Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-08
MICKLETON

sic " Ogden on Wednesday afternoon,
the fourteenth, at. three o'clock. A
good program will be arranged for
T the meeting. All interested are cor
daily welcomed.
/ Milton W., and Idella Haines Buzby,
formerly of our village, with their six
children, are spending the summer at
Ocean City
John and Hannah A. Heritage re-
Gently entertained Emily Wilbur, of
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Emily Gaunt, of Woodbury., is
spending some time with her daughter,
Mrs. Edward Ogden.
Friends will be glad to learn that
Charles and Martha r. Heritage were
able to visit relatives at Mullica Hill
on the Fourth.
Ellie Pine and her aunt Elizabeth.
of Philadelphia, spent Sunday and
Monday with their cousin, Priscilla
| Chrispen.
Our ice cream manufacturer, John
C. Heritage, was well patronized for
Fourth of July trade. The people of
| this community are greatly favored
| to have such excellent ice cream so
easily obtained; the amount Mr.. IIeri-
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| consideration.
| Theodore Brown and family enter
| tanned on Sunday and Monday John
| little daughter.
J. Omar Heritage and wife enter
1 tanned on the afternoon of the third
Joseph and Elma Livezey, Thomas
| and Rachel L. Borden with their chill
dren, Rebecca, Thomas, Edith, Joseph
and Raymond, all of Mt. Royal; Vim.
H. and Alice Liyezey with their son
Joseph, of Shields, Mon; William and
Anna Underwood. of Frankford, Pa;
| Harris and Elma Mitchner of Cam
| den; Milton and Idella Buzby and two
children Hannah and Flora, of Ocean
City; Richard Heritage and family, of
Swedesboro; John Heritage and wife
and Benjamin G. Heritage. Supper
! was served on the lawn. The day was
! ideal and all had a delightful time.
| Mrs. Enoch V. Locke and son Harry
| left last week for visit with relatives
in Bridgeton and vicinity Mr.. Locke
spent Sunday and Monday with them.
The Young Friends Association on
Firstday evening, the Fourth was
largely attended The exercises were
in charge of Theodore Brown and
Cora A. Dawson. After the usual pre-
| liminaries, Isaac T. Haines read from
the Life of Isaac T. Hopper. Marion
Brown recited "a Single Head of
/ Wheat" one of the best features of
the evening was an opportune paper
| by Mary R. Brown on Peaceful Pa
triotism," extracts are worth while.
| Perhaps no day in all the year stirs
our hearts and kindles a new flame
of patriotism, as does this, our Ma
tions birthday" many of us get the
| impression that to be a patriot one
must be soldier of warlike temper
ment, that patriotism is synonymous
with martial display, but we like bet
| ter Websters definition, "One who
loves his country and zealously sup
ports and upholds its industries and
| its Institutions One who as a peace
| full patriot can use his influence to
/ help to develop the best in his fellow
men. In teaching our children a love
| of country it is SO easy to arouse in
| them the warlike spirit, so easy to
foster a wrong idea of chivalry, so
easy to enthuse them with the thought
that to die for ones country is honor
able and noble. Perhaps it is if the
cause arises to demand such a sacri-
! fice, but we like so much better the
| spirit of being willing to live for ones
country. To die for ones country
/ may not be SO hard, it is quickly done,
but to live for ones country; to sacri-
| flee and strive as the peaceful, noble
patriot, must conscientiously do, is
task stupendous in its undertaking.
We believe the time has gone by when
civilized nations should consider war
as the best and safest way to settle
difficulties, and yet it is so hard to es-
| tablish a precedent, so hard to over
! come old savage propensities. We
still cling to the barbarous customs
OF the past and every nation seems
to have a sort of secret fear that every
other nation on earth is ready to in
wade her and take possession if she
does not stand on the aggressive,
armed to the teeth and ready for fight.
We hope to see the day when stand
ling armies will be a thing of the past
and when every mans energies will
be devoted to the best develOpemerlt
of his own nations resources. We
hope to see the day when the war
ships will be ships of commerce, car
rying the results of their industries
| far and near. When every patriot
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will indeed be one who supports and
uplifts the industries and institutions
of his country. When liberty is the
result of industry and not warfare.
When our flag will float as a peace
full banner, and not as a martial en-
blem of antagonism. We fail to un-
derstand how policy that is detri-
mental to community can be safe
for nation, and yet our own country
for one establishes just such policy.
Take neighborhood, the Industrious,
law abiding man that attends to his
own affairs, is prosperous, and sup
ports good home, unmolested, gain
ing the respect of all who come in
contact with him and going on his
way in peace. Take the quarrelsome
man, the one who is always on the
lookout for neighborly grievances,
/ who goes around with a chin on his