The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 19, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 7, 1929 Page: 2 of 9
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THE CASS COUNTY SUN
;oooooooooooooooooooooooooo
My Mother
WHEN God made her He
said: This shall be cast in
My most perfect mold.
—4*
SHE shall have love, reason,
understanding, justice, sym-
pathy.
HER life motto shall be serv-
ice, her guide be kindness.
AIJD this one He made—
My Mother.
ANITA R. COOK.
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Origin of Mother's
Day in Dispute
Honor of First Observance
Claimed by Town of
Henderson, Ky.
' It has been the popular belief that
the second Sunday in May was the
day first suggested for Mother's day,
nut the natives of this Kentucky
(town have an entirely different ver-
jsion, writes Martha Lee Forgy from
|Henderson, Ky., to the New Orleans
lltem-Tribune.
Folk here, Miss Forgy continues,
ilnsist the day was originated by Mary
'Towles Sasseen Wilson.
Born and reared in this little city,
on the south bank of the Ohio river,
:ln the 'Cite, Miss Sasseen labored to
'have April 20, her mother's natal day,
observed in the schools in the manner
in which the day is now celebrated.
I She traveled extensively and ad-
dressed various educational meetings
'throughout the country in her effort
,to have the day observed in the
'schools. It was in the little Center
ft.
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Mrs. Mary Towles Sasseen Wilson.
street school of Henderson that the
lirst observance of Mother's day was
held by Miss Sasseen, and In 1804 she
succeeded In having It celebrated in
the public schools of Springfield, Ohio.
In 1809 she became a candidate for
superintendent of public instruction
of Kentucky, and it was then gen-
erally discussed over the state that
she had first conceived the plan of
celebrating Mother's day.
It is still being discussed and
proudly boasted by officials and citi-
zens alike here, who argue that:
'Miss Annie Jarvis of Philadelphia
>ias been given the credit of originat-
ing the idea of setting aside a day
for the purpose. Miss Jarvis is en-
titled to great credit in connection
with the national celebration of the
day, but the idea of Mother's day was
conceived long before the time cred-
ited to her. It was first thought of
here, in Henderson, by Miss Sasseen
and celebrated in the schools here
long before the date the sponsors of
the movement claim it originated."
In 1907 Miss Jarvis Jnvlted a friend
to spend the second Sunday* in May
with her, to commemorate the day of
her mother's death. On that day Miss
Jarvis announced her plan for a na-
tional observance of "Mother's day."
Mary Towles Sasseen married
Judge Marshall Wilson of Florida,
and gave her life to the cause of
motherhood when her first child was
born.
The movement to bestow credit to
her for the origin of the idea has
merited the Indorsement of many
Kentucky organizations. This move-
ment, they say, would not detract
from the impetus that Miss Jarvis
gave It, and there Is plenty of honor
'for both her and Mary Towles Sas-
seen Wilson.
~My~Igvc~
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0 MOTHER - MY- LOVE, if you'll give me
your hand,
And go where I ask you to wander,
I will lend you away to a beautiful land—
The Dreamland that's waiting out yonder.
We'll walk in a sweet-posic garden out thero
Where moonlight and starlight arc streaming,
And the flowers and birds are filling the air
With fragrance and music of dreaming.
There'll be no little tired-out boy to undress,
No questions or cares to perplex you;
There'll be no little bruises orbumps to caress,
Nor patching of stockings to vex you.
For I'll rock you away on a silver-dew stream.
And sing you asleep when you're weary,
And no one shall know of our beautiful dream,
But you and your own little'dearie.
And when I am tired I'll nestle my head
In the bosom that's soothed me so often,
And the wide-awake stars shall sing in my stead
A song which our dreaming shall soften,
So Mothcr-My-Love, let me take your dear
hand,
And away through the starlight we'll wander—
Away through the mist to the beautiful land—
The Dreamland that's waiting out yonder!
—Eugene Field
Mothers' Virtues
Put on Record
Most Beautiful Descrip-
tion of Wife and Moth-
erhood Ever Penned
Found in Book
of Proverbs.
By Right Rev. James E. Freeman.
Bishop of Washington.
In her tongue ts the law of kindness.
—Proverbs 31:26.
No finer tribute to feminine graces
is contained in the Bible than that re-
corded in the thirty-first chapter of
the Book of Proverbs. It is a glowing
tribute to wifehood and motherhood.
"The heart of her husband doth safely
trust in her; she will do him good and
not evil all the days of her life." Of
her unfailing devotion to her house-
hold the writer.- says: "Her candle
goeth not out by night; she stretcheth
out her hand to the poor; yea, she
reacheth forth her hands to the
needy." "She iooketh well to the ways
of her household and eateth not the
bread of idleness." Little wonder is
it that her children "arise up and call
her blessed; her husband also, and he
praiseth her." It Is a lofty concep-
tion of the mother of the household.
Nothing that is here written concern-
ing lifer Is more significant than the
passage, "In her tongue Is the law of
kindness." There can be little higher
in the way of the fulfillment of the
graces and virtues of motherhood than
this.
The Uhueretariuirig Mcsrt.
The law of kindness implies a gentle
and understanding heart. It will not
be hindered or distracted through mis-
understandings nor will it yield to the
petty annoyances that day by day
cause friction and unhapplness. The
law of kindness will not reckon with
these. It recognizes with understand-
ing sympathy temperamental inequali-
ties and those elements that render
members of a household dissimilar In
thought and practice. The law of
kindness resists und overcomes the un-
considered and thoughtless utterance
and readily forgives the unwitting act
of disobedience. The mother of the
household, like Mary of old, penetrates
beneath the surface of things, weighs
with fine discrimination the differ-
ences In those who constitute the
household and exercises a Judgment
that finds its inspiration in the luw of
kindness. It is safe to say that this
supreme gift of mother love is one of
the mightiest factors In the shaping
of character, and that it contributes
more to an orderly and peaceful home
life than all else. It is the source of
contentment and the Inspiration to
higher thinking and living. Subtract
this from our home life and we impov-
erish It.
True Kindness. >
We are not thinking, concerning this
great virtue, of that kind of cheap
sentimentality that discloses itself in
undiscriminating kindness. Kindness
without the loving word of counsel is
futile. Kindness thnt^reckons not with
an ordered and orderly household
whose discipline contributes to the
strengthening and enrichment of char-
acter inevitably produces impairment
of domestic felicity.
Mother's Sunday compels us to think
more definitely of those fundamental
things that constitute the strength and
sanctity of home life. It is demon-
strable that the homes of a nation
have the power of making or unmak-
ing it. They either exalt its standards
or debase them. They either con-
tribute to the whoiesomeness of our
social life or they gravely Impair it
Indeed the home standards affect for
good or III every phase of our cor-
porate life. No home livetb to Itself.
We are living in an age in which the
duties and privileges of women have
been infinitely broadened. They are
equal sharers with the men of the na-
tion in its large concerns and oppor-
tunities. They have to do with the
making of policies and the shaping of
national ideals. All this should make
for greater refinement and whosesome-
ness in all that concerns our wtfll-
being.
Mother's Responsibilities.
If these new privileges and oppor-
tunities detract in any wise from the
high claims and responsibilities that
peculiarly belong to mother life and
mother Influence, they must ultimately
work disaster. No soclul occupations,
no indulgence in those things that con-
cern the state and the nation, may be
substituted for those holier responsi-
bilities that have to do with home and
family life. The greatest trust that
God has committed to His children is
that which Is given to the mother of
the household. She, more than all
others, determines the moral worth
and strength of our domestic and so-
cial life. To her hands Is given the
Incomparable privilege of shaping the
characters'of her children. The moral
and spiritual ideals of the nation, as a
whole, are largely determined by its
mothers.
Thought For the Day
WHAT would you think of a boy who would strike hit mother? Yob
hate to think of anything «o unpleasant, don't you? Words can«
not express your opinion of one who would intentionally injure his
mother.
NOW stop a minute. Probably some time in your life you have had
a bloody nose or a skinned knee. And probably some timo in
your life some one has made an unkind remark that hurt you dread-
fully. Which really hurt the worst 7 The nose or the knee was better
in a few hours or a few days, but your injured feelings bothered you
for a long time after that unkind remark.
THE meaning of all this is clean You have only contempt for a boy
who would strike his mother, but do you realize that an unkind
word to her may hurt her feelings more than a blow? Boys—and girls,
too—are so much more careless with their tongues than with their
fists. Don't you be one to let your tongue inflict pain.
THAT'S a good thing to think about on Mother's day. .
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«tqck
MAKING PROGRESS
WITH LIVE STOCK
First Essential Is First-C lass
Clover Pasture.
To make progress In developing a
balanced system of farming where
live stock is to have a rightful place,
it is necessary to have a sonicleut
area planted to first-class pasture.
"Almost any land will produce some
pasture," says S. J. Kirby. pasture
specialist at the North Carolina State
college. "But the more fertile the
soil, the better pasture it will pro-
duce. Cut-over land, idle cleared
land or land too rough or too steep
for cleanly cultivated crops may he
profitably used. Where the soil has
been well cultivated, it may be eas-
ily prepared by disking or breaking
and disking. All crop residues should
be plowed under and the seed-bed
left level. It is important to have
n good seed bed for grass and clo
ver plantings."
Mr. Kirby says also that pasture
responds to good treatment. Lime
and phosphate are beneficial to
grasses and clovers and are necessary
for animals. These may be supplied
to the live stock through grazing
Throughout the Piedmont section. Sir.
Kirby advises the use of one ton of
limestone and from 300 to 500 pounds
of a complete fertilizer such as a
12-3-3 or a 12-4-4. The application of
stable or barnyard manure as a top
dresser the second or third year after
the sod has been established is a
good practice.
It is also practical to improve old
pastures at low cost. Sometimes these
ureas may be reseeded; again top
dressings with liiue, fertilizer and
manure may be necessary, but in any
case, these treatments should he giv-
en so that the plant food materials
might be incorporated into the soil
by the alternate thawing and freezing
of the ground.
Bloat Among Cattle or
Sheep Can Be Avoided
Feeding cattle or sheep dry hay
each morning und then turning them
on clover pasture after the dew is 01T
Is one of the surest ways of prevent-
ing bloat during the first month of
pasturing. The practice of leaving the
animals 011 the clover only a short
time is a sound one, especially so dur-
ing the beginning of the pasture sea-
son. Under no circumstances should
hungry animals be permitted to gorge
on clover, alfalfa, or sweet clover
when the foliage is wet with dew or
rain water. Generally prudence is
also required in wuferiug them soon
after they have filled themselves with
green food.
When a serious case of bloat does
occur, tupping is by fur the surest wu.v
of relieving the animal. The incision
should be made on the left side at a
point an equni disti ice from the last
rib, the hip hone, and the sideways
projecting portions of the backbone in
the region of the l< in. A trocar is the
instrument intended for this Job. Ev-
ery farmer should have one if he is
pasturing clover. The gas should not
be allowed to escape too rapidly from
badly bloated animals.
Makes Life
Sweeter
Children's stomachs sour, and need
an untl-ncid. Keep their systems
sweet with Phillips Milk of Magnesia!
When tongue or breath tells of acid
condition—correct it with a spoonful
of PhilHps. Most men and women have
been comforted by this universal
sweetener—more mothers should ia-
voke Its aid for their children. It is a
pleasant thing to take, yet neutralizes
more ncld than the harsher things too
often employed for the purpose. No
household should be without it.
Phillips Js the genuine, prescrip-
tlonal product physicians endorse fer
general use; the name is Important.
"Milk of Magnesia" has been the U. S.
registered trade mark of the Charles
H. Phillips Chemical Oe. and its pre-
decessor Charles H. Phillips since 1875
Phillips
r Milk
of Magnesia
For Wounds and Sores
Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh
Mnnny Wit for Unit bottln If not salted. All d«Ucr .
Perhaps an infant can yell because
It is nervous ns a man does.
The use of soft conl will make laun-
dry work heavier this winter. Red
Cross Bali Blue will help to remove
that grimy look. At all grocers.—Adv.
If a girl trusts a young man It may
be a sign that her father doesn't.
Within the Reach
of every woman—health and
strength. They're brought t
you by Doctor Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription, which if
sold by druggists. It witf
build up, strengthen and in-
vigorate the "run-down,"
nervous, or delicate woman.
One who has usetj it re-
marked :— "1 think Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion is the best tonic a weak
woman can take. I had a
long spell of sickness, was in
a very nervous state, got so
weak that I could scarcely
be on my feet. I took Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and it
relieved me of all nervousness and re-
Stored me to health. I never took a
medicine that did so much for roc."—
Mrs. P. C. Cromwell, 1415 N. Calhoun
St., Fort Worth, Texas.
Send 10 cents for trial pkg. of tab-
lets to Dr. Pierce. Buffalo. N. V.
A cemetery depends on the dead to
fill It, but It depends u the living to
keep It going.
Kill "Gad Flies" While
Still in Grub Stage
"Gad flies" or "heel flips," whl.'h
pester cattle In the springtime, may
be killed while still in the grub stage,
Imbedded In the backs of cattle, by
placing an ointment consisting of one
part Iodoform and three parts vaseline
on each warble hole.
This ointment should be placed on
the hole of each warble, or large
swelling on the animal's hide, with
the finger.
The grubs can be removed from the
backs of unltnals by pressure with the
fingers, but this seems like a hopeless
undertaking. Then, too, crushing or
destroying the grubs In the backs of
cattle Is liable to bring on dangerou*
anaphylactic symptoms.
No Advantage in Mixed
Ground Feed for Pigs
There Is usually nothing to be
gained by grinding corn for plgs
However, barley and oats both feed a
little better to young pigs when they
are ground. To simplify feeding It
would be all right to grind the
corn along with the barley and oats.
There Is no parllctj'nr advantage f<j
he gnlned, however, by mixing this
ground feed Into a slop before feeding
ns it can Just, ns well be fed ,|ry „n
long as the pigs have water available
most of the time.
Before and
After Childbirth
"I took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound before
my first baby was born and I
am taking it now for my weak'
encd condition after the birth
of my second boy. Although I
never have put on any flesh
I am feeling good now and
the Vegetable Compound has
helped mc In every way. It is
surely a wonderful mcdicine
and I will be glad to answer
letters for I recommend it
highly."—Mrs. Fred W. Davey,
Madison, Kansas.
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Banger, J. E. A. & Erwin, W. L. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 19, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 7, 1929, newspaper, May 7, 1929; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341085/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Atlanta Public Library.