Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-12


A card came to Clair saying that the
neiehbors would meet to see about the
Cherry Lake cemetery. and for him :"
he there a certain day. Florida and
decided to so with him and off
started bright and early on the l. .
appointed. The air was cool. the DAY
was young for we had a good many
miles to go the sun was playing hide
and seek with the fleecy clouds. 4
breeze was flirting with the leaves and
long gray moss.
The horse was one OF the sort that
docs not have TO have even tap OF
the switch occasionally nor does she
set in a jog trot and let nothing per-
suade her 10 forsake il. She is
beauty and the ride was not a ya-l
too long.
But it was the work and good tel
lowship that I saw that day that inn
pressed me. Cherry Lake is one .
the oldest and most substantial neIsh-
borhOods in Florida: there are mar6
memorials there that must have been
put there when such things had to oe
hauled great many miles. One that
impressed me was a plain white men,
orfaI tablet set in a frame work Z
brick. Just as old churches have men,
crial tablet set in \ framework Of
titles 70 the affection Of her family.
Sixty-five years ago she was laid
there Most OF her daughters and her
only Scn have paid back TO earth the
dust with which they were made And
her great-gr eat-grandchildren are scat
tered all over the land. In some in
stances there was no one to represent
a section dotted with head-stones .
MARKED with bricks but that made 70
difference TO the band OF workers.
From enc side TO the other not a We
or leaf was left TO mark the diff .
ence between those~whose descendant,
nave gone to lands far distant
and those who yet have relatives and
friends TO do this friendly office. Trees
we're trimmed. and where the last
resting place had sunk. earth was
hauled and again the narrow bed was
made just as IL was many years ago.
In one corner was the sacred dust 90
a girl whose mother was as a mother
20 me during my first year away from
home as boarding school girl OF
all that happy family she alone lies
there.
As I read the names I was Impress
ed with the fact OF so many lOnaly
graves. Wealth and culture had not
been able 20 save their loved ones
when the summons came. and circum-
stances had divided families when they
came TO that door through which we
ali must depart
Among the most active workers was
a man who moved TO this state only
few years ago. He was working 30
hard that one OF the others asked him
n he had a lot there NO" he said
Il have two little children in Georgia
and hope some one is doing as much
fer me"
sittins there and watching the men
work. was reminded OF a little square
IN Gods Acre" in the foreign sec
tion." as We are termed in Kobe. Japan
That one belongs TO the Methodist mis-
si0naries and one must decide whether
% be cremated and have ones ashes
sent home or be put in q tin-lined
casket, which is carefully sealed up and
laid in that -fsr country"
! was very. very i'll over there. as
many OF you know. and one OF the
ladies was asked to ind out my wishes.
She was clever and put the question
very delicately. but she didn't fool me.
u looked at her, smiled and told her
that ! was coming hack to America on
straight ticket. not in any mission
ary's trunk. God was Cood. and here
J am. more than ever convinced that
many people lose their grip and are
LARGELY responsible for an early death.
When I first went TO Japan 1 was
SUI A2tAeA 70 see granite anu WOODEN
monoliths from three TO four feet high
all over = certain piece Of ground
was told that was the cemetery and
that cremation was the rule over there.
ones ashes occupy very little space. so
you may imagine how thick with
stones the place was
They have memorial days; not as we
do. but to appcase the spirits. Where
We would place flowers they put food
and write all sorts OF eulogies. I was
going near one and saw an old crone