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American Individualism
A Timely Message to the
, American People
By HERBERT HOOVER
Secretary of Commerce. .
6 THE FUTURE
INDIVIDUALISM haa been the primary force of American civiliza
tion for three centuries. It is our sort of individualism that has sup-
plied the motivation of America's political, economic and spiritual
Institutions in all these years. It has proved its ability to develop it
institutions with the changing' scene. Our very form of government is
the product of the individualism of our people, the demand for an equal
opportunity, for a fair chance. '
The American pioneer is the epic-
exm-easlon of that indlvduirtlsm, and
the pioneer spirit Is the response to
the challenge or opportunity, to the
challenge of nature, to the challenge
of life, to the call of the frontier. That
pirit need never die for lack of some
thing for It to achieve, There will al
ways be a frontier to conquer or to
hold as long as men think, plan and
dare. Our American Individualism has
received much of Its character from
our contacts with the forces of nature
on a new continent. It evolved gov
ernment without official emissaries to
how the way; It plowed and sowed
two score of great states ; It built
roads, bridges, railways, cities; It car
ried forward every attribute of high
civilization over a continent. The days
of the pioneer are not over. There are
continents of human welfure of which
we have penetrated only the coastal
plain. The great continent of science
is as yet explored only on its borders,
and It is only the pioneer who will
penetrate the Jrontier in the quest for
new worlds to conquer. The very
genius of our Institutions has been
given to them by the pioneer spirit.
Our individualism Is rooted In our very
nature. It is based on conviction born
of experience. Equal opportunity, the
demand for a fair chance, became the
formula of American Individualism
because It Is the method of American
achievement.
After the absorption of the great
plains of the West came the era of
industrial development with the new
complex of forces that It has brought
us. Now haltingly, but with more
surety and precision than ever before
and with a more conscious understand
ing of our mission, we are finding solu
tion of these problems arising from
new conditions, for the forces of our
social system can compass and com
prise these.
Our individualism is no middle
ground between autocracy whether
of birth, economic or class origin and
socialism. Socialism of different varie
ties may have something to recom
mend it as an Intellectual stop-look-and-llsten
sign, more especially for Old
World societies. But it contains only
destruction to the forces that make
progress in our social , system. Nor
does salvation cptue by any device for
concentration of power, whether po
litical or economic, for both are equal
ly reversions to Old' World autocracy
In new garments. , .
Salvation will not come to us out
of the wreckage of Individualism.
What we need today Is steady devo
tion to a better, brighter, broader in
dividualism an ' Indlvidtiulisra that
carries increasing responsibility and
service to our fellows. Our need is not
for a way out but for a way forward.
We found our way out three centuries
ago when our forefathers left Europe
for these shores, to set up here a com
monwealth conceived In liberty and
dedicated to the development of indi
viduality. There are malign social forces other
than our failures that would destroy
our progress. There are the equal dan
gers both of reaction and radicalism.
The perpetual howl of radicalism is
that It is the sole voice of liberalism
that devotion to social progress is Its
field alone. These men would assume
that all reform and human advance
most come through government. They
have forgotten that progress must
come from the steady lift of the Indi
vidual and that the measure of na
tional Idealism and progress Is the
quality of Idealism In the individual.
The most trying support of radicalism
comes from the timid or dishonest
minds that shrink from facing the re-
mi t of radicalism Itself but are de
voted to defense of radicalism as proof
of a liberal mind. Most theorists wno
denounce our individualism as a social
basis aepm to have a passion for Ignor
ance of Its constructive Ideals.
An even greater danger Is the de
structive criticism of minds too weak
or too partisan to harbor constructive
Mens : For such, criticism Is based
npon the distortion of perspective or
cunning misrepresentation: There Is
never danger from the radical himself
until the structure and confidence of
society has been . undermined by the
enthronement of destructive criticism.
- Destructive criticism can certainly
iuif n revolution . unless there are
' those willing to withstand the taallce
tht flows In return from refutation.
It haa been well said that revolution la
no summer thunderstorm clearing tne
atmosphere. . In modern society it la a
tnnvnria leaving in its Dath the de
stroyed homes of .millions With their
dead women and children.
There are also those who Insist that
tht future must be a repetition of the
pest; that Ideas are dangerous, wai
idMla are freaks. .'
To' find that fine balance which links
the future with the past, whose vision
! of mm and not of tools, that pos
sesses the courage to construct rather
than- to criticise this If our neea.
There is no oratory so easy, no writing
--, 1 irK-iJ si tie 't".n : 9-
making of criticism and malice thci
is none so difficult as inspiration to
construction. .
We cannot ever afford to rest at
ease in the comfortable assumption
that right ideas always pn-.aii by
some virtue of their own. In rtie long
run they do. But there can be and
there have been periods of centuries
when the world slumped back toward
darkness merely because great masses
of men became Impregnated with
wrong Ideas and wrong social philoso
phies. The declines of civilisation
have been born of wrong Ideas. Most
of the wars of the world, Including tne
recent one. have been fought by the
advocates of contrasting Ideas of so
cial philosophy.
The Drimarv safecuard of American
individualism is an understanding of
it; of fnlth that It is Is the most pre
cious possession of American civiliza
tion, and a willingness courageously to
test every process of national life upon
the touchstone of this basic social
nremlse. Development of the human
institutions and of science and of in
dustry have been long chains of trial
ami error. Our nubile relations to
them and to other phases of our na
tional life can be advanced in no oilier
way than by a willingness to experi
ment In the remedy of our social
faults. The failures and unsolved
problems of economic and social life
can be corrected; they can be solved
within our social theme ana unaer no
other system. The solution Is a mat
ter of will to find solution : of a sense
of duty as well as of a sense of right
and citizenship. No one wno Duys
"bootleg" whisky can complain of gun
men and hoodlumlsm.
Humanity has a long road to perfec
tion, but we of America can make
sure progress If we will preserve our
individualism, if we will preserve and
stimulate the Initiative of our people;
if we will bu d ud our insistence anu
safeguards to equality of opportunity,
if we will alorlfy service as a pari or
our national character. Progress will
march If we hold an abiding faith In
the Intelligence, the Initiative, tne
character, the courage, and the divine
touch In the Individual. We can safe
nmrri thpu pnils if we srlve to each In-
lil,l,,ol that onnnrtunltv for which I
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ihn enii.it nf America sranas. we cun
m.ira p ncini svst.em as Derfect as'lington;
our generation merits and one that
will be received In gratitude by our
children.
THE END.
Copyright, 1923, by Doubleday. Pass
Co.- Published by arrangement wun
Western Newspaper Union.)
DIDN'T KNOW GREAT PAINTER
Woman's Criticism Decidedly Amus
ing Considering the Standing
of the Artist.
The amateur who "knows It all" be
longs to all arts and all periods. Our
grandparents laughed over tne anec
dnto mini familiar throughout Britain
and America, of the nonprofessional
lady singer who compjalned to a notei
clerk of the woman In the room next
door to her, whose vocal exercises
were not only too frequent but - an
offense to the sensitive ear. She was
told that unfortunately the only rem
edy was for her to change her room,
as the management would scarcely
care to remonstrate on that point with
Madame Pattll.
At Dublin not so long ago, wrftes a
contributor to the Boston Herald, a j
woman painter : of distinction was
walking on a woodsy path In company j
with another woman painter, a New .
York society woman who dabbles and
daubs but who Is not professionally
distinguished. They came presently
upon 'a gentleman who was sitting by
the wayside, blocking In a water color.
Recognizing a friend who doesn't like
tq.be disturbed when at work, the first
woman nudged the other to be quiet,
and they both stood for , a few mo
ments' to watch. j ; ,
As they walked on the society wom
an observed compassionately; "O dear.
Isn't It pitiful? , Why do people imag
ine they can paint? There is a man
whose hair Is turning gray, and yon
can see from his work that he Is one
of those who will never do anything
at It." ' : . U
The man with hair turning gray was
Mr. John Singer Sargent, who re
ceives a thousand dollars apiece for
his little splashes In water color!
s He Was Not Wise.
A North side family had. a pair nf
scales that had to be handled a certain
way In order to get accurate weight,
relates the Indianapolis News. The
colored man who worked for the fam
ily, however, was not "wise" to the
fact, so, In leaving the family employ,
he took with him the scales and es
tablished himself at a stand on the
market. Before the day was over he
was arrested for giving false weight
i 1 f e scales were cocHjcated.
FLORA MACDONALD FINALS
Twenty-Seventh Annual Eventa Will
Begin on Saturday, May 19, at
Red Springs.
Red Springs. Flora Macdonald col
lege has announced the following
program for the 27th annual com
mencement: Saturday, May 19, 5:00 p. m.. Se
nior Class Day exercises. Woodland
theater. -
Sunday, May 20. 11:15 a. in., bac
calaureate aermon, college audito
rium, by Rev. J. E. Purcell, Jr., pas
tor St. Andrews Presbyterian church,
Wilmington; 6:30 p. m., vesper ser
vice, Woodlawn theater, college cam
pus. Lr. C. 0. yardell; 8:00 p. m.,'1
sermon before the Y. W. C. A., Pres
byterian church, Rev J. E. Purcell, '
Jr. I
Monday, May 21, 8:00 p. m., con-!
cert by the conservatory of music, i
college auditorium.
Tuesday, May 22, 9:00 a. m., meet
ing of the Board of trustees; meeting
of advisory boards; 10:30 a. m., busi
ness meeting of aeneral alumnae as
sociation; 4:00 p. m., reception and,
exhibits department of fine and
household arts; 8:00 p. m., senior j
class play, "Midsummer Night's
Dream," college auditorium; 10:00 p.
ra., alumnae banquet, college dining
hall. '
Wedneday, May 23, 10:00 a. m.,
graduating exercises, college audito
rium, address by Rev. D. N. McLauch
lin, pastor Second Presbyterian
church, Norfolk, Va.
Plora Macdonald will graduate on .
May 23 the largest class In her his
tory, with 28 seniors receiving de- j
grees. Twenty memhers oi me ciass
are from North Carolina, tour from
South Carolina, two (from Georgia,
tine from Florida, and one from Ja
pan. Sevonty five per cent of the (
class will teach and take up advance ,
v,ork along lines of medicine. Jour-,
nlism. physical education, cafeteria ,
management, banking, community
ork, nursing, law, foreign mission
ary.
Names of the graduates are:
Misses Ellen Erwin Black, David
son; Mildred McAulay, Mount Ollead;
Eliza MacKay Whitted, Wilmington;
Margaret Hall. Wallace; Anna Mae
Caddell, Carthage; Phoebe E. Wake
field. Banner Elk; Annie Lee 'Funk
Florence, S C.; Lucy Hunsucker
Gibson: Julia Ramsey, Banner Elk;
Jsnie Belle Buchanan. Japan; Miriam
! Harrison, Leesburg, Fla.; Ada-Mac-Racken,
WhitevlHe; Mamie Baker,
Latta, S. C, Ruth Nowell. Fayette
I ville; Lillian Street, Olendon; Mary
Alice Boyd. Townsvllle: Willie Mae
Whiteside, Charlotte; Alma M. Bur
r!ss. Summerton. S. C; Sarah Louise
1 Mandeville, Sylvester, Ga; Onle RuthJ
I Erwin. Clarksvuie, ua.; vera v,oo,
Richland, S. C; Hannah Nash Mc
Neill, Buies: Marfret McOlrt, Max-
tun;
Martha Miller Jones, Red
Mary Rice McCuttoch, Bur
Maraaret Reld Morton, Ox-
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ford; Margaret McLeod, Red Springs.
New Power Plant at Fayetteville.
Fayeteville. All the industrial
power and lighting needs of Fayette
ville for years to come will be fully
met by the erection of a $750,000 elec
tric power plant here by the Carolina
Power company. The announcement
from a representative of the home
office of the company in Raleigh
jomes as welcome news to Fayette
ville business men, who have been
working for some time past to over
come the handicap of inadequate elec-,
trie power supply, which has held
back the fast growing community no
little bit. But now the city can offer
hydroelectric power, in abundance to
any and all comers, with the Carolina
company pushing a steel-tower Una
from Blewitts Falls and the Wateree
and .Yadkin river generating stations
to supply the big sub-station here,
and buHding an emergency generat
ing plant on the Cape Fear at Mon
cure. ...
More than a half million dollars
has already been invested in the Fay
etteville entemrlse. according to a
company representative and the new
power plant will bring the sum well
toward the million mark a fair in
dication of the estimate which far
seeing business men place on the fu
ture of the upper Cape Fear city.
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Cattonla Girl is Champion Pianist.
Greensboro. The fourth annual
music contest of the high schools o(
North Carolina opened here with 22
contestants In piano playing.
The winner of the pianist cup Was
Miss Sarah Glenn, of Gastonia, Sec
ond prize went to Miss MUdred Per-
Kins, OI LrfoCQiuiou. iue j luges were
Professor E. C. Barnes, Washington,
D. C; William " Breach, Winston
Salem, and Miss Slier. 'of North Caro
lina College for Women, where the
contests were held.
Youth 8laya Father 1 With Axe. ,
Ooldsboro. Three blows with an
axe delivered by Dewey Smith, age
23, and his father, John E. Smith, age
75, wealthy Wayne county farmer of
Fork Township, lay. dead, his head
smashed almost beyond recognition.
The youth is, now in Jail held with
out bail on a charge of murder. He
told a coroner's Jury that his father
had quarreled . with his mother and
had referred to her as an "old tool."
Neither his mother' nof his sisters
were present when the tragedy oc
curred. y '. .
KPIOYED vmSM CORlUTiONAL
SmdavSchooli'
Lesson
(By REV. P. B. riTZWATKR. D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In tht Moody
Bible Inetltute of Chicago.)
Ceprrtfht. IMS. Westers .Newspaper Onion.
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LESSON FOR MAY 6
8AMUEI JUDGE AND PROPHET
LESSON TKXT-I Bam, 11:1-18.
GOLDEN TEXT Only fear the Lord,
and eerve him In truth with all your
heart; for consider how great things he
hath. don for you. I Sam. 12:24.
REFERENCE MATERIAL - I 'Chron.
:J2; Ps. :(; Jer. 16:1; Hb. 11:31. tS.
PRIMARY TOPIC-SamueU the Boy
Who Served In Ood's House.
JUNIOR TOPlO-Ths Boy Who" Heard
God s Call.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Samuel, the Upright Judge.
YOUNO PEOPLK AND ADULT TOPIC
Samuel, the True Prophet '
Samuel means "asked o God." God
gave him In answer to his mother's
prayer. She' promised to give him
back to God. In his early childhood,
his mother cared for and taught him.
There is no teacher or nurse like the
mother of the child. At an early age,
she handed htm over to the care of Ell
to minister unto the Lord In the taber
nacle. While ministering unto the
Lord In the tabernacle, God called him,
lie responded to this call and spent a
long life In useful service to God and
his nation as Judge and prophet. Our
lesson today Is his farewell address.
After Saul was made king, he retired
and turned over the authority to the
newly-chosen ruler.
I, Samuel's Challenge to the People.
irt. 15). ,
1. Reminder of the Way the King
Had Been Given, (v. 1). He showed
that they were directly responsible for '
the change In government. Though
keenly feeling the reflection upon him
self and their Ingratitude to God In
their demand for a king, he has not
resisted their wish. He reminded them
that they now had what they wanted.
2. Review of His Own Administra
tion, (vv. 2, 8). (1) Walk from child- j
hood (v. 2). Samuel's was a remark-
able life; from childhood to old age
he had lived an upright and pure life.
How satisfying It must be to come to
the' end of life and to look backeven
to childhood days without regrets. (2)
Career as Judge end ruler (v. 3). He
boldly challenged them to show where
and how he had even In the smallest
matters defrauded or oppressed any
one. He courted the. most searching
Investigation of his life, even calling
upon the Lord Himself , to bear wit
ness. 3. The Vote of Confidence by the
People, (vv. 4, 5). It was Samuel's
right as he laid down the reins of gov
ernment to have his record vindicated,
and to have his integrity established
beyond a doubt so that no evil-minded
man could ever be able to cast re
proach upon him.
. II. Samuel Reviews God's Dealings'
from the Time of Moses, (vv. 6-15).
He reasoned with them concerning,
the good hand of the Lord upon them
from the time of Moses. Though they
with Ingratitude turned from the Lord
and demanded a king like the other
nations, he had acceded to their re
quest and set a king over them.
1. National Prosperity Conditioned
by Obedience, (v. 14). . Though they
had displeased God In choosing a king,
If they would fear the Lord and render
obedience, national prosperity would
still be given. The nation which will
not walk In God's way cannot expect
God's blessing.
2. Disobedience to God Meant the
Nation's Ruin (v. 15). It s folly to
ask God's blessing upon a nation while
it Is living In rebellion agnlnst Him.
True statesmanship Is to find out God's
will concerning the nation and so di
rect It that In all Its laws and customs
there may be harmony with that will.
III. Samuel's Own Vindication, (vv.
16-18). .vV;-;'-'
This was such a critical honr in the
history of the nation that Samuel
sought to- Indelibly impress this mo
ment on their hearts. This he did by
means of the thunder and rain out
of season. Harvest time was not the
season for thunder and rain so when
it came at the call of Samuel, the
people were frightened. The sign had
Its designed effect The people con
fessed their sin of asking for a king
and besought Samuel to pray for them.
IV. Samuel's Gracious Response, (vv.
20-25). - x
1. "Fear Not Serve the Lord With
All Your Heart." W. 20-22). Samuel
did not minimize their Bin but assured
them If they woiild serve the Lord
wholeheartedly. He would not forsake
them, 1 V"'. '
2. "God Forbid That 1 Should Sin
Against the Lord in Ceasing to Pray
for Tott.? (v. 23). Though the people
had rejected Samuel, yet lie bad such
magnanimity of soul that he had not
allowed their Ingratitude to keep. him
from lntercedlng tor them. Such fail
ure on his part he regarded as sin.
Paganism. 'V.v
To worry about carnal things y
pure paganism. He who . has done snch
grand things for the soul will not
starve the body. W. L. Watklnson.
Letting Go. ',,;'
Shall I hold n with both hands to
every paltry possession t All I have
teaches me to trust the Creator for
all I. have not seen.Emerson.
' ; When, We Build.
.. Too lovr they build, who buUd b
nssth the stars. Yonrj. .'
BUSINESS MAN
GIVES EVIDENCE
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Years Ago. .
"The Tanlac treatment touched the
right spot In my case and I am glad
- to tell others about it," declared H. A.
Kitchens, 705 Broadway, Macon, Ga.,
well-known general merchant. ,
, "About eight years ago, I suffered
with nervous Indigestion so bad my
entire system got fearfully . out of
order. I finally hud An attack of In
testinal trouble, tuy nerves were about
shattered, and I whs In an utterly run
down condition all around.
"My druggist suggested Tanlac, and
It soon took right hold of my troubles
and put me back in fine shape. A
sister of mine also has taken Tanlac
with the very best results and I will
always recommend It, for I consider
there Is none better."
. Trinlac Is for sale by all good drug
glstsi Accept no substitute. Over
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Why She Became Man-Hater. ,
He was twelve and I was eleven.
He Invited me to a party and was go
ing to take me home. He had on a
new "piilm beach" suit and I my Sun
day organdie. Just as we were about
to start for home it started to, rain.
Our hostess gave us an umbrella. We
had not gone far when he ran. away
from me, with the umbrella. He5 was
afraid he would get his new suit wet
Now I am a man-hater. Blame me?
Chicago Journal.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine
Those who are In a "run down" condi
tion will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
rood health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh Is a local disease. It Is greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE con
sists ot an Ointment which Quickly
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In Improving ths General Health.
Bold by drusclats for over 40 Years,
F, J, Cheney Cov, Toledo, Ohio,
Has Made Up. His Mind.
Shirtwaists for men are coming
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