The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-11
oFFIc1A LoRGAN CRISP COUNTY.
ARE THESE TWO PASSING.

ARE THESE TWO PASSING.
The editor of the Albany Herald
has tender spot in his heart for the
country school and the church. Well
he may, for dhey are the character
molding Influences Of the men and
women of greater usefulness in the
world
& How much history have you ever
read? Can you count the great men
who got their start in the country
school at the county rsiore as
/. clerk, or in the Sunday School at the
= little country church? You may be a
citysdude with some little knowledge
of soda Jerking, and you may snifflc
at the idea of greatness as i, comes
to men who went as barefoot boys to
the country schools, but you will
never get around the fact that real
grea. ness finds first ray of hope il
the little country school,
1t is not the only pace where great
ness develops in the minds of The
4 boy and girl. Men who count for
most in the world those who know
the meaning of work, who can value
time, who can turn the greatest
amount of intelligence into an under
taking, however, are usually those
who first found in country school
that such thing as rising in the
world is possible. 1t is the country
boy who goes UP and on. 1t is the
boy who 6akes hold higher up and
moves on, steadily developing more
power and more determination as he
s0sy.l Yadl0Q,l 5l9 3
Mark the country school for the
man. Mark the country church fol
the simplest, but truesi worship of all
sthe. > Land Advancement in civiliza
q ton, developememt and rapid trans
Z portation ayschange things much in
the cGunry, but. nothing that the
d new sprogresss has in store for us is
1 ever going to take the place Of the
/. something in the country school tina
3 lights the fires of hope in the young.
ster. Or if it has such a thing il
store, Jet us welcome IL, for that
something that makes man of the
= country boy who has fair deal in
the. country school is so important
that to give it up is matter of nc
d little consequence.
The Albany Herald says:
For instance, consider the counq
try church. What IT'S influence has
s been in she building of American
4 character no one knows because
there is no way of ascertaning. But
it is perfectly safe to say that had
it not been for the country church
often many miles removed from
k town or city and with a membership
widely scattered, our America to-
day would lack a great deal of being
as good an America as it is. For
through the years that have marked
the transitions of the country to
its present development the coun-
try church has been a center of
community ife of value not to
be underestimate. 1t proved
stimulating Influence for all that
had tendency for good and re-
straining power over that which
blended to evil. It's part in ground
young manhood and woman
OOH in sturdy character has made
yely possible whatever decency
a morals have gained and held in
orr great cities, for it is character
recruited from the country districts
that has KEEP our cities clean and
sdecent in SPITE of the great forces
sof evil.
Nor should we forget the icoun-
try school. 1t has shared with the
rural church the opportunity of
centralizing community life. Is it
ITO go, and the country church with