Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-01-18

ments entertain well founded hopes ssat
they will overcome all difficulties In the
way of such Advancement within . rea.
sonable tune, with the cooperation Of
the legi-la live department. The execu.
tive will lend aid and encouragement TO
all well directed efforts to promote these
ends and aims.
The State Eleemosynary Institutions.
The various eleemosynary institutions
Of the State require eop-'ant thought
and study. Equal in &C ern and as near
to the hearts Of the people as any sub.
ject that has been touched upon il the
human and skillful treatment Of those
unfortunate members of society within
the State who have been touched with
inhrmities that unfit them Tor the daily
vocations of an active life and who must
perforce become the recipient Of the we'll
directed bounties of the State. They
are in every sense the object of solci.
tude on the part of the public and its
adopted ward. No more urgent impulse
impels one to acts Of public as well as
private charity than the man who il
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 70
the mere yaporing of maudlin scntimrn-
tality, but the concern of Mississippi for
its wounded children has taken inte!li-
gent as well as substantial torn. The
pitiful plight OF blindness has been re.
licved TO the limit that tender care ard
aatanttfa natr ...I
Tighten the cross that those 30 NJ.
flicted must needs bear. They see
through the minds eye now, where
once was only darkness and despair.
The deaf are made among themselves
10 speak by vision and to hear in like
miraculous manner.
The States resources are taxed TO do
these things. The homes IL provides and
the instruction IL affords have bright
ened liie where otherwise would have
been only hopeless human existence,
and the sum total of human happiness
has been incalculably 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 pain, should
be spared to still further ameliorate
the conditions OF the citizen who il 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 10 the restoration
out OF the ruins of truly a new life
for the mind itself. These charitie.
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.
iness methods must be applied TO thSr
management, as | shall at all times urge
snail be done with respect 10 all the
public business, and it il 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