Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-01-19
Literary Possibilities Of Law
renceburg


Having made my home in Law
renceburg tor some months past,
and being somewhat Of an OBJ
serving individual, trust may
be pardoned if venture to criti-
else as we'll as praise some of the
CONDITIONS find existing here.
That Lawrenceburg is almost
ideal as regards its climate and
its general healthfulness goes
without saying. The absence of
intolerable heat in the summer
time, and the comparative mild
ness of its winters are we'll known
facts, and are meeting their gem
eral recognition as is proven by
the great number of northern
people who are hocking here to
buy homes, and we all know that
its water is the best 10 the world,
made up as it is of the almost ice
cold free.stone springs, which
gush so numerously from its pic
turesque hills.
But l especially wish to men
tion one feature l find existent
here which fills me with amaze
ment. 1t is your deficiency in
the intellectual field. Now sit
still, while l explain what mean
| am a southerner bg birth, edu-
cation, choice, yes, and by preju-
dice too, if you care to have the
naked truth and ! am not asham-
ed of it, for: "Breathes there the
man with soul so dead etc.
You know the rest. What l
meant by my reference to the in
tellectual was this: have trav-
eled over the whole south ard
north, almost, and / think | have
never yet seen a town as large as
Lawrenceburg which contained
so many people of intellectual
possibilities, who put said posi-
bilities to so little evident (em
phasis on the evident if you
please) use. Yours are of the
best schools in the state. / was
amazed a f.w weeks ago while
visiting the college and primary
department out on the hill to see
and hear what l did. Old Law.
renee, the town in which l was
born, is certainly coming to the
front. | was at the commence
ment exercises lately at the cath
olic school, and it was an occas-
ion for its promoters to be proud
of There is a Normal Music
School at present iii progress in
this place, and we all know that
we possess some voices of rare
quality. The instrumental music
l have heard here would be hard,
if not impossible, to beat in any
town of twice the size of Law
reneburg, north or south. We
have six or eight, perhaps more,
ladies, living here, who are won
derful peformers upon the piano.
/ have attended three or four
amateur dramatic efforts in the
past six or eight months, and the
ability shown therein was as.
tonishing. l went thereto to
laugh at, but come away to praise
Now for the question, or rather
suggestion for the purpose of
making which l write this article
Why don't you people of Law
renceburg who enjoy music, the
drama, recitation, reading essays,
and all else, that pertains to the
intellectual and ethical express
sion Of a community get together
and organize club, or associat-
ion-call it Philharmonic, OF
some other appropriate name
Let it be composed of those
among us who take an interest
in such matters, and thus give
vent to the normous amount oil
talent that Is i ing latent in Law
renceburg
Now this Is a suggestion, mere
ly, from one who has the good Of
old Lawrence sincerely at heart,
and | suggest that through the
columns of the Democrat, and
our other papers we hear more
upon the subject. Sincerely
AMIGO.