North Carolina Newspapers

> w VOL. XXVIU, NO. 24 Man Hunt Ends When Notorious Negro Is Shot Exciting Chaxe for Slayer of Little Kincaid Girl Ends Near Linville Falls Sunday j Li?YilIo FaU?, Ju?v o.?Broaduaj Miller, mueh-lmnted Asheville negro, j who two weeks ago attacked and j killed Gladys Kincaid, pretty 15-year- j old Morgtthton giri, today was shot J w: and killed when su-priv-ed by a party, fa k searching for bim. j ho His death followed a irun battle j st? with Commodore Burleson, a tnoun-!hi! tain, er who came upon the negro un-j an expectediy. co The negro, according to the story told by Burleson and members of the toi po^e who reached the scene a mo- na uieiu aiter cne negro tell (lead, was en sitting: on a boulder when Burleson toi uncxpvcttdh walked up. The negro an fired out slid? from a shotgun. Burie- sc< son filed five times front a 45-calibre st< pistol a- rapidly as h: could puii the 67 trigger. The last shot struck the th negro below the heart killing him to: instantly. to: Members of the posse picked up the negro's body and took it to Morgant-M! where it was locked in the M; Burk county jail. A. The posse that today ended u M: search that has extended into three SOI States and boon almost continuous since the body of The girl wus found in a woodland near Morganton 3 *2 pj. days ago started but this morning j aft ? it was learned that a store in y. Lih^ilie Fails had been robbed Inst >f-ll njgbl- Buriuxm. a mountaineer and used to reading signs that enable the mountaineer to trail persons through the hush pushed ahead of the posse y,f and a a result* was the first to flush the ouarry. an - d NEWS OF WEEK FROM th, VALJLE CRUCIS SECTION Mi Valid Crncis* duly 6-?Mr. and wc At. ?? '' * * 1 ' vr i t,. VI. IIIMM- ULTIICU til \ iiUO Critcis mi Tuesday of last week anil y, are staying with Mrs. Leake's gar- i0j enl's. Mr. ami Mrs. .1. M. ShW, fetter an absence of about two years in the ]l>t Philippine Islands. j0. Among; the week-end visitors in q_ the valley were Mr. and Mrs. Ira T. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. IT. C. Meti-j j,0 /.ie . Jr., Misses Wiihelroina Shall jt;u and Gladys Taylor. I Mrs. Drew liver died at the home iU| of her son, 0. D. Dyer on Sunday vjj night. and was huried at Windy Gapj jl0| oil Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Hobby are j yc guests of Mr. ami Mrs. T. \Y. Taylor.) p;1| Mr. and Mrs. ,1. 0. Gureton and! daughter, .Josephine ant! Mr. Guy, of jWg Chester, S. ( ., are keeping house in j ^ the Sinley Mast cottage, The V. r. Summer Sehool of Re-'.,.,, ligious Education opened on July aiiff wilt continue for two week?, its fourth annual session. .Mrs. P. G Spair.hour returned last Wodhes lay from a visit to Mr. and ga? Mi- .Toe Si.ainhour in Morprr.hton. i Mr. \Y. L. Nicholson of Charlotte, n r.iviit.'r tJj&ht.r sit Vnll^ rViii-it a*\A " - - > v.-.-. ^ his family spent the week-end with j .... friends in the valley. (lai Hensor- Chapei Epworth League j which expected to entertain the .jT)j Boone branch at Cove Creek last S^Q Wednesday night brought its guests ( to Yallc Cruei? owning to the illness ,.r of Mr. Cob Henson. The Boone |j' league gave an interesting program q at the Methodist church, and afterward finished the evening at a social WR gathering on Mr. Finley Mast's lawn, i T ~~ M. MEMORIAL UNVEILED TO AUTHOR OF "DIXIE" ral gtil Asheville, July 3.?While the strains of that stirring old southern ' melody. "'Dixie," were floating from C0I the banjo of Bascem Lamar Luns- g0! ford, a memorial tablet erected to the memory of Daniel Decatur ETmmett, <5. better known as "Dan" Emmett, and author of the words of "Dixie," was j{ unveiled and dedicated this afrernoou an, in the shadow of historic old Calvary jj0 Episconl church at Fletcher, ten ac! miles south of Ashcville. tr.i pa: Lexington, June 30.?\V. R. Shelton, for nearly three years pastor of Mi the First Methodist church for this Dr city, left here yesterday for parts Ch unknown with a cloud of scandal Ch hanging over his head. The former st< pastor's departure followed a confer- eri ence with Dr. J. II. Barnhardt, pre- rie siding elder of the Winston-Salem ty district, and a legal representative of Ec a prominent young woman here, in M. which he is alleged to have confessed of guilt of immorality with the girl Ki represented. . ATA A Non-Partisan N Boot; Ilowing rock ! HAS BIG FOURTH i rery Hotel Resort Filled to Ca-! pacity; Day Taken Up by Hiking,1 Horseback Riding and Golfing;! Personal Mention Blowing Rock, July 6.?Monday | is the greyest day of the serson so j r in Bloving Kock, with every j tei filled to capacity, with the-; *eets crowded with aut'oniobiles, j !:;r-,<r parties and horseback riders, d with Green Park golf course j vcred with players. The golf course was the chief ctvrt-j r of interest, for a handicap tour- j ment was beinv played with 27 j tries. J. M. Alexander of Gas-1 nia won first prize, a silyer cup! d $1.3.50 in poll* supplies, with aj yrt of 65. Lb M. Hodges of Win -j won second prize v; it'll . Oscar " Weibqrn of Statesviile ird with 7 0, and Mr Van. Covjngii and Joe- O'Brien, both, of Gas-' nia, tied for fourth with 71. A largo Memphis party at May view ; inor \vj j 'composed of Dri and Mrs. | G. Lewis, Miss Hazel Bag by, J. I. J ison, Mrs. J. 1. Ma.-on, James Matt and William Ma-on. A" Charlotte parly was composed of. r. arid Mrs. B. D. Heath, Miss ttherinc Sholt'on and Joe Car ruth. A. E. Bell of the City Club, New >ik, is at Mayview Manor for the miner. E. M. Phillips and E. \V. Harringn of Charlotte were here for the ek-emi holiday. Miss Keberen Snyder, Miss Viv- f |;i Snyder. Miss Elizabeth Snyder d R0y Campbell of Charlotte forma Fourth of July dinner party at !i Manor. Mr. and Mrs. Car! E. Hill and rs. James McKinnon of Raleigh re at the Manor for the holiday. Miss Stella Williams and Miss; ?zel Mezelle formed another Charge party at Mayview Manor. Mr. and Mrs. John Fox of Gbar-; :te were here for the Fourth and >k their meals at Mayview and eon Park. Mr. and Mrs. E. Harlee of Green re were anions the dinner guests at* Marior. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Jones. Mr. rl Mrs. S. G. Bernard, all of Ashele, rtoped at the Manor over the liday. Mr- and Sirs. Jim Miller and R. F. litctress formed another Charlotte ty at the Manor. Forty guests from KuoxviUe. nn.. stepped at* the Manor oyer the i ek-end. Mr. and Mr-. J. Prettct and Mr. 1 Mr?. S. Charles Tate of Char-' ' v? ere at Green Park. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Vogler and sses Helen, and Blanche Vogler: nted a family parly from Winston-_ iein stopping at the Green Park. ; B. L. Dakon of Charlotte, J. M. iron of Huntington, \V. Vn., and I. Dalton of Wuiston-Salem had a inion at Green Park over the holi-i \ . : . y George L. Irwin, jr., M. K. Turner i J. T. Hoi lister made up a Winn-Salem party at Green Park. 3ij B. Hutchinson, Annie Sue Leanci, Nancy Little and Bill Taylor, of Greensboro, took dinner at ear. Park. An AsheviLlc party at Green Park s made- up of R. R. Mullikin, J BarbeVv Miss J. Phillips and Miss McDowell. VIr. and Mrs. F. P. Davis and Sa?: i Davis of Winston-Salem, were 2St? at Green Park for the holi-s l* ? ' ' 5 \nother Winston-Saiero patty was nposed of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hodi and two children, Mr. and Mrs. F. i Perry and two children and Mrs. j K. Allen and nurse. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Alexander, J.! Alexander, Jr., and Wilson Alex-[ ler of Gastonia .chore Blowing! ck hotel with its magnificent view! oss "one hundred miles of moan-* n tops" for their week-end holiday ': rty. >t.- me same ikkci weir iui. <iim s. F. M. Steams of Greensboro,, . and Mrs. Wade. H. Marshall of iapel Hill, Mr. and Mrs. T. Earl oi ;arlotte, H. A. Reynolds of Win>n-Salem, a party composed of Oath: ine MacMillan of Raleigh and Hen-i tta MacMillan of Farkton, a par-j composed of Mr. and Mrs. Janvier, Iward Fowler, and Mr. and Mrs. ?. j Preston of Durham and a number' other.-, including parties from ioxville,, Tenn., and Philadelphia. Miss Elenora Deal of Hickory, re-' ewspaper, Devoted to the E K. WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH Cf New Telephone Line j To Blowing Rock ? Long Distance Connection Formed Last Week Hith Lenoir Over \ Bell System ? Blowing Rook, July 0.?Blowing! Rock noiv has long distance telephone I connections with the rest of the state, \ Although the exehapB* here is notj yet ;? operation, a long distance-) boot h in a cafe on Main street gives direct connection with the Lenoir ex-j change and with, the telegraph office at that place. The Blowing Bock exchange, it is said, will be in operation within two weeks. The main switchboard is being installed. May view Manor has already installed its private switchboard. Rapid progress is being made : in setting the poles cn the Blowing Rock-Boone toll line. \ The Blowing Rock consolidated! < school board has called for ?>ids on the ?3,000 school building to be ^ erected here for the next school session. The bids are :.> state the ^ probable costs with three materials, j stone, brick and hollow the. Burglars broke into (he confer tionary store i?f Bower Williams oil Main str eet Tuesday ught and stole {* candy, fruits and cigars valued at ' $10: No cash was left* in the store 1 over night. The thieves gained en- j t rance by breaking a large \vindowjj pane in the rear of the store. Chief i of Police I- K. Story said every effort!* i-^ being made to apprehend the j 1 buillar*. I t Teeiiigr ufi" on tho ledge at May- ! view Manor, on the rocks at Grand-j > view and and on Blowing Rock itself and driving a ball into the gorge is; ihe latest sport of those \vh have golf balls to waste. One enthusiastic golfer asserts he I' drove a ball at least a mile into the gorge. | The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Rum- ' pic Memorial Presbyterian church'( will -l>fi\e its regular monthly meet- f ing at the church Friday afternoon at f 3 o'clock. t Miss Dorothy Hayes was hostess on ,1' Friday evening at a dinner party given at her home, honoring Miss Hayes* house guest and a number of f out-of-town friends. * Tables \v? ?? placed for eighty in- 1: eluding besides the hostess. Mi Bettie Williams, Doris I,ingle, Dor- othy Peoples of Banner Elk, and li Florence Matneson, of Southern v Pines; George Robbins of Blowing a Rod-, Albert Ruggles of /./-Southerni a Pines and H. F. Custer the gue ( of ? Miss William? from Johnstown-, Pa, \ \a Mrs. Be u lab Kernoodle of Wil-i ^ mington, with a number of friends) 1 from that city, motored to Blowing h Hoek, spending the fourth of July J P with Mrs. Kernodie's parents, Mr. j r and Mi-S. A. M. Critcher. | ! a air. usiii airs, i . r:. rrevert e arid j u daughter, I-ouise. were called to d North Wilkesboro Monday : by the j death of Mr. Preveite's iuicle, j c Clarence. Call, a prominent business| f mar. of North Wilkesboro. t p Subtle Old Fish j f Her Father: "Do you support your- \> self?" Suitor: "Why. yes sir." u Her Father: "Then you ought to -v. be abolished by the board of health!" c Suiter. "For what?5' T Her Father: "For mruntaiiiir.g a :? nuisance.*' : :t ^ \v A Thought tl When better aircastles are built, v everybody will build them. N turned to Hickory Thursday after r having been the house guest here of ti Mm. R. L. Greene. A Fourth of July party from Wil- h mington and Greensboro who stop- c ped at the Martin cottage was com- o posed of John H. Bonifz, Miss Marie o Bonitz. Miss Kate C. Bonitz, and h Miss Constance Kinuee. c A Concord party at the same hotel t consisted of Miss S. Friok, Miss Es- c telle Cline and J. H. White. r The following Charlotte party was t registed: Miss Marie Brooks, Miss t Gertrude Brooks, W. T. Campbell and t Paul .S. Ft off man. * From Philadelphia came I. Levin, t M. Levitt, K. Levin and E. Cohen, s who stopped at the Martin cottage, i A Raleiprh party was composed of < Mr. and Mrs. Jule B. Warren, Betsy Warren, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Pievost. . Dorothy and Jaquelin Prevost. Si v DEM< Jest Interests of Northwe kROLIN.v g IURSDA.Y. JULY 7. ii )A>'/lS CRITICISES S.C -oHOOL SYSTEM 'o Navy Secretary Toils Appa an State Normal That State T^.jng Ox-. Supervision but Short On Financing Although North Carolina ha.-? made aph.i progress in developing a state ducarional system, much remains to. ?e done before the state can c??nIder itself as having an educational system of the first class. "The pres nt patchwork, haif state and half ocal. must give way to a better sysera.,? This was the theme of Jpjsephus paniels, former secretary of the navy thd editor of the Raleigh News and t)fegerver, in an address Friday morons? before ihf- fnr-'ili v r?r? J ctu.I..n)c it the Appalachian State Norma]! School and Watauga county citizens vho packed the Normal auditorium o viie doors. Jiv. Daniels motored over from; Rock, where ho and Mrs.: 'Daniels arc specdrug u short vacation it the .Mayview Manor. "Tin fact thai tnorc elementary ;eachers arc being; trained this sr.nine i in the Appalachian Stat$ NorVia School than in any other educaiioiui! institution in the Mouth is a' realization e? a great hope and the: prSfivise of a larger future." Mr.j [>ai - i. "Wo mea-uic educa-j iotatl advance by contrasts. Twmy v , yea it. r?sro, if any prophet had enturcd to predict the ores .it V-rowth of the school presided overl . y Dr. Dougherty and faculty, he ,vuvl?J have been cailcd an irid^ccsiC i* . amor. Rut here is the proof in jrick and mortar, in the thousands ?f teachers all over the state Daliud kmc. and in the sure large service u?>\\ being train .1 wi'ii vendor. What has been wrought at Appalachian has in greater or less decree ieen accomplished all over North aroliita. If is not the goal. Ir is mly the foundation upon which uundcr und broader educational f itrueturcs are to be raised." ^ Discussing the next big steps sort!; Carolina must take. Mr. Danels said: '"Now that the- era of agitation r.nd 6umi system* of securing: funds iia* irogressc.d far, t'he taxnyers are io.iikng to the teachers to turn cut ;\j roduet worthy of its cost. The resent job for the teache-rs is to inisl upon thoroughness of learning, to eny advancement in grades *o ail .ho have out mastered the court e,; nd to withhold diplomas uhiil tfcey ie earned. There is too omen h i;.-i hey |p. these; respects. "The next thing is more emphasis ri teaching and less upon supervision nil ducoUoh ami executive duties, t was necessary r?> paramount theseitherto, bet the highest salaries light to go to teachers in the :.ehooloom, for. unless teachers can lead : he pupils into desire for learning < nd help thevn over rough ways, the ; hole business of education falls ; own." ] Mr. Daniels rejoiced with all advn- ( aiVs of universal public education.:': ree to all, from t.he ABC's to the est graduate instruction, hi the long . trides made in t.he years since Ay-: f>ck and .Melver?"the two evangels ; 'ho woke up a sleeping state." "We arc spending $30,000,000 i pon public schools." he said. "Are . e getting a dollar's worth of edu- i ition for every dollar expended?jhat is n ijucaudn for public officials < > ask and render an an rover to those ? ho put up the money for the sup- 1 ovt of public schools. Nothing less inn adequate return upon the in cstrnent v. ill satisfy the people of i 'ort h Carolina." j I Discussing the vital and funda-J lenf-ii next step in public eduea-i i ion, Mr. Daniels said: h "The state of North Carolina >s; >n? on the exercise of power in the; i ounty and school district and shortj Ti providing: the means for carrying ut directions t hat conic- down from I Laieigh. The au thorities at the state J apitai te'.i the counties how much; hey shall pay teachers, prescribe the! ourse of study and the books to bu] ised in the public schools, teii trusees what style of school house theyj nust build, and in a word direct j ounty officials in almost every par-i icular how schools shall be conduct-j d and send supervisors all over the j if.e.te to see that a uniform system of; iublic schools is carried on in every j me of the one hundred counties. "And ther., at the very point of: (Continued on Page ESght) 3CRA st North Carolina. t'27 Two Business Blocks Boost. Building Boom Croure Broken for Modern Butintsi Houses" and Apartments: Local Firms Get Contracts The* puffir?; :.ni shrieking *>i a sl'er.m >hovo' breaks thv comparative (IRieiudc of the little city loiay as dirt is being moved for Boone's mo t rtodern business and a pun men', v Us s oxi the EVHvin N Hahii pvbpetty near the Episcopal church. Mr. Hahn has deliberated on this piofrressive move for a jreod while, but not unt>) yesterday when an axe wielded by hi.* own hands. Veiled two large trees to make ready for the structure., would he give out any information for publication. The contract, however, is now closed between .vir. nann aim local omiders, \\. hill art zog and \V_ B. Hodges and th job is n lull swing. 'i be building: ivdl fro lit fifty f t on King street and will be be.ventj left deep, the ground floor being divided into two co'?V;jr;dd!d.us *r.fcs* place.-, while the see-nu floor will be made up in apaitmetfts, fifteen to seven te< n ro< m>. ad furinshc-d a;. <i : dy for ocoupnhey. Below wi'i be a st'o-y-h'lgh basement. The building wilt have steam heat ami all ?>f bin. ultra modei n fixtures. I; is understood that .prospective bu.-incss m'en have already sp?'k :i ' r, leases no the block anil it has predicted by one local rfcaltoi it.at v.hrn the building is completed el) space will have already been taken. "i am :!:nv";]::x" said Mr. Hab,n. "about fit'Uon thousand dollars in structure. but I know n< way of building a t .i\ without spending money.' It is not ffiveii out just when the project will be oomph-:e?i but rbt work will be rushed just a.- rapidly as possible. Winkler Building Work is going forward today also oil the W. Balph Winkler building opposite the Boom Drug Company. This wiil also be a two-story structure r,L brick, thirty-five by seventy feet, arid is under contract t'o MeGhee Brothers to he completed within sixty liny-. !t cannot be announced at. this time just v. bar the building will be used for. Mr. Winkler, says it is at together modern ai)| will he used for business purposes. Further thin that he is non-f4.nmiur.icat ive. MISSION MEET AT NORTH W1LKESBORO WELL ATTENDED X"i:h WiiKesbo'ro special of July o to Winston-Salem. iinuiT?al$3j At the r.iinuai meeting 61* the Woman M;.-ior.ary societies r>t the North \Y Uk.rS-j boro district at the First Methodist church in this city, peve.it soelei*jes! from Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes spun ties' were re presented. Alleghany : and A v ery counties were not represented. There were fifty-five deie- j gates' from out of town in attendance \ ?r the meeting, which was declared to have been only of the most interesting ar.d successful in the history :?f the district Mrs. O. C. Weaver, of Winston-' saicm. cor.ivL-eiice prudent,; deliver-.; /el two helpful talks timing: the au?j lay .session, and Migs Amy Hackneyj of Asheville, conference ^liperinten-i lent oi' children's work, gave d lec-j ture. Mrrs. Seymour Taylor of fbisj city, the district secretary; presided j ?ver the two sessions and tlte dovo-j dona! exerciser were conducted byvj Rev. S. Taylor, presiding' elder, and 1 Rev. H G. Allen, pastor of the local i church. Mrs. C. o. Sink sang: two. beautiful solos. The ladies of the North Wilkesboro church served luncheon in honor ofi the visiting delegates. The next annua! meeting wiil be: held at the Boone Methodist church j in the summer of 1028, last year's* meeting having been held with thej Wiikesboro church. The delegates present from out of i the county were: Mrs. J B. Sttele, Mrs. M. 6 Blackburn, Mrs. A. E. South, Kev. M. B. Woosley. Boone; Mrs. J. L. Reynolds, Mrs. I. T. John-j son, jiis. . pj. o anacij, r >v\ ,;. a.. Reynolds, .Jefferson; Mr James Alien, Mrs. E. B. Graybeal, Mrs. A. E. Graybeal, Mrs. B. B. Graybeal, Mrs. T. E. Park, Mrs. C. E. Miller, Miss Danish Richardson, West Jefferson; Mrs. W. P. Shoaf, Mrs. Frances Flier, Miss Janet Carter, Warrcnsville; Mrs. N. 1,. Meat. Henson's Chapel. A number of children from over the district also attended. 1 '' " ' ,T' , , . ?? r .' , ' ^ ' -" ' " ' i" _ . '"* *"* . * PRICE FIVE CENTS RECORD CROWif HERE FOR 4TH Crowd Estimated at Ten Thousand Gather in Bocr.e to Celebrate; Speeches. Sports and Fireworks Make the Day Interesting Likely the largest vi tt\v 'love; a>.-crfihled hi thf '.own ol' Boor.e came Momiav to pa*hc,\paie it; ihv Fourth O.T July celebration sponsored hv the Watauga Post. Ames cat r.. It [js estimated that ten thousand people u e re pre-tiit to parlicipat* arid hsai addresses by Ron. Jake F. Xc-tveil pf Ghariwtte and District Atrotn^v F. A. Liuiiey of Bowie. FoHowLig the spectacular pa ratio i front tin? eouEthc-uso to the Legion. ! Park, featured by soldiers of the World War and attractive float? pcepjaiod by various t?.nsmes?s interests of the city. led by the Lenoir high .school bard. addresses of ivtlconv Were delivered by Mayor \V. ft. Ciragg andP?v: Commander I,. r;. Isaac- Mr. %vt]! was intjoduced by Dr. B. BDiViiirhertj, ari(l spoke in part &s fbl* lows: "In ?w reserving the 5a * it age- of the farh? i*s and heroes of '7b. We of toby hr.fi a.- wed face the issues, . quaroiy and without esc us- or i-va on. A day has hot dawned since the birth of tin-" nation that the enemi< of individual freedom have not ijcrht every means, even through nurtdo!-ius intrigue, te destroy the fabric and the hop - of our ccnsCtu> . and free f.sI itutioiis. Their search and covet v pu/pose have i>eeu as treachoivu? n was ? he search <??Jierccl for the Child burn in Beith5chein. "The friends and profiteerof ;\ ib-;a ; flic povvCr-ghutton? who fear the strength and voice of the coninriin people; those who favor '..he , .-urn-ndti of natoj&l sovereignty to foreign ideals and dominion: those who f bigfantly violate the Vavrs of J our own land are. consciously t.i unconsciouRly, in Icagiu with ihrise vho would tear the barrel and si Hired . emblem of treed-., re. fro re Erie :am. parts of civilization. "Under the baneful influence- of hU of these forces, \yc find thai life is insecure in many pail.- of our 1 country; that, ihere is a growing disrt gkrd for the property rightsi of ethers; thai there is a .sort of sneer iiig disregard for u\\ law; that the vexy :ur; i.- inoiicy-rnad; and thai" cotisouncv isvhoixj^ paralyzed by a >vsiematic and Subtle overthrow ??f spiritual rv por.idbiiity. At the same tniu- ,\vtt may look to the cdntinept of Asia and observe war-torn and irre*ponsVoh Oluna and the seething un- ^ res: of India. Look vo the eomineriL of La rope and again-1 the Italian sky rises the sinister silhouette of Mussolini; and across the wintry wastes of Russia stalks a maliciou s madness the like of which the world has seldom seen. Four fifths of the world's population are toVally different and easily made hostile to our race. "Vet. against all of these onslaughts of evil, our race and our nation must stand and, with a voice that shall sound in every clime arid echo across every ocean, command peace, plant and secure freedom and remain for all time, as We have been for more, than a century* the light and hope of the earth. "V. e i'an nut do tins otherwise than by teaching every man to dedicate himself. not to hie. parte, not to his creed, hot tc- selfish lusts, but' to his country. We cannot succeed by teachinpr sectional hatred within our borders, nor by denying justice to any of the leas' of our people in preparation for this day. it was decreed frcrin above and written in blood chat this nation should bp one indissoluble union, and that it should remain free and just, or perish from the earth. "1 appeal to you, even your as your country appeals to you, members of t he American Legion?you who faced shot and shell, submarine; poison gas and saw your comrades die as hell's red glare was painted on France's sky?to lead the way. Lead, as men unafraid: lead, as men liviner ! but willing to die for humanity*? i'cause; lead, vrith tlie pledge of im[ daunted manhood; lead us by the anl eient landmarks; lead us in the way ! of the kindly light. "If you will, we shall be more I than conquerors, and through us the ! world shall be blessed; if vou won't, ? II fear that leaden skies will close ] about us, and a.- a people we shall j march into the encircling night, and f (Continued on Page Five)