The Harrison times., 1919-03-01
Letters From the People. q
THAT "HoNoR ROLL SERVICE"

To the People OF Boone County.
| wonder how many Of US have con.
sidered or investigated the plan Of
this Honor Roll Service, literature for
which has been sent out from Eureka
Springs After repeated inquiries /
have failed to locate a person or or
ganization that is responsible for this
scheme being fair and honest-no one
locally is interested in seeing that
every mothers son. who belongs on
the list, has his name on the roll. Mr.. |
Cecil claims no responsibility except
the bare fact that he is custodian of
the funds. The Rotary Club, although
they have given it their stamp of ap-
prOval, say they know nothing about il !
and have nothing to do with it. Aside |
from all this, the worst feature of the |
while thing is that every law OF
ethics, prOpriety, and the eternal fit |
ness of things has been violated. Who |
wants a tablet in our court house paid |
for by the boys and their parents
put up according to the scheme of |
some foreign concern? That any
mother or relative, whether they be |
rich or poor, should receive a notice
dunning them for $3.50 to engrave
their sons name by the side of the
rest of the county's heroes, is the
greatest insult and disgrace that / !
can imagine being perpetrated upon a
patriotic public. These mothers and
sons have already given their great
est gift Shall they now be insulted
by having to erect their own memo
rial?
The idea Of memorial tablet is
very beautiful and of that | approve,
but it ceased TO be a memorial to our
boys and became a mere slad dedi- |
Gated to the nerve and graft of com
mercialism when such an abominable
scheme was adopted If the people OF
Boone county, in gratitude and respect,
do not wish to show their appreciation
for these boys in some suitable man.
ner, then let US not leave the task to
a concern that has no more interest in
Boone county than they have in lizard |
To a public fund managed and raised |
by the people of the county, ! would !
gladly contribute where | now refuse
to give $3.50 for personal display. A
tablet erected in this way would have !
something of the value It should have |
for the boys and future generations to |
read. The only value any thing of the |
sort could possess is the fact that it |
was the plan and gift of a patriotic
and devoted people to their sons. The |
present scheme merely makes tools of !
the relatives and destroys all the beau
ty and sentiment of the idea If this
proposed tablet does not contain the |
name of every boy who wore the
khaki it ought to be knocked into frag-
ments by a righteously indignant pub
lie. If it is erected by the present
scheme Of insult and unethical pro
cedure then the boys who licked the
/ Huns ought to demolish It.
Each of the 400 or more boys from
Boone county has an enduring memo
rial in his mothers home and in the
memory Of all his loved ones. He
wants no other from them alone.
They might volunteer subscriptions to
public fund, as all who are able
would gladly do, but it is not right
and fitting that they should be the
victims of a scheme like the one be-
fore us now. | esteem each Of these
boys too highly to sit idly by and let
an insult like this be heaped upon
them and their kindred. Let us have
an organization or committee Of our
own people to see to it that a suitable
tribute is paid them-coming from our
hearts and our pocket books-and see
that it is done in the proper manner
M. Il.