The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-03

Farnau and other citizens conceived
and carried out the idea of patriotic
meeting to be held at out court house
Monday night. The thought was to
bring out the idea of patriotism from
the imam with the hoe" to the man
who shoulders his gun for his county.
That the chairmen and those working
with them did their duty was evinced
by the way in which the entire pro-
gram was carried out. The court house
was beautifully decorated in u. 5.
flags. bunting and also the flags Of our
allied nations.
Never was there seen a larger or
more enthusiastic audience in Lancas-
ter, although most of them came in a
down-pour OF ram. The vocation
was gwen Ivy Rev H. ). Hudson, after
which the vast au lance rose rs the
first note of America" was sounded
aud sang it with an earn
estness and yehemence that shook the
very walls Of the building. That every
one in the audieHce loved thin sweet
land Of Liberty" was shown IN their
voices and upturned. prayerful faces.
Our A lies We're represented by chill
dren carrying the flags Of these nations.
Cecil Batson brought down the house
when she recited your Flag ard Ny
Flag. Virginia Beazley, Margaret
Elliott aud Richard BOYLE spoke for
England. France and Belgium. after
which George SwinebrOad gave 'Oid
Glory, all acquitting themselves with
credit. Miss Martha Under sang the
Marseilla.se hymn as small honor 10
France. THE Star Spangled Banner
was led by Misses Martha finder and
Mary Lee Lear dressed AS Red Cross
nurses, Rober; Ross. as sailor and
James Under and Robert holland as
U. S. soldiers with the entire audience
rising to their feet and joining them.
Our col)red citizen, Milton Sneed,
gave the song he recently composed
entitled THE Patriotic Mother which
was received with enthusiastic applause.
Interspersed with this musical pro-
gram were the speakers Of the evening,
Messrs W. II. Rogers. County Farm
| Agent and Godfrey Morgan Of the U.
$. Dept. of Agriculture. and Hon.
Edwin Z. Morrow of Somerset. Rev.
: +. N. finder acting rs chairman and
introducing them.
Mr.. W. II. Rogers is our County
Farm Agent and it was largely through
his influence and cooperation this
meeting was brought about. Mr.
Rogers is making friends rapidly with
the farmers turnout the county. who
have begun to realize the Importance
of producing larger crops on fewer
acres. MIR. Rogers made an urgen,
and patriotic appeal to the farmers OF
Garrard County asking them to stano
by the President in his appeal to then
to raise more food stuff for the nationa
crisis that lies before us.
MIR. Godfrey Morgan in clear ant
forceful manner, after paying beau
|, tiful tribute to kentucky and her re
sources, and to the Bluegrass sectio
, in particular. made an earnest plea I
, the farmers to stand by their farr
agent in the work woich will be out
, lined to them. He asked for the cor
r servaticn and preservation of all on
resources, saving that wastefulnes
and ,dleness were but an aid to I'll
Kaiser in his destructive work.
The last on the program was II
n speaker of the evening. Hon. Edwin
1 Morrow. Every once in a while it
I given some msn to rise to the heigh
!. TO display a nobility. not only of ute
ance. but ais, Of sentiment. Thel
A has been no saner, finer speech mad
g about the war thsn that delivered MOI
n day night by SIR. Morrow. Ii was
h NOBLE echo OF the immortal wal addreI
e made by President Wilson. and rdl
treat to tho>- present. That b
l. lAAllAllt SttlAittA'hAN WIZ '''NNN
q the audience vas shown by the col
n stan, aud prolonged applause he r.
h ceiyed. He r. slewed our history fro
v the time Columbus crossed the ocei
in. his tiny craft to the present da
showing clear what our revoiuuonal
ancestors, our sncustors Of 1872, ~
Mexican arc,, tors had bought al
baptized in blood for US.
d "Will we ptoye worthy OF this ma
nifcent Inheritance, worthy of the
u brave pioneer iiscoverers not only
J lands and mountains and prairies, b
- of the human u art. This splendid
. heritance entru ted to us NAV have
- be enriched nv MS BRAY. and 10y
. hearts AS those gone before. Will
" prove worthy our common Inheritance
|" he asked. T,uly, the great heart
- Garrard Count, was sounded Mond
=" night, and it r'ug true.