Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-01-02
WAR TALKS.
BY UNCLE DAN
America Must Flight Hard or Germany
May Wln-NecessIty for MILL
tary Training.
Number One

here's your opportunity. Uncle Dan Is
probably one Of the best-informcd men
In the country" Billie >clapped his
\ hands and gave such q whoop that he
wakensd the baby, but what could you
expect Of q fltteen-year-old boy who is
4 q living Interrogation point and wants
to know about WARP
Uncle Dan arrived In due time and
Billie watched for an opportunity. It
came that evening after dinner when
Uncle Dan had lighted cigar and
7. taken seat on the porch.
''Tm mighty glad you came, Uncle
Dan. want to talk to you about the
war. We have just put military train
ing In our township high school. but
we had hard time to do 1t. The
JOneses and the Greggs objected. They
said the war wouldn't come over here.
Grandma Jones said: 'They amt no
4 use to worrit, 1t will soon blow over
Well, we put the training in just the
. same. You orter heard Judge Brow
nell, the president Of the school board,
& do the slackers up. He said unless we
take off our. coats and go to 1t, Ger
. many may yet win, and If she does, she
Z will take over the great British feet as
war trophy and compel us to do what
ever she wants to; that she could make
, us pay all the cost Of the war; the
kaiser could tax us as he pleased and
that we couldn't help ourselves. He
could make every one pay over part
Of what he earns; that he could make
nfr
farms, etc. Now, Uncle, what do you
thtnk Of thnt?"
. well, NY boy said Unrln Dan,
"all That IulEe Nru%0olI NNys Iulght
easily come (vua rud may I;nIGSs we go
quickly 80 the nid az the allies With
large nunDeFs, OF men and help them
break the German line. Unless we can
beat the submarines, they may pre-
vent us from getting enough food to
tho allies to keep them going. In that
case Germany would win AS matters
stand today, our greatest need is
trained men. If we had had several
millions Of men with military training
In our industries and on our farms
when the war came, who could
have. been called at once for service, 7
do not believe the kaiser would have
q forced the war upon us. As 1t was, he
had no respect for us, and now we are
IN 1t and must 60 through with 1t. But
never again must we be caught so
wholly unprepared. .l3E
There is only one safe way" said
Uncle Dan, "and that is to adopt per
amanently, universal military training,
apply It 70. every young man who is
Dhyslcally at, say. In his nineteenth or
twentieth year. The training can be
carried forward III the United States
tsaiHtng camps that are now being es-
,E faRliehed for rtrainlng men; called by
the aelective draft. AS soon as these
men yacate these stations, they should
Sb8'sidlled 9by younger men, and this
ehoulds be made the permanent policy
OF thel country.s,a }}TI .94%' TS"'i''1e'
Billfe's mother, Mrs. Graham, had
overheard the conversation. She came
ont ana said IS "Really, Brother Dan.
srs sele syou serious as to the dangers of
our n =country9 II 1t Is as bad as that, It
@is high time for us to wake up and do
something about It," 81
~ "'Hlxactly," replied Uncle Dan. 1T
10 better to wake up now than to- be
rudelya awakened later. We may as
Well understand, sister, that this Is our
war and we must win 1t or God helm
america. Everything that we have
1or hope to have--our liberties. onr
blessings. our opportunities are all in
vowed I'm the great issue before us.
Nothing must stand between us, and
winning this war;. It Is a question
whether the peoples right or the kai-
s,e s,,eef's2 might shall. dominate the world.
III there ever was "a holy war this N
IT. "A We are! fighting for world liberty.
4 We are fighting for the freedom Of
humanity. We are fighting for the
right OF men to govern themselves in.
stead Of being governed against their
will by d war-mad overlord. Perilous
\ times are ahead OF us. We must be
I BTepared to make any sacrifice, to per.
iSrhd any service that may be required
OF sus.ss,t4 al gG
aOh, Uncle Dan," exclaimed Billie.
ssnnays 4 bring my chum, Jimmie Col.
I iinsi when we have our next talk? He
is} q bug on this war business and just
!. !, si,.sErasy to sec ryou." ii.
..Cert rtainly," said Uncle Dan, with
hearty laugh. IL we are to have more
talks, shall be glad t0 have Jimmie
SS3oin ns.
Rillte clappGd his hands and ran to
n The phone and told Jimmie to be ovel
st seven o'clock the next evening.