The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-09-14
Panhandle Organization COMnes in This City With Large ASanGa Of
Members and VsiOS-Spendd Program Comprising Speach$ Pa
pSS and Music to Be Rendered MANY Ladies' Present.
ANNUAL ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT ]. c. PAUL
hclS me Trying Times the Early Settlers Of What Was Once CaNhe Gea
Ssksd Plains" and Makes Comparison With the Pussn-T@ MAN FIN Mis-
souri, Gives His Impressions Of the Panhandle
ZION Tuesday's DAILY PanhandIo. J

VFrom Tuesdays Daily Panhandle.
The second annual meeting OF
gathering that is destined TO be on
OF the most powerful factors In IN
upbuilding OF the Panhandle opene
this morning. Subsequent meeting
OF this congress will see larger
gatherings OF the same kind CT pros
porous citizens who are in attendant
today, but no programme will eve
show a more interesting and note
worthy offering OF speakers. Mel
rich in experience are delivering ad
dresses, papers and short talks o
tho kind that strike homo and tel
for good.
After the call 10 order this morn
Ing tho president. Judge ]. G. Paul
called upon c. Il. Gustayus to make
the address. Mr.. Gustayus extended
the Inequalities Of Amarillo to the
congress in an eloquent thoughtful
address that elected hearty applause.
He said:
Mr.. President. Ladies' and Gentle
men:
II affords mo a happy opportunity
TO be with you today, and have the
pleasure Of extending TO you the for.
NAL welcome on behalf Of the city
and its citizens that is due from
Amarillo to the Panhandle Farmers
congress. you our guests.
Formal say. for welcome is more
Of a deed rather than an expression
OF the mouth, and tho citizens Of
Amarillo propose TO show by their
acts that they are pleased TO have
you meet here, and realize that In
your coming they are the recipients
OF the benefits and that you nave
conferred upon them a favor IN se-
lecting this for your place Of meet
ing AT lnlB time,
This is fellcitous occasion for
me, for have been tiller of the
soil, and often my mind reyerts to
the scenes OF my childhood, and 4
recall the days OF my youth down
on the farm in East Texas whore thu
cotton and corn fields were made
to yield their annual harvests by
tho sweat OF the brow and many
we're the days followed the pillow
or gathered the flecy staple and
marked the laggard flight of the
great luminary OF the universe in
his trackless course making his daily
revolutions. can bear witness to
the sweet rest that is the just rec
omponse OF the days manual toll.
Ny early associations we're entire
ly with the farmers where splendid
manhood. pure In thought and deeds,
is most to be found, and among
those who as a class. forget not to
pay homage to Him who rules the
seasons and destinies OF mankind.
They are ever close to nature and
her gentle teachings, far removed
from the sordid commercialism that
saps the best attributes OF man and
makes him forget his humanity to
his fellow man. l have always en-
tertained the klndliest feelings for
the farmers. more than any other
class OF men with whom | have been
associated, and sometimes think that
the practice OF law removes one from
the 1phere Of association where the
bond OF fellow-feeling making US to
each other kind no longer exists, for
the farmer does not always realize
that the lawyer has sincere In
terest in his lot OF labor and useful
ness, the larger OF the component
parts that make up a diverse, busy,
struggling world.
The people Of this section OF Tex
rs are to be congratulated upon
The organization and maintenance OF
this Farmers congress. Its con-
and enlarged scope Of ac-
ion increased with the developments
Ind settlement OF the country is
lraught with possibilities for good
Inc magnitude OF which cannot DO
by the widest guess. This