MocMISC1_0030PATRIOTISM
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of fighting wars in the name of a na-
tional god. They reasoned that if
there was only one God he was God
of all the world and not simply the
god of their nation pushing them into
battle against an imaginary God of
another nation.
Present day patriotism ,is very ex-
pensive. It has been conservatively
estimated that it cost 25 thousand
dollars for every man killed in the
late world war. This means that it
cost 25 billion dollars for every mil-
lion men killed and ' there were said
to have been 10 millions killed, which
at this rate would be 250 billion dol-
lars. It staggers all conceptions of
mathematics to try to comprehend
such vast sums.
Onee, far in the past, wars cost
nothing. The original stone -age
Kaiser, could start a war without any
worry about expense. He didn't have
to raise a cent of money. All he
needed to do was ro open a war
dance and the klan fell in line. A pot
of paint made the colored clay, and a
bunch of feathers pulled from .a buz-
zard's tail, furnished all the regi-
mentals required. No canned meat
was required. No food conservation
was considered. The original stone -
age Kaiser, wha would rather fight
than eat, did his fighting first and his
eating afterwards. He either dined
on the enemy he had killed or the
enemy dined on him. No deadly fev-
ers sprang from decaying coi pses in
those days. The bones. were nawed
tean.� The first Kaiser carie into
'play before planting corn or ' raising
hogs were ever thought vf. The
regular bill of fare consisted of raw
meat, and it didn't make much differ-
ence whether the meat was bear or
human. It was somewhat safer to
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hunt the bears they didn't organize can ticket because "Paw" does. Some
an retailiate—but whenever the sup- DIARYtimes he raises a check and then his
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1 of bear meat became scarce— Republican neighbors raise a howl 'if
hunting humans of another tribe and born of G. 0. P. par- the Democrats put him in the pen.
Republican,
language was resorted to. ents, is a political persimmon and If he's a poor man he's a fool for
But those days are gone. How -being a Republican. If he becomes
How -generally green.
ever, the stone -age Kaiser is still rich he gets it through a "special
However, he comes into the world
with us, and. he is now a much heav- yelling for free Privilege'' known as "protective tax-
ier load for the people to carry. The
a true Jefiersonian ' y g iff." If he' 's a standpatter he's the
speech and a free press, crying for
Present-day Kaisers can't start a war stuff with standpatters. if be's not
'P Y equal rights and a little dress. Thas, ,
With ewer -dance. He runs his wars arrives upon the scene with a a standpatter hes an ex -Moose fall -
he P en flatter.
on taxation, and in this present= age white face and a clear conscience but
we .are capping the stack. When it a leaves this veil of tears and G. If he's a Southern Republican he's
ere h ;unfit to hold an federal os�ti or
costs 25 thousand dollars to kill a O. P. fears, his heart is full of Car- Y P '
� k an is system punk.
that's what their big Bud Taft said
man, and when 10 millions are killed
ter's in d h Y P
in a single war, human society is In his infancy he is the white -nos -
about 'em at Greensboro, N. L., oncebound to sit up and take notice. Hu -ed baby of a red -nosed daddy. In his
manity must discover that the boyhood is more likely to be a young The last
of savagery that has clung to its with his chiperiod is Spent around
devil; in his manhood be �s every- ldren. He tells big lies
skirts all these years is too expen- thing from a standpat moss -back to about the things he did when a boy,
Sive to put up with. The sceptre -Moos flare -back • in his dot- and finally goes under, making only
. e buried in the cemetery of a Bull -Moose � a momentary bubble on the sea of
should b b Y age he is a Republican Rube and a G.
stone-clubs—the crown along -side boob—for having gg voted against time. Then he is forgotten, but he
h al -,'s never again al- P. b is richly rewarded with as many col-
t e sc pbelt. Lethimself elf all his days. ors of cussedness as hepainted him
low any. Kaiser or set of Kaisers His life may .be divided into four
self with sugar hootch.
cook us a pot of =patriotism so hot as
parts. As he starts his head is full
to cause us to go together and mur- of pains and his abdomen full of
der 10 millions of our human broth- worms, and he winds up the first de-
ers. Jesus of Naz%;, eth said: "Ye
cede stealing green apples and fish WOODROWWILSON
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are ail brethren," and any man or set °
ing ,in a Democrat neighbor's pond. A great mental giant has fallen.
of men who say it isn't so, is a liar The second part rapidly passes him •
n or liars and the truth is not A Carolina Jurist lauds him thusly.
I bunch .into the "smart Alec" stage, and he "That That imperial statesman, the ideal
in them. learns to make chemical whiskey, of his people, the champion of Democ-
After an experience of several drinks it until he has a red nose like racy, the foremost man in all the
years -and a very close observation, his, daddy, a 'brown taste, a scarlet world Woodrow Wilson."
we have decided that the attitude of stomach, a black heart and a blue Nothing we may say now can pos-
the average automobile driver may disposition. sibly effect the deceased, and all the
be all summed up thus: Whatinells During his third stage, he takes up flowers in the world are never seen
anybody else on this road for amy- ( camp at a blind tiger place, that is, if by the dead. There is a saying rife
how? he is a Southern Republican; if he is that God loves a shining mark. This
a northern Republican he may be a is probably because when a big in -
GOOD PRINTING. --100 6 3.4 few degrees more decent, and at least tellectual tree falls the world takes
GO • D keep his hair combed and his face notice, but when a little mind goes it
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Post -Paid $ 3. Good work and of his own, he finds a woman who is son we are again brought face to face
Satisfaction Guaranteed. It pays fool enough to marry him, and she with nature. Again we see, as in
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Printed Stationery. soon goes to taking in washing to the death of President Harding, that
S. KINCAID pay family expenses. He raises a nature is no respector of persons, that,
T� boys vote the R ubli- according to the book of Ecclesiastes:
Salisbury, N. C. family of b y who eF
"As the one dieth, so dieth the other;
yea, they have all one breath." And
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PREACHER WON DOGo—
Walking down the street one day
a minister encountered a group of
boys who appeared to be arguing
about a dog that one of them was
holding. He asked what was the
matter. One of the group replied
that the fellow who told the biggest
lie - was to have the dog, but they
couldn't decide who had told the big-
gest.
"My dear boys," spoke the minis-
.ter gravely, "don't you know it is
very wrong to tell lies? Why when
I was a boy I never told a lie."
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