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the future citizen THE ROWERS C0LLECT1QH Per Copy TL^ ~tr:i.p• j* Per Year 5 Cts. Inc Future utzen $1.00 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