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Glenn papers Editorial Comment text Editorial Comment 2024 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7tdz031403/data/65m2/Box_1/Folder_5/Multipage41.pdf 1920 May 18 1920 1920 May 18 section false xt7tdz031403_5 xt7tdz031403 » u-~—~ WHICH DO YOU ENDORSEI , At. the democrtic state conventidfi held in Louisville,” the fourth of this month, there were two women dele- gates, each of whom were centers of attractions. They were women of pef': haps equal intellect, both of fine ad- dress and each equally popular with the audience. Mrs. Faulconer said in one of her speeches before the convention the! she was “for the democratic rooster, no matter which way he flies or where he lights." This of course met with applause. Mrs. Sandif-er followed and while proclaiming her democracy said she was “for the democratic rooster only so long as he flies straight and With all honor." This speech was aiffi applauded. As between the positions taken bv the two ladies we very much prefer that of Mrs. Sandifer. It is we believe the more patriotic. “But our country right or wrong." as quoted from the toast given in. honor of Commodore Stephen Decatur more than a hundred years ago at Norfolk, Virginia, is not complete. The perface is “Our coun— try! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the night," Conzlvming a wrong it mateis not by whom or party has never as yet made a right. Davy Crochet Viz-4 when he said, ‘be sure you are right, then go ahead”. There has in the prist with all political parties been too much blind partisan blundering. Condoning crimes in parties simply to be “regular" is liable to make suchfla party political criminals. "i‘Z‘i'i‘iJ'L So far as we are g 'i 5 ' the democratic rooster to fly as straight as an arrow~ and to hit the center of the target. We have had too much wabbling in all parties in the past: The democratic party has not always lit in the right place. It has 'in times past fallen into mud-holes zand swamps. So have all political liparties. That the women are to be- ‘ l con e voters, We believe they are going it; mand the very best there ‘ "ban government. With them it will a.) rinciples first and parties alter. _____.‘___o____..__> As THE DAYS GO BY e be a little kinder 'e be a little blinder, ‘ - faults of those about me; Let fire praise a little more; Let me be when I am weary Just a little bit more cheery; Let me serve a little better. Those that I am, striving for. JD, a Let me be a little braver When temptation bids me waver; Let me strive a little harder To be all that I should be; Let me; ___a little meeker With thélbrother that is weaker; And a little lesg of me. Let me be a little sv !?tel‘; Make my life a bit completer, By doing what I should \do Every minute of the day; Let me toil without complaining, Not a humble task disd’fiinfiit; Let me face the summons calmly When death beckons me away, ~——Detroit Free Press. Let me think more of my neighbor ' the funeral of brother Smith or sister been a heavy one. ‘ His visits have be-» come so numerous and sometimes so sudden, that unliesrswthe call has been made from our owfi'fire side, we give only a passing thought to the great throng that has gone to join the “sil- . ent majority." These thoughts cause us to let our mind,go back to the times of which the younger generation call the “long 1 ago." Yes, people sickened‘and died then as they do now. * But the country was sparseley settled, neighbors lived far apart and when a death occurred, the whole community was shocked” There were no strangers, all wez‘e‘ac-l quainted and all were touched. ‘ l The dead was laid out on a plank}; a reed or stick was cut, then on thisi was marked by a knife the length of the body, another notch to shew the breadth of the breast and one more to indicate the depth needed for the en—! coffined departed. This was taken to : some jack-leg carpmter who was in ' the habit of making coffins for thel neighborhood. Caskets were unknown l -—they were simply coffins; . i .When this rude box was completed,‘ it was taken to the home of the de-‘l ceased, the body having been dl‘e.\>€(l = for the occasion was enshrouded in a} sheet and placed in its receptacle. The family. agon, than; by mules \vaagdriVen toting; ate friends here theafijeless g _ to the conveyance and then theé- rch‘y wasi ox “ . and I . tered into another ' ri ‘taik an hour or two in‘ ex made to the grave-yard ii next the [old log—church. “at There was no plumed hga‘i'se, drawn l by prancing steeds, no long train of? flower girls to lead the procession, no i lengthy discourse'in whichjhe deeds, of the dead were euloglhédfibnt withj a solemnity as if. in the p ' .ce of= death, the coffin was lo ' ed into the v oxiemgrave that had begepared for the rheep'tion of the former friend and ‘ neighbor. The hearterending shrieks ‘ of the immediate family, the weeping of friends and then to saddened homes lto await the final funeral services at Isome future time. It was a rare thing that any mini- ster of the gospel was present on these occasions. He lived too far away and :furthermore his services were needed | later. What had taken place was sim- ply the burial. What was known as {the funeral was to take place at a imore convinient season, perhaps {. months ahead, generally at a‘ time in . lthe year when all coatd'spllect to pay illieir last “Sad respects,%.- l Then, preaching was only once per 'month. May and June were usually ,the months for funeral discourses. The preacher always made announce- ment before hand the date at which Jones would take place. The timely 'notice gave ample opportunity for all to attend the coming event._ ‘- ,. a.- These funeral occasions -— airways brought odt the crowds. Perhaps Sis- ter Jones had been dead six months or more. By'this time it may be the be- reaved husband had dried his tears, \ had donned a new suit of clotlieiand weeping eyes; bou- ' . . and wwking for ;’ however but no figure in?! sometimes happened - one had become imp en The preacher felt it to; to do his bery best. Time cular object, thereforen'ai the virtues of the decease cept the young people obj; long, discourse. The preacliérs'then . were like some of the editors now, when it came to speaking of the dead, it was necessary to overlook the 'faults g3 maginfy the virtues of the dead and: land the subject in the middle if thel city of the New Jerusalem. i There was one blessing if not-moral especially for the poor; tiles; funerals and burial expenses were filmo‘st nothing. The coffin cost pgrgaps te dollars ,there was no hearjgjfire, theE farm wagon served théfiéifirpose, no- funeral notices nor prifin‘g of any kind, no new clothes, theliyhole thing at a cost of a few dollars. Neither did the editor have to strain his con— science in writing up the death notices of departed worth. How things have ichanged. ‘ '————0— THE UNEXPECTED HAS HAP- ‘pened. For more than thirty years there has not been a circus in Madi— sonville, until the one here last Wed— nesday, xx'hiclr‘we did not witness, gen- erally being about the first under the tent and the last to get home. But entire urea: “ramps. corny ation that opened in an? '_ e N From some c3135 the? .. __ ‘gement ' that aggrfigatfoix failed Wail and leave‘ifor our usethe little paste- board that would secure admission .We hardly know Whether to fee slighted ‘or complimented. We ar- however slowly recovering from the 'shock. ...___._.__.o___—_—— JAMES P. WATSON, who had a half dozen aliases, and was said to have been married to more than a doz- en different women and to have mur- dered about one half of these has been sentenced to the penitentiary for life by a California jury. If he behaves himself right well for eight or ten years, he 'V’avill no doubt be pardoned and will again be on. the matrimonial market. And there wil be plenty of foolish women who will be ready to take the risk“ mating with the ras- cal. ;-._.._.._._ on) PHRASE IN l ————‘1 g THERE Is ONE '5 all political organizations that seem: to have fallen into innocuous desue— itude and that is, “we view with alarm" iPerhaps the clapper to the alarm bell ihas been lost or the old bell so crack- . led that it will not alarm. “Denuncia- Itionf 'has become the tocsi‘n of war, particularly in republican gatherings, especially if Woodrow Wilson’s name occurs to the writer or speaker. . 3i1--—-——'-‘ NATHAN STRAUSS, A MTLLIQN- aire of New York declares that it is a “crime to die rich." Editors and newspaper men, as well as teachers and preachers have long since agreed ‘with. Mr. Strauss, as these gentlemen rarely ever leave enough property to .be buried decently. l M