The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-06-17
STILL THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.

!, ;s fine rbuman interest story"he story Of the Texas
frontier preacher and his wife and their eleven o
whom, is The pastor OF the First Baptist church in Chckasla Sane
news gatherer thought he could make 1t more interesting p
adding touch of fiction to it, connection with picture
the eight but it wasn't necessary to embeshn H. rray @
much more than "human interest" narratve il II we're iuiy
told would be found to eptomize the largest and most valuable
volume of American hstoryonc that has never been completely
written we mean the that would adequately describe the
development individual and family life in this country OF ours
know all about constitutional conventions oo-
prees presidents and the like and still have very meagre
knowledge the history of America because the dog and
savings of the high and mighty constitute only small part oil e
story In the annals OF the humble the nconpeuos VINO nav
composed the vast bulk of our people IN their progress ana
achievements bent their energies to the tasks before them
and failures their joys and sorrows Is romance
counterpart of which can be found in neither the lille nor the
literature of any other land ~
pney salary Ample opportunities his for doing good and
LAYING up in heaven but when time for the
preacher of this story send his oldest son to college he had to
money and pay interest at the rate OF 70 per cent and
he kept borrowing to send the Others with the whole family
working help pay back But the time came when the pioneer
preacher could work and he passed on to his reward
leaving widow without home and with four OF the younger chill
dren to rear and educate Inc mortgage on the lc la was
paid off and every of the received college educaon
four of them becoming doctors three preachers and one sue
cessu merchant OF the fruits of the frontier preachers min
sy know nothing but who will say that IN the rearing OF
such family he and his good wife did not their country
well? ,
Many years ago somebody declared that the word America
is but another for Opportunity The success OF the Texas
frontier preacheRev NJ Tayor-and the results OF his lie
work. as represented by his children very large when
measured by the standard but the story of the Taylor family
varying only uessential Details can be truhfuy told OF mil
lions of families in country is because this story
typical of America that peculiarly interesting and instructive
Read history consult your experience you have come
with the people, and you will discover the outstanding
fact to be that the substantial men and women in our country
with exceptions have from such homes the one in
which the Taylor children reared From such homes have
mighty of business industry the professions and
public life and they have risen by overcoming difficulties And
the history that made by these successful and women
being repeated today larger scale than ever before
Now always fathers and mothers snng and sacrificing
send their and daughters college and more boys and
girls than before making their own way through school
getting started successful This thing constantly
happening before very and yet at the present time as
always hear loud wall going that there is chance tor
the poor boy girl in this country 1t true and it
isn't today every hand matter which we look we
discover plenty of evidence to demonstrate the ay OF the
charge There were opportunities the Taylor family because
they them America still the land of opportunity tor
all who will make the most Of their opportunities