Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-25
THAT BOY OF YOURS.

and Scientific temperance, and 1t Is
fair to say also that the audience was
very much impressed with both DIR.
Taylor and his splendid lecture.
The exercises of the evening were
opened with the singing Of hymn, the
reading of a Scriptural lesson and
prayer after which Rev. w. c. Ewart
explained that DR.. Taylor had come to
Yorkville at the request Of and under
the auspices Of the local ministers. 1t
had been decided to use the Presby-
terian church because Of better accom-
modations it affords for the large audi
ences that are expected, and 1t had
been agreed also that the general man.
agement Of the lectures should be with
Rev. f. F.. Gillespie, who would have
the full approval of the other ministers
in whatever he might see proper to do.
Upon being introduced to the audi
ence, DR.. Taylor took occasion to say
that he had heard Of Yorkville before
he came into this state and 1t was a
part Of his plan to fill his first engage
ment here. There had been some cor
respondence to that effect, but certain
circumstances had operated to change
his plans so as to make this place the
last he would visit. However, he was
glad to be here, where the people had
long been interested in this matter of
temper rance and better citizenship, and
he hoped to be able to aid in the good
work that has already been done.
He then outlined the general plan
Of his series of lectures, that each
was a further development Of the
same general subject and all seeking
to point the way to that higher and
better citizenship Of which the coun-
try stands in such great need, in or
der that 1t might continue to pros
per along the lines that have con-
tributed so largely to what has al
ready been accomplished.
THAT Boy Of Yours" was the sub
ject of last nights lecture, and the
speaker did not fail to entertain and
interest his audience, compelling its
complete admiration by the mastery
manner In which he handled the sub
ject. The main point of the lecture
was the duty of parents in training
their children, especially during the
first seven years after their arrival
in the world. He pointed out and
cites facts to prove that the first sew
en- years are the character forming
period ard that the great mistakes
then are due to the weakness and
incapacity of fathers and mothers.
The first and most important requi-
site In the raising of a child Is the
teaching Of obedience. The lessons
must be commenced when the child
is in the cradle and they must be con-
tinued until they are thoroughly
learned. The boy who is not taught
obedience to the laws Of his father
and mother can never be expected
to be obedient to the laws of the
State. He asserted the unfitness Of
liquor drinking parents to raise chill
dren and quoted statistics to show
that Of the 10000 criminal children
in the reform schools of this country,
more than ninety-five per cent have
liquor drinking fathers. He also paid
his respects to the cigarette habit.
In the first place he showed from re-
ports, that throughout the country
girl graduates Of the high schools ex-
ceeded the number of boy graduates
in ratio Of l to 4. This he attrib-
utes In a large measure to the tobac-
co and cigarette habit among the
boys. Fifty years ago the average
age at which men learned to use to-
bacco was about 25 years now 1t is
somewhere between and Z years.
The cigarette habit destroys conscien-
tiousness among the boys and they
don't care. They become complete
moral wrecks and there is absolutely
no way in which to arouse any more
ambition in them. He insisted that
there could be no high grade citizen
ship among boys who had been
raised on tobacco and cigarettes.
The alcohol question was referred
to several times last night. but it was
not discussed fully. only sufficiently
to give an idea of what Is coming
later on. But there were some inter-
esting propositions in connection with
the subject as it applies to high grade
One was that manhood
exists in exact inverse ratio to the
amount Of liquor consumed, and that
when it comes to the question of
revenue from the liquor traffic, it is
a simple matter like this: The more
revenue the less manhood, the more
manhood the less revenue. The peo-
pie have to drink the whisky in order
to produce the revenue and they can
not possibly drink 1t except at the
expense of their manhood, and where
a country consumes great quantities
of liquor and gets large revenue
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the future and destroying the ability
of the future to pay.
But this is only a poor outline of
what the doctor had to say last night
1t does not give a satisfactory idea
of the pleasure to be derived from
hearing the speaker himself. Dr.
Taylor is what he claims to be, a
specialist along the
line of what it takes to produce
good law-abiling citizen, and he
does not fail to win the confidence OF
his hearers to the fullest extent.
The lecture tonight will be on the
subject Of Microbes and Men, or the
Of Alcohol" and 1t will be
replete with valuable and startling
scientific information. Tomorrow
night, the doctor will give an illus
trated lecture on the analysis OF
glass of beer. and following there
will be two other lectures to wind up
the series.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
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