The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-29
The Warsaw Gate City
Warsaw, ILL.,, Jan. %, 1915.

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Freshwater Of
| Pennington, Iowa, are guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Otis Goodenough.
Rev. Geo. Long has returnea from
Chicago. whittier he went Wednesday
morning on business.
A young farmer south Of Warsaw
killed chicken quite recently, and
/ In its gizzard were found three gilt
tering particles, which on expert test
proved to be pure grain gold, of the
weight of four or five grains. The
place where the chickens had been
| feeding and scratching is a red sandy
spot, and the probabilities are that
more gold may be found on washing
the sand. About fifty years ago
stranger, formerly miner, found
enough gold to fill a small vial, in the
bluffs back of Alber's mill
| The twenty-fifth public mems meet
| ing at the Evangelical hall last Sun
/ day was, as usual, well attended.
Quite number OF Hamilton men
came over in special car at two
the discussion. Rev. Parsons opened
6ress OF Mr.. A. Derksen, member of
thoughtful and able one. and was re-
caived with applause All the speak
| ers heartily agreed with Mr.. Derksen.
whose subject was .iResponsibility"
In part the speaker said the follow
ing:
Responsibility commences as soon
as the mind becomes trained and 1t
consists in knowing the difference be-
tween right and wrong. The first
! great responsibility was charged to
the inhabitants of the garden OF Eden.
The outcome OF neglectfng this heavy
responsibility Of mankind was for the
latter to eat their bread in the sweat
OF their brows, finally resulting in the
SAG Inheritance Of mortality.
/ "Since children cannot be held re-
sponsible for their little acts, this re-
sponsibility is carried over to the
parents. This we call training. So
the sense of responsibility in all
branches is training of the mind and
will
1.-THE only possible excuse for ne
glecting responsibility Is feeble-mind-
edness or insanity. The consequence
| then, Is that We are all held respon-
! sfble for our acts some day. The
building of home and raising a FAM
| lily involves great responsibility Of the
parents, as the family life is of great
Influence upon paving the way for the
future career in life Very frequently
this enormous responsibility Is ne
elected by giving in to the desires Of
the children. Sooner or later these
desires will grow anG grow, until it Is
hard to conquer them. and sometimes
they are never conquered. Very often
the training of the mind and will OF
the children is left to the teacher.
But If children do not obey at home,
1t is hard for the teachers to break
their strong will. And should the
teachers take some harsh measures,
they are often opposed by these chill
drens parents
1T is necessary for the citizen Of
every community to stand together
anG' further any interest by co-opera-
ton. In regard to the material well
fare the home business men should be
patronized, since the latter are always
willing to support every undertaking
for the good Of the commonwealth
All the citizens of the community
should also be deeply interested in
the public education as we'll as in re-
ligious training by the church.
"The right relation between employ
err and employee Is to great extent
dependent on the sense of RESPONSE
bility Of each of them The employ
ers' liability law is step in the right
direction. The famous insurance leg
islation in Germany has been created
by the sense of responsibility of that
government in regard to the working
people. AS to the responsibility OF
our country in regard to the present
war, is it not shame that We as a
neutral country, supply any power
with material and ammunition to
further and prolong this war?
What. then, should we take out OF
this paper on Responsibility
THAT We all turn to ourselves and
each one consider that he is put in
this world for some good influence,
for which he is held responsible, if 1t |
Is not carried out.
THAT as parents we should con-
slider our responsibility toward our
families.
suTbot a. residents Of n community !