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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.