The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04

Had meant to take for my subject
Purity of Character" but have taken
! SO much time on something else, Will
| nave to be brief. Girls and boys, have
YOU ever thought OF this, that our good
| name is all we can have that is worth
having? We should strive to keep our
| character and name free from spots Try
as we may to be good and pure, there
are times when our old habits will recoil
| upon us, if we have formed them in
| youth. Better not to have any reputa-
| tlon Tor goodness than to have periodical
| spells of badness" SO long as the sun
| SHINES on in tranquility, throwing its
placid rays upon the earth. we never
glance toward it with suspicious
tnought, or doubt it's loyalty to the beau
Llul world over which it shines. We
nave no occasion to doubt its all-powerful
| ihnuence for good upon the earth. But
| let spot appear upon the sun, and
| every one will be watching that spot.
Just SO it is with our character. The
| occasional slipping away from correct
| naDlts' the sins committed by the pro-
| IcsslnS Christians (such as the yielding
| 20 MS OF temper. or profane language.
| are ike the spots on the SUM- known and
| seen or all men. And it. is by the spots
upon our character that we are judged
OF men For God alone puts the good
IN the balance with the evil to see which
| children
Nothing but the true religion of the
ssplIli OF Christ can remove the spots
from our character We should strive to
FORM good pure habits. and character
that VIII be found pure when tested by
me SeVerest critic When We do this our
piacc IN the world is made, and we can
not fall for our foundation is the purity
and truth Of Christ.
rms * my first call. and fear I have
MADE my stav too long. I will not toll
my age. but will leave that for the
Cousins to guess It is between "A and
| i,r.t Al.
We al like 1t verv much. I especially
like the cousins letters and Aunt Susie's
Much love to all
Hattie Ha.-i= ne~,nnt. n C-Deor Jur-
Tor; I haven't written a letter for the
Junior page in several years but nearly
always turn to "our page and the news
Of Dixie the first thing when the paper
| comes. | am II years of age, am going
to school and have nine studies besides
| music. | live miles southeast Of OK
ford, Granville county in the Piedmont
! section We have had lot of rain re-
Gently. which has thrown the farmers
back in their work. 1t is now the latter
part of April and some of the farmers
haven't started to planting corn yet, and
the ground keeps too wet to do muCh
blowing. Easter Sunday was beautiful
day Tor the entertainment at our churcn,
fter which the crowd listened attentiveiy
TO a short lerture on education. delivered
by Dr. r. X. HAYS. of Oxford
After all was over ] heard several poo
pie say that it was the best lecture Of
that kind they ever heard. lie IS very
enthusiastic in speaking on this subject
] don't think people put enough strcs on
education. mud children don t know now
to appreciate the opportunity of going to
school. love flowers and am very much
Interested IN them; have set my box
plants out but the nights are so coel l
have to cover them up Will close by
the Bridge of Signs
Sallie Jones, Sampala, Fla-Doar Jun
Tor: am at present staying with Mrs
T j Reading at Mosley Hal but my
home is situated on the beautiful sam
pala Lake, about miles from mere.
VIII tell the cousins OF a picnic we had
on the lake. 1t was the last day oil our
school and the exercises for the day mad
been wei prepared by both teacher ana
pupils. The crowd began TO gather about
3 o'clock. The men folks we're engaged
in catching fish until about II O'Clock.
Then they came on shore and the fish
Were scaled and cooked. While some were
busy frying the fish, Others We're busy
vited to paItake Of a nice dinner. lmme-
diatey afte' dinner they were invited to
llSten TO some recltatlohS from the emil
dren ana then there WIS drill by few
of the ch}dren, whio, was called com
panv X First Florita regiment Then
We badc oae1 other soodby and returned
tn out homes after having spont q very
nice CAY WOMB like reuter- party tu9
4-th o1 May
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II Grady Felt f-Dear JUNIOR VIII
attempt to writemy first letter to The
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