The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-10-03
FARMERS SHOW
LIVELY Interest
Big Crowd Attends Chat
tauqua at Kingston.
Second Of Series Of Meeting
Proves Success in Every
Way.

Richmond, KY, Sept. 29.-kingston
Farmers Chautauqua opened Sunday
with a splendid crowd of enthusiastic
people In spite of threatening, low
hanging rain clouds. There was one
feature of this gathering that was
noticed by several of the members Of
the Executive Committee, and one OF
them expressed 1t by saying: why,
there must be at least twenty or
thirty people that have come all the
way from Waco, where they had the
meeting last week. II the Chautau-
qua doesn't do anything more than
mix our neighbors up this way 1t will
be q great big success" In other
words. the people Of Madison county
are beginning to realize that Chau-
tauqua means more than speakers and
music and audience singing. 1t means
a national getting-together, not the
getting-together Of one neighborhood
or of the membership OF one church,
but of the people of the country.
The morning hour found the seats
in the big white tent fixed. DR..
James w. Rain, of Berea, gave
strong talk on the country as place
for living. He showed concluslvely
that the drift toward the city was
slused largely by the lack Of educa-
thonal facilities, OF social pleasure
and of religious lie.
DR.. W.sH. Dexter, of the Agricul-
tural Department. Washington, gave
q working programme for the coun-
try church. 1t was remarkable and
mastery presentation, which has
grown out Of a number of conferen-
ces with fifty rural ministers who had
developed strong churches. Further.
ia not a mere talk, but vital and
constructed programme which would
make the church the center OF the life.
AT. er outlining the various activities
which the church should develop,D
Dexter closed by saying along these
lines success Is being won. Some the
features are not Of universal appli-
cation. but the highest efficiency Will
not be reached without obed' ance to
their spirit OF federation, consolidatiol
and readjustment Of Life In the cor
dependence Of the organism with 1T
anviropmout
DR.. Dexter Is sent out to the Ken
lucky Chautauqua as dairy expert
and he is thoroughly competent. but
his Sunday addresses have made hi
audiences realize that the United Stat
Government has q man who Ii doSnt
extra and vital work along an ew an
unique line.
At noon many boxes and baskets
were taken from the buggies and sur
, reys and the crowd ate luncheon OF
{ the ground and then just visited
Among the crowd at Kingston wer
: many of the good folks from owe
,bouat Berea and the hills beyond
!. 1t was a fine crowd and typically On
: tauuqa.
At 2 o'clock DIR. Quisenberry. OF
: Richmond. spoke on the rural church
: He was followed by DR.. Mark ColAnI
: of Lexington, who discussed tn
: same topic. Immediately followin
e these two addresses the audience wer
!. into a round-table to discuss tn
/. country church. These round-tables al
!. proving the best part of these Chau
> tauqua programmes because they a
: low the man who goes to the countr
church to ask the speakers question
o and to tall what he thinks 10 possl
a BILE in the church in hisown neighbo
= hood.
}. After a recess the audience wa
4 ready for the strong evening prt
/ gramme and. by the way. 1t IL fine
A see the big audience stand and sin
|, "America" and any number OF famih'
r. old-tims hymns.
> DR.. Dexter took for his evenin
N topic "Rsligion In Farming" and
i most interesting and instructive lie
ture he made Of It. making his aud
r ence see the religion OF soil conserv
ton and good farming.
p Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart told Il
story of the Moonlight" schools
Rowan county. and then showed co
l. clusively the fact that illtteracy vi
N just as prevalent In the rich Blu
W grass. She gave figures from the Ia
census which gave Aladison county