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VOL XXII NO 38
VIENNA. GA. THURSDAY, MAY, 5 1004
TERMS *1 A YEAR CASH
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
TRUE OCONOMY
Cultivate a Habit of Saving.
Loiter No. 11 of a series of 00.
Copyrighted 1001 by UUristino Herrick.
Si n o time ago a clever man—or
S srhaps it v as’a woman—started
e idea of an "only” box. Into tbm
\t ere to bo dropped the coins that
wuc saved nom small indulgences.
The man who v ent without an extra
cigar or glass of beer, the woman
Who rofr&ined from ice cream soda
or caramels or saved carfare by
walking, deposited too sum thus
gained in the "only" box. Alter a
certain period or on the occasion of
a need ot some specific kind or for
the sake of some particular cause
the box was opened and the
accumulated amount devoted to the
object chosen.
The idea was excellent,—in a
Way. There can bo no doubt that
We all spend small sums of money
In foolish fashions, in buying some
things we are as well off without.
These sums, if lumped,' would
make something worth while. Hut
there is danger in the sciiome One
drawback was pointed out by ,1 think,
Chautieey M-. Depew, or some one
equally well known, when lie said,
that the economy which induced
the man to relrain from bringing
home flowers to his wife or from
grunting her some other trifling
pleasure was a worse mistake than
extravagance. There are some
'savings that cost too much for'any
one to venture to indulge in them.
Arc not many of the things that
are domed more valuable ( lhau the
money they would demand? Iam
not speaking of such obvious
blunders as wearing out a quarter’s
worth ot shoe leather to save a
nickel’s ear fare or ruining a hand
some gown on a stormy day
sooner than pay the price of a cab.
Eveywhere woman and men are
guilty of this form of stupidity.
But 1 refer now to another variety
of economy, which is equally to be
condemned.
We all know the man who never
has time to get away from his busi
ness, the woman who is never able
to leave tlie house, except to go to
church or to market. Both enjoyed
a little pleasure when they wore
■young, probably. Perhaps they
kept up diversions for a .while after
marriage, and thought they would
never let themselves grow old or
slip into the staid, dull ways they
had criticised in their seniors. Hut
alter him. Hut what is the plea of
the woman who stays at home?
She may say that she hasn’t time to
go about, that she needs all her
leisure to keep her house in order
and all her spare money for some
uncertain future. It is worth while
for her to take half an hour off some
day ami determine what she is going
to gain in exchange for all sho is
giving up.
I do not for a moment approve of
women ncglooting their homes for
the sake of running about out of
doors. That mistake is as big as
the other. Hut thero is such a
thing as a middle 'courso~l hougli
this is not often popular w.th
women.
The womau who makes her one
idea that of keeping her house in
spick and span order pays pretty
dearly for her indulgence. She
thinks that there is nothing of more
importance than for her to save
money for her husband by econo
mixing in service. She therefore
does as much of her own work
possible. To do this sbe must deny
herself outdoor exc'-ciso. So she
pays the price of her complexion,
her health, aud often her temper
All theso.are sacrificed to the saving
of mere money. It is instead abso
lute thriftlossness and extravagance.
Some one has said, that "economy
becomes dreadful only when some
lightning flash of truth shows us
that pur painful frugality has been
really the most lavish waste.”
Such a lightning flash must come to
ovory woman, sooner or later, when
slie appreciates the fact that she has
worn herself out, lost youth, health,
good looks and the capacity lor
enjoyment in the effort to save
money and gear. The sooner the
lightning happens to flash in her
neighborhood and wake her up to
see things as they are, the better
for all concerned.
The best way in which a woman
can fit herself to see life steadily
and see it whole is by getting into
bring fresh air into everything—
conduct, thoughts and all. She
on unot expect her ohildren to oorao mU8t hc a money bank,
to hor, in the p isition of mind and
WOMAN’S COLUMN.
If contentment is riches, happiness
body that yens have won for her.
Instead of this, she must go to
them and bring them up, if possible,
to whero sho stands. Sho may make
positive that she will make herself
younger. More than this, sho will
get a better acquaintance with hor
children than she has over had before.
If she ha* boon saving time by
staying at home and working for
them she will find something
pathetic in the joy with Winch they
will greot her arrival among them,
tho share she takes in their
occupations.
Children arc loyal littlo oroaiures.
To their mind there is no one like
the mother, as a companion, and it
is eminently worth while for her to
economize on her own employments
und pleasure for the sake of sharing
in theirs. Let her follow Frocbel’s
advice and live with her children.
Lot her try to forgot for a little that
Bhe is grown up. If it. is Summer,
lot hor go fishing with them
boating with them or wheeling with
thorn. If it is Winter, lot her join
in their house games and if possible
ill:their outdoor sports- I know of
She is the riohost who gets most
eujoyment out of what she has.
Happily is tho girl who thinks
her father is the best man on earth.
The wise womau oaters to a man’s
stomach instead of to his heart.
Every man has a right to his own
opinion if he keeps it to himself.
Tho girl who loves to help mothor
will mako a model wife someiday.
About one tenth of the buyers in
New Yosk wholesale stores aro
women.
F ettles may be thoroughly
oloansod by boiling a few potato
ppelipgs it them,
Cupid is always looking for a
chance to swap a peck of trouble for
a pint of happiness.
Ten per cent of all tho ohildron
of tho world walk by the time thoy
are 10 months old.
Tho new postage stamps look
different from tho old ouos, but they
taste just tho same.
6,897,471 BALES.
Tho cotton oontest by wtich tho
Atlanta Constitution offered $7,500
for the nearest estimate of tho
numbor of bales of cotton received
at all the United States ports up to
April 20 has dosed and the exaot
numberof bales is 0,807,471. If
you have guessed, look up your
stubs and see bow far you missed it.
SING AT LIBERTY - .
On the fifth Sunday in May thero
will bo a union sing at Liberty
church half a mile oast of Findlay.
The singing will last all day and
there will bo dinner on tho ground.
A good limo is expected. Tho good
pooplo of that neighborhood never
fail to make it pleasant for the
visitors. If you live near, and have
a good cook, you, of oourso, will do
your part toward feoding tho orowd.
Everybody invited. Those living
south of Findlay can get tLero on
good timo onjho Shoofly, and oan
return home at 0:45 o’dook in the
evening.
HANGING TOMORROW.
If a man*8 children turn out half j
as bad as lie was nt tbeir age he i
nothing prettier than an annJablo j lh "* H ’ b ° 7° r1 ' 1 18 grow J nR worso -j Seymore Williams was convicted
yamc of snowball between mother . Women laugh when they are. m j last fall for taking a hand in tho
There may be a legal banging in
Vienna tomorrow; there may not.
and sons, in which the' gallantry of
the little men prompts them to throw
only soft halls at "mother.”
With thecomi igof warm weather
there is the opportunity offered for
a life out doors. This is the time
when tho heart of the small hoy or
girl may be made glad by the picnic
or tho all day excursion into tho
woods or on tho water. Probably
the mother may think it rank extrava
gance to give up all or even part of
a day to doing nothing but play.
Iu reauty it is a wise economy.
This is the way in whioh she is
laying up some things more valuable
than money ov labor. She is
gaining hcal'h and color and
love for tho same reason that j murder of Mr Dock Edmonson at
the fresh air. By the time her body I improving her complexion and
has been there for a while her mind I wlnnln ? tiiu of hcr oln . k,ro,:
will he clearer and she will be .vblc
to perceive, for hsrsclf how mil taken
are some of her economies. When
she gets into the outdoors, when she
has had the exhilaration that comes
from a long sweeping walk or an
inspiriting spin on a wheel, she will
look at life lrom aii entirely different
point of view. She will wonder
why she ever thought it more
important to dust every nook and
corner ol the house every day than
it was to fill nor lungs with pure
air. She will see that it was a poor
Putting aside everything else, the
woman who has a husband and chil-1
cowards whistlo—to keep up their
courage.
If it lie true that women love
most intensely at 22 why aro they
never more thau 18 in the oflioial
records?
When the foot has gone to sleep,
rub the cords of the- leg under the
knee, and the pain will cease
almost instantly.
Thinking and talking aro two
separate propositions. Queer that
so many people do not comprehend
this faot.
When it gets to be the; style to
have a new hat on Thanksgiving,
the same as Easter, it will be
possible to get people out to church.
The swirling wad of pompadour
over one's forehead is a thing ol the
past. Wear your hair tho way it
little by little cares crept in and - economy to make her own frocks
they drifted into the way of the ‘"stead ot having a dressmaker in
stay-at-bome. When lliere were
babies, or when the business re
quired constant nursing, the habit
was formed and the custom of
economy of time and money oon-
-tinned when the real need for it had
-passed away. We hear much talk
,of the I abit oi extravagance but I
sometimes think that the habit ol
hoarding is more inveterate. It
-matters not. what one li. ar is,—
money, time, strength, effort. The
result is much the same,—an in
•difference to everything else.
It is well for those who save in
-this way to a-k themselves why they
-do it. What do they win by it?
the man who stays constantly at
J.is business may plead perhaps 'hat
ho is making a provision for Lis old
.age and for those who will citue \ change
dreu should bestow very serious ; | o0 | C8 sweetest and snap your tingois
once in a while and gaining the
opportunity to read the new book or
learn the new song or devote berscit
giving her husband a jolly
evening, such as they used to have
when they were first marred and
took it as a matter of course that
there should be an occasional little
supper a.id a small party of friends
to cat it. She will learn that it is
not economy to put a few yards
more trimming on the children's
clothes instead of getting their
garments ready made and thus
saving the time to give herself to
to her growing boys aud girls, in
indoor aud outdoor sport.
Wheu the sensible woman has
once waked up to this state ol
affairs she will set about making a
her habits. She will
thought on what she is to mean to
them. Wo keep nothing, as wo
gain nothing, in this life, without
working for it, and tho love and
confidence of those about us is. no
exception to the rule. The loyalty
and understanding of the husband
may bold him to tho wife, even
when she becomes a slave to potty
household economies. The chil
dren’s devotion will last while they
are children, but as they grow older
they become interested iu outside
things. They seek sympathy where
they can find it and the mother who
has not won their friendship s6es
herself left without it. ,
A New York minister says that
fifty years from now women will
take the pUcc of men and compel
the latter to come to their, when
they want 50 cents. Women are
today in 145 branches of business
and in many instances showing more
ability than the men.
The most important articles of
dress are gloves and shoes, if you
wonld be neatly and also well
dressed. Some one says that the
secret of being well dressed is to be
so suitably and tidily dressed that
the matter of appearance may be
dismissed from one’s msnd.
at fashion.
Wear your dro'ses loose and com-
fortable, but have them look as if
they were really int ended for yon
and were not bequeathed by a
plumpisL relative.
It is said that windows washed in
water to which a .little blueing is
added will show a fine brilliance
and keep fresh longer than when
wa shed in the usual manner.
Don't desert your home to read a
paper on domestic science or house
hold economy. Don’t negleot your
children; your proudest achieve
ments should be their education iu
Christian citizenship.
There should be a separate
purgatory set aside for the back
biters and slanderers of every
community. The most villainous
thief is the one who tries to steal
the good name and reputation of
another person, especially a poor
woman.
There is a Unit to Mousiness.
The extremely huge blouse waists
are no longer in vogue—in fact,
thoy never were with women of
good judgement. Gowns that ai*e
seven sizos too large are aliiiost as
disfiguring as those that are two
sizes too small.
Coney last summer. Seymour has
tho name of be : ng a good kind of a
negro before ho got into bad
company, and on this ground a
petition for his lifo went before the
prison commission, which, up to
Wednesday night, is not granted.
This is tho third date set for his
execution. At the full term lie was
sentenced to hang in November.
His oas* went to tho supreme court
as usual, which postponed the
cxooution until tho ease could be
Heard. A new trial was refused,
and ho was then sentenoed to hang
on tho 6th day of April. Then a
petition came from his old home in
Lee county, whiuh was numerously
signed by citizens of Dooly county,
asking the•prosiin board to commute
bis death sentence to life imprison
ment. The case was set for Monday
of this week, but no mercy for tho
negro has been handed dow i from
that tribunal, and if none is shown
before tomorrow noon there will bo
a hanging in the h’jll of the Vienna
jail.
When tho petition for his life was
sent* to Atlanta, tho goveuor ordered
the sheriff of Dooly county to stay
the execution until Friday, the 0th
day of May, then, in tho absence of
further orders from the governor, to
hang Seymour Williams by the
neck until he is dead. Tho rope is
ready; everything is ready but the
man, and it is hoped that he is ready.
Since hangings must be, we think
they should be publio, and hope the
next legislature will make it so.
Legal hangings in Georgia were
public or private, according to the
order of the trial judge, up to a few
yea rs ago. The legislature made.
hangings private about tbe time it
passed a law to proteot possums in
this state, and the possum law was
passed immediatsy after a possum
supper near Atlanta one night at
which several politicans gathered
and planned for tho folio,tyiflg
campaign The possum layr , has.
been repealed. Now let the private
habging act be displaced.