Editorial by S.H.
Farabee, the Hickory Daily Record, September 26, 1916
In giving his life
for the cause of France, Kiffin Rockwell, who joined the French army from North
Carolina, has not died in vain. He has paid back to the French people a part of
the debt we owe to LaFayette and other heroes who strove for American
independence. Rockwell is not the only American youth who has responded to the
call of France. Bleuthernral and Thurman, southern football stars, are today
rendering great aid to the republic across the Atlantic.
Rockwell’s fame
will not die. As great as will be the grief of his mother in Winston-Salem, she
has the consoling thought that her son died fighting for the right. What better
end could have come to this bold youth?
Americans of all
shades love or admire France. To her the most sympathy is extended in her great
trial, for her most prayers are offered. If Rockwell has caused the flame of
patriotism to burn brighter among the French, if his death has rekindled in the
American people the warmth they here always felt for their friends across the
sea, then he is a martyr. He is not dead; he cannot die.
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