Show I W WASHINGTON'S GOOD NAME IT IS an elementary principle that m iii every phase c of or 1 life e there are coa- coa con C and aad d destructive P forces One builds the too other destroys and there theres 18 s a constant war waged between the two The destructive forces are rUy regarded re armed armedas M ns pernicious to human buman welfare and man ever seeks to them i yet et they continue to exist seeming ng Role able to always find tind some weak rol spot to attack Men in public bc are frequently drake e subjects No matter how virtuous VIr- VIr VIrtuous vir virtuous honorable or 01 blameless s no matter the heights attained in public 0 01 t they must ward constantly the destructive for forces com com com composed P posed as a rule of those te who In relating creations creations- of the imagination imagination tion mon as facts who delight in whisper whisper- whispering whisper mg ing scandal ft w ho arc are quick to tWIst the truth Even the d dead ad are not safe When 11 they are arc no longer here hereto hereto to dc defend themselves the reputation thy they rune have is attacked ed As in n x c take George Wash Wa Washington ington i x ho devoted his life to lay lay- lay lay- laying laying ing th the fou fou on upon which toda today stands the world worlds s 5 foremost nation nabon and whose birth anniversary will wil wIll be celebrated this Hus Sa Saturday a February 22 One can hear constantly repeat repeat- repeated i ed stones stories that arc are directed against the morals and character of thIS great American In these stones the intent of which hleb I is apparently to destro destroy the ideals that that surround sui round thed the d memory of the belo beloved ed patriot small incidents arc ale magnified and made to appear in a different h light ht and of- of often often of often ten they ha have e not the tins slightest baSIs of truth To combat comb the i 1 results which y m be caused y the efforts of the destructive e est fon-est tones fones in m this respect and to keep un the memory of that great man the Washington So- So SoC So Society Society C t of Ale andria Va a Va has traced the origin of many OL o o these thee the e whisper whisper- whispered ed stores and md has published p facts to pro prove proe e to the he most credulous that these scandals are utterly false f lse This society was fint firt fil t organized on January 14 1800 1500 by Washington's most intimate just one month after hI his death and dedicated to the perpetuatIon of the name and fame of Washington It existed for almo almost t fifty vears ears numbering among Its members men of the highest t intellect intellectual intellectual ual and moral of the Nation The records of this society having been b en discovered it was vas felt that It should i-hould be revived revised and accordingly on m Januar January 14 1928 1923 the reorganization as effected at Tavern here here the original society had been formed one hundred and twenty eight twenty ears ear bemore before It has as it purpose pose the giving gl of public and permanent e of devotion to the man and the principles of virtue of which he hewis was the exp exponent ment It alto also aims anns to as- as asSIst assist as assist in the preservation of historical places in County which were associated with Washington and to disseminate historical information re regarding re- re gal ding events contemporaneous wIth wIthout out our firt first President Itt Its It membership is composed of loyal citizens v who ho are ever ready to defend the good name and cherish the memory of that illustrious Man George W Washington k |