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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1910
Page
9
The article argues that understanding energetic forces in life enhances citizenship. It emphasizes heredity shaping moral, mental, and physical character and links genealogical knowledge to national promise, trust in family legacy, and moral obligation, citing the Journal of American History.
A Georgia federation report highlights Tallulah Falls Industrial School progress in under a year. The 6 room building on five acres includes classrooms, workshop, kitchen, sewing room, piano, cottage, orchard and garden. Plans for a July 17 Anniversary Edition and ongoing summer work are urged, with pledges sought for multiple federation schools in Georgia.
Conducted by Mrs. Walter Scott Wilnos at 117 West Jones Street Savannah Georgia requests correspondents to write plainly with names give dates or approximate places or states ancestors lived place queries on separate slips and enclose a stamp include full name and address unless allowed for publication drafts solicit mailing details and publication discretion.
Fragments detail Leverett Hearne Wyatt and Wyatt lines with marriages from 1792 to 1885, plus Purcell Lane Dudley and Dudley, Avery, and Winfrey line notes. Readers request dates, births, marriages to qualify for Daughters of the American Revolution membership, noting lost Bible leaves and destroyed records.
A genealogical request traces Mildred Washington’s marriages to Roger Gregory Henry Willis and a third husband named Lewis. It notes she was George Washington’s godmother and had children by each marriage with a granddaughter by the Lewis line. Details seek William Bryan Allen Neeham and related families in Virginia and the Carolinas, with notes on Elizabeth Whitfield and Sir Thomas Smith lineage, addressed to DPD.
Club report argues most Georgia clubs are not federated because they do not understand the federation’s aims and benefits. It urges every club to attend meetings to see the uplift power and strength in unity, portraying the federation as a great force for humanity.
A fragment from an Everybody's Magazine piece recalls a Sunday school scene. A teacher asks which man had a perfect life and a child named Maryngyane volunteers, mentioning water as mamma's first husband in a cryptic aside.
The university extension in agriculture under Dean Soule has begun practical rural work in Tallulah Falls. Professor Thomas A. Early led 15 to 16 workers in three days of clearing and stump grinding for the Tallulah Falls Industrial School. The effort involved teachers, pupils, and local residents, with strong community support noted.
In Thomasville Georgia on May 14 the Thomasville Study Class elected officers for the upcoming class year. President is Mrs Z I Fitzpatrick first vice president Mrs John F Parker second vice president Miss Marion Hayes recording secretary Mrs Hansell Watt corresponding secretary and treasurer Mrs T J Ball critic Miss Mary Hargrave. The coming study will be Italy Its History Literature Music and Art. The year runs October through May with no summer work. France study this year has been pleasant and profitable with readings unusually interesting. no resignations and one vacancy due to the death of Mrs R Lee Wry.
Mr Fred Orr of Athens visits Tallulah Falls Industrial School to inspect locating a model home for teachers. The Federation, aided by Mrs Tift of Tifton and others, plans a permanent home for teachers this summer. Books donated include Shakespeare and Longfellow in ten volumes and Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with more to come.
The Georgia delegation to the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention in Cincinnati is led by Mrs. Hugh M. Willett, the state president, with Mrs. W. Woods White of the Atlanta City Federation of Clubs and several other prominent club women.
Governor appoints Miss Isma Dooly of The Constitution as delegate to the annual Charities and Correction convention. Club women express pleasure at the appointment and the governor’s choice.
The Atlanta Woman's Club secured furniture and goods for a teachers' home at Tallulah Falls School. Items include oak dining table, large rug, china set, bed room furniture, beds, dresser, curtains, towels, and tableware. Donations from J. M. High & Co and several individuals aided the effort with monetary gifts and free transport by Southern Railway Company.
The Georgia Federation welcomes the Uncle Remus Memorial Association for its work to raise funds for Joel Chandler Harris home and museum. The organization is praised for its purpose and is led by Mrs McD Wilson, an active Atlanta Woman's Club member and federation leader.
March 3 West Point Woman's Club March 6 Haddock School Improvement Club March 8 Mrs. M A Lipscomb 500 March 2 Co W Grant County school commissioner Haber SERA 5 March 10 Peabody fund sent by Mr Wickliff Rose to Mr Jere Pound 200 Current Events Montezuma March 28 Wednesday Morning Study Circle Atlanta March 28 Miss Cora Hunter March 29 Gray Improvement Club April 16 Association of Education of Georgia Mountain eers Savannah Mrs L B C Morgan president 150 60 April 16 Mrs M A Lipscomb 5 00 60 5 00 36 96 2 50 2 00 5 690
A catalog of workshop items received for Henry Tift including plow stocks, bridles, hames, lines, back-bands, trace chains, singletrees, various plows, shovels, turners, hoes, rakes, garden hoses, hand tools, chisels, hatchets, planes, saws, clamps, vises, gauges, awls, knives, squares, rules, levels, dividers, and corresponding accessories.
A donation list from Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Moss Sr of Athens Georgia details extensive kitchen and cottage items including chairs, utensils, cookware, bakeware, and storage pieces. Additional home items contributed by Mrs H H Tift of Tifton include six sheets and six pillow cases.
The Current issue of Dixie's Land features a fine article on Savonarola by Mrs. W. Worth Martin, an Atlanta club woman. Dixie's Land, a monthly published in Athens, Ga, will be a valuable factor for the Georgia Federation as its pages will publish fine literary articles prepared by Georgia club women.
The Georgia Federation unanimously endorsed Taft's request to appropriate $50,000 for hiring special inspectors to indict and convict people involved in the white slave traffic under federal law.
A formal invitation from the Massachusetts Federation invites the Georgia president to attend its annual meeting, scheduled for the latter part of May.
A 1910 11 scholarship at Agnes Scott College is announced by Georgia division leaders led by Mrs M Candler of Decatur. Applications open to Daughters of the Confederacy or eligible members, must be boarding students, age 16 or older, and able to pass the college entrance exam. Tuition and board total 320 dollars, with 76 set aside for scholarship. decision by committee chaired by Mrs Alex Peeples.
Mrs. R. Alex Peeples of Valdosta Georgia chairwoman of the Georgia division U D C appeals to all chapters to send in their reports on free scholarships and their value by July to prepare a report for Miss Papenheim chairman on education UW D C for the upcoming convention in Little Rock. She urges prompt cooperation to showcase the division's good work and asks communications be sent to 400 Hill Avenue Valdosta Ga.
At Cedartown and Brunswick Memorial Day exercises prize essays received honors from local U D C chapters. Annie Diddel West won the Cedartown gold medal for Captain T. M. Hightower’s essay, while Annis Trooney Pittman earned a prize from the Cedartown chapter. In Cuthbert, Edgar McMichael won the boys’ contest on Gettysburg. Maria Blain presented the Brunswick prize for the Gettysburg essay, with Berner Budd winning the top prize named Hoke Smith. other contestants received souvenirs.
Chapter officials are urged to send timely Memorial Day exercise reports to the Georgia division A. D. C. for early publication. Editors regret late reception delays hinder printing. prompts for prompt submission to ensure timely coverage.
A six member Dougherty county U D C committee went to Sylvester to present crosses of honor to thirty veterans. The event drew a reverent crowd as veterans greeted the delegates with bowed heads and Automobiles waited for the delegates Captain Martin led the audience with a war song. Mrs J L Brownlee presided for the U D C chapter.
The Central university at Danville awards a scholarship to the Kentucky division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Any lineal descendant of a Confederate soldier is eligible for eligibility.
Agnes Lee chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Decatur Georgia decorates Confederate graves on Memorial Day After the address at the courthouse by Mr R L Avary the group and citizens place funeral offerings on Confederate soldiers graves in Decatur
A new James W. Moore Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is organized in Hampton, the county's third in months. Charter members total thirty two, led by President Mrs Mattia Porchar McSweeney widow of ex Governor Miles B McSweeney. First vice president Mrs Leonora Mauldin widow of Major Mauldin. Third and fourth vice presidents are Mrs J Gooding and Mrs W W J Causey both wives of soldiers and officers in the Confederate cause.
Jeffersonville Georgia organized a John West chapter of the Children of the Confederacy with seven members. Mrs Kathleen Jones Carswell was appointed directress. An old folks concert raised about £66 for furnishing a court house room in Jeffersonville with many veterans and ladies participating. Mrs W R Carawell is Corresponding Secretary.
The Blakely Georgia Daughters of the Confederacy clan met in April with Mrs. Clarence Alexander as hostess. The month’s topic was The Battle of Gettysburg. Several resolutions were adopted and a literary and musical program followed by refreshments. The group invited members to meet next with Mrs. J. J. Smith, and the meeting adjourned.
William M. Farmer of Pulanki Tenn quotes Major General Couch of the Federal army praising General Joseph K. Johnston. The interview notes Johnston's Dalton to Atlanta march as exceeding all other acts of the war and predicts future students will study the Dalton ground where Johnston and Sherman fought.
Eastman Georgia witnessed the unveiling of a marble shaft memorializing Confederate soldiers, honoring both living and dead. The event highlighted the energy and patriotism of Eastman women, with a local band from Eastman and McKee titles and Professor W. C. Dead directing music.
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