Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-06-10
Ic.r,munication.J


,onuy fruit tree planted among me-;
II isa tiny, stalky, shaking
sithip that tree are great pow
!, ~" 'Id.n and dormant, over that tree
:, came the Sunshine and the rain.
+ lind will beat against it; it has a
>. 70 q,ow up and blossom and
ta,ifv. arsop Down and die. It's
|,sntiallties make it both delicate
1 .m.cpl.tiye to those who have its
o;s q child lift gets out OF shape
early life, /, will be iil-shapen for all
Ebere are physical possibilities and
ervirsnmsnt will bring out and
(velop these. Although we have
l,rd IT many times, we must not
oct that the child is more or less
at ia environment makes 1t. What
len will your child be!
5rb,, is answered partly by the home
of the child. We realize more and
that the home has to do with
.bsnips of the future Of tho child.
ore is 40 greater .copYist than the
End between the ages Of 3 and IA.
N. faculty is peculiar to all life prove
,bs fnaIity Of the adolsscsnt period
this realm it takes On, form and
a ne and bias according to its sphere.
Metbsrs and fathers should be care
4 wha. they do, for tomorrow that
v will be repeating your words and
slowing your ways. This is easy, for
|bssins with some of your disposition
Near good deal about the hayward
" these days and am not surprised
nan look about aud see the in11-
css that are hroaght to bear upon
csc young lives. L lock at the IRE
kioasless dominant in many homes
wsnder whether there is any
injection. tell you there is some
bag wrong with the homes when the
Us 20 to the far country and the
lis TO vice. Yes, we take our own
Alnty and at the county seat there
} IL saloons and only IL churches
bich are the expression of the W ish-
of lac people and the home is the
it Of power, Do we desire 10 sur
bind our children with more saloons
jbn churches? You cannet raise
Pes in arsenical deposits, neither can
Iu raise heroes around beer-barrels
ints are made from sanity .coAdi-
Sns and influences. Our boys go in
. I'm the county to the chief town and
ERE where they gather. we have
iced the institution that label them
Tes with lying signs to lure and SOL
the boy to a druakard's grave.
he did yeu ask me Is responsible
these Institutions? Did hear many
ce' answering? The thief the ganb-
the reprobats, the brewer? Nay
SO, the spectacle citizen, the voters
often the church man. There are
ia thousand voices coming up from
se boys aid girls and young men
young women in this great coun-
OF yoars. 1t is the voice OF young
FheIica and They are asking that you
Ne them this patition, ana you re
|lng to do 80 in the Influences and
that you put in their path
'hey emerge from your homes.
PARK Is the picture when we look
pom 1t and we see more saloons In our
unity seat than churches. Darker
pIl becomes the canvass when
( note In cold figures that there is
ore money spent for drink than
'ere is to support the church the
|Ss' molly aud sacred institution ia
lahd' In our own county ssat there
approximately S37 900 to be paid
pFotts on drink before oneicent can
I saved oy those who are engaged in
Z ouslaass and we'll we know they
+ not running the aceuraed business
'ne mere pleasure they derive from
0u' Inc hard cash they are enabled
save. All this is more than waste
ID curse. Will we not give our
lSand girls chance? We do not
ave poison ia the trough for eur hogs
" we place the poison of this social
''s ABOUT our homes and then grum-
''caGse our boys go to the bad and
N"e criminals of them by these en-
'0u'hehts and build prisons to pau
'uS'h' we make paupers and de-
1.'u's and thus grumble because
ooa OF all the earth leaves them in
L ""nus 10 care for. | have one
''OuS 10Y and my fellow citizens
moulding his young life with
40 0' vice, There is a divine plan
"' 'nese young lives. And the ques-
| '''hes to us when we lock Them
.n NV 'aee, and it is this "Whst, then
| ~ 'AiS child be? He ought to be
'' 0ea wants him 10 be, and man
He' retard his progress toward