Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-21

demonstration of the truth Of the charge
rye and in our weakness wondered how
the masses Of mankind could be given the desired nfor
nation necessary equip them for the royal battle OF lite
For, as matter Of fact the very fellows who point the
ignorance Of the make their living by constantly
pandering to the vies Of the fellow whose lot they
bemoan.
The so-caed ignorant seem to enjoy the shifting cloud
that checks the flow Of light and staggering halt only
at the grave The old and hardened look not beyond the
craving of their appetite and when satisfied lie down
the beast Of TIE field
The hope Of country lies in its young The
rising Of the sun ushers in the day. the rising
generation ushers in trend of thought The Home
and the School" is responsible for whatever good
evil that belongs the age Criminals the result Of
~ vicious homes.
1t may not strike the reader sound doctrine assert
that the home lie pre- deermnaes the moral character OF
nineynne per cent OF race, and yet the cold tact
comforts and refuses to surrender
Our streets night hronged with children, there
they make their acquaintances, and from the street
daughters find their companions and at last, something
called husband and from this union another batch is
turned loose on the street, simply to repeat and
over the old, old story Of like begets like
Who shall teach knowledge and who shall make them
understand doctrine sounded lematon from the
curing mind that saw the dreadful fact some hirb-Gve
hundred years ago. and still the has not
with its healing power But the world still moves The
masses still cling to their ideals The few still rob the
many and the army of toers still Craze fields owned
by their masters.
We can not comprehend the folly of man by sweep
ing statement, could throw over the dark to
catch and hold and transform the law Of and
effect
Ii may be hard saying to to say criminals
born yet it but little about being hard saying
the trouble Of it all is It's true.
You can improve the human family by careful mating
Just we'll you can improve the lower animals, and
who doubts the latter? When you take into consideration
the ndscrmnate mixup Of races from all parts Of the
globe, under all conditions the wonder is have not
gone back to the omahawk and scaping knife
After all the Aipant talk and guessing, after all
creeds and faih after all hopes and fears, the in
exorable law Of evolution grinds and the gs Of hui
many pours forth with unceasng stream, the army Of
rich and poor and the ignorant and the WISE all mngng
and commnging mysterious throng struggling be-
tween the cradle and the grave, the mad of life,
the strong overriding the weak until their laughter and
tears until their victory and defeat peace or in war;
are caught up on the ebb tide and dashed back on the
mysterious shore OF never
We may fret and fume each other in our rage but
the truth aside by its verdict we must abide.
Let come what WILL broken law demands satisfaction
second lie does not make the first lie truth A debt
is never settled until is settled right Justice holds the
torch We may shut our eyes but the light is there we
may falsely but the truth there and on the brow
oreason you may behold it. the lightning fash you may
see written the mountain tops, and floating on the
bosom Of the Deep the deep nonations Of the below
ing thunder hear it. for everywhere nature proclams ii
AID there is no excuse What do mean? Well sirs, it
is this Criminals born prostitutes are born; for as
as the Aesh shall Of the flesh reap cor
rphon.
Awell bred man is gentleman anywhere Show me
the stock Of people and will give you the mans peda-
gree Blood win tell and to keep the blood pure to
help UP and onward the human race.
The men who live BY appealing to ignorance and super
stition has a,pedagree linked with the buzzard
Virtue is word so often used becomes commonplace
and abused Familiar with its use. we loose the truth
Virtue is the divine in active use.
Criminals born; but niney6ve per cent are the re-
suit Of home influence and economic environments AS
we see from our view point Of men who possess the
power to apply the remedy and withhold il simply that