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10 Hodder*on |jj VOL XXII NO 43 VIENNA. GA. THURSDAY, JUNE 0 1004 TERMS *1 A YEAR CASH 1 $», ' £ | OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. CAMPING OUT Letter No. 16 of a sevieB of 20. Copyrighted 1904 by Christine Herrlok. The fresh air fashion has ceased to be a lad. Every where people are learning the value of a life in the open air and are ptoving for them selves what even a few weeks of roughing out of doors will do. The complete onango of habit aids the fresh air to get in its good work and it is not necessary for tbe tired toiler to take a long and costly trip in order to make a total variety in the habits of daily life, Farmers' wives have found out that there is i benefit to be derived from leaving home fpr a few days and oampmg down at some place a few miles from the farm. Busy city workers who cannot afford to take thomselves and their families to distant rural spots have discovered that a tent or a cabin within a short ride of town, near enough for the business men to go back and forth to work on their wbcels, is not to be despised as a means of getting the ohange that every one should have in the course of the year. Perhaps men have more of the native wood dweller in their com position than women, but they never Beem to have muoh difficulty in adapting themselves to the lack of home conveniences and comfort daring a camping out period. Possibly "this to'because they have less ot the work of the purveying to do. Children, too, enjoy this sort of life and are never happier than when enduring some small privation that makes them feel that thoy are leading a truly wild ex istence. The average womah does not take quito so kindly to the unconventional camp life*—for obvious reasons. She is usuallv more a creature of habits than the man and she takes her pleasures in an orthodox fashion. Yet it is a good thing for her to be shaken out of her accustomed round once in a while and even if si e' does not become so enthusiastic over j camping out as do her childrtu and ; husband she can hardly fa.l to get; real benefit from it. There are many ways m which | the camp may be made comfortable I for the seekers for health and ohange who cannot indnlge themselves in the luxuries of those Adiiondack campers who supply their rustic dwellings with brass beds and porcelain tubs. That sort of thing is not camping at all, in the real sense of^the word, muoh as it may appeal to the lovers of tbe flesh pots. The day has gone by when a camp must of necessity be a tent. A tent has its advantages but it also possesses drawbacks* In hot weather it is very hot, even although it cools quickly at night. In wet weather it is not always water proof, and is chilly. .Men and boys are usually satisfied with it, hut a wo man owns to a preference -for some kind of a shanty of shackjjwhen she goes oampmg. W hether it be under canvas or beneath a more substantial roof, the main thing to make sure of in planning for a camp is that the’beds shall be-.comfortable. IK*: Happily a fair bed is easily achieved. A camp cot’—two lengths of wood with a breadth of canvas between and folding legs beneath,—makes a bed not to be „I CAN SELL Y0UR...» REAL ESTATE OR RUSINE No Matter Where It Is Send Description and Cash Pric And Learn How I Have, or Can Find ' A The Property You -Want to Buy Give Me a Trial and be Convinced C. C. COTTS THE LAND MAN CORDELE, GEORGIA de.-iJiscd, especially’ when a rug or qu'.lt or comfort is laid Upon' il. Suchabod as tl is can be sbiLoJ from |iiaee to place, but the same re.-uli in iy bo achieved with less bother or transportation by driving into the prouud four posts, corres ponding with the four corners of the bed. fastening strips from one of these to the other so as to form a hollow square aud to these strips securing stout canvas. If one ;s within reach of evergreens in abun dance, cross strips of wood may be fastened to the lengthwise strips of tbe bed frame and boughs of sprung or balsam or hemlock arranged on thee for a mattress. The old style of making a bed of boughs on the ground left mnch to be desired. In wet weather, even with a ditch cut around tbe tent, some dampness was sure to make itself felt. Likewise crawling things found it very easy t o get into the green mattress, 'i he coverings for such a bed -should - be dark blankets,—blankets are warmer and lighter than comforts,-.-and there should be enough of them. Cold nights are ndt unknown even iu Sunn; er and if one lies awake and shivers during the dark hours there is not much good won from the camping out experiment. Let no woman be deluded inio believing she can be really comfortable sleep ing on a rubber pillow. This may do lor a foundation, but for genuine comfort she will need a pillow of feathers or down. When a man camper wishes to wash he takes a plunge in the nearest body of water. A woman must plead for a wash basin. If she can afford herself the luxury of a rubber' tub she is in great luck. Some sort of a rudo wash stand can readily be contrived for her iu tlie corner of her tent or of her cabin and there may be a rope ; put up or pegs Don wnich she can hang the few olothes she takes with her in camping, ja t l_:ln the ^regular hunting camps where’Thcre are guides, tfiese take oharge of "the cooking, iand the women ot the party^do not have to trtuble themselves with anything in the way ot kitchen work. But there are many camps whei^i the women do tbe Housework and there must be provision made for the cooking and eating. The best camp outfit, bothffor tbe stove and the table! Is of theblue and whito enamefnon ware, wiudtis light and durable and not unpleasing to look at. Stone china is ugly as well as heavy and anything finer or more fragile is out of the question. Table linen, too, is better dis pensed with as far as possible. If one cannot be happy without a tablecloth it is well to take a colored one, but a white oilcloth comes in well as a substitute. Japanese paper napkins are better than damask. Washing and ironing should be spared the campers as much aa possible. The wcmen who enjoy outdoor sports are Very fortunate when they go cofnping. I do not refer only to the lucky women who love to fish and row, or Who can handle a gun. Tney may be considered supremely 'blest. But the advantages of an outdoor fad, already dwelt upon in these columns, are felt especially by the woman who camps out. Therefore, unless the woman who goes oampiner has the love of Nature very strongly developed, or is deeply interested in some outdoor fad, she will do well to take with her some means of amusing herself. Let it be her fancy work, pr her basket making or her pet game. There should always bo books and reading along and with these and the needed work of the camp the days should not drag. j^FLOYD JOHNSON DEAD r Floyd Johnson has passed away and his familiar face is seen no more on our streets. He died Mon- day night after an illness of only three days. □ He has been in bad health” during' the last few years whiohmight have urged along the shuffling off of the mortal frame, He has been a respected and trusty negro around town tor about NEGRO MUST HANG The case of Elton Gray before the supreme court for a new trial has been passed, the higher court confirming the judgement of tho lower court. Gray was convicted at last term of court for the murder »f his wife in Cordclo last winter, anil sentenced to hang. His attorney, W. H. Dorris, earned the case up, as all murder cases now-a-days arc, fora new teial. It will now be necessary for Judge Littlejohn to come to Vienna and sentence Gray again, giving a data on which he will hang. Following is tbe ruliag of the supreme court. Candler, J.—Tbe motion for a new trial, tbe overruling of whioh is the only ground of oomplaint in tbe bill of exceptions, does not attack any ruling of the trial judge as being erroneous in law, but cam* plains merely that the verdiot was contrary to law and the evidenoa. The evidence for tbe state made out ajclear case of murder.’ This was met only by the statement of the aoeused. The verdiotj finding the accused guilty as^charged was fully warranted; aud the judgement overruling the motion for fa new trial is affirmed. 20 years, tbe most of the, time he was handy man for Mr.'D ifLeonard. There is some complaint of lioa on cotton, but the recent rains seecg to be against them. 18