The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-01-24


The angel answered stop
And set thy house in order maxi
it fair
For absent ones who may be speed
ing there,
Then we will talk of heights"
put my home in order, Now leat
on"
The angel said, Not yet,
Thy garden is beset
BY thorns and tares; go weed it, 50
all those
Who come to gaze may find the un
vexed rose;
Then will we journey on"
/ weeded well my garden. "All Is
done"
The angel shook his head.
"A beggar stands he said.
"0utside thy gates till thou hast
given heed
And soothed his sorrows and supplied
his need.
Say not that all is done"
The beggar left ME singing, Now al
last
At last the path is clear
Z Nay, there. is one draws near
Who seeks. like thee, the difficult
highway.
He lacks thy courage, cheer him
through the day,
Then will we cry at last.
] helped my weaker brother. Now
the heights
Oh. guide me, angel, guide"
The presence at my side
With radiant face said, Look, where
are we now?"
And 10, we staood upon the noun
tain's brow,
The heights. the shining heights.
Mr. Geo. A. Keene accompanied by
his friend. Mr. Hoffman from Tren-
ton, Mo-, Mr.. Keene's old home, made
us a pleasant call Wednesday morn
ing. The school ma'rms and county
superintendent have warm place
In their hearts for Mr.. Keene, as HI
has shown them many courtesies a.
conducted on the Rock Island line.
Abe X Stoufer formerly editor
the Liberal Independent, took time
from his busy life to stop in Thurs
day morning for little chat on ihe
world and its ways and its people.
We always like to have him call |
and say, "Hello, how's the world a
usin' you," Mr.. Stoufer's son. Pau
Is now editor Of the Liberal Demo-
crat
James A. Troutman a former
schoolmate of ours in Leayenworth
away back in the last century, says
II the wheat raised In Kansas last
year was ground into flour and made
into one large doughnHt. the entire
population OF Kansas, 100. 900,
could stand in the Hole OF the dough
mt and then IL the ! 10000 people
standing In the hole Of a single
doughnut made from this last crop
OF Kansas wheat should start to eat
their way out, every promissory note
and mortgage in the state would be
outlawed before they completed the
Job.
The seven great reforms Of the
present are:
/. Woman Suffrage.
2, International Disarmament.
3. Good Roads.
4. Tree Planting.
5. ChildreE's Gardens
g.. Oral Righteousness
Z. Agriculture in the Public
Schools,
Teachers how many of these do
you stand for?
Last Friday we had many CALL
from number of school friends
who came to tell us how they had
Jared with their examinations. Many |
made us calls, both Thursday and |
Friday, because they had no examl- |
nations to take, having grades for
the past four months so good that and
examination was not deemed neoes- |
sary. Come again, boys and girls:
we are always glad to see You.
Voters Of Seward county, and re-
member, that means both men and
women how many OF these laws re
lating to our schools are you In favor
Of?
l. A direct tax for the state in
situations
2 A commission to codify the
school laws.
3. A revision OF the uniform text
book law.
4. A law making the county the
unit OF school organization and man
agement in place of the school dis
trict
.. A reorganization of the pres
ent system of normal Institutes.
8. Free tuition to high schools.
4 The accrediting of public
schools.
s. The Standardization Of the ru-
raj schools.
3. The creation of an Office OF
supervision of rural schools.
10. An Increase In the salary OF
State Superintendent.
Think over these new laws that are
asked for. discuss them with your
friends and neighbors. Decide in
your own mind (don't be led by some
one; think for yourselfl, which OF
them you think would benefit you
and your children and your school.
your district and your county and
your state the most: then write to
your representative. Dr. Nichols, and
tell him what you want He repre-
sents us. Let us hear from you.
MIR, Bonnie French. who is teach
ing In district No. ~, came in on the
plug Friday evening. lie is working
hard and homes to have one nuDfl