The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-25
DEAR OLD HOME
Ia the Country That Many Of Us Weary :
Souls Yean and Leag For.
1T Was SECRET AND DEAR

1t VIII Never Fade From Memory .
As Long A. Life Lasts-It Means
Con,entment, Peace and Plenty to
All Who Are Fortunate Enough, TO
Live There.
The word home is E1ost precious
one TO the soul o: every person. In
il start the very roots Of our being:
put o. Il are the issues Of life and
fortune: 10 ], we turn with mem
ory Gear" wherever fate takes Us.
I; IS the beginning OF the state. the
fashioning place OF manhood and
womarhood "ad final citizenship.
Where shall !; BE to best make all
these good things possible?
There Is no place on earth like the
country 70 build a home. Instructive
~ the hearts o. parents in the cities
turn 10 the vision OF 4 country home
in which 20 rca- children. The uni
rersal heart OF humanity lohgs for
the place of the vine aud fig tree
where life and home shall find its
true abiding place. AS Que gazes
upon the wretcnedness Of the cities.
"zrea; sores on the body polite" as
Jefferson called them. the only cure
for this over crowded expression o.
poverty. crime and discomfort thet
presents itself TO Us is the country.
Why do not these people 20 o the
country? Whr do they toll. slave
AID suffer with nc place 70 80 -
for rest but these wretched abodes Of
dir: and CRIME: Verify. tent by
the roadside. the contact Of Gods
dirt. not rams dirt. would be a.
palace 20 these thousands OF wretch
&C homes in citie-.
The same question necessarily pre-
sents itself. even TO those n tae city
who are w"il removed rom poverty.
and the vision Of home in the coua-
try as solace for many OF their ills.
will not fade from their eyes.
On the night 81 the s0th perform
ance Of Denman Thompson's beaut'-
:,il American drama The Old Home
stead" az Park Street Theatre IN New
York. we saw rhe house filed to re-
pletion with grey haired mea and
women who came there to solace
their hearts with vision of the dear
old home II the country. Thc toll.
Ithe GrudSe-y. the privation OF their
early life n the country. TO escape
which they had come TO the city
when yorcy. was as nothing beside
the quaint little old house by the
roadside. the open barn and the great
oxen with the towering load OF hay.
the blessed old well and its flowing
bucket. and the smiling fields. AS
re passed oat with the emerging
:hrorg. we heard EXPRESSION Ike
these. Wasn't It sweet and dear?'
I"Oh. II we could only get back to
the country once more" and the
like. Now this mighty attendance.
nigh: after night. was but the deep
and abiding longing in the hearts OF
these men and women for hone IN
the country.
Country life IN the United States
has Just awakened to partial reali-
zation Of It's meaning. The light OF
science. o. art. o, invention. ts sur
rounding farm life with compensa-
lions today that the city cannot offer.
Great fortunes are not made here,
nor are they desired. but comfort.
peace. abundance OF good food.
hnaith and that freedom that passes
all understanding" in cities, IS the
heritage OF the country. Then again.
l:.c on the farm is calling for aa
amount Of intellectual force. real
brain ac.ion that stamps it as one OF
the learned professions o, the day.
To be thorough student OF The
soil and i;s needs: O.! plant life and
tho management OF crops: OF the
breeding and care OF animals: is an
accomplishment OF brain and thought
i:Iat -,ay well challenge the ambition
OF the n,ost learned The man who
thinks there IS no place for the e1-
ercse Of intellectual power on the
farm is sadly mistaken. All that
The conntrv really needs is that It
shall be studied and understood. It
has splendid possibilities for the
most perfect life. me most invigorat-
ing. the treest and more inspiring.
lis work is no; d-udSery when the
Significance and full meaning OF that
work is com7-ehen6ed. u IS the
place OF all places 20 rear children.
'or i, endows them with practical
understanding Of the realities Of life
that becomes Invaluable afterwavd IN
any line Of human effort: and It's
rewards Financially are 5urer and as
crea, in ?-onortion 20 capital used.
as il any Of The other voca;!ons. One
.act stands out with peculiar s!Sn!a-
cance-E.v"ry village and smal! city
is filed with retired farmers. -
other calling furnishes an expression
Ike this.