The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15
Letters From Subscribers


Washington, D. q, July IL
Dear Mr.. Editor
am always clad to get your
paper; | read it every word, ads
and all, and then read it again.
In the current issue / looked in
vain for an account Of that farmers
meeting you have been advertising
for the past month or two. On
that day ! was nearly thousand
miles northwest Of st. Paul, on a
500 Line Limited, but / did not
forget you and your farmers meet
ing. Oh, how wanted to be with
you and hobnob with the boys once
more and get a square meal at the
Lee county picnic board. And the
only meution | saw Of. the meeting
was paragraph from Central"
saying that the farmers III that COM
munity were too busy too attend.
The items from Central car.
ried another note which did not
like and which should alarm the
thinking people Of that commun-
Iity. 1t said that there would be no
school there this year, as there
were not many children and that
not all of them would attend.
While passing through Chicago
the other day, / bought papel.
from a newsboy. On one side was
a page cartoon. In one corner was
the picture Of giant; he was blind
folded, and on his broad forehead
was the word, IGNORANCE. :
In the lower corner was the picture
of very small man. He held a
string in his hand and that string
Was tied around the neck Of the
giant. On the string was the word,
KNOWLEDGE.
As looked--notat the cartoon
but at the vision which my eyes be-
held, ! remembered the American
farmer youth-especially the youth
Of Dixie and of Georgia; and then
| remembered the sacred words,
My people are destroyed for lack
of Knowledge. =
ignorance is the curse Of the
South--the solid rock Of slavery
that binds, with letters strong rs OF
iron, the noblest people and the
fairest land that the great God hath
yet created. Strike those letters
those shackles-from the youth Of
Georgia from the youth Of Lee
county. Strike with enthusiasm
strike with zeal-strike with all
your might. Let every man and
woman-eyery boy and every girl
--let everybody and everything that
lives in Georgia-strike at this Pc
ril Of Progress this Peril to Pros
perity-this Peril to Life and to Lii
bertyl Send forth cry to
the powers that be-utter a prayer
to the Coo Of Hosts--laden with
emphasis like that of the Grecian
warrior of old, who, in the midst
Of enemies and surrounding by un-
natural darkness, cried out in the
anguish and agony of his soul to
the god of battle.
"Dispel this gloom the light of
heaven restore! Oh, give me to
seel And Ajax asks no more.
Ignorance is an unnatural dark
ness. It blinds---it binds---it de-
stroys. With sinews Of steel and
muscles of iron, it stands-it stares
1t strikes in vainl With piercing
eyes, it sits in the midst Of 10Th
century opportunities opportuni.
ties spread all over the world
blazing like FURNISHED gold IN every
field Of human endeavor---and sees
nothing and understands not,
With delicate ears, attuned by the
Creator to catch the faintest sound
1t hears not the great heart-throb
Of civilization, nor the battle call to
strike for God-for Home for
Country!
Let there be school in Cen
trail" neighborhood. God hath de-
creed 1.-THE State has paid for it
the people need it.
Don't forget to send me your
paper---and God be with you till
we meet again.
S. R. BLANToN.