Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-26


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& Tho AMERICAN LEaIoK.
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Which Work with More intelligence?
Human Betngs o. Ants?
The next few weeks will showsin,
the case Of the e~x-seryice men OF
iOconee.
The other day I5saw a great big,
tat scaterpillar crawling along an ant
trail. One OF the little red ants very
promptly laid hold of, him. but he
could do nothing by himself, so he
let go andSrushed off to tell his fell
loW-ants what he had found. In q
few minutes the caterpillar was COW
cred with ants, all biting and sting
Ing with a vim, and 1t was soon ap.
parent that the caterpillar would be-
come ant food.
The American Legion offers In eff
rect ito ex-service men what the cat
|erpillar offered to the. ants. It offers
a means for social and civic Improves
ment, not. alone for its but
through them to the whole country.
1t offers the best way for us to con-
ttnue to carry out the high ideals
which inspired us during the war
TO keep alive and active the spirit of
unself1shness, patriotism and mutual
helpfuiness which we had during our
military service.
Aside from these nobler virtues
which 1t Is our duty as good citizens
to foster among ourselves, the Amer
lean Legion offers us the possibility
OF many pleasant social advantages.
1t affords a meeting place for the
ex~-servtce men-a veterans reunion
so to speak-:where we may come to-
gether and indulge in that delightful
pasttme OF swapping lies" and some
times real truthful experiences and
incidents OF u service days. It
affords a place where we may appro-
priately have all kinds Of social
amusements-dances, card parties,
billiard matches, ETC.; and for those
who prefer to read it affords an OPP
portunity of obtaining plenty Of real
good reading matter. eve have Just
received some seventeen hundred
BOOKS from the American Library
Association.)
All these things are helpful to the
fuller life, and they are possible of
attainment through the American
Legion. But, just rs 1t took the com
Dlned efforts Of the ant tribe to rem
der the caterpillar into ant food, so
Will 1T take the close cooperation
and earnest efforts Of all the ex-ser-
vice men and women to secure the
advantages that r obtainable in the
American Legion, and to fulfil the
Intentions Of the organization.
Some wise man has said, "Life Is
what we make It," and so is the
community. We cannot live our life
In Its fulness alone and to ourselves.
We must have the society and HELM
OF others, and must give help to
others. Man Ia not sufficient unto
himself. knowing this, what is the
use OF standing around on the streets
or at the crossroads with a misera-
BILE, disguised expression on your
race and8complaining about the dull,
ness Hof b times the sloWiiesss of
the communicates lack OF amusse-
ment, when YOU never try to change
the state OF affairs yourself, but are
a constant dispenser OF gloom and
wr~etchedness? Why don't you rouse
up and Join the American Legion and
combine with the boys, and ''start
something?
Or, again, you don't like the way
'the~ Supervisor Is running the chain
gang; you dislike the Court House
ring; you think the Senator and
Representatives are grafters, (these
offices are used merely for example,
and you stand around knocking and
condemning. But your Knocking does
not amount to anything. 1t is as IL
one man was kicking at a brick
wall-you cal never see much effect
from the kicking. If you have any
thing on these mon, or on anything
or anybody else, why don't you Join
the Legion, whore you can bring
your complaint UP before your com
rades and be assured of attention
n Just. consideration? And then, II
we agree with you, we will all kick,
and, Kicking together, we will kick
the wall down.
Many mon have good ideas, so
they think, that would be helpful to
the community; but they never
amount to anything because they
have no way of getting them before
the people so as to have them worked
pHDNTmUDF MANI