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Progress. VOL XXII NO 45 VIENNA, GA. THURSDAY, JUNE 23 1904 TERMS *1 A YEAR CASH OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. TENDENCY TO OVERDO Lottcr No. 18 of a series of 20. Copy righted 1904 by Christine Herrick. The growing interest in athletios aud outdoor Bports has brought certain ovils in its train. One of the most apparent of these is exoess. No one who has bestowed any study upon physical training aud its rosults has anf doubt that it has beeu of incalculable advantage to most of those who have practised it. None the less, when we hear of a oaso of over training which has •ended in break down there arc never iaoking critics to arise and oondemn physical ouiture. The fault lies, however, in the strenusness ot the individual, not in the praetioe of athletics or in vigorous exeroise. As a nation we go at things ton hard. ,Welaok a sense of proportion. ' When we stop a thing we stop it all at once. Take, for instance, the case of the average college boy who has made a figure in the athletics of his class and institution. What doeB he do when he has graduated? How does he set about conserving thC strength he has accumulate! by his training? Well, since he leaves college at the beginning of the Summer, ho may possibly keep up golf and tennis and rowing and swimming during the warm weather. The chances are against his doing anything in the way of systematic training. If *he goes into an office it is more thin, likely that he drops nearly everything in the way of gymnasium praotioe or vigorous physical exeroise. He spends his dayt at a desk, or it may he behind a counter. All the Wined musoles are allowed to grow flabby. The over-stimulated heart shows the result of the lack of exorcise. The man begins to break down and the dootors diagnose bis case as “athlete's heart.” Everyone knows instances of this kind of tiling of children who have been injured by too much exercise, of boys who nave hurt themselves at an early stage of the proceedings. I speak as though it wore only the men who did this sort of thing, but we women know oetter. We reoog- nue the faot that in our enthusiasm lies both our strength and our weakness, Without it wo could never accomplish all that falls to the lot of the woman who marries and has a home and ohildren to look after. But this very enthusiasm leads us to under estimate our powers aud over-work our capabilities. We need to preach moderation to ourselves quite as tnuoh as to our children. For a moment leave the men to themselves and look at the other side of the family. See the girl who is so absorbed in her tennis or golf championship or her canoeing that she is in danger of injuring herself by undue attention to one thing. The injury will not be physical alone, but will affeot her mental attitude as 'well. She will grow one-sided, and unsymmet>-'cal This is the girl who should be introduced to domestio matters. Her mother should do all possible to make her daughter feel that woman’s home training is as impor tant as physical ouiture. She should strive to interest the girl in all that goes to make housekeeping and home-making important. The girl shonld have her lessons m the ohemistry of food as woll as in cookery, should know something of domestic sanitation aB well as of washing dishes. Once she is infeoteil with enthusiasm in this, direction she will be better able to strike balance between indoor occupations and out door sports. While the mother is doing this, she. too, must not overlook the chance she hns for her own sym metrical development. If the girl nee Is to be taught the importance of indoor pursuits, so the mothey needs to Icaru what there is tor her in active physical exercise. Probably she, belonging to an earlier genera tion which did not see the advantages of athletic sports, has been too much given to staying at home or going SAM JONES The following Bcntenoes are taken from Rev. Sam P Jones letter Saturday’s Atlanta Journal, written from Cotoosa Spring: I think I am all right except my baok. 1 may start to New York next week to put myself under a first class bacteriologist, for 1 am sure most of my trouble is now looated in my-baok. 1 am tryinft to keep up with the political procession and I am more and more inclined to the opinion that Bryan is going to give the Democrats a great deal of trouble at St. Louis. Bryan is perfectly willing to die for his conviction, and the people are perfectly willing for him to die. Bryan ought to have been born a woman and then made ohief orator ot a woman’s olub'and given an opportunity to lalk himself to death. Teddy can afford to spend ten dollars in enoouraging Bryan to where he does one dollar in corralinsr his own party. Bryan says that he is mors inter ested in platform and principle than he is in a candidate, that the plat form must be in harmony with the St. Louis and Kansas Oity platforms and if that is true, then I am favor ot nominating Bryan again and letting him run, for there is no uso in running anybody else on that platform. The Democrats have tried a talker in the two last campaigns and, it well enough for them now to try silent man, a non-talker. A tellow never regrets something that he didn't say, The Demoorats have more to fear from Bryan than they have from Roosevelt. If they are beat in the coming race, Bryan will beat them and not Roosevelt. I have read with some interest of the organized labor troubles at Cripple Creek, Col. Theic you nave the union' laborism gone to seed. • • Labor unions flictato and demand. FROM WASHINGTON The air resounds with the first muttering! of the November Storm SPANISH WAR SOLDIBS An not of Congress of 1898. MS until U. ohief p.t.on.g. of DU *»«■««“ “ April tat, pt»«W«™ • v . . ~ for extra compensation for those campaign betakes him to Oyster Bay offloors and J who onlUted Jn tho t w i <><*» ^ m *• Spanish War. and for those who applied for enliBtmont and were somewhat earlier than usual, for he is thoroughly tired of trying to bring harmony oat of disoord and he does not enjoy life so well since he voluntarily put a restraint upon his own speeon-making. To let day after day and week after week pass without irrigating the arid country with tha fountains of his speech is very trying to him. Like Hobson sympathising with the people of Alabama for not clcotiug him, the President suffers keenly in behalf of those who oannot hoar him. But the oarapaign is on and he remembers that for saying five words too muoh Zaoharias was cohdemed to forty weeks silenoo. PEOPLE ARE HOGGISH Whenever there is a pnblio dinner announced in these woods you can depend on getting something to eat if you are present. The housewives go to lots of trouble to prepare for suoh occasions and they never fall short of a good dinner. But these dinners are generally atteuded by another class of people who aro disposed to be a bit hoggiBh. rejected. 1st. Those offioers and men who enlisted in the Georgia regiments * and artillery oompanies will receive pay for the period between tho date of assembly at tho rendezvous and the date they were mastered in tho Uhited States service. 2d. Those who wore rojooted willreoeiyo pay from date of as sembly to date of rejection and aotnul transportation. This extra compensation will be allowed, although the offioers and men have already been paid for tho same time. No information exoept tho reoords is needed as to those mustered in. There are no records of those who were rojooted, ana it will be neces sary for overy one wno was rejeoted. to write and give me tne following information: 1st. Name ho gave when he attempted to join. 2d. Company or regiment he attempted to join. 8d. Place where he was examined, and surgeon who examined him, time between the date ho agreed to Thoy throw away as muoh rations as they eat. They get their hands . enlist and the dato he was rejeoted. fall, bit* off a little and drop the rest to the ground. This was demonstrated at a'big rtinner we How many days? 4tb. The aotual cost 'of trans portation from his homo to place he atteuded a fow Suudays ago whore l WM examined and baok to hishome. the ground was so nearly covered H « P MI >ent Post Office with fragments that one coHld oddres. hardly walk that way without It is exceedingly important that I stepping on pieoes of meats cake and have this information at tho oarliost pies and lots of things purely wasted The people who make suoh a destructive waste ot provisions aro not those who furnish it and they arc not appreciative of what is done for them. They would bo displeased if they, were not fed, aud they act the, hog if they are. Sucli people ought to be put in a floored pen and fed in a trough. by too frequent indulgence in tho , , . „ , , t joys of the swimming pool, of men °" 1 " nly " T“T. °* lU % hei ; j ^eu they are aogmatie, then they and women who have overdone in 01 ,l s ' na ‘ 101 " 11 0 omestic oi !are dictatorial, and then the Ihingj » , I social duties. Now is her chance i i,. l8 „ ona i 0 see( i Drink lemon in cc in hot water an golt or tennis or basket ball or hela I , , , . , ■ b I ■ or track athletics In nearly ( , V01 . V ; ^ kaini .something ol-the joy there Labor has a perfect right to quit “5,11 f before cacii meal-.a good lot instance the trouble may ' he traced | '*}" ' vhcn * h “ ^ is , in gG °' 1 1 '«8 job; employers have a perfect it-without, any sugar, to the same source-—a lack of appro- | 1 rl ™‘ J1 sh ° dGC8 " wt t0 ]>'>ght to discharge an employe if <; l; „. D Morgan', a nephew of J P oi.ation of the object of sports of i S rtlfor louui8 ’ " he «»> llivat $ they see fit, and right at this imi.it any kind. -They arc to be viewed! th ° 5? ,lt ° f l » kl “8; ilo »8 "'•‘lies,--- the whole thing ought to end. not leisurely strolls, but bard, rapid walks, that rend her home tired, but in a glow. The same rule of faith and prac tice should be followed by tho man of the house with his boys. When his son leaves college or school and ilfOgs the actin’ physical snorts, the father slmulu see io that the lad Iocs not immerse himself in business as a moans,--not an end, lle'rc and there is found some one for whom it is worth while to train or play for a championship. But’ in tho far larger proportion of cases the playing or the riding is to be taken as a means of physical development and improvement of health. And j this object is defeated if cue yields j t to the temptation to excess. i # , r . , ’ , , , j to the injury oj his health. I £018 temptation would not have to be reckoned with «o much if the. j S counsel of tho iraiueV would he | 1 heeded. The physical director in B tho college or school or the gym- p Diisiurii knows bettor than to put pupils to hard work at once. lie begins with them gently aud make.-; them exeroise “for form” before he puts them on the track. lie -discourages over vigorous beginnings The Georgia legislature met knowing that a. rapid beginning ; yesterday for a session of 50 days, means lost time later ou. It is the j oager amateur who does not under- j hope some good legislator stand his own strength and weakness, | introduce a pill to repeal the who makes trouble lor himself by j private hanging act in Georgia. If . going at work or play with an cuergy | hangings must be, let them be that is bound to exhaust his powers '■ public. Whenever labor says I won Vwork and nobody else shall, then you have anarchy with the devil sitting on top. ~ The Perry Home Journal is opposed, to local legislation by the general assembly without a vote of the people effei led. The law now Morgan has man ic 1 a Japanese lady and brought her to America. Seventy-seven per cent of tho women and blit 02 per cent of the men taking the civil service exam ination are able to pass it. No matter how bright and 'sun shiny me day, it will appear dark and gloomy lo the map who looks at every thing through blue glasses possible timo. By tho authority of tho Governor of Georgia, I will callcot and dis burse th; amount due under this Act. Those interested will address all co in m u n icat io ns to tho undersigned* C. G. TANES, (Jcdiirtown, Ga. FOR NEW COUNTIES Many Georgia towns are anxious to have now counties established around them, of which ihoy may become, tlie county seats. Governor Terrell will, it is under stood, deal with th’s subject in his forthcoming message to the general assembly, and -will recommend a change in the state constitution which will permit an increase in tho present number of counties, which is 137. The number of counties is, at present, limited to those now in existence, but reasons have arisen to make tho establishment of new counties desirable, particularly in the southern part of tho state where some counties are so largo that many The national convention is. in s '.-'inn in Chicago and President Roosevelt seems to he the central figure. lie has carefully planned his nomination and is ruling the [bills, or - majee it general convention to his own liking. ' entire state. Tho .burning of the picnic vessel provides, that a uotice ’must hep » East river, New York, last week j armors , )avo l0 ,| nve fronJ 2 o to 30 published in a newspaper and po-tod : goes down in history as the'greatest | m ,i eS) sometiincs farther, to reach at the courthouse door. But that destruction of human life’that has j the county seat, is not a voice of the people at all, ever oocurcd on tho American Among the towns which aro and the Home Journal is right on ! continent. The Iroquois theatre a " xi0u " to become the'tSountykti^ft wanting a vote from the county or lire in Chi ergo last, December was | distant so effected by such local Thi? Middle Georgia said a few weeks ago that tne large number of burrs on the pine trees county, Tifton in iierrie.i county, one of the worst up to tbat v lime,-j Ashburn in, Worth county, .lazle- for the in which several hundred lives were | hurst i* Appling county, Millon, lost. In the General Slocum boat whicl is lowed in Burke, Screven, disaster more than 1000 wore lost. M Emanuel counties, Villa Riot in , T . . , , Carrol 1, and Winder, winch is part Lp to lnesday noon 770 bodies had i •„ j. tok < oll| |iart in Gwinnett and man who : boon recovered andyOOmpre missing. ; p art j. n Walton county. Tho boat caught lire out on the water In some instances, it.is said good with a large picnic party on board. indicated a large corn crop this year ( Of the 1,000 people on board, about was speaking prophetically. The one fourth were saved by be*ng corn crop bids fair to break the 1 picked up by small boats or swint- rccord.---Yaldosta Times. f mmg to the shore. reason exists why new counties should lie created, and an effort will be made lo have the legislature pass a constitutional amendment which will permit of changes iu this respect.—Atianta Constitution.