The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30

over their city brothers OF being able We4xN
10 raise pigs and chickens NJ I,
The boys ~i.sa .,,.r1iens snnnlied WvS1l6
thnn enough for their fam W#E1
lilies marketed the rest those boys who NJ
had gardens of their gave N
of their time to farmers and helped them harvest
and market their crops
Then the Immense help that was given
TO the Red Cross. particularly in membership
drives and to the library association in collecting
books by the carloads 10 be sent to men overseas
Millions of feet of standing black walnut were To-
Gated by scouts. and hundreds of carloads OF
peach pits collected
Scout war service is by means over and upon
armstice day in 1915 the slogan THE war Is
over. but work Is not" adopted as the
peace cry of and right now the war risk
insurance end treasury departments are asking
scouts help In placing posters and getting cita-
tions from employers who taking back all
their former employees who enlisted in the army
or davy.
Each separate service wns in Its own time the
important and boy scouts have achieved
n record for very large share in winning the
Besides definite service, scouts were
always prepared to jump into every local emer-
gency, and kept up their civic good turns. their
individual good turns. and as time permitted
ther regular scout program
Helping the police direct street traffic and man.
age unruly crowds, distributing anti-tubercuosis
literature Red Cross posters, directing strnn-
gers. helping somebody fix tire restoring some
small boys out of the water, collecting your old
newspapers, helping tmid old ladies across the
street. removing unsightly signs, building bird
houses, planting trees. raising community flags
there is end to the things scouts find to do
with their time and energy and vigorous good
will.
The good turn the scout does is done quietly
and without ostentation 1t Is not matter to be
boasted of. You never hear scout boasting of the
good turns he does. By that principle Will he
Yer
the larger activities of manhood. Lincoln used to
say that certain public individual reminded him
of the Mississippi river steamboat that had O.
foot boiler and 1O-foot whistle. and every time
they blew the whistle they had to stop the boat.
boy scout is expected to do at least good
turn DALI
The good turns reported for one scout for the
year, the record probably having been kept by
some kindly, watchfu aunt, said that he got 174
buckets of coal and 129 buckets of water, carried
out the ashes 124 times and the dishwater 125
times and did other miscellaneous good turns
amounting to 1694 distinct efforts of cheerfulness
during the year.
He brought In corncobs for the fire. went after
the washing. fixing up the mail. cleaned up the
waste paper. picked up limb from the sidewalk
cut some tail for kids kite. went to for
mother many times. picked up glass from the
sidewalk. replaced brick In the pavement,
stopped n dog fight. loaned his knife, wound the
clock and set the alarm innumerable times, fixed
the fire and made his bed. teephoned messages
changed II hve-dollar DILL fed the dog and cleaned
ND some ink. baked the pancakes for breakfast
fried some bacon put on the coffee washed the
potutoes and fixed the fire, fed the chickens also
watered the flowers taught younger boy his
lessons in school, picked up needles and pins from
the floor. lit the lamps and darned his own sweat
err mopped up some water and swept Off the back
porch mailed letters and put up curtains fixed
a pair of scissors. got the fruit for his moth
err opened cans of salmon. tomatoes and beans
dug out n rat and set mousetrap, turned the
washing machine many times and hung pictures
The scout is bound by his oath to be helpful
to all people at all times" Little by little the
good turn habit becomes ingrained in his daily
conduct and attitude of mind Helpfulness to
others becomes not occasionally gratihed i'm
pulse. but essential element of his character
There 365,470 Boy Scouts of America In the
United States, all less consciously nc
quirng the good-turn habit of acting and think
ing and feeling. Does anybody believe that these
365.470 boys with their around nth power
friendness of spirit aren't going help Ieaven the