Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-15

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MOVING WITH A QUICK STEP.
lEditor Democrat:
This writer does not pretend to be
any very great philosopher, but after
all is said. about the only thing Wa
have in this world, is people. Take
away the people and what would be
left? Can you imagine any good in
sunshine, rain, day, night, growing
trees, vegetation, fields. forests, rivers.
springs of flowing water and the tens
of thousands of human inventions and
enterprises. if humanity should be
taken away and all left alone? Scien-
lists tell US that for many ages this
earth of OILS few in its pathway
through space, in utter silence, so lar
as a human voice was concerned. That
it took millions of years to prepare
this glove over and fit itself to be-
come the habitation of man, beasts
and other living creatures: and even
our Bible does not seem to contradict
this, for it speaks of the creation as
having been in the beginning" a pc
rod entirely indefinite. Some of these
same wise teachers are also saying
that primitive man, himself has been
Cd this earth for at least a million
years, in q lower state of existence.
gradually coming up to his present
high state, and while it is all right for
your intelligent readers to think on
such things and post themselves, yet
it is well to bear in mind, that all
these conclusions are mere theories.
the exact truth of which wo do not
know, and about which we need have
bct little concern.
1t is well that we get as clear con-
ception as we can of God our Maker,
and especially Of His dealings with us
] in the science of our lives. Man is
the brightest of Gods creatures
made in His spiritual image, in His
own likeness-male and female, all
adapted to- the design of the Creator.
in a way to us unknown, except so far
as the same fits us for the purposes Of
lie. In the application of our know
lodge in that direction there are
Limited walls" Did the reader ever
think of it in making his best endeav-
ors under modern conditions that
about the greatest question with him
is what is "a home and what shall
l make of it. when l have one?" How
different it is now from what it was in
oIden time, and even in recent times.
1t used to be a private factory, in
which was the loom, spinning wheel,
cards, (not the shutting kind wind
ing blades, knitting needles, pot-racks
end hanging kettles, e baking
ever the Goals, coat and pants pat
terms, checked aprons and dresses,
parching coffee and churning the
milk; but now most all these things
are gone. especially in the cities and
towns. This does not so much effect
man, but do you know that the COM
mon mi is still hunting for her
utensi1s-that where the spinning
wheel is. there the woman is, as she
has the ancient right to be? That
though it has been taken from her,
yet she has followed followed it
to the factory-thousands of them
from the mountains of NorthCarolina Il
the Southern mills. 1t was right for
them to go, but it would have been
better if the mills could have been
built in the mountains. where was
their home.
While the beautiful Hendersonville
is building up, Il love it and hope ere
long to be there,) let US in the mean
time and always look around it and
see if there be any ishahbles of power
ty, with ragged children, stricken
mothers, or other u~nfortunates, Dud.
ing the earlier ages men and women
were taught, even by religious teach
ers. that the mass of humanity was
horn to be peasants, surfs and slaves.
while a very few was brought into the
world by God himself. designed to
be kings, popes. dukes, noblemen
and "high-cockalorums' in general
Through the influence of the great
American republic founded Upon de
moeracy, such unmitigated rot, has
been, by nearly the entire world. most
ingloriously repudiated. We hava
learned that there is room enough ipq
this world to be born right, to be
reared right to work right. to live