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Bworn to and aubscrlbed before me this,
the 4th day of August. 1917.
(SEAL). WM. V. LEE.
Notary Public. Montgomery County. AmbimA
THE SOXJBOE WAS BAD.
The UrolhtM amendment to the admlnls
tratira revenue bill wu decisively defeated
la the Senate Thursday and a good daad waa
dan* when It waa put to death.
A otream oaa rlaa ao higher than Ita couraa
and any political suggestion from LaFollatta
during the war should call for the slightest
consideration from the Senate. The Wiscon
sin Senator Is the chief of the pro-German
members of tho United States Senata Ho
has done more than any other man to ham
string the American government in the con
duct of the war. He has put a damper on
American patriotism In the Senate, and he
stands forth as a vicious leader of the pro
German sentiment In America and a Teu
tonic agent engaged In the dangerous work
of arraying class against clasa
In presenting the amendment to the Senate
he pursued the usual course of the pro-Ger
man agent In Amerloar—that of dividing tha
American people. His whole combat In the
was an effort to array elass against
while we are conducting a foreign
war.
To begin with the country Is willing to
t.v. it for granted that President Wilson
would not have approved of the revenue bin
If It did not put taxes fairly and Justly to al)
classes of -people. The American people
would far rather see President Wilson the
arbitrator of all revenue matters as well as
all war issues than the representative of
Potsdam In Washington by way of Wlscon
,tn. There has been too much mouthing In
the Senata on the demagogic utterance, "Wo
have conscripted the youth of the country,
how we should conscript the wealth.” This
socialistic declaration has been made again
again as If the wealth had not been
conscripted and who not being conscripted.
The wealth 1\ bearing pretty well Its share
hf the war; no more so. however, than any
other element of America,
All classes, with the exception of the class
represented by LaFollette, are taking up
their share of the big task. The wealthy
man and the poor m^n alike are rallying to
the patriotic calPof the country. They will
continue to respect and continue to remain
united In spite of the demagoglo efforts of
politicians of LaFollette’s type to arraign one
class against another. What better could
Germany want, than to have elass hatred and
class conflict In America?
FOB DISCUSSION AND CRITICISM.
The Advertiser is In hearty sympathy with
the expressed purpose behind the'Insurance
system for soldiers proposed by Secretary
McAdoo; namly, to avoid In the future the
unfortunate pension scandals which followed
the war between the States. This does not
of course contemplate removing assurance of
aid by the government to the dependents of
the soldiers who might be killed or per
manently crippled.
Thfe. government should use every means
In Its power to compensate the dependents
v of the soldiers who risk their lives for their
f country. But to do this the government does
net have to repeat the revolting chapter of
pension legislation by which streams of gold
wore transferred from the treasury Into
political channels. The Insurance system, on
the other hand, provides that the government
Itself shall undertake the payment of the
premium, so that those who are actually
killed er disabled will be compensated from
an Insurance fund. It is easy enough to
approve the new system as a substitute for
the old time pension grab, but It Is hard to
understand and approve In their entirety all
the details of the new Insurance plan.
Doubtless the Secretary of War was advised
by the most competent Insurance experts of
the country when he evolved this plan and
doubtless the plan will meet all expectations
yet It will be subject to close scrutiny and
severe criticism for v/e suspect that It runs
countsr to the Interests of the great lnsur
' ance companies of America. Already opposi
tion .from this source has made Its appear
ance In Washington.
This opposition Is certain to subject the
details of this plan to open discussion In a
search for defects. Above all else we would
not hare the country go through another
fifty years of pension scandal, such as fol
lowed the last great war.
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DXOORATINO FOB THE S0LDHK8
lit* committees of the Chamber of Com
merce and the Rotary Club are preparing to
canvass the eterea of the city of Montgomery
to urge that the merchants of Montgomery
decorate their places In a manner commen
surate with the Importance of the establish
ment of Camp Sheridan here. Mayor Robert
son had issued in advanoe a timely appeal to
the people of Montgomery to decorate for
the coming of the soldiers.
The Advertiser believes that the question
of decoration Is more Important than It ap
pears on the surface. We believe that It
will be of vslue to the future of Montgomery
to decorate In national colors when the sol
diers come as this city has never before been
decorated.
There is a peculiar and special reason why
the old capital of the Confederacy should fly
flag* and banners of the assembly here of
more than thirty thousand troops. There 1*
an altogether false Impression In many of
the Northern cities that Montgomery and cer
tain other Southern cities are not as lively
In the promptings of patriotism as are some
cities In other sections. Wo of Montgomery
know this to be untrue, but our visitors from
the North and West do not know It. W#
know that no firmer or stauncher American
Ism can be. found anywhere than In the ettv
of Montgomery, but our visitors do not know
It. We know that Montgomery's contribution
in volunteers to the white population was
more than any other city In the United Stater
But people who will come to Montgomery,
because of the big camp, will not know It.
For this occasion we want to give a visible
and unmistakable expression of our patriot
ism. We want the Ohio troops to know a*
soon as they reach Montgomery that they
have come to a city alive with patriotic pur
pose and patriotic Interest. We would have
them know that this city is deeply interested
In winning this war, entertaining Its military
visitors and stimulating the love of country
In the younger generation. The city, with
this end in view, should be swathed In red.
white and blue and the flags of the country
should be flying from every store.
We urge the oltlsens of Montgomery to re
ceive sympathetically and with approval the
appeal of the Mayor, backed by the endorse
ment of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of
Cofeimerce. We would have particularly Dex
ter Avenue and Commerce Street alive with
flags and bunting. Through these decora
tions we can at least convey some idea of
our deep and abiding Interest In the welfare
of. the American army and our loyal and de
voted support of the government In the pres
ent great struggle.
It has been proposed also that the colored
lights strung across Dexter Avenue and Com
merce Street be put up permanently during
the continuance of the camp InMontgothenr
This is a wise and practical suggestion and
we trust that the City Commissioners can find
Its way clear to put on this additional decora
tion, the cost of which will not be too heavy.
Montgomery Is proud to entertain a division
of the American army. We must make that
pride visible and manifest to all visitors to
Montgomery.
THE VOLUNTEER PHYSICIANS.
An Injustice wan undoubtedly done the
phyelclane of the country when one of the
leading newa agencies In the early daya of
August sent out a news Item suggesting that
there would probably be a draft of phy
sicians because the method of recruiting the
Uedlcal Corps by commissioning Reserve
Uedlcal Officers had proved a failure. This
statement Indicated that the physicians of
the country were holding back their services
and that a draft system would have to be
adopted to bring them to an appreciation of
their responsibilities.
Not a few newspapers of the country com
mented with some degree of crltlclsm^upon
this condition, which Is now proved as a
false statement. Figures available contra
dict any statement that the recruiting of the
Medical Corps by commissioning Reserve
Medical Officers had failed. It developed
that at the end of the first week in August
some sixteen thousand, physicians had made
application for commissions In the Medical
Reserve Corps. It Is stated that there are
now not less than fourteen thousand phy
sicians ready when called on for active serv
ice. These are In addition to the physicians
who have entered the Regular Medical Corps
during the last few months and In addition
to the one thousand doctors now connected
with the National Guard. The Journal of the
American Medical Association makes the
statement and It Is doubtless true, that from
one hundred to one hundred and fifty new
applications from physicians are reaching
the Surgeon General's office dally.
It will be seen that there Is no reason to
think that the American army will not be
supplied with physicians of skill and that
the Implied criticism of the American.doctors
that they were unpatriotic In the crisis, was
unjustified.
RUSSIAN UNCERTAINTY.
There Is something disturbing to the Allies
In the uncertain news coming out of Russia.
The very uncertainty of this news makes
the situation appear perhaps more gloomy
than It would If Paris. London and Wash
ington had definite Information of exactly
what was happening In that unfortunate and
Ill-starred country. The Associated Press on
Wednesday sent out a vague dispatch as to
Russia's condition, which Indicated another
radical change In the disturbing political
conditions of that country. The Associated
Fress Is not In the habit of peddling un
grounded rumors. Undoubtedly some un
favorable developments ^re now In progfess
In Russia. It Is suspected that the extremd
Socialists now serving In the interest of Ger
many and Petrograd have again come to the
front with a dangerous show of strength.
This may mean that the Kerensky govern
ment Is likely to be overthrown at any time
or It may mean that the present government
Is liable to be forced Into peace with Ger
many. The Moscow convention, on the other
hand, may mean th* rise of the middle
classes.
A German-made peace In Russia would be
unfortunate for the allies. It would not
mean that Germany would win the war. Re
gardless of what Russia does, the allies of
tha weat wlU defeat Germany} but the re
moral of Russia aa a factor in the war would
greatly baarton the Gorman people and U
would protons the war. True enough Jtuaala
la not bearing bar ahara of the fighting; but
the activities of the Ruaalan army, aueb aa
they are, are keeping the Germane buay on
the eaatern front. The removal of Ruaata
from any participation In the war would re*
leaae large armies of Germany for reinforce
menta on .the western front. <
Aa tong aa this uncertainty contlnuea aa to
Russia’s Immediate future, there will be con
cern In the camp of the allies. Russia la
now In the attitude of a country which may
destroy Itself. The extreme socialists might
paralyse Russia’s offensive powers, but they
never In the world would be able to estab
lish a permanent government. It might be
six months or It might be a year should thev
get control of the government, but there
would be another comparative collapse In
Russia and perhaps another nation might
take over her territory.
Russia's fate Is In the hands of her own
people. They have their freedom but they
can lose It through folly and Internal
violence.
We are prepared to support a rigid curfew
law. which will banish confirmed bores from
the streets after nine o'clock In the morn
ing.
“Continentals." Is the nickname suggested
In a New Tork newspaper for the American
soldiers now in France, but It will never do.
The American headline writers will kill that
suggestion before it gets well started. Think
of their difficulty In crowding a word like
"continental" In big type In one newspaper
column. And, no nick-name can live and be
adopted unless It Is approved by the writers
on the American newspapers.
We can fancy that one Nicholas Romanoff
can look over the walls of his prison palace
at Tobolsk and grin sardonically at the
troubles of the fellows who aro trying to
kill that same difficult Job In which he fell
down. *
The supreme patriot jof this hour Is not the
man who gives out Interviews, or who writes
patriotic articles for the papers, or who con
tributes of his wealth to the Red Cross, or
the government, or who engages In social
and helpful welfare work. The supreme pa
triot is the modest youth who offers himself
and his life to the country when It calls In
an hour of need. We appear to forget this,
at time*
The vote of the Senate or. the latest pro
German propaganda proposed by LaFollette,
carried cold comfort to the Potsdam crowd
when they heard from their German spies In
America.
A itrange and mysteriou* political or*
ganizatlon 1» Tammany Hall of Now York
Tim* and again It has been victorious, grown
corrupt and has been thrown out of power
Time and again the funeral of the old or
ganization haz been preached, and yet !■
nearly a hundred and twenty year* old. and
ie now making a new fight for the control
of New York.
Letters to Editor ...v
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A PROTEST AGAINST JUDGE EVANS*
LETTER.
Editor The Advertiser:
There appeared In your columns on Mon
day a letter from Mr. J. B. Evans, of Selma,
relative to the recent registration of women.
The writer Is confident that all fair-minded
readers of your paper, regardless of their
respective attitudes toward woman suffrage,
resented this Ill-mannered sneer at some of
the best women of Alabama.
This Is no brief for or against woman suf
frage. Mr. Evans is privileged to think his
own thoughts as to this issue. The women
claim a like privilege. But no man has the
right to vent his spleen upon Alabama wo
men who happen to be guilty of the offense
of difference from hts views upon a public
Issue.
His plaint Is that the registration of women
for service during the war was entrusted to
the Alabama Equal Suffrage Association. He
does not. of course, know that other organi
zations of women had other work assigned
them. Neither does he know that Dr. Shaw*
was chosen to lead the organization of the
women of the nation by the President of the
United States. Evidently, those in control of
the government think more highly of Dr.
Shaw than does Mr. Evans. She happens to
be the personal, trusted friend of Mr. Wil
son. It Is distressing that Mr. Evans, of
Selma, was not consulted prior to her selec
tion for such distinguished service.
Dr. Shaw delegated to the President of the
Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs tho
responsibility of making assignments of work
in this State. The particular work of regis
tration was given to the Alabama Equal Suf
frage Association. Some six hundred women
registered In Montgomery alone. Dr. Shaw
is quietly doing her part for her country, the
women of the Suffrage Association modestly
performed the task assigned them. In the
meanwhile, Mr. Evans, of Selma, carps and
sneers.
He does not like Dr. Shaw and Miss Jane
Addams. That Is his undisputed right.
There are many others who probably would
not agree with Dr. Shaw and Miss Addams
on all questions. The difference Is that these
others do not-take advantage of the security
which distance afTords, to misrepresent and
vllllfy two women, each of whom li^s the ear
of the nation. Mr. Evans abuses the suf
fragists because such women as Dr. Shaw
and Miss Addams are associated with the
movement. Does he recall the recent ap
proval given the suffragists by Woodrow
Wilson and Charles E. Hugh.es? Why doeB
he not launch a diatribe against the Demo
cratic party because it has its Tammany Hall
and Its Charley Murphy? Some of-us do not
admire Mr. Murphy and his association, but
we do not therefore feel called upon to
viciously denounce thd entity Democratic
party. We daresay Mr. Wllsq^, Mr. Bryan,
Mr. Marshall, and other Democratic leaders
hold widely divergent views from, those of
Mr. Evans upon various Issues. Does he.
therefore, eondemn every man who belongs
to the Democratic party? Thousands of
Northern Democrats have views on the race
problem different from those entertained In
the South. Is the party, as a whole, to be
subjected to scurrilous abuse because of
Unfair ta Mies Adilanm.
It la a aorry spectacle Indeed when a man.
reared in the atmosphere of the knightly
gallantry of the South, refers to Miss Ad
dams In such terms as ‘‘the queen bee of the
pacifist-suffragists." seid slanders her by
stating as a fact, that "she closed her eyes
and ears to the shrieks of tortured and out
raged women” of Belgium and France. Sure
ly this Is beyond the pale. What deleriora
tlon of Southern courtesy, of Southern fair
mindedness has come about, that from Ala
bama there emanates such an outrageous as
sault upon a woman whose name Is revered
' thjraiucbeut Uua length said breadth of th-— ,
Wake Up!
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United States, by every man and every wo
man who Is .sufficiently Informed to know
of her pre-eminent sacrifice and service.
Our boys are marching to the front. Our
women are earnestly mobilizing for such
service as they may be called upon to ren
der. Some of the suffragists have taken
their places in the ranks. It remains for
Selma, with her old Southern traditions, to
be subjected to the notoriety of being the
source from which comes the sneer that these
women's unselfish work Is “patriotism with s
string tied to It."
The gentleman reaches his loftiest height
In the following words, spoken, Mr. Editor,
of those Alabama women who have exercised
the right to think, their own thoughts as re
gards Woman's suffrage: "In working hand
In hand, as they are doing, with these North-/
ern women for the passage of the Anthony
Amendment, these misgftlded daughters of
the South are endorsing the principles for
which Thad Stevens, Fred Douglass. Susan
B. Anthony, and other bitter enemies of the
South contended.” Shades of the Old South!
Alabama women brazenly accused by an Ala
bama man. In the publlo press, of endorsing
the principles of Fred Douglass! Assuredly
there “are more things In heaven and earth
than were dreampt of In our philosophy."
This is the quintessence of offensiveness.
The letter from Mr. Evans will receive
from the women the same silent contempt
which his prvlous strides have Inspired.
The women of Alabama are not adept In
protecting themselves from abuse from a
Southern man. They have had no oppor
tunity to develop-skill along this line.
The writer of this letter simply feel* that,
In the name of decency and Southern tradi
tions, a protest
done, the matter
Is concerned.
must be registered. This
Is «t an end, so Par as he
JOHN TILLEY.
“NIETZSCHE’S HOUSE OF CARDS."
> Camp Sheridan, Aug. 21, 1917.
Editor The Advertiser:
Let -me express my appreciation of your
editorial “Nietzsche's House of Cards.” It Is
timely and helpful.
BEN COX.
BANKHEAD, OP ALABAMA.
John Tempi* Graves In The N. T. American.
A stalwart survivor of the old regrime of
"Plantation Statesmen” of the South Is Sen
ator John H. Bankhead, of Alabama.
He Is a farmer who fought and suffered In
the armies of the Confederacy. On his broad
acres amid his many slaves he nurtured the
ambitions and pondered the problems that
have fixed his place In the world. He was
for twenty years a member of Congress In the
Lower House, and for ten years a Senator of
the United States, with the notable record
of thirty years of consecutive public service.
In the House he fought steadfastly for
rivers and harbors and the old Whig principle
of public improvements. Scarcely a tlver or
harbor In his Gulf State of Alabama or in the
South that is not Indebted for Its depth and
«ow to th, persistent advocacy of this stout
old Democrat. The Warrior River, in Ala
bama, Is the longest canalised river In the
it has seventeen locks and dams
" a dUtanc. of 4B. miles. One lock sixty
three feet high, near Birmingham, forms a
lake of sixty miles which bears the name.
Senator Bankhead has fought unceasingly
in committee, though speaking seldom upon
the floor, for the rural mall delivery and
better mall service, and helped mightily to
frame and pass the beneficial Postal Savings
blH. won and proudly wears the title of
••Q^d Roads John” for his vigorous service
for the public highways, has given his name
to the trans-continental highway projected
from Virginia to California, and had a mighty
ovation from the' Bankhead Highway Associa
tion last summer In Atlant^
Bankhead was defeated W once. The
hero Hobson unhorsed him for re-election to
Congress In 190«. but the canny old Scotch
Irishman, with fine forecast, had himself In
dorsed in the primaries for Alternate United
States Senator, and four months after his de
feat for Congress he Won the high honor of
succeeding the great John T. “°r**n *£•
United States Senate, where he ha* sat for
a decade.
His splendid work In the mall service gave
him the chairmanship of the Post Office Com
mittee in the Senate, where he has done no
table work In .an eventful age.
He etood etalwart and forceful elde by eld«
In the Senate with his colleague. Oscar
Underwood. In the late great battle for a free
press and free speech, and helped to win that
fateful fight.
He Is a good friend, a strong enemy, a
loyal Democrat and a true blue American.
He stands like a rock of Gibraltar by'his
friends and his principles, and is a states
man to be desired and relied upon In peace
or In war. •
The Diversified
_Farmer
An old maid friend wants to know what
is the matter with matrimony, anyway.
Nothing, excepting maybe It's too popular.
Birmingham is blaming some of Its troubles
on Congressman Huddleston.
Tbsse Speculators.
It seems that there are two sorts—"Illegiti
mate" and "legitimate” speculators.
The "illegitimate” sort are the fellows who
make the figures on the boards of the late,
unlamented exchanges. The # “legitimate"
sort are the fellows who take advantage of
low prices right after harvest, 'buy up and
store up grains or other products, and sell
for much higher prices when the old crop
begins to run short over the country.
The “illegitimate” speculators are easily
handled. That sort of speculation is easily
and quickly stopped. The other sort, that
goes on In every rural district, la more dlf
1 ficult to get at.
But it will be stopped, too. The fellow
who is planning to buy corn this fall, store
it and sell in the winter or nex^ spring at a
big advance, will be hipped by the frost.
The government has the power to take this
bought.and stored com at its own figures.
And the government’s figures will not be the
speculator’s figures by a long shot.
It Is possible that the government may not
interfere with some of the speculative buying
of this year’s corn crop. Borne fellows may
go along and buy, holding for higher prices
later. And about the time they begin to
silently congratulate themselves on their
“far-sightedness” the government agent will
step in and take the corn at the govern
ment’s own price. The man who tries to
speculate in any sort of produce is not only
very unpatriotic, bub he is playing the fool
as well.
Of course, the corn that a farmer raises on
his own place cannot be taken by the gov
ernment at its price or any other price If the
farmer does not want to sell. It Is only
foods or feeds that have been bought from i
farmers that can be commandeered. Of
'course, if a farmer should buy up and store
corn for higher prices the government will
have the right,to step in and take this corn
at Its own price. This farmer will have
turned speculator. Nobody will have the
right to speculate—not even the farmer.
Don’t worry about speculators. If they
speculate the consequences will be theirs.
But after warning and repeated warning
there are still some who think they “will get
away with It.” They won’t.
That “Monopoly.”
Of course, we have had a "monopoly" on
raising cotton. But what Is more important,
we most assuredly have not had a monopoly
In selling It. The foreign buyer has con
trolled us there. Diversification gives us a
monopoly on selling. Nothing else on earth
can give us this monopoly but diversifica
tion.
Isn't It about time to cut out "we qan't do
this” or "we won't do that.” We can and
we musU -^-L. M.
“It Caat Be Done.**
It Is the nature of the world to say, "It
can't be done." It Is only the exceptional
individual who knows that It can be done
and who does It.
This applies to the wheat campaign. Dots
of folks will say: "Wheat don't pay down
here."
Maybe not. Wheat on poor land, without
much preparation of eeed-bed, not much fer
tilising, etc.—of course it does not pay. It
wouldn't pay anywhere kinder these clrcum
stancea
Uut there are men who have made wheat
pay In this territory and with wheat selling
for not near two dollars a bushel. There are
men who lose money on cotton Just as there
are men who lose on wheat. Wheat is as
near a universal crop as any crop in exlst
enceu It grows almost anywhere. It to not
X; V .'fwi'ft
an expensive crop to produce. It leaves ths
land free for a summer, crop. But you will
hear ••can't," “cgn't" all through the wheat
campaign. And those who “can’t" really'
reall'y ""can.”1* Wh° *W who
Kat Lew Meat.
eaHn’r ‘iZ* t'rrU°rr ln whlch bu‘ Uttle meat
eating Is necessary. We eat far too
™*8t’ £ut <5ow" meat and cut down on It
hard. Tou will get on Juat aa w*n # .
lot. better. We Should be ". m.at rei/.Vj
rather than the meat eating territory ThZ
T ™*: *° “* tW,c* - “^h meaTas w:
w. wu/ -in
... - F*r First Time.
be .nZ/'m f°r th# nT,t “>« South will
This Zo« t? t0‘■d,CUte" th« price of cotton!
This position has come from several causae.
only cotton ln the South this year It would
have to be turned loose—despite urgent needs
of the world for cotton-at ab.^d pHcea
Remember the South's helpless position on
cotton In 1914 and then figure what dlverslfi
for^cottoif price<s^mty ‘° C°U°n hM
Same 014 Tendency.
Now that the Food Administration iln beln*
organized there Is effort on the part of var*
ous agencies and Individuals Jiroughoutthb
country to "work on" this Stator and toat
Senator, this Congressman and that Congress
to?" ‘V;hHa:Vh“ F°°d A<Jmin.strat,oZ' d0
this and that for the welfare of folks.
Much of this effort may be worthy; much
may not. Most of it will be futile “
The Food Administration is not being run
by Congress, however excellent a body Con
greea may be at times. The Food AdmlnU
tratlon has Its own organization. It is an.
Theto Itatet8.Str ,eader8 ln •*<**«.'
These State leaders are for the purpose of
Informing the Administration on State.condl
Uon. and carrying out the Administrations
policies in the various States. The Congress
men and Senator, have nothing to do with It:
^rop*rly 80' Congress Is the “leglslativ.
body of our nation. Too often It has put
U* “n**r lnt0 executive administration.
The Food Administration Is organized out
of politics. And we venture the guess that
It will be kept out of politics by Mr. Hoover.
You have juat as much “Influence" with the
food administration as any politician ln the
country. The Food Administration Is re
ceptive to facts and there Is no virtue ln hav
ing a politician present them. Also, facts are
a commodity that the average politician re
gards as dangerous—to himself. so don’t
bother your Congressman or Senators about
calling on the Rood Administration." That
Isn’t their buslnesa * '
AMERICA.
America, America! V
How beautiful the name,
With what a luster does it shine.
With what undying fame! .
For woven in those letters there
Are mountains, hills and plains;
With mighty rivers, waterfalls.
And blossom-scented lanes!
America, America!
With all your leagues ao wide,
With all your varied climate %
Revealed on every side.
What Is your crowning glory.
Is It your Rockies high,
That in their rugged grandeur pierce
The far cerulean sky?
America, America! S '
Is It your waving fields.
That with each harvest season
Such a golden bounty yields?
Or do you boast your mammoth trees.
Or lakes so deep and blue.
Or many mines of untdld wealth,
And flowers of every hue?
America, America!
Tour greatness is not found
In any grandeur of the scene - '
Or product of the ground.
All these enhance your diadem;
Rut glory has Its dawn
Within the hearts of your true men
Where liberty is born!
MART TARVER CARROLl*