Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-19


unfortunate members of society within
| the State who have been touched with
| infrmities that unfit them tor the daily
| vocations of an active life and who must
| perforce become the reel Sient of the we'll
! directed bounties of the State. They
are in every sense tke object of soliei-
tude on the part of the public and its
adopted ward. No more urgent impulse
impels one to acts of public az well as
private charity than the man who is
whole in body and mind, of the unhappy
/ situation of a stricken brother who is
helpless to stand forth and meet the
veriest obligations of even existence it
| self.
Mississippians have not been given to
| the mere vaporing of maudlin sentiment
tally, but the concern of Mississippi for
its wounded children has taken intelli-
gent as well as substantial torn. The
pitiful plight of blindness has been re-
| lieved to the limit that tender care and
scientific instruction and study can
| tighten the cross that those so af-
| flicted must needs bear. They see
through the minds eye now, where
once was only darkness and despair.
The deaf are made among themselves
to speak by vision and to hear in like
| miraculous manner.
| The States resources are taxed to do
these things. The homes it provides and
| the instruction it affords have bright
encd life where otherwise would have
been only hopeless human existence,
and the sum total of human happiness
has been intellectually increased by these
well directed efforts of the State. Each
citizen feels personal qualification that
he has contributed his share to obtain
such results and all of our people believe
| that such work as has been done should
be continued, and that no pains should
be spared to still further amelorate
| the conditions of the citizen who is thus
burdened with misfortune.
All expenditures along these lines
should be wisely, but they should be lib
| orally made.
The conditions of lost mentality, "the
human dind in ruins" appeals with ire
sistible strength to the legislative heart
of the State, and the State has done
much to care for those so sorely afflicted.
The work it does for such invalids
is not limited to the preservation of
the body, but extends to the restoration
| out of the ruins of truly new life
for the mind itself. These charities
| all command our unrestricted support.
| They are sacred in their purpose and
scope. They must be extended in their
| special field of care taking, training and
work as the result of scientific study
and research shall mark out the way;
| but we must never lose sight of the con-
| trolling idea that modern scientific bus
mess methods must be applied to their
management, as / shall at all times urge
shall be done with respect to all the
| public business, and it is my hope and
expectations that thereby the public
service will be very greatly improved
and that the appropriations made by
| the legislature will be made to extend
further in response to and in meeting
more adequately the necessary demands
that are being daily made upon the
State.
The Old Soldiers.
Not to be classed among the eleemos-
enary establishments of the State, but
yet evidencing grateful acknowledge
ment of unbought loyalty, is the main
tenance of the Old Soldiers Home at
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The place itself is a never-dying in
| spiration to lofty achievement. It speaks
message to the younger generation
who can never know what test devotion
to principle withstood when tempters
secured the land-when the soul and
God only stood sure.
Why pause for comment? The Mis-
sissippi soldiers in those days wore
boldly on their breast the red badge of
courage.
If 'sthe brave live on they had never
died.
But fate has woven the thread of life
| and there is no armor for any against
fate.
The call comes with accelerated pace,
and while there are any left to receive
the willing offerings of the State in
the Home of the State or in whatever
place they may choose to live, / trust
no minimum measure will limit the
provisions the State will make for them
so long as occasion shall require.
Old Ladies' Home.
Unfortunately our material resources
are not as great as some of our sister
tend helping hand to the aged and
infirm. Old age pensions are provided
by the most advanced nations of the
philanthropy, as the world grows wiser
| and better will become "a fixed charged
on all civilized and Christianized gov
eminent An Institution has been es-
tablished in this city which should ap-
peal to the heart and mind of every
warm-blooded man in our State. Sew
eral years ago a small band of large
hearted Christian women conceived the
design of making some provision for
the declining years Of their sisters, who,
strickened by the inirmities of age and
left alone in the world exc out a mere
existence, and who could find no charity
in Mississippi ministering to their press
ing needs, and the establishment of this
institution is the frt result of their
laudable effort. This noble undertake
ing has struggled along with scant SYM
pathy from our lawmaking body and
even to the contrary the unselfsh pro-
moters and guardians of the sacred