Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-06
THE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS. w. H. FELTON,

people of our country were worthy of the
| ballot privilege. 1t is yours to take with re-
! sponsibility, or cowardly submit to those
who make a business of dirty politics. It Is
the fatal curse OF ignorance when human
being of lawful age allows political leader
| to vote him Cor herr at the ballot box as
an OK is>led around with yoke, on by the
cruel driver.
In the sight of Almighty God, who has
given the human race mind to control it's
actions for its own prosperity and happin ess,
this duty Of selecting ones representatives Is
of first quality and superior importance to
every other earthly duty and responsibility
1t means rule or ruin to ourselves. In every
family OF Americans there today two in
divduals who have the legal right to voice
their wishes in government, namely, the
father and the mother. They have de-
pendents too young or maybe quite incapa-
BILE of choosing candidates to act for them.
They owe 1t to their dependents to make
the best selection possible Women havd
not had this privilege but short time, but
a good mother never fails to be loyal to the
children that she brings into this hard world
of temptation and danger. There Is no more
undue exposure in voting than in mailing
letter in the postoffce or making out a
check to pay bill at the bank 1t is an
opportunity, long delayed 1t is true, but it
should have the solemnity Of a trust, and
the guardians of helpless beings have re-
sponsibility that is never forgotten by hon.
orable men and women who assume the task.
guardian who would misa appropriate the
funds of a child committed to his care will
always wear the disgrace. He will never
outlive it. If this republic goes down to the
| discard 1t will be the ajority work of the
population, who were too indolent, too self
ish, too Indifferent to duty and too regard
less of the obligation that rests upon them
as citizens and lawmakers.
We are wrestling with the aftermath of
the Worlds war at this time. We are af-
aicted with propaganda from the European
countries, which propagands seeks to get
the United States into alliance with foreign
countries once again, and which inflicted
heavy losses in money and in blood and car
mage. We need to conserve our republican
institutions here at home and keep away
from foreign alliances, which never fail to
bring us into trouble, loss and degeneracy.
We have too many people travelling on public
funds "over there" They like the occupa-
tion and the publicity. We find too many
ready and willing lover there to take all
that these public distributors can hand out
as charity. These latter never expect to do
another days work long as the stun is
given out free gratis and for nothing at
ALL"
Some Of us remember our condition after
the close of the Civil war. We had lost ALL
many had heavy bereavements, and the out
look was serious, menacing. But there was
enough vim and pluck in our population to
go to work to help ourselves l am glad
in my Utmost soul that while I was poor
I had to earn the bread ate never was so
common as to beg the northern people for a
penny. AS I close this entreaty, this petition
and will say this prayer-to you in the
presence Of our Great Creator, let us so TO
the polls and vote for our own people, our
own children and our individual selves, to
keep away from another League of Nations!