The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-04-17
and return this letter to MS.

i. What. in your opinion. is the i'm.
aneulaIs need OF the farmer and his
family in the matter of moral intel.
lectual and social betterment?
z. Should such a work be begun as
the secretary suggests, by providing
practical training for the future wives
OF the farmers in the direction of edu-
cation as to sanitation. cooking and
the rational practice of the arts of
home?
May we not hear from YOU. if only
in a few words?"
III answer, we would say, not only
TO the writer of this letter. but also 70
all the farmers of Georgia. the moral
intellectual and social betterment of
our rural population will be insured
not only by attendance at the stated
umes upon the house of God and send
ing the children to the daily schools.
put also by having in every home a
library of choice, attractive books by
sne best authors, written in a style to
catch and hold the attention of the
young, and by surrounding the home
with everything that helps to make it
truly the dearest spot on earth No
matter how limited ones means may
be, the hublest home may be made
pleasant by the practice of neatness.
and nature herself supplies with beau
tlful flowers and shrubs the materials
for adornment of the house and
grounds, which, with proper care, will
lend such charm to the place that all
through life the children therein rear.
ed will find in their own hearts a re-
Spouse to the words of the poet:
BE it ever so humble, there is no
place like home"
Again, not only the future wives of
the farmers should be carefully train
ed IN the art Of healthful cooking, but
the boys as well as the girls should
be thoroughly educated as to santa.
ton and the practices of all the vir.
tues and arts that make a happy home.
Mr.. c. H. Beazly, in a recent news
paper article on The Farm Versus
Other Lines of Business" says there
are fewer failures in farming than in
any other known line of business. He
thinks, too, that the growth of trusts
will, by throwing many out of employ.
meat, cause lands that are now shun.
ned by so many to be titled, and that
in spite of the odiousness of the trusts
there is in this fact a CLEAN of good
to come.
If through the operation of the
trusts many shall be induced to return
to the farms, then will the cause OF
agriculture pluck from the nettle dan.
ger the flower safety"
In concluding this talk, may l be
pardoned for abiding once more to
our new book? say our, for not only
did l work unremittingly to secure the
necessary information, but Mr.. R. F.
Wright, my indefatigable assistant
and Professor ]. T. Derry, the well
known Georgia writer, worked diligent
ly and carefully upon it's preparation
This volume is being distributed wide
ly throughout our state. 1t has beer
our aim to place it in. every college
library and in the Libraries of the lead
ing schools of Georgia, in both towr
and country, so that the great mass
of our people may have access to the
large fund of information therein con
tanned. Here let me say that on page
921 the omission of a figure in the
second item of the manufactures Of
the state makes the capital invested in
these industries to appear as $8,789,
656. 1t should be s89, 789, $50. The err
ror is apparent to one who reads the
whole page. Let every one who has 6
copy of this work cut this correction
out and paste 1t on the blank space
on, page 900.
Those who write for our book need
not be discouraged if there occurs 6
| delay of several days Their time will
come.
o. B. STEVENS,
C0mmiSeiOner