The Tupelo journal., 1918-05-31

He said Canada and Great Britain
would not falter, but were determin-
ed and fixed to give the last man and
the last dollar if necessary rather
than have the cruel Hun rule over
them.
He said all America needed was to
be informed and aroused. eff you
were really mad, with your natural
wonderful and great coun-
try and splendid people you can whip
four German empires. But, he said,
we cannot get mad and he wanted to
see us hurry up and get mad quick.
He said the Germans would not
fight except in mass formation, man
to man. Either the British, French or
Americans could lick him good. He
must be in superior numbers and have
advantage in position and then shout
der to shoulder in mass formation
and driven by his officers before ne
would fight.
He said that every man who was
not measuring up to his full efficiency,
mentally, physically and financially,
in backing his government was a
Stacker and every Stacker was day
by day throwing a shovel OF dirt IN
an American grave. Every Stacker
was making it harded for the Amer
lean soldier to win the war and was
truly a murderer.
He commended in most eloquent
words, the great service of the Red
Cross to the army. Of this service
he spoke from actual experience as
he had himself been under the care
Of the Red Cross doctors and nurses
and had observed and seen their
helpfulness and necessity to the ar
my.
He said that few of the present
generation of America had sacrlflced
ANYTHING for liberty. We boosted
ourselves as the opponents and ex-
emplars and c~ustodians of liberty, but
the world wanted not words but ac-
tons. Our forefathers had sacrl-
feed and died for liberty, but we
should not sboast Of this unless we
were ready to duplicate their sacrl-
fee.
The road to victory was dotted
with the graves of French, Belgian
and British soldiers who had given
their blood for a common cause, and
this road to victory was now also be-
ing dotted with graves of American
soldiers. The people here at home
could make that road as long or as
short as they liked. If they rallied
unitedly to the Red Cross and to the
support of the soldier boys in all
other war activities they would make
that road to victory shorter. No
one could afford to have his body act
ing as a mere camourfage hiding the
miserable faint Of a traitor instead Of.
being a temple enshrining the spirit
of an American patriot.
The large audience frequently man
Tested their hearty approval OF the
speakers remarks by long applause.
Rev. j.. D. Hunter delivered to
Murphy Thomas, Jr., the medal an
nually offered by Mary Stuart Chap
ter, Daughters Of the American Rev
olution, for the best essay on a his
torical subject.
Prof. Windham here Stated that
during the four years in the high
school there were only four points
difference in the grading Of the vail
dictorian and the salutatorian, Carl
Feemster's average being 95 90 and
Miss Made Vera Francis 95 5-10.
On behalf of the trustees Mr.. NJ.
e. Leake in a few well chosen words
delivered the diplomas of the gradu-
ating class. The calss consisted of
Miss Lucille Carruth, John Russell
Curry, Lucian. Carl Feemster, Made
Vera Francis, Sara Foster Hannah,
Ernest George Kelly, Nell Taylor Kin
cannon. Keith Elton Murf, Mary
Ada Murff, Lorelle Eunice Pickle,
Anna Belle Reese, Van Kincannon
Rogers and Emma Regena Trap.
Keith Murff and Ernest Kelly nave
enlisted in the war recently and were
not present to receive their diplomas,
but there were two chairs in which
service flags were placed to represent
the boys who had gone to the war
Their diplomas were placed in these
chairs.
Prof. Windham made a strong ap-
peal for support in maintaining the
public school during the war. He
stated that President Wilson had
urged that the schools should be kept
to their full efficiency that the youth