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! CHILD !j. LABOR IN THE SOUTH. By GERTRUDE BEEKS., jyom time to tlme ft sensational re I oort of conditions of labor In the South I ' cotton mills has made tender hearted women think tw ice before pur- chasln* cheap cotton fabrics and ready made underwear at the sales. Visions of Ill-treated men and moat especially oale women nnd emaciated children navlna and spinning in stifling at- spheres have come to the btiitllng female crowd* around the bargain ta- Mea and made the wonderfully chenp widths of sheetings, all machine hemmed, seem like tainted things downs and petticoat*, daintily ruffled and sometime* crookedly stitched, have auddenly appeared to become accursed. -jjo, I never buy those chenp cot tons at the bargain sales" a woman will say. "Tiny children, weak, thin, stunted In growth, cowed to submis sion by brutal foremen and superin tendents, have spun that cotton Into lengths during the watches of the night, and there 1* bad luck In the wearing of them.” > It was to view with single eye and unprejudiced mind the conditions urn der which such goods are manufactured In the South, to learn the manner of living nmong the mill operatives, to study the ways of their employers, and to make the acquaintance of the women and children who form no large a part of those employed, that Miss Gertrude Berks took her notebook and camera a few weeks ago and went front mill town to mill town and village to vll- lage In the South. Now she has re turned to New York with a brighter and more encouraging story than many of those who knew of her mlgplon had dared to hope for. Miss Beeka Is secretary of .the wel fare department of the National Civic Federation. Quickness of perception and alertness help to make up the first Impression one receives. One Is con vinced that she would not. be back ward In calling attention to and trying to right the wrongs of any mill opera tive, while at the same time she would note and appreciate Instantly the good might be doing for the well-being of his workers. In talking with Miss Beeks one gets a very pleasant Impression of progress In the South nnd of betterment In the condition of the cotton mill workers. Her outlook, In general. Is optimistic, though always supported by the facta she has to recite. "Whet about child labor and the tiny tote who epln at midnight?" she was asked. "Certainly." she replied, "I found too many children employed In the mills, but It Is well to look Into the cause of their presence before offering criticism. Child labor was prevalent upon the farms until Industry became organ ised, and'labor for the cotton mills was recruited from the farming districts, principally Isolated mountainous re gions. so it was but natural that the parents should send their children to the mills. In the economic develop ment of the South rentedlnl legislation has not kept pace with Industrial progress, nor has public sentiment ed ucated the parents to the point of send ing their children to school Instead of putting them to work In the mills. “A general prosperity has been brought about by the cotton Induatry, and the question arises aa to whether It would have been better to have left the people In pauperism and Illiteracy than to have taken them Into the man ufacturing districts, where they could secure an Industrial training, with pay, which Insures a livelihood, tipllflng them by elevating Influences and se curing an education for the majority of their children!” . 'But how do the children becomo educated If they spend their time working In the mills?" •The majority do not work In the mills. Look at this photograph taken In one town. Here are «50 children of mill operatives, outside the school which they attend. Such a school la kept In session eight months In the year through the Interest and at the expense of the mill owners. Here Is another photograph of a primary class; here are small tota In kindergarten vegetable gardens, and what do you think of this kindergarten cakewalk?" A brighter and happier looking crowd ! children than those depicted In the otograpbs one would scarcely And In prepare the Ing districts. Another photograph was i people how properly a couple of dozen school children as I food." dinner toters. It was explained that I In.regard to’chlldren with fingerless the hours were so arranged that dur--hands, Miss Beeks found In nne mill ing the midday hour tin- small sons j a here 1,400 persons were employed ono and daughters of the mill operatives child of 11 who lost the first Joint of could go home and get palls and bask- the second Anger In picking w aste from An Honor ts Mrs. JoHhson Anti-Child Labor Crssd. et* of luncheon to carry to their pa rents In the mills, returning again to their studies In the afternoon. "Is anything being done to prevent child labor altogether?** "It probably could not be done. Sev eral of the mill men stated to me that there would always be some child la bor, for, said they, *we will always have to provide work for the poor, and if we did not let the children work It would be utterly impossible for some men to care for their very large fam ilies.' "But attacks should not be leveled at the cotton mills alone. Child labor on the farms. In the homes, and In the mills always existed, and the condition Is the same, generally speaking, today, although It should not be. "When the state has provided no proper way to care for the poverty- stricken, It Is a debatable question how far criticism should be offered for their presence In the imlls.” Asked If some of the mill ow are no. emptying children merely out of charity, In order to help their pa rents, Miss Beeks told of a little 7 year-old child of a widow who vrm hired to sweep* although the sweeping had to be gone over afterward. An other little glyl was allowed to work in the mill with her grandmother be cause otherwise she would have been obliged to go to the poorhouse. A. woman whose husband had died of consumption asked -to have ner child In the mill with her, having no place to leave it during the day. It was a question of having the chlil or of re fusing her work. Asked If those children who do work points of an employer and whatever he the most prosperous of Northern farm hands usually lacked a Anger or two, as sometimes stated by sensation al reports concerning Southern condi tions, Miss Beeks stated that the chil dren In. the mills were not ro*y-cheek- ed, but were/more or less but that only two children whom she saw In the eighteen mills she visited could be called thin, and those were not thin In the faces, but thin of arm. "The pale complexion which all mill workers have is largely due to the lack of nourishing food. When both father dnd mother work In the mills there Is no one to care for the home, and the family Is likely to subsist upon cold canned foods. But now domestic sci ence teachers are being employed by many of the mill owners to Instruct the the gonrs which a fellow worker had uncovered In violation of the strict rulcN which provide that the operatives shall not clean their machines when in motion. "The records,” said she, "showed comparatively few accidents, and It Is not fair to say that there are hundreds of children of 8 years of age losing their Angers ” Most Interesting "and encouraging Is Miss Beeks* description of the facilities for recreation among the mill workers, Dance pavilions, swimming pools, ball games, gymnasium outAts provide en tertainment In many of the mill vil lages at the expense of the mill own ers. One employer has turned a ce mented tank of water necessary manufacturing purposes into a swim ming pool for the summer season, ex' pending $300 In equipment. The mill operatives use the pool free of charge, while citizens of the town are charged 10 cents apiece for a swim. Most of the mill villages visited by Miss Beeks are In South Carolina or Georgia, and at these places she refers to the conditions under which the op eratives work as "unusually well light-, ed and ventilated, heated In winter and cooled in summer.’* She found on* employer having his ribbed windows replaced with clear glass "to pleaso the employees, because they like to look out," adding, in an aside, "I would, too!" In two mills there were emergency hospital rooms Atted up with operating tables and stretchers. One mill owner provided a trained nurse to visit all the families In times of illness, and one has an Isolation hospital for use In time of epidemic. 'But there Is criticism which I must make,” went on Miss Beeks. “It Is of the bad ventilation and poor Janitor service In connection with the toilet arrangements, and lack of elevator service. Of course, some of the toilet rooms at the ends of the mills are well ventilated by windows and the exhaust system, but others ore In the center of the mills, with no provision for ven tilation. I would also urge the neces- of Introducing rest rooms In the for in somo cases girls wero seen sitting on the landings of the staircase waiting for work. But In the main, generally, I would say that the mills visited wero unusually sanitary, comfortable work places.” Speaking of the homes of the oper atives, she referred to the model mill Governor Terrell certainly extended a very graceful compliment to Mrs. .1. Lindsay Johnson in the presentation of the pen which signed the child la bor bill during the week. Mrs. John son has worked most earnestly nnd untiringly on this bill and she has never wavered In her determination. She has been true nnd constant to the cause from the llrst to the last nnd her success in this case, ns In every thing which she undertakes Is only an other marked to prove her capability and ever-courageous clinging to the right. She has never given up for ono Instant In the success of her theory, and while others were awaiting de velopments she was all the while at work on her subject. Mrs. Johnson Is one of the brllllnnt and exceptionally clover woman, possessing every attri bute of a womanly woman. Ity o itlls, SOUTHERN SOCIETY In Georgia and Adjoining States Pleasant Mention From Other Cities HARALSON. Little Emory Brandenburg Is recov ering from the fever. Mr,. Charles Holt and two children of Atlanta, are vlsltthg her parent*, Mr. and Mra. J. A. Baugh. Mr. and Mr*. Joe Clarke, of Oakland, •re visiting Mra. Tom Callahan. Mrs. John Addy .has been visiting Mrs. Culpepper. Miss Mary Douglass (nd Master Walter Douglass, of Atlanta, ars vis iting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Baughn. Rev. Mr. Sox and family, of Car rollton. are expected tomorrow. Mr. Sox Is to conduct the annual mealing at the Lutheran church. A number of the people of. the vil lage attended the ball game at Drew- ryvilla yesterday. Mrs. J. Tr Edmondson and, family have returned from an extended visit to relatives and friends In Fayetteville and Atlanta. Mrs. Charles Ttobcrtson has aa guest this week Miss Eula Norris, Lutherville. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jennings, of Plains, □*., have returned home, after a visit of a few days to Mra. Jennings' father. Mr. Wesley Addy. Mr. Joel Herndon, wo regret to say, Is again quite III. Mr. Will Taylor and wife, of Grif fin. are expected to visit Mrs. Lat. Gray during the meeting at the Lu theran church. HOSCHTON. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Smith spent Saturday with Dr. Walter C. Smith, of Jefferson. • Quite a number of our people at tended the children'! service at Zion church Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. DeLaperterre are spending the week In Brunswick, Ga., and other points this week. Mrs. Maud Parks and children are spending several days In Oxford with friends and relatives. •Mr. and Mrs. W. O. E. Adams re lumed home last week, after spending several days with friends and rela tives in Morgan county. Miss Jessie Storey, of Jefferson, Is visiting her brother, J. M. Storey, of our city. Mrs. John R. Hosch returned home Tuesday from a visit to her sister In Atlanta. Mrs. Campt of Atlanta, Is spending •ome time with her daughter, Mrs. uel-aperlerre, of our city. Misses Woodie Anderson and Peart Maynard spent Tuesday with friends st this place. Mr. J. c. Anderson nnd daughter, Miss Dora, are spending the week with friends at Dahlonega. Rev. W. H. Bridges, of Pendergrass, spent Wednesday with his son. Dr. J. J. Bridges, of our place. Miss May Randolph, of Athens, la the guest of Misses Ella and Clara Davis at this place. Mra. C. C. Guinn, after spending several days with relatives and friends here, returned to her home Monday at Dublin, Ga. Messrs. Pat' and Will Smith, of Buckhead, are tha guests of W. Smith, of our city, 8ANDERSVILLE. The Fat Men's convention was held In the msgnlflcent grove that surrounds the real deuce of M. O. Smith, .at "Fern Crest Hairy,” a mils from Sandersvllle. More than s hundred and twenty-lire persons wsre there. The roles adopted prohibited the sttrudance of any man tinder 1SS pounds Y. II. Jordan, the response by . „ Giles. Speeches were also mods by E. A. Adams and I. W. Newman. Songs, s foot race, potato race. Jnmplng, Interspersed hr music, tilled the hours until dinner. ... .. . unui tinnier. which consisted of Oeorxls lurhecne and ~ " or the visiting fat Brunswick staw, Ons of men. C. S. Davenport, of . pared the Brunswick stew, while one Washington county's hi* men, Ji sler. superintended the barbecue. ... Iters of the convention were wrtghed. sod Wa mutton, pre- 'fls ons of lames Web- their weights registered, the average weight of twenty was » pounds. The assembly la said by all to have been one of the moot enjoyable picnics of tha season. All credit for Its success Is given to tha Jires dent. Professor I-awion E. Brown, end tla efficient committee. Hanford Adame, William Norris and Jack Webstar. Judge B. T. Bawling! has had tha LIT. 4. i miner, *rm> was rmts ui age. died at Oconee on last Toesday. He in, one of Washington county's most use ful. progressiva rltlsens. Iftor Brooks has disposed of hla Inter- In The Handsrsvllle Herald, J. E. Toy. of Covington, taking charge of •*■- 1HIper In Mr. Brooks' (tend. 1 Mr. W. M. Adams, of Macon, Is visiting Is brother. C. A. Adams Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Ott srs visiting rel atives In Booth Carolina. . .. 8. M. Devereeux left yesterday foe a week's visit to Dcvereanx. Gs. Dr. sml Mrs. Roger Hwlpt. of Mllledga- viiir. are the guests of Moses Sadat, at I, Mr« ll, ’A. F. Msnhsrt and Master Horace Manbart. of Farts. Tex., srs the guests " f uVT' andS/ra*'Frank Wiley, of Bruns wick. are visiting Mra. Edgmr Lawson. Mias Both Rodgers, after spending sev eral week, with friends and relatives, re turned to Atlanta on r rtday. Mrs James D. Newman Is In Asheville. N. C„ from which place she will rlalt other eiimmer resorts In North Carolina. The Only French Dry Cleaning Process in Georgia Mrs. Nettle Garrett Smith, of Augusta, Is visiting Mrs. It. B. Lovett. As Miss Garrett, Mrs. 8tnlth was very popular with the society people of Sandersvllle. Mrs. Lewis Archer nnd daughters, Lila and Rosalie, of Meridian, Miss., are with Miss Mamie Harris. Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Stncer are spend ing a week In tbo mountains of north Georgia. CARTER8VILLE. Monday night MIA Mnybelle Jones'enter- talned at n delightful reception In honor of her guests, Misses Janie Bnrdwell, of Tal- botton; Ilarrell. of Valdosta; Tatum, of Macon. Wednesday afternoon Miss Elinor Jones entertained the Uagtlme Club at a flehlng party. Miss Florence Milner won the prize. Mrs. W. II. Howard; Hr., gave a delight fill children’s party on Katurdsy for bet little Misses Clara Hr. nnd Mrs. Horace nuwBnl, lAsutiM? miniird. daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. W. H. Howard. Jr., and Master John Bradley Howard. Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Howard. Mrs. Felton Jonen leaves next week for a trip to Atlantic City. lira. Oscar T. 1‘helps Is In Mnnteagle, Tenn.. attending th© mooting of the Ten nessee Press and Authors' Club, of which she .Is. president. Ufa* Ijetltla Johnson has returned to Rome after a visit to Mlsa Rosebud John- m Aiisnia. Rev. and Mra. A. W. Healer, of Thomne- vllle, were the gueata laat week of Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Green. “ra. Bessie Hmlth, of AM “ “ * guest of Mrs. If. J. Gal iptnln and Mrs. J.. J. Coni following guests at dim : Miss wood of Cedsrto m of Atlanta, Mlaa Viola Mrs. Resale Hmlth. of Ardmore. 1. T.. la the guest of Mrs. If. J. Galt and family. Captain and Mrs. J. J. Conner entertained the loHowlus i * ■*' *•*— day Jon s . feasor and Mrs. II. L, Newell. Miss Leroy Uetfs, of Huntsville. Ala., and Mlaa James, of Klherton, are to bo the guests next week of Mias Kitty Conyers. Miss Moore, of HeUna, Is toe ruest of Mrs. Clark Griffin. Miss Felker, of Monroe, Is tha guest of Mlsa Estelle Strickland. GREENSBORO. Mlsa Leila Jernlgnn left Tuesday to vlalt friends In Atlanta. She will attaod Mrs. Wilson's house party at Lincoln, Ala., be fore returning home. Mlsa Henrietta Smith la visiting her father. Representative A. II. Smith, Atlanta. Mrs. Mary Kent Reason, and daughter. Josephine, of Monroe, were the guests or friends In Greensboro Monday. LIZELLA. The Misses Nettllee ami Wenona finlll van, of Atlanta, after spending several day* here with relatives, have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Chsrles R. Wynn sr>cnt Snnday with Mra. Wynn'a brother. !•;. H. Harrison, of MuariLa, Ga., who la quite sick with fever. kits* Means, of YatesvtUc, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. II. A. Greene. Mrs. Patti Bose, who has been teaching music here for several months, has moved to Macon, where she has a fine class. Mra..Mary Vincent and grand daughter, little Miss Vivian Hicks, after spending some time with Atlanta relatives, have returned. Quite a* crowd of young people spent Huuday at Warm HpHogr HEFLIN, ALA Mr. J. R. Moore and family, of Hedla, are now or — * “— *'— ** uated four | bsaatfrai, ! on the site where the Rose homestead was homed a few years ago. Mrs. Moore was . k. noon ami ramiiy, or Heflin, r occupying their country borne, sit- >nr miles from town. The home Is n II. modem structure and la ballt '• Dry Cleaner of fine Gown*. Silk Robe* and all garments of • the finest texture*. Prices reasonable. *5 North Pryor. Phones 43 s SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EXPRESS ORDERS. wu the hlldboodj . .. nf her father anil craadff father. Mira Nanai. Mni.rr, the young lady Ilf the hoioe. ha, »l-nt two yrara In mit.lit nt 111. J'ola.111 anil mill rrtnrn there In Sip. I trmlHT to «Ml«t In the manaarm-nt 'of K i-iIit In the mllexe. and alao to rontlnne mnalral attid». I Quite n nttm-er nf Heflin'* arhnol .im. listi- pitM-l a (In. ..lamination for .tali- lllr.ua. and soar hold pert I lira t.i for flr.t- (rade llemara. An«u them are Mlaa of tha evenlnr- WM «•'- aaaaaa as. .Mirra i nut H/lIor, Ml pur. nnd MIhs Eula Htrlcklnnd. The little MI mbps Langford, of Atlanta, came out to Jlcflln Saturday and nre the guests of their uncle and nunt, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cochrnn. Little Miss l'nullno Favors, of Atlanta, a nleco of .Mrs. Cochrnn, Is also a guest at tbo Cochran home. Colonel nnd Mrs. Tom Shackleford nro building a beautiful homo In Bast Heflin. *._ .Qua Perryman left Heflin Monday " * gs, Atlanta, Washington, 'nllndelphla. Ho wfli re- lanta. Is much better. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Perryman, after a stay of sovernl days At Lithfn Hprings, At- lanta, .^nrsnnnh. Tybee, nnd other points, nr.* nt home ngnln. Mr. Gus Morgan hrs chsrge of a summer sehool In North Cleburne. II© returned from Auburn In June, where ho won dls "lnctlor — * The ha I summer la Heflin with their parents. GAD8DEN, ALA. I Mra. Frederick Moeaser and dough ter, Miss Helen, of Birmingham, have Joined Mr. Modifier here nnd will make HHm city their future home. Messrs. E. H. nnd C. F. Cross have returned from a visit to their former home at Mayavlllo, Ohio. Mrs. H. T. JJnlley nnd children have returned from an extended visit to rel atives at Alexander City and Talla dega. Mrs. C. B. Cross and Miss Ruth Wil son, who have been visiting Mrs. E. II. Cross, have returned to their home at Birmingham. Mrs. J. E. Line and daughter, Mrs. C. H. Ward, nnd Mrs. Line’s mother, .Mrs. Winchester, are visiting relatives and friends at Chautauqua, N. Y. The Wednesday Card Club was en- tertalned by Mrs. Willie C. Bacon at her home on Forrest avenue this week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Wood have gono to New York to make that city their future home. Miss Nina Hammond entertained with a dinner party Saturday at Belle vue In compliment to her sister, Mrs. J. C. Staton, of Atlanta. * Dr. H. C. Kegley him gone to Winona Lake, Indiana, to attend the meetings of the National Presbyterian assem bly. Mr. and Mra. Woodson J. Martin are visiting relatives In Jacksonville. Mra. L. W. Dean Is visiting' Mrs. Wiley Rosa in Birmingham. Miss Hattie Riddle is visiting rela tives In Anniston. .mi-m Margie McCall*has returned from a visit to relative# at Camden, Ark. Miss Bessie Wilson has returned from a visit to Denver. Mrs. IL B. Kyle entertained a num ber of ladlee who are spending tii** summer at Bellevue, at her mountain home, "Whitehurst," with a card party Tuesday, which was followed by a Dutch luncheop. Miss Pauline Latta Is visiting friends In West Virginia. villages, their dainty painted, shuttered houses, surrounded by trees, and had Immediately a coo casting photograph to show of a vUUa* all unpalntcd and trPHlCRM. 'However/' she continued, "general ly the premises ore extremely neat in the cotton mill villages, and only In the homes of the new arrivals from the primitive districts an* the Intcrbus of flu* cottagPH uniican. Main a Ii-misp- wlfe could take lessons In cleanliness from the home of the average mill op erative. Where they still exist, old clapboardcd houses are being modeled with weather hoarding or r< down nnd being finished with walls wood fiber, and, where not Included ir the original plans, porches with rail ings are now being added. "What nre the most pressing needs now concerning the mill workers of the Southr In South Carolina legislation Is needed to provide for compulsory edu cation and the appointment of truant officers. There should be more fac tory Inspection to st %*ngthen the child labor law. There should, too, be an amendment in the child |ab.»r law tn Increase the age limit from 12 to 14, and the requirements concerning birth registration nnd marriage license should be more stringent. "A great deal of unfair criticism has been showered upon the mill owners, yet. in spite of this, they nre giving food, shelter and Industrial training to these Illiterate descendants of the first Inhabitants of the colonies, and through their 'Welfare' work are a great civ ilising influence among tha mill work ers."—New York Times. Tho Woman’s Home Companion, a magazine published In New York by the Crowell Publishing Company, Is fighting to the finish In the campaign against child tabor. Articles from such men as Dr. Samuel McCune Lindsey, Owen Lovejoy, Jack London and Ho mer Davenport will be found In the September number of this magazine. Dr. Lindsey has helped to draft the following creed, written for The Wom an’s Home Companion: 1. We believe In the light of every child to health and education. 2. W© believe that child labor In terferes with that right. 2. We bellove that child labor le In Itself cruel and wasteful; that It la mentally, morally and physically Inju rious to tho child; and that It Is a distinct menace to the nation. We believe that no child under 14 should work In a factory, workshop, mercantile house, store, office, hotel or apartment house. In any place of pub lic amusement, or should bo employed In making, preparing or distributing articles of salo or commerce at home "i In .mv pin- •• in (hr nature ->f a fac tory, workshop or mercantile establish ment. 6. We believe that no child between 14 and 16 should be permitted to work un«l<*r tho cuulltl-*n*< .spo«ifW*d unlrm tho rhllil mii road fluently nnd write legibly simple sentences In the English language. 6. We believe that no child under 16 should be employed between the hours • r ; p. in. and . a. in , ->r 1-mgor than eight Imur* in am twonty-f-mr limits, or longer than- forty-eight hours a week. 7. We believe ’hat no child under 16 should bo employed in occupations dangerous to 'life, limb, health or morals. We believe In tho establishment of a permanent children’s bureau to bo conducted by tho national government, fur till* purpose nf Investigating ami reporting upon genernl conditions di rectly Involving tho welfare of children, especially all matters connected with child labor. 9. We believe that uniform laws ngnlnat child labor should be enacted without dolay in every state, territory and colonial possession of the United States. Vacation School j n St. Louis The vacation schools which have been conducted in St. Louis during the summer are this week finishing the six weeks* course, and will exhibit the work done by the scholars. The school I', of course, free to a || of the pupils, nnd the teachers have vied with them selves to see how economic they could be, and to moke each department self- supporting. This has been accomplish ed by contributions and sales. The grocers have given to the cooking de- K rtment; tho merchants have sent •n beds, mattresses nnd sheets to the housekeeping department, and the gas company has given gas and stoves free. In the cooking department Miss Jen nie Crowder, tho teacher of this work, has suggested a help to all housekeep ers of 8t. Louis. Hhe says If whole some and delicious food can bo cooked In the public schools, why should they not supply food for thoso who are without cooks, thereby solving the do mestic problem. . The pottery which hns been made by the pupils will be for sale at the close of tho term, as well as other useful articles. By this means the work for the year Is partial ly paid for, nnd the rest Is easily made up i-v p-»pul.ir subscription. It would be quite an easy matter for such a school to be established in At- binf i next vc;»r, nnd tin- Woman's Club editor of The Georgian would do her part of the work toward establishing a school. Tho board of education could grant permission and the use of a pub lic school building for six weeks of the month beginning with tho middle <»f June and closing tho first of August. T).-' tr.i.-heis u Mill-1, ->f v-iur-F, have (-» be Interested In the movement and lend their help free to the course of educat ing the little children who have no play ground nnd n-d*--lv t<> remain nt home with them during the hours 9 to 12 o'clock each day. Atlanta has grown to need such a school as this, and the time has arrived for its establishment. Prince Louis Napoleon Is a general la the Kusninn army. This Is not a reminder of Moscow, 1112. Lightning clouds are alwsys nesr the ground. They nr© seldom at a greater height than 2.000 feet. Will Crooks, M. P.. said the other night In n speech: "The workers have been In clined to sub-let their thinking." MONROE. Id beauty nnd brilliance, the dinner cli Inst Wednesday evening by Allss Julia M< ley at her home ou Houth It road street w ono of tho most noteworthy functions or the summer. The dining room wros In pink and white. The hnndsomn dining table was covered with a real lace centerpiece over •Ink silk, nnd contained ns Its chief decora- Ion a pyramid of pink roses nnd aspara gus forms. The room was lighted by morons pink shaded candelabra. rii^H ^resent were: Mls&cg Allle Felker, i.dlth Idw-ards. Ellen Launlus, Isabel Nunnally, Cinra Mae Hmlth, Messrs. Lewis and Ar thur Moldey, Wellborn lllalock, butts, and Cliff Wheats. Miss Mary lladford gnvo n delightful at homo Friday ovculng In honor ““ Ml»a McUarlty. of Jefforium. Miss Ellen Lnunlus will entertain at a house party next week. ... ... - • —a _/tnla| „—I ■ , Ilornlco Felker, of Dolton. The hall aud drawing room were In red. with crim son salvias used In the greatest profusion. Progressive games were played, nnd the tlrst prize, a box of paper, was won by Miss Paulino Nowell, and Miss llolln won the consolation. The guests* prlzo was a pair of silk hose. Ices nnd punch wero serred by Misses Edith Edwards and Alllo Felker. Mlsa Nell Nowell gave a dcltghtful at home last Wednesday evening In honor of her visitor, Miss Uernlc© Felkor, of Dalton. Lake Squaw, New Hampshire, ' Camp Vue du Lac By 8HATTEEN MITCHELL. program of tnaslc was given throughout the evening. Roberts gntre sovernl rending*, laerful talent of tula Mrs. Orrln Roberta displaying tho young woman. . young ladles are Misses ifnrle Cooper, Mary Csntbere, Nina Hass, Cox, Janette Wright, Ituby Uright, have gone to Virginia Beach, V». Miss Lee Weller ha* returned from .1 \ Nit r«'!.'irt\ • s in South ANNumt Mr. and Mra. H. C. Gentry are visit ing friends In Rome, Ga. Newnan Green hns gone on a visit to French Lick, Ind. Captain L. B. Rainey will leave early next week for an extended western trip. Oliver Alford entertained a party ot friends with a straw ride Monday nlfhL Mrs. Bruce Armstrong and daughter are visiting relatives In Marshall coun ty. Charles Martin entertained with a party Wednesday evening In compli ment to Miss Laura Belle Enslen, of Birmingham, who Is the guest of Mlsa Belle Jones on Turrentlne avenue. Miss Maggie Du Bose has returned from a visit to relatives In Anniston and Atlanta. Miss Hamilton, of Jackson, Tenn., Is visiting her sister, Mrs. E H. Cross. Mils Mary Fulcher has returned from a visit to New York. The Embroidery Circle will not meet until the first Thursday In September, at which time Mrs. T. M. Cassels will entertain. Mrs. D. H. Baker entertained Friday afternoon In honor of her guests, Mrs. Lee Alexander and Mrs. RosenthAl, of nlon 8prlngs. Cards waa the feature Miss Colic Malcolm l« entertaining a bevy of bright girls of Monroe at a home party In Fair liar. The young ladles are Ml Marie Jessie —, —.... and Lad!© Breedlove. roi _.ty . _ for Atlanta, where he Joined hi* wife for a to ARhovIlio, N. C. « Linda Felker. who has been visiting Misti Cora 1‘elker In Dalton for the past month. 1* now the guest of Ml** Estelle Htrlckland In Cnrtorsvlllo. Miss Felker will return home next week. Mr. nnd Sirs. II. H. Walker nnd little Louise nre guests of Mrs. J. U. McCrary Id Atlanta. Mr. A. R. Mobley and Mr. W. Martin, of Jefferson, spent Sunday In the city. Mr. Noel Park, of tireenahom. spent last»g!a and Alabama, returned home Tuesday In Monroe with friends. | Thursday. »j r : binder. OtJ Is .pandlng th© week-, n on> \ V \ C. Adamson is attending the end with motives st Walnut Grove. , hnntnumm nt Vswnnn this week Mr. Ralph Gibbs lias returned to Atlanta ‘ nhuwtqun at NSwnan tnis we«K after afew days’ star In Monroe. Al Mr. W. II. Nonnntiy ha* returned from Tate Springs. Tenn. Can there be a more delightful way of spending tho summer season than visit to a camp In the White Moun tains? Tho novelty of the life la fas clnatlng, every hour there la something new to reanimate a weary spirit, nnd In all this region of lakes and moun tains can there bo a more exquisitely beautiful spot than Squam Lake? Tho water so clear that one sees distinctly the smooth stones lying upon the all ver sand below, and every passing cloud Is mirrored In Its blue depths the chain mountains that onclrclo Its borders rising In beauty 2,000 feet covered with foliage of ever-changing greenness. In the wondrous forests there are fine old pines, oaks, maples, hemlock and the beautiful white birch trees. These stretch down to the very borders of tho lake and hidden among them are numberless camps, while far ther up on th© hilts are farm houses and elegant hotels. This year the throng of summer visitors Is greater than It has ever boen. And there Is a largo and fashionable contingent In the hotels and private camps. Grover Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland have for several years owned a "farm" over at "Sandwich" and are said to have re- eentiy bought another place ilown on the lake. Many schools, both for young men nnd young women, have summer camps here. Miss Dalton, of Phlladel- hla, hns a large number of girls with or, all greatly enjoying the swimming, rowing and mountain climbing. Their camp Is situated at Wither Pin©, a spot far up the mountain side, that Jr*. A. C. Kelly spent last week In Charleston with her sister, Mrs. Matthew ^Hira‘bentsb rirkl. left lot tVe<te»*1sx morale, to bo th. xu.*t st s tutu*, tmrtjr ‘ "• — liotunnoq. of Orastrlll.. >ne* And brother-in-law. Mr. given l»r Miss Mr. Wilts? Jo Simon, Of Macon, nrr* iii ■wrwiriHWfi Miss Matty© Mbiinel la expected borne from Tu»kesee, Ala., this week. She hn» been spending some time with T«*kege© friends. - _ ... — * ■—,..mb / vu,*n . —^- Mr. Knox I elker spent lost Tuesday nnd men of tho c | ty> Their beautiful homo Mrs. Frances Long, of Jasper. Ala.. Is expected here to visit her father this w.-.-K Misses Mary and Helen Lotiff, who have been visiting In Jnspcr, Ala., are expected homo this week. CULLODEN. One of the most brilliant and enjoy able occasions of the season was an entertainment given Thursday evening by Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Holmes to the visiting young ladles nnd gentle extended visit to Eaton Point, Thomson Pf u l TO * ® n<1 cut and Greenville, H. e. On these visits sbo 1 Holme* were assisted In receiving their ■naaled by her pretty Uttl* dsagb- guests by Miss Thomas Roquemore and [>ulne. . Mrs. C. H. Holmes. The evening de- Herne will jeavn Hrttinlly passed.in conversation and *5 « Yg; JiifrasT*' lr “ »" d «k«« "*rs served. Tho.e A \7r« ,n iV"I>"urUsnlSMs nwlln* -hi, present were: Misses Jennie Ponder. Twl with bn m. Colonel lender. Me- Annie Griffin, of Atlanta; Katie Dean, Daniel, st tbs Majestic In Atlsats. of Alexandria City, Ala.; Lucll© Zell- — I ner, of Forsyth; Marllu and Mura CARROLLTON. Morgan, of Macon; Winnie Roberta, Miss., Eule. Moore end Katie Ixiu; Mlnnlo Martin, Thome, Roquemore. AM ■r*rar.riinfF ti,. w #,k m ! Lizzie Martin, Dorothy Martin, Mary Thomasson ore spending the wr k !n cTostlln, Hallle B. Cnstlln .Lillian Churn- the poet loved so much, and where he wrote many of his poems. Over at th© Garrard camp there are about 150 of tho engineering corps, who have a very perfectly ©quipped place, one ..f th** moat Interesting camps around the ink© Is that held by tho Grotan School. Hero they bring little w&lfs from the larger cities nnd give thorn nil the Joys of this wondrous life. Each party of boys Is kept for two weeks, during which lime they have every pleasure that tho most elaborately equipped camp affords. At tho end of that period they give plnce to another party of pitiful look ing little creatures who soon learn to swim and row and feel the Joy of living. There Is a similar philanthropic cump her** for y«»ung girls, I nin told. <»no of the unlqu" features -.f sum mer Ilf© at Lake Sqtmm Is the open sir service held on Sunday afternoons at <*hoconui Island. As- we sailed up K wns a beautiful sight f<> se© th© water covered with row bonts, launches, canoes, little steamer*, all gathering from every dlr.-- il-.it to land at Cho- corun. There nature has budded a most beautiful cathedral. The tall birch trees Interlace Into a lofty dome; In tho center there Is nn altar of great gray rocks, behind which rises a white cross of hir*ii, nn*l In front a rending desk of a single stone, which stands Ju»t ns nature formed It. All around are placed rustic neutH mode from branches of tho trees, and when these were tilled the congregation "at upon the moss-covered ground or th© great boulders. It was a wonderfully Im pressive service. , This Is truly a lake of infinite varie- tv. f’nually if /* s-> peaceful that little children hath© upon the smooth beach nnd row In and out nmong Its number less small Islands. But Inst evening when wo went out In the launch to wntch th© wonderful effect of th© fad ing sunlight upon th© lake and distant mountain peaks, a strong western wind blew coldly, th© great waves rooked our little boat to and fro nnd the white «rps dashed the spray Into our faces. L’P"H nil th** broad surface *-f th© lake usually so gay with sailing parties, ours was the only boat to be se«*n. nnd when nt last vve landed at our dock It os a welcome sight to see the lights shining and a great Are burning on th© hearth. As w*j gathered close around th© blazing logs th© shadows deepened outside nnd some of us thought of our home In tho South far away from Lake. Ruston, La.; 8. A. Martin, of Atlanta; Russell Murray, of Fort Valley; Oeorge Wynn, Wea Wilson. O. V. Chat field, I a H. and T. M. Fitzpatrick, Charles E. Martin, Edwyn Rumph, Ben Illls- man. Calvin and Buford Battle and Grady Holmes. AMERICUS. Mra. W. F. Clarke and dangbfer, Mr*. George F. Morgan, are staying at the Newnan, attending the chautauqua. Mra. C. H. Stewart and children will spend the week end In Newnan, visit ing relatives and attending tha chau tauqua. Dr. Homer Boatright and Colonel John Newell entertained a number of young people complimentary to the vlsitlrg young ladles In the city Thurs day evening al the home of H»n. and Mrs. W. C. Adamson on Adamson ave nue. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Mandevtlle re turned Monday from a v.eek’s visit to Summenllle. Mr. R F. Hyatt will join Mrs. Hyatt at Ilawklnsvllle Haturiav fo attend the marriage of Miss Lizzie Maude Blalock. Mr. ond Mrs. Charles Roo;» spent Tuesday and Wednesday In R* «»pvllle. Mrs. Ward and Mies Emma Williams returned Saturday night from Athens. Miss Monica Morris entertained Car rollton's young people Wednesday evening In honor of her visitor. Miss Hodnett. of Benola. MUs Nellie Sharp, who has been __ away several weeks visiting In Geor-'pienlcs"at’lioHy*flpriiKs rarlor an ayW.^lef and little danshter, left n few days aim where they will turner. Messrs. Bags, Cstseroo sod J’bllllna. of Eastman, spent Mnudur hers nmong frli-n-l-* Ml** Martin, of Alt*anj, Is spending a few days la Americas, the guest of MIm Miss Harris, of Eastman, Is the gntst of MIm Josephine TnrtJn. Misses Harsh. Ellzafwth and Martha Cobh, daughters of Captain John A. <‘*»bh. nre pending a month la Highlands, al ‘ $1,000 FOR 10 Cents 10 CENTS We wtU *tv. Jl,neq to the 1910 EXPOSITION, or One Cent for every official but- ton or pin sold. BUY ONE WEAR ONE SHOW YOUR COLORS. Solid M.tet Gold Plat. Button For Sale by Dealers. DNITED X SALES ASENCV, 717 FNftt\1iti«aj( lull Building, Atlanta Km 1110 m