The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-05-14


to a country's dead heroes as well
as faithful allegiance to her illus
trious living, for the heroic dead are
they who wrought in the country's
uplift and the illustrious living are
they who are furthering and pro-
noting its interests.
Without patriotism and loyalty no
community is what it should be and
cannot remain long what it is, hence
the necessity for both. To incul-
cate patriotism into the hearts and
lives of those around US, we must be
patriotic with that patriotism that
shows itself in outward expression.
All sermons are good and powerful,
but no sermon is quite so forceful,
mighty and lasting in its influence
as is the sermon of a living example.
1t there is cause to defend, an in
terest to promote. country to love,
community to work for, we should
defend, promote and exhibit love
and zeal with deeds. Is there the
birth of patriot to celebrate, his
deeds to commemorate, then we
should do so in beautiful and appro-
pirate outward expressions. Strew
flowers on his grave, hold exercises
in his honor, pause in the midst of
the continuous grind of our daily
labors to pay him loving tribute.
| Vary the regular order Of school
routine. Let the children know, let
the world know that there is a pa
triot dead, and a patriotic people to
commemorate his noble deeds. A
peoples patriotism will be thereby
strengthened and loyalty to a coun-
try's institutions will be thereby in
tensifed, and the community that
practices such patriotism will be
lifted to higher stage Of develop
ment, for as the years come and go,
children and their children's children
will grow in patriotic love and loyal
zeal until the citizenship which is
the .country's life shall be more
nearly perfect.
The foregoing leads to the subject
for whose object this article is writ
ten-the erection IN the town of
Scotland Neck of a monument to the
Confederate soldier and his faithful
helpmate. Are not the deeds of the
one and the unselfsh, self-sacrifcing
life Of the other worthy of an undy-
ing expression Of appreciation from
the people whose lives they have en-
riched, who live in land they have
rebuilt? The one offered himself
freely sacrifice to the cause he
felt was right; the other lived her
life in unselfsh love, patient endur-
ance, brave hopefulness, waiting
and watching with that suspense
that only loving hearts can know,
yet working ever, performing The
duties that came to hand, meeting
the 'seternal every day. with a
courage born only Of perfect and
beautiful character. Do we, the
people of Scotland Neck, desire to
express in some outward form the
appreciation and love that is ours
for the rich heritage they have left
US, so that all looking may see, and
all seeing may know that heroes
have lived here, that somewhere
t out yonder on the field of duty they
, did their work, and sometime, with
2 a sweet consciousness of a life well.
!, spent, died as they had lived. like
, true men and women? Such an ex.
preston would be worthy mani
: festation of our patriotism. A peo.
/ pie that raises monuments 10 its
: dead heroes will never be lacking in
3 men of heroic virtues. AS much sc
is this true when people shows its
f living heroes tangible appreciation
If the old soldiers and their help.
: mates could live always there woulc
be no need of monuments they
would stand as living monument:
and be to US and our children con
tinual source Of inspiration. They
a cannot live always, however, ant
: though without monuments they
can never be forgotten, yet WI
y should give visible expression to th'
). love and appreciation that it is our
for the lives they have lived, and tn,
d deeds they have wrought in orde,
that the children who grow up il
! sight of such an expression Of ap
4 probation will have kindled in thei
hearts flame Of righteous pride an,
r abiding patriotism which will neve
burn out, but ever be a light to lea'
= our people upward.
Now is the time here in our mids
/ is remnant of the people whom W
!. would honor. What could be NOR
= fitting than those who toiled s