Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-02
MRsFELTONS TALKS
CONDUCTED BY
rgRs WIZ. FELTON,
A Mighly P-ized Gstter.

When Rev. Arthur Moore held his
two-Weeks meeting in our little city
of Gainesville he had large crowds
and preached many powerful ser
mons. I enjoyed those I listened to
with great satisfaction and comfort.
1t was my good fortune to become
personally acquainted with him and
commend him greatly.
Therefore. the letter, which / have
taken the liberty to publish, pleased
me greatly. I trust there are many
years of usefulness ahead of Rev.
Mr.. Moore. The church needs the
faithful words of consecrated
preacher. May the blessings of the
Father in Heaven attend him and
may he live long to serve his day
and generation.
Macon, Ga, Aug. IS, 1919.
Mrs. w. H. FELTON,,
Gainesville, Ga.
My Dear Mrs. FELTON,:
Just note to say have read with
great interest and profit every word
Of Country Life in Georgia"
l have greatly enjoyed every page.
1t was fresh and interesting because
torical facts which it gave me of
events happening before my birth. L
thank you so much for it.
1 am so glad to have learned to
know you. 1 shall pray God to Won
regards adm Christian love.
ARTHUR MOORE.
In one mail delivery today l had
four letters asking advice and sym
pathy from unhappy women vita
children, women, sick and disheart-
away from husbands-who are not
only cruel to the poor souls, who
are seemingly at the end of their
row, and must do something else
for the sake of their children, who
suffer also.
Each of them desired that I should
send private letter of advice. They
are entirely disheartened. Neglect
and cruelty are taking everything out
of their lives They are willing to
make any sort of a change for the
sake of the children, etc..
states as well as Georgia. All are
strangers to me. Confiding in my
prudence and sympathy they know L
will always withhold their names,
etc.
[ wish I could tell them the best
and easiest thing to debut as they
are all dependents and bossed by
unkind husbands, 1 have concluded
to write an article-and beg them
to seek relief nearer home, even it
they must go to the public authori-
ties and enter formal complaint,
and get a public hearing.
l understand that the common run
OF sorry men do dread a public in
vestigaton. They are afraid of pub
licity and are not too good to lie
hope that they will be sufficiently
exposed to keep them in some sort
of bounds.
Some of these poor, unhappy Wives
have grown daughters, who are worn
out with such domestic unhappiness.
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tages; as to higher education. They
openly declare that they will not
serve such unkind and inconsiderate
fathers g. day longer than they can
get away 1t is peculiarly distress
ing. These suffering women, in
some instances tell me of their kim
bred, people 1 knew in former years
and among the best of their kind
as excellent citizens. 1t is so easy
to understand the depth of their
misery.
Sometimes there are changes that
come, as it would seem, in answer to
prayer and faith, in the midst of
gloom and uncertainty. We are
taught in the Bible to cast these
burdens at the Masters feet, and
trust a merciful Heavenly Father for
comfort and deliverance.
L wish L could present to these
dear suffering women something
defite as to relief-but I can only
advise public investigation by pub
lie authorities when things reach an
unbearable condition. AS I see it, no
good woman should submit to such
cruelty in continued silence, when it
gets as bad as some of them declare.
then something should be done by
kindred and friends to secure relief
from tyranny and injustice. Ger
tainly we owe a duty to ourselves
and the children we have brought
into the world--and that duty GEN.
ters about defending them, if not
ourselves, from the injustices here
narrated in their letters. Providence
helps those that help themselves, IL
many cases, and little publicity will
make things different-with the gen.
erality of sorry husbands and indif-
ferent fathers