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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
SOMETHING MORE ABOUT MERCER coll
LEGE FOUNDATION
BY MRS. w. Fl

THE discovery of the forgotten book
which tells of the money which was
donated to Penfield college and trans
ferred to Macon, Ga, years later, has an
other record, which can be found in your
own Atlanta Journal which was issued on
Saturday, September 5, 1908, and | feel
sure the readers Of The Tri-Weekly will find
it interesting in this connection | placed
this clipping in a safe place when it was
first printed sixteen years ago. | am i'm
pressed that Rev. j. S. Bryan is not living
at this time to round out the narrative Mr.
Simon may have been misquoted, for many
good people are the victims Of backbiters
There is solid comfort, however, in the fact
that all will be properly judged at the
resurrection of the just. He was a good
enough husband to leave his wealth to his
widow. He deserves that much of eulogy
Here is the clipping:
THE HOUSE OF SIMON
BY Rev. j. S. Bryan, Presiding Elder of
Athens District
About ten miles from Washington. Ca
on the road to Pierce's chapel, in Little Riv-
er circuit, stands a quaint old two-story
house which has a unique history 1t was
built about three-quarters of a century ago.
or longer, by man whose name Simon.
Simon was a prosperous farmer, and by in
dustry and economy accumulated consid-
cradle estate. He was a very notorious in
fidel, an atheist in practice and, perhaps in
theory He lived for nothing beyond this
Ire, as he DelleVed or professed to believe,
that there was no other. His life was de-
voted to pleasure The upper story of the
house IS all in one ROOM which was intended
for dancing hall. Here the rhythmic steps
OF the dancers kept time for years with the
strains of the Terpschorean music
The house now dilapidated and wea Their
stained, is inhabited by negroes, and it's
cold, cherries aspect of poverty is in strik-
ing contrast with the former ostentatious
exterior, and the voluptuous luxury of it's
interior.
Simon chose for the last resting place of
his body, for which he believed there would
be no resurrection, as there was no immor-
tally for his soul, the crown of a hill about
one hundred yards from the public road
near his house Here may be seen by per-
sons passing along the road a rock wall
about eight feet high, apparently which en-
closes his grave. 1t is said that he directed
the iron gate to his sepulcher to be locked
and the key thrown away. His wish may
nave been respected but still this did not
preserve his grave from intrusion. There was
a rumor afoat that this eccentric man had
a treasure buried with him, and some time
after his grave was violated by night by
some human ghouIs in search of gold This
as If these midnight robbers came to un-
earth his bones and rattle them in mockery
OF ms no-talth in a resurrection.
FINALLY, the subsequent disposition of ST.
mons property illustrates the text, He
maketh the wrath of man to praise him
Simon died childess, and his widow mar
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
Buried Treasure

-HE reported finding of vast deposits of
bituminous coal by Captain Donald
Macmillan, the Arctic explorer. on the
expedition from which he has Just returned
to the United States, loses in practical inter
est by the mines being situated, as the news
advices add, eight hundred miles beyond the
reach CT any transport system save bob
sleds. Nevertheless, the time may come
when these Polar deposits will be, compare
lively, as available as any from which indus
try now draws. What is eight hundred miles
to the imagination of an aeronaut?
wonderfully important part of human
history is the record of mans discovery and
use of minerals. Without these, civilization,
as we know it, could not have developed.
Metals, along with writing aud government.
are the outward essentials of civilized
order From that far morning probably four
thousand years or more ere the Christian era,
when one OF our wandering forbears first be-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
Concluded Tuesday
THE HOUSE AND THE SOUL
BY JOHN CARLYLE

" RENE JUDY is dead. For nineteen years
she lay in bed, a helpless but not hope
- less cripple.
Toward the end of her life the bodily
eyes of this girl were sightless and her
hands were still. She could not even move
But the soul of her was not blind and it
was not still. 1t travelled into far spiritual
cities and climbed delectable mountains.
The Soul of Irene Judy, little Kansas
cripple girl, went marching on. And today
and always it will go marching and
marching on.
Many years ago this bed-ridden girl, who
was 27 when she died the other day, or
ganized the girls of Garnett KAN into the
Merry Mercy Maidens.
The work of these girls, inspired and fos-
tered, kept alive and built up by Irene Judy,
was to for the sick and crippled chill.
dren of this Kansas town and to raise money
for the little ones in Mercy hospital Kansas
City.
They have dedicated monument to Irene
in Garnett. But her enduring monument
beside which marble shall decay and laurel
wither--is her Great Gift to Others of Life,
and good works. y
Said a physician from the Kansas City
hospital:
"Her soul was the most noble I ever knew,
though the house it dwelt in long before had
broken down"
How are you today?" asked friend OF
the old John Quincy Adams as he strobe
along a Boston street.
81 exceedingly WE'LL" said the aged
man, though the house in which dwell Is
about worn out"
What a wondrous thing it is to come to
the realization that there is an eternal quail
ty in our lives, an enduring, ways-growing,
ever-climbing self that is impervious to the
storms Of life that beat down and destroy
the house we live in.
SO may we all go marching on-exceed-
ingly we'll
Copyright, 1924) tf
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
The Need of Another Life
BY DR.. Frank Crane

~ HRlSTS theory of death is that it is
1 the unfolding of life. He assumed He
did not attempt to prove the continued
existence of the individual. From this He
drew all his arguments for morality. This
earthly existence is overarched by the skv of
the existence beyond That other life is TO
this life what the heavens are to The earth.
In the highest souls here below the influence
of the heaven-life is constantly downshining
Religion consists in living permeated with the
daily consciousness of that infinite career. So
Christ called His kingdom "the kingdom of
the heavens (the world is plural in the
Creek. God is "our Father which is in the
heavens"
When a man lives the higher life he is
living a full-orbed life, with solar fire in his
love, with stellar majesty in his motives, with
lunar beauty in his dreams He is not of
this world; that is, he is unworldly-not in
any sapess, sicky sense, but he is unworldlv
Ill the sense that his program of life in
Guides the galaxy. He is unworldly in the
sense that he is adjusted to the universe. and
not to this planet alone
1t is only such life that can be called the
higher life" There is something absurd and
1ncOnseQuential in man being good as Jesus
was good, when he does not reckon on the here
after Possibly it may pay to live in absolute
royalty to our ideals even if one believes that
death ends all. But, it seems hardly worth
while. One can really get more out of life by
accommodating ones conscience to the COM
mereial and social standards in which he
lives; and a modified is better than an abso-
lutte morality, if there be no heaven. For, if
moral forces have only this lifetime to work,
they have not time enough to bring Justice to
the individual.
If death is the end, it is foolish to turn
the other cheek" and to return good for
evil Ethical motives are too long to fit this
earth. The book of sublunary life has not
chapters enough to bring the story to a happy
conclusion; death comes like that irritating
TO be continued in the story paper, right at
the most exciting moment. In other words,
this life, when one lives worthily, is but the
first installment, and not the whole story.
Copyright, 1920
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
CHAPTER VI
The Unexpected Happens

tn WO WEEKS after that initial dinner
Matthew Strong asked Julie Benton to
be his wife. During that time there
had developed in Julie a dumb alteration for
Matthew that she was unable to conceal. 1t
looked shyly out of her eyes, it changed
her from the capable stenographer to the
warmly palpitating woman, and the knowI-
edge that this girl looked up to him, that
she hung on his slightest word, was intoxi-
eating to Matthew He was flattered, and
he mistook this feeling of gratified vanity
for love Julie did not realize that he was
not in love with her. She was too much
absorbed in her own feelings too awed at
this wonderful thing that had happened to
her and she was ready and willing to fol-
low Matthew Strong to the end of the
world if necessary.
Matthew himself was strongly imbued
with the desire to lift this girl out of her
sordid environment and give her the chance
that she had always wanted He was ro-
mantically interested in her, so much so
that even visit to her home in FIatbush
failed to bring establishment. She was
different from the rest. 1t was almost as
though she did not belong to this terrible
family. and he was kind and gracious real
izing that Julie was suffering keenIy and
that he must do all he could to spare her
Ihe whole family was assembled TO meet
Matthew. Ellen and Martha sat together
on the couch. Whenever Matthe adj
dressed them they gigeled and tried to cover
their embarrassment by making flppant re-
marks Ellen was chewing gum franticalIy
She was determined not to be patronizeG.
and she kept trying to pattern her manner
after Tom. who eyed Matthew suspiciousIy
and said very little.
Mrs. Benton wore a dress in honor of the
occasion, but her large. uncorseted figure
reminded Matthew vaguely of a comic draw
ing. The two younger children. evidently
on their best behavior, sat stiffIy on their
chairs and looked solemn. The occasion
would have been funny if it hadn't been so
serious.
Julie drew long breath when it was
over. There had been moment in the
dark hallway when. held close in Matthew
arms, she had forgotten everything. But
the minute the door closed on him she be-
came conscious of the smell of the boiled
dinner that the family had enjoyed that
evening 1t permeated everything She
knew what was expected of her, although
she would have given anything for the
chance Of slipping upstairs 10 bed
well. I must say he vas certainly up
( stage Martha fIung out as Julie entered
the room. He doesn't seem to realize that
after all, were related to YOU. Treated us
like dirt"
/ And not a word about money" from
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
THE ATLANTA rR1.wEEKLY JOURNAL

! held shining beads of copper amid the ashes
| of his camp fire, men have been continu-
ally discovering new minerals. Significantly,
too, these riches are brought to light as
need or readiness for them arises not by
happy accident, but in happy Providence
they come.
What numerous treasures are yet to be
revealed in the earth or in the air, we can
hardly ina gfne, although. science has its
shrewd surmses. In the current number Of
the Mining Congress Journal we are told
that while the public generally knows that
immense deposits of COAL iron and copper
exist untouched, "of the conditions which
must prevail before these can be utilized,
little is known" Further, "Of mineral de-
posts other than coal, iron and copper,
practically no authentic information has Al
tered into the public mind. Another CEN
fury will see the utilization of oil shale as a
source of fuel for motor transportation and
of it's by-products for lubricating and other
useful purposes. Oil shale deposits are al
most without limit. Low-grade ore deposits
of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, tin,
manganese, molybdenum, bauxite, barytes,
era phite, platinum, quicksilver, and other
minerals, have been found in many States;
and, although many of these deposits can
not be mined under existing commercial
conditions, some day in the not far distant
future, improved metallurgical processes,
new mining methods, and the initiative and
enterprise of the American people, will
bring about their utilization"
That day will be of far-reaching import
to Georgia. Rich as the State is in mineral
resources already utilized, its latent and po-
tential wealth of this nature is great beyond
measure.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
MY FAVORITE STORIES
BY Irving S. Cobb

P. T. Barnum, at the outset of his career
a Snowman, originated the idea of the
Happy Family, taking his cue from that
prophecy of Holy Writ wherein it is stated
that the lion and the lamb eventually shall
lie down together
The thing proved a sensation. On the
opening day, following advertisements in
the daily press, crowds flocked to Barnums
museum to stand in front of a cage where
in, with no bars to separate them, were dis
played lion, tiger and panther, and in
the midst of these a gentle lambkin all four
dwelling together in seeming amlty. News
OF the marvellous wonder spread and the
patronage increased by leaps and bounds.
Nevertheless Mr. Barnum appeared, at times,
worried.
When the spectacle was two weeks old
friend inquired Of him how the Happy Fam
lily seemed to be getting along.
"Oh fairly WE'LL" said the great show
man. Il am going to make a permanent
feature OF it il only the supply of lambs
holds out"
Copyright, 1920
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
MY MOTHERS BIRTHDAY

TT AID my dear mother been living she
would have been one hundred and
eleven years old on the 18th of Sep
TENDER, 1924 She was born in 1913
She was the eldest of large family of
daughters-seven in cumberland with the
entire family of eleven children-she and
her older brother survived them all. If
she had lived to September 10, 1899 she
would have been eighty-six years old, but
she passed away in the preceding February,
after a sudden illness.
When her birthday comes along it is a
sweet privilege to me to return thanks for
this pleasing remembrance on her natal day
L am the oldest Of her own children and the
only survivor of her immediate family. |
am the oldest of her own mothers grand
children-at eighty-nne years of age.
Among the choicest blessings of my own
life and heritage was this lovely faithful,
gentle woman of the old south, who was
real sunshine in her own home, and always
welcome in the homes of her own children.
1t is joy to recall her face and figure.
She was baby three months old when
the Indians raided Morgan county and mas
sacred the entire family of a near neighbor
hear my grandfathers home. The peo-
pie gathered quickly, but grandmother was
first mounted horse, with the two
year-old boy behind her. and this three
months old infant in her lap and thus
carried to her own fathers house for safety.
Then the men folk pursued the red skins.
and for days and weeks they were on duty
in thus defending their homes and dear
ones. My mother saw the stars fall" Her
brother was to have an "affair' according
to custom) in November, 1898, and she
and grandmother were up after midnight
preparing for it. She said it was some
thing awe-inspiring-fo the air was thick
with the falling stars. My mother was a
miracles of industry-and also a great
reader throughout her long life. What a
browning blessing is such a noble. clean
hearted good mother!
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
LITTLE MISS FIXIT,
Care Tri-W eekly Journal,
Atlanta, Georgia.
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Iron sharpeneth iron; so man sharpen
eth the countenanCe of his friend. As in
water face answereth to face, SO the heart
of man to man. Though thou> shouldest
bray fool in a mortar among wheat with
a pestte yet wiH not his fOoHshneSS depart
from him. He that tiILeth his land shall
have plenty of bread; but he that follow-
eth after pain persons shall have poverty
enough. A faithful man shall abound NTH
blessings; but he that mdketh haste to
be rich shall not be innOcent-Properbs.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
THE COUNTRY HOME

ried Rev. Jesse Mercer prominent minis
ter of the Baptist church. and the founder
Of Mercer college, first located al Penfeld,
in Greene county, and afterwards moved to
Macon, where it rechristened as Mercer
university The money obtained by inheri-
lance from Slmons widow the financial
foundation Of Mercer college. Scores of edu-
Gated young preachers have gone out from
this institution cOnseCrated to Christian and
theological education to preach the gospel
which Simon despised. Mercer stands as a
beacon light In Macon, the Central City of
Georgia, while Simon sleeps in his lonely
grave, neglected and soon to be forgotten.
while hundreds of eager students throng
the halls of Mercer. scarcely visitor ever
goes to the grave of Simon, and then i'm
PEELED only by curiosity. No one comes to
shed tear or cast flower. His history is
another illustration of the saying, Man pro-
poses but God disposes -
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
The Second Mrs. Strong
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

What has gone before-Matthew Strong,
realizing that his daughter Claudia is
strongly under the influence of the gay
younger set, decides to marry again. He
is attracted to Margaret Davenport,
woman in his own set, but her behavior
at a dinner Larty disgusts him, and the
thought that he would like a wife who
could run his home as his secretary runs
his offices arouses his interest in his
stenographer, Julie Benton,-Now go on
with the story.
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
PUNCENT PARAGRAPHS

Less than two per cent of the total arid
and semi-ard land in the United States is
now irrigated.
Much damage has been done to shade
scale.
Sea-bathng is now forbidden to Turkish
women living in ConstantinopIe
Mrs. Benton. You'd think if he cared so
much for you, he'd want to help your moth
er to get along"
We don't need his money" interposed
Tom fiercely. But it gets me to think that
after all l did for Julie she can treat us
like this"
But what have I done?" Julie interposed
quickly.
Yes, what have YOU done?" Knocked
Ellen. That's just it, you haven't done
anything but make us all feel cheap You'd
think YOU We're better than the rest of US
You've always tried to play the grand lady
with your heightened ideas. And now when
you could help the rest of US you show us
very plainly that You don't want anything
more to do with us"
That's not true, protested Julie. II dc
want to help you. I want to do all l can. -
But even as she spoke she realized with a
stab of conscience that she had been
ashamed of them that evening. No wonder
they felt they did. And yet was it her
fault that she wanted to try to be some
body while they didn't care? Surely she
had right to her chance!
Tuesday: Julie Shops" and Evening
Clothes"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27
Tell It to Little Miss FiXit

If anything is wrong in service from
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27

Sea-bathing is now forbidden to Turkish
women living in Constantinople.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27

Cowes, England, is called the Yachting
center of the world
There are 592,439 words in the Old Tesla
ment.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-27

Less than two per cent OF the total arid
and semi-ard land in the United States is
now irrigated.
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Tuesday: Julie Shops" and Evening
Clothes"
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Much damage has been done to shade
trees in the west by the European elm
scale.
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TT AID my dear mother been living she
II would have been one hundred and
eleven years old on the 9th of Sem
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-13
Social and Personal
LarsOn-StebbinS
Wedding Today

The home of Mrs. Anna Stebbins
was the scene of pretty wedding
at Z o'clock this morning, when Mrs.
Stebbins' son, Henry R. Stebbins,
and Miss Tillie Marjorie Larson,
daughter of Mrs. Betsy Larson
of Gladstone. were united in mar
rage by. Adjutant Sherping Of the
Salvation Army. Garden flowers
and vines made a charming back
ground for the ceremony.
Captain Marie Stebbins, the sis
ter of the groom. and Gilbert Peter
son were the attendants. Only the
immediate members of the family
were present at the ceremony.
After the serving Of the wedding
breakfast Mr.. and Mrs. Stebbins left
by automobile for Gladstone, where
they will visit Mrs. Stebbins' mo-
ther. ~ $500
Mr.. Stehbins is employed at the
500 Round house.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-13
Riddles Evening
Story
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER


w. oDsO S~s0 SNSS
ITS all because, we're not fussy."
said the Brown Rat.
We're not popular. We're just
ordinary. common. plain rats.
There Is nothing about us that
ts interestings We're not nice. as
some rats are-that ia. no one seems
to say q good word for us.
And I don't know that can
boast about myself. except of
course, I'm smart. and SO are all of
us smart.
But we're not beautiful. as some
rats really are-the Australian rat.
I've heard. was really quite hand
some.
mo. we're just ordinary rats.
But we're clever. 1t is clever of
us not to be fussy. If we were
fussy 1t would be difficult.
AS 1t Is we always get along. No
one invites us to come about. We
aren't pets. We never will be pets
We're not supposed to be inter.
esting.
"There is nothing about us that
makes people say to us that they
want US to come around. or that
we are cunning, or anything Of that
| sort.
They do not say:
Dear little rat or dear big
rat. come here and see me-
yet they urge other animals to
come to them.
"Oh. well. such Is rat life. We
cannot mind for we cannot hell
1t.
But we are clever. We Otter
follow people about and 60 where