Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-21
WHAT Is Coed Citizenship 7

far short in living up to what true
citizenship is in reality. There are
certain duties we owe to our country
that we must perform before we can
conscientiously claim the honor or
the right to good citizenship. Opin-
ions may differ as to what constitutes
this honor. 1t is not too much, how
ever, to say that good citizen
should be one who is sober, indus
trious, economical, intelligent, law
abiding, patriotic, neighborly and
God-fearing.
Soberness is the state reached
when any one entirely RECEIVERS from
intoxication. The Importance of
sobriety becomes apparent when we
reflect and behold the evil influences
rad;ating from the faces Of the dram
drinkers and those who are falling in
the pathway of strong drink like
grain before the sickle.
We should not only be an alb.
stainer from strong drink, but we
should cultivate an even temper and
be able to withstand the temptation
of any evil habit that tends to rob us
of our ideal citizenship which every
American is entitled to by right of
birth.
The industrious citizen always has
employment. You do not see him
standing on the street corners, with
his hands in his pockets to his elbows,
hunting job. "An idle brain is the
DEVILS workshop" besides, idleness
is dishonorable and degrading to
humanity.
1t is very necessary for each gene
ration to be economical. One is, to
great extent, dependent on the en-
vironments of another. In the be-
ginning everything that was made
was pronounced very good, and when
we waste our time and neglect our
duty we then become trespassers
upon divine right, and when we are
called on to measure up to our citi-
zenship it lacks little of being as
good as we thought. Our Master
taught us lesson of economy when
he fed the multitude with FIVE loaves
and two fishes by having the frag-
ments taken care of, as much as to
say, because have power to feed
you is no reason that you should be
wasteful."
1t is of vital Importance that man.
kind should be intelligent. When
he is intelligent he is we'll informed.
The necessity for such provision in
our educational system must be ap-
parent, when we remember that to
make good citizens, and therefore
good and intelligent government,
was the primary object of our fore
fathers in prescribing education lor
the people in the constitution of our
nation. 1t is evident that to be a
good citizen one must know what
the duties, as well as the rights, of
citizenship are. This knowledge can
be obtained only by the study of the
general principles of government and
of the application and working of
those principles in our government
in State and nation. Such study
can be most profitably made at the
school. Lessons impaired in youth
leave permanent impression on the
mind.
1t is the duty of all to be law
abiding. AS government is neces-
sary, and constituted for the good of
all, it is the duty of all to support it.
The laws that are passed by our
government should be obeyed,
whether they are considered just or
not. Instead of violating such laws
we had better be striving to attain g
higher standard of citizenship so
that we may be able to change or
modify such as is not for our best
interest, according to law, and not
lay ourselves liable and then employ
lawyer to try to re-establish our
citizenship.
Patriotism. When a man is patri-