The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-20
"Ioyalty To The Home
Town
Chauta'.qua Lecturer Points
The Way 10 Prosperity
And Happiness For The
Small Town

OAAxu2A xVVA
on have great visions for the
future of Morgan City haven't you?
What have you as al individual done
toward making these visions a real
ity," said Charles II. Plattenburg at
the Cnautauqua Saturday night.
Gin fact have you actually paid
your debt to the community? Every
man who has been successful through
the facilities and advantages made
available because of the existence of
this city and its institutions, owes
that city a community debt. And
by no means should it be considered
donation of charity. If tbs city and
community does not receive it's just
support it cannot thrive. In pro-
portion to which these debts are paid
depends the growth and prosperity
&C your city and community"
There are people who not only
fail to pay this community debt but
take their money and GIVE it to
another city. A few years ago I
was travelling through Morgan City
on train from New Orleans. 1t
was at Christmas time and the
coaches were full of shoppers load
ed down with bundles When the
tssin stopped here, pretty near all
the occupants of the coach was in,
made { rush to get Off Many of
them were so heavily burdened with
their packages that it took the
brakeman, porter and conductor to
get them down the steps,"
"That's strange, thought I, won1
der what kind of stopping-o4
place in the country this can be.
gszed out of the window and to r
great establishment l beheld a lit
city, that must have had popu'
ton Of at least five thousand PEG.
pie"
Great Scott! I exclaimed, q town
of five thousand people and not
store! Could you blame me for
having such an Impression"
''Do the merchants of New Or
leans contribute toward the erection
Of your schools and churches? Do
they pay out of their money for the
construction of your highways?
When q local movement, Of any ma
ture is launched that is dependent
upon voluntary contribution for its
success, do these business men Of
New Orleans come across with the
necessary funds? On the other
hand who do you go to at such a
time? It is your local merchant
and as you know from past expe-
rience he has never failed you"
1.-The same is true when you com:
tribute your financial support to
Chicago and New York. / am re-
ferring to the mail order houses. Is
their success and the development of
, the cities in which they are located
; and to which you may depend they
are giving their support, Of more in
terest to you than your own home
town?
perhaps it is "Reminiscences, If
, so. get busy and begin to thin
6 about it. This is only one phase
= Of your community debt out q very
p important one. The debt you owe
! your community is just as binding
as personal obligation 1t is
those cities whose citizens have such
: realization that are growing anC
prospecting today-and it will BIZ
Just as true of the cities of tomor-
I row."
The patriotic pageant in which 10
cal children participated, naturally
held the interest of the audience
The actions and dialogues Of the
play were splendid and if Miss Muir
ray of the Chautauqua could have
had little more time for the train
ing of her charges the presentation
itself would have been unusually
good. The kids all had good time
however and the crowd was i'm
menSely entertained.
This afternoon the Liberty Bellies
q will present musical program, Mr.
y Frederick D. Wood will lecture or
the "Expsnsion of Democracy anc
p an exhibition viii be given of the
p famous Raemakers cartoons.
p Tonirht grand concert will be
given by the Liberty Bellies.