Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18
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CONDUCTED BT
Mas VIII. FELTON,
A ccUP1-5 o. V1SLI5 TO FINE
GEORGIA TOWNS

On November 1 l went over to
Cedartown, Polk county, Ga, for a
weekend tri+ I had numerous &C
quaintances there forty odd years
ago but | had outliVcd nearly all of
the old-timers, so it was a new gem
Grafton that gave me a joyous well
come the other day. I could cover
this page with the story of the ele-
CANT and enthusiastic hospitality
that was heaped u0on me in over
owing measure. This was personal
to me- of course. I generally find
SON ething more that appeals to me
with striking force, and which can
be handed down to Seni-W eelly
readers, and ] enjoyed a new eNpe-
rience. Before we sat down TO
breakfast on Sunday morning tn
superintendent CT a Business MeS s.
Sunday school came over to request
me to meet with them before church
services began. The Cedartown
MethoGists have an elegant church
building. but the Business Mems
Sunday school was in a commodious
wooden building in the rear of the
church edifice. The crowd was
there when my host and myself en-
tered this wooden building-the
greet majority elderly mon. gray
headed like myself. They meet in
this way to discuss any matter of
General or public interest They en-
10Y these meetin~s, AMI they surely
do attend II corsidera ton of my
sex they invited over the ELDERLY
women's Bible cl"ss. and the big
room was even crowded. This ar
ran~erent solved a social problem.
ais 1 viewed it. These elderly gen
tleren enioyeF the coming together.
They were free to discuss any sub
ect of patriotic or religious inter
est Their eagerness wos an object
lesson to be long remembered.
wondered why every cor1runity he'd
not reco~nizod this opportunity for
then selves and acted 9ccordin"ly.
tt was Temperance d~y with the
Rih7e class. 21d the meeting took
notice, therefore, of the same sub
iect. Various persons made re-
MARKS after I took my seat. among
them the JUDGE of the superior court
The w"ys and means the diTculties
and the helps were intellgent1v
cone over It waS such a wide
awake patriotic catherine. 7 am de-
lighted to hand down to you these
particulars.
Less than a week later I made an
other quick trip to Madison, Morgan
county, Ga. The people there, were
holding county fair. Great crowds
were going. and coming, and my
friends and some of my dear rela-
tives urged me to come to them
even if my stay was obliged to be
short.
They had a sumptuous barbecue on
the day I visited the fair grounds.
They had pork and lamb for the
cooked meats, good bread and coffee,
and also the incest baked apples, |
think l ever tasted. Whether they
We're cooked in sugar or syrup, l
did not ask, but they were delicious
and toothsome.
The barbecue was given to the
returned soldiers of the county, and
there was a goodly number of them
present. We had a finely trained
orator, who gave US all that was
needed on that occasion, to please the
soldier boys and their kin folks.
By special request. I SAID a few
words also, to these brave ladies,
and then the table was spread for the
nicely prepared vlctuals,
My kinfolks carried me all over
this middle Georgia city to see if
L remembered what 1 was familiar
with. seventy years ago, because
attended college and graduated there,
in the halcyon days of my youth. BY
my own request, we closed the sight
seeing with a brief visit to the ceme-
cry.
Some close friends OF my early
youth, including my grandmother
We're in the latter place.
My own mother attended school in
the same town, quite a hundred
years ago and over. While the pres
emit was beautiful, gay and prosper
Gus, the past came back to me filled
with some of the sweetest as well
as tenderest recollections of my early
days.
Oh, where are the friends of my
youth. The merry girls that romped
and studied together and were so
happy in the spring time of their
lives?
A mud turtle cannot stay under
water more than an hour or two
without drowning.
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