Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-05

Nov. to 10, 1917: The Ansauville
Sector Jan. 20 to March 6, 1918: and
the Caligny Sector, April 26 TO May
I. 1918.
His war record shows that he went
over the top" three times without a
scratch or hlemish. But on May 3,
1918, while making his fourth trip
over the top" and while so heroically
performing active military services TO
establish and perpetuate World Lib
erty, Humanity and Peace, 50 that we.
all the nations of the earth. may have
n better place i'm which to live, Worthy
was gassed which no doubt has hasten
ed his untimely death.
| After the Armistice was signed Nov
/ II, 1918 and most of his comrades
came home, he was sent to Germany in
the 18th Provisional Guard Battalion
and then transferred 10 the Sec. Pro-
! visional Guard Co. and remained till
Feb. 2S, 1920. In his service TO sub
due Germany, compelling her to abide
I by and make good her promises and
pledges of the Armistice. Worthy was
fearless, heroic, faithful and trust
/ worthy.
Worthy has many distinctions as a
World War Veteran. He was first to
go cover There" and the first to go
over the Top" He was the last to
return home and one of the few men
of the First Division that lived to see
their home land again. He has had n
longer period of active military service
than any World War Veteran of Ran
dolph County. He had the unique dis
tinctiOn of being Corporal of the Pri-
vate Body Guard of Gen. Jno. j. Perish
ing.
All these distinctions which portray
his excellent character, his true pat
riotism, his great loyalty and his noble
heroism make our comrade who has
made the supreme sacrifice, death, a
hero of national fame.
His military record is one that not
only his immediate family should be
justly proud of, but all his buddies and
all the people of Randolph county and
the State of Arkansas.
After the war was over Worthy came
home, landing in the U. s. A. April 1S,
1920 and received his honorable dis
charge July o. 1920, at Charleston, s.
c., and took up his duty as a private
citizen.
His life as private citizen was
that of an Average Man." and in my
humble Judgment the Average Man"
has determined and will determine
whether we will survive and maintain
Government of the People, for the
People and by the People, or whether
we will perish and be dominated by
some Imperial Power.
The Average Man will determine |
whether we will maintain our present |
civilization and preserve our sacred |
institutions and ideals or whether we |
win elapse into barbarism for thou
sands of years.
The Average Man will determine the |
destiny of this country.
"The Average Man is the man of the
mill,
The man Of the valley and the man
of the hill,
The man at the throttle and the man
at the plow,
The man with the sweat of his toll
on his brow;
Who brings into being the dreams
of the few,
Who works for himself for me and |
for you
There is not a project, a purpose or
plan,
But rests on the strength of the |
average Man"
The man who stands out between |
hovel and throne,
The man who gives freely his
brain and his Drawn.
Is the man that the world has been
builded upon.
The clang of the hammer, the
sweep of the saw,
The fash of the forge, they have
strengthened the law,
They have rebuilt the realms that
wars DER ran,
They have shown us the strength of
the average Man"
feel that | should not close my few
remarks at this time without paying
a short tribute to the noble Mother
| hood of America.
Many of the great movements and
projects that have meant so much TO
this country and the world have been
promulgated. established and perpetu-
ated by the energy, self-sacrifice, pray
ers and tears of the Motherhood of