The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-10

or the pulling out of the talent that is in the child, so as to enable the child to develop and make the best use of its faculties. is a necessary thing. The uneducated is hampered in hundreds or ways. The best thought of the world is as a sealed book to him. The stored learning of the ages is of no use in guiding his action. He may have native wit, but he Is excelled at every turn by others. who although not pos sessed of his natural talent, are skilled in using what talent they have. In every department of industry, trade, commerce, or art, an education Is the essential, the bottom or foundation of success.
 Success Is Happiness.
 success in life Is the basis of per sonal happiness. It is that for which every man hopes, and for which most men strive. What 1t means is easily understood when we reverse the picture and observe the state of the man who is A failure, a self confessed, recognized failure Such an one Is lost to the respect of his fellows, and of himself He spends his days in vain regrets; ne Is In the world. yet not of 1t. He recognizes that he has missed the goal of life and that here happiness Is not for him.
 .'success, then, is our aim. With success comes as much contentment as mortal can obtain on earth. honor nuhiic respect, ease. domestic love, pride of family, and the obtaining Of these blessings. depends, in nine cases out of ten, upon education. Who or the parents in Alabama would deny hIs son or his daughter this inestima- bIe gift? Yet, is 1t not a fact, that the narents, as a body, are depriving multitude of children of chance to obtain 1t? Are there not thousands of children in this State. who, by reason of the inadequate school facili- ties must go without an education! Do we not condemn these children to failure in life and consequent unhap- piness by the niggardliness Of our treatment of the demand for schools in tbIs state? The illiterate is one who can neither read nor write--a person who has never had any schooling. Gen- eraIly speaking, he Is a person who has never had chance to enter school. whose parents were iillterate' ana whose community did not care enough for him to see that ne optaln ed even the rudiments Of an eoucatioh'
 Education Is n Duty.
 .vos hut that is the fault of the s.ats : vou say. The State has under taken to educate all of It's children, and iT if has not money enough, we cannot beIn It We pay our taxes, and there our duty to the children ends But does 1t and there? Allow me to con slider this plea for moment
 "The state undertakes to provide its citizens with police protection, but If The protection Is insufficient, and if 1t SafIs do you stand idly by and let the rohber Ilespoil you of your goods? Not so You arm yourselves and hunt the robber down and re-establish your peace and security. Yet when the TOD or Tqnorance. invades the sanctity of vour homes. and deprives your children of their fairest jewel. their right to an oducation. you say: That concerns us not Let the State attend to it..
 of vou do net say this regarding the rohberv committed upon your own chill dren. YOU do say 1t as regards robbery committed upon the children of your neIghbor. and your neighbor, in turn, nnanifests an equal indifference to the fate that menaces your young ones so in inc end, you are needless of your own when you are needless of the chill dren of others.
 How shall we account for this state of things? Does 1t not come of a false reliance upon the StateY In the old time there was little or no State aid and little was expected. The first set tIers in this country brought with them four useful articles: The Bible and re- iieIous freedom, the axe and a strong arm to wield it, the gun and quick eye and sure hand. and the spelling book, with the earnest intention to use 1t. In every commonwealth there was erected frst some sort of temple of worship, and next some sort of grammar school. The pioneer children were taught to worship God, and. at the same time, to nav honor to education. All were taught to read and ySttA It was e