Pocahontas star herald., 1924-04-11

/ uiSs NdNhNNAf NHA'NhNAi'Hlf iNhAhHNi't7As
bronchotomy, synecdoche, chirography,
| synchronysm, and chameleon. l learn
ed to spell these words aud many
more but ! never learned their mean
ing; neither have found any one
else who did. l add that the course
Of study was narrow. 1t did not give
lproper room for growth. II was i'll
adapted to the child mind. IL held
strictly to the three RS, reading 'rit-
ing and 'rithmetic. Today we have
rich and varied courses adapted toNthe
experience of the child.
Brother Poe says that fifty years
ago the homes were furnished with
plenty of beautiful pictures. May
ask him in his next article to name
several of the best pictures that he saw
in the homes of that time, and If he
does not object he may give their auth
ors.
Bro. Poe calls attention TO the valu-
able cloth made in those days. lie
saws no one could pitch a straw
through it. But may ] ask who IL was
who wove the cloth? Was 1t the stall
wart man of the time. or was 1t the
frail little mothers hand that used the
shuttle? ! am glad that my wife can
90 to town and buy all the clothes the
family needs. am glad that the
mothers of today do not have TO SIT
all day long stopped over an old fash
ioned loom. while their dignified nus
bands are at the saloon bar treating
their friends to red liquor.
As for myself, do not want suit
made of the material of fifty years
ago. can find more beauty and com
fort too. in some of our present day
toilored suits.
am glad that do not have to
take a few bushels of wheat and trot
the ponies all day long to some old
fashioned water mill In order to get
few biscuits. My recollection of
those biscuits is that they were not
always lilly white" | tell you truly,
| prefer mine from a sack of Alba
tross.
Well It may he that there are no
telephones at Clearview, but they can
be found everywhere else on earth.
OF course when ! wrote a previous
article on this subject, had the entire
state and nation in mind, not just
Clearview. / believe there are tele-
phones at Lorine and at Attica, not
more than a couple Of miles from
Clearview.
With reference TO sitting up with
the sick. | can prove by any capable
practitioner that more people have been
killed than cured by the NOISY crowd
that sat up with the sick. People OF
today know better than TO do thing
Of that kind.
1t is true that some Of the old hill
side farms have leached away. This
Is due To neglect. The farmer that
has permitted this has no one TO blame
but himself. Try clover crops and ter
racing instead of cotton.
Radios. telephones, automobiles. etc,
are necessary conveniences. \ man
may he Christian gentleman and
have them all
In conclusion please let me say that
my contention is that the world is
growing better. If this is not true,
then we must admit that we ourselves
are failures. The noble men and
women of the past did the best they
could under the circumstances, general
i ly. But that is not evidence that the
world is growing worse. Let us he
optimistic. instead of pessimistic. Let
us believe in the present generation
as well as the past. Let us put away
the hammer and get a horn. This Is
glorious age in which we live. Ar
kansas is the Wonder State, and Ran
dolph county is the Wonder County.
Let MS do our very best to develop our
great country. But however much we
may do, let us hope that the genera
tions of the future will outstrip MS.
With love and hest wishes to all who
have entered into this discussion, ] am,
Very truly yours.
Elbert Robinson.