The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-01-16

William H. FELTON, in 1855, was no
other than her father Mrs. Russell
Sage, Of New York, has sent Mrs.
FELTON, a check for $2,500 to cover
with interest board bill which the
prospector was obliged to leave I'M
paid when he left Cartersville. The
check will be devoted toward estab-
fishing a school for mountain girls,
for which Mrs. FELTON, has already
donated fifty acres of land.
When, during the time Of the Cri-
mean war, Mrs. FELTON, and her late
noted husband opened the doors of
their home for the reception and en-
tertainment during the winter Of a
northern prospector, whose company
went to the wall, leaving him moth
ing with which to remunerate his
host and hostess, they were obeying
the combined injunction and prophe-
cy of holy writ, Coast thy bread upon
the waters and it will return unto
thee after many days." for the gen.
tlemanly engineer who came South
during the Ducktown copper craze
looking for that valuable ore, was
none other than Joseph Slocun, of
Syracuse, n. Y, the father OF Miss
Ol1flo 0tOCuit, VINO dltSIWdTAS We
came the wife and widow Of Russell
Sage, one Of New York's wealthiest
and most eccentric men.
When Mrs. FELTON, received her
mail yesterday there fell from an
envelope a check for $4,000, paya-
bic to Mrs. William H. FELTON,, and
signed by Mrs. Sage. This was the
fulfllment of the prophets promise,
and it came to the brilliant South
ern woman as a token for the kind
ness shown by her and her late
husband toward Mrs. Gage's relative
more than fifty years ago.
The gift, while coming to Mrs.
FELTON, without any strings attached,
and to be used as she desires, was
not what could be termed a personal
gift, but was sent for the purpose of
forming the nucleus Of an institu-
ton, tie erection Of which has been
the fondest desire OF Mrs. Felton's
life, and which now promises to be-
come fact.
School for Mountain Girls.
The generosity of DR.. and Mrs.
FELTON, became known to Mrs. Sage
through a series of incidents that
are filled with human interest, and
the story as told by the Georgia Wo-
man is one that would attract the at
tention Of any lover OF romance. In
absolving Joseph Slocum from an
obligation which had been thrust
upon him by circumstances, as he
found that he would not be able to
pay DR.. and Mrs. FELTON, for his win
ter's keep, Mrs. Felton cast her
bread upon the waters to find that
it returns after more than a half
century. The kindness that was
shown the Northern prospector by
the generous and gracious Southern
lady was, comparatively speaking, q
small matter, but the return of the
|'bread," coming in the shape of
large subscription for an industrial
college for mountain girls, promises
great good for humanity.
The money given by Mrs. Sage
will be added to by Mrs. FELTON,, who
has also determined to give a beau
tiful and appropriate site for the
school, and other donations will be
asked for from all parts of the coun-
try. An Industrial school for the
mountain girls of the South has long
been the dream of Mrs. Felton's life,
and the absence of such a college
within this State has been the bur-
den Of her soul. Mrs. FELTON, is a
large property holder in this county
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