The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-15
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES.
"wAR TEACHES US TO HATE
WAR; SAYS SPEAKER IN
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
Interesting Exercises Held I'm Honor
OF Confederate Dead. With Address
by Rev. TX. =. Truesdale-Graves of
Heroes Decked With Flowers and
Wrcaths-Salute Fired by s. l.. L.

WAR teaches US to hate war;" said
he Rev. X. s. Truesdale on Monday
afternoon at tho Sumter Cemetery In
making the annual address az the
Memorial Services In honor of the fall
on heroes OF the Confederacy. There
are several lessons which we may
learn on this occasion from those
who have fallen for what they be-
lieved TO be right. and the greatest Of
lessons is hatred OF war and love Of
humanity"
A large audience Of men. women
and children gathered at the cemetery
Mt sac o'clock to attend the Memorial
exercises and to show their love and
honor for the brave men who were
willing to defend their country with
their lives. Especially noticeable was
the large number OF children present
seemingly practically all of the
school children having turned out.
Many of them carried flowers and
wreaths with which to decorate the
raves Of those who had been buried
I'm the little plot devoted to the Con-
federats soldiers.
The line formed at the cemetery
gates and marched from there to the
platform. where the exercises were
held. Members OF the Dick Ander-
son Camp. United Confederate Veter-
ans. with the little flower girls COM
Ing after them, members OF Dick An
derson Chapter. United Daughters Of
the Confederacy. under whose auspic-
Is the ceremonies were held. the Sum-
ter Light Infantry and the Sumter
High School battalion. The veterans
took their seats on the stand. four
tee or them. with the speaker Of the
occasion. Rev. II. 8. Truesdale. Mr..
III. Hardy, the presiding officer. and
Rev. w. E. Thayer and DR.. David
Klein.
at IL noticeable as the years
pass hat each year there are fewer
veterans ut h Memorial exercises,
and this year there were fewer thar
eve before. Messrs. A. II. Weeks. b.
M. Powell. Henry David. w. M. Ora
ham. Newman. Il. 8. Carson. ID. J.
VIM. w. M. Yeadon. p. Moses. II.
y. McLaurin. j. Wesley Bradford,
Scott. w. III. Epperson and T. e.
Richardson were all who were pres
ent.
The exercises were opened when
Mt. Hardy asked the Rev. w. E.
Thayer OF the First Baptist Church,
to lead In prayer. The graves Of the
veterans were then decorated by the
school children and the presiding Of
hcer In a few well chosen words pre-
sented Rev. II. s. Truesdaie as the
speaker Of the occasion.
Mr.. Truesdale's address was a brief
one. but IL was as impressive as 1t
was brief. In nicely chosen words he
brought out the lesson which the
present generation might learn from
the war whose heroes they were now
IGNORING. Hatred OF war and love of
humanity were the central themes of
his remarks. lessons. he stated, which
every man who had ever been In war
had learned. Not one OF those who
have been through n war;" he declar-
ed. would we want TO be In anoth-
or war" 1T Is right and fitting that
we should honor these men who died
for What they believed to be right.
for they were noble and patriotic. and
were willing to face any dangers be-
cause or love for home and country"
he said.
AT the conclusion OF his remarks.
which were generously appiauded.
the Sumter Light Infantry fired a
salute over the graves OF the soldier,
buried In the cemetery and the bu-
sler sounded the notes Of taps. The
exercises were then over and the
gathering dispersed.