The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-11
GERMAN DAY CELEBRATED.
In Charleston Wednesday.-GOvernOr-
Elect BIease and Nephew of En-
peror Participate.

the first German settlers in America
on October 6, 1888. The officers, ca
diets and three hundred and thirty OF
the men from the German schoolshir
Freya, which has been in port for
several days, joined with the German
citizens in the celebration of the day
The exercises began at the Schuet-
template at $50 o'clock yesterday af-
le,noon and lasted until 1870 last
n;enl. Addresses were made b. Gov
elect Cole. L. Blease; Mr.. Geo. Lunz,
president Of the South Carolina
branch of the German-American ALI
ance; Imperial German Consul Emil
H. Jahnz, and Commandant Schau-
mann, of the Freya. The exercises
we're presided over by the Hon. John
D. CappelmcGn, Southern vice presi-
dent of the German-American alli-
ance. The speeches were interspers-
ed with songs by the Maennrchor
Eintracht, and at the conclusion the
splendid choir of the Freya delighted
the crowd with several selections.
Luncheon was served the officers,
cadets and men of the Freya, after
which everybody came out on the
green and enjoyed the outdoor sports.
About dark splendid display of fire.
works was given, and after this dane
ing began at the pavilion and in the
hall Of the main building. Two thou
sand people were at the Schuetzen-
platz last evening, and everybody was
enjoying to the fullest the festivities
of the occasion.
GOTernOr-Elect Blease.
Cole. L. Blease, governor-eiect Of
South Carolina, was the next speaker
introduced. He was greeted with loud
applause when he took the floor.
Mr.. Blease spoke freely on local op-
ton, and expressed the hope that all
good Germans would meet in glory
when life's ftful fever was DER.
Mr. Blease said that he was a hap
py man, because he had been invited
to speak on this occasion; because he
had witnessed in the line of march
the men of the ranks looking squarely
Into the eyes Of their officers, with
honor, honesty and faithfulness to
duty written boldly in every feature.
He felt, he said, that the German ele-
ment of Charleston believe that they
have in him a man who will stand by
them, and that they are correct in
this opinion, for he will always stand
by the men who stand by him. He
would die before he would betray
single one of them. The man who
strikes those who raise him is worse
&han the traitor, Benedict Arnold.
South has no citizen of which she
should be more proud than of her
5German citizens. He opposed immi-
grafton, but he never had opposed
the immigration of the class from
which such citizens as these have
sprung. Wherever you find German
you find a hard-working man and
good citizen.. Charleston is part of
South Carolina. The man in the
house facing the Battery is as much
a citizen of the State as he VINO
edwells in the shadow of the Blue
Ridge. Whenever a man holding pow
'er tries to discriminate against one
section Of the State he is not worthy
sof the trust imposed in him. Mr..
Blease said that he believed in local
option, in letting the people of Char
lesion have just what they want.
There is no right nor justice in hav-
ing a constable tracking you to your
home to question whether or not you
--are a law-abiding citizen.
Turning to the officers Of the Freya,
Mr.. Blease said that We are Democrats
in this country. We believe all men
are honest till proven otherwise by a
Jury of II men. Then, turning to the
crowd, Mr.. Blease said that this law
had been broken down, and by man
in whose veins there coursed the same
blood that flowed in the veins of his
auditors. This statement on the part
of Mr.. Blease was taken by many as
referring to Governor Ansel, who, on
the occasion of a German Day cele-
bration in Charleston, made speech
at the Schuetzenplatz and later issued
an injunction against the place.
Princes and Prircesses.
Turning again to the German off,
Gers, 'Governor-elect Blease said: eve
welcome you most heartily to our
State. We wish you could tie your
boat to a stake and spend the winter
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