The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-28
A Word For the Boys.

1t strikes IA that the country is
rapidly going daft on the race horse
question; and even the school boys,
who used to figure out, in our young
DAYS, tie various records Ol olu x
~ aud u, are now so busily engaged III
figuring out the record Of horses,
that they have n time, nor inclIna-
tion, for anythi Z else. They get up
in the morning and hurry out to
hear what Hal Pointer lid a. Nash
vile Yesterday, or how Mascot
cau-ht he lung fever, or II II W - IN
actual fact that ID r. ct Went Ia l."
one minute Hat; they ttCn rHt llt-
tie b cav fast and nu ry of to school
10 practice for ma e me IN
Wh:ch they propose 20 90 Hp lhe
Poi, cat Reds f.Om Ccd,r c." elk IN
no TIME; they come III school ohd
study lust enough To keep from catch
ing hickory, but tot t-i.orgn To learn
any. II ng worth remembering, and
lin lly 20 home 10 rush Ctl H. race
tr,c., or Il livery sIaiIe where tuey
pick up ali the news and stun-hOrse
expressions atiOat and learn TO think
that the chief end of man is to buy Il
ho!s, for nothing aud sell MIN for i
fortune, or to find out on which side
10 bet aud not to 10 e.
Now we have fought from the firs-
against this. Men are men and
NAV DO as they please, so long As
they violate no law OF the land or do
not interfere with the rights of
Others But il is II cruel shame that
Young boys should lie allowed ny
their parents to daily grow up in the
influence OF Il life that will sap their
moral character and blight their in
telle,tual growth and dwarf their
finer sensibllities, IA surely as does
this race horse business. It Is 4
most inEidious thing; it requires a
man of matured character ana strong
business principles firmly liked, to
be able to resist its siren, Fascinating
voice and keep safely within the
business end of it.
''I am afraid to read too many
purely horse papers" said prosper
6us farmer aud well-known stock
pSSe is4.r to rs few days ago. Il am
Teei. q they will lead me off. / have
made some money by raising ana
selling horses and other livestock i'll
my hfe-selIing them and letting
nthe: train them. But l never knew
IL man in my life to make as much @S
] am now worth by betting Oh horse
Tsccs. And yet the very boys in this
town are learning to bet already
Tie boys OF this town will he its
men twenty-five years from to-day.
On item Will rest every industry OF
the town and every social, moral, pO-
Iiticai and religious principle now SO
dear to the hear.s of their parents. Is
the.schOoi many of them are being
raieed in the one which will give
them any strength Of mind and moral
character to uphold the future moral
aud intellectual growth oi the town
We think not. Let them continue il
the course tley are now pursuing and
fifty wears from now your property
will be in the hands of strangers anC
YOUR SONS in the peniteutiaTy, the
pooihouse or druuBard's grave.
The best thing in the world for :
bov il good, Wholesome schooling q
some kind-if not in books, then a
work of some other kind. ACu book
and college education are not to b'
laughed at This is a practical age
It's true, and all that, but an cducate'
mau can black pair of shoes bette
than Hu un, duCaled one. Under th
old ante bcllum system OF priv At
schools alone, the South held tn
first place in the Nation for tift,
wears by the intellectual greatness O
her men and women. Education
hasn't gone cut of fashion yet. Blu
even without college education
loo k over the boOks and you vii
fihd II il the common stOck-raisinR
wheat-faising, sheep raising, corn
pIanung aud clover-huiling farme
that is welI-to-do in this section, min
tilna4 out of ten. And a pronIinen
hOr-rmau tells us 'tis the same wa
in Kentucky.
Ia the name Of humanity and tn
future prosperity and advancement
OF our town and couaty, keep you
boys away from the race track.