Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-11-15

The people OF North Carolina
have never failed to tread t ID e
path OF duty open to them. To
each and every call to service, in
tho interest OF home and coun-
try, they have responded W it h
llberality aud cheerfulness. Her
young men are covering them
selves with glory by evidences OF
devotion to the flag, IN word and
action, and will give q splendid
account Of themselves at every
turn Of the way towards a last
ing peace. Her captains OF iudus-
try and her sons OF toll have O.
pened their hearts to the Liber-
ty Loan, the Red Cross, and the
cause espoused by the Y. M. G. A.
Her noble women have dedica-
ted themselves to the service OF
their country and are showing
to the world a love for human
freedom that ia beautiful to con.
template. The cries OF heart-bro-
ken mothers, starving children,
outraged daughters, and tortur.
ed fathers, in unspeakale need
beyond the ocean wave, have fall.
en- upon sympathetic ears thru.
out our christian land, anl the
spirit OF service here in North
Carolina shows that, with our
people, the first consideration is
the honor of the flag, the safety
of the Nation, and peace to all
the world. And it Is well, for with
out self-sacrifice true happiness
may not be attained in b i g
world. 5y4 u
But while the measure OF the
: Nations honor and the Nations
heart is beiDg taken, in relation
to world conditions Of today, let
US not overlook the urgentneeds
Of fatherless or motherless waits
at our own doors. Let us, not o.
verlook the hundreds OF deIend-
ent children whom the orphan
ages of our state are training for
individual efficiency and good
'ss-eitlzenship. Every one OF these
institutions needs better equip.
ment and larger support, and
every one Of them is besieged
with applications for admission
which must be denied for lack ol
: means. Their capacity must be
increased, or else hundreds oi
children now wandering the high
( ways and byways, subject to ev.
cry temptation the world has to
offer, will be neglected and prob.
ably irretrievably lost. We can.
Motive will not-forget, for the
Master says, 'Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto Me-" We at
: admonished to conserve the pro
ducts Of the farm, the forest, the
factory and the mine. Is it not
equally-aye, vastly more-im
portant to conserve the man.
hood and the womanhood of N
I? Shall the orphaned children
OF this glorious old common
wealth be handicapped for life be
cause. in their tender years, they
did not have the sheltering car
and culture of an orphan home?
The North Carolina Orphan As
sociation again calls upon ever.
man, woman and child in thu
State to contribute on, or near
Thanksgiving Day at least on
days income (more if they will
less ifthey can do no bette) tt
the orphanage Of his or he
choice. The need for such a cal
! WAS never more urgent than now
Expense necessary to tie main
tenance OF every orphan home il
the State has increased, while tn
responsibilities have multiplied
So, let not the day pass withOut
making a thank.offering to you
Master, by denying yourself som
pleasure, some luxury, even som
necessity, to help the helples
become what their God and you
God intended they should attai