The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 26, 1911, Image 7
WHAT HE SAYS
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Jl *Vr*ni?r Coleman L. Blease Delivers
I,, His Ioaugusal Address.
\ OUTLINES THE POLICY
F ^ His Administration, Gives Praise
^ - to God for His Election and Pays
Tjm phis Respects to llis Enemies?lie
jp."? Makes Several Striking Recommendations
to the Legislature.
'We present below, the most Important
part of the inaugural ad.s
dress of Gov. Coleman L. Please to
i the legislature Tuesday afternoon,
k Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members
of the general assembly of
. 6outh Carolina, ladies, and gcntleI
men:
Independence of thought, freedom
t action, an abiding trust in and de/voted
loved for God have won for me
jk the greatest political victory that has
yet been recorded in the history of
South Carolina. Aligned against me
were a united daily press and an almost
solid weekly and semi-weekly
? press, pouring forth all kinds of
I falsehood, vituperation and abuse,
i receiving the assistance of a number
f of men who call themselves ministers
f of the gospel?God save the mark! ?
who stood behind their pulpits and
gave vent to envy and malice and
slanders of the most virile malicious
* nature against me?
I "These hypocrites had left their
masks and stood
In naked ugliness.
They were men who stole the livery
of Heaven
To serve the devil In"?
all of these, combined with others,
making a set of political character
thieves, the meanest and most contemptible
people known to man.
I was never discouraged. I know
that God did not love ugly, and that
}the people of South Carolina were
for fair play to all her sons alike.
Men have rallied and fought In
i hundreds of batties, but no band of
truer men 01 braver soldiers or more
loyal and devoted friends ever rallied
for a fight than those 5 6,002 brave
and honorable men of South Carolina,
who on September 13, 1910,
8'.'id to my enemies: "You shall not
press him down; you shall not destroy
his reputation; you shall not
crucify him upon a cross of vituperation,
slander and falsehood; you
shall not crown him with a crown of
persecution, envj* and malice." And
by the help of all-wise and all-powerful
God, the victory was won, and
we can and do today say,
"Praise God from whom all blessings
flow,"
and my prayer is that his choice
blessings of this earth rest upon my
friends, and may each of them some
day he crowned with a diadem in
1Jun vni.
For those who opposed me honestly
and fairly, I have no word of censure.
It. was their right to do so,
and T feel that they were but exercising
their high right of American citizenship.
For the others I have but
pity, for I well know that their consciences,
if they have any, are giving
them censure and punishment
enough for their cowardly and underhand
manner of opposition.
I thank, and wish for you to convey
my sincerest, most heart-felt
thanks to your constituents for their
assistance in giving me the position
, which was the zenith of my political
ambition. Should T never be elected
to any post ion again, personally 1
will have accomplished all that my
/ life's work has been for, so far as
J political preferment is concerned.
The only ambition that is left is that
I may perform the duties of the office
of governor in such a manner
that r may receive at the close of my
term the "well done" from those
who placed me in tho position.
After paying his respects to The
State, The News and Courier, and
other newspapers that, he said had
abused him outrageously in the campaign,
and quoting from several papers
to sustain his charge, flov. ;
Bleaso said:
Announces His Platform.
Tn making my campaign during '
the past summer, I announced that '
my platform was: 1
1st. An honest administration of
all laws, fairly and impartially to all
citizens alike.
2d. Enforcing all laws upon all
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r<Ul).|CCTS, oncun'iicc i t? mu nmsi uution
of the United States and the 1
constitution of South Carolina.
,1d. Keeping forever separate the
r legislative, judicial and executive 1
^departments of the government, '
?'_eatdi, however, doing its duty and (
r endeavoring to uphold and support 1
the other.
4th. Trial by jury for all persons :
A accused of crime, and enforcing the (
y judgments of courts founded upon 1
? the verdicts of the juries.
This I stand firmly upon today, (
S and T consider government by injunction
the most vicious and degrading
which can he tolerated by t
any civilized nation, and T beg to call I
to your attention to Sections 5, 16, 17 1
and 2f>, of Article 1 of the constltu- t
tion of this State, which every officer i
of the Stafe is sworn to uphold and a
national conventions condemns in- r
obey. The Democratic party in her i
junctions in the most strenuous e
terms. South Carolina, though she c
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is the bed-rock of Democracy, violates
this Democratic doctrine in the
meanest and most contemptible
form, and, in my opinion, only those
exercise it who are governed by spite
and malice for those whom they use
it against.
As I said In my canvass, I am in
favor of biennial sessions of the general
assembly. The people of this
State have already expressed themselves
In favor of It, and it certainly
should be given to them.
I am in favor of a liberal support
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lO OUT t/UIllt'Ueiiuo ?cibi'?iib, anil |
hope that, while you gentlemen will
not he extravagant along this line,
yet that you will give to them whatever
is necessary to make them comfortable,
and that you will so amend
the pension '?"'n so many unworthy
peoi ?w receive it
will not rc n order that
those who are entitled to It may get
more of that which is approprated.
I need not say more on this subject,
for any man who docs not love the
ex-Confederate soldier is either a
Yankee or has negro blood in nis
veins.
I recommend liberal appropriations
for all our State institutions of
learning for white boys and girls.
They, with our denominational colleges,
are doing a grand and glorious
work. None is in the way; none
can be spared. If there Is rivalry, it
Is fiUnnllv mwl nniii*? nil on to n
greater work. But I do not believe
in tlie extravagance that the general
assembly lias been engaging in along
ibis line for several years past, and
T can not and will not give my sanction
to it during my term of office,
and I therefore hope, in order to
keep down any friction along this
line between the legislative and executive
departments, that, you gentlemen
will reduce these appropriations.
T am In favor of building up the
free school system so that every
white child In South Carolina may he
given a good common school education
in comfortable and convenient
school bosses, and in paying teachers
sufficient salaries to secure the best,
and of books, especially histories, by
Southern authors for Southern children,
and I hope that you will take
such action and make such appropriations
as will bring about these reforms.
Opposed Compulsory Education.
I am absolutely opposed to compulsory
education, and have little patience
with, and much contempt for,
that man or those men who go
around in the State or outside of the
State and parade figures to show the
percentage of the Ignorance of our
people. And if they are State officers
or hold positions under the Stale
government, they should bo decent
enough to resign, and if they are nor
then they should be kicked out. If
what they say is true, we should all
get together and try to remedy it,
and not. parade it and humiliate our
State by advertising it. If some people
are being paid for this kind of
speeches, I recommend that you
abolish their posit ions, for they are
not helping, hut injuring us. "In
my opinion, compulsory education in
the hands of the State means disrupting
the home, for it dethrones
the authority of the parents and
places the paid agents of the State
in control of the children, and destroys
family government. Those
agents stand between the child and
the parent. They represent the State.
They are not responsible to the parents.
They impress upon the minds
of the children the views of the
State, and virtually say: 'We have
taken you out of bondage and made
you free; we are giving you what
your unnatural parents would not
give you, and no child on earth can
be subject to such influences and
teachings and escape imbibing the
spirit of rebellion avainst parental
authortv, and consequent disrespect
and ingratitude. Children are too
easily infected with tho idea that ,
their parents owe t.heni everything
while they owe them nothing in return,
and with the design and law (
of God set at defiance, who can com- j
pass, by the widest stretches of the j
111 /\t? 4 rr i rrn n i i/i nt i 11 li n/\ti /I i t
iiiwni i ft it 11 lit, jit i ii ?i, tnc liuimn iuii |
that will follow. V\*o desire to see ,
the standard of education raised in (
South Carplina; we want every boy (
and girl in the State to have every j
possible opportunity to Rain for ]
themselves the very best, and highest ,
degree of equipment for life; but we j
do not want it at the cost of pa- j
rental authority and the peace of the (
home. Family government and pa- j
rental responsibility antedate all oth- j
?rs. and it is possible for wild, ex- j
ravagant, and madly enthusiastic f
nen, who see theory and theory only, s
o destroy family government, alienite
children from their parents and
'orce the homo into a scene of strife, j
cbellion and wretchedness." The
tible says a great deal about obedi- j
Mice to parents and reverence for .
larents, and believing In that book
md its teachings as strongly as T do. j
ind for the sake of our children, our f
ontitry and for the future, I believe v
n letting the parents keep within
heir own control the rearing and
o
ducation of their children. ,
Negro Education. o
I am opposed to white people's e
axes being us?m1 to educate negroes, n
am a friend to the negro race, t
^bis is proved by the regard in which o
he negroes of my homo county hold s<
no. The white people of the South n
re the best, friends to the negro o
ace. In my opinion, when the peo- d
de of this country began to try to 1)
ducate the negro they made a seri-lt!
nis and grave mistake, and I fear t<
the worst result is yet to come. So ]
why continue? I took this same position
in my first political race twenty
years ago, and each year has
proved more clearly that I was right
then, and the future will emphasize
that I am right now. I believe that
vou members of the legislature can
pass an act which will meet all the
requirements of both the federal and
State constitution!*, which will remedy
this, and 1 recommend that you
do so. Tlie present system of paying
schools their pro rata share by
enrollment is absurd, because 4 he
negro teachers have learned how to
pad their rolls, and children who
only attend school possibly one or
two days are enrolled and tne
scdiools receive money upon their enrollment.
I could go into tills mattor
more elaborately, but time will
not permit. 1 respectfully refer you
'o the report of your State superintendent
of education, and I am sure
if any of your committees will ask
him, lie will bo delighted to furnish
you all the information in his possession
along this line.
i recommend that you pass a law
requiring either a marriage certiorate
or the registration of all marriages
in tne ollice of the clerk of
court for the county in which the
marriage takes place. I have been
advocating this for some years, and
it is really amusing to me to see here
recently some people and some newspapers
coming out in advocacy of it
at this late day, lioying possibly that
such an act will be passed, and that
they can say, "we did it."
I hope and recommend that you
win enact such law as will do away
villi the abominable system of having
'o exchange mileage for railroad
tickets, and provide one fare on nil
wilroads for both rich and poor
alike.
I respectfully recommend that you
pass laws that will favor and protect
labor in all its legitimate callings
and endeavors, and such laws as will
protect capital in all its lawful in
vestments, so that all of our people
may he properly protected, and that
we may give equal rights to all and
special privileges to none.
F respectfully call your attention
to the evil of the sale and use of cocaine
and such like drugs, and would
recommend that you pass an act
making the sale of it or the having
it in possession without a proper
legal excuse a crime punishable by
imprisonment without the alternative
of a fine. I also, in this connection,
beg leave to call your attention
to the evil of the habitual
drinking of coca cola, pepsicola, and
such like mixtures, as I fully believe
they are injurious. It would
be better for our people if they
had nice respectable places where
they could s?o and buy a good, pure
glass of cold beer than to drink such
con eoctions.
T respectfully recommend that you
pass an act prohibiting the smoking
of cigarettes by boys under the age
of sixteen years, and prohibiting the
sale of cigarettes and cigarette paper
in this State.
I respectfully recommend that you
pass a law prohibiting the sale
of toy pistols and guns, and
also a law prohibiting any child
under sixteen years of age owning
or having in possession any gun
or nistol or toy gun or toy pistol
or gun or pistol of any character
whatsoever, as in my opinion many
of the accidental and other shootings
and killings of today are caused
by the desire for guns or pistols
created in the minds of the youths
while playing with toys of this char
actor.
Some action should ho taken to
rid our circuit courts of the expense
of trying minor cases. We often
see cases in court whore many
witnesses are called from their places
of business, sit around the courthouse
possibly for half or the entire
week at heavy expense to the county,
find when the ease it brought on for
trial there Is either nothing in it or
possibly a fine of one hundred dollars
or less is imposed in case of
conviction. T think it would be better
to put more of this kind of cases
in the hands of the magistrates, so
that they could be summarily dealt
with at absolutely no expense to the
ounty and where they could be given
as much punishment as is many
imes given by our circuit judges.
Either this should be done or else
i'ou should establish a court for the (
rial of all cases less than felony, '
'or you see from the extra terms of 1
lonrt. held, I'rom the special judges,
icing'appointed, and other expenses, '
hat the question is becoming a serous
one, and the people are tired
md beginning to complain of the
lysteni as it now is.
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Much has been said about the 011<
ictnient of laws in regard to the
ahor in our cotton mills. These
>eople are our people; they are our
cindred; they are our friends, and
11 my opinion they should r>e let
lone, and allowed to manage their '
iwn children and allowed to manage '
heir own affairs. I am fully con- 1
inced that dealing in cotton futures (
i.v mill officers has lost thousands I
?f dollars to our State, and today c
ave some embarrassed, which 111011-1 a
y, if it bad been paid to the labor- a
rs for services, would have saved J t
lany a close down for a week or j n
wo, where the help has been put |a
ut of a job, and which have caused t
omefinies suffering and pain. I can J a
ot sav that resignations or deaths t
f officials have been caused by such a
ealings, but sufferings have been T
rought to the people who work in a
lie mills, and, if any legislation is v
a take place, as between the mill y
owner and the mill operative it
seems to me that this is the line
along which to work.
There has come to me much complaint
in regard to the management
of and dealings with the patient*
and property of the State hospital
for the Insane, and admission of persons
who should be tried in the
criminal courts but who are accepted
by the superintendent before a
jury has acted upon the case. I
would respectfully recommend that
you amend section 2 24 7, volume 1,
of the code, by striking out flvo and
inserting seven, so as to give each
congressional district a representative
upon that board; or possibly it
would be better if you would so
amend it as to give each judicial
oiroii'it a representative upon the
hoard. In this way all parts of the
State would have a representative.
I respectfully recommend that you
amend the law which places white
convicts in the same camp and works
them along in the same squads with
nesro convicts. I do not believe in
this, and believe that a governor
would be justified in granting a pardon
to [i white man who is thus
treated, and I beg of you to remedy
this evil at your earliest opportunity.
I would respectfully recommend
that you amend your present dispen- ;
sary or prohibition act so as to provide
that in case a majority of the
white citizens of any county shall de- |
sire a license system, that it may be
granted. Section 11, article 8, of
the constitution of 189.r>, provides
in pan: 1 ne general ussemmy may
license persons or corporations to
manufacture and sell and retail alcoholic
liquors or beverages within
the State, under such rules and restrictions
as it deems proper." We
now have the law so that they may
have a county dispensary or prohi- i
hit ion. Now, in order to be truly
Democratic ; " ~ ^ all parties,
in my opinio? 'ment should
be made. Upon mis platform 1 made
the race for the governorship, and
upon this platform I was elected,
the majority of the white people ex- i
pressing themselves as in favor ot i
allowing those counties where prohibition
can not be enforced, and
where the dispensary has proved and
is proving to he a supply station of,
blind tigers and cheap whiskey?that j
they should be allowed to have relief
by this system. I would not fafor
under any conditions, forcing it 1
upon any community, but if a major-i
ity of their white people want ii 1
it is their right as provided in our I
constitution, and they should have'
it. And when I say white people I
mean white voters, and you should
provide that all questions of this
character shall be settled in a primary,
where every white citizen is al-1
lowed to vote, and not. submit it i
in a general election, where the ne?ro
might bo and is the balance of
power.
But under no conditions or circumstances
would I sign a bill allowing
the reinstatement of the old !
I
bar room system. And if license is
allowed I recommend that you prohibit
any whiskey being sold in less
quantities than one-half pint, or be- j
t.ween sunsot. mid sim-nii jind thm
you prohibit It from being drunk
on tho premises or sold under any
circumstances to minors or inebriates
or behind closed doors or screens;
prohibit, any obscene pictures on the
premises, or any billiard or card or
pool room connected therewith; and
providing that any person holding a
license who shall violate any provision
of tho law shall immediately upon
conviction forfeit his license and
be forever thereafter barred from being
licensed, and in addition be imprisoned
at hard labor in the State
penitentiary without the alternative
of a fine.
1 respectfully recommend that you
amend the present law so as to make
executions for the crime of rape or
assault with intent to ravish, public,
as I believe this will bring about
more satisfactory results?allowing
others, and particularly those of the
younger generation of that race trim
which most of these culpri s c e,
to have a full lew of tile nm.Aliment
meted out Possibly '\\ this
means some iymhlngs could l>? pre
vented, though so long as this crime
is committed 1 have little hooc of
lynchings being stopped. Some newspayers
and some people, in every!
ontroversv between the wn t.? mnti 1
md (ho negro, seem to take delimit
i 11 taking the side of the nygo and L
lenouneing the lynching, hut tVs is ' <
i white man's country and will con- I
mic to bo ruled by the white man, i
:*egardless of the opinions or odiorials
of quarter or half breeds or
'oreigners. The pure bloo led Can'asion
will always defend th vii'-.e
)f our women, no matter what iho j
ost. rf rape is committed, deatn j j
mist follow. x
Appi'opriat ions.
I sincerely trust that in your do- 1
iberntio:ts you will be liberal, but *
lot extravagant, and that you will <
educe expenses, and not make any <'
xtravagant appropriations for any 1
uirpose, stop the useless expenditure
?f money bv o.iclals. ston the ere- ;
(ion of and abolish useless oflicers
nd nil other methods of careless, ex- n
ravagant and useless expenditure of g
uone.v, and that you will not ere- a
to an increase in the tax levy, but ]
lint you will reduce both the State n
nd the county levies, as all our h
;ixes are too high, and our people h
re now burdened with taxation, t
'hey are groaning under their load
nd begging relief, and to you and
ou alone must they lool< for it, for h
ou and you alone can give it, and Pi
if yoH do not give It the responsibility
will rest upon you. And be
assured that in the next campaign
tho lines will be closely drawn along
the line of extravagance and the expenditure
of money, as the people
are today aroused upon this matter
as they have not been in years before.
As for my part, I believe that
the grandest, most perfect and independent
form of government is a
poor government and a rich people.
When you make a rich government
and thereby impoverish the people,
^r make a poor people, you reverse
.democracy and create dissatisfaction
land discontent among tho people,
i who are the masters, and not the
: servants, as somo would have us
.'think. Give me a poor government
'and a rich people In place or a rich
I government and a poor people. For
the past few years the idea seems to
| have been to raise the tax levy high(er,
make assessments higher, make
i more extravagant appropriations and
j spend the people's money uselessly,
j making bj?th the people and the government
poor, for the benefit of a
few who hold special positions and
j draw large salaries and who have
been tryng to create here in our
State an aristocracy, not of blood,
I not of brain, but of money. I beg
I you to change the course, and by so
doing you will make for yourselves a
reputation that the people will rise
en masse and say to you, "Well done,
good and faithful servants."
T have been advocating these principles
for years in the house, in the
senate and on the stump in my home
county and throughout the State, and
havo stond squarely upon them out
in the open and never waited to see
which would be the popular side before
taking a stand. lOven when
some of them were very unpopular
and it seemed that any man who
dared advocate them was doomed to
political oblivion I stood by them
and made the light to keep them up
and begged the people not to be deceived,
but to hear me for my cause,
and now we see some men and newspapers
who did not stand for them,
or who, if they did, were afraid to
acknowledge it, endeavoring to claim
the credit of leading in the light. We
are glad to have their help, even
though it comes at. so late a day and
is possibly hypocritical.
And now, in conclusion, I pray
C.od's direction for each and every
one of you, and that you may do
your full duty, conscientiously, and
to the best interests of the entire
people of your State. And as for
myself, I pray Cod that he may so
guide and direct me in the discharge
of my duties that I may he fair and
impartial to all of the citizens of my
CImI ^ ,1 ...U U ^ .1 A l. ? A
ni.ii i it, mini iihu'K aim will IV, it II (1 lllill
lie may so direct me that during my
term of office his fill, and not mine,
shall he done.
CAUSHI) r.V WHISK 10V.
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IVnecmnker and Drunken Youth
Killed in a Duel.
In a pi3tol duel at Raiford, Rradford
County, Fla., Saturday afternoon,
J. II. Jones and a young man
by the name of Wells were killed
and A. I). Andrews was, perhaps, fatally
wounded. Wells, a twentyvoar-old
youth, started the trouble,
while intoxicated, by trying to run
a colored man away from his worn
in Andrews' grist mill. Andrews tried
to induce Wells to 'cave the place,
will en ho drew his revolver and began
firing at Andrews, who returned
the fire. Andrews was hit once and
Wells received four bullets, which
caused his death. J. II. .Tones, Anil
reus' partner, was killed by Andrews
while acting as peacemaker.
Andrews is president of thv Hank of
Ilaiford.
TK1I10I) TO ASSASSIN.ATM Til MM.
Street Car Conductor and Motoriuan
Wore Ambushed.
At Charleston Conductor Price and
Motonnan .Sullivan were shot Monday
night in the suburbs of the city,
near Magnolia crossing, by parties,
for whom the detectives and the rural
police otlicers are now searching.
The wounded men wore brought to
the city in an automobile and carried
to the St. Francis Xavier infirmary
for treat meat. The men had
had no trouble with obstreperous
people, and the shooting is much of
i mystery. There were no passengers
on the car at the,time. If the motive
was robbery, the conductor's
money was not disturbed. The guns
were loaded with hirdshot. I
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Mr. and .Mrs. J. S. Roberts are In L
iail at Newberry charged with burg- h
ary. the arrest being made on ah
varrant from Pullock County, Cla. 1 t
rite couple insistently deny their h
fuilt and say that they have been h
niposed upon. Mr. and Mrs. Rob- h
rts came to Newberry a few days r
igo for the purpose of opening a f
novlng picture show. c
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Were l-'ound Dead. o
The Cerinnn balloon Ilildebran.lt, '
aissiug since its ascent at Scluuar;etidorf,
December 20, was found in
lake in the llomerania province,
huissia. The bodies of both aero- 1<
ants were in the gondola: It bad \v
eon believed that Dr. Roobrs and n
is companion met death In the Hal- v
Ic sea. , n
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Don't fear t ? soil your ban 's in w
elpfulness if you would avoid de- b
ling your heart. h
DEAR OLD HOME
In the Coonlry That Many of Us Weary
Sools Yearn and Long For.
IT WAS SECRET AND DEAR
It Will Never Fade From Memory
As Loiij? As Life leasts?It Means
i oiiteiitmem, iT?ce ami neniy to
All Who Are Fortunate Fnoiigh to
Live There.
The word home is n most precious
one to the soul of every person. In
it start the very roots of our being;
out of it a**e tlie issues of life and
fortune; to it we turn with "memory
dear" wherever fate takes us.
It is the beginning of the state, the
fashioning place of manhood and
womanhood and final citizenship.
Where shall it be to best, make all
these good things possible?
There is 110 place on earth like the
country to build a home. Instinctive
lv the hearts of parents 1 n the cities
turn to the vision of a countr> homo
in which to rear children. Tt e universal
heart of humanity longs for
the place of the "vine and ft:? tree"
where life and home shall find its
true abiding place. As one gazes
upon the wretchedness of the cities,
"great sores on the body politic" as
Jefferson called them, the ouiy mire
for this over crowded expression of
poverty, crime and discontent that
presents itself to us is the country.
Why do not. these people go o the
country? Why do they toil, sln?'o
and suffer with no place to go i>
for rest hut these wretched abodes of
dirt and grime? Verily, a tent by
the road-side, the contact of God's
dirt, not man's dirt, would be a~ a
palace to these thousands of wretched
homes in oitier.
The same question necessarily presents
itself, even to those in the city
who are w?ll removed from poverty,
and the vision of a home in the country
as a solace for many of their ills,
I will not fade from their eyes.
On the night ^f the 60th performance
of Denman Thompson's beautiful
American drama "The Old Homestead"
at Park Street Theatre in New
York, we saw the house filled to re
pletion with grey haired men and
women who came there to solaco
their hearts with a vision of the dear
old home in the country. The toil,
the drudgery, the privation of their
early life In the country, to escape
which they had come to the city
when young, was as nothing beside
the quaint little old house by the
roadside, the open barn and the great
oxen with the towering load of hay,
the blessed old well and its flowing
bucket, and the smiling fields. As
we passed out with the emerging
throng, we heard expression like
these. "Wasn't it sweet and dear?"
"Oh, if we could only get back to
the country once more;" and the
like. Now this mighty attendance,
night after night, was hut the deep
and abiding longing in the hearts of
these men and women for a home in
the country.
Country life in the United States
has just awakened to a partial realization
of its meaning. The light of
scieince, of art, of invention, is surrounding
farm life with compensations
today that the city cannot offer.
Great, fortunes are not made here,
nor are they desired, but comfort,
pence, abundance of good food,
health and that freedom that "passes
all understanding" in cities, is tho
heritage of the country. Then again,
life on the farm Is calling for an
amount of intellectual force, real
brain action that stamjvs it as one of
the learned professions of the day.
To be a thorough student of the
soil and its needs; of plant life and
the management of crops; of the
breeding and care of animals; is an
iceom plish incut of brain and thought
that may well challenge the ambition
of the most learned. The man who
thinks there is no plaee for the exercise
of intellectual power on the
farm is sadly mistaken. All that
the country really needs is that it
shall be studied and understood. It
has splendid possibilities for the
most perfect life, the most invigorating.
the freest and more inspiring.
Its work is not drudgery when the
significance and fall meaning of that
work is comprehended. It is the
dace of ill places to roar children,
'or it endows them with a practical
mderstanding of the realities of lit'o
hat becomes invaluable afterward in
my line of human effort; and its
ewards financially are surer and as
treat in proportion to capital used,
is in any of the other vocations. One
act stands out with peculiar signiflance
Kvory village and small city
s filled with retired farmers. \o
>ther calling furnishes an expression
ike this.
Kxplosion of Dynamite.
A dynamite explosion in a tunnel
ending to the Seventy-third street
,'ater supply orib in Chicago, where
rnny lives were lost by fire two
ears ago, fatally Injured two worklcn
Monday. Twenty-six others narowly
escaped death. The dynamite
as accidentally struck with a crow
ar used to loosen rock in a tunnel
jading from the crib.