The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-01-21
TAYLOR PLEADS
FOR EDUCATION
TAKING OFFICE
GOVERNOR ALSO URGES COOPER.
ALTON BETWEEN THE ExEcu-
TIVE AND LEGISLATURE.
SOUNDS NOTE OF ECONOMY TOO
Reminds His Hearers That the Pres.
ent Tax System 10 Not Satisfactory
to the Majority Of the People Of Ten.
nessee--Roads.

(From Saturdays Daily Hera.d.)
special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan. 15.--In his
inaugural address delivered today
Gov. Alfred A. Taylor devoted practi.
cally all of his time to an appeal for
good roads and better rural schools.
The address was brief, one of the
shortest ever delivered on similar
occasion
In addition to his appeal for schools
and roads, the governor stressed the
Importance Of harmonizing the views
between capital and labor. He also
asked that the legislature reform the
existing taxs laws. He said that re-
CARELESS of the individual views OF the
members on this subject, he must re.
mind them that the present tax laws Z
wore unsatisfactory to the majority
Of the people of the state. 4tzfs
1T, is primarily essential that we
enter our farJreaching work 10 an I'M
reserved spirit of harmony" said Gov,
Taylor ''In order to attain this result
it becomes equally essential that we
divest ourselves of all the handicaps
of partisan prejudice and political per-
sonal bias. Without this freedom we
cannot have cooperation, no unity OF
purpose and no harmony Of acton.
There are many vital questions
pressing for consideration that viii
require the best of your services. but
there are few problems that demand
immediate attention and concentrat-
ed action
THE rural school problem, the high
way problem. the problem OF economic
government and problem OF taxation,
these four, ought not to escape your
attention and the wise and correct So
luton of them calls for breadth and
sympathy of vision, sincerity OF pur-a
pose and ability that characterizes
true craftsmanship.
There can be no material, social or
political progress without education.
The highest exercise OF power Is that
which fasrions the intellect, unfi.ds
the vision and moulds the ideals Of
the children of our country Without
the moral and intellectual training OF
the masses, we rest upon quicksands
as illustrated and exemplified by the
s nAing and spbmergence OF the huge
Russian national fabric at this mo
ment. Oppressed, downtrodden. re-
duced to bestial ignorance by the tyr
ranies of czardom for centuries, the
Ignorant, degraded Russian masses,
melted by violent insane leaders. have
risen as savage, destructive force;
unparalleled in all history. ignorance
OF the masses is the fertile soil OF an
archy: strife mongers and poison
squade are its husbandmen; and de-
struction. wholesale and universal, 4s
it's harvest. There can be no real and
enduring civilization without univer-
sal popular education. And education i
is progress forever upward toward a
higher life. The very word itself
means to unfold and develop the dor.
mant powers and faculties Of the mind
even as Under the mystic power OF ma
ture the bud isbrought forth aud nn-f
folds into blade and bloom and fruit
age. aS
Christian education is not only the
bedrock of our civilization, but II Is
the hope Of the world The, school
houses of our state and the forces In
charge of them constitute the manu-.
| featuring plants of enlightened citi.
senship There is no EVIL, whether
~oral. industrial or political, with
which we have to contend, that can.
not be eradicated by the application
If Christian intelligence"