The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-28
MORE IMPORTANT.

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Indeed, il Is more important for woman to be
good than man. Their influence upon the children
is far greater than the parental influence. Furth-
ermorc. children, as rule. inherit their moral
Qualities much more from their mothers than from
their fathers. Consequently, for boy to make
good ievel-headed. true-ioying, Upright citizen it
is very important. fe- him to have d good mother
The better we can make the mothers of our land
the better We make our country The old Roman
mothers influence was acknowledged as a most
potent one upon the patriotism of the people
Yet our women are not altogether angels. though
many of them are almost The most angelic they
may be however, the more evil! the of mankind
improve morally While fhe2future destinies of
man rest so largely with the women of the land
don't forget 1t Is the woman. OF the country and
towns to whom we must look for our temporal So
| luton more than any other class OF women They
are the moulders of the true representative char
acter of the country more than any other.
But for the constant infusion sof good. healthy
country blood. onr cities would atagn and die
IL Is upon the honest motherhood of the rural
districts that the country must depend mainly for
the true. sturdy citizenship that must save us from
the anarchical tendencies and Influences of our
large centers OF population. s4
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Tho Honors Of the Panama Canal Are Uncle Sans.
thrown open Last week makes the final paragraph
In long chapter of history and illustrates how
slowly and piecariously the great canal project
came along.
For q long while 1t looked as though the honor
of making Panama Canal must go to Spain. Three
hundred and eighty-eght years ago the Spanish
E1vernment actually surveyed a route across the
isthmus; and for while. 1t looked ns though Span
ish hands would dig the canal Nothing further
was DONE. however. and the pr0ject siumbered for
100 years
Then in 1887 Thomas Jefferson, afterwards pres-
ident of tho United States. somehow got wind of
the old Spanish survey. and wiofe to- cur teabassa-
COR at Madrid asking him to purchase copies OF the
survey and report stating that the documents
would be to him sc vast desideratum for reasons
political and philosophical" Apparently at this
stage the Job looked like Uncle Sam's5 .,is9
q A fewyears later t1SO3-s) Goethe the German
poet. and Humboldt, the German explorer urged a
Panama Canal upon their peoples Then it looked
as though the great work would be German.
Later Tin 1870 French company under the
famous engineer. De Lesseps, actually began the
work and made considerable progress Looked like
the honor was to be French this time!
But the Frnech company became bankrupt III
1881 and the great project becan.e somnoent again
Finally the bail IN the wheel rolled hack to the
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Are born of dreaming. Europe acts today M IS
Epics that little children in their play
ccninred; and statesmen mdrrnuFed in s their
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IN barraek, court and school were aown those
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and tate itself is the stun that faiics breeds,
I Mock then no more at dreaming lest our own
| Create for na like realityl
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With afrled men, hut justice SO that wp b
May for q world OF tyranny atsne
And dream from ihat despair r--siemocfncy
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