Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-11
4 FINAL APPEAL
To The Citizens of Fulton County To
Complete The Fund For The Sol
diers Monument-From Patriotic
Woman.


We wish to make one more appeal
in the newspapers of the county in re-
gard to raising the balance of funds
for the Soldiers monument. Perhaps
some have become tired of reading
and hearing about this memorial and
may be were not interested in the
work from the beginning. But we be-
lieve there are yet patriotic people in
the county who have not responded
and who will contribute towards the
nine hundred dollars more requested
by the Monumental Association.
The people of the county have un-
dertaken this work and we must finish
it in befitting manner or fail in true
courage and patriotism. The oppor.
tunity now offered may never return
This is the time to act. The present
is filed with recollections and tender
memories of the past. While the
holiday spirit is lowering over the
land there is no more fitting time OF
the year to send our contribution to
the Secretary. Let us raise eight
hundred dollars by one dollar sub
scriptions. A part of the people have
been generous and responded cheer
fully, but there is need Of eight hun
dred dollars more to finish this work
in befitting manner.
Those who have not contributed anc
wish to have a part in this work
please enclose dollar bill in an en-
velop, write your name and address
on the upper left hand corner OF en-
velop and mail it to Miss Kathryn
Weir, Wauseon, o., Secretary of the
Monumental Association. By mail
ing your offering direct to the Secre-
tary it leaves no work for another tc
finish. 1t is requested that the money
is paid to the Secretary by Feb. 1st
1915, and the monument can be erect
ed with the coming of Spring.
Many have labored long and earn
estly to collect funds sufficient tt
erect a suitable memorial and among
the workers are number of veterans
who have been mustered into service
in consequence of a disinterestec
spirit among those who have failed te
do the soldiers honor.
Little by little we are drifting along
Almost unconscious of the great
struggling throng,
Gathering many prizes along the
shore,
Rushing hither and whittier search
ing for more.
It has been said by some that the
soldiers had ought to erect this monu,
ment. What does that mean. i
means ingratitude, disloyalty ane
selfishness. Others say we woulc
give If we could build a soldiers
monument and a drinking fountain
combined fro man and beast with
comfortable seats surrounding 1T
What does that mean? It means they
do not approve Of soldiers monu,
ment and that the veterans are moi
worthy to be recognized unless Others
receive pleasure and benefit also. Ant
there are others who say, the monu,
ment will only be cold piece OF
stone, why not give the money to the
needy who are living. What does
that mean? It means they do not
value the sacrifice of the men who
made this country nation and not
confederacy and that they are not II
sympathy with those who have cover
ed this nation with wealth and glory
and liberty. Il,
Fulton county is blessed with wealth
We are in the best portion OF th'
earth. From the Atlantic to the Pa
cific there is no such country as ours
The dew and the gentle rain falls OF
the Just and on the unjust alike. Th'
east is hard and stony, the soil il
stingv. and it is discouraging to tn
countless sons of toll. The far ives
4 a desert. dreary and desolate, AM
out of our abundance we can spar
but little to give towards this monu
ment in remembrance and apprecla
tion of our soldiers dead.
When we look at the mountains
treeless, shrubless, howerless, wlthou
even a spear Of grass, it seems to u
that gold has the same effect upon tn
country that holds it and upon tn
nerson who lives and labors only TO
that. It leaves the heart barrel
without flower of kindness and with
out blossom of pity.
We see the armies as they marc
proudly away under the fiauntlni
flags, keeping time to the wild gran
music of the war, marching down tn
streets of the great cities, throug
the town, and across the prairies
down to the fields of glory to do an
to die for the right. We thank ther
for what they were and for what W
are, for what they did and for wha
we received, for what they suffere
and for what we enjoy. We than
every soldier who fought for freedom
everyone living and dead. We than
them again and again and again, an
we hope that our heroes will be crown
ed with fitting tribute that will be
speak for Fulton county true patrio
ism, and that around this memoris
will cluster and cling memories 9
a work well done.
There was, there is, no worthie
cause upon which to bestow our choit
est gifts.