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6 Conducted /* 65 L.O ' TMOMAS e^ —*4 an letters written foe this page must have the writer's real name and address enclosed- This ts not foe pnbllcatlon nor for the n»c of any one except the editor of this page. «C letter iiaa not been p üblished this may be the reason. Address leMers for ’ HoueetolJ ja Mias L O. Thomas, Lock Box ME. Atlanta, Oa. || 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 You Will NeeJjn Oil When warm days and « the kitchen fire make Wk ' cooking a burden—then \V i In is the time to try a New lj•] Lh Perfection Wick Blue /j| e /■ Flame Oil Cook-Stove. * | stove does away with W \ IjpM —\ kitchen discomforts—how B co °l ** k ee P s the r °om in ■ com P ar i son with condi- II IJi-11-h —rions when the coal fire was ■ burning. The F NEWVPERFECTION I Wick Blue name Oil Cook-Stove I is the only oil stove built with a CABINET TOP for holding plates and keeping food hot after cooking. Also has useful drop shelves on which to stand the coffee pot or teapot after removing from burner. Fitted with two nickeled racks for towels. A marvel of comfort, simplicity and convenience. Made in three _ sizes—with or without Cabinet Top. If not dealer, write our nearest agency. / \ every one wants —hand* mu* some enough for the parlor; strong enough for the kitchen, camp or cottage; bright enough for every occasion. If not with your dealer, write -dL- our neare,t agency. Staadard OU Compaay 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. AFTER SUFFERING ONEYEAR Cured by Lydia E. Pink ham’sVegetableCompound Milwaukee, Wis. “Lydia E. Pink -1 ham’s Vegetable Compound has made I me a woman, H and I would like to tell the whole world gfc/B of it. 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