The Elbert County tribune., 1915-07-02
FREEDOM.

Here is the forest now.
As on that old July
When first our fathers took the VOW
The bluebird. stained with earth and sky
Shouts from a blowing bough
| In green. aerial freedom, wild and high,
And now. as then. the bobolink
Out on the uncertain brink
OF the swaying maple swings,
Loosng his song out link by golden link
While over the wood his proclamation
rings.
A daring boast that would unkingdon
kings,
Even the wild birds sang on bough anc
wall
That day the bell of Independence Hall
Thundered upon the world the word OF
man.
The word of Coo uttered when the worle
began
That day when liberty began to be
And mighty hopes were out on land and
sea.
But Freedom calls her conscripts. now al
then:
| It is an endless battle to be free
As the old dangers lessen from the skie,
New dangers rise.
| Down the long centuries eternally.
Again. again will rise Thermopylae:
| Again. again. new Leonidas
Must hold for God the imperiled pass
| AS the long ages run
New Lexington will rise on Lexington
And many valorous Warren fall
| Upon the imperiled wall.
Man is the conscript of an endless quest
| A long divine adventure without rest,
A holy war. battle yet unwon
When he shall climb beyond the burnt
out sun,
| Each hard-earned freedom withers to
bond;
Freedom forever is beyond-beyond!
| Edwin Markham in The Independent
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of entertainment and amusement are
observed, but this in itself is re-
markable fact, for the natives take
part in the festivities with gusto. A
baseball game between an American
and a Filipino team is generally fea
ture. and it is crowding the cockpit of
the boards. Drills by Filipino scout
and constabulary start many a pro
gram. and in the provinces the native
governor gives a reception and dance
to the American and prominent Span
ish and Filipino residents of his pro
vincial capital
Typical American parades, giver
| color by Filipino participation, are
held in Manila. Iloilo. Cebu, Albay
Zamboanga and even in the small
towns. In Manila everything in the
| way of refreshments and amusements
| Is free to all children, whether they
| be Americans, Filipinos, Europeans
| Chinese. Japanese, Indians or whatnot
| In Manila the day is not complete
| without a special band concert on the
| Luneta in the evening by the famous
constabulary band, composed of eighty
O 1fttl ivA
been trained by an American negro
from Boston, until they are recognized
as one of the best bands in the world
They made special trips from Manila
to play at the Inauguration OF Presi
dents Roosevelt and Taft. To our Fiji.
pino wards, "cuatro de Julio" is a
great fiesta.
"Open House" Abroad.
Wherever an American minister.
consul or any other official representa-.
tive has his abode abroad, there will
be found open house on July L. AS
rule, reception, followed perhaps by
dance or concert, make up the
days formalities. In London, Paris
and Berlin the celebrations are quite
elaborate.
In far western Canada, where there
is big sprinkling of Americans, the
day is made great deal of. In the
mining province of British Columbia
the town of Rossland was for years
more American than Canadian. Dur
ing the Yankee reign it was natural
that all tracks should be cleared for
the Fourth, and rock drilling contests.
the miners favorite. furnished plenty
OF excitement In Alaska, Indian wa
ter sports and feats of daring. log
rolling contests in the water, and dog
races are the principal numbers on