The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-02-22

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is capable of doing alone, for his
sole ard only benefit that which he
can do, as a part of the cable, for
the community.
Therefore. MY friends, the mess
age ] would leave with you is this
During this crisis and when the re
constructive period comes we must
have laid aside tue obsolete methods
of the past; we must become "elec-
trified" with the age we must fortify
ourselves by organization become uni
fled in common effort for the COM
mon welfare, and with but one goal
in view, put our faces toward the
rising sun and the dawn of better
day, let the dead past bury its dead
and be content with whatever comes,
il by such means we may know that
our liberty survives.
To aid in the accomplishment Of
this | ask that the Mariana Com
mercial Club be supported with all
your strength and with all the finan-
cial aid necessary to accomplish any
things that may hereafter be under
taken 1t is the most potent factor
in our community development at
the present time. 1t deserves your
support, and with the utmost candor
and without the slightest reflection
on any person, you are lax In your
duty II you do not support It, II
YOU give the club your support, the
ton will develop the details
necessary to make 1t success.
nave not attempted to go into detail
regarding the effort to be exerted, or
the plans to be pursued during the
coming year. 1t Is the maintenance
of the organization that is paramount
the working plans will necessarily
and surely follow.
l Ali truly glad that my term OF
office has ended. The responsibility
Is large, groat deal more so than
the average person will believe; the
work Of the president Of this orga-
niqation is burdensome, regardless OF
the opinion to the contrary. | have
received the hearty support OF a.
,nmber of the members Of the organi-
.a,icn. for which | am indeed CRATE
full. / have received but little sup
port from c,hers, and condemnation
from some, for both of which | care
very little. + shall hand over the
office to my successor with the firm
personal conviction that have done
my duty, that I've at least endeavor-
ed to the utmost of my limited ability
to give this organization my best
effort. Whether this is the opinion
Of the members of the organization,
| can't say and care not. I've done
the best l could and personally my
is clear.
bespeak for my successor the
same hearty support and cooperation
that the active" members of the
club have rendered me, and | here.
by pledge myself to go back into
the ranks and devote my time, my
money and my ability to anything
that / am called upon to do. The
election OF another of the younger
element" to the presidency is not
to be construed as an endorsement
or the past administration, for as
ex-ufficio chairman of the nominal
the two young gentlemen
for the presidency that we've just
voted on | am proud of the selec-
ton that the committee made. ]
have been intimately associated with
one of the gentlemen for the past
few years and the highest encom-
iums that | might heap upon him
would not be exaggeration The
oth.r candidate is one of the most
wide awake and active
inemers of the club, deserving of
any honor that we might bestow.
Either of them will make an excell-
ent official but they can't do so with
out our support and cooperation.
VIII you give it? Your actions will
speak louder than words
In conclusion Henry George said:
~ am for men," Ebert Hubbard
said: IL believe In the hands that
work: in the brains that think in
the hearts that love-" We have an
urgent call for MEN. VIII you quail
fy? The opportunity is present; to-
morrow il may be gone forever.
Remember the words, by their acts
We shall know them" If you are
going to de- anything for your COM
your country, DO 1T NOW,
for in the words OF the great Persian
poet:
1.-THE moving finger writes, and hav-
ing writ.
moves on. ana all your plety, nor
all your wit.
Shall lure it back to cancel half
line,
Nor all your tears wash out one
word of it,"
Every day ! hear someone say
Il wish ! could do something to
help win the war" Let me suggest
that we give our hearty cooperation
to this organization; follow It's priD-
ciples; its ideals; its leadership;
become imbued with the work it is
enedavoring to do and am confident
in the assertion that the enthusiasm
created in you will be the best
antidote for slackerism" that can
be found. WE MUST WIN THIS
WAR. If we lose the rights of every
nation to govern itself is lost. If
we lose we will be governed by rules
IF the lowest character known IN