Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-08
BOYS HERO|SM THE TOPIC
Pekin Preacher Tells True Story of
Dakota PrairieS,

story was told from the pulpit
in the neighboring city of Pekin
The body of the woman referred
to was brought to the undertak-
ing parlors of Aldrich & Son in
Philip May Dist, and shipped
from this city to Pekin.
1t was a graphic and pathetic
story of a boys heroism that
Pastor Leach read to his congrc-
cation at the First Nj. f. church
last evening as his "Pulpit Pa
ragraph, - and it will be read
with interest because the parties
are well known and the events
are of recent occurrence. The
paragraph follows:
Pekin has it's heroes and its
hero stories also, and many of
them have never been written.
If they had we would read them
with admiration and would love
our neighbors more. The only
reason we are not prouder of
each other is that we do not know
the real history of our own com
munity. We see only the every
day exterior of even our friends
The really brave and admirable
things lie under the surface and
1t is onl y once in a while and
then only by chance, that we get
look at the heroic in the lives
OF our towns people. In every
nome there are little stories of
bravery and self sacrifice which
could the preacher only know
them and did he dare tell them
would stir the heart of every
congregation and breed right
eousness and loyalty among those
who heard. The fact is, God s
children are a good lot of folks
as folks 60 and in the breast
OF each is a real passion for
goodness and honor. Often the
log of the fight blinds us for a
time and sometimes we do things
we are very much ashamed of
The trouble is that these nm
worthy things we do are ALWAYS
made SO much Of, while the no.
bic things we have accomplished
are not brought to light. If a
man gets drunk every body Hnu
it out, but nobody knows how
many men have had a long, hard
fight with the temptation to us
drink and are victorious. Ii
some young fellow taps a till he
is found out and the fall-dOwn is
published broadcast. Nothing is
ever said of the many splendid
young men who have carried on
their work honestly for years in
the face of many opportunities
to be crooked. These fights that
have ended in victory are Otter
known only to the men who have
fought them, and they did it il
the quiet and with no thought Of
praise, because in their souls
they loved righteousness.
AS the preacher goes abou
among the folks he gets these
little stories Of the everyday he
roes and it keeps his faith in his
fellOw-men strong and his low,
for them grows with the days.
want to tell you the strong, bu
simple story of Charlie Williams
1t is the story of a Pekin DO.
just past thirteen years of age
Charlie was born in this town an
lived here until a few months ag'
His father died last July, after
long struggle with tuberculosis
His mother was left with two OF
her children, Gertrude, 8 year
old, and Walter, 6. After tn
fathers death the mother wa
advised to 60 to another climat
with her children. The famll.
went up into South Dakota an
and took a claim sixty-five mile
from a railroad and one mile fro
the nearest neighbors. In TN
wilderness Of prairie the woma
and her children built their So