The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-18
4 Home in the ountry.

TIE word home is n most precious
one to the soul o. every person. In
It start the very roots OF our being:
out OF i: a-e the Issues Of lie and
fortune: 10 * We turn with mem
Dry dear" wherever fate takes us.
II is tie beginning OF the state. the
fcsh;on!ng place OF manhood and
womantood and final citizenship.
Where shall It be 10 best make all
these good things possible7
There is no place on earth like the
country 10 build a home. InstiactiTe-
ly the hearts o; parents in the cities
turn 10 the vision Of Z country home
in which 20 rear children. The uni
ve-sal heart OF humanity !oLss fo-
the place Of the vine and hs tree
where life and home shall ind its
true abiding place. AS Que gazes
upon the wretcnedness OF the cities.
great sores On the body polite as
Jefferson called them. the only cure
for this over crowded expression o.
poverty. crime and discomfort the.
presents itself &c Us Is the country.
Why do aot these poople go % the
country? Why do they toll. slave
and suffer with 30 place 10 so -
for rest but these wretched abodes OF
dirt and CRIME? Verify. cent by
the roadside. the contact OF Gods
dirt. not mans dirt. would be a.
palace 10 these thousands CT wretch
ed homes in cities.
The same question necessarily pre-
sents itself. even 10 those IN the city
who are we'll removed rom poverty.
and the vision OF home in the coua-
try =, so!ace FOR many Of their Ills.
will no; fade from their eyes.
On tAe nigh: o. ,h- sosa perform
aace OF Dcnman Thom2soa's beauti-
:ul American drama The Old Home
stead" ~ Park Street Theatre IN New
York. We saw the house l!led to re-
ple,!on with grey haired men aad
women who came there 20 soiace
their hearts with vision OF the dear
Old home il the country. The toll.
he drudSe-:. the privation OF their
early lie n the country 20 escape
which ;hey had cone 70 the city
when you2-. was IS nothing beside
the quaint little old house b. tAe
roadside. the open barn and the grea;
oxen with the towering load OF hay.
he blessed old we'll and It's flowing
bucket. and the smiling fields. As
we passed out with the emer-;ns
,hrong. we heard expression Ike
.hese Wash, It sweet and dear?"
Oh. /: We could only get back 10
he couatr: once more" and the
ike Now this mighty attendance
,iSht afte. night. was but the deep
md abiding longing in he hearts OF
hese men and women .or home in
he country.
Country life in the United States
las just awakened 70 pa-;!a! rea!!-
alton OF its meaning The light OF
a;eince. g art. o! :rren'lon, Is sur
,o-n lie WI co%2easa
sons today that the city canno; oIe-.
;reat fortunes are aot made here.
.or are they desired. but co:nfo-;
eac". abundance or good food.
cal,h and that freedom that passes
II understanding II Cites. is the
.:f,age Of tie coun.rv Then again.
.:e on tn" farm IS ~ailinc FOR az
noun; o: intellectual force. rea!
rain action ;!,at stamps i; as one OF
he learned professions OF tho day.
To be thorough student OF me
OF! and rs needs: OF plant l:fc an
h" management Of crops: OF the
-ccSin. and care OF n:mIiS IS All
cor. pl;shmcnt o. brain and though;
rat may sell challenge he ambition
{ ;hc mos; learned I'll" man who
iinkS there is no place toc the ex-
rc!se o, intellectual power on the !
,-m is sadly mistaken All ina ;
le country really ne & is that i {
.all be studied and understood. 4; !.
as splendid possibilities FOR the :
.os; 2"rcect life. ;he most invigorat !!
II. the freest and more inspiring.
/. work IS not GrDdEery whea the !:
and tul! a:"aH;nS OF that x
o-k IL comprehe ndc.. /. IS the a
ace o. a.! piaces 30 EAR chiilr.n. -,
y 4 erGows Them r.h 4 r-acttca: c
understanding Of he realities os IL" !:
at becomes Invaluable atterward in o
y line 0. human effort: and its Il