The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-06-21

decry against slavery. And l told
those people that that example OF
its evil effects would do more to
propagate abolitionism than I could
do in preaching for years; that IL
reminded me Of the way my father
treated his seed corn with tar be-
fore planting in TO prevent the black
birds and ground squirrels from
pulling it up after it had sprouted
He smeared IL with tar by MINERS
ing il in a mixture of melted tar
and warm water, then to dry II
and prepare it for handling, mixed
it with clay dust. told them that
this tarring of the seed which we
were sowing would preserve il till
il would spring up and bear an
abundant harvest.
This prediction was literally full
filled. When the war cloud burst
and these people were called upon
to secede from the Union, they I'M
derstood the meaning of it all, and
were found on the Union side.
I have no doubt that some men,
bers of that very mob were found
among those that took their guns
upon their shoulders and marched
and died in defense Of the Union
flag. They saw that the war was the
creation of slavery on the Southern
side and the defender Of liberty i'll
the northern side.
And | confess that l have no lii
tie satisfaction in thinking TIA. |
contributed a little mite toward the
awakening of those people to a sense
of their peril and their obligation.
Well, we get back to the Medley
when it was too late
for the funeral. 1t had TO be post
poned again. We staid that night
with a young man whose courage
Gus wife insisted on having it nor
ated" that we would preach in their
house that night. But the husband
was too timid to stand for it. So the
had to be given up. In
stead, the young husband got his
wife up at 2 o'clock next morning
to get breakfast for us so we could
get off before daylight. We got q
good, early breakfast, all right.
But we persisted in delaying our
mounting until after sun up"
In due time we moved on our way
Of course; Kendrick and
Jones back to Mckee, and l on 10
Clay County to fill another appoint
ment. When | got there, l found
that a report Of the tarring Incl
dent had preceded me. II produc-
ed some embarrassment among my
friends, but nothing serious.
When | got back TO Mckee, found
that Bro. Kendritk had flown to the
North. He wrote rack to Bro.
Blanton that he rei, mach happier
on the Ohio side Of the big ditch"
than he did on the Kentucky side.
That is the last | have ever heard OF
him. Where is he? Who can tell
me?
I had taken much pleasure in
Of the lenient treatment we
had received from the mob and OF
the many new warm friends the
tarring had made for us and our
cause and the vastly good influence
it would have in all that hill coun-
try. But my greatest surprise and
supreme satisfaction came when J
went down Immediately upon my
return home TO stem the poorly con-
cealed taunts | expected from my
political enemies to find those who
were most opposed to my teaching
raving mad at the leaders of the
mob and full Of unfeigned sympathy
for me. They seemed to take q
tarring performance as a personal
insult to themselves. | had before
heard Of their estimate of myself
and of my mission; "Candee is a
gentleman but his teaching is alb
Ominable !"
But what about that funeral?
What became of it? Well, the eli
max of my joy in my Kentucky life
came TO me at that long delayed
four or five years after the
close OF the war when was called
back there to ofIlciate. Such a
crowd of interested and welcoming
people one seldom meets They
we're new born citizens, and they
felt it They were all my "old
Though some of them did
not know il (nor did u at the time
| was tarred; some owned up and
onInu nna annl old Rantiat