The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-19
In The Country That Many Of Us Weary
Souls Ysam and2Long For.
.IT WAS SECREl;AND DEAR
It VIII Never Fade From Memory
AS Long AS Life sLasts-1t Means
Contentment, Peace and Plenty to
All Who Are Fortunate Enough. l1. to to
Live There.

Live There.
The word home is q most precious
one to the soul Of every person. In
it start the very roots Of our being;
out, Of, it are the issues of life and
fortune; to it We turn with "nnem-
,ory dear" wherever fate takes US.
It is the beginning 6 Of the state, the
fashioning place Of manhood and
womanhood and final citizenship.
Where shall 1t be to best make all
these good things possible?
There is no place on earth like the
country to build home. distinctive
" the hearts Of parents In the cities
turn to the vision Of a country home
in which to rear children. The unit
.versal heart of humanity lolgs for
the place Of the wine and fig tree"
where life and home shall find its
true abiding place. AS Que gazes
upon the wretchedness of the cities,
"great sores On the body politic"' as
Jefferson called them, the only cure
for this over crowded expression o.
poverty, crime and discomfort that
presents itself to us is the country.
Why do not these people go o the
country? Why do they toll, slave
and suffer with no place to go -
for rest but these wretched abodes of
dirt and CRIME? Verify, a tent by
the roadside, the contact of Gods
rdirt, not mans dirt; would be as
palace to these Thousands OF wretch
led homes In cities.
The same question necessarily pre-
,sents itself, even to those in the city
who are we'll removed from poverty,
and the vision Of a. home in the coun-
try. as solace for many Of their Ills,
will not fade from their eyes. ~
On the night OF the seth perform
ance Of Denman Thompson's' beautl-
full American drama "The Old Home
stead" at Park Street Theatre in New
York, we saw the house filled to re-
'pletion with grey haired men and,
women who came there to solace
their hearts with q vision of the dear
old home in the country. The toll
the drudgery, the privation Of their
early life in the country, to escape
which they had come to the city
when young, 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
we passed out with the emerging
Ithrong, we heard expression like
these. Wasn't it sweet and dear,?"
."Oh, If we could only get back to
the country once more;" and the
like. Now this mighty attendance,
night after night, was but the deep.
and abiding longing in the hearts OF
these men and women for home in
the country. *
Country life in the United States
has just awakened to partial reali-.
zation, Of it's meaning. The light OF
science, OF art, Of invention, is sur
rounding farm life with compensa-
tions today that the city cannot Offer.
Great fortunes are not made here,
nor are they desired, but comfort,
peace, abundance of good food,
health and that freedom that "passes
all understanding" In cities, is the
heritage of the country. Then again,
life on the farm is calling for an
amount of intellectual force, real
brain action that stamps 1t as one; OF
the learned professions OF the day.
To be a thorough student OF the
soil and It's needs; of plant life and
the management Of crops; OF the
breeding and care. Of animals; is an
accomplishment Of brain; and thought
that may we'll challenge the ambition
Of the most learned. The man who
thinks there is no place for the ex-
ercise of intellectual power on the
farm is sadly mistaken. All that
the country really needs is that 1t
shall be studied and understood. 1t
has splendid possibilities for the
most perfect life, the most invigorat-
ing, the freest and more inspiring.
It's work is not drudgery when the
significance and full meaning of that
work is comprehended. 1t is the
place of all places to rear children,
for it endows them with practical
understanding OF the realities of life
that becomes Invaluable afterward in
any line OF human effort; and Its
rewards financially are surer and as
great in proportion to capital used,
as in any Of the other vocations. One
fact stands out with peculiar signifi-
cance-Eyery village and small city