Daily picayune., 1921-01-19
A FRIENDLY PROTEST. Daily Picayune.

Dear Friend II trust you will not feel that I am presuming upon the very intimate friendship which has existed between us since the days of our boy hood, nor upon the special relation which exists between us now as pastor and parishoner, when I venture to of and protest concerning the paragraph fer a few words of friendly criticism which appea ared in the Daily Picayune of yesterday concerning the proposed excursion to the oil fields of Fl Dorado next Sunday.
 make no criticism of the Picayune for carrying the item of news. A news paper is supposed to give all the news which is fit to print" but l am quite sure that the writer of the paragraph referred to did not consider the weight of his words when he wrote, Those who have never seen real oil wei should take advantage of the opportu- nity offered by securing a seat in the Special next Sunday. These words put the Picayune in the attitude of ap- and urging the people to go. l do not proving the proposed Sunday excursion think that such is really the case.
 As I am somewhat new in Prescott, I will take this occasion to say that l have no disposition 10 assume the role of public censor and I shall not at any time indulge in unkind or uncharitable criticism of those whose conduct does not conform to my ideals. Eeven when people are guilty of things which are unquestiOnably wrong, l shall try to help them by showing them "a more excellent way" rather than by engag- ing in the easier thing of denouncing and condemning them.
 would not be understood in this case as saying one unkind word about those who are responsible for getting up this proposed excursion, or those who are planning to take part ill it, but | must be permitted to remind the people that if this excursion is car ricd out it cannot mean anything less than a day of mere sight seeing and worldly dissipation for those who go. rt tI.f. mill en l am told. to leave Prescott at seven o'clock sunday morning and reach here at eleven o'clock Sunday night. When the excursion Sts reach Fl Dorado they will be thrown into the midst of q con gested. excited money mad crowd of people I make no reflection upon the good city of Fl Dorado, where some of the best people in the world live, and where pastOrate of four years gave me the opportunity of ofrming some of the dearest friendships O ia life time. when I say these things. In the very nature of things it could hardly he otherwise. If tue excursion is run 1 there will. doubtless, be many good people who will take part in it, but if they do they will find at it's close that 1 instead of a day of rest and worship they will have gone through day of l strenuous excitement and diversion. I cannot refrain from adding just l these additional words. Our worthy governor of whom we are justly proud has just issued his first official proc | lamatio It is to his honor, and the honor of our state, that this is proc lamation calling on the people of the entire state to observe next Sunday as Law and Order Day" I wonder what the rest of the state, and the world generally, will think of us If on that very day Prescott will happen to have l the distinction of being the first town in the state to send a Sunday excursion to Fl Dorado. As a former citizen of ElDorado and as one who is proud to be a citizen of Prescott, I hope the ex- cursion will be postuoned to some day in the week. Let us take time from our ordinary affairs to go and see the oil we'll, or else content ourselves by read ing about it, or hearing the other fel low tell of the wonders of that Land of gold"
 With kindness and good will to all l am, very respectfully,
 J. A. Sage. | -O--
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