Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
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should be employed to defend the
freedom and independence OF our SIS
ter republics. When the same Spanish
autocracy refused to recognize the
fundamental principle OF American
political philosophy, to wit, the IN
aIienab e right OF revolution, oy pro-
scouting barbarous and relentless
war against the Cuban people, then
again all the material resources ana
all the. spiritual forces OF our people
were empioyed as the missionaries OF
liberty to. vindicate for another people
the self f-evident truths Of our first ano
fundamental Bill Of Rights.
And when the accumulated PASSIONS
and jealousies Of a generation. bursl
upon the busy peoples of earth IN l914,
no thoughtful student OF our history
could long continue to doubt where
America must finally find herself If
the ,militaristic, hereditary house OF
Hohenzollern, with the hair-trigger
! power OF war in their hands, were 10
over master all Europe, then TINS COM
bined power must eventually ana IN ,
evitably open the door OF doom ana
close the door Of hope to the repuph-
can peoples of the Western Worlo'
And So gradually almost 1mPercePli-
bly, the mighty issue reVealeo tselt
to the minds Of our people. more
quickly with some and in some places
than in others, but finally al the peo-
pie felt the brooding, iWpellng spills
Of Washington, Jefferson, ADAMS,
Fre 7kiin, Henry and all the hosts oi
patti .ots from the private to the enlei,
who suffered and fought FOR treeootL
cause. Then America arose IN ne.
might. The songs OF freedom pealeu
from every throat. prayers Ior iee
dom ascended from nome anu PuiR'
and pew. Mothers and fathers gsadly
cent forth their precious boys to battle
in the name Of liberty and humanity
Wives endured the parting and pore
the RESPONSIBILITIES Of families" to sena
husbands out TO wars red fields. Prec-
ious children proudly saw their lathers
march away 10 delend faith IN the
righteousness Of our countrys cause
Beardless boys became brave anu
sturdy men because inspired py the
truth and justice for which theS
Men in their blindness may say that
il was not a war for humanity thul
il was a.. war to make the rlch rlcIer
and the poor poorer. But every pray
er that was uttered; every song oi iIee.
dom that was sung; every "ouho Ina
was suffered; every life that was CIV,
en- TO advance the common cause-ait
these proclaim such q selllsh lhousi'
to be a stultifying lie.
Shall we remain loyal, now IN t'nle
of neace TO those same ideals for Whlcn
so many thousands Of our best ana
hravest bows died In battle, ana lor
which hundreds of thousands still SUI
fer and languish and slowly die? II
can interpret the spirit of those oe.
narted and of those who linger YET
awhile. they would exhort US to serve
unse!6shly the people Of TINS nation
and the cause Of liberty, freedom JUS
tice and democracy. Their chlrairlc
souls have felt the glorious thrlil " "
service. They have slipped the cup VI
sacrificial Joy. They feel, they beileVe'
they know :e- G"r'"
"That whether upon the scaffold hlgh'
Or in the battles van;
The fittest place for man to die,
Is where he dies for man..
Their purified spirits: touched, py tne
faith of the founders Of American lree-
dom, pouring out protests against
wrong, injustice; and inhumanity,. cali
out and cry aloNd at the door or our
conscience rp
Where ever man OppTeSSes Lah'
Beneath thy liberal sun;
Oh, God. be. there, thine arm mace
Thy righteous will be done"
Following the exercises at the YORK,
vile. Graded school grounds, the croWo
proceeded to- spread lunch on the
grounds there and on other lawns
throughout the town.
Dinner for Special Guests.
At l.3O o'clock dinner was served
the visiting militia companies, Con-
federate veterans, the band and hall
hundred American Legion men in the
dining room Of the McNeel Sunday
School Memorial building of the First
PRESBYTERIAN church. The dinner FOR
these special guests who were more
than 200 in number was in charge OF
Mrs. Mason l.. Carroll, president OF
Kings Mountain Chapter Daughters or
the American Revolution, assisted ny
q number Of other ladies OF YorkVlile:
The food was furnished by ladies' OF
the town practically every housewife
in Yorkville spending a quantity Oh
food sufficient for two people.
After the blessing was asked. by Kew:
DR.. E. E. Gillespie, the commander OF
M6eCn SlSWoll SFS'N~
probation Of the American Legion OF
the kindness of the ladies' and sug-
gested that the guests present show
their appreciation to the ladies IN a
rising vote of thanks which was given.
Legion Won Ball Game.
A feature Of the exercises in. the
afternoon was O baseball game be-
tween the Glover Town Founders and
the American Legion Larrupers, the
Legionaires winning by score OF to
3. More than 1000 people saw the
game. The gate receipts totaled about
$2S5.
Dance l. asst Evening.
The days programme came to a
close last evening with a street dance
AN old time breakdown" or square
dance and waltzing. The former was
held in front Of the courthouse and
was in charge of Less Cain and Clyde
Smith while the latter was held on
East Liberty street near the Peoples
Bank & Trust Company building. A
special orchestra furnished the music
for. the breakdown" while the Tirzah
band furnished the music for the
other dance.
One Serious Accident
Only one serious accident occurred
during the day. Rhett Bfakenelo,