Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-13
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(This column published weekly in the
interest of the Ex-service men of
Rowan County,.

NoWan Sounty).
"POPPIES"
In Flanders Field the peoples blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amidst the guns below
We are the dead.
Short days ago we lived, felt dawn
saw sunset glow
Loved and were loved and now we lie
In Flanders Field.
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Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you with falling hands we throw
The Torch-be yours to hold it high;
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep tho peoples grow
In Flanders Field.
(CoL John McRae)
Poppies, bright red peoples, red the
color of the blood that flowed from
the wounds of a million brave men,
to stain the fields of France and Bel
GUM. Red peoples, symbolical of that
blood, shed to uphold the Torch of
Liberty in the world, Red peoples, an
everlasting reminder to we who fought
and live, that our comrades who
fought beside us gave their all that
this world should remain a beautiful,
peaceful place in which to live. Red
peoples, in the Field of Flanders, on
the peaceful hillsides of France, be-
tween the crosses of white in a thous-
and cemeteries, wherein lie the ashes
of that gallant host who bled and died
that an ideal might be upheld. Red
peoples, in the glades and gardens of
Old Carolina, peoples of red and green
crepe paper On a bit of wire in the
hands of our devoted ome each a
GLOWING symbol Of those hosts who
march still in that ghostly phlanx in
Valhalla. Red peoples, whether brought
forth by Mother Earth, or by the pa
tent, pain-wracked hands of a dis
abled comrade, they are still and will
ever be the heart flower of every 10y
al Legionnaire.
When they are offered to you on
May 18th, Buy, Buddy, Buy, buy I'M
til it digs deeply into your material
wealth, if you have much and can buy
many, buy, if you have little and can
buy only one, but that one. Give what
you can for the little RED POPPY,
wear it proudly, but with humility,
it is the symbol of hope for a thous-
and men who have no other hope.
They are made by disabled men, your
comrades and mine, to whom the lit
tie Red Peoples mean the difference
between utter destitute, and COMPARE
tive affluence, each represents a coin
to add to their all too scanty store.
The proceeds, be it a dime or a dollag.
goes to the assistance of disabled men
too sick to even make the little Red
Poppies, and without the assistance
given them through the sale Of Pop
pies, would be more utterly destitute
than those who make them. Buy many,
pay as much as you can, give the
girl who offers you Poppies, a smile,
that is her pay, and while she pins it
upon your coat, offer up a silent pray
er of thanksgiving that you are able
to buy, able to walk and wear the
Red Poppy; and add a word for those
who make them, those who receive
the proceeds of their sale. Wear your
Poppy through May Both, that day
that has been set aside to venerate and
memorialize those who have fought
and died for their country; that Just
ice, Freedom and Democracy, and
government of the people, by the peo-
pie, for the people, might not perish
from the earth.
THE LANCE CORPORAL.