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The Hartwell Sun
—Established 1876 —
LEONMORRIS& LOUIE L. MORRIS
Editors Publishers Proprietors
’ Entered in the Post Office at Hartwell,
Ga., as Second Class Mail Matter.
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Georgia Press Association
Eighth District Press Association
.National Editorial Association
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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1925
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I BIBLE THOUGHT J
| For This Week y
|||l Bible Thought* memorized, will prove a 0
K priceless heritage in after yean.
Commit thy way unto the Lord;
trust also in him; and he shall bring
it to pass.—Psalm 37:3,5.
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Fortunately the heathen are told
about civilization and not shown.—
Baltimore Sun.
Fed citizens know anything about
their city and county governments.
That is the explanation for a lot of
poor government.
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The man who says he runs things
at his house may mean the washing
machine and vacuum-cleaner.—Sum
ter (S. C.) Item.
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The reason some people don’t hear
Opportunity knocking is because they
are at it themselves.—San Diego Un
ion-Tribune.
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A skeleton was recently found in
an express train. We always take
sandwiches if there is no dining car.
•—Punch.
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Fire underwriters have found that
two-thirds of the national fire loss
is preventable, and is due to care
lessness.
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Among this year’s graduates there
will no doubt be a few who will ad
mit that they still have much to
learn. —Des Moines Tribune News.
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Telling the whole truth and making
it understood never harms anyone, it
is half-truths or publishing that which
is wholly untrue that does the injury
to all alike.
Poor Fellow.
There’s little hope for the inno
cent pedestrian, for when airplanes
are thick above him, they’ll prob
ably land on him while he’s side
stepping the street traffic.—Atlanta
Constitution.
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The Fitzgerald Leader-Enterprise I
says: “Advertising will ruin you—
if you let your competitor do it all.
Then, too, while waiting for your
ship to come in, it might be a re
ceivership.”
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The Difference.
The pessimist fusses because the
paint and powder manufacturers are
getting rich. The optimist says,
‘‘Ain’t the girls beautiful?”—Cal
houn Times.
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Mountain liquor isn’t the only
thing put up in fruit jars. We
frequently get a quart or two of that
salubrious fluid, the grand and glo
rious old buttermilk in a fruit jar,—
and the effect is always much better
on the stomach and nerves.
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To secure the greatest electrical
development for the United States,
power companies and consumers must
have the active and hearty coopera
tion of state and national regulatory
bodies. Without such cooperation
little can be accomplished.
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OLD JOE JONES
SAYS—
I "It * s hard for rich
Ti v
jal ■ men to get to heaven.
__j 7-L/ Also for poor ones.”
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One Lucky Teacher.
The school teacher who is soon to
be tried in Tennessee for violation
of that state's “monkey law” will be
primed for a good salary in the mov
ies after the trial. Some people are
so lucky that no matter what hap
pens they just can’t but profit from
it.—Crawfordville Advocate - Demo
crat.
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A 1925 Proverb.
Attention girls: Talking on the
subject of matrimony, and marrying
for money, a recent speaker said:
“Better marry a man without a dol
lar than to marry a dollar and not
get a man.” There’s gum enough in
that to chew a long time. Solomon
never wrote a better proverb.—Com
merce News.
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I'-JL- QUESTIONS^—B
Fy and Bible Answers |
M I If Parents will eneouragv children to look up g
K tndmmonw the Bible Answers, it will prove «
Bis pnctwsj .Mtntatfv to them ui afur years ; •
I How can we get an increase and
f blessing from God? See Psalm
€7:5, 6.
i A Short Sermon. i
The teacher who works simply for ,
I the monthly pay check is a failure, |
says an exchange. Why confine it
to teachers, brother? No one can
achieve real success unless his or her
heart is in the work.—Monticello
News.'
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WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?
(Griffin News.)
The dictionary definition of Chris-
I tianity is brjef and incomplete. In
j an old sera pbook we have found
I what seems to be a full and satisfac
tory definition. The question is ask-1
ed, “What is Christianity?” and this
is the answer:
In the home—it is kindness;
In business—it is honesty;
In society—it is courtesy;
In work—it is fairness;
Toward the unfortunate —it is i
pity;
Toward the weak—it is help;
Toward the wicked—it is resis
tance;
Toward the penitent—it is for-
I giveness;
Toward the fortunate —it is con- j
gratulation;
Toward God —it is reverence and
love.
There may have been a time when
a secular paper would not have pub
lished such an item as this; thinking
that such things belong peculiarly to
the religious press. We are finding,
however, as the world progresses,
that it is the business of every public
voice, week-day or Sunday, to speak
out for the right.
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A Commerce minister carries an
ad in this issue. That man is boost
ing his business, boosting the King’s
business and paying for it. When
a preacher begins to use printer’s
ink it’s time for the business man
to sit up and take notice.—Com
merce News.
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An editor who is not willing to
work and stick up for his town and
county is a darned poor man.—Dah
lonega Nugget.
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The largest attendance the Eighth-
Ninth District Press Association has
ever witnessed was on hand for the
session at Buford last Friday, when
the citizens of this progressive city
joined hands with Editor Jack Ma
jors in entertaining so royally the
members of the fraternity. The
doors of hospitable Buford were
thrown open to the visitors by Mayor
Busha, and a program rendered that
stparkled with wisdom and wit from
beginning to end. At the conclusion
of the business session Editor Ma
jors was elected secretary of the as
sociation. A delightful luncheon was
served at the Buford hotel. Cor
nelia was chosen as the place for the
next meeting on Friday, September
Uth. Editor E. A. Caldwell, of
Monroe, is president of the Associa
tion.
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Hear And Their
By DANA
I SAW HIM the first day.
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THAT I reached home.
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' AND THERE was always a crowd.
: AROUND him.
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JUST AS there always are.
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AROUND FOLKS like that.
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| AND SOON 1 learned.
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HIS NAME.
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AND WHO he was.
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AND CAME to know, too.
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THAT HE was afflicted.
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AND WASN’T mentally normal.
AND ALL the while*
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AS I HAVE watched him.
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THIS JUNE. ■
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HE HAS always laughed.
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AND NEVER gotten mad.
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EVEN THOUGH some there were.
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WHO WOULD torment him.
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AND EVERY day.
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I’VE NOTICED, too.
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THAT WHEN just anybody asked.
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HOW HE felt.
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THERE WAS always.
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THE SAME answer.
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THAT HE was feeling.
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"FINE.”
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1 AND SO today.
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I’M JUST a-wondering.
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WHY WE can’t all feel.
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“FINE.”
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J ESPECIALLY, when we have.
SO MUCH more in life.
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AND ARE SO better equipped.
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AND. AT least, to say that.
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EVEN IF WE don’t feel it.
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I THANK YOU.
No doubt a good many auto acci
dents occur from not starting in time
to get there at a safe rate of speed.—
Boston Traveler.
Pugilist in San Quentin prison
wants to become a writer. He is a
glutton for punishment.—Erie Dis
-1 patch Herald.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., JUNE 19,1925
“FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH”
After traveling through the West
for several months where the coun
try lies either in an expanse of level
plains, boundless, and monotonous,
or, in the higher regions, of moun-j
tains, stark, and rugged, it is restful ’
once more to get back South. A |
South of gentle appearance. A
South of trees and shrubbery and
rolling landscapes. A country whose
hills and valleys, and dales and glens I
meet the eye as a pleasing vista, not
for their glaring unusualness but .
for the simple loveliness all around.
There is a look of peacefulness here.
A look of quietness and substantial
growth. And with the years of re
fining mellowness, »one has that non-1
mistakable feeling than here is a I
section of America which has al-1
ready proven its worth and has
shown its fighting qualities and is |
now contentedly sitting back mod- i
estly and retiring, willing to give '
some other part of the country a ■
chance. Not .asleep, but gently
dreaming; not inactive, but moving
a bit slower and mbre cautiously.
The West is blunt and crude in many
ways. She is just coming into her j
own. Her natural beauty does not |
lie in her “soft lines” but rather in
this starkness and ruggedness. One
senses a feeling of newness here and
the rapturous beauty of her scenery
is the greater because of its ex
tremeness and its startlingness.
There is never that sensation of
rhythmic loveliness such as impresses
one in the South. It is an inspir
ing spectacle just as one experiences
in seeing a superform feat of
strength or a daring artist go
thrdugh death-defying acts. That is
the West, and its beauty—, a vague,
mystifying thing. The South—, al
luring in its more human splen
dor.
•And in North Georgia, of all the
South, there is some of the most
beautiful of all scenery. North
Carolina, far-famed as it is and
advertised as has been its advantage
these years, has nothing superior to
our own Georgia Blue Ridge moun
tains. Around Tallulah Falls, even
though the electric power company
has played havoc with a lot of nat
ural beauty, there is still left plenty
of interesting sights and unusual
show places. “Tallulah,” meaning
in Indian language, “the terrible,” is
very appropriately named. In all
of the Georgia scenery, there is
something softer in the beauty than
of the West. The mountains are
covered with trees, there is a thick
shrubbery, there are richer colors,
there is something intangibly hard
to describe, but it is there. It is a
beauty less striking but more “hu
man.”
Leaving Hartwell it is only a mat
ter of perhaps three and a half
hours to Mountain City. Most Hart
well people are familiar with this
little Georgia mountain town. Years
ago it was named “Passover” by one
of Hartwell’s citizens, who is now'
dead, and quickly stepped into fame
as a particularly pleasant place to
spend a summer' vacation. There
was no railroad then. Only a prim
itive trail reached the town from
the outside world. Visitors came
and went in buggies and carriages
and on horse-back and life was lived
in the most simple way, and yet en
joyed. Every sutnmer there were
many camping trips from Hartwell
and then later when the railroad
came in, these camping trips with
about the same personnel, was con
tinued from year to year. Today,
the camping parties are no more, for
hotels have been built and plenty of
accommodations may be had by
everyone.
Leaving Hartwell for Mountain
City, over good roads, one quickly
rides past Lavonia and then Toccoa.
After Toccoa the climb begins. Over
a narrow country road, through a
lonely section of hap-hazard farming
land. Then a little later a steady
climb. Winding around hills, up and
up. Now and then just a narrow
trail over a road-bed of jilting rocks.
On and on. Then suddenly a moun
tain stream to our left which we
follow for a space. Not the turbu
lent, rushing river of mountain
standards but a dark, slow-flowing
river. Then another steady climb
and down we go and before we real
ize it—, Tallulah Falls. Tallulah
Falls has changed very little these
few years. “The Cliff House” still
remains, hanging steadily on, from
year to year drawing a fair patron
age, but the old crowds are not here.
The old glory has vanished. The
summer visitor no longer lingers but
keeps a-going ’till towns further Up
in the mountains are reached. Pass
ing through Tallulah Falls, following
the highway to Clayton, our trip is
resumed. Over the high bridge of
the Georgia Railway & Power Co.,
on the left, the lake with its rip
pling waters. On the right, hundreds
of feet below us, the great chasm be
low the dam. whose walls rise up
jagged and rock-hewn from the bed
of the tiny stream trickling down
ward. There is still beauty at Tal
lulah but civilization has been too
much. Electric power has harnessed
the mighty stream and no longer
does a roaring stream pound the
rocks and dash wildly over falls and
narrow passages. , The pitiful stream
and the stillness of the canon seems
almost a tragedy in life and a
mockery to civilization. Towards
Clayton now, with a continual climb.
It is late afternoon. In the west,
the glowing disk of the sun, burnish
ed gold itself, is slowly sinking from
the sight. We are in the mountains
now. A mountain stream hisses be
neath us. Then upward and there
comes stillness. The stillness and
peacefulness of a day nearly done,
all the more impressive in this set
ting of wild mountain country. And
then slowly the sun is lost to view
and only a deep orange glow is re
flected over a distant mountain and
night comes. And night comes
quickly in the mountains. We speed
on. Clayton suddenly appears. Three
By E.8.8..Jr.
miles more and then Mountain City.
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For complete restfulness, it would
be hard to find a more fitting place
I than Mountain City. With several
hotels in the vicinity,. accommoda-
I tions are to be had for an enormous
crowd. The days are wonderful up
there. Darkness comes and the air
becomes cool. A stiff breeze blows
I briskly through the valley. Wraps
must be had. The blanket of pitch
| black all around but up above the
heavens aglow with thousands and
; millions of stars. The melodious '
! clanging of cow-bells in the valley.
J The pure air that assails one on all
I sides. Just a quarter of a mile away i
—a dance hall standing high above '
an artificial lake. Whose vari-colored
' lights twinkle and sparkle with the
blowing breeze. An orchestra begins
its nightly task. And slowly and
surely the harmony floats back
i through the night. The steady tread
of dancers upon the floor. Gay
youths and bewitching maids. "On
with the dance.”
Speeding over to Athens not long
ago with a friends, just a few miles :
i of Danielsville, my companion and I .
saw a stranger standing with suitcase
in hand. As we approached he
jumped into the road and waved for
us to stop. Did we? We did not!
Instead, we put on more speed and
whizzed by, leaving perhaps, a cha
grined and maddened traveler.
Which is about the same treatment
being accorded all hikers or travelers
wishing to be picked up. The reason
it not hard to understand. It’s a
natural consequence of a series of
events. In the last few years there
have been so many robberies and so
many murders committed by strang
ers who were “picked up” by kind
hearted tourists that finally the time
has come when it is not being done
any more. It’s too bad that this
treatment has to be inflicted on inno
cent people, but it is the old, old
story. .Wrong-doers not only bring
trouble and misery and punishment
upon themselves but upon innocent
people as well.
Leaving home as I do and home
folks, too, my heart responded to this
bit of poetry by Mary Carolyn Davis.
It is especially appreciated by me be
cause of my recent arrival at home
I after several months’ absence.
HELLO, HOME!
“Hello, home! I’m glad to see
You waiting still to welcome me!
I thought of you, a thousand times,
When 1 was far in alien climes:
I saw your lamp-light'streaming
through
Your windows as it used to do.
I wished that other spots could be
you.
■ Hello, home! I’m glad to see you.
' Hello, home! You haven’t changed,
’ Since about the world I’ve ranged.
! Shabby, worn, and used, and old.
But you’re worth your weight in gold.
Dear old house with lawn uncut,
’ You’re no stately mansion, but—
’ Hello, home! to me you’re worth
- All the'treasures of the Earth!”
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i Essay Hart Co. Lad
Wins Second Place
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i The essay below, written by John
- McMullan, young son of Hon. and
. Mrs. W. B. McMullan, won second
r i-place in the 4th District of the State
f as divided by the United Daughters
r of th® Confederacy for their annual
statewide essay contest.
John was recently awarded the
i | medal offered by the Hartwell Chap
s ter U. D. C. His essay is as fol
lows:
The Cross of Honor
i And
, The Cross of Service
J j The Confederate Soldiers fought
I foj States’ rights and not to hold
r their slaves as it has been claimed
they did. They were willing to free
. their slaves. Congress did not give
? us justice. It would distribute the
. money in the treasury unequally,
t Congress limited her territory. It
r also passed tariff laws which were not
J just. Congress was unjust in the
. Compromise of 1850. The most im
! portant thing was that the president
. was elected by only fifteen of the
] ' states. The South declared that the
! i Constitution gave them the right to
. . secede. The North declared that se
cession of the Southern states was
. an act of rebellion. The South se
t ceded not dreaming of the war which
) was then about to come.
The South fought on the defen
r sive throughout the war. The num
j ber of men in the Northern armies
f greatly exceeded the number of men
,I in the Southern armies. The thir
. | teenth amendment, which abolished
; slavery, was voted for by the South
. : after the war.
> In July, 1898, while attending a
I s reunion of Confederate Veterans in
. I Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs. Alexander S.
. ! Ervin conven ed the idea of bestow
, ing upon the Veterans and represen-
I tatives of Confederate Heroes, a
• Cross of Honor for valor and pa
. triotism. At this meeting the idea
[ was introduced. It was immediately
! put into action. It was acted upon
: and passed by a large majority. Mrs.
[ Erwin's resolution declared it to be
j < the custom of every‘civilized nation
to bestow a medal or cross on its
| heroes.
The Cross of Honor is formed by
, thirteen stars in a field of blue, bear
; ing the date 1861 to 1865. This
cross is given only by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy. It is
given only to Confederate Veterans.
Mr. Alexander S. Erwin was the first
of the Veterans to receive this Cross
of Honor.
The cause of the World War was
the desire of Germany to rule the
world. This ambition was carried
out by placing a big army in the
field against the Allies. The plan
of the campaign was to crush Bel-
gium and then take Paris in a cer
tain number of days.
The Belgians offered a stronger
resistance than was expected, caus
ing Germany’s plans to be broken up.
Paris was never reached. The
French were determined to check the |
drive or die.
Germany’s second plan was to use
their submarines in a campaign
against England. They intended to
starve England by keeping other I
ships from her shores. American
ships, as fell as those of other coun
tries were sunk. In this way Amer
ica had to take a hand.
Germany thought America loved
money too much, and therefore, did
not fear her. Germany alsx knew
that America was not prepared for
war, because America would have to
raise and train an army.
America was feeding the Allies
when she entered, April 2nd, 1917.
Besides feeding the Allies, America's
part in the war was a very important
one. Some of the most important
engagements in which America took
part were Chateau-Theirry, Belleau
Wood, St. Miheil, and the Argonne
Forest.
It was but natural that the moth-
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If you never put your foot upon the first round of a |
■ ladder, you will never get to the top.
5 Deciding to start is easy; actually starting is more 1
■ difficult; but after you have started the way grows easier R
G as you progress, for success begets confidence, and confi- ■
I dence widens and broadens you. ■
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Let your first bank deposit be ever so small, having g
started you will desire to make each succeeding deposit a g
■ little larger—and there is no limit. •
I John D. Rockefeller's first bank deposit was perhaps ■
a smaller than the-one you can afford to make today. g
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a OFFICERS: ‘ |
D. C. ALFORD, President - R. C. THORNTON, V.-President |
a M. M. NORMAN, V.-President - FRED S. WHITE, Cashier |
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DIRECTORS; |
D. C. ALFORD - S. W. THORNTON - R. E. MATHESON |
G I. J. PHILLIPS -M. M. NORMAN - DR. W. I. HAILEY jj
■ L. L. McMULLAN |
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ers in the United Daughters of the
Confederacy, who had sons in the
war wanted their sons to be honored
as their fathers and grandfathers had
been. So at the Convention held in
Louisville, Kentucky, in 1919. the
thought came of a cross for the sol
diers and heroes in khaki. This
cross is also formed by thirteen stars
in a field of blue, but bears the date
1917 to 1918. The motto is
from Horace, “The brave beget the
brave.” This cross means patriotic,
loyal and honorable military or na
val service for the United States dur
ing the World War. The cross is be
stowed by the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, to the soldiers of
Confederate lineage who served in
the World War.
“Little bits of bronze —
Bearing a word or two,
Valueless themselves,
Yet priceless in memories
Os what the owner went through.”
These are our two Southern mili
tary crosses. The Cross of Honor
is given to our Veterans Who fought
in the War Between the States. The
Cross of Service is given to the des
cendents of these Veterans who had
service in the World War.