The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-10
Sarge PunAoH.
</~ HOULD we blow our own horn?
This is the question. I say yes

! cti. nm enthusiasm and. like bees. the
neonIe will settle down to the tinkle tnaf
! pleases the most.
T ,.ie,, th.+ We corrld r~~e had tho
eands Of visitors from distance to at"
tend the associations. the veterans re-
unions and the Sabbath school ceiepra-
lions as we have within the last month
/ TO say that we have had good time IS
nuttine it mild and to say that strangers
would nave ueen Impressed laVoiaDly
can he stated as a certainty. Me and
| Brown both have gained twenty POUNDS
anjece in the last month and We will
weigh two hundred apiece II the gam
keeps I'D through campmeeting time. we
have already attended one campmeeting
but we failed to realize gain In heaA
bv a uttle rnishap that was as nature
| as it was provoking In its results. Brown
ss usual made a bad break on the first
morning after our arrival and nothing
| would do him but what we must return
| home at once
| In the early morning he was the hrst
one up on the grounds. and in "nosing
around, as he does always nose. ne
! discovered pretty foot that had WORKED
! itself all unconsciously under the sheet
| that hung to divide the male sieepers
from the side of the females IN uhe rent
1t was nothing to make great ado over
but Brown thought that every fellow on
| the male side would like to gaze on the
pretty foot and ankle and so he walked
us all up and pointed In great glee at
| the object. OF course, we had 10 LOOK
| and while we were looking nay Old 1rienG
| decided that he was just Obliged to see
what Iadvs foot it vas. He aneaked
ont and to the entrance Of the tent and
/ peeped IN at the sleeping lady. "hen'
! 10 and behold, he discovered that the
pretty foot that he had taken such pleas
lre to exhibit belonged to his own dear
wife He rushed frantically back to
where we had remained TO stop the gaze
Of the men he had himself invited 70
! look. He gently but firmly pushed the
! foot back to it's own side, pulled down
the curtain close to the ground and Win
cold perspiration dropping from his brow
he went out for q stroll. The men had
| the Joke on him and they teased him to
| such an extent that nothing would DO
/ hut his crowd and my crowd should re
/ turn to homes at once-as we all went In
the same wagon ! had to comply, and
| thus. I am sure was lost two or three
! pounds of flesh to myself. for eating was
/ abundant and my appetite YVES some
what like that Of my old friends on for
,ner occasions. He has promised me
! full half gallon Of good corn to not tell
! the joke around home on him, and
shall not If he stands to his promise.
H,vssy sniax INVITES cheerfalness in this
/ section Of country. Cotton is backward
in fruiting. but | never saw such pros
poets for corn and hay IN all my days
There has been some little speculation on
the prospects OF a war with Russia, sorue
predicting a worldwide war. but when
had watched and studied Brown for
en- hour my verdict was that there W0ulc
be no war. know Brown so well that
l am sure he would feel 1t in his bones
if there was as great prospect Tor war
az many would nave Us believe. IL war
was probable | think Brown would know
It by instinct and he would be setting
upon a place to hide when the conscrfpt
officers come. Instead, he has taken
unto himself Doastful military air and
a stranger would think he never doaged
If m d bomb she'll in his life nor hid
oyt TO escape the conscript. II war was
imminent he would be dropping around
with rhelmatfsfn, spinal affection, dim
ness of sight dropsy of the chest hearf
failure, dizziness In the head. softeninB
Of the brain, hereditary insanity and sew
enty-five or thirty other ailments. too
numerous to mention. He even had the
impudenc- Yesterday to let me hear him
say that he wished Russia would give US
4 chance to whip her-he was sure that
he could whip four. five TO seven OF the
rascals by himself and would be glad of
the chance 10 Try it, I ask no better
evidence than Browns condition to con
vince me that we will have no war IN the
near future and so we settle down to an
endowment Of the sweet peace that Is
upon Us.
But a more important thing than wars
or rumors of war confront the people of
the south today. Our own native born
people, both white and black and both
male and female. seem to have a craze 10
avoid rural pursuits. The demand tor
labor on public works and the high wages
paid is having the effect Of causing our
farm labor to loose its head. If our ma
tive-born people will leave the farms.
then we must invite people from a dis
lance Too much land is being turned
out to sedge and briars. 10 stop this
we must have people at a distance VINO
have felt the sting Of congested centers
and learned the wisdom of sticking to
agriculture know and be impressed with
the opportunity that is here in Georgia.
We have the best country in the woric
if people only knew it Those who shiver
in the cold Billiards of the north ought
10 know that they could miss all this
freezing by coming south, and those who
sink from the intense heat of the north
ern summers ought to know that we
have no such heat in Georgia. never
knew a sunstroke in the confines Of
Georgia territory. 1t IS distressngiy cold
at the north IN winter ana giistreasingly
and dangerously hot in summer We
have no such menace here and ] want
strangers 10 understand it. Not such as
would come 10 our towns and in where
il is already an overcrowd. but farmers,
tield hands. people with sense. to know
that farming offers the greatest o3por-
tunity that is before us today. and the
sweetest peace and responsibility.
When you come south on prospective
tours-we address this to strangers at 4
distance-dopt stop in and around the
towns. Go out into the country among
the COUNT. --yr - ll--Ec- HARMON
here sometm when our associations
are meeting a the country churches, and
Sunday schools are joyful in the groves
around the springs, or camp meetings are
In blast, and then you may see the peo-
pie just as they are. Some strangers
have an idea that this is d land for chius
and fever and other malarial Drawbacks.
come and look upon the blooming health
that you will find pictured in the faces
of the assembled crowds and all such
thought will pass forever. Some. only
few think are foolish enough to have a
sort of notion that Georgia is a sort OF
kuklux land when it comes to dealing
with strangers from a distance. II you
will come You will soon dismiss any such
notion that and decide