Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-10-14
AUDRAIH SHOULD HAVE
AN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

SIR. EDITOR
In his addre&s at LaddoniA Hast
Thursday, the 9TH inst, our disting-
ulshed and much loved representative
Ia Congress. Hon. Champ Clark,
struck q responsive chord which has
been vibrating In my ears for a
number Of months. Mr.. Clark
suggests the organization OF a his
torical society hi each county in the
State. This Is good and should be
carried out. But having spent
nearly 20 years Of my life IN old
Audrain, ! am, Of course, more inter
ested IN the history and the preserTa-
ton Of the history OF this county;
and for a number Of months have
been wanting to respectfully sug-
gest to history and reminiscence low
ers Of this county, through the cour-
tesy Of the county press. the adyis-
ability and desirabilty Of organic
Ing and incorporating a permanent
body for the purpose Of chroniciing
and preserving the past and cur
rent history Of Audraln county. This
could be done by papers prepared
on the various topics by the mem.
bers Of the Socsty and read at the
meetings, say annually or semtanu.
ally, and thus g very pleasant time
be enjoyed by the members, while
doing a valuable service to the
cause Of history and future genera,
tons In this great county and
State. These prepared papers would
Of course be recorede in the perma.
nent records Of the Society.
Who is not interested in the
sturdy old pioneers who received
this land from Uncle Sam, conquered
the wilderness and brought II into
civilized form? Shall their names
their heroism, their history, sink
into oblivion and be lost through the
c~arelessness Of an u-nappreciative and
ungratcful posterity?
Audrsin has produced and claim.
ed many good and great men
and women whose works live, and
VIII continue 20 live after them.
Shall their records and history per.
ish by reason Of Indifference, or
shall Il be preserved On an intellt-
gent form?
The history OF old families OF the
county, particular individuals Of note,
officials Of the county, organization
Of the towns, enterprises and
achievements Of men and women
OF the county would all make in
t~erestng reading, and with a mem
bership that tbs Society ought
to have, tae payment Of a pittance
from all, would with our advanced
art Of printing enable the Society
to print its work in a series of
annual volumes for the benefit Of
its members. Such an organlza
ton should be entirely void OF any
marrow OF sectional spirit, and its
membership should be composed Of
Interested citizens from every por-
ton of the county. It seems TO me
that ladies should be eligible to.
membership as well as men
II Is q we'll known fact, MI. Editor,
that newspapers usually take the
lead in matters OF general interest.
| feel certain that the discussion OF
such an organization in your pa.
per both editorially and from cores.
p~ondents would be Of interest and
Il IS much hoped that a goodly mum.
Der OF Audrain county people will
meet and organize. II not asking
Zoo much Of the gentle reader. will
you NOT. II interested. express your
self by postal card or otherwise to
= county newspaper man who VIII
doubtless be glad to publish the In
teryiow or general sentiment and
thus aid In establishing such an
organization in our county?
r. P. Warden