The Monroe journal., 1921-05-20
NEEDS OF RURAL LIFE ARE
TOLD By SCHOOL CHILDREN
s-tiive u Something Ia MAZE Farm
Life More Attractive Before I
I, Pass Ny Girlhood," One Cry.
OTHERS GIVE THEIR OPINIONS

two years old She was a splendid
woman and a consecrated christian.
having been member OF the Bethel
Baptist church for number of years.
She is survived By her husband, a
daughter. Eula. small son, George.
and an infant son The burial ser
yices were conducted al the Cilhoa
cemetery on Tuesday afternoon.
amidst host OF relatives and friends.
Jls VI. L. PER-. and daughter.
~ !. T. Bclk. went 10 New London
ou Slurday 10 attend the burial OF
As. Perry brother. Mr Wesley pa
" who died suddenly. They return
sd Wednesday.
Hiss Pauline Estridge Of Ruther-
foNtOn is the guest CT her aunt, Mrs
Frank l.. Harrell
Mr.. and Mrs Minlred Hinson OF
Charlotte. and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Griffin of Monroe spent SUNDAY with
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. 6. Hinson.
Mr.. V. A. Ashcraft is visiting Us
daughter Mrs. John 7. Green in High
Point.
Mr.. II. B. Marsh has returned from
the Southern Baptist Convention
which met in Chattanooga last week.
Mrs. Martha Osborne of WaXhaw is
the guest of her daughter. Mrs. W.
o. Harrell. Mrs Harrell has com
pletely recovered from her recent i'll
ness. Master Billie Harrell. who has
been very i'll, is somewhat improved.
Mr.. Will Morgan of the Oakland
community is very i'll with pneumonia
following an attack of influenza.
peachland, our dminutive neigh
Dor on the east. is preparing for a
baseball game with Marshville on
the Peachland ground Saturday. to be
followed by an old fiddlers' conven-
tion in the evening The game should
be interesting for goodly portion OF
the past week has been spent IN
practicing on the Marshville grounds.
As for the fiddlers' convention il al
ways draws crowd. There will be
an ice cream supper in connection
with the convention.
A few weeks ago il was our priv
ilege to read and help Judge the es-
saws for county commencement sub
mitted by children of various schools
in the county on the subject OF How
10 Make Rural Life in Union County
More Attractive We shall never
forget those ESSAYS, There were no
names attached TO the papers, and in
reading them il was as il voices from
the unknown were speaking-and
such plaintive little voices they were!
The note OF almost tragedy underiy-
ing those childish words! 1t was not
hard TO tell that in so many instances
actual experience was speaking and
pleading.
SO much has been said in specula-
tion as 10 why the farm people are
forming a steady procession cityward
and leaving the foundation of our
commonwealth in a rather precarious
position. Naturally il has been view
ed from an economic standpoint and
the conclusion which some have
drawn, Editor Green among them. is
that farm life is no longer satisfacto-
~ as a living making problem under
present conditions. Probably these
conclusions are correct; we do not
know, having had no experience along
The line. But there are those who are
still living on the farm and will con
tinue to do so. and raise their chill
dren there. Would it interest you to
catch the point of yiw Of tehese chill
dren as to the farm life. as we saw II
il those county commencement es-
SAYS? We believe ii would.
There are a few sentences which
stand out in relief in our mind as al
most a Macedonian cry. For instance
the concluding sentence OF one pa
per read something like this: VIII
not some one help US to do something
TO make rural life in Union county
more attractive before have spent
INV girlhood?" There came thought
like this: I'VE people in the country
do no, need as many clothes as town
people: then why can't we have what
we do need nice looking so We will
not be ashamed of ourselves when we
go to town." That was doubtless
some little girl speaking from the,
depths Of a proud, beauty loving
heart. No masculine person can ever
know the cruelty humiliating depths
10 which a feminine soul can go, and
suffer because OF shabby clothes, or
clothes which are conspicuously just
mot right" as to style and so on.
This sounds weak does II? Never
theless the Lord made us that way,
and he looked upon his handiwork
and called n good. What do you sup
pose would happen In some average
farm home some day II father should
sell one OF the blooded pigs or calves
or something, and come in. probably
looking a little sheepish the while.
and toss a nice check into mothers
lap and say well. mother. you and
the girls get ready and let's go tol
town and get yourselves some good
clothes. Something nice now. all
around, right up to date. Don't mat
ter bout II being so blamed seryicea-
Bile. Get something looks nice. l
guess our girls are as good looking
as any of your city girls. and good
ness knows they work sight harder.
They deserve some pretty clothes
guess" Well mother might faint,
and father might have visions OF
bankruptcy haunting him all the way
10 town, but there would be the most
exquisite Joy in the hearts OF those |
loyal, Woodworking little daughters.
and peace that passeth all under
standing" would brood over that
home that would be worth twice what |
money was involved.
Then the plea for recreation.
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