Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-11
Thursday, October II, 1906.
Old Home Week in Georgia.


Georgia. The spirit of the New Eng
land movement has crossed Mason and
Dixon's line ana the great and prosper
Gus Empire State Of the South is call
ing back its wandering children for a
brief reunion among old friends and old
scenes. The home coming of the
Georgians has not been so widely ad-
vertised as was that of the Ken
tuckians early in the summer, and
must have been rather an impromptu
affair." but home ties are strong among
the people of the South and southern
hospitality is famed the world around
so nobody doubts that it will be a great
success.
Wednesday and Thursday are the
great days and the main celebration is
being held at Atlanta. Last Sundays
Atlanta Constitution was an elaborate
special homecoming number with
page after page de voted to the famous
sons Of The state and the important
events of its history. The prGclaIna-
ton of the governor and mayor were
published on the first page and Of
course a page was given over to
Georgia jingles by Frank l.. Stanton.
the sweetest singer of our land today.
just to show that Stanton is not the
only poet Of whom Georgia can boast
We give this extract from the proclaIna-
tiun of Governor J. NJ. Terrell:
The mountains, the red hills and the
plains will bid you welcome. The
murmuring pine. with its imprisoned
whispers from the sea. the StalWart
oak, which has stood. without yielding.
the storms Of centuries, and the grace
full elm planted by the old folks in the
long ago, will welcome you. The
whitening cotton and the waving corn
will nod you welcome. The sugar
cane in the. low lands the chcStnutS in
the woodlands and the apples on the
hllaides taste just as they did when
ynu We're younger than now, and bid
Won Il joyful welcome.
Come again into the land Of your
.ires, and be welcomed by blood Of youl
blood end bone of your bone. who have
been watching each of you in your far
away homes. sharing all your success
es, regrctting all your misSteps and
grieving over all your misfortunes.
entreat you to come once more To yOur
motherland. and share with your
brothers, your sisters and your cousins
for one brief season a Cornucopia of
good cheer and prosperity.'
A double column editorial by Clark
Howell of the Constitution was equally
filleI with poetry and the spirit of
welcome. One would never guess to
read it that the author has just been
beaten for the governOrship by H"ke
Smith in the bitterest political fight
that Georgia ever knew. II is a
great week for GeOrgians In general
and for Atlantans in particular. ana we
hope 1t will be so successful that the
event will be made an annual affair
Here is the Georgia Calls Them Home
with which Frank L. stanton thrills
the souls of the returning sons and
daughters. Happy the state which
ha. such poet laureate!
Sing, bells! Ring. bells! over hill an
Shin. sun, Your brightest: they're com
ins home again
As a nnth-r calls h.ir children that from
thu Il. arthSide roam. -
They hear the voice Of Georgia nj
mother calls them Home
Ring bells, Sing. bells. Music Of tn
rillS
The sw,.t-tuncd valley -voictS-the ttum
pets al the hills,
And all the winds sing welcome. otl
Wales of violctS sweet.
And light and darkness listen Tor IN
home a-rtturni!Ip feet.
Love lures them back-Love's children
where bright the homr-hsht shines
The n.m'ry of the morkn' birds. th'
nulmur Of the pines.
The glad and gracious rivers mat sing
inr, s.award roam:
But more than all the mother-love still
calls the children Home.
Home, to the old time gardens. where
still tli, ros,s wait.
Where I.o,. first kissed his sweetheart IN
the starlight at the sat-.
And keep the Home bells ringing Whe'
twilight shadows fall:
But the song the heart is singing is TN
sweetest song of all.
V.
And hearts and hands are meeting
"rney wandered tar away.
They loved me and they left me, speaks
Georg:a'S voice today.
"But as homing-b bird seeks sheltsr-as
the bee flies to the comb
They come. like little children-the
mother calls them Home!
II seems that among his other trOub-
les Of late the Sultan has been uI
against an outburst of jealousy in his
harem. One Oriental beauty among