Show I 1 or ST j jI H I j 1 N 7 7 s c i ir c r r I P i I t I 1 r tbt bt 1513 2513 by bT byer M er cW w York Tort Herald Co f- f UDDEr r G UDDE- UDDE r confronted with the tho nea neS neS ne- ne a S S of or managing a large larse estate wd id earning on a a. work of or drs n Jesse G G. Williams of or Atlanta Atlant Ga Is the great responsibility has devolved upon her with entire en en- en tire confidence In her ber ability to complete com- com the great project that her busload hus- hus load Wd has bequeathed to her Copt Capt Jesse G. G Williams had a a. picturesque picE pic plc- E career CArcer and ana his Indefatigable efforts wore warp crowned crowded with remarkable success S. S At the close of or the civil war rear be be had bad little lIUla to show v for Cor the Ow years of or hardship except the title which tei test test- ti- ti led to his valor alar Like man many southern men he turned to any work that he ho could find and for a time worked for tor 1 1 Jl a day In the turpentine district of oC louthern Georgia He Hc not only earned M lit dollar but ho hie soon saw the of or de developing eloping the business and andis f la is a Il short time became th the owner oft or of c extensive property and a 0 large employer employ employ- t f tr tr er of or labor As soon as aa ho he h capital he went wont to Savannah Sovannah od undertook tho building of or a a. rall- rall a toad rail through the turpentine region b by nuns of ot which It II was developed develop cd Into Intoe ifa e a much more profitable business Utter Later r Lit tie tJ removed to 10 Atlanta Ga where ho he latently Intently died i Captain Williams's estate has been estimated at from to o almost all of or which I j to 10 his Ills wife who who with two of or ofUs ofUs orUs Us Intimate friends has been appoint appoint- ij td administrator Mrs Irs has had an unusual training raining for the tho management of or this Urge estate state and tho the business duties at It involves Several Se years a ago o health became im- im ired and so eager was nas he to see the n of ot his hopes and the thet ther t r t d of ot his Ills various he look his wife wholly into his explained tho the 0 objects of ot his L u and Instructed her In tho the doi dc- dc i of carrying on the business She me perfectly familiar with the routine of the orl office e tho the ledgers and the pertaining to his numer- numer ous cus us Interests hel held no mysteries for tor her ard yard all she she- accompanied her herI I hu husband on his bib trips examined tho the grilles of ot railroad that he owned went Tom aver r his thousands of acres which were h 1 o be dt C developed In various ways was and iny in- in y J pe petted ted connecting steamship lines r t D the po possibilities sl bill tics of or k I Ions lions and consolidation J y f. When hen Captain Williams finally was by Illness to his homo home sho shou iI u able to go alone alono to attend to an any i emergency that arose Sho She 1 M as thus qualifying for tor the tho carrying lea a 1 of ot one of ot the greatest business enterprises en- en s In the tho south Sho She has the use kind of or spirit and determination t tat t animated her husband In n his dea de- de a of oC southern Industries and even In the tho face of or seems seem seem- s t I t Insuperable obstacles Her IIer faith faiths 11 L I as s at absolute aa ng was his In the future futuro of or G Georgia Alabama and I 1 Florida and It Is through the most fertile fertile fer fer- tile part of these states that the railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road of or which Mrs Mis Williams Is now solo owner runs It h Is between 20 am and 2 O miles In length and It Il will be extended ex- ex C ex extended tended and Its service perfected as Captain Williams s had dreamed of or doing doIng doing do- do Ing It as rapidly as at Mrs Williams can push It Years ago when he lie was arranging arranging arranging ar ar- ranging to push this railroad through a region in which the Central railroad of or Georgia had hod hitherto enjoyed a monopoly monopoly monopoly oly ho met Major l Hanson Manson then president dent ent of oC the Central who ex exclaimed ex- ex claimed Ex Extend lend your OUI road and I will break breal the road load and you jou OU too loo Go ahead was the Imperturbable answer of ot Captain Williams and forthwith forthwith forth forth- with began to push the work worle on his road as fast as possible In a short abort time it had reached its present len length th and was successfully competing with the thc old established bUshed and powerful Central Central Central Cen Cen- of ot Geor Georgia la Tho The railroad now runs between Ga Ca and Carra bello Fla At this point It connects with steamship lines and tho po possibilities of or increasing tho the business h by touching at numerous resorts are aru to be augmented b bj by tho the further development de of oC new places that shall appeal to northern tourists and find In time lime this will Include the bull building of hotels In addition addition addition ad ad- to the enterprises of oC this kind there are thousands thousand of or acres of land awaiting de some of it timber timber timber tim tim- ber land and other acres of exceeding fertility which i are arc to be utilized for Cor up-to-date up farming purposes In reading of oC those these ambitious project projects projects one naturally asks what manner ef lr woman this Is who Is so capable so energetic and so strong that sho can bo ho with such uch hea heavy responsibilities ties One Ono does docs not look for or qualities of this kind hind ordinarily In the women of oC tho lie south and Mrs Williams Is a true southerner She Is the tho t type pc however howe of a n. large c class clais of women In that part pail of the tho country countr that is assuming now responsibilities In response to the de demand do- do band mand mude made upon them b by new necessities necessities necessities ties and opportunities Few women I of course have to meet practical requirements re requirements requirements re- re on any such scale as Mrs Williams but on tho the other othor hand hind few have had tho opportunities that sho has ha had hod to familiarize herself with duties of ot that kind She Is one of those fortunate fortunate fortunate for for- women who have been able while taking an active c an and practical Interest In fu the world of affairs to preserve preserve pre pre- serve servo In her hor home borne life the grace and virtues of or domesticity to keep alive warm friendships and to participate Ina in ina ina a pleasant pleasont social life Ira One Ono of her hOI neighbors explains the situation b by saying that Mrs Mir Y I never nc Cor forgetting tho the demands of or good housekeeping at ot the same time rose to the tho demands which peculiar conditions created and In order to become tho perfect perfect perfect per per- companion and helpmeet of her invalid In in- In Invalid valid husband shared In his interests and fitted herself to carry carn on the work when he ht had to la lay It down Mrs l Williams Will Will- lams iams is of ot tho the new south but disclaim disclaims disclaims dis dis- claims claim tho the title of f new woman woman 1 U f. f i r a a 0 I 0 n L r or 18 0 I j a l py r t r. r T d. d 1 r 1 rJ r 1 r I J t I z I t f t S H i Mr r rW f c. c h J I 1 i A Co J r I r ll j. j t l M I r.- r. eI f II I r W A i lJ H. H J t t II y rY r r iI i I say P 70 7 W J. J i 1 0 1 I me ii I I Iff w 11 IJ I f. f l v I I WJ 1 i III I 0 I I I W N f. f A J t. t 1 In t II III J f Jh II f 4 J. J i 1 I Iti j f I rr 7 J r Iii II 0 Yi ti 1 a. a I 01 n i 00 I till U 1 II VA 1 II 1 I g II j 11 ri 11 1 t ii II I I II 1 11 1 i f m h II if Ii i I 1 i p i ii J I b f tb 1 r gi I y c 7 II t tr j I I I t r i I I o A I II I I f t II I. I I 1 W. W I. I J iti t tr 1 j u I v I k iP t l I ill II r p hl Ii g 11 U A ia l I I r r r I II III yf wg I j. j MRS J. J G. G WILLIAMS |