Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, May 19, 1909, Image 2
Patronizing* the Farm
The Sort of Thing Some Professional Men
Think the Proper Thing to Say : : . .
i
By Dean ? E. Cook, St Lawrence University
REACHER?, lawyers and other so-called 'professional people
who.were born. In the country are everlastingly referring to
' the joys of their farra life, with all of its glories and beau
ties, its freedom and its Independence, and t?ll how they
?agerly look forward to the. day when they can return to
the farm.
To my mind it ls nothing but gush. If they had seen
the wonders mid glories of the farm home and all of its
-possibilities they would not have left it for the ministry,
the law office, or fiomething else that would "keep them from the-farm.
The chances are that they went away because tie environment was
objectionable to them. They simply didn't like it, and tried to find anotner
ar.d more congenial atmosphere. This was the correct thing for, them to do;
,? person who does not get into pleasant surroundings will never do his best
' or amount to much. I don't object to this movement away from the farm,
but I do decry this nonsense in the~form of .sentimental, patronizing generali
ties said to young mea who are about to'take up the study of agriculture. The
whole thing ls misleading.'. Young people who'contemplate a study of farm
problems should understand that their- decision meanB hard,, disagreeable
work; about as void of the traditional "golden rule" as any business they could
undertake. The work is hard, and much of lt is monotonous. Of course, in
telligence takes out.moro or lesa.of the drudgery, but it never removes the
necessity for work-i-plaln, simple, everyday, hard work, without frills ol
tucks.
Then, oftentimes, these same people, after the, best years of-usefulness
have passed, say with pride and satisfaction to the listeners, "Some time I
shall surely go back to the farm and enjoy with you its pleasure," etc., etc.;
' Of course, we.shall welcome these psople as a sort of Pullman car at
tached to our freight train; nice to have with Us, but ol mighty little value in
'?carrying the burdens and working out the problems of country life.
. The men we are to look to in rejuvenating our farms and homes are the
strong, husky young people, with wei balanced gray matter and good bodily
functions, ready to work sixteen hours a day If need be, and guided by keen,
alert minds, sensible and rational. These are the -men and women who are
to manage our farms as young people in the near future, and later in life to
develop into leaders in the affairs of business and of government.
Country life will not be developed by an, infusion of wornout professional
blood, any more than-small towns are built up by retired farmers who move
in from the surrounding county after th? farm is paid for and a libing compe*
te nee has been secured.
>P * * *
Success and Failure
Some Thoughts on the Different I?inds of
What ls Tailed Education
Ey Dean H.. E. Cook, St Lawrence University
OME men succeed and some m'en fail, and I.wonder why it
is :sp, I observe men failing who seem to know the tech
j nique of their business; men who can combine rations ano"
give pedigrees galore, yet are not successful men. while
those who have little- of our so-called knowledge obtain a
large flow of pailk and possess good cows. Men can be .seen
upon eve-y hand wi 7 can grow good crops but are not what
are called educated men, and highly educated men fall.
Why is lt? . ' .
When we are ready to recognize a n.an as' educated when he can do
things successfully, we. shall have gone a long way toward reconciling many
a good man with school education, and when school workers have come to
understand that preparation for the work one is to do must be given in school
V in such a manner as to be usable in business life, then we shall have given
We ){eed More Work
Than liest
By Professor Llewellyn F. Barker, of Johns Hop?
kins University
HILE we must protect our minds by avoiding any injury to
Wour nervous forces, still we must actively exercise our
minds if we are to strengthen them and lead them to the
fullest development of which they'are capable. A brain and
Its corresponding mind will become weak If lt ls not Used,
just as surely as a muscle will waste and weaken if it has no
exercise. Our minds should have suitable occupation' and
proper work to do. Many'of the people who apply to physi
cians for a rest cure really need- a work cure more. Prop
erly ordered work does not hurt the mind, but helps it There is, however, such
a thing as over-exertion; it is by no means uncommon among our high
strung, ambitious, and' over-conscientious people, and leads to nervous ex
haustion and all the physical and mental evils which this condition carries in
Its train. Our efforts to strengthen the mind by exercise are defeated if we
think only of the work and neglect proper nutrition and suitable intervals of
rest and diversion. The strong mind is not made in haste, but results from
a long, slow, and sensible : training. Good sleep at night, restful recreation
Sundays and holidays, enjoyable exercise in the open air are essential to it.-~
Froni Leslie's Weekly.
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~ Blues J?? vd
By Ramsey Benson
HE blues are a species of rift in the obfuscation of optimism,
-an inward illumination in virtue of which -we now and
then get to see ourselves1 with some considerable particu
larity. The concomitant depression which gives them cnar
acter with the thoughtless and gets tnem disliked wnere
they deserve better tilings,-this is but an Incident of the
fallen state of man. No cheering view is discovered, and
for that it is like us to blame the light.
The blues originate with the'liven.' This important or
gan does not give out its spiritual phosphorescence, however, except under
certain conditions commonly coincident with our special need to look our?
selves in the face; . such, for instance, as when we have eaten not wisely
but too Newburg,
y There are various kinds of blues-navy blues, affecting those who view
Captain.Hobson with alarm; baby blues, following the second pair of twins,
etc., etc.-Life.
Disenchantment.
""Oh," sighed little 'Rastus, rolling
his eyes soulfully, "I jes' wish i was
a June-bug!"
-'Why for you wish dat, chile?"
asked his fond mamma.
'"Cause den 11 fly straight to Hea
ton!" .
"Huh!" scornfully and discourag
ingly rejoined mamma, "you fool nig
ger, doan' you know dat woodpecker*
ketch vou-all 'fore you get half way
?ar?"-New York Times.
Oddly Expressed.
The following letter of gratitude for
services rendered appears in a London
publication: "Mr. and Mrs. Blank wish
to express thanks to their friends and
neighbors who so kindly assisted at
the burning of their residence last
night."-The New York Press.
Savings deposits In Canadian banks
have reached the splendid total of
$696,000,000, of which $20,000,000 was
added in December and January.
I THE *R WRAL EMTO'R |
The following in the National Printer-Journaliflt ia from a poem,
written by Mr. J. Duraars, and read before the meeting of the Ohio Edi
torial Association at its sixth annual meeting in Dayton on January li),
1S59, and republished by the Springfield, 0., News. It contains thoughts
and hints of interest and value to all newspaper maters even in the year
of 1909: . .
Once on a time-?o run all tale prefaces
(I make no mention here of dateB or places,)
I knew an Editor-'twas long ago. >
. ....
Forth came his paper, neatly launched and freighted
And when it came, the village was elated; ''
Ignoring party, in a party sense,
Avoiding all.that might excite offense, .
It praised the town, its prospects, its advances,
Its-dcnterprise, resources and finances ;
It praised the schools, the teachers so profound,
Until their fame- was known for miles!around;
It praised the village parson's eloquence,
His modest bearing, lack of .all pretence;
But most his learning and his ''solid sense;
I So it fell out, between the spring and fall, \
That worthy from the city had a call, .
"With such an offer for his preach-ed. word,
That he felt sure that call was from the Lord; '
It praised the doctors as uncommon skill'd,
Adding with great suaviter and grace,
'Their treatment cured more people than it kill'd;
It spoke-^and of its truth some doubts will spring
Of honest lawyers^an uncommon eas?.
In short, it praised so well, that people grew ( ; ..
To think that praise was" merited and diie ; *
v It was his fault, and grew from an excess
Of aim to please and profit-nothing less:
And had been to self but half a friend / . ?
. He was to others, he had met an end ? '.
That you might safely aim at and commend. . * ;
His influence was felt-the town's fair fame,
"With all who read his paper, found a name;
The city plcasurists resorted there,
Enjoyed its quiet and its healthy air; '
. The.artist ?ame, and sketched sue? (manning sceitosy
That they were sought to grace the magazines;
And thither, too, came men of-enterprise
Blocks rose on blocks, and mills and factories,
Hotels palatial, and stores that vied
With those1 on Broadway, or along Cheapside,.
In brief, the town, that ere the printer came,
Had scarce "a local habitation ot a name," ' ';
As though 'twere touched by magic, grew to be
An inland city.
. A bunch of bad segars, that some one sends,
Expecting thrice their value in a "local;" [
Unopened invitations from his frieuds,
Asking his presence at a concert vccal,
Or at^a lecture, party, hop or balL.
1 'At such a date (please mention)'?nd such Hall; .
Novels and books not worth a decent -rating,
Sent out-they send few others but for cash
By eastern linns, who take that way of baiting
The oufltry press to advertise their trash;
In ?hort, an hundred things by men Revised
To ret their baubles cheaply advertised,
There, patient toiler! ever at. hi^,work,
Himself his foreman, publisher and ;clerk,
/ He labored hard-few men had labored harder*-'.
Grew lean in person, leaner in his larder;
And still he. toiled, from dawn to twilight gray,
The first .of men to court-the last to pay!
Some said that he was rich-it might be true,
Provided that you reckoned what w?s due ;
But this his dearest friends both' said and knew
His wants were many,' but bis dimes were few. .
^ His paper bills came in, which must be paid,
So, to delinquents he appealed for aid;
He would tak? pork, potatoes, com. or oats,
un - l-1~--1-ttl-u-:
-vj . -i--rr~.-r
His dingy office and his troubled life,
And gave* to quiet earth arid modest stones
His many virtues and*his aching bones.
Some generous friends have built a cenotaph ?
Of spotless marble o'er the sleeper's breast,
On which the passer reads this epitaph : '
"Here lies a man who died of too much trust!"
'Tis a plain story, rather roughly told,
Of one who trusted others and was ''sold;"
By hope allured, in turn by fear assailed.
He gave credit all he-had, and failed.'
The moral you can draw. The Country Press
Should seek for in dependence-nothing less.
Ready to aid the good, sustain the wise,
Direct and counsel proper enterprise,
Revealing fo the public gaze the way
Where toil may profit, and where, skill will pay,
Where revenues are reaped and fortunes grown,
But should be careful to preserve its own.
The Country Press! though limited its sphere
Of influence, demands attention here,
Where it is free, the peopleNejll be free;
Where it is pure, the people will be pure,
Where shines the light, there liberty shall be;
Where it stands firm, there freedom shall endure.
In the great march of mind it leads the yan,
The guard of public right, the friend of man.
Though humble toilers, they are not the least
Who sow the seed and garner for the feast;
By little means the noblest ends are gained,
By small advances victories attained.
0, humble toilers! ye who guide the press.
Though slow the progress, sure will be success.
Patient in labor, strong in hope;1 in faith
Outreaching time, and circumstance's, and death,
Be yours the aim, by Heaven at' first designed,
To raise to higher range of thought the mind,
Building amid the floods of selfish life,
The storms of passion and the waves of strife,
A fairer island in each human spul,
Where Love shall dwell, and Virtue have control,
An Eden blessed, and fairer than the old, ( ?
By poets sung, by prophet lips foretold,
The home of Innocence, Religion's shrine,
v Where God may reign, and Man become divine.
Look to the sea; from out its wastes arise
Fair isles of beauty, kissed by summer skies;
Mere specks at first, they part the rippling seas,
Bald, barren rocks then rise by slow degrees,
And here extends a shoal, and there an arm,
Here swells a bill, there sinks a valley warm;
Along its beach clings fast the floating weed,
And spicy winds waft down the feathery seed;
Fair trees spring np to whisper with the breeze,
And flashing fountains leap to join the seas,
Where birds of song with sweetest music come,
And build their nests and make their happy home;
And there it stands! a glory mid the isles,
THE GOVERNMENT TO MARK CONFEDERATE GRAVE!
Granite monuments are to bo erect
ed by the United States government
to mark the resting places of the un
identified soldiers of the Confederate
army in the cemetery at Alton, 111.,
and in thc Green Lawn Cemetery at
Indianapolis, Ind. The bodies, of,
1,353 such soldiers were buried at
Alton and 1,020 at Indianapolis dur
ing the Civil War. In the cases of
these men it was found impossible
to identify the remains of individuals
and give each grave a separate, di
tinctive headstone, as provided I
the act of Congress of March, 190
The Alton monument will be a pla
shaft with an apex like the Washin
ton Monument, and will be fifty-sev?
feet over all. The Indianapolis mer
orial will be an exedra twenty-s
feet wide, about eight feet high ar
nine feet ten inches deep, surmoun
ed by a plain granito shaft twent
five feet high.
j WASHINGTON NOTES j
The Senate upheld, by a vote of 44
jfco 35, the recommendation of its
finance committee by declining to re
duct by quarter of a cent a pound
the duty on "pig lead," thereby in
dicating the majority's voting
strength on important tariff schedules.
Export duties on certain articles
are provided for revenue raising pur
poses in the Philippine tariff bill,
which was reported to the House by
the ways and means committee.
A commission of lunacy probably
will be asked for by the defense, it
was announced, to inquire into the
sanity , of J. C. Davis, the Washington
lawyer, who with his brother, M. C.
Davis, was arrested here on Saturday
on charges of swindling, involving
nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
President Taft continues to follow
his avowed policy of selecting tliose
he considers to be the best men to
Ul "important Federal offices, irre
spective of their political faith,' in
sending to the Senate the nominaion
of Henry Groves Connor, a Democrat,
to be United States judge for the east
ern district of North Carolina.
After several hours spent in the
Senate Wednesday in discussing the
window glass schedule of .the tariff
bill, Senator Aldrich asked that that
paragraph be passed over. Some oth
sr sections relating to glass manufac
tured articles, that previously had
been passe dover, were agreed to.
The Senate proceeded to the c?nsid
"eration of passed over sections until
the iron ore paragraph was reaehed,
when Senator Crawford spoke at
length upon th? lack of wisdom of
any ' tariff that encouraged the ex
haustion of natural resources, which
could not readily be reproduced. He
insisted thai there should be no tariff
on iron ore, oil, lumber and coal.
Early in the session, Senator Payn
ter spoke at length in favor of the !
removal of the duty of six cents a '
pound upon leaf tobacco as a means
for freeing the tobacco growers from j
the control of the tobacco trust.
Senator Simmons offered an amend
ment to the window glass schedule of
the tariff bill, reducing the rates be
low those suggested by Senaor Cum
mins in his amendment to the same
paragraph Tuesday.
"The rates proposed by you are the
rates of the Wilson bill, .'.re . they.
not?" inquired Mr. Aldrich, address
ing the Senator from North Carolina.
"Well," replied. Mr. Simmors, :
smiling and hesitating, "that sboitid .
not be an argument against them. I
think if that ir, the case it would
rather be a commendation." |
* . . .
Substantial progress was made in
the consideration of the tariff Tues- ;
day, the amendments of the com- !
mittee on finance being upheld by the j
Senate by substantial majorities.
precipitated "Dy^?nSt?r~ Scott; hTm~
self a glass manufacturer.
The schedule covering the products
of lead was passed over on the sug- !
gestion of Senator Aldrich because,
he said> the finance committee desires
to make some changes in the duties
as previously recommended. j
On motion of Mr. Aldrich the sec
tion relating to soap was amended so |
ns to place a duty of 50 per cent ad I
xalorem on perfumed soap. I
The House provision on sulphur j
was further amended so as to place j
crude sulphur on tlje free list and to
provide for a duty of $4 a ton on re
fined sulphur.
Speaking in favor of a reduction of
the duties on stone and earthenware
as a means of giving the people gen
erally cheaper goods of that kind,
Mr. Bacon offered an-amendment re
ducing the rate from 60 to 35 per
cent ad valorem.
Mr. Bacon's amendment was de
feated by a vote of 25 to 54, Senator
LaFollette being the only Republican
who voted in the affirmative with the
Democrats.
Almost the entire session of the
Senate Friday was given up to a de
bate on thc profits of the United
States Steel Corporation and toward
the end of the day, personalities were
freely indulged in by Senators. This
occurred after Senator Root had
spoken in defense of the finance
committee and in criticism of Sena
tors who had complained of the fail
ure of that committee to provide more
ample information concerning various
schedules. Mr. Money resented what
he characterized as a lecture to the
Senate, by Senator Root, and said
if he desired less speaking in the body
"he should do less of it himself."
o . .
Mr. Simmons Wednesday, dis
cussing the tariff addressed the
Senate at some length upon the win
dow glass industry to determine that
the glass manufactur?is .would pros
per with duties much below those
provided in the pending measure.
Mr. Simmons contended that the
rates of the glass schedule are too
high and afford much more protection
than the American manufacturers
tined. .
Cl . . .
Seeking free trade in all farming
implements and tools used by car
penters and blacksmiths. Mr. McLau
rin, of Mississippi, offered an amend
ment exempting from duty fifty ar
ticles made of iron and steel, such
as trace chains, hammers, screws and
door hinges. Thc amendment was
defeated on a roll-call. The vote was
52 to .22. "I sec that the Reublican
party is now united," said Mr. Bail
ey, when the vote was announced,
"and I ask unanimous consent that
on Monday next a vote may be taken
on the income tax amendment."
' u ? ? ? ? \
Morgan and the Stutterer. '
A young reporter on the New York
Sun, who stuttered' fearfully, was sent j
one day to try to get a statement J
from Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. ,
"Who and what are you?" do i
manded Mr. Morgan. J
In moments of surprise or nervous
excitement the reporter's stammering
always became acute, so he stood
with Jaws locked, vainly trying to
speak.
Mr. Morgan began to fume, and
finally he sputtered:
"What in the devil are you?"
The reporter's sense of humor did
not share the clogging up of his
speech, and, after much facial con
tortion, he managed to gurgle out:
"I-I-I-aaaa-m an elocutionist."
Mr. Morgan saw the joke, he grim
ly relared and when the reporter's
speech-consciousness returned he got
the statement.-Saturday Evening
Post.
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L. C. ELAYNE, CHAS. R. CLARK,
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CAPITAL $250,000.00.
, Surplus & Profits $190,000.00.
The business of oar out-of-town friends
receives tho same careful attention as that
of our local deposito?. The Recounts of
careful oonsewative people solicited.
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