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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-17
Marietta Ga,

Dear Household: How many of the mothers
enjoyed that Chat from Miss Thomas on April
227 | can just imagine I could see that Sunday
school class. So many parents don't care Wheth-
or their children ever see in n school room. but
I think IL every parent should read that Chat
told you before. I only have two small chill
dren. but they are brought up in Sunday school
How many Of you mothers prepare on Saturday
so that you mny attend service on Sunday morn
ing7 Don't stand over the cook stove all day
Sunday, think what good You might do. or you
NAV be keeping some else back. I want
TO ask al, the Household to read the second
chapter OF James and see II you can't get
lot of good out Of IL.
Evelyn Little, you have my sympath II you
have indigestion. I have had ii for eight years
have been under the treatment of the doctors
that long and the three most important things
are: Take a big dose of patience. plenty Of
OUTDOOR exercise and be careful about your diet.
have had just such spells at night. and
until daylight. but you see am still here and
II I don't take any ether disease think will
be here several years yet.
Sunday School Worker. I have heard that
sermon preached but you did not hear me say
can't have time to go only on Sunday. | can
leave my work any time to 60 / for one am
read the New Testament through and am now
on the Old Testament, and hope ] may soon
read II.
Come again. Clara May Jones. you feel like
home folks" as we only live three miles
apart we ought to be neighbors. | want to
say to Our Household that she is one Of our
she may write us many more good letters.
live near Marietta and the long summer
days I sit the porch and enjoy he good
breezes from Kennesaw and Lost Mountain.
Marietta Is situated convenient to Atlanta,
where get any thing that can be had
The soil OF the county is varied. the bottoms
and some OF the billy lands being very fertile
and but little of II too sterile for successful
cultivation. Many metals and minerals have
been discovered at different times. The inhabi-
tants proverbially law-abiding, temperate
and moral
To all who wish to go into the business OF
manufacturing furniture. and other products of
lumber. there is supply of this material
Almost every wood grows up here.
The water powers Of Cobb county are fine.
indeed. As TO health. this county is above the
average. Marietta has exceptionally good
schools. These educational institutions
great advantage TO people now living in or
desiring to move to Marietta. As to hotels,
Marietta il very well off. Also has churches.
This Is one Of the very best regions for
dairy farms in the SOUTH one of the hest local
titles in Georgia for raising strawberries. I
hope this will give some idea how our town
Is. I will close by wishing Miss Thomas and
the Household much happiness and success.
AUNT HATTIE.
Marietta, Ca. r. F. D. No 3.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-17
Who Ate the Cake?

Dear Miss Thomas: After reading 30 many
good letters I can't help but write today. II
II don't suit Just give IL to the waste basket,
for I know the greedy scamp is just raging to
get hold of it, / want to tell you that II is
lust like getting a letter from home TO get the
Household page. Why, just that single page Is
worth dollar year let alone sO the T1 Sst
have TO have IL in my business
We'll 7 have got a secret to tell you, II you
will promise not to tell II. / won't be like
All OF your patience at once. My wife went
over to spend the day with one OF our neigh
h6rs I am at home enjoying myself by myself.
Not because the children are so bad when they
arc here We have only two. little girl going
on five and little boy that will soon be two
Won ever saw / wish MFR. Pach could see him,
he would have to hug him. no matter how dirty
his clothes.
NV old sow got in the field where my potatoes
" ere bedded and you know she certainly had
fine dinner. She ate all OF the draws off and
then acted like hog, rooted up the potatoes.
Here is my secret. did all say you wouldn't
tell II? All right then. Dinner time came about
1880. and I began to look around to see what
could relish for dinner. noticed trunk
sitting close by. and the top looked suspicious
, 10 me- and I went and raised 1t mp. Bless
INV Ufe YOU know it looked like 1t had showed
in H. II was a blg-well, II wouldn't do to
call II a pound cake for II looked like II would
weigh four or five pounds and II had, we'll
something on II that had the curiousest taste
10 it that I ever saw; but as little as you
think about 81. II was a taste that just suited
me. SO you can Just imagine what did for
st was enough. But for goodness sake don't
tell my wife about II. I'll tell her that her
brother ate Il. and she will never know the
difference.
| am glad 10 that I have a partner down
in South Georgia, but am sorry he has been
absent so long. Seldom, We will excuse you
this time. hut please don't be guilty of being
out SO long any more.
Come on. Lucille. be brave and tell that secret
before YOU forget Il. I went 10 bee tree cut
ring last night, and we certainly had q fine
iime. I guess ] had better slacken for this
time Hold on. ! forgot to tell you ! have
finished planting my corn and cotton. and am
so glad tiu / don't know what to do but. o!
when ] think Of chopping that cotton it makes
my fea theirs fall. -.
Yours truly,
SOUTH GEORGIAN,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-17
MULE SHE'D AT AUTO;
FARMER Is INJURED

James Jones, an aged farmer of Rox
boro. is at the Grady hospital, suffering
from a fractured thigh the result of
his mules dislike of automobiles.
When an automobile, containing Su-
perior Court JudEa Pendleton and c. T.
Nunnally the overall manufacturer. met
Jones wagon on the Roxboro road, the
latter's mule SHE'D at the machine, ran
up an embankment and threw the farmer
TO the ground, breaking his thigh.
The injured man was rushed to the
hospital in the automobile. Later. Judge
Pendleton and Mr.. Nunnally returned to
the scene of the accident and corraled q
mule. They then notified Jones family
of the accident.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-17
A Little Sunbeam

Dear Miss Thomas:
want 10 thank B. S. for calling at
tention 10 nv book, Little Sunbeam,
and I hope some who have as much as
a quarter to spare will send for a copy
have not been so well lately, but nave
not been i'm bed. That is where my chalr
is an especial help. When one has 10
stay i'm bed all the time life has dreary
outlook. l have always been a helpless
little cripple and the letters that nave
come cheer me, the money to buy ne
cessities and the cards with messages OF
CHEER will be accounted as righteousness
to those who frightened my IRE.
When the other shutins write Oh lhen
.5isa nnointrnent when the mail carrier
fsi1s 70 stop. know what ii means.
MARY ELLEN WILLS.
Rarnesyille. Ca, Roue 3.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-17

out Of that mud and dirt, I will tell your
papa and he will whip you" They know
then that will be the last of 1t. That Is
a poor way to raise children
A young man who is in jail now was
raised Just about this way.
Come on Mr.. Batch with your inter
esting letters. love to hear from all
CORNELIA MARTIN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-17
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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04
FITZSIMMONS GETS OVATION
CORNISHMAN GREETED LIKE A HERO
Iseeeial Dispatch 70 The Call

RENO, New. July 3.-Oid Bob Fitz-
simmons got the greatest tribute that
ever came to a retired fighter today.
from morning until late at night
crowd followed the veteran along the
streets. II hung at his heels as though
he were TO battle and not TO look on.
II demanded speeches from him, peered
at him through windows and stood il
expectancy whenever he was taking
with a friend.
The thing Fitzsimmons got amounted
10 more than what popularity has TO
give. Ii was the admiration born of
respect. Like many others who are in
Reno his achievements are Of the past.
But there IS something in the history of
his ring battles which seems TO make
every man feel that this past still lives.
As a fighter he was so complete. That
seems to be the reason for this loyalty
the crowd showed to him today. The
craftiest general the ring has ever
known perhaps, certainly one of the
wittiest boxers in defending himself,
and always a tiger when attacked
those characteristics made him what
men call a drawing card. But there
was something more than all of that
1t was the fact that whenever he
stepped into a ring the crowd knew
that this was going TO be fight There
could be nothing else. He was a
nghter through and through. IN vic
tory he fought ferceiy, and in defeat
he went down showing q lions heart.
A man Of no great weight, he battled
against the huge JEFF until the fierce
ness Of his attacks drove the big crowd
mad.
Men still remember that And, re-
membering. they followed Fitzsimmons
H.
multitude When he left the Hotel
Golden 70 cross the street the whisper
went around that ne was going to
place a bet in corbetts poolroom. Sew
ieral hundred men ran behind him and
packed the place. When he went to
breakfast the cafe was packed imme-
diately and crowd stood outside upon
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04
IN FINE SHAPE" SAYS JEFF
Observation-Disclosures

RENO. July 3.--As we'll trained and
apparently as fit as he has been for
any fight during his wonderful career,
James ]. Jeffries rests tonight at his
the morrow, when he will engage in the
greatest fistic battle of his life.
While the great throng which has
crawded into Reno is all unnerved over
the great fight, jeff seems stolid and
unconcerned. He has refused to talk
fight and he will not have much to say
beyond a little heart to heart talk with
his seconds this morning shortly before
he leaves Moana springs.
sIGHTSEERs DISAPPOINTED
1t was another uneventful day at the
Jeffries camp. The big fellow remained
about his quarters most of the day,
loafing on the green lawns and taking
it easy generally. His trainers were on
hand to guard him against unforeseen
events, but their duties were more like
those of watchmen than trainers.
From early morning until late this
evening the vicinity Of Moana springs
was crowded with sightseers. There
was a picket guard on duty around
Jeffries' cottage. De Van Court, Farmer
Burns and another of Jeff's friends were
busy keeping the crowd, newspapermen
and others from entering the sacred
precincts.
The lines were drawn tighter today
than ever before and many visitors who
drove up in automobiles and said that
they were Jeff's friends were turned
down too. Everybody looked alike to
the faithful pickets. Even Stanley
Ketchel, q member of the 'profesh,"
was rousted uncerenloniously.
sPRINTING AND EATING
Shortly before 5 o'clock this after
noon Jeff dropped into his auto, accom-
panied by Farmer Burns and Frank
Gotch, the champion wrestler. They
ran several miles into the country,
where the big fellow found a level
road, and they took three or four
sprints of couple of hundred yards
to open his pipes.
Jeff arose about $50 o'clock this
morning and INDUCED in a hearty
breakfast, which consisted of mutton
chops and couple Of eggs. He only
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04
BY JOSEPH MURPHY
Especial Dispatch 10 The Coil1

had two meals today He had dinner
late and enjoyed Johnsons favorite
food-chfcken. II was his intention to
go fish1ng. but his trainers persuaded
him to remain around his headquarters.
The chance of injuring himself while
hshing could not be taken at this late
date. In the afternoon he went over
to the Moana Springs park and wit
messed bronco busting exhibition.
A close guard was drawn around
Jeffs cottage tonight to protect him.
The incident of Saturday morning when
he was awakened by a party of auto
mobile providers who footed their horns
and made other noises warned his
trainers to prevent similar incident.
MASsEUR KEPT BUSY
The busiest man on Jeff's training
staff yesterday was Roger Cornell, his
chief masseur. Jeff was rubbed three
times during the day. Just before he
went to bed last night Cornell gave
him light rub to circulate his blood
and put him into condition for a good
nights rest. jeff probably will arise
from his bed about $50 o'clock to-
morrow morning. He will have a good
breakfast. This will be his last meal
before he enters the ring and will con-
sist of porterhouse steak and very
little liquids. lie will do a little walk
ing and then go into the hands of his
rubber, Cornell, who will prepare him
before he enters the arena.
Corbett, Berger. Armstrong and Jack
Jeffries will leave for the arena in ad-
vance of the fighter
jeff will ride In his machine with
Cornell, Farmer Burns and Mrs. JEFF
fries The fighters wife will remain
at newspaper Office and receive bull
letins OF the fight JEFF said this after
noon that he felt as we'll on the even
ing on this battle as he ever felt be-
fore for any such encounter
JEFF IN FINE SHAPE, HE SAYS
Il am in fine shape" said Jeff, "and
will have no excuse to offer in regard
to my condition. l feel as of old and
expect to win. I will repeat the
statement I have made several times
before that / will win as soon as
can. If the opportunity to win the
battle comes in the first round [ will
end it,
Everybody in his camp is confident of
the result. Some seem to think that
the fight will be over soon, while
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04

will be able to deliver the final punch
at will
STANLEY KETCHEL-Johnson is
my choice. His superior cleverness and
strength will bring home the big end
of the purse to him.
JAKE KILRAIN-Jeffries should win
There is no reason why he should not
be back in his old form If he has
worked hard.
TOM JONES, fight promoter and
manager of Ad WoIgast-I think JEFF
fries will win because of his gameness
hitting ability and bulldog determine
ton.
FRANK GOTCH, worlds champion
wrestler-Jeff will win in a walk, and
the fight, firmly believe, will be brief.
JACK ROOT, who fought Marvin
Hart for the heavyweight champion
ship: II cannot see why. judging by
their comparative physical conditions.
Jeffries should be the fayorite over
Johnson in the betting. To my mind
Johnson is in better shape than the
white man. and if the fight ends early
Johnson will surely defeat him.
JAKE HALL. manager of John L..
Sullivan; johnson is in his prime.
Jeffries has been out of the game for
five years. No fighter, 70 athlete in all
the history of the sport ever came
back.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04

before 2:3O or g. There are always
delays in the starting of big contests,
such this, and it does not seem rea-
sonable to imagine that any record viii
be broken tomorrow.
The men have been instructed to be
in the arena at lis prepared to go on
with the battle. Promoter-Referee
Tex Rickard will be on the job with
his coat of long before that time. So
will all the other officials, including
Auxiliary Referee Charley White.
They will all be watching to hear
what the governor has to say 1t is
in the wind tonight that he will omen
the program with a speech extolIing
the virtues of Nevada and setting forth
20 the world that he is master OF one
state where the sporting world NAV
congregate and enjoy itself to It's
hearts content.
JORDAN TO BE THERE
Billy Jordan will be there to intro
duce the men. The battle would not
be complete without this old silver
haired. silver tongued veteran OF all
such events. He has not missed one
in 40 years and when his ever familiar
cry OF Let 'er go" rings out Jen and
Johnson will step to the center of the
ring and the greatest battle OF them
all will be under way. It's all readA
now. There is nothing lacking iN
Billy Delaney, the man who managed
and handled Jefr and Corbett when
they were champions. will be the CHIEF
adviser OF the black fighter. Now. il
is very well assured that he viii not
allow Johnson to step into the centsr
of the ring for final instructions from
R1ckard. He intends to attend to All
the important details himself He Ia
not going TO take any chances of hav-
mr. rat
moment. He believes that he can nm
balance JEFF when he opens his mouth
TO the great white man mountain for
the hrst time since their splitup years
ago.
No wonder that the eyes of the world
are focused on Reno tonight No Won
der the thousands of people here are
beside themselves with excitement
Every minute seems like an hour -
them and the nervous tension will roS
be relieved until Jordan says 'I,et
'er go"
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04

Of standing above mans ordinary
height Thin wasted, with shoul-
ers like the shoulders of Atlas.
who bore up the world. A heavy neck,
a back so muscled that it is wonder
ful TO look upon. Crouching he stands,
his naked skin burned by the sun un-
I'll IL Is the color Of old dull brass.
Crouching he steps forward, and step
ping he strikes Striking he throws
his arms too wide. A blow hurtles in
on him, a blow whose impact sounds
clear and sharp, a blow to fell an OK.
And he does not fall. Nor does one
muscle Of that heavy face change. He
comes on and strikes again and then
again. And always he strikes out. No
defense here. All attacks. And in the
attack the nature of the whole shows,
a slow, sure. dogged bravery. a sui
len fighting giant. There is some
thing there which makes the blood
leap as one looks
WHAT PUBLIC WANTS
1t is for this that the thousands are
looking today. It is for this that they
have crossed the continent and have
come from other countries TO Reno.
And for this same thing multitudes will
pack the streets tomorrow afternoon,
and viii read the bulletin as it is
flashed forth 20 watch the progress Of
these two fighters, best of their kind,
70 see the OuenSe and the ceTenSe meet
to find out which man is best.
II IS all you can hear today. I do
not care whether you are in Reno or
far away, some time. every hour OF the
day, you say or listen to another say
ing something Of this fight.
The thing is so big that II has over
come al our disposition toward hypoc-
risy. in spite OF that innate disposition
TO conceal our own natures, to have
the world think we are refined and gen
tie Al OF US have thrown off the
cloak. The country is talking Of the
fight and waiting for it. We have had
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04

the great arena will Immediately be
able to tell whether or not Jeffries is
anything like the old war horse who
beat them all up. Just a few mixups,
few exchanges, will determine this.
There is every possibility that the
fight will be a long drawn out affair
All this talk of Jeff's wading in and
taking a chance on one round knock
out does not appeal to the man who
stops to consider what jeff has at
stake and what a chance he will be
taking.
Both men realize what this battle
means to them. Both men realize that
Both men have trained for a long, te-
dious, grueling mill. Each is figuring
on wearing the other down. Neither
believes that his opponent will be fool
ish enough to leave an opening, espe-
cialy in the earlier rounds.
CAUTION MAY RULE
There is also a bare possibility that
the battle will not be the stirring one
which many of them are figuring on.
Both men may fight cautiously and
carefully. They may refuse to lead
Each may wait for the other to come
on. Sometimes, fighters do not map
out their plan of battle till the gong
sounds. 1t may be that Jeffries and
Johnson are waiting to see how they
loom up before they decide upon a plan
of campaign.
In the old days, Jeffries always
quickly sealed the doom of any man
who rushed him. He laid poor old Bob
Fitzsimmons low in Coney Island when
he bored in, and he gave Tom Sharkey
the battering of his life when he at
tempted to carry the fight to him. But
with the clever men like Jim Corbett,
who stood away and boxed, he was not
so spectacular He had to spend most
of his time chasing them around the
ring. but he finally crowded them into
a corner and then the battle was over.
Johnson is the greatest defensive
fighter, perhaps. that the ring has ever
known. He never was known to be
aggressive. He is always satisfied to
stand off and allow the other fellow to
do the work. He only fights when he
has to, but we all know that he has
great punch. not a punch like Fitz was
the master of in his prime, but a good
punch nevertheless.
ONE BLOW MAY END 1T
Jeff can beat Johnson and beat him
quickly, provided that he hits the black
man in the stomach. 1t Is needless to
argue the question. He may not be able
to hit as hard as he hit when he was
a champion, but still he is there with
a lot of his former strength. He will
retain this till his dying day, for he's
one man in many millions.
1t is a question as to whether or
not johnson is possessed of the punch
to stow jeff away. Remember that the
sha ggy monster never was put on his
back in all the long years of his Won
derful career. He is the only retired
champion with this distinction.
According to the latest. the big bat
tie will start between 1870 and
% o'clock, and the chances are that
George Harting will not sound the bell
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04
EXPERTS DIFFER OVER THE OUTCOME
PICKING THE WINNER is HARD TASK

night of the century. 1 am entitled to
one guess, and there 1 predict long
and bitter struggle. Who will be re-
turned winner am not game to say
put believe that neither the victor nor
the vanquished will leave the ring
without each having his share of the
iaureis pugilistic. There will be no
stain or disgrace attached to either
winner or loser
WILLIAM MULDOON-I think JEFF
tries Will win. Both men, l believe
are now at their very best, and there is
little to choose between them; but, bar
ring accident, 1t is my opinion that the
white man will triumph over the negro
champion.
JOHN j.. SULLIVAN-This is the one
night which none has been able to get a
line on. 1t may be short or long. At
any rate. it will.be a good one while 1T
lasts. Who will win? 1 would not ven
ture guess.
ABE AITELL-Jeffr will knock
Johnson out some time between the
twentieth and twenty-third rounds.
After the fight has gone that far the
negro will be tired and the white man
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04
BUSINESS FIGHTERS
TO WITNESS FIGHT
Glory Of Combat Real Magnet That
Draws Crowd To Reno
BY FRED r. BECHDOLT

to answer the demand Of our own ma
lures and obey the instincts which have
lived within us ever since our fore
fathers wore hair instead of clothes
We want to know which man is 60
ing to lick Train after train has rolled
into Reno's depot this day; train after
train, and every train has brought its
hundreds.
The element which crowds the streets
is largely the better element 1t is
composed of men who have made their
way pretty well up in the world.
Banker, lawyer, merchant, writer, cap
italist, crowd made up of represent
ative Americans. AS a matter of fact
the faces you see on the sidewalks are
free from scowl and smirk than the
faces in the throng that walks down
Market street any afternoon.
And all these men talk or think is
tomorrow's fight. They follow Bob
Fitsimmons for blocks-a train OF hun
dreds of them. They jam the cars to
Moana, and they load themselves three
deep in autos out to Rick's.
I have met men from distant places
men who have devoted years 20 intel
lectual effort TO fighting their ways
with their brains-college graduates in
the first place, then students of their
professions, then battlers in these same
professions. And only a very few of
these men have come from any reason
except to see the fight.
The betting element is small. The
money represented thus far in wagers
has not been at all startling. The idea
is this-they are going to see q big
fght-they hope, and they want to see
the best man win. They don't even care
whether it is Ions. They aren't here
for the spectacle OF blood. Many Of
them say that they look for a short
battle. But all of them expect good
battle, because all of them look on Jeff
ries and Johnson as superlatiyes.