Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-05-10
The Old Kentucky Home.
Atlanta Journal.

Huence Over her sons who have gone
into other states than any other state
in the union exercises in thai way,
Let anybody challenge this state
ment anu we will prove it by 60O,-
900 ex-kentuckians residing outside
the blue grass borders. Amt now
Governor Beckham has summoned
them all back honle-alI the wander
ers-with a proclamation in which
he strikes the strongest chords in the
Kentucky breast.
!; Louisville is to have a .'homt-
coming week, June 18Th To II T..
and here Is d part 81 Ge Iforiama-
tistn by which the governor l. a43t-l-
ing them all 10 coi!e bach:
"Wherevec you have wandered,
intO Wh .tever lan.:S or dimes you
may have gone to takeup your abode,
you are ROW by tfztvt4tai authority
summoned back t,tne .,roud old state
that gave birth TO your or to Your
forefather5. The cid dinner horn
that m days OF yore told you of the
approaching meal has been taken
down from the wall a.id there Issues
from its SOM rotis aud hospital mouth
Il tranFeo cal L aca!ig the re.no'e t
corners of the eat / aud lreat thing
into the ear of every homes OK Ken
tuckian the n:a,.c4i a.4d ifreoi>tIble
appeal that IL uryp al etae and forth
VITA begin t!:s p lgriintge bAch to
his native heath. \ jD. Gus wei
conn awaits you. A. the genial sun
of spring warm i re lie tne beauties
Of nature, 50 vi / the kindly &lances
aud friendly grdspS Of year old
friends in Kentucky inspire in
you, if possible, II greater aud ten
derer love 1oc ttie STATE YOU once
left"
i That is strong enough to make
even a VIrginian reuouuce thu state
!, OF his birth and claim Kentucky as
his nome ia Urier to get in Oh that
l invitation.
,, The appeal to Mavourneen tncome
l bac> to Erin is a c)ld storage i,ropo'
[siirnn compared to Beckhan's warm
lsun,nons to his wandering subjects
", can sea the little log cabin ia the
late again, with the ii ce-lightg glenn
ing through the wind w Aud thu
: Oct Or moon is rI=lng in all its Ret
) gl"r5 over the hills. Even the oil
coo. log-"bays deep-mouthed wei
Il com as we draw ar home!"
And noW that We are in the it'll
Cd abin, what is the air the stal
d eyed sister is sing g to theoid mcll
dial?
Weep no more, my lad;
o, weep no more for me,
L will sing II song
Of my old Kentucky home
MY old Kentucky home, faraway!
And what is that hanging on tn
wall? The family fddl,', by all that
~entrancing.
Now the freight is dying outan
the air is growing chill in the OF
cabin home. "Ma" says pr, troI
the recess of the old cane 70, ksr b
the chimney corner, ''msyba the DO
would like a n~ight-cap, eh jump
Come down rom that shelf, Biac.
Betty, and take your place aiongsid
the glasses on the center table t.,
gurgle is ike a warm blanket TO tn
soul, so what can be said of the odO
of the mint, and Inc twang OF In
toddy itself? Good night, and nov
1.-The feather b d
cakes aliv' If any s1n Of Kes
lucky fails to accept B c ham, invj
tation to come back home, it Will "
because he haS an Indictment ila, g
ing over him for horse stealing, we'I
b It ten dollar! Even at that, won
tn governor please suspend the in
dictment for just one week?
Rheumatism Cured In "a 8our
Il. T.. Blackmore, OF Halter
Blackinore. Pittsburgh, Pa; say
la ohnrE tim 4 ,ia.l tr.rTnI