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—The boys who received boxes last
week are Quincy O’Steen, Pink Snow
and Horace Cato.
—Dr. J. A. Price drove out this week
and vaccinated some boys which have
not had all of their vaccine yet.
—Mr. E. B. Cochran has had a squad
of boys laying the sewerage system
beyond the negro building.
—Mr. W. L. Hodges has had a squad
of boys fixing the pasture fence so as
the cows and mules could not get out.
—Mr. J. J. Nolon is about to wind
up the plowing but it has been so wet
it put him behind and he will be glad
to lay by the crops.
—Mrs. J. W. Mobley of Milledgeville
came over one day this week and re
newed her subscription for the Future
Citizen which we appreciate.
—Mr. E. B. Cochran took a squad of
boys one day this week and made a
new fence around the barn as the
mules and hogs has been getting out.
—Mr. C. A. Herndon the plumber
from Macon, Ga. seems to be doing a
good job of the plumbing and we hope
it will soon be finished so we can move
in.
What One Man Said
(Continued from page one)
best and only safe wav.
I met aboui the suune thing'
'hat every other reformatorv boy
meets while on the inside; but the
most typical was when 1 spent the
first six months planning and
scheming to escape. My plan was
well-laid, bur it came to grief just
because 1 overlooked one little
detail, just about like overlooking
a lightsd red lantern on a dark
night.
I had found that by prying open
an upsta’rs window in the dormi
tory at my leisure, 1 could climb
out and reach the branches of a
large shade tree that grew near the
building. 1 figured that I would do
this and climb down and mike my
escape immediately after the night
watchman passed that side of the
building on his rounds, 1 made it
alright, but as I started to climb
down I attracted the attention of
the watchman's dog that always
accompanied him in his duties lie
—Mr. J. M. Bryau and family accom
panied by Mr. S. L. Power and Mr.
L. Clayton of Wrightsville, Ga. paid
their son Weston Bryan a visit last
Sunday.
—Judge R. E. Davison and Judge E.
L. Rainey of the Prison commissioners
accompained by Superintendent Burke
and Captain J. E. Smith made a business
trip to the institution one day this week.
—Mr. T. P. Stanley of Athens Ga. who
is employed by the State as surveyor
has been here this week resurveying
the ditch for the new sewerage system
and has a squad of hands starting to
lay the pipe.
—O.ur readers will notice that print
ing so many letters from our bovs who
are doing things, and “doing the best
they can and making good and one
thing and another, we’used up all the
cap. I s in all our cases and had to ring
in a lot of wrong font cap Ps that look
like concrete posts in our pasture
fence. But that is alright; it is tne only
letter in the alphabet that ever did
accomplish anything worth while.
—This issue of the Future Citizen
has been turned into a boys forum
and is composed mostly of letters from
our boys who have gone out and made
good. Some have made good with a
cap G. some with a small cap and some
few in italics. We are glad to hear
from them and we know all the boys
will read their letters with pleasure.
We have some other letters which we
will publish later either in another
special edition or in the regular run
of the paper.
set up a familiar barb as a signal
that he bad some easy game
‘treed' 1 . The watchman turned
back and discovered me, then left
me to the lender mercies of ihe
dog and went on his rounds and
never missed a punch of the clock.
There I sat with nothing to do but
think what a fool 1 was. I had
studied the window, the shade
tree, the brandies, (lie route 1
would take, and every tiling but
that dog, and he had never failed
to make the rounds with bis
master and i had seen him do it
every night for six months; still 1
was so intent on inventing schemes
in my mind that i left him entirely
out of my considerations.
••I was permitted to stick right
there in the crotch of that tree until
daylight and all the other boys were
turned down, and they* formed
their line for breakfast right under
me, and guyed me to their hearts
content. After that 1 went right on
and made my record and never gave
any more trouble. 1 had to straight
en out ami do something to redeem
Lai) Y ou Imagine A Time V'U* i i- Fature Citizen Will 1 *
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myself with the boys tor 1 had gone
down more in t aeir estimation than
i did •-.•i .,(• l.mbs of that tree.
Some boys are well wishers to the
fellow who plans an “escape and
gets away with it. but 1 have never
yet found one with anything but
pity and contempt for the one who
tries it and gets all gummed up,’
This substuniaI ctizei. of Georgi t
then told me the most intciesting
and inspiring story of another boy
he found in the reformatory when
he went there, known as Will
llaru—no* the best bov there but
one with a high sense « f honor—
and he made ids parole there, wai
employed as an officer, did his duty
and received promotion after pro
motion, and is now and has been
lor some years the honored super
intendent of the .very institution
* hat received him as a wayward,
homeless wail years ago ; and high
up among the leaders of juvenile
corrective institutions stands the
name of Honorable William M.
Hard, of Nashville, Tennessee.
1 regiet that you have not space
in this issue for the details of »hi*
story, and l must reserve them for
a future number, when perhaps 1
may have more details than the
gentleman had time to give me.
This promotion lia* been repeated
in other institutions where inmate*
have climbed to the general man
agement ; but it is unusual, .mid an
example or that kind is full of in
spiration to every bov domiciled in
a public institution.
With best wishes for the succtt*
of both tin: ins and the outs.
Very sincerely',
J. IT Lovvokn,
Superintendent..
MUTUAL ADMIRATION
And We Gave Proper Credit, Too
Joe Griswold, one of the students
of the Burner class was glad to see
two of his stories recently published
in the lCys 11,,imer, re produced in
the Future Citizen, of Milledgeville,
Ga. The boys are always delighted
to see any ot their stories cop : ed
by any exchange, and especially
bv such a high classed magazine as
the Future Citizen.
— Ala. Boys B .mu-r
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