lustered fabrics. You do
rot resent the sign. You know that a touch
| of even a gloved hand might Irreparably spoil
! the fresh beauty of the piece.
The beauty of an American girl is a favorits
subject for the artists and poets.
Let us one as a type. Her form is
plump and softly rounded, her cheeks have
i the flush of the rose and downiness of a
| peach, her Hr* are crimson, her eyes ar».
| bright and sparkling, her step elastic. Het
i whole preeence suggests an abundance of rs
• serve power, of stored-up vitality. How we
ail exult In lies, WIU tbe allow Uu Xresh-
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1903.
new of her beauty, the surplus of her energy,
the daintiness stained because she did not
value herself so much as the storekeepers du
their goods, because she never said, nor act
ed. "hands off?”
Do I hear a surprised protest: "But surely
you don't want us to be prudes? If we're
too strict we'll not got any attention.” On
the contrary', young men say: "Oh, we have
to be familiar with the girls; they all expect
it. and would be offended If we were Jupt
friendly and never got familiar with them.
Girls not only degrade themselves when they
forget their womanliness, but they are. more
over, putting temptation In the way of others.
NORMA.
From My Observatory
Dear Miss Thomas—l have been reading the
Household for some time, and thinking I would
write, but never before could I gather up
enough courage.
Mt-anikev certainly has mv sympathy. I
know she must get mlghtv discouraged some
times. Mv mother. I thank the dear Lord. Is
not afflicted tn anv wav. although I feel for
others, and think everv one should do likewise.
I believe maxricd life Is the happiest there
is. where both the man and woman love
each other as thev should and each one does
his and her parts toward making the home
happy. The woman should know how to
manage things and know how to do all that
it takes to keep house. Tnen if she should not
have to do the work, that is all right; but
she should know how to do It. and try to
make home the happiest place on earth. The
tnan should be klnS to his wife and help her
about her work and be a comoanlon for her.
And above all things, not drink. It thetb Is
anything I desnlse It is a drinking man.
Girls, shun the drinking kie»d and don't,
don’t marry that sort, if vou never get to
marry. Uving an old maid’s life is no dis
grace. and marrying a drinking man brings
sorrow on mors thah one. And I am sure
there Is not any girl that wants to walk into
trouble. Some of you mav say, “Oh! she
doesn't know what she is talkfctg about;” nut
I have been in homes where the father was
a drunkard, and his poor wife and children
looked as though thev wera forsaken, ind
they wore shabby looking clothing, too, for
they didn't have much to wo on, and the
father would spend all of that drinking. I
do think that whiskv Is tba awfulest thing
there Is.
Well. I didn’t Intend to stay so long, but
excuse me this time.
Come again. Meanikev.
With best wishes to all. I am your pew
friend. VIOLET.
Lessons for All of Us
Dear Miss Thomas: Again I take the pleas
ure of writing to Our Household. Since 1
visited you last I have had so many letters
of cheer and comfort, and to many sad let
ters that I hardly know how to write or what
to write. Many I have answered and many 1
have not; but, dear friends, bear well in mind
that my heart is running over with love for
each member and each reader that has been
so kind as to send me their message of sym
pathy. love and comfort. I haven't words to
express my gratitude. When I read “A IJltfTe
Student's" letter, yesterday, in Our Household,
I could see her dear trembling hands, accord
ing to nature she Is nearing her heavenly home.
She is nearly seventy-four, has been all through
the war, has undergone many trials and troubles
of this life, and ahe Is still helping us. No,
dear friends, I can't give up at the age of
thirty-seven and spend the remainder of my
days In sorrow and grief, when God is so good
to us. We know He does nothing wrong, and
all our sorrows shares. Yes, Uncle Tom. I am
looking to Him; I could not help but say when
I read jour letter, “God bless our Utlcle Tom.'
I am glad to have go many letters In your
own bandwtitngs; now, when I read your let
■ ters in Our Household I feel like I know you.
i How little wc understand the word "friends."
In every day life we hear people say, “Such
and such a one is a friend of mine.” Real
friends are few and far between; a real friend
is never determined, until a test has been
made, and this test Is usually troublous times,
adversity or the loss of a loved one. when as-
I flietions come to us. when dark clouds hang*
I over us. and when w» need help any way, then
; is the time we find out who our true friends
| are. There is no relationship more sacred than
friendship. It carries with It love, and when
you have a friend who has proven himself or
herself such, always show evidence of grati
tude for the kindness they have shown .VOn,
and let your actions toward them be a source
of happiness and pleasure to them. Nothing
is ao much appreciated between friends us af
fection and nothing will kill friends like fh
grntltude.
Aa I mentally look Into each home of my
friends, acattered all over this broad land, I
jjeuder over the question: Who gave them to
me, who made them for roe? Oh: It was God.
a wonderful Creator and Father. How can wg
live In Idleness when He is so good? Ob,
my friends, lay aside your malice, your strife,
your envy, your idle thoughts, our idle deeds,
and et your whole heart be love. Love one an
other, think no evil, speak no evil. Some
may say. Oh! such a person has treated n*
badly, and I can’t treat him well, when he
treats me ill. We are not responsible for whir
others do; return good for evil; there is nd
better way to whip the devil than by kind
ness. Are we building our houses on firm
foundations, or are we building on sand? Dear
mothers and fathers, you are responsible for the
way you teach your children. Talk about your
neighbors nnd vlllify your neighbors In their
presence, and they will do likewise. Change
your way of living, teach your children that
they have a soul to save and a God to serve;
there is no chance for restitution after death.
If one from away in Kansas does try to preach
such “no hell doctrine” to me. Prepare to
meet thy God while it is day, for the night
eometh, and after death it's too late. I kno\?
| we can prove anything by the Bible if we skip
about; but read It straight through. It’a all
a link, and n great chain of love from begin
ning to end; go preach the gospel—go ye out
into the highway. Yes. go into the heathen
lands, they are hungering and thirsting after
righteousness. Educate them so they can read
God’s Word and know His plans. If we are
pure-hearted we are not preaching creed, but
God's love, we are not selfish and our field td
work in is anywhere we are needed. We are
all prone to wander, prove to leave the God
we love. Let our dally prayer be: Now, dear
Ixrrd, help us to feel, see and understand what
Thou wouldst have us do. and where Thou
wouldst have us work. Make us humble ser
vants, for we are weak and need your assist
ance.
I feel my weakness and dependence upon a
divine power. Aunt Ruth, send me a card.
BUSY BEE.
Route 8, Elberton, Ga.
Starts the Ball Rolling
O! how pleasant it is to stop and rest here
In the vine-clod piazza with Miss Thomae.
Doesn't a seat in the shade look enticing?
On arriving here I find several of the “ola
tlmers” are absent. What can be the cause?
I hope It la Just procrastination. If that be
It, do aw I have done and be In the crow*.
If you don't know what to say, just come
and smile with us. Since I have last written
I have observed the letters very closely ana
I find the question. "Which should be best
educated man or woman?" has been entirely
left off unsettled. Now, I have not come to
settle this, but have come to have a say.
Some men say that women don't need much
education, that their place Is the kitchen, the
washtub, and the cowpen and their work even
extends into the field. I, too, think they
may be needful places, but I don't think they
should stay there any more than is "absolute
lj- necessary.” so I say girls have just as
much right to be educated as boys. Educa
tion is power, and if there is a creature on
earth that needs power It Is woman. We have
got to have homes and someone must care
for them. If the woman does not the man
must; but the man who thinks a woman ought
; to be chained to a cook stove and not neea
an education In not a true man. but an animai
in whose narrow skull the light of reason has
never dawned. A man should make his wife
his companion, his chum, his soulmate, his af
finity, his sweetheart, and not his drudge and
[ slave.
I A man goes wild over a girl’s beauty, falls
I madly in love with her and marries her. and
the very things which lie so much praised,
that made his heart sing with joy—her beauty
J and charm—he starts to destroy. He works
I bls wife as he never would think of working
i his horse, and after a year or two of this
I toil, and what of the beautiful blushing hride'.'
' Her beauty has vanished, the peachy bloom ot.
her cheek Is gone and a care-worn, hollow
eyed. prematurely aged woman has t:<cen the
place of the pretty girl-bride. The pretty
frocks that fitted so neatly are by
gingham dresses that hang upon the thin,
tired body like rags on a beanpole, all the
happiness, gaiety and sprightliness of the girl
have vanished. The eyes that once dancea
with merriment and flashed with life gaze at
you In a dead, hopeless, despairing way.
This picture is not overdrawn. If you would
search the state over you will find hundred*
of girls at the age of fifteen and sixteen keep
ing house for father. Why? Because mothei
is dead. Was it from disease? No, it was
the heart-crushing, snul-kllllng slavery that
robbed her of her vitality.
I am glad to say we have no such men In
our community, and very, very sorry' to say
there are plenty and too many outside.
Have I stayed too long? While trying tc
defend the women and girls my pen ran away
with me.
With a heart full of love for all. and
“finger-tipped kisses” for our kind little
editress. I’ll bld you a hearty good-bye,
ELIZABETH LAND.
Birmingham, Ga.. Route No. 1.
The lowa Concrete Machinery com
pany, East Waterloo, lowa, are offering
great bargains in gasoline engines and
concrete machinery.
~t ■
Mrs. Hastings Dead
HARTFORD. Conn., May 25. Mrs. Anna
Cleveland Hastings, widow of the late Rev.
Dr. E. P. Hastings and sister of former Presi
dent Grover Cleveland, died at her home here
I today, aged 7S years.
, She U survived by one son. Rev. R. C. Hart
ings, recently a missionary In Ceylon, now e
I resident of A uM Uuei •
HENRY COUNTY IN
LINE FOR ROADS
HAMPTON, Ga., May 25.—1 n view of
the fight being waged by the Atlanta
Journal and New York Herald for good
roads a fonce of convicts arrived at
Hampton, Henry county, Monday morning
to start work on the roads of the county.
At the break of day 34 convicts started
work on the Henry county road leading
into Atlanta, and before many more
months have passed this road will be In
shape fit for any one to travel.
Near Hampton three counties run to
gether and in all three—Henry, Spalding
and Clayton—the roads are in good shape.
The convicts of Clayton county have
worked right up to the Henry county
line, while the convicts being worked by
Spalding county are now working up to
the Henry county line. As all three coun
ties have been at work on the highway
leading into Atlanta, it is already in
good condition, but is being put in bet
ter shape each and every day.
At the recent meeting of the Henry
county grand jury it was recommended
that a commlsioner of roads be appointed
to have general supervision of the work
on all the county roads. This recommen
dation has met with general favor, and it
Is very probable thaL such an office will
be created at an early date. At* present
the ordinary of the county has super
vision of the county road work.
WILL BE GREAT SUCCESS.
“I am in sympathy with The Journal’s
fight for good roads and I, as well as all
citizens of Hampton, will aid them all we
can,” explained E. R. Harris, assistant
cashier "of a big Hampton bank and one
of the most public spirited citizens of the
the south, and will be pushed to a grand
success with such a paper as The Journal
back of it.
JOURNAL’S FINE INFLUENCE.
“Os course I am for good roads,” said
J. W. Stephens, one of Hampton’s big
gest merchants, when asked if he was
for better roads in Georgia and the
south. “I have always stood for the up
building of the roads, and am now about
to see my dream come true mainly on
account of the Influence of The Atlanta
Journal's fight for better highways.”
"I stand out prominently for good roads
In Georgia,” said W. P. Wilson, a promi
nent citizen and president of the Hamp
ton Buggy company. "The Journal is
certainly the father of the good roads
movement in Georgia and it cannot be
given any too much praise for the way
it has been conducting the fight for bet
ter thoroughfares in the Empire State of
the South.
PROSPERIY AND BETTER ROADS.
A. J. Henderson, president of the Hamp
ton Knitting mills and one of the best
known citizens of Hampton, was enthu
siastic over the good'road movement>ln
augurated by The Journal. He talked
very interestingly of the work on the
roads throughout the state.
JOURNALS MOVE HAS FINE EF
FECT ■ w
"The Atlanta Journal certainly father
ed a great movement when they>tarted
their great fight for good roads through
out the south and east," said J. L. Moore,
secretary and treasurer of the Hampton
Fertilizer works, when talking to rep
resentatives in The Journal scout cars
Monday morning. "They could not have
undertaken a public improvement that
was needed more nor could they have
striven harder to make the undertaking
a success than they have.
Other Hampton citizens who are highly
in favor of the improvement of the roads
throughout the state are, Mayor W. B.
Davis, Councilman H. O. Moore, W. M.
Harris, C. L. Hammock, W. A. North,
H. G. Fields and J. C. Marpley, A. D.
Henderson, A. M. Henderson, J. V.
Ciumm.
GRIFFIN IS KEEN
FOR GOOD ROADS
GRIFFIN, Ga., 25.—The greatest enthus
iasm characterized the reception given
The Journal party here, and every
indication is that Spalding county is
booming the good roads contest launched
by The Journal some time ago.
A party of representative citizens of
Griffin met The Journal cars several miles
out, and escorted the scout cars into the
capital of Spalding, where a large num
ber of Inhabitants were gathered about
the streets to welcome the Atlantians,
eheer them on their way, and to assure
them of their hearty co-operation. The
party acting as the reception committee
and which met The Journal cars, consist
ed of:
E. C. Smith, Rev. C. 0. Jones, William
Walker and Douglas Glessner, editor of
the Griffin News, in one car; and Mayor
Greshan, J. J. Mangam, Douglas Boyd
and R. H. Drake in another car.
Every citizen of Griffin approached on the
good roads movement was emphatic in
his indorsement of what he said was the
best thing ever boomed in Georgia. They
were eager to talk on the subject, and
stated that Spalding county would un
questionably do her part to make Georgia
roads the best in the country.
Y. S. B. Gray, a prominent planter of
the county, said, enthusiastically: "I
think enough of this movement to work
twenty of my hands on the county roads
in close proximity to my property, and
am going to continue to do this until the
roads in my section of Spalding are the
best in this part of the state. It is the
greatest thing ever boomed in Georgia.”
R. H. Drake, president of the City Na
tional bank and chairman of the county
commissioners, stated that all Georgia
should rise up as one man and make this
movement “the biggest go ever launched.”
J. Eli Brewer, a prominent citizen and
a member of the aldermanic board of the
city, said: "Every man in Georgiy, young
and old alike, should give this movement
the heartiest of co-operation, and espe
cially does this apply to the people of the
country districts.”
It was learned that stock amounting to
SIOO,OOO had been subscribed for to build
a new modern hotel, which it was stated
would be one of the best hotels In trte
state. The county will also pass a $150,-
000 bond Issue soon for the erection of a
new courthouse and for the comletlon of
the work started on the reconstruction of
the county roads. Fifty-four convicts are
now at work on the roads in the county.
The following citizens of Griffin were
seen and gave their hearty indorsement
to The Journal's good roads contest:
Douglas Boyd, aiderman; J. H. Smith,
aiderman; J. M. Bassett, aiderman; R.
M. Wheaton, aiderman; J. S. Ryrus, ai
derman; M. J. Janes, aiderman; J. C.
Brooks, cashier Merchants and Planters’
bank; E. C. Smith, cashier Griffin Bank
ing company; J. W. and J. J. Mangam,
automobile enthusiasts and cotton mill
promoters.
MACON SWARMED BY
AUTOS FROM AFAR
MACON, Ga., May 25.—Macon has lit
erally the mecca of automobiles for the
past 24 hours.
Cars of every description, horse-power
and design imaginable have been prancing
through the streets and panting before
the hotels and in the garages.
From Atlanta • six cars rolled in with
prominent good roads delegates from the
Capital City.
From south Georgia a line of forty-three
cars, touring, runabouts and racers, dash
ed down Mulberry street under the lead
ership of Mayor Knapp, of Fitzgerald
These cars came from all sections of
south and middle Georgia, and were fill
ed with cheering machine owners and
road builders.
There were machines from Columbus,
Augusta, Savannah, Valdosta, Albany.
Cordele, Hawklnavl!!*. Perry itad Inter
,mediae .uxwna
TIP-TOP ROADS
IN PIKE COUNTY
BARNESVILLE, Ga., May 25.—Between
Milner and Barnesville, Pike county, the
best roads of the trip, with the exception
of the highways just outside of Atlanta
and Macon, were encountered. The six
miles from Milner to Barnesville were
covered In the short space of ten minutes,
the road being as level and smooth as
most any in Fulton county.
The road from Milner to Barnesville
has Just been worked by the county con
victs and put in tip-top shape. Very few
bumps were encountered. If the road roll
er is sent over this stretch just once more
it will rival the Hapeville road, leading
out of Atlanta, and the Forsyth road,
which leads into Macon.
By the last of next month the road
from Milner to Orchard Hill, the extrem
ity of Pike county, will be In just as good
shape as the road from Milner to Barnes
ville, according to statements made by
the county commissioners. The con
victs are now at work on roads in anoth
er section of the county, but they will fin
ish the work they are now on in time to
take up the work on the Atlanta road by
the first of June. When once started it
will be rushed to completion.
County Commissioners R. L. Swatts,
Morgan Howard and Dibble are great
believers in good roads and know how to
work their convicts to the very best ad
vantage. If the road from Milner to
Barnesville is a fair example of their
work, they are doing great service.
“We are suceeding admirably in our
crusade for good roads In Pike county,”
said County Commissioner R. L. Watts,
when seen by The Journal correspondent
iat Barnesville Monday. "We have put a
portion of the Atlanta road in fine shape
and intend to have it all in just as good
fix within another month.
“I am right in for good roads, and will
do all I can to aid in bettering the high
ways in any section of the state or
south,” said C. O. Summers, one of the
best known automobilists in the state,
and carriage manufacturer of Barnesville
"Barnesville Is always out for anything
that will better the citizens of the state,
and as the good roads movement inaugu
rated by The Atlanta Journal and New
York Herald is the one best bet of the
year, we intend giving them our co-opera
tion to the fullest extent,” said Mayor
T. W. Cochran. "We now have fairly
good roads throughout the county, and
especially around Barnesville, but they
will be in a far better condition within
a few months.
"Look out for Barnesville and good
roads,” said County Commissioner Mor
gan Howard. "We will show the other
counties of the state just how to build
good roads.
"You can count me in on this good road
movement,” said W. B. Smith, of the fa
mous Barnesville Buggy company, Mon
day. "It is the greatest movement under
taken in many years and will succeed, as
all the counties in the state are ripe for
such a move.
Among the other cltlsenz who indorsed
the move for good roads by The Atlanta
Journal and New York Herald were C. H.
Humphreys, W. M. Howard, W. M. Jor
dan, D. L. Anderson, J. D. Collier, Dr.
J. A. Corry, J. H. Pitts, J. L. Pitts. Ed
Minhfnnette. L. S. Flfield, A. A. Mur
phey, M. W. Smith, J. G. Smith, A. O.
Murphey, E. S Murphey, V. O. Marsh
burn. B. A. Llfsey, Judge C. J. Lester,
B. M. Turner, W. A. Prut, J. L. Middle
brooks, J. A. McCrary, B. L. Reeves, J.
M. Reeves, H. H. Gray.
FITZGERALD MEN
HIGHLY OPTIMISTIC
——————
MACON, Ga., May K.—The delegation
from Fitzgerald was one of the largest
in attendance at the meeting, and came
in nine big touring cars, headed by Mayor
J. G. Knapp, who was one of the most
enthusiastic workers for good roads here.
The Fitzgerald people are very anxious
to be on the "Big Road,” and are putting
forth every effort to convince the promot
ers that they will have the best roads in
their section. They declare they are go
ing to employ enough labor to build roads
for two counties, if necessary, and that
already their roads are in better shape
than they have been for years.
Among those coming from Fitzgerald
were some of the most prominent men
of Ben Hill county, and they talked as a
chorus concerning the good roads enter
prise.
MAYOR KNAPP ENTHUSIASTIC.
Mayor Knapp, probably the most inter
ested in the party, said: "The people of
Fitzgerald and Ben Hill county are, I
might say, unanimously in favor of The
Journal contest, and their interest in the
matter is growing daily. I believe it is
only a matter of a few months now until
Georgia has the best system of roads of
any state in the south, for every citizen
appreciates the great need of better roads.
John W. Greer, editor of the Fitzger
ald Daily News, said: "Every possible
means should be exhausted to perfect an
organization and get things started in a
definite shape at the earliest possible mo
ment. Such a movement as this should
not be allowed to drag, and the sooner
things are gotten at In a practical way,
the sooner will we have the roads we are
fighting for.
W. R. Bowen, chairman of the county
commissioners for Ben Hill county, said:
“Our roads are naw in good shape, but
we will get them In better condition be
fore many weeks pass. The movement
should be made a go, and every public
spirited citizen in Georgia should put his
shoulder to the wheel and help push it
through. Nothing could mean as much to
the people generally than this good roads
movement.”
The following is a list of those who at
tended from Fitzgerald, and the cars
they came in:
H. A. Burkhart brought in his Cadillac
J. G. Knapp, mayor of Fitzgerald, and H.
C. McFadden, president of the Business
Men’s league of that city.
L. W. Meakin had in his Cadillac W. R.
' Bowen, chairman of the county cornmis
j sioners of Ben Hill county; John W.
' Greer, editor of the Fitzgerald Daily
News; D. B. Jay, judge of the city court,
and Colonel A. J. McDonald.
Judge D. W. Paulk brought in his Buick
D. P. Adams, a member of the Fitzgerald
aldermanic board.
Marion Dixon, representative from Ben
! Hill county, had in his car J. E. Turner,
I vice president of the Exchange National
bank; W. R. Walker, county commission
er, and Isadore Gelders.
With J. M. Dorminy, in his Buick car,
were Charles Renard and John Farnell.
Dr. D. W. Ware had in his car J. A.
Anderson and C. W. Murray.
monr6ecitizens~
ARE ENTHUSIASTIC
FORSYTH, Ga., May 26.—The Journal
party was welcomed here Tuesday by a
large number of citizens who had gath
erad about the streets to await the com
ing of the pathfinders sent out by The
Journal this morning, headed for Macon,
the mecca of good road advocates and
automobile enthusiasts, today.
J. M. Ponder, president of the First
National bank, and one of the leading
citizens of the town, said: “I think, un
doubtedly, this is the best thing ever
started for the state. The people should
realize the importance of the movement
and put forth every effort to keep the
boom going.”
Dr. J. O. Elrod, physician, said: "From
the moment 1 first noticed the movement
being started in The Journal, I have been
a worker for the cause in this vicinity.
Every one should lend a helping hand.”
R. B. Stephens, president of the Bank
of Forsyth, said: "I think Monroe county
will see the great possibilities in this
movement, and that her people will give
their hearty support. I have never known
of a better or greater step, and it should
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be boomed from one end of the state to
the other.”
A. H. Chapel, county commissioner, was
seen in regard to his idea of the contest,
and said: "There is no doubt about the
fact that this movement is one of the
biggest things that ever happened for
Georgia, and the ultimate result will be
watched with a keen interest in Monroe
county. Since The Journal's first editorial
concerning the good roads contest, I have
been an anxious advocate, and I cer
tainly want to give the movement my
hearty support.”
Dr. G. L. Alexander, physician, said:
"There can be no question concerning the
great things in store for the state when
this contest brings in the results it is
bound to bring. My sincere indorsement
is with the movement.”
MORE STRONG INDORSEMENTS.
R. P. Brook, president of the Trio
Manufacturing company, said: “I sup
pose every one has said about what I
would say, but I want to state that the
contest has my heartiest indorsement.
Nothing was ever boomed in the state
that meant so much to every one.”
John Farley, capitalist, said: "Please
state that the good roads contest has
my indorsement. I am appreciative of
the great need for good roads, and every
one should give their co-operation."
Thomas A. Phinazee, county school com
missioner, stated that he could be quoted
as being among those who indorsed the
movement, as did J. O. Ponder, county
clerk of Monroe.
The following citizens were seen, and
said they wanted to have their names
added to the list of those who advocated
the movement:
O. H. B. Bloodworth. T. J. Hardin,
mayor of Forsyth: H. H. Hardin, Dr. J.
F. Lancaster. B. U. Rumble, W. C. Hill,
A. J. Zellner, county commlsioner.
JONESBORO GIVES
ITS CO- OPERATION
JONESBORO, Ga.. May 25.—"G00d roads
for Georgia and the south."
This was the slogan of all Jonesboro
citizens who met the three Journal cars
at the station when they reached this
thriving Georgia city Monday morning at
10:30 o'clock, after a nice run from At
lanta. Practically the entire population
turned out to welcome The Journal party
and offered them’ every encouragement
in their fight for good roads in the state.
The Journal party, three cars strong,
left the front of The Journal office Mon-
Among the prominent citizens to meet
The Journal’s party at Jonesboro were J.
A. Morrow, Z. T. Manson, A. C. Blalock,
L. Z. Gilbert, E. Gentry, O. J. Coogler
and W. M Wright
"The good roads movement started by
The Atlanta Journal and New York Her
ald has spread through Georgia, and it is
now an assured thing that the Empire
state of the South will have highways
that will rival any of them,” said A. C.
Blalock, the well known Jonesboro citi
zen and bank president, when he met The
Journal party at the station, Monday
morning. Mr. Blalock has always been
for good roads, and has striven for the
past ten years for better roads in Clay
ton his home county, as well as
throughout the state and south.
"Hurrah for good roads and The At
lanta Jourrial,” cried J. Augustus Mor
row, a public spirited citizen and well
known sportsman of Jonesboro.
"Yes, we are all for good roads In this
section,” said L. Z. Gilbert. "We are al) |
with The Journal and Herald in their
original movement for better roads io
the north and south and are now improv
ing our highways according to the plans
suggested by those two papers.
"Jonesboro occupies a
on The Jounal's good oad band wagon
and will be in the fight to the end,” com
mented Z. T. Manson, a well-known citi
zen and bank president, when seen Mon- .
day. "We intend to co-operate with The '
Journal and Georgia Good Roads associa
tion until all public highways in the state 1
have been bettered and are in condition I
for good travel.
“The time has arrived when we need |
better roads and from all indications we '
are going to have them, and quick, too," |
said E. Gentry, a well-known business
man of Jonesboro. “The Journal and |
Herald started the movement for good |
roads and all have now taken it up, and 1
we are sure to have every road within
the borders of the state greatly improv
ed.
"The movement for roads has been
started and it is a safe bet that Georgia
will push it to completion," was the
statement of O. J. Coogler. "The Jour
nal and New York Herald are surely the
friends of the south for starting a move
ment that works good for such a vast
throng of citizens.
WAYCROSS PEOPLE
WANT GOOD ROADS
MACON, Ga., May 25.—Waycross was
well represented at the meeting here to- ,
day, and showed the same enthusiasm!
that characterized every delegation in at- I
tendance. Judge J. T. Myers was the
spokesman for the delegation, and said
that Ware county was in the procession j
for good roads. He said that they were |
seventy-odd miles from Jacksonville, and ;
that to go north, east dr west, people
were compelled to go through Waycross,
and that the people were naturally in
clined toward roads there anyway.
"Come to Ware county,” he said, "and
we will show you that we will produce.”
The delegation from there consisted ot: |
J. E. Cameron, E. J. Berry, J. T. ;
Myers, J. F. Taylor, J. E. Wadley, J. R.
Whitman, H. D Bunn, M. L. Bunn, C. ;
W. Parker, E. H. Crawley, George Brin- |
son and others.
PERRY GIVES WELCOME
TO FITZGERALD PARTY
PERRY. Ga-, May 25.—Citizens of Perry
were out in force Monday to meet ths
forty cars from Fitzgerald and Waycross,
Douglas, Ocilla, Rochelle, Abbeville,
Hawkinsville, two from Ashburn and two
from Cordele. Immediately on arrival a
meeting was called at the courthouse,
with Hon. George W. Smith chairman,
and Editor John H. Hodges secretary.
Mayor J. G. Knapp, of Fitzgerald, was
called on to explain the object of the
movement.
The big map was put before the meet
ing. Mr. Joe H. Heard, of Vienna, made
an eloquent speech in favor of Vienna
being on line to Jacksonville. Colonel R.
N. Holtzclaw and Mr. L. F. Cater said
Houston was willing to build roads both
towards Vienna and Hawkinsville. CoL
Duke R. Pierce was not opposed to any
good road that might be built and did not
think they should conflict. Mr. J. W.
King, of Unadilla, wanted the road by
Unadilla.
Editor Hodges poured oil on troubled
water and said Houston was willing
to hook up with lines in all counties
around it. Mr. Bowen, of Fitzgerald,
urged the line to Hawkinsville. A motion
prevailed that a committee be appointed
to get before the county commissioners
and ask that two roads toward Hawkins
ville and Ashburn be built at once.
EVERY COUNTY IS
CENTER OF EARTH
Local pride is the surest friend of suc
cess. And local pride has been thorough
ly awakened by The Journal and Herald’s
campaign for good roads.
County is vying with county and town
with town as never before in any general
movement of the whole people. One has
only to read some ot the claims and rep
resentations and pledges that come in to
The Journal in connection with The Jour
nal-Herald highway and The Journal’s
Georgia good roads contest, to see that.
"Here’s where they grease the axis of
the earth,” said a Hall county citizen,
swelling with pride, when The Journal’s
scout car passed through that county re
cently. He was telling of the good roads
that the county has been stirred to build.
"Here is the center of the earth,” they
told the scout party in Hart county. "If
you don’t believe it, there is the Center
of the Earth camp ground right over
there on your left—the most famous place
for camp meetings in north Georgia.”
They, too, had been telling to what a
remarkable degree their county had been
stirred by The Journal-Herald contest and
The Journal’s campaign for good roads.
Everywhere it is the same. Local pride
has been reached. There’ll be no poor
roads in Georgia a decade hence.
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