Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-07-10

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thanked by the mothers and faith
ers who have sons In that depart
ment Of the service"
Touching on the far reaching
work Of the Y. M. 6. a., Secretary
Bryan laid special emphasis on the
good that the railroad department
IS doing. He said that it is MAX
ing notonly better and more trust
worthy railway employees, but bet
ter citizens, better husbands, and
better fathers. He said that the
was proud to state in public that
he had been an active member of
the association for 80 years and.
that he did not hesitate to pro-
nounce it one of the greatest or
CARNATIONS for good in the world.
Sorry He Is Not q Singer.
Beginning his speech, Secretary
Bryan referred in a spirit Of levi
ty to the unstinted appreciation
shown by the audience for the
singing of George III. D. Conner,
and said that he did not feel like
attempting a speech inasmuch as
the the songs had been applauded
nor than the oratory. "I'm sor-
ry / didn't take up singing" he
remarked, and then he brought
out a big laugh by making a con-
nection not wholly impersonal be
tween his endeavcor to make a
speech that could successfully
compete with the vocal features
of the program.
cts bad enough" he told
them, "to be defeated when you
think you re going to win; but it
is far worse to enter a race when
you haven't a chance"
Daniels Denounces RED Flag"
Secretary Daniels asked the co
operation Of the Y. M. @. A. in
looking after the social and spirit
ual welfare of the men in the navy,
and declared that during his term
of Office he would try to carry the
association into every ship in the
navy. 1.-THE government owes
it." he said, "to every man who
enlists in the army and navy to
bring such helpful influences
around him and into his life"
He paid his respects to the flag
and denounced the tred rag of
anarchy" which he said should
not be allowed in any city and
town of the country. America"
he said, "has ever been the refuge
CT the oppressed, but thehe is no
place on our free soil for those
who want to raise the red flag.
1t means danger to. the country the
same as it means danger ahead to
the railroad man."
Makes Plea for Cleanliness.
The Secretary then preached an
interesting little sermon on clean
and expressed the wish that
the association would make it one
of the strong features of its work.
81 hope" he jokingly said,
"that there is none here who
comes from Iowa., or who cares to
claim kin with a certain young
lady of that State, who was
in the habit of taking a bath only
on Saturday. She went to New
York city on a trip, stopped at a
nice hotel, and was assigned to a
room with an elegant bath of
porcelain and attractive
wall decorations. She was so inn
pressed with the beauty of the
bathroom that she at once
wrote to her mother, giving an en-
thusiastic description of it, and
closing with this: Tt s such a
beautiful bath that I feel on this
Wednesday morning that I can
hardly wait for Saturday night.
The Secretary told the young
men that the very first thing a boy
desire to be is a railroad man.
only after we are 10 longer
young and innocent and pure"
he said, THAT we stop wanting to
be a railroader and want to be a
lawyer or a Secretary of State or
a Secretary of the Navy"
DANIELS AND WATTS CASE.