Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-02-04
MARIN HENDERS0NTTfIE
REGRUTTS ARE CALLEDa0UT,
Strong Appeal for Co=o6eraffon. a.
g~anlzatioR and Unity Of Efforts
Is Made to the Public.
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VA Smith had the Mutual Printing
company to publish and distribute the
following timely appeal in circular
form Monday afternoon and Monday
night at the court house where the
mass meeting was held:
If Hendersonyille had an outside
enemy her people would hasten to
agree, to organize and to
as man to fight the common foe.
Rome was never defeated by a foreign
Zoe while she agreed, organized and
c~o-operated as a nation. She was the
admiration and mistress of the world.
When h had no external foes to con-
quer, internal dissensions, disputes
and d1sagreements soon led to internal
war, dissolution, destruction and dis
grace. Her glory and destruction as
a whole gave her more glory and hon
or than was u to her Iethargetic
tc1t1es that in a cowardly manner sur
rendered without battle; and her eiti-
zens who were not brave and patriotic.
were contemplate and despicable.
The people of Hendersonville should
sit up and take notice, for we.
surely have outside foes, and
some Of them are Carthagenians of the
noblest type. Our location, ~saIubrious
climate, pure water, splendid thorough
fares, scenery and ~prodigious growth
are so propitious for future develop
ment as to make other places coYetous
and ~envious.N Much prosperity brings
much criticism; much beauty brings.
much envy; much Boosting much an
tagonism. In this sense we have our
foreign foes, and in this sense we are
at war with enemies who are on the
offensive. If the attacks are not re-
pulsed we will be conquered. They
can only be repulsed by one mode of
warfare, with which our victory is as
sured and our triumph will be glori-
Gus. The mode of warfare for the in
habitants of Hendersonville is to love
Hendersonville as the Romans loved
Rome Tor as the Atlantans love At
lanta.)
! What the Romans did was to think
together, act together, organize as one.
man and fight as man. To do this
/ we must agree as to the weapons of
warfare and their use. I must agree
with you and you must agree with me.
II we fight alone we will all likewise
perish, and inferior. craft, well manned,
will succeed, while. "a Dreadnanght
fpoorfy manned, without desperation
of It's crew will fail. With an agree.
ment and cooperation as to method
and means we F safe and viii have,
4 magnifeent victory and q glorious
triumph.
Let me be egotistica1: Listen to me;
watch me; follow my example and we,
will succeed, no matter how great and
IpORarfnlsmay be- theTfoe. II you win
ikIisten to- sme you wia observe that I
am thinning and ktaHdng for agree
ment, organization and cooperation
Natch@me-and you will eonclude that
I am working for agreement, organiza-
ton and Cooperation, and that when.
I cannot lead harmonfously, / am q.
I: cheerful and agreeable follower. Fol-.
low me and you wifi note tlatI always
lead to camp where the greatest
amount of agreement, Organization and
cooperation prevails, and one with
the strongestsfortiflcations
The strength of our army depends
First: Upon it's enlistment; second:
Upon its recruits. The number of our
recruits must depend upon our achiev-
ements. Our great achievements must
depend upon the strength of our army.
Success begets success.) The
strength of our army requires the en-
listment of every patriot capable of
bearing arms. The merits of our
cause e1icits the interest of every citi-
izen who has an interest to subserve
lHaEe you? p.
ALI armies have their camp-follow-
ers: body robbers, scavengers, YAM
pires and vultures. The call to arms
is to the soldier who can think, work
and agree, Listen, can you think? can
you work? can you agree? II SO, for
your own sake, for your homes sake,
and for your towns sake enlist, and
enlist now, Why not?
If you cannot think, cannot work and
cannot agree, then you may rely upon
the brave soldiers in the patriotic army
to allow you to be a camp-follower.
You may have their sympathy with
their contempt and f~orbearance, but
You cannot have their love, honor and
respect.