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/ v . ,. THE ftowtfis..cou £cnaf| 5 Cts. TL Per Year Per Copy 1 1 ac ruture Utizen $1.00 A Paper With a Purpose, Printed by the Reformatory Boys Doing the Best They Can. Volume II. Milledgeviile, Ga., Saturday, March 25, 1916. Number 50 mmm of m ihiimf THE BEST THING An Old Quotation Which Comes Ringing Down Through The Ages, and it Has a Solid Foundation. It h is been said that faith may be lost in sight, hope end in fruition but charity extends beyond the grave to the boundless realms of eternity. In numerous ways and methods cat*, charity be exemplified. It may consist of the giving ot u I'TIS and the extending of the hospitality of our homes to the stranger who * applies for food and ' .dieVier. 'Once' upon a time three strangers applied at the door of a tent for food and shelter. They were tired, travel stained and footsore. There was nothing about their personalities to distinguish them from the or dinary traveler of those early and oriental days. This mattered not, however, to the patriarch who occupied the tent. He gave them water to drink. He washed their feet. He prepared his festal board with a sumptuous repast, and be fore the feast was half ended he discovered that he had entertained three angels in disguise. So should we be careful whom we turn empty u.vay. The stranger who applies at our doors for food or shelter may not be^ an angel in disguise, but the tattered garments which only partially cover his person, the dust and grime of travel which co '.ceal his identity may prove to be the livery of a good man and worthy subject of charity, But charity does not consist entirely in the giving of alms; it also consists in the extending of the hand of love and sympathy to the man or the woman who may have wandered from the beaten path of rectitude. It is alright to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. It is alright to visit the homes of the sick ‘and vouchsafe relief to the h ibitations of the distressed^These are human bene Give f > >ls th >ir gold And knaves their power; Let fortune’s bubbles rise and fall: Who sows a field Or trains a flotdrer Or plants a tree is more than all. —Whittier. --'ll." 1 . » — factions and constitute a part of our duty to our fellowinen, but the hand that is outstretched for the poor fellow who is down and out and offers to lead him back into ibnbetter way, is the hand that d^trrifces true ch irity. Topd, drink, raiment will satisfy the physical needs, but the aching heart needs consolation and sympathy. • Viienever a m in or woman fails from those standards of morals which have been erected by the customs and usages of society, it is the tendency of the world to shove the erring ones down the hillside and make it almost imp>S'it);e for iiiem, through .heir own resources an 1 initiative to retrieve themselves The spirit of true co i it v is to restore the fallen oiltgs to their feet again and lead them back to the top of the hill, where the light shines and where the way is clear. And thus we have dealt with two of the human virtues, friend ship and brotherly love, and the three graces^fatth, hope and char ity. These virtues and graces are the essential attributes which men and votnen .must p >ssess if they ■.\you.ld fulfill the ideals which have been established since the creation of the race. They are the leaven that leiventh tne wane loaf of I)urn in happiness, and the man or the woman who is blessed with all of them is bound to scatter a whole- lot of sunbeams in the world, and his or her good deeds will endure ..s precious, hallowed memories long after Gie possessors of virtues and graces shall have crossed the “silent riser.”—Mansfield Shieid. And Who Have Habits That Will Hold Them Back and Not Push Them Forward Will Lose The Race. If a man is going to run a race, said a great' teacher many years ago. he will lay aside aU useless weight, and if he is to fight for his life he wants everything in his favor. The boy will find that, life is both a race and a fight. Whatever the prize he wins he will have to run for it. Whatever victory he gains he will have to fight for. Naturally, then, he is a fool to load up with unnecessary bur den. Yet there are boys deliberately diking loads upon their shoulders; strapping big packs and doing their best to carry armfuls of wastestuff while they are running their race. When some fellow comes, strip ped down and clean limbed and passes by and wins easily, the fools blame their luck and say they have no chances! Let tne give you a few hints there fore how a boy m ly 8fe$b' down. I will not talk of bad^%bys and their sin , but of foolish boys and their folly ; of useless,- unnecessary and senseless burdens boys carry, when they might as well drop them. The habit of using any sort cf stimulant is a useless handicap. If you have ambition, 'put away alcohol. The simpler and eas ier way to stop is to cut them entirely out. If you have got in the way of using them, either just a little or a very great deal, there’s one sensible tiling to do— stop. I used to think it might be dangerous for any one, suddenly to cease the use of stimulants if he had been accustomed *.o them but having served some years (Continued on page 8, Column 2) HAVE YOU A LITTLE FUTURE CITIZEN IN YOUR HOME?”well, you should