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The convention OF the American
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-24
Tnlnternst school chIIdren.

Enterprising Georgia ladies' are organic
ing village Improvement societies which
have done wonders considering the
length of time which has been occupied
by their efforts. The following letter will
explain the scope Of the movement writ
ten from one OF our progressive Georgia
towns:
PALMETTO. Ca. Feb. q, 1902.
Dear Mrs. FELTON,:
The Village Improvement and Garden
committee is trying TO encourage the
planting Of vegetable and flower gardens
in the school grounds for the purpose of
teaching children the elements Of horticui-
ture and agriculture. t
The vegetables and flowers can be sold
or carried home by the children.
The children can prepare the beds
themselves or have them prepared by a
gardener and each child can carry the
quota OF slips and seeds and plant them.
They can be taught to root roses under
glsss jars. and II they root fine varieties,
they can sell them as well as have plenty
for their own school grounds.
They can grow violets and bulbs ana
sell both plants and bulbs. also blossoms.
when they can find a market for them.
Several premiums have been offered to
the school realizing the most money from
the sale OF flowers. vegetables and farm
products.
won't you please write an article for
The Atlanta Journal on Village Improve
ment and School Gardens?' In that way
all the schools viii know Of it in time for
the premiums.
II know an article from your pen win
awaken genera interest I'm this matter
throughout the state. / have written TO
the president Of every federated club In
the state. but cannot I'm that way reach
one-half the teachers or the children.
Thanking you in advance for helping
me In this work. which I feel sure you
will do, / am yours sincerely,
MRS. T. z. CULBREATH,
Chairman Village Improvement and Gar
den Committee"
Ut gives the editress great pleasure to
place the letter Of Mrs. Culbreath In the
Country Home column. She has explained
the matter fully. and am only privileged
70 applaud her efforts. wish her commit
tee much success.-Mrs. Felony
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-24

Americas Times-Recorder.
The many friends of Hon. o. B. Stevens,
Georgia's worthy and able commissioner
of agriculture, will hear with spleasure
that he is fast recovering from the recent
terrible shake-up received in the wreck on
the Southern railway. Commissioner Ste
vens is very popular in Sumter and sur
rounding counties, and now that he has
opposition for the high office which he has
so creditably and acceptably filled, il be-
hooves his friends to be on the alert and
see that he is elected by even a larger
vote than he won by before, for no man
has ever been more arduous and faithful
in the every discharge Of duty for the best
interests of tine entire people than has Mr..
Stevens.
Under his administration the agricul-
tural department of the state has been
broadened and brought up to the highest
possibilities, for Mr.. Stevens is a practical
farmer as we'll as one of the best and most
successful business men in the state, and
this is the kind of man the farmers want
to preside over that branch of the states
executive which means so much for their
welfare.
Mr.. Stevens work on Georgia, Histori-
cal-end INDUSTRIAL" gotten up after the
most careful and exhaustive research. and
just recently issued, entities him to vote
of thanks from every farmer and business
man in the state. 1t comprises vast deal
of valuable data which must be of great
aid to the practical and business-like man
in every branch of trade.
Mr. Stevens has conducted the affairs
Of the agricultural department upon the
highest plane, and 1t would be calamity
to defeat such a wise, conservative and
able commissioner of agriculture as he
has made However there Is no danger Of
this, for his friends are rallying to him
from every section Of the state, and the
fact that he has been disabled and must
necessarily suffer some Inconvenience
from his recent severe injuries for some
time to come, will only make his host of
supporters and ardent admirers all the
more active in his behalf
Commissioner Stevens will surely sue
coed himself.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-24
SHALL GEORGIA HAVE
ASYLUM FOR INEBRIATES7

The article of DIR. Willis B. Parks. Of At
lanta, urging the establishment of san
itarium especially for inebriates in this
state. which appeared in The Journal re-
Gently and The Journals editorial coma
mendation of the idea. have attracted
much attention and provoked no little dis
cussion.
DR.. T. o. Powell superintendent OF the
Georgia state sanitarium for. the insane.
In a letter to The Journal on this subject
says:
IT have read carefully DIR. Willis B.
Parks article and the editorial in Thurs
days Journal in regard to the necessity
Of an inebriate hospital In the state OF
Georgia.
l fully concur with Dr. Parks as to the
great need of such a hospital, and for
many years 1 have called the attention
OF the general assembly to this great
need. ~ All of the dictates OF humanity de-
fnand it, While there is a very small per
cent of insanity that is directly due to al
coholism, there is a very large per cent
that is indirectly due to it. Many alienists
and neurologists say that the predispos-
ing factor in the causation OF from sixty
to seventy per cent of insanity, crime and
depravity is due to alcoholism. In my
Judgment. in a hospital well equipped for
the care and treatment of this class many
recent cases would be restored to family
and society, and become useful citizens
and productive powers OF the state in
stead of a burden and charge upon II.
Il am satisfied that the State Medical
association of Georgia is fully agreed as
to the absolute necessity Of a separate in
stitution for this class OF the afflicted
They should not be associated with the
insane. Such hospital should have vari-
Gus means Of giving constant and congo
NAL employment to each and every case
that is capable of doing anything. Expe-
rience shows that we would not be Justi-
fed in encouraging hopes of anv great
good being accomplished under the twelve
or eighteen months care and treatment.
This class of afflicted appeals very
strongly to the profound sympathies and
aid Of all humanitarians. and to neglect
this appeal would be a reflection upon our
Christian and humane intelligence"
DR.. Powell has long been an earnest
advocate of the establishment of an asy-
lum for inebriates in this state He re-
CARDS this as a duty which the state owes
to class OF its unfortunate citizens, as
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-24
ANOTHER PHYSICIAN 1n'i, 3
tFAVoRs INEBRIATE ASYLUM

Editor The Journal. Atlanta, Ca:
Dear Sir-Please allow me, through the
columns of The Journal, TO have a word
or so. and endorse the views of both DIR.
W. B. Parks and Dr. A. r. Holderbv in
regard to the great need Of Georgia for a
state inebriate hospital. am in a, posi-
ton as resident physician here TO know
and see daily the great need of such an
Institution IN Georgia, hundreds of almost
wrecked men of all ages are brought here
every year by their miserable wives,
brothers and sisters to sober them or to
quench the cursed thirst when they feel 1t
rising in their throats, IT'S we'll known
over the south that Indian Spring water
and whisky can not be taken together.
Drunkenness is hereditary and. a disease
and is durable properly treated. You
doubtless remember a few years past the
meeting of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union here who endeavored to
establish an inebriate hospital here. Mrs.
Sibley. OF Augusta, Ca. was president Of
Georgia division W. c. T. U. at that time.
Also the Georgia Medical association (of
which have the honor to be a member)
has called attentionito this great need OF
the Empire State, and shall at our meet
ing at Savannah during April call atten-
ton TO this need and see If we can't get
some action. 1-r
Why shouldn't Georgia have an inebriate
hospital? And why isn't Indian Spring
the place for It? Georgia has ample room
on the reserve to build near the spring
and as Dr. Parks said. have fifty or a
hundred acres of land to cultivate This
Itself would be very beneficial to inebri-
ates and would partially keep UP the in
stitution. Now is the time to start the
ball-durlng this year the Elder estate
where once stood the Elder House will be
sold. This joins the state reserve and con-
talns over one hundred acres. Every one
who has ever been to Indian Spring knows
the goodness of the little spring and Geor-
gia's most valuable and neglected piece
OF property. The medical profession and
the business men of Georgia will endorse
DR.. Parks, DR.. Holderby and myself in
regard to the muchly needed addition to
our state.
We want the Georgia press to help US
bark. especially The Journal, and we will
get an inebriate home somewhere In Geor-
gia II not at Indian Spring.
Very truly,
EUGENE B. ELDER, M ID.
Indian Spring. Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-24
Editor Journal:

Editor Journal:
Please permit me through the columns
OF your paper to give my endorsement OF
the views Of DR.. w. B. Parks on the sub
ject of inebriecy and as TO the duty Of
the state to provide an asylum for the
large and increasing number of inebriates.
1 know of but few men better posted
on this important question than DR..
Parks.
Having had a number of interviews
with him on this subject and believing
him to be prompted by the purest mo-
tives, wish to endorse the proposition
to make suitable provision for the unfor-
tunate inebriates, and sincerely trust
his Views may meet with a hearty re-
Spouse from all those who feel an interest
I'm the salvation of the drunkard. Dr.
Parks is right. His theory in the matter
Of .inebriecy is entirely rational and can
be easily proven to be the correct one.
Any man who has made this question a
study and is unprejudiced against the
drunkard must be convinced that Inc
brfecy is a disease and should, be treated
as such Under certain conditions and
by proper treatment inebriecy can be
cured. -
We do not hesitate to provide SANTA
RUINS and infirmaries for the treatment OF
other diseases, why should we not make
some provision for those poor, unfortu-
maze men who are bound, soul and body
by the whisky disease? Those men are a
sad. neglected class.
Instead Of condemning them and casting
them out. they should be pitied. tenderly
cared for and helped up into a life Of So
briefly. We cannot reform the drunkard
by condemning and abusing him.
He cannot always be reformed by being
fined for drunkenness and disorderly con-
duct. II is right that he should be fined
and punished to the full extent of the law
but punishment is not always reformatory
In its effects That does not cure the dis
ease IN every case.
The cause of drunkenness must be re-
moved. The disease must be cured. In
a large percentage of cases, the cause OF
inebriecy is hereditary. F
There are private sanitariums and in
firmaries for the whisky. and opium hab-
II. but the treatment at these places
while excellent, is too expensive for many
of the afflicted. What shall we DO with
these poor unfortunate people? -4tt
II 1t is the duty of the state to provide
hospitals for the insane and for those
who suffer with physical diseases. why
should not the state make the same pro-
vision for the inebriates?
Let all who are In sympathy with this
proposition lend a helping hand and
push forward the movement for the estab~
lishment of a fully equipped sanitarium
where all inebriates can be cared for and
be given a chance for recovering. Seven
ty-five per cent Of those who are addicted
to the whisky habit may be restored to
health and happiness and thus be rescued
from drunkard's grave or a drunkard's
hell. A. r. H0LDERBY.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-24
A pIanIfed Profession.

The house mother who supervises the
feeding OF a family. and the clothing OF
a family and the comfortable housing OF
/ a family. has a calling that she need never
J be ashamed OF or discount in favor OF
! some other profession or calling.
II is a task that requires real aptit
! and management. Sometimes have
thought Il a gift. a mark Of genius TO DO
these things readily and eXceptohailS
we'll. II is an evidence OF executive abil-
Itv to understand the needs OF family
and 10 plan ahead TO make the FAMILY
comfortable without waste OF money
time and temper.
There are many housekeepers and mouse
mothers who are hampered by the lack
OF ready money 20 do their work as they
desire Il should be done. With an allow
ance that Is reliable. mean that is sure
% be paid on demand. she can make
little money 80 q long ways. II she Is
managing woman.
But III She must walt for Il until her op-
portunity Is gone. then she is apt TO DC
discouraged and irritated.
The head OF the family. the father ana
husband. should see 10 II that his wire
understands his business. sufficiently wen
al least. 10 make her expenditures ball
ance with what she spends for herself ana
family.
So often we hear Il said when man
! fails IN business: Poor fellow, he had
such an extravagant family
III wager that in nine cases out OF ten
that family had no intimation from him
that they were spending too much. II is
more than likely he was spender him-
self. II the word spendthrift Is not allow
able in this connection. He should have
prevented extravaganza.
have an abundance faith in the wo-
men OF this country who have -oeen
brought up in respectable homes. with
common sense ideas about everyday IRE
OF course there are silly women who new
er viii understand their obligations as
daughters wives or mothers.
As Mrs. Poyser remarked: Silly women
were put here 10 match the silly men =
But a woman OF average common sense
aud common prudence is far more afraid
Of going in debt. than the average man OF
common sense and common prudence as
rule
When a man thinks enough OF his sweet
heart to make her the wife of his bosom
he should pay her the compliment or ma
king her a partner In his business. NOT
only should she understand that she Is
at liberty 10 expend the money which Is
required for domestic supplies, but she
should have sufficient control over that
amount TO use it to the best advantage as
she wishes.
Her calling as mother and wife is a high
and dignified profession. 1t should be
supported in a high and dignified manner.
II the husband is poor then he should
be ever so much more intent on keeping
the wife well advised Of the state Of his
finances. II has made many woman
economical and careful who would not
have been 50 II she was treated like a
child and denied this confidence.
The world needs education and an awak-
ening on this line.
The marriage relation IS essentially a
partnership in business involving the most
intricate problems and the most delicate
relationships Make the profession or
calling OF motherhood and wedlock as dig
niiied as possible.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-24

a wise measure Of public policy and a pre-
ventive of one Of the greatest evils that
af1icts the community, namely, the ter
rible effect of alcoholism on the increase
of insanity and mental decay.
In the course or an address before the
Georgia Medical Association delivered in
April 1901, DR.. Powell said on this sub
ject:
From the best evidences .obtainable the
most potent factor in the causation of de-
fective mental action is alcoholism. While
there is a very small per cent. of insanity
and other deplorable maladies due direct
ly to alcoholism, a very large per cent.
is Indirectly due to 1t. Many alienists
who have given much attention to the
subject put It at from 80 to 70 per cent.
1t is evident to lessen drunkenness is to
lessen insanity and other morbid condi-
lions. There can not be any doubt but
that the children Of Incorporate parents
are much more liable to insanity, epilepsy
idiocy, imbecility, intemperapce, etc. The
worst effects Of alcoholism are to be found
visited uponsthe succeeding generation of
drunken parents. If the habits Of the wo-
men were like those of the men, we would
have degenerated long ago. But the fact
that few women are addicted to alcoholic
liquors or substances save the race from
utter ruin, From all of the nervous dis
eases which we inherit, there are none
more. disastrous than alcoholism. Bland
ford. one OF the standard authors on in
sanity and its treatment, says; If we
could ascertain the statistics of insanity
in other countries. civilized and semi-civ-
iliZed think we should find insanity in
proportion TO. the use of Intoxicating IL
quors and substances 81.
"A distinguished alienist, DR.. Peter
Bryce, says, "A very small per cent. is put
down as the direct result of intemper-
ance. perhaps less than FIVE per cent.
but nine-tenths of insanity Is the result
of hereditary faint. How much of this
inherited weakness is the result of intem-
perance in the ancestors would be hard to
say. bupI have always believed that it is
much larger than is generally supposed.
Some have put It as high as seventy-five
per cent, which I do not think is exag-
gerated. 1 know Of nothing so potent in
the production of brain degenration as
alcohol ="
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-24
Right Sort of WOmen's Conventions.

their subjects and maintained their
points with a persistency and eloquence
sometimes which was charming to be-
hold Once when Mrs. Higgenbotham
resigned the chair to the first vice
president, there was an appeal made
that the proceedings were not accord
ing to parliamentary rules. The chair
announced Immediately, I'VE do not
care anything for parliamentary
usages; we are sticking to the consti-
tuition and bylaws Of this institution,
and we propose to run this convention
by Its constitution and bylaws, parlia-
mentary usage to the contrary not
withstanding, and she did run It that
way. too.
The memorial service Sunday after
noon, in which they talked Of the
loved ones of the association who had
passed to their reward, was meeting
of great power. tell you when one
of these consecrated workers dies
their memories are literally embalmed
, in the hearts Of the living. and their
praises are sung by every mouth
was so charmed with the spirit and
vfyacity of the good women that when
the nominations were made for the
location of the next convention, nom
mated Gainesville, and told them
felt like we wanted every convention
they held to come here, and that felt
like charging my home so could have
all of them for our guests, for these
good women are worth their victuals
and clothes anywhere, and / begged
Them to stay another week with US.
The good women of Gainesville en-
Lertained the convention so that they
acquitted themselves with honor and
won the praises of all the visiting
sisters. Really Gainesville measured
I'D on all lines. There was no more
consecrated woman in the convention
than good Sister Freeman, OF this
town. There was no more charming
talker on the platform han Mrs Eel
ton. There was no more intelligent
paper read than that which was given.
by Miss Mamie Wikle. ss,f = Eti
In this convention they gave us food
for soul sand food for thought-whole-
some food on which we live for the
days to come. Happy IS the man who
calls one of these good women his wife.
He is doubly blessed, and If he is not
a good man the devil will get him, and
he ought to get him, and he won't get
much when he does get him. never
felt prouder of my good wife than
when I saw her honored by these con-
secrated women when she was unani-
fnously chosen as one OF their vice
presidents. 1 have always contended
that my wife married splendidly, but
in my old age, must give UP and sur
render to the fact that done better
when I married than my wife did
Their next convention goes 10 Mad
ison. Ga. I would say to the good
people of Madison here and now that
no better thing has ever come to your
town. Cherish the fact that these
F. women are coming; give them the fat
of the land. Honor yourselves BY car
ing for these honored queens In the
realm of moral and spiritual life.
we all feel lonesome and kinder Ike
s orphans since they left US. May God
bless them more and more in the good
work they do, and give them crowns
at last commensurate with the work
they have done. Yours truly
SAM p. JONES. r..
Gainesville, Ca, March Is.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-24
20 PassInn 81 Er.eou. AItn.ld-

The death stroke which came 10 ex-
Governor Altgeld OF Illinois. found him
facing large audience pleading for hu-
name treatment for the wives and chill
dren Of the Beers in south Africa. who
are collected into camps for safe keeping
BY the British. as General Weyler herded
the Cuban women and children and as the
American authorities are herding the FL
iplnos In the Philippine Islands.
The ex-governor has been always an ad-
vocate Tor the poor and oppressed. and IL
vas natural sequence that he should
b invited 70 address an audience which
symrathized with the suffering women and
children down IN the Boer country.
HIS speech on this side Of eternity was
almost re-echOed on the otner side. so
quickly did he pass from earth after he
was carried from the platform TO HIS dy-
ing couch Perhaps his earnest advocacy
Of these suffering women and children
made the stroke more severe than an
ordinary speech would have done. II is
indeed a subject that Is worthy OF the in
terest which II excites and II Il be true
that Lord Psuncefote. the British min
lister did prevent any relief or succor
from being sent TO those helpless ones In
the concentration camps. Il IS now high
time for him 20 80 home 20 England and
rest upon such labors and we hope HIS
works viii follow him wherever he goes
IN dishonor.
Governor Altgeld. OF Illinois. succeeded
Al raising a considerable sum for the as
sistance Of the imprisoned women and
children that are herded like wild ami
mails IN the camps guarded BY British
soldiers IN South Africa Application was
made 70 Lord Pauncefote in Washington
city that this money should be passed TO
the British authorities and applied TO the
relief OF these poor sufferers who were
driven from their homes and coralled like
Wild animals in filthy pens. called concen-
tration camps. This petition was refused
Ex-Governor Altgeld was denouncing the
irhumanity Of a government that watched
the starvation and degradation OF non
comhatauts who were its prisoners. forbid
ding all relief when the summons came to
pass on over the river OF death
Maybe his enemies Will say that ne was
stricken for daring 70 affrOnt a powerful
nation but history VIII say. blessed be
the heart which defends innocence and
rebukes cruel tyranny.
II a choice might be made there are
some IN this world who would be glad
20 go when the last summons came. plead