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SXPRESSI0NS0F THANKS j
E
Report of Courtesy Committee
'Vorthv Grand Matron, Worthy
r'lvd Patrons, Sisters and Brothers,
c difficult task has been assigned
Courtesies. We
vour
find words to express our sm-
fail to
veciation to our many irienus
cere a PI
Wirrenton for their kind attention
in
and
courteous entertainment during
of our Grand Chapter.
re thank the members of Warren
Ch-pter, No. 85 for the efficient man
er in which our needs and comforts
hive been provided for. Nothing has
been left undone or unsaid that could
have added to our pleasure while
Quests of the beautiful town of War
renton. We desire to express our gratitude
o Mr- Jch" D. Harris and Miss Josie
Dirr.eron for rendering excellent vocal
selections during our sessions, which is
slways a source of pleasure and de
lighVto Eastern Stars. We are grate
ful to Miss Creighton Thome, and to
Miss Ethel Chandler, Grand Organist,
for their splendid readings, which were
greatly enjoyed by all present. ve
also desire to extend to Miss Thorne
our deep appreciation of the artistic
"place cards" prepared by her and
found at the Banquet.
We extend our sincere thanks to
Greensboro Chapter, No. 14, for the
use of their beautiful new Standard
which has adorned the Grand Chapter
Hall.
We desire to have on record our
deep appreciation to the members of
Johnston-Caswell Lodge No. 10 A. F.
& A. M.. for the use of their Hall and.
their co-operation in making our meet
ing a success.
Again we are grateful to Warren
Chapter for an exemplification of the
rituaii:" ic ceremony of Initiation.
Resolved that these expressions of
our sentiments be spread upon our
minute?, and a copy given the Wnrren
Record for publication.
KATE TAYLOR
DR. S. P. PURVIS,
SALLIE M. BOETTCHER,
Committee.
Adopted unanimously by the Grand
Chapter Order of the Eastern Star,
held in Warrentori, N. C, June 11-14,
1917.
FAREWELL
Mr. Jones, Chaplain of Warren Chap
ter, having been requested a short
Tvhile before the hour for the banquet
to deliver a Valedictory on behalf of
the Chapter and the town of Warren
ton was compelled to reduce it to man"
uscript and present it in that .form,
hence the request by the Past Grand
Matron that it be published.
Miss Blanche Johnson presiding as
Toastmaster, Mr. Jones said:
Miss Toastmaster, members of the
Grand Chapter, ladies and gentlemen,
Why I should have been chosen just
at set of sun to say goodbye, on behalf
of .Warren Chapter and the town of
Warrenton, to the charming womt.'t
and handsome men whom we have
with us tonight is a mystery to jne.
I am an optimist and look to the
future and not to the past. The com
ln? vavs of the morning sun gives me
nie joy than the painted heavens of
a gorgeous sunset. If the task as
signed me had been one of welcoming
you to our hearts and homes, I would
lave grasped the opportunity for I
love to welcome the coming guest.
I desire to assure you members of
the Grand Chapter of the grand State
r' North Carolina that your pres
ence th: week has been a benediction,
why should not a body of patriotic
women whose life work is dedicated
w the service of those less fortunate
an themselves; whose aims and as
pirations are to bind up the broken
Jearts, to dry the tears of sorrow; to
jPfead the gospel of love abroad in
and '-"rdly land; to send the love
th U v f their own radiance along
- pathway of those whose feet draw
SSh.unt0 the River, and to count it
1 y t0 thus serve their Master:
sk why should anyone doubt that
e presence of such a body of conse
- uea men and v '
"jr ue
a benediction. We esteem
it such.
Pvrp" gf t0 your homes full of the
insp , .ontined service; you go
t:Tothcae wm to spendand
Those fn
before Wh never served
' tH?Se who aways served to
Mis mre "
r!? rIaStmaster' officers of the
Eastern .?ter f the rder of the
Ir- this n ladies and gentlemen,
PKreLTtm hour H becomes ' my
teU yoil -not to Sfty farewell but to
m the words of tntth and
CHARGES TO BE HEARD
June 9, 1917.
Mr. John D. Newell, Chairman,
County Board of Education, -Warren
County, Macon, N. C.
)ear Sir:- - m
f Mr. John S. Davis, a reputable
citizen of Warren county and a mera
; ber of the County Board of Educa
tion, having filed with me in writing
j charges of failure to perform the du
jties of his office against Mr. Howard
, F. Jones, Superintendent of Public
Instruction of Warren county, it be
comes my duty under Section 4126
of the Public School Law to-refer
these charges to your County Board
of Education for investigation and de
termination as directed in said sec
tion. I enclose a copy of the charges.
I beg to suggest to the Board that
it might be wise to investigate and
determine this matter as early as
possible.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) . J. Y. JOYNER,
Supt. of Public Instruction.
The charges referred to having been
officially and legally filed through the
hands of State Superintendent J. Y.
Joyner, in accordance with law; . I
hereby call the County Board of Edu
cation of Warren county to meet in
its ofiice in the Court House on Tues
day July 3rd 1917, at 10:30 a. m. for
the purpose of investigating and de
termining the matter of charges
brought against Superintendent How
ard F. Jones. -(Signed)
IOHN D. NEWELL,
Chra. County Board of Education.
AFTON ITEMS
Mrs. A. H. Frazier and son Ray
went to Warrenton shopping Wednes
day. Mr. Will Dunn and mother, Mrs.
John Dunn, of Wake Forest, visited
in the home of Mr. H. P. Reams on
Thursday.
Mr. Herbert Ryder, of Littleton, was
on. the Pike Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Fuller spent
Sunday witbTtheir son and daughter
Mr. L. L. Fuller and Mrs. A. H. Fra
zier. Mr. M. S. Dryden spent several
days last week at Thelma looking af
ter business.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smithwick and
Mr?. Bettie Vaughan, of Axtel, spent
a few hours at Mr. H. P. Reams' last
Thursday.
Mr Jeff Williams was here looking
after business Wednesday.
Miss Sadie Limer is in Raleigh at
tending the Summer School.
Mr. J. W. Burroughs went to War
renton Friday.-
Mr H. B. Hunter spent the week
end with friends in Macon.
Mr. Bryan Williams went to War
renton Saturday.
Mr. Will Pinnell went to Warren
ton Friday.
The farmers are quite busy and the
crops are looking fine since the rains.
soberness that Warren Chapter ap
preciates your presence. We are proud
of the honor and of the distinction
you so generously have conferred.
We regret that we could not make
your stay more pleasant; tlfat "old
Sol" himself conspired with the
"stars", and sent us torrid weather;
but we have done our best to rejoice
with those who rejoiced, and to per
spire with those who perspired. If
we have left undone any thing we
should have done, it was because we
couldn't do it. If we have done those
things we should not have done it
was an error of the head arid not of
the heart.
You have sometimes wondered,
doubtless, that the male biped has
knocked so often at your Chapter
door. May I tell you why,
"0 woman! whose form and whose
soul
Are the spell and the light of each
path we pursue;
Whether sunned in the tropics, or chill
ed at the pole,
If woman be there, there is happiness
too."
Encourage him to come the in
fluence of a good woman is a blessing
indeed. .
Members of the Grand Chapter and
visitors, the memory- of your pres
ence will linger long with us.
"You may break you may shatter
hllK VdDC ix jr," "
But the scent of the roses will cling
1 , , . .-it f
round it stiu ,
We reioice that you came; you nave
a r XI a Z .th vour presence May
delighted us with your presence.
Li - 4.4-a v '
Z,rf4.r-H d
farewell, a wora
DEATH OF COLONEL SIA
BRANDY STATION,
After the review of the Cavalry
Corps by Gen. R. E. Lee, Monday,
June -8, 1863, on the plains along the
railroad between Brandy Station and
Culpepper Court House, the Second
North Carolina Calvary returned to
its camp of the night before, about
one miles north of Hon. John Minor
Botts', near Gilberson's, with orders
to go on picket the next morning at
Fox's Springs about 20 miles distant
on the Rapahannock River. On the
morning of the 9th; about 6:30 o'cIock,
"boots and saddles," "saddle up"!, was
the Confederate name for this signal,
perhaps due to the fact that the boots
were generally wanting. I went to
headquarters and Colonel Williams di
rected me to leave the cooks and sore
back horses in camp. Thirty minutes
afterwards "To horse lead out" was
sounded, and just at its close, Colonel
Williams' orderly came to me, witn
orders to mount every man I had.
He had received notice of the Feder
als crossing the river in the mean
time, but the orderly said nothing of
it. The reeriment was auicklv formed.
M. 7
my command being the second squad
ron, Companies C and K, threw me
in the rear, as we moved off in "col
umns of fours.'!! A quarter of a mile
distant we entered a road leading to
ward Beverly Ford, and forming pla
toons, immediately took the "gallup",
which we maintained for most of the
distance, which must have been con
siderably over a mile, to the battle
field. Up to this time not one-third
of the regiment knew that the Fed
erals had crossed, or were attempting
to cross, at Thompson's (or Welford's)
As we cleared a piece of woods the
column headed to the left and came
in view of the enemy's artillery, plac-
ed between the Doctor Green resi- j &ram '
dence and the river on the Cunning-j About this time the enemy enfilad
ham Farm. Just a? the rear (second) ed us with a piece of artillery, placed
squadron turned into the field a shell half a mile or more to our right, to
cut' off the top of a tree - over jsur ;ward the' river, and down the gorge,
heads, and this was th first infim. t whose head we had formed. This
tion that we had of the presence xt
the enemy. We could see a portion
of the Tenth Virginia engaged in the
direction of the battery. The Second
North Carolina passed Doctor Green's
house, crossed Ruffin's run and took
position on a knoll on which two guns
of Breathed's Battery, "horse artil
lery," under Lieutenant Johnson, were
placed. This soon became engaged
with the enemy. My men had double
barrel shot guns. Colonel Williams
formed all the men in the .regiment
whowere armed with"longe range"
guns on foot and went to the front,
where he was soon hotly engaged with
the enemy, who had dismounted and
taken position behind a stone wall 300
yards in advance of his battery.
After a short time exchanging shots
he "ordered a charge, and captured the
wall, taking 18 prisoners, besides the
killed and wounded. In the charge
Capt. S. Jay Andrews, Company B.,
Iredell county, lost a foot, and Lieut
J. G. Blazengame, Columbia, S. C,
temporarily in command of Company
F, was mortally wounded. The Se -
cond held this position with little
change, although engaged part of the
time with Ames' brigade of infantry,
until 2 p. m. During the engagement
Gen. W. H F Lee with several of
his staff: were standing in a few feet
of a large hickory tree a few steps
to the right of one of Lieutenant J ohn-
son's guns, when a shell struck the
tree and threw pieces of it over them.
A fair representation of "Company
Q" (quartermaster and his cubs) had
assembled on the high ground about
half a mile in our rear to see the '
fighting. A well-directed shot in their
direction caused them to seek less
consDicuous places for observation
About 2 p. m. General Lee withdrew j
his brigade to the right to form con-
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neciion wiui uunea tiiu ixaiupiuu. x
Second North Carolina being on the
vit was nlaced on the nlain which
extends to the railroad, and in full
view of Fleetwood, General Stuart's
V. 3 TTiz Tenth Virontiia
Wuxvo..
was next to us, and at the foot of the
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hills, the Ninth Virginia was next to
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tne enemy
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At 3 or 3:30 o'clock the shouts on
the left told us that a brisk engage-
ment was proceedings, anortiy ai - ,
terwards Colonel Williams came at
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,iuu speea ww.. .u
iing the Tenth Virginia. As soon as
Ihe was near enough to the Second
iid . . . ,
he directed Captain Graham to' more
. j
' his squadron to the front, and gave
com-na, "Fori column by squadron,
Gallop; march. As we rose upon
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siderable confusfon before them, in
our direction
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xeiim viigima,
when it reached a position that it was
iire on tne enemy without nr- jone takes into consideration its excel
ing into the Ninth and Thirteen, halt- jlent situation amid a group of thriv
ed and opened fire. Colonel Williams J 11 TwW nAc
gave the command to Second North
Carolina, "Right olique," and as soon
as we had cleared the Tenth Virginia,
turning in his saddle, shouted: "For
ward; draw sabre; charge." The reg
iment raised the yell as it went by:
our stationary and retiring compan
ies, and the scene was immediately
changed. The Federals were the fleers
and the Confederates were the pur
suers. V The Second North Carolina
drove the enemy, about half a mile
back upon their, reserves of cavalry
X? innLry' wno were Psted on a
hill, while our advance had reached
an angle where two stone walls came
together - on an opposite hill, about
200 yards distant. This, with a vol
ley from the reserve, checked the ad
vance. The leading four were Colonel
Williams, Sergeant Jordan, Company
C; Private Asbell, Company K, and
Ter ' " '
Asbell was felled from his horse
with a wound through the head al-
most immediately. Colonel Williams
gathered his horse to leap the wall,
shouting "Second North Carolina, fol-
lowr me ; the writer called to him:
UJU,,cl! ffe "au DeuBr a nne'' well, Palmer Scoggin, and W. N.
they are too strong to take this way." Boyd the - credit of having the con
He replied, "That will be best; where jtract siened
is m nag.'" ana as we turned it was
not 50 yards to our rear. He rode !
to meet it; halted it and was shouting '
to the men to fall in, when he was i
' sht through -the head, and died im-
; mediately, his body.being carried from
j e field by his adjutant, John C. Pe
caused tk"' regiment to give back a
hundred yards or so, keeping its for
mation. The Federals charged lis; we
fired into them, and they retired and
made no further demonstration. In
the charge we relieved a great many
of our dismounted men who had fallen
into the hands of the enemy, and also
a gun ; of the horse artillery, which
went rapidly7 to the rear, as we reliev
ed it of its danger of capture. Any
information General Pleasanton gave
of General Lee's movements, must
have been given him by General Gregg
for Buford never . pierced W. H. F.
Lee's line without being immediately
repulsed, and the brunt of this work,
both on foot and mounted, was done
by the Second North Carolina, and so
acknowledged at the time. Lieuten
ant Tatum, Company F. (Greensboro,
N. C.) who had a disagreement with
Col. W: H. Payne, Fourth Virginia
Cavalry, who was temporarily in com-
J"11 of-the - Moment a short time
before and had been placed under ar-
rest' went into the charge without
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! Colonel 'Williams had been married
; but-two weeks before to Miss Jennie,
da"fter of Captain Pegram, of the
Confederate Navy, and had returned
to "V"" ouiiu. xiC vCU
by his men; as brave and true a man.
as was in that army, yet witn a gen- i
tie, affectionate disposition almost
equal to a woman's. Indulgent to his
men in camp almost to a fault, yet
when .duty called and occasion re-
quired, he proved himself a leader ,
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Colonel Williams and his regiment
i rvncrnr wpivo snTYiA nf tn nrpnit to
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1 Cnnt.ain Strane'e. Comnanv D. Fav-
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eteve NC;rJ
after Colonel Williams death, I know
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made a report of the part taken by the
regiment.
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battle onl that Colonel . Wil-
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hams had fallen on the right; and
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Colonel Beale, of the Ninth, who sue-:
deeded General Lee in command of
1 the brigade, says that "when heXrode
7 &n
; General -Chambiiss fer
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ward assumed command of the bri
gade and retained it until Gettyburg.
This history is written-
Wl A. GRAHAM,
Captain Co. K., 2nd Calvary.
"How did yea get such a fcruised eye?'
"TfelVbess, I was ut a-looking for
treuble, aad.dis yere eye waa de ft
to find it." ,
CHAUTAUQUA FOR 1918
Warrenton is to have the Commun
ity Chautauqua for the 1918 season.
The contract has been signed by the
forty necessary guarantors.
As we stated in a nrevious article.
; there is no reason why Warrenton
j should not support a Chautauqua when
the class of amusement provided by
the Community Chautauqua.
We can make the Chautauqua next
year, as it has this, mean much to
town and county. Its programs are
elevating and constructive in thought.
A' list of the forty guarantors for
next year follows:
Messrs. Tasker Polk, W. B. Boyd,
W. N. Boyd, W. R. Strickland, V. D.
Alston, Howard F. Jones, E. W. Bax
ter, J. P. Scoggin, C. R. Rodwell, W.
fIL Dameron, G. R. Scoggin, J. E.
; Rooker, J. J. Macon, Mrs. W. A. Gra
ham, Mrs. R. J. Jones, Milton Mc
Guire, J. B. Massenburg, J. D. Pal
mer, A. G. Elliott, J. J. Tarwater,
H. A. Macon, C. H. Peete, J. A. Dam
eron, .Jr., Mrs. Thomas D. Peck, Miss
A. D. Graham, Mrs. A. A. Williams,
B. B. Williams, R. E. Davis. E. C.
. Price R R Boyd w G Rogers, J.
Edward Allen, H. A. Moseley, J. B.
Paimer, G..H. Macon, R. M. Williams,
rLe0nard Wilker, W. Brodie Jones and
fW M jw R a. rnil ..T M.
Gardner.
It is largely due to the energy and
ent ise f Messrs. Charley Rod
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MANSON ITEMS
TVTvs TVTnytfin TVTnrris rf "RnlTrh. Via a
been the e-uest of Mrs. S. G. ChamDion
for the past two weeks. We are sorry
to say that she has been quite ill for
the last few days.
Miss Claire Reavis, from near Hen
derson, visited in the home . of her
brother, Mr. L. O. Reavis, this week.
Misses Annie Stallings and Mamie
Brack spent Saturday with .Mrs. E. L.
Paschall at-Oine. '
Mr. Frank Pinnell spent Saturday
night and Sunday at Oxford.
Mr. S. J. Bartlett and s?ster, Mrs.
S. G. Champion, attended the Conven
tion of Veterans at Washington, D. C,
last week.
Messrs. Samuel Miller and Guy
Parks were pleasant visitors in our
I midst Sunday. They -returned to Wel-
don on No. 16. . N
Mr. Zack Champion and family, of
Baltmore, have been visiting in the
home of his father, Mr. J. D. Cham
pion for the past ten days. They re
turned home Tuesday.
Mrs. Martha Hayes, of Middleburg,
is visiting relatives here:
We are sorry to hear of the illness
of Mr. Chas., StegalPs baby."
Mr. J. T. Champion spent Saturday
afternoon in Henderson.
Miss Florence Duke, of Henderson,
spent Thursday night with the Miss-es
Brack
Mr. Mack Rooker, of Norlina, has
taken a position with the Roanoke
Railway Company here.
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QUARTERLY CONFERENCE -
The gecond Quarterly Conference
for the Warrenton Circuit was held
t Warren flams Monday, the 11th
f ollowing a good sermon by the Pre
siding Elder, Rev. L. E. Thompson, of
Weldon.
The session was one of fine interest,
and was Well attended. The officials
preSent being W. B .Boyd , R . B .Boyd,
j D. ElliSt H. J. Ellis; J. H. Fleming.
ttt ' t-, tt tt tt -r-r i -r
vv. j. narris, n. n. nawKes, j. w.
m' J' ODmson r- m- gs,
ju. w. inompson, a. v. rucKer, a. t.
Webb and S. G. Wlilson, including all
xi- -i t
l e c"urciie&-
in addition to tne usual order oi
t, -r i4-a
..
gates tc the District Conference to be
;held m Enfield July 18.20, 1917, as
UUSlIIC3a: 1IiC ClltC cicttcu UCIC
jfollows. A. s. Webb K w. Thomp.
j son, J. W. King, J. A. Dameron. Al-
x x
Lei udLes
S. G. Wilson and Fletcher
Bobbitt.
The next session is to be held with
the church in Warrenton.
BOARD OF PENSIONS
The Board of Pensioners for War
ren .county, N. C, will meet in regu- I
lar annuai session in the Clerk of the
Superior's Court's office on the 1st
Monday in July 1917.
All parties having business with the
Pension Board are requested to ap
pear before the Board - on that day,
prepared to present their business.
All pvisioners en the list are re
quested te netify the Beard.
SERIOUS AFFRAY AT INEZ
Charlie Taylor, Colored, Killed
At Fork Chapel church near Inez,
Fork township, Sunday June 17th, a
serious shooting affray resulted from
a quarrel arising over a crap game.
The quarrel was opened by Altie
Moore Alston and his two brothers
Joe and Frank T. Jr. The three
Taylor boys were the objects of their
wrath. Altic Moore Alston shot three
times at Charlie Taylor, one ball strik
ing hirn in the stomach, and bring
ing him to the ground. While down,
Joe Alston came up and hit Taylor
with a stick this blow, however, not
being a serious one. 1 Then Albert
Taylor came up to Altie Moore Als
ton saying you have killed my broth
or, and with that he hit Alston above
the eye with a large rock, knocking
him down. Albert lan on", and FruiiK
Alston shot at him four or five times.
Altie Moore Alston got up about this
time, and opened fire upon Clarence
Taylor, but with no damage to Clar
ence. One of his shots went wild,
and hit the wife of Robert Alston,
who was in church where Children's
Day exercises had been in progress,
in the right arm. N$t seriously hurting
her.'
The Alston boys were arrested with
out any trouble by Messrs. Lassiter,
J." C. Pridgen, and Dr. Skeine. Clar
ence Taylor was not arrested. Al
bert Taylor was wanted, but had es
caped. At the coroner's inquest Sunday af
ternoon the jury, Messrs. B. G. Thar
rington, R. E. Williams, J. T. Lassi
ter, and three colored citizens James
Alston, Paul T. Alston, and Bob Als
ton declared, "Said Charlie Taylor
cameto his death by a 32 or 25 cal
ibre' ball fired from a gun in the pos
session of Altie Moore Alston."
The preliminary trial was held
Monday at Inez before Justices of
the Peace, J. E. T. Ayscue and Otis
Clark. . Frank Alston was held for
shooting at random and for his con
nection with the. affray; Joe Alston
was held for his connection with the
I affray; and Altie Moore Alston was
held for murder. All were held over
without bail.
Sheriff R. E. Davis brought the
prisoners here Monday, and lodged
them in the County jail to wait the
September term of. Warren Superior
Court.
There is much excitement in the
Inez neighborhood over the shooting.
HOOVER'S CREED
Herbert C. Hoover, who heads the
Food Commission of our National De
fense Council, serves his native land
without salary, just as he served Bel
gium until the German submarine
blockade began.
He is a man of wealth, by profes
sion a mining .engineer. Ihe war has
brought fabulous riches to mining
companies the world over. His two
years in Belgium cost him thirty mil
lion dollars, say the people that know
him best. '
Meanwhile America the richest coun
try on earth gave him ten million dol
lars, with which to feed the starving
Belgians. One man sacrifices thirty
million dollars while a hundred mil
lion people give only tenmillion dol
lars! And his wife is as great in soul as
he is. "If this thing goes on we may
be poor at the end of the war, and
may have to start all over again.
Shall we go on?" "Of course," sain
Mrs. Hoover.
Private Wealth a Public Trust
The whole world may well give heed
to the creed of such a man, for with
Hoover creed and deed are one. Said
he to the New York State Chamber
of Commerce the other day
"The justification of any rich man
in the community is his trusteeshiD
to the community for his wealth. The
justification of America to the world
community is her trusteeship to the
world-community for the property
which she holds.
' i'h ownership of this wealth car
ries serous dangers in times to come,
and it behooves its trustees to taka
account of their responsibilities. There
is growing up, there has grown up in
Europe, a note of bitterness which
will seriously affect our relations with
Esrope for years to come.
"The money which has come to us
is money in trust, and unless America
recognizes this trust, she will pay
dearly and bitterly for its possession.
"Tke justification of America's riches
can only be her requital of the obliga
tion which comes with riches; and the
requital -should not be alone her duty,
but should be also her crown."
Smile f or when you do, ethers do.