The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-21

this county undeT the auspieee oA
State and County council OF DEFENSE
one at Prosperity on Thursday ana
one at Pomaria on Friday. The Pros
peritv meeting had been advertised
as live stock gathering, and it was
.aac;ded to have some of the speakers
,f council of defense present. Inc
Pomaria meeting combined no otneF
feature heard only about threS
minutes of the speech of DR.. Looss
at Prosperity At Pomaria nearo a''
OF the speeches. *,
have not exactly been able to un-
aerstand the purpose of these meet
,rss and. therefore, do not exaceiy
know what the State council of de-
fene is trying to do, or just what It's
,rraose Is had received an impress
SION from somewhere that the State
council OF defense was organized pf'-
n.r;,v 70 conserve the food supply CT
the State, and to cooperate Win 'n7
national government along that hhe.
Judging from the meetings whicn /
attended last week, and the speecnss
T heard from the men who are sent
ont to deliver addresses at these meet
;ngs. I must have been under wrong
or incorrect impression. ~ou'n
s,dca from the remarks Of the gen.
t1smen who made speeches that tue
main work at present at least Is 10
arouse a war sentiment. and to tell
the people the real causes OF THIS
countrv being engaged in the war; as
seen by the speakers representing the
council, and I suppose they represent
the government in the messages they
are delivering. In fact, one listenlns
to the three speeches that did would
almost be justified in the CONCLUSION
that a set speech had been prepared
and that it was being delivered Dy
each one of the speakers. They are
we'll trained in the line of argument
thew present and all nave the same
illustrations. It is my deliberate
opinion that these speeches that were
made in the county last week at Pros
perity and Pomaria are doing more
harm than they are doing good. That
certainly was the effect of the meet
ing at Pomaria, so far as creating
war sentiment.
I am getting little ahead OF my
story. The 81 minutes part OF
speech i heard at Prosperity was de-
livered by DR.. Lee Davis Lodge, pres
ident of Limestone college at Gafney.
The two gentlemen heard at Poma-
ria were Hon. HIN. Edmunds of Co.
1umbia and Hon. H. K. Osborne or
Spartanburg. There we're other speak
ers at Prosperity, but I did not hear
any OF their speeches. AT Pemaria Dr..
A. J. Bowers of Newberry college and
DR.. F. E. Dibb1e, pastor of Central
Methodist church at Newberry, also
spoke under the auspices Of the coun-
Gil OF defense. Mr.. w. F. Elliott of
M6nnsboro spoke at Pomar:a en- the
boil weevil, and also gave a, bird con-
cert at the conclusion OF the meeting
which the children greatly enjoyed.
All of these gentlemen ara good
speakers and they gave about the same
speech. Each one left as lie finished,
so neither heard the others. They :cld
Of the sinking Of America ships and
the loss Of American lives. and stated
that we lad Tight to go upon the
pigh seas where VIC pleased and sift-
ed down they gaze as the legal cause
of this country going int1 the war
the war zone which Germany placed
around England, and said of you come
il here we viii sink 3our ships No.
body las a right 70 say that we shall
not sail our snips upon the nigh seas
where we please and II any one does
undertake - :u.e; fe:e with that right
and sinks cur ships and destroys
American lives we would be EDWARDS
IL we did net tight That IS about the
substance 0s wha. :hnv slid
Tho. IS va:, true. DuI "a',id not
helm thinkinS o; = senten:e or two
in Claude Ktchin's speech when ne
opposed the war resolution IN the
American congress, and felt like ask
ink why we did not make war on
EngSnd when she put a blockade