Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-04-20

when cyrus w. Field stretched his ca
bles he was laying them for you, ana
that when Gailei developed the tele'
scope he was developing 1t for you
and that when Isaac Newton discover
ed the law OF specific gravity he was
discovering it for you? All these men
were seed planters. They were the
giants who laid the foundation stones
upon which the superstructures OF our
industrial prosperity have been erect
ed. They themselves received very ilt
tie personal benefit out OF their seeo
planting, but they made millions Oh
dollars for other men. The next gen. !
Grafton reaped the harvest OF their
seed planting. zone man soweth, and
another reapeth."
This fact was powerfully illustrated
in the life of one Of my friends. In
nv Plttsburg church there was ram.
ily which for generations had produced
bridge builders and contractors. Ine
first member of that family who came
TO the western part Of pennsylvania
was n contractor. His grandson whom
7 knew well, was also a contractor.
Some years ago this grandson OF tne
first pioneer had a contract 10 puilu
over or reconstruct a railroad Dridge'
As he dug down into the foundations
TO relay some of the old stones much
TO his surprise he found there tooi
chest marked with his own initiais'
or s." That tool chest could nave De-
longed to but one person, and that Dis
own grandfather, after whom he had
been named. One of his grandfather b
men had forgotten and left his tools
there when his grandfather built the
original bridge. SO when we begin 10
DIG down into the foundations or our
modern industrial prosperity we al
wavs find that our modern Industrial
life has been built out Of the Inventions
and the discoveries Of the generations
that are dead and gone. Like the coral
reef we have been growing In a tem-
moral sense. Our industrial prosperl-
ties are built upon the catacombs anu
the tombs of our ancestors. These for-
| mer generations may have received
hnt little personal benefit from their
seed planting. We have reaped the rlcn
harvest. lone man soweth, and an
other reapeth."
History of the Flag.
What Is true Of the industrial life Is
emphaticaly true Of the political ano
the social life. The flag under whlct
we live and breathe and have our De
ing was not designed entirely by
Betsy Ross. 1t was not woven Dy tn'
fingers of a Martha Washington. Ina
Aag is a combination flag. 1t was dye(
red on the bloody soil Of many marc
fought battlefield. Its white strlpe'
were cut from the sainted ropes o
many martyrs. It's many stars repre-
sont the states added one by one u
the great family. The men VINO lol
lowed It when 1t was first unfurled ant
who made It glorious by love and sac
riflce reaped but little personal ao
vantage in this world, but these noDi
nntriots were seed planters. Ihe pres
ont generation and all coming geners
+, tions will gather the plenteOus harves
Of their sowing.
DO YOU for one instant suppose tha
even there we are at the beginning
4 There would never have been a Decl'
: ration of American independence vi
d loss there had first been a Magn
/ Charta. Why, those stern faced, ITO
/ 6sted unrelenting English barons WI
gathered about the ''round table"
s Runnymede in 1915 and compeIle
d King John to grant them their persol
d al liberty unconsciously fought
d much for American independence
1t they did for their English right
81 washington and Samuel Adams al
n Jefferson and Patrick Henry wou
10 NOT have been possible unless the
10 patriots of seven centuries ago nj
" first dared to challenge the doctrine
IS the divine right of kings. DO you su
to nose there would ever have Deeh
S. constitution of the United states u
W less there had first been a Banhoc
c. hurn or q Beverly Manor House! Jol
c. Witherspoon was only a reincarnau
al NJ n Sir William Wallace. Miles sta
edl dish and Israel Putnam may nave i
Id ed 200 or 800 years apart put III
were twin brothers. Governor CarV
Mt and Governor Bradford spoke ID |
IN Continental congress through the II
he NJ Jobn Adams and Franklin. a ID
n NAV seem to die. but his spirit neN
ne dies It has its first incarnation, I'd
ng IT'S reincarnation, and then 1t lives
1t- thousands of other lives. You see
Ia doctrine Of psychical heredity dlspl'
ch ed In these national crises far APT
IN in time and place. 1t is made up
or the combinations Of thousands d
mt tens of thousands Of heroic men
nd when they lived did not or could
on dream of q country like that In WI
mt TODAY we are living. These patrl
ch in their own time received little ?
en-, sonal benefit from their sacrinC
his They were governmental seed plant'
Ell But the present generation and all
Ill ceeding generations shall be the ga
an erers of the harvest which they so"
nd "One man soweth, and another re
ca eth"
Dor Did Not Die In Vain.
lar Many patriotic martyrs have
pit deaths of ignominy, but that does
the prove that they lived and died in VI
ike No. From the blood soaked plank'
ike the French guillotine has been III
ike the glorious French republic. Fl
ike the sacrifice of human life at va
we, Forge, Bunker Hill and other n
md have been evolved this mighty gov
md ment Of the United States today
eed der whose constitution we now
? In Rome there sleeps the immo
( dust of one who has the following
a,d words for his epitaph: This g