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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATCRDAT. AUGUST «, 1908.
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CHILD LABOR IN THE SOUTH.
By GERTRUDE BEEKS.
From lime to time a sensational re-
H of conditions of labor In the South-
n cotton mills lias made tender
ed women think twice before pur-
-,1ns cheap cotton fabrics and ready-
ade underwear at the sales. Visions
Ill-treated men and most especially
ale women and emaciated children
caving and spinning In stifling at-
ospheres have come to the bustling
male crowds around the bargain ta
lcs and made the wonderfully cheap
d( ha of sheetings, all machine
emmed, seem like tainted things.
-, vn , and petticoats, daintily ruffled
,1 sometimes crookedly stitched, have
cienly appeared to become accursed.
-No, I never buy those cheap cot
es at the bargain sales." a woman
11 say. "Tiny children, weak, thin,
unted in growth, cotfed to submis-
on by brutal foremen and superin-
endents, have spun that cotton Into
ngths during the watches of the
Ight, and there Is bad luck in the
earing of them."
It was to view with single eye and
nprejudlced tnlnd the conditions un-
er which such goods are manufactured
, the South, to learn the manner of
Ivlng among thtf mill operatives, to
tud.v the ways of their employers, and
o make the acquaintance of the women
nd children who form so large a part
( those employed, that Miss Gertrude
eeks took her notebook aftd camera
few weeks ago and went from mill
iwn to mill town and village to vll-
age In the South. Now she has re-
urned to New York With a brighter
ltd more encouraging story than many
f those who knew of her mission had
ared to hope for.
Miss Beeks is secretary of the wel
fare department of the National Civic
Federation. Quickness of perception
and alertness help to ma^e 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
points of on employer and whatever he the most prosperous of Northern farm-
might be doing for the well-being of
Ills workers.
In tnlklng with Miss Beeks one gets
a very pleasant Impression of progress
In the South and of betterment In the
condition of the cotton mill workers.
Her outlook, in general. Is optimistic,
though always supported by the facts
she has to recite.
"What about child labor and the
tiny tots who spin 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 lnbor was prevalent upon the
farms until industry became organ
ized, 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 remedial 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 Industry,
and the question nrlses as 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, upliflng
them by elevating Influences nnd se
curing an education for the majority of
their children!"
'But how do the children become
educated If they spend their time
working in-the mills?"
"The majority do not wofk In the
mills. Look at this photograph taken
In one town. Here are 860 children of
mill operatives, outside the school
which they attend. Such a school Is
kept In session eight months In the
year through the Interest and at the
expense ot the mill owners. Here Is
another photograph of it primary class;
here are small tots. In kindergarten
vegetable gardens, and what do you
think of this kindergarten cakewalk?"
A brighter and happier looking crowd
of children than those depicted In the
photographs one would scarcely And In
lng districts Another photograph was
a couple of dozen school children as
dinner toters. It was explained that
the hours were so arranged that dar
ing the midday hour the small sons
nnd daughters of the mill operatives
could go home and get palls nnd bask
ets of luncheon to carry to their pa
rents in the mills, returning again to
their studies la the afternoon.
. “Is anything being done to prevent
child labor altogether?"
"It probably cbuld not be done. Sev
eral of tho mill men stated to me that
there would always bo some child la
bor, for, said they, hve will always
have to provide work for the poor, nnd
If we did not let the children work It
would bo 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, nnd in the
jnll.'if “I'vays existed, nnd the condition | mented ’ lnnk „ r , „„„„
generally speaking, today, j manufacturing purposes Into a
people how properly to prepare tho
food."
In regard to children with fingerless
hands, Miss Hecks found In one mill
where 1,400 persons were employed one
child of 11 who lost the first joint of
the second finger In picking waste from
tin* gears which a fellow worker had
uncovered In violation of the strict
rules 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 fingers."
Most Interesting and encouraging is
Miss Reeks* description of the facilities
for recreation -among the mill workers.
Dance pavilions, swimming pools, ball
gnmes, gymnasium outfits provide en
tertainment in many of the mill vil
lages at the expense of the mill own
ers. One employer has turned a ce
nter necessary for
Irn-
I An Honor te Mrs. Johhson
although It should not be. j ming pool for the summer season, ex-
"When the stAtc has provided no (pending $300 In equipment. The mill
proper way to care for tho poverty- ; operatives use the pool free of charge.
Governor Terrell certainly extended
a very graceful compliment to Mrs. J.
Lindsay Johnson In the presentation
of the pen which signed the child la
bor bill during tho week. Mrs. John
son has worked most earnestly nnd
untiringly on this bill nnd she has
never wavered In her determination.
She has been true and constant to tho
cause from the first to the last nnd
her success In this case, ns in every
thing which she undertakes Is only nn-
other marked to prove her capability
and ever-courngoous clinging to the
right. She has never given up for one
Instant In the success of her theory,
and while others were awaiting de
velopments she was nil tho while at
work on her subject. Mrs. Johnson Is
one of the brilliant and exceptionally
clever woman, possessing every attri
bute of a womanly woman.
stricken, It Is a debatable question how
far criticism should be offered for their
presence in the lmlls.
L Asked if some of the* mill owners
are no. employing children merely out
of charity. In order to help their pa
rents, Miss Becks, told of a little 7-
year-old child • *f a widow who was
hired to sweep, although the sweeping
had to be gone over nfterward. An
other little glil was allowed to work
In the mill with her grandmother be
cause otherwise she would have been
obliged to K' * t-» tho poorhouse. A
woman whose husband had died of
eotiMimptI'm asked to lmve nor child
In the, mill with her, having no placo
to leave It during the day. It was a
question of having the chiil or of . re
fusing her work.
Asked. If those children who do work
appeared thin ahd emaciated and If
their hands usually lacked a Anger or
two, as sometimes stated by sensation
al reports concerning Southern condi
tions, Miss Beeka stated that the chil
dren In the mills were not rosy-cheek-
ed, but were more or less pul*, 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
and 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
while citizens of the town are charged
10 cents apiece for a swim.
MoRt 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 tho op
eratives work as "unusually*well light
ed and ventilated, heated In winter
and cooled In summer." She found one
employer having his ribbed windows
replaced with clear glass "to ph ase the
employees, because they like to look
out," adding, In an aside, "I would,
too!"
In two mills there were emergency
hospital rooms fitted up with operating
tables nnd 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 nnd poor Janitor
service in connection with the toilet
arrangements, and lack of elevator
service. Of course, some of tho toilet
rooms at the ends of tho mills are well
ventilated by windows and tho exhaust
system, hut others are In the center
of the mills, with no provision for ven-
tllntlon. I would also urge the neces
sity of introducing rent rooms In the
mills,' for In some cases girls were
seen sitting on the Handings of tho
staircase waiting for kork. But In the
main, generally, I would say that tho
mills visited were unusually sanitary,
comfortable work places."
Speaking of the homes of the oper
atives, she referred to the model mill
s!e Harris. Miss Corn ITnler, Miss Bell Ow
ens, and Miss Ruin Strickland.
Tho little Misses Langford, of Atlanta,
came out to Heflin Saturday nnd are tho
SOUTHERN SOCIETY
I In Georgia »nd Adjoining Stales '|
Pleasant Mention From Other Cilles
at the Cochran he
Colonel nnd Mrs. Tom Shackleford are
building a beautiful home In Hast lleflln.
Mr. (lus I’orryman left Heflin Monday
for Lltbla Springs, Atlanta, Washington,
Baltimore and Philadelphia. Ho will re
turn here September 1.
Mr. J. F. Morgan, win has spent several
HARALSON.
Little Emory Brandenburg la recov
ering from the fever.
Mr*. Charles Holt and two children
of Atlanta, are visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Baugh.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Clarke, of Oakland,
ary visiting Mrs. Tom . Callahan.
Mrs. John Addy has been visiting
Mrs. Culpepper.
MIm Mary Douglass and Master
Walter Douglass, of Atlanta, are vis
iting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Baughn.
Rev. Mr. Sox and family, of Car
rollton, are expected tomorrow. Mr.
Box Is to conduct tho nununl meeting
at the Lutheran church.
A number of the peoplo of the vil
lage attended the ball game at Drew,
ryvllle yesterday.
Mrs. J. T. Edmondson nnd family
have returned from an extended vialt
to relatives and frlenda In Fayetteville
and Atlanta.
Mrs. Charles Robertson has as
guest this week Miss Eula Norris, ot
Lutherville.
•Mr. and Mrs. J. Wt Jennings, of
Plains, Ga., have returned home, after
a visit of a few days to Mrs. Jennings’
father, Mr. AVesley Addy.
Mr. Joel Herndon, we regret to say,
Is again quite 111.
Mr. Will Taylor nnd 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 o number of our people at
tended the children’s 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
turned home last week, after spending
several days with frlenda and rela
tives In Morgan county.
Miss Jessie Storey, of Jefferson, Is
visiting her brother, J. M. Storey, of
our city.
Mrs. John R. Hotch returned home
Tuesdsy from a visit to her sister In
Atlanta.
Mrs. Camp, of Atlanta, Is spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs.
Del-aperierre, of our city.
Misses Woodle Anderson and Pearl
Maynard spent Tuesday with friends
st this place.
Mr. J. C. Anderson and daughter.
Miss Dora, are spending the week with
friends at Dahlonega.
Rev. W. 1L Bridges, of Pendergrass,
spent Wednesday with his son, Dr.
J. J. Bridges, of our place.
Miss May Randolph, of Athena, Is
the guest of Misses Ella and Clara
Davis at this place.
Mrs. 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 the guests of W. E.
Smith, of our city.
SANDERSVILLE.
The I"nt Men’s convention was held In the
magnificent grove that surrounds the resi
dence or M. <3. Smith, nt "Fern Crest
Dairy,’’ a mile rrom Snndrrivllle. More
than n hundred and twenty-fire peraona
were there. The rnlea adopted prohibited
the attendonee nt any man under its pounds
in weight, nnd hla height waa reatricted to
6 frets Incites. Kaeli man waa prirlleged
to tiring a lady. At 11 o’clock, the ad-
dresa of welcome waa mada l.y Hon. A.
Y. II. Jordan, the reaponae by linn. J. A.
(iltca. Stieeehea were alao mada bjr.K. A.
Adama and I. W. Newman. Sonia, a foot
race, potato race. Jumping, Interapersed
Itv music, filled the honra nntll dinner,
which consisted of Georgia hnrlteene and
Brunswick atew. Ona of the visiting fat
men. C. g. Davenport, of Warrenton, pre
pared the Brunswick stew, while ose nt
Washington county’s big men, Jatnea Web
ster, superintended the barbecue. Ail mem-
Iters of the convention were weighed, and
their weights registered, the average weight
of twenty Waa 235 pnuoda. The aaeeainly
la said by all to bare been one uf the
moat enjoyable picnics of the season. All
credit for Ita aocceaa la flren to the pres
ident. Professor Lawson B. Brown, and
hla efficient committee, Sanford Adame,
William Norris and Jack Webster
Judge B. T. Rawlings has h*d the old
dam at the Lime sinks repaired, and has
ennrerfed the pond Into s swimming pool.
Dr. J. M. Pointer, who waa 10 years of
age, died at Oconee on last Tnetdnr. lie
was nne'of Washington county’s moat naa-
ful. progressive citizens.
Editor Brooks has dlsppted of bla inter
est In The Sanderavllle Herald. J. B. Tay
lor. of Covington, taking riutrge of the
patter In Mr. Brooks’ .stead.
Mr. W. M. Adams, of Macon, la visiting
is brother. C. A. Adama.
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. H. Ott are visiting ret-
ntlves In South Carolina.
B. M. Devereatix left yesterday for a
week's rlalt to Deverenox. Oa. •
Dr. and Mr*. Roger Swlnr, of M Hedge-
rllle, are the gueata of Moaea Swlnt, at
**Mra?**A. F. Manhart and Mauler Horace
Fanbarr. nt l’aria. Te*., are the gtieala
r Dr. C. irstocki. _
Mr. and Mra. Frank Wiley, of Rruna-
wlek. ore visiting Mra. Feigar Lawson.
Mr*. Nettle Garrett Smith, of Augusta,
la visiting Mra. H. B. Lovett. As Mis*
Garrett. Mra. Smith waa very popular
Miss Mamie Ilnrrl*.
i.l Mrs F. F. StMf-pr art* sjM-ml-
Ing n week la the mountains of north
Georgia.
Mr. am 1 .Mr*. J). I). Ferryman, after n
.May of sorernl day* nt Lfthfn 1#
Inntn. Savannah, *Tybee, and otl
are at home again.
Mr. Gus Morgan lira charge of a summer
school In North Cleburne. He returned
from Auburn in June, where he won dis
tinction In history nnd Latin.
The Messrs. Itoherts. who graduated at
l Tech In June, aro spending *
Heflin with their parents.
villages, their dainty painted, shuttered
houses, surrounded by trees, anil hail
immediately u con casting photograph
to ahow of a villus all unpulnt'M ami
treeless.
‘■However," ahe continued, "general
ly the premises are extremely neat In
the cotton mill villages, and only In the
homes of tho new arrivals from tho
primitive districts aro tho Interlora of
the cottages unclean. Man> a h.ujse-
wlfe could take lessons In cleanliness
from tho home of the average mill op
erative. Where they still exist, tr.e
old clanbonrded houses are being re
modeled with weather boarding or torn
down nnd being finished with walls ot
wood fiber, nnd, where not included ir
tho original plans, porches with rail
ings are now being added."
"What are the most pressing needs
now concerning the mill workers of the
South?"
"In South Carolina legislation Is
needed to provide for compulsory edu
cation nnd tho 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 labor law to
lncreaso tho age limit from 12 to 14,
and the requirements concerning birth
registration and marriage license
should be more stringent.
"A great deal of unfair criticism hna
been showered upon the mill owners,
yet. In spite of this, they are giving
food, shelter and lnduntrinl training to
these Illiterate descendants of the IlrBt
Inhabitants of the colonies, and through
their ‘Welfare* work are a great civ
ilizing influence nmong the mill work
ers."—New York Times.
Anti-Child Later Crssd.
Tho Woman’s Home Companion, a
magazine published In New York by
the Crowell Publishing Company, Is
lighting to the finish in the campaign
against child IaUsr. Articles from such
men ns 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. Wo believe In the right of every
child to health and education.
3. Wo believe that child labor in
terferes with that right.
e believe that child labor is In
Itself cruel and wasteful: that It Is
mentally, morally and physically Inju
rious to the child; and that It Is a
distinct menace to the nation.
4. 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 be employed
In making, preparing or distributing
articles of snlo or commerce ot home
or In any place In the nature of a fac
tory, workshop or mercantile establish
ment.
6. We believe that no child between
14 nnd 1G should be permitted to work
under the conditions specified unless
tin* child .■an read fluently nnd write
legibly simple sentences In tin* English
language.
6. We believe that no child under 1G
should be employed between tho hours
of 7 p. m. nnd 7 a. m., or longer than
eight hours In any twenty-tour hours,
or longer than forty-eight hours a
week.
7. We believe that no child under 16
should bo employed In occupations
dangerous to life, limb, health or
morals.
8. We believe In the establishment of
permanent children’s bureau to be
conducted by tho national government,
for the purpose of Investigating nnd
reporting upon general conditions di
rectly Involving tho welfare of children,
especially all matters connected with
child labor.
9. We believe that uniform laws
ngalnst child labor should bo enacted
without delay in overy state, territory
and colonial possession of tho United
States.
Vacation ScKesl in St. Lsuis
The vacation schools which have
een Conducted in »St. Louis during tho
summer are this week finishing the six
eeks* course, nnd will exhibit the
ork done by the scholars. The school
i, of course, free to all of the pupils,
and the teachers have vied with them
selves to seo how economic they could
be, and to make each department seif-
oupportlng. This has been aceompllsh-
*••1 by cuntrlbiitlonn nnd sales. The
grocers have given to the cooking de
partment; tho merchants have sent
iron beds, mattresses nnd sheets to the
housekeeping department, and the gaa
company has given gas and stoves free.
In the cooking department Miss Jen
nie Crowder, the teacher of this work,
has suggested a help to all housekeep
ers of St. Louis. She says If whole
some and delicious food can he cooked
fn the public schools, why should they
not supply food for those who are
without cooks, thereby solving the do
mestic problem. The pottery which
has been made by tho pupils will be
for sale at the close of the term, ae
well as other useful articles. By this
means tho work for the year Is partial
ly paid for, nnd tho rest Is easily made
up by popular subscription.
ft would be quite an easy matter for
such a school to bo established In At
lanta next year, and the Woman s Club
editor of Tho Georgian would do her
part of the work toward establishing a
school. The 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 of
Juno and closing the first of August.
The teachers would, of course, have to
be interested In the movement and lend
tlietr help free to the course of educat
ing the little children who have no
rdny ground nnd nobody to remain at
noma with them during tho hours 9 to
12 o’clock ench day. Atlanta has grown
to need such a school as tills, and the
time hna arrived for Its establishment.
of Moscow, 1812.
Lightning cloud* nre always
ground. They are seldom nt
height than 2,000 feet.
Will Crooks. M. T.. said the other night
In n speech: "The worker* have been In
clined to sub-lot their thinking."
MONROE.-
In beauty and brilliance, the dinner given
last Wednesday evening l»y Miss Julia Mob
ley at her home on Hnuth Broad street v***“
one of the most noteworthy fauctions -
the summer. Tho dining room was In pink
cud white. The handsome dining table
covered with n real lnco centerpiece
pink silk, nnd contained as Its chief decora
tion a pyramid of pink roses and aspara
gus ferus. The room was lighted by Do
lorous pink shaded candelabra, lha
resent were: Misses Able Felker, Edith
.Mwnrds, Ellen Launlus, Isabel Nunnally,
Clara Mae Smith, Messrs. Lewis nnd Ar
thur Mobley, Wellborn Blnlock, Butts, and
CHIT Bheato. . ........
Miss Mary Radford gave a delightful nt
Mis* MeOnrlty. of .
CARTERSVILLE.
Monday night Miss Mayhello' Jones enter
tained at n delightful reception In honor of
her guests. Misses Janie Rnrdwell, of Tot-
bottou; Harrell, of Valdosta; Tatum, of
Macon. I
Wednesday afternoon Miss Elinor Jones
entertained the Bagtlme Club nt “ * *
■eriee Ilf
orty. Miss Florence Milner won the prize, j dngn.
Mrs. W. H. Howard, Hr., gnve n delight- i u n n n
ul children’s party on Katurdny for her - ftn ' h * h .
GADSDEN, ALA.
Mrs. Frederick Moesser and daugh
ter, Miss Helen, of Birmingham, have
joined Mr. Moosser hero and will tnako
this city their future home.
Messrs. E. H. and (*. F. Cross have
returned fmm « visit to their former
home at Maysvllle, Ohio.
Mrs H. T. Halley and children have
returned from an extended visit to rel-
flsbing 1 atives at Alexander City nnd Talla-
, i — - Cross and Miss Ruth Wil-
thr«-iramlchlfd«n. “Pttl, uf£« c2« JfVwS? i?J.' a
Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ilornro ”• Cross, ha\o returned to their home
-s i . i -a - - -- at Birmingham.
Mrs. J. E. Lino and daughter, Mrs.
C. II. Ward, and Mrs. Line’s mother,
Mrs. Winchester, nre visiting relatives
nnd friends at Chautauqun, N. Y.
Tho Wednesday Card Club wns en
tertained by Mrs. Wllllo C. Bacon at
her home on Forrest avenue this week.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles M. Wood havo
gono to New York to make that city
their future home.
Miss Nina Hammond entertained
with a dinner party Saturday nt Belle-
iMMTnru, iaiuiim- iinnaiu. iiiiiikuo-i hi .,*r.
and Mrs. W. 11. Howard, Jr., and Master
John Bradley Howard. Jr., son of Mr. and
'Ira.* John B. Howard.
Mra. Felton Jones leaves next week for a
rip to Atlantic city.
Mrs. Oscar T. l’helps Is In Montcncle,
Tenn., attending the meeting of tho Ten-
Miss Hath Hodgers. after spending
ersl weeks with friends and relatives, n
turned to Atlanta on krtday. . . ...
Mrs. James D. Newman fs In Ashevfll
S. C.. from whleh place she will vlsl
other summer resorts In North CayoHaa.
The Only French Dry Cleaning
Process in Georgia
her daughter, Mrs, John W. Akin,
In Atlanta.
Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Dealer, of Thomas-
vllle, were the guests lost week of Dr. and
Mrs. J. O. Green.
Mrs. Bessie Hmlth, Of Ardmore, I. T., la
the guest of Mrs. H. J. Galt and family.
Captain and 51rs. J. J. Conner entertained
the following guests at dinner last Hatur-
day: Miss Wood of tVdartown, MI** Sara
Jones of Atlanta, Miss Viola Stanford, Pro
fessor anti Mrs. II. L. Rewell.
Miss I^*roy Betts, of Huntsville, Ala., and
Miss James, of filberton, are to be the
guests next week of Miss Kitty Conyers.
Miss Moore, of Helmtt, ft tne ruest of
Mrs. Clark Griffin.
Miss Felker, of Monroe, ft the guest of
Miss Estelle Strickland.
GREENSBORO.
Mlaa Leila Jcrnlgan left Tuesday to visit
friends In Atlanta. She will attend Mrs.
Wilson’s house party at Lincoln, Ala., be
fore returning home.
Mias Henrietta Hmlth la visiting her
father. RepresenOifive A. !L Smith, In
Atlanta.
Mrs. Mary Kent Reason, and daughter,
Josephine, of Monroe, were tho guests of
friends In Greensboro Monday.
LIZELLA.
The Misses Nettllee sml Wenona Bnlll-
vnn, of Atlanta, after spending several
days here with relatives, have returned
*3? and Mra. Chartea It. Wynn soent
Sunday with Mra. Wynn's brother. K. H.
Harrtaon. of Musella, Ga., who Is quite
sick with fever.
Miss Means, of Yatesvllle, ft vlsltlog
her slater, Mr*. B. A. Greene.
Mrs. Patti Rose, who haa been teaching
music here for several months, has moved
to Macon, where she baa a line class.
Mra. Mary Vincent amt grand daughter,
little Miss Vivian Hicks, after spending
some time with Atlanta relatives, have
returned.
Quite a crowd of young people spent
' I Inga
of her guest,
ills^lsHon LaonTus win entertain nt n
house party next week.
Mias Floy Felker ontertnlned the Voting
Ladles' Club Friday evening In honor or
iiias Bernice Felker, of Dalton. The hall
and drawing room were In red, with crlm
son salvias used In the greatest profusion,
Progressive gnmes were played, nnd the
first prize, n box of paper, wn* won by
Miss Pauline Nowell, and Miss Iiolln wou
the consolntlon. The guests' prize was n
pair of silk hose. /<•«•# and punch were
served by Misses Edith Edwards and Alik
Felker.
MIhh Nell Nowell gave a delightful at
home Inst Wednesday evening In honor of
her visitor, Mis* Bernice Felker, of Dalton.
The home of Ml»* Nowell was beautifully
decorated with ferns, palms nnd cut flow
er*. nnd a delightful informal program of
nmslc wns given throughout the evening.
Mrs. Orrln Roberts gnvo several reading*,
displaying tbs wonderful talent of this
young woman. , , ,
Ml** ('olio Malcolm ft entertaining a bevy
of bright girls of Monroe at a house party
In Fair Play. The young ladles are Misses
Mnrlo Cooper. Mary (fenflier*. Nina Bass,
Jessie Cox, Janette Wright, Buby Wright,
ami Ladle Breedlove. . „ , ,
Professor George K. .Nolan, of Marietta,
wns In the city In*t week. He left today
for Atlanta, where lie Joined his wife for a
trip to Asher] 11o, N. C.
Hfts Linda Felker. who has been visiting
Miss Corn Felker In Dalton for the t»a»t
month. 1* now the guest of Miss Eatelle
Strickland In Cnrtersvllle. Miss Felker will
return home next week.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Walter and little
Louise are guests of Mrs. J. IL McCrary
In Atlanta.
Mr. A. IL Mobley and Mr. W. Martin, of
hake Squaw, New Hampshire,
Camp Vue du Lac
By 8HATTEEN MITCHELL.
Can there be a more delightful way
ot spending the summer season than a
visit to a camp In the White Moun
tains? The novelty of the life Is fan
cinntlng, every hour there Is something
now to reanimate a weary spirit, and
In all this region of lakes and moun
tains can there bo a moro exquisitely
beautiful spot than Squain Lake? Tho
water so clear that one sees distinctly
the smooth stones lying upon tho sll-
vor sand below, nnd every passing
cloud Is mirrored in its blue depths;
the chain mountains that cnclrclo Its
borders rising In beauty 2,000 feet
covered with foliage ot ever-cb/mglng
greonness. In tho wondrous forests
there are fine old pines, onks, maples,
hemlock and tho beautiful white birch
trees. These stretch down to the very
borders of tho lake nnd hidden among
them are numberless camps, whilo far-
ther up "ii tin- bills nre farm houses
nnd elegant hotels. This year the
throng i>t summer visitors is greater
than It has ever been, nnd there Js a
large and fashionable contingent In tho
hotels nnd private camps. Orovor
Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland have for
several years owned n "fnnn” over nt
'Sandwich" and are said to havo re
cently bought another place down on
tho lake. Many schools, both for young
men and young women, havo summer
camps here. Miss Dalton, of Phlladel
phia, haa a largo numbor of girls with
her, all greatly enjoying the swimming,
rowing nnd mountain climbing. Their
. amp Is «|ttinred at Wither P
spot far up the mountain side, that
"•ui o unities jr doiuiuo> uciie* . . -u.
!*• l?. her ^ n * ^Mr.^Neel^Pnrk. «>f Greensboro, spent ln*t«gin and Alabama, returned home
J.C. Slaton, of Atlanta. Turulnr In Monro, with frlonrt,. | thuraflay.
" Mr. Xndmnar U -P'nd'M tt- wroU w. C . U attcmllng the
end with relatives nt Walnut Grove. rhintnuons nt NVuiinn this week
Mr. Ralph Gibb* has returned to Atlanta cn ? I u „ a ^ f*°il HSJJaIu i.
after n few <)mn' ninr In Monroe. Mrs. I ranees Long, of Jasper, Ala., I*
Mr. W. If. Nunnally bn* returned from expected hero to visit her father this
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j Sunday at Worm Bprings.
V Mr. J. R r ^ x
. are now orrnnylnc tbetr country home, nit
j | anted four miles from town. The botue ft a
I • autlful. modern *tractnre and la ballt
. 00 the site where-the Row homestead waa
) burned a few yn»ra ago. Mra. Moore waa
j a Mlaa Roe* and her new home ft amid tho
. ! arpoea of her childhood, aa the Rooa farm
I, waa the home of her father and grand-
r , father. Mlaa Nannie Moore, the young lady
, - of the home, haa spent two yenri In mntle
S 1 *t the Judton and will return there In Hep-
intiafeal atmlr.
Quite a nutnlier of Heflla’a school
have panned a fine examination for
llci-ii*.. nnd non hold eertUkute* f«-r
grade licenses. Among them are Misi
Dr. H. C. Kegloy hna gono to Winona
Lake, Indiana, to attend tho meetings
of the National Presbyterian nnsem-
bly.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodson J. Martin are
visiting relatives in Jacksonville.
Mrs. L. W. Dean Is visiting Mrs.
Wiley Ross in Birmingham.
Mia# Hattie Riddle Is visiting rela
tives In Anniston.
Miss Margie McCall has returned
from a visit to relatives at Camden,
Ark.
.mi>s lb-*wn*on kgrf fftcpil
from a visit to Denver.
■ Mrs. R. B. Kyle entertained n num
ber of ladles who are spending the
summer at Bellevue, at her mountain
home, "Whitehurst,” with a card party
Tuesday, which was followed by a
Dutch luncheon.
Miss Pauline Latta Is visiting friends
In WcM YIikIp'-i
Mrs. P. B. Fitzgerald and children
have gone to Virginia Beach, Vo.
Miss I^ee Weller has returned from
a visit to relatives In South Alabama.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gentry are visit
ing friends in Rome, Oa.
Nevvnan Green has 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 of
friends with a straw ride Monday
night.
Mrs. Rruce Armstrong and daughter
are visiting relatives In Marshall coun
ty.
Charles Martin entertained with •
party Wednesday evening In compll-
. -. 1,1.. T -..m UaIIa t'nul.n ../
%?£! - - Misses Mary and Helen Long, who
Matthew hftv# betQ visiting In Jasper, Ala., aro
ment to Miss I^tura Belle Enalen, of
Birmingham, who ft the guest of Miss
Belle Jones on Turrentlne avenue.
Miss Maggie DhBose has returned
from a visit to relatives In Anniston
and Atlanta.
Miss Hamilton, of Jackson, Tenn, Is
visiting her sister, Mrs. E. H. Cross.
Mlaa Mary Fulcher hna returned
from a vftlt to New Tork.
The Embroidery Circle will not meet
until the flrat Thursday In September,
at which time Mrs. T. M. Casseft will
entertain.
D.' If. Baker entertained Friday
afternoon In honor of her guest*. Mrs.
I.ee Alexander and Mrs. Rosenthal, of
Union Springs. Cards waa the feature
Bs- of the evening.
Miss ileulnb IMrkle left last Wednesday
morulas to the guest at n house party
circa bv Mlaa lLohaonoR. of Grantvlfle,
Mr. waiter Jones and brother-in-law, Mr.
Rannon, of Macon, were In Monroe Friday.
Miss Mattvc Michael Is expected home
from Tuskegee, Ala., this week. Him has
been spending nome tfmo with Tuskegee
friend'
expected homo thla week.
CULLODEN.
One of the most brilliant and enjoy
able occasions of the season was an
entertainment given Thursday evening
by Mr. and Mrs. Hobert II. lloltneH to
.-J — s 1 tho visiting young ladlos and gentle-
Mr. Knox Felker sptot last Toeeday and i me n of the city. Their beautiful home
Wednesday InAtheD*. * ..was artistically decorated with ferns,
.tYonVi'l"U.ll M l• l!" n i-nlSu Thim !;.!..>« and rut flower,. Mr. and Mrs.
and Hreenrllle. X. C. On the** visits the Holmes were assisted In receiving their
was teeoapiinled by her pretty little Uaugh- j guests by Ml** Thomas Roquemore and
ter. Josephine. . . Mrs. C. II. Holmes. Tho evening do-
Miss Mmoft lainrfeVs* Horne will leave ( Ughtfullf poaaed In conversation nnd
soon for n vl*lt *'» Tallolai Fslft!.-.»* nnd rakes were served. Those
A rrr.mt W crc: Ul„» jonm. Ponder,
wart* with her *on. Colonel Handera Me- Annie Griff In. of Atlanta; Kntlo Dean,
Daniel, at the Majestic lu Atlanta. of• Alexandria City, Ala.; Luclle /-♦*II-
— — I nor. of Forsyth; Marllu and Mura
CARROLLTON, Morgan, of Macon; Winnie Hobert*,
Misses Eula Moore and Katie Lou Minnie Martin, Thomaa Roquemore,
Thnmaiinn ar4l A {ntr the met k m Lizzie Martin, Dorothy Martin, Mary,
Thomnsoon are spending cne week m rajt!ln B a ||| e n. rastlln, Lillian Cham-
Newnan. attending the Chautauqua- ! blloo, Olive Chambliss, Katie Wilson,
Mrs. C. H. Stewart and children will Gertrude Wynn: Messrs. John Martin,
the poet loved so much, and where he
wrote many of hi* poems. Over at the
Harvard camp there are about 150 of
the engineering corps, who have a very
perfectly equipped place. One of the
most Interesting camp* around the lake
1* that held by tho Grotan School. Here
they bring little waifs from the larger
cities and give them all the joy* nt
this wondrous life. Each party of boys
I* kept for two weeks, during which
time they havo every pleasure that tho
most elaborately equipped camp affords.
At tho end of that period they give
placo to another party of pitiful look
ing little creatures who soon learn to
swim and row nnd feel the Joy of living.
There |* a similar philanthropic camp
here for young girl*, I am told.
One of the unique features of sum
mer life at Lako Squam Is the open
nlr service held on Sunday afternoons
at Chocorun Island. A* we sailed up
It was a beautiful high! to see tho
wafer covered with row boats, launches,
canoes, little steamers, nil gathering
from every direction to land at Cho-
cormu There nature has budded a
most beautiful cathedral. The tail
birch trees Interlace Into a lofty dome;
In the center there Is an altar of great
gray rocks, behind which rises a whits
cross of birch, and In front a reading
desk of a single stone, which stands
just ns nature formed It. All around
are placed rtiHtlc nents made from
branches of the trees, nnd when these
were filled the congregation sat upon
the moss-covered ground or the great
boulder*. If was a wonderfully Im
pressive service.
This Is truly a lake of Infinite varie
ty. Usually It Is so peaceful that littls
children bathe upon the smooth beach
and row in and out among It* number
less small Island*. But last evening
when wo went out In tho launch to
watch the wonderful efTect of the fad
ing sunlight upon the inke and distant
mountain peak*, a strong western wind
blew coldly, the great waves rocked
our little boat to and fro nnd the whits
caps dashed the spray Into our faces.
Upon all the broad surface of the
luko usually so gay with sailing parties,
ours was the only boat to be seen, and
when at last we landed at our dock It
waa a welcome sight to see tho lights
shining and a great fire burning on the
hearth. As we gathered dose around
the blazing Jog* the shadows deepened
tslde and some of us thought of our
me in the South far away from
Hquam Lake.
spend the week end In Ntwnan, visit
lng relatives and attending tho than
tauqua.
Dr. Homer Boatright and Colonel
John Newell entertained a number of
young people complimentary to tho
visitirg young ladjes In the city Thurs
day evening at the home of Koii. and
Mrs. W. C. Adamson on Adamson ave-
oua.
Mr. and Mrs. lu P. Mandevflle re
turned Monday from a week's visit to
Summerville.
Mr. R. F. Hyatt will join Mrs. Hyatt
Hawklnsvllle Hattirda'* to attend
the marriage of Miss Lizzie Maude
Blalock.
Mr. and Mra. Charles Roop spent
Tuesday nnd Wednesday In Ibopvllle.
Mrs. Ward and Miss Emma Wl'lfaius
returned Katurday night from Athens.
Miss Monica Morris entertained Car-
rollton's young people Wednesday Ml** Jo**phl
nlng In honor of her visltir. |lls« I . Blow Barak. Eli
Hodnett. of Henola*. ,
Nellie Fhnrp, who has t;
away several weeks visiting In G<
of Memphis, Tenn.; John Jones,
Ruaton. La.; R. A- Martin, of Atlanta;
Russell Murray, of Fort Valley; Georgo !
Wynn. Wes WUaon, G. V. Chatfleld,
L. H. and T. M. Fitzpatrick, Charles
E. Martin, Edwyn Rumph, Ben IIIIs-
man. Calvin and Buford .Battle and
Grady Holmes.
AMERICUS.
Mra. W. F. Clarke sod daughter, Mrs.
George P. Morgan, sra staying at the
residence of Professor and Mr*. A. G.
Miller, who are spending a month at the
Mrs. James Taylor and little daughter.
Lacy Barron Taylor, left a few days Of*
Eastman, spent Kobo p
Miss Martin, of Albany, I* spi
few days In America*, the gnest
Kblnp.
VII** Harris, of Kastman. Is the
daughter* of
_ spending a m
pn I Barer si large pa
r* picnics at Holly Bprl
th and Mar
ptaln John A. <
h In Highland*. ?
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