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A Paper With • Purpose, Printed by the Reformatory Boya Doing the Beat They Can
Volume I. Milledgeville, Ga., Saturday, January 16,1915. Number 40
Talks in School-Plays Pedogogue
Patronizes the Future Citizen
Inspects Work of Boys
and Makes All Glad
No less distinguished Georgian
than His Excellency, Governor John
Marshall Slaton, honored The Fut
ure Citizen printing emporium
with his presence and patronage
this week. Governor Slaton first
visited the school room where he
took charge of the classes and
acted the part of professor for a
while. He caught the attention of
every boy and gave some fine illus
trations of the importance of close
observation and thouroughness. He
gave the boys a fine talk, brimful
of wisdom and the humanitarian
spirit, and at the close they were
ready to back him against any
Governor in the United States for
being good-natured and intensely
human.
In the printshop the Governor
took entire possession; he called
the office boy and paid him a dol
lar on subscription with the ex
press stipulation that his name
should be mentioned in the paper
without fail.
The Governor was interested in
all the work of the boys, visiting
the Kitchen, Sewing Hall, Laun
dry. Dairy and Workshop. At
the latter place he was presented
with a souvenir walking cane,
—a freak of nature, caused by a
twining vine having died around a
growing shrub, and the wood kept
on growing until the vine was
embedded in it, leaving it a per
fect spiral like the threads of a
screw. *
Our big-hearted chief executive
has our hearty thanks for his visit
and interest, and especially for the
many nice complimentary things
he was kind enough to say of our
work, We feel that in him we have
a friend and one that we appreciate.
GOVERNOR JOHN M. SLATON
Other institutions at Milledgeville
were anxious to claim a visit from
the Governor, but his time was limit
ed, and if they only understood how
much pleasure his visit gave all the
boys, we feel sure they would be
glad he gave what little time he had
at his disposal to make a brief trip
to our institution
We hope he will find time to pay
us another visit when the weather
is better, and he can spend more
time and see more things. If our
office boy failed to mention his
name in the paper, we hope he
will pardon him. and if we have
taken too much liberty in our men
tion of it, we hope he will pardon us
ANOTHER BIG BUNKER AND LEGISLATOR
Hon. W. P. McWhorter of Greene
Recalls Visit and Writes
Good Letter Full of Good
Advice Plus $1.00
Woodvillk, Ga. Jan. n, 1915
To The Future Citizen, Milledge
ville, Ga. Dear Boys Since I vis
ited your institution last summer,
I have had the pleasure of reading
your paper and am writing to say
that after being interested in you I
have interest in your paper, and
find the Fame a pleasant visitor. The
suggested thought is good where
you say “doing the best you can”
What a comfort to mother and
father and all loved ones! The
resolution means much, and well
followed up, will swing open to you
doors of respectability, honor and
trust, with friends all along the way
to give you comfort and bid you
God speed. If you will just look
out upon the future and imagine
what there is in store for you, I feel
that you will be encouraged to do
your very best ; and let me beg
that you first make terms with God
through His Son, the Lord Jesus
Christ, and by His blood have your
sins forgiven. Fill your heart with
love for Him, set your feet on the
rock of everlasting faith, with the
hope of growing into a good Christ
ian man. Then all stains will have
been washed away and cleaned by
the hand of a gracious God, and
your life assured in this world and
the one to come. May each think
about what I am saying as coming
from one who knows by experience
and wants you all to know what
has been done for me. All of us have
done wrong and all tnuy be restored
to life and usefulness. Howl wish
I could know I had interested one
or more of you ; what a thrill of joy
and legacy would go to yourself!
That I tnay assist you, I am hand
ing to you one dollar. May God
help you all. Sincerely yours
W. P. McWhorter
all.
Resolved, that every day is a new beginning, and a new opportunity for me (o make gool
