Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-28
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THE sURRATT TRIAL.

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of John H. SurrattNin the city of Balti-
more the sole survivor of the Surratt
family, and whose mother was hung
in Washington City. as accessory to
the murder of Lincoln. Madness ruled
the hour. The woman was i'm her home
when Booth shot Lincoln i'm the theater
but she had no chance for life. when
the military tribunal adjudged her case.
Her son John escaped into Canada and
sailed for Europe. He was captured
and brought back to trial year after
MS mother was hung With two other
persons. who also, had no chance for
life at the first trial who We're con-
deHned TO die with Mrs. Surratt. The
trial of. John was most exciting. We
were very anxious to hear the particu-
lars, so we subscribed for the best
newspaper in Washington City and /
read every page and there were many
of them and crowded to the limit The
whole story OF LincoIn's assassination
was given In minutest detail
1t was we'll understood cat the time
that John sat in the prisoners box that
the execution of Mrs. Surratt was a
great mistake. Life Imprisonment would
have been hard sentence. There was
ia daughter whose heart broke under the
strain, and John was all that was left
Iof once happy family. when he faced
the jury. Week after week rolled along
while the witnesses testified and the
lawyers debated.
Finally he WAS acquitted. and left the
.court room free man and could so to
his mothers grave down in the arse
NAL grounds where she met her fate and
which he had not seen. John Surratt
died Yesterday at the age of seventy
two, and Re had hardly attained his
Una iority- when. .he was the principal in
the most. sensational trial known to the
United States up to that time. Guiteau's
trial and that. of CZolgosZ were lacking
in mapX of the thrilling incidents that
occurred in the trial Of John Surratt
The anarchists were simply a3sassins
with deep intent. Surratt came of
respectable southern family and Wash
ington city was full of Confederate sym
pathizers just after the war was over
l read the trial proceedings as soon as
they were printed and mailed, TO us
My mind was fun of them when read
of Johns death in, Baltimore. *.~F
HOW TO TREAT OUR DAUGHTERS
When Iaread the little article entitled
.'The Next Generation" / so fully CON
currrd in what it said that l felt 1t
w6uld5be only fair to the readers of The
Semi Weekly to read it for themselves
Confined to 800 words much more might,
nave been said in this connection If
time had been extended.
THE NEXT GENEEATIoN. ''
BY Mrs. ]. w. bort.
First Prize.
Five hundred words can NOT do JUS
tice to our daughters the mothers of
the next generation.
Girls and boys should be treated alike
in the home, the same freedom, the same
care and the same moral training. Par
.ents will be Obliged sooner. or later
to recognize two important facts: First,
thatJihe race will degenerate if we con-
tinue to tolerate a double moral stand
ard: second, that girls as we'll as boys
lmuch have economic freedom. A girls
intellect is just as worthy of cultivation
las her brothers. She occupies as i'm
portant position in the world az he
does out west where came from no
one questions the latter statements and
few--the former, The high schools and
universities are all cO-educational. If
but one in the family can be given the
higher education, 1t is foregone con-
clusion. that the daughter is that one.
Why? Because in the struggle for ex-
istence only the fit survive. No boy
would be his sisters stumbling block.
He, can-earn his living by labor We
consider il best for the girl to- support
herSel f'"by intellectual pursuits rather
tllrn t. by labor. A well-educated girl
never becomes a prostitute. Neither
does it become compulsory for her to
marry for a home. BY fitting herself
for business or a profession. she is able
to support herself while she waist for
cOngenial mate. Happier homes, more.
intelligent mothers and better babies
result. But in the western states COM
pulsory education insures both boys and
girls against illiteracy and ignorance Il
A mother should make it easy for her
daughter to come to her in confidence
and. have a complete understanding OF
her in1ermost soul 400, u
"A girl should make herself useful in
the home as well as ornamental There
is nothing that mother can do that she
should not be ambitious to learn. Then
in an emergency she will he prepared
to arise to. the OCCASION
y girl who is teased by her brothers.
scolded by her parents. and found fault
with by everybody. cannot arise to her
best on any. occasion, and usually gives.
vent to her pent-up emotions in storms
of bad temper Teasing SHOULD not be
tolera ted. neither should fault finding.
Happiness. and harmony in the home
should be courted above all other things.
?. 4 mctlier should trust her daughter
as an individual worthy of respect. Re-
Gently | called at a home where there
were other callers The mother intro
duced everyone but her fifteen-year-ol
daughter. who was embarrassed by my
presence. You forget to introducei
your daughter" 1 reminded her. 'Oh,
didn't think it necessary she laughed,
but managed an awkward Introductory
form The child assumed the dignity
and grace of a woman. Her face ex-
pressed gratitude. \ turning point had
been reached. Her identity was estab-
lished.S
Girls should be allowed freedom Of
self expression, but taught when to talk
and when not to talk, for a moment OF
holding her tongue will often be worth
hours of explanations
Hearts will be lighter and hands more
willing where outings of various kinds
are the rule rather than the exception
If you want your children to feel like