Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-06-25

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LET COMMON SENSE SWAY;
1T is DESTINED TO GO ABOVE PAR
Editor Democrat:
Though George Dewey almost mi
raculously destroyed the Spanish fleet
in the bay of Manila on May End, and
3rd, 1898, yet there are some noted
historical events in the past history of
the world that took place in June.
The old Athenians began their year
with the month of June, and had tho
very best of common sense for SO do
ing, for it is the beginning of earth's
fruit bearing. The first locomotive
that ever ran in the United States,
was in June 1920. Fulton's first,
steamboat trip up the Hudson Rive,
was in June, 1907, just think of Rip
Van-Winkle and you will be near that
period of time. The battles of Bunk
er Hill, in the revolutionary days of
IT'S, and the Waterloo or Napoleon
Bonapart, in the year 1916, were both
fought in the good old month of June.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose book.
Uncle Toms Cabin, has been read by
more peoples and tongues than any
other book on earth. except the Bible,
was born in June, 1912.
900 kho oodoV.o IF tho nnUnn-
crat remember in regard to the thrill
ing old June-bug? Did any of them
ever feel the grip of his horny legs on
their fingers as they tied string
around his hind-leg? Hold on to the
string, listen to the musical buzz Of
that scarab-bee, as you stealthily APP
preached the shade of tree, where
the unsuspecting watchdog lay
asleep, in the cool shadow, at the
heat of day,-see that dog as he jumps
five feet AMI snaps at that bug, then
fleeing around the house at the rate Of
| fifty-five miles per hour-that dog be,
Eeves it is either yellow-jacket, hor-
4
often felt glad he wasn't dog, for
that canine would perform the same
tango every time that June-Bee made
music around him, even until tdA
frosts of autumn did away with June
bugs. You see the difference between
boy and a dog is, the boy knows
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Of reason or common sense. If that
pup should live fifty years and you
could remain boy that long, and
should chase him every day with that
harmless tied-fiy, you would never
convince him that it was not sting
ing insect Where's the boy, that is
not glad that he is not non-reason-
ing, know-lothing dog?
Another thing about June is, that it
is "Flag-day'- symbol of our
grand free country-the home of the
brave-the land OF the free.
When the armies of the United
States go out to fight, they must do Sc
CnO0F our nag. WHICH al AAhOA ISoh
vessel sails on the high seas it must dc
so under our flag, and on how proud
every army, every vessel and every
other organization, going forth are, &c
carry the flag of the United States
ard Tie reason for all this is, that VIZ
have a PERFECT GOVERNMENT, the
kind of government the people want
: for it is of the people, by the people
and for. the people. No king rules
over the citizens of the United States
for they are their own ruler, the!
make their own laws, they execute
their own laws and they have an ade
quoate remedy against all injustice
privilege or oppression. The mean
ing Ct all this is that we have a DE
MOCRACY and under that kind 0
government, the people can do what
; ever they wish, provided they kno'
how to properly organize, and thi
they are fast learning to do.
One of the great boons, under Goo
of our government is that it is non