Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-06-08
ROTARIAN WRITES
TO "BOYS AT HOMEE"
Interesting Letter On Principle:
OF Rotary Sent Here By L.
p. Pettus-Meet Tonight

tention of Richmond RotariarS
at their regular weekly session
at the Hotel Glyndon tonight
There will probably be several
fapplicationS for new member
ships brought up at this meeting,
The local Rotary Club has just
received very highly appreciat-
ed letter from a former Rich
rond man, who is leading Ro-
tartan of Savannah, Ga.-Luke
T. PettuS. His many friends
back hone,' Rotarians and 9th
ers. will be interested in what
he writes:
Savannah, Ga, June ), 1872
Mr.. President and Rotarians:
Across the chasm of nearly Il
half century, colored by the ros
es from memory's path in a
childhood in Kentucky, [ wou'd
congratulate you upon the plant
ing Of Rotary in Richmond:
My name is Luke p. PettuS,
born at Kingston, KY, ifty-tWo
Years ago, a charter member ol
tie Rotary Club OF Savannah. !
thank you.
] knew that Richmond OF long
ago when McCreary was in his,
prime, when Bronston was the
, vigorous prosecutor, and SMITH
/ WIS the powerful counsellor.
| knew that Richmond which
lad only a branch OF the Louis
vile & Nashville for rail trans
portation-long before the Ken
tucky Central bored its way
through the cliffs along the Ken
tucky river to connect the CAPT
tai of Madison with the outside
world.
| knew that Richmond which
served as a mobilization point
Tor Kentucky mules, to be driven
ever the mountain trail for serv-
ice in the cotton fields of the
South.
] knew that Richmond which
sent forth her sons to become
chief executives of other states
and ambassadors to foreign
countries, and have felt the ut
most pride in their services and
achievements. I
Knowing that Richmond Of i
long ago and the sterling people !
who made it, it is most CRAFTY |
IN to me TO know that the Ro-
Larry spirit has 50 developed in
ITS posterity as to manifest il
self in a Rotary Club.
Believe me, Mr.. President, Ro-
tary could not be planted iii
more fertile soil. The brother
hood that exists between Ken
tuckians is the sweetest heritage !
shat comes to one who has stray
cd from his native state. | have |
known it on the great Western
plains where the cowboy reign
Ell. I have known it in the froz- |
en- North where men staked all |
in the quest Of gold. 1 have
known it in mid ocean where a |
7oice far UP in the rigging would /
add bar of "My Old Kentucky |
Iiome" to the roar of the seas. !
| have known it at the national
capital where the kentuckian |
never fails to measure up to his
position and never fails to rel
ceive the inspiring sympathy Of !
his fellow Kentuckians.
AS you progress into Rotary,
Mr.. President, you will find it to
be a reversal of theories which
have masquaraded the ages as
the truth.
1t combats the contention that
business and friendship are in
compatible.
It impugns the idea that "bus-
mess is business" and in its con-
duct practices not in keeping
with the Golden Rule are permis-
sihle.
1t nullifes the notion that
money is all-the sum and sub
stance of human happiness-just
SC it is acquired within the law
II denies worthiness to no law
fal and honorable occupation
and urges the acme of efficiency
that the individual may all the
better Serve-serve his fellow
men, serve his country, serve his
con2m unity.
1t commits it converts to the
Sublime doctrine of Service
Above Self and fuses them into a
living, loving, active and indom-
table force pleading higher bus
mess ethics and higher types Of
citizenship.
Rotary crowns Service with a
lnatchless majesty. It conten-