The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-02-22
future and use our utmost endeayor
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done in the past. Let us, therefore,
for a few minutes consider our pres.
emit conditions and then ascertain, II
possible, what the future holds TOT
us.
WE ARE IN A WAR. This state
ment is in the nature OF a news
item to some of the citizens OF TINS
county. if their actions during the
Dast few months are any criterion
on which to base an opinion. At the
least. some of US have not awakened
to the situation surrounding us. the
world has faced such conditions pc
fore this date This is not the first
instance Ia history that crazy
warlord' set out, to conquer the
world Alexander Of Macedon, IN
the fourth century, B. c.. extended
his dominions over practically the
whole of the world and died signing
for more to conquer. Julius Caesar,
lust before the time of Christ, par
tialiy succeeded in his dream OF
worldwide empire but died an igno-
minious death at the hands of his
people. Napoleon Bonaparte. in the
latter part OF the eighteenth century,
finally met his Waterloo and died In
exile at ST. Helena. History will I'M
doubtediy repeat itself but it VIII
take greater sacrifices than those
made by the opponents of Alexander
Caesar and Bonaparte for us to
frustate. the designs of the ambitious
and lustful Emperor of all the Ger
mans" who now has visions of a
CONQUER ed and Germanic-cultured
world | have at times endeavored
to picture in my mind just the kind
of al individual this "Hohenzollern
Brute" can be. | have concluded
that he is simply "paranoiac" with
the firm belief that he is designated
by an omnipotent being to maintain
and spread the doctrine of the "Di-
vine right of Kings over the face
of the earth. Have you ever COM
pared the two forms of government
now opposing the other in this con-
flict? Think for moment that un-
der the Germanic form the source
of the government is the kaiser; that
it begins at the top, extends down
ward and Expresses and depresses
in it's descent; on the other hand
the American source is the people,
beginning at the top and ever ascend
ing and expanding, and increasing
until it reaches its full develOpm ent.
Is 1t any wonder that conflict has
at last arisen between the opposing
forms? We can never submit; the
alternative is that we must conquer.
If this is your viewpoint, then an
swer this question: Are you willing
to make the sacrifice necessary to
accomplish the end? Ii SO, listen
Aristotle, the greatest philosopher
of the ages, told Alexander the Great
that the greatest foes of any army
Or nation were those within it's own
confines" In order that the kaiser's
dream of a "Germanic" world may
not be realized, many great battles
on land and sea and In the air must
hc fought. but | say to you, as a pre-
lude to those battles. as an auxiliary
thereto, as the foundation therefor,
battles in our individual selves, in
our local communities, our state and
our ration | speak of the battles
against greed and selfish
ness-personal aggrandizement--and
against the Stacker. These are
tho foes that surround us; these are
the worlds that we must conquer
and our success in so doing will lay
the foundation for great victory
over German Kultur," individualism
and autocracy.
How are we to fight these battles
and attain the victory? The answer
is suggested in the method adopted
by the fighting forces of the nation.
Organization, concentration, central
ization of power, coordination and
efficiency are the watchwords of the
nation. Let us adopt them locally.
Let us follow the trend of wartime
necessities and mobilize our forces
in an effective organization and
demonstrate that out OF unity comes
strength. We have unanimously con-
Guided In the past that from a COM
mercial and business standpoint such
an organization as we have main.
tanned was necessity. say tcw~N
now with the utmost since 80
the maintenance of thi - :
during the past was ne>I<e 4 OV>
a business standpoint, tbsooSc~ We
imperative that 1t be maintain6u ~
The future and that it's efficiency be
increased. In stronger language,
say. " ~you~ tudt Tic MAINTENANCE Of
such an organization is dictated by
the first law of nature-rself preser-
walton. In these perilous times, in
the crisis that now confronts us. we
cannot live Unto a ourselves alone.
We are coming to- the point where
we are beginning to realize that the
day of individualism is forever past
that the day of communityism has
dawned; that man cannot live unto
himself alone; that relation OF de-
tendency. one to the other, does
now. and will continue. to exist; that
the necessities of war are responsible
for these conditions and that we
must cast aside precedents and ad-
lust ourselves to present day con-
ditions.
And ask you the simple question:
Under which condition would you
prefer to live? Does the seIfishness
of individuslism appeal to YOU strong
er than the broader spirit OF com
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