The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-11
Bamberg Co: Liberty Loan Campaign
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Believing that the people of Bam-
berg county are loyal to their coun-
try, but feeling that they have not
been fully awakened to the serious
situation which. confronts their gov
ernment, both at home and abroad,
the members of the Third Liberty
Loan Committee of Bamberg county
have made arrangements for Patrl-
otic Rallies in each town of the coun-
ty, so as to afford the people OF
each community an opportunity to
inform themselves of the dangers
that menace them and their homes.
To fail to take advantage of these
opportunities will be criminal neg
lence on the part of the citizens OF
Bamberg county.
Each of these meetings will be held
in the open. Every one is invited
and urged to attend. Men and Wo-
men are expected to avail themselves
of this chance to hear stirring ad-
dresses. The presence of the col
ored people is desired. The times
and places of the meetings are as
follows:
Bamberg-R. Beverly Herbert,
ESQ.,, of Columbia, S. c., and Mr..
Hugh R. Murchison, Field Secretary
of the State Council of Defence, and
also one Of Bamberg's citizens, will
make addresses at Bamberg, at 400
o'clock Saturday afternoon, April
18th.
Denmark-Mr. Herbert and Mr..
Murchison, and one of Denmark's
3 citizens will make addresses at Den
mark at II o'clock, Saturday morn
ing, April 18th.
s Govan-Mr. Jesse F. Carter, of the
Bamberg bar, will address the meet
!. ing at Govan, on Saturday afternoon,
G 400 O'Clock, April 18th.
Olar-Mr. ]. NJ. Lynch, of Flor
ence, S. c., and Prof. ]. c. Guilds,
4 Of Bamberg, and one of the citizens
!, Of Olar, will make addresses at Olar,
al. HOO o'clock, Saturday morning,
April 18th.
af Ehrhardt-Mr. Lynch and Prof.
s Guilds and one of Ehrhardt's clt1-
zens will address the meeting to be
held at. Ehrhardt at 400 o'clock,
i Saturday afternoon, April 18th.
The citizens of Bamberg County
are particularly fortunate in securing
the services of these speakers. They
are all busy men; men whose time
is valuable; men who have done
things, patriotic men, who are CIV
& & ing us of their time and energy and
& thought that we may the better par
ticipate in the defense of our country
& at this perilous time. These men
come to the citizens of Bamberg
county, at the invitation of the Third
s Liberty Loan Committee, without
compensation, feeling that they are
& amply rewarded, if by their efforts
they inspire us with patriotic zeal,
Ss and awaken us to full sense of our
personal and individual responsible
i ty In the prosecution Of the war to
!, victory.
REX The German spy is abroad in the
& land; the pro-German, with his Sc
ditious and anti-American conyersa-
ton, is in our midst The lives of
our wives and children are endan-
gered by the assassins (too much of
3 q coward to appear upon the battle
line as an enemy who attempts to
3 kill with ground glass and poison.
The military and food supplies of our
men in France and in America are
destroyed by German sympathizers.
And still there are citizens of Bam-
4 berg county who say that they will
fight the German army if it attacks
American citizens at home; there
are some men in our county who say
that if our frontiers are attacked
+ they will take up arms and fight.
There was a time not very distant
when the United States was bounded
on the East by the Atlantic ocean,
{ but this is no-1onger true, for the
Eastern boundary of America today
is the battle line in France. Not
many of our men are holding that
line. Our Eastern frontier is held
j by the gallant men of France and
by that bull dog of war, the English
army. To these men who have stat
led they would fight when America
was attacked may be pointed out that
such condition exists; and now
is the time, here is the place, are
!. they the men?
Let us not engage in idle talk: the
time is past when it might have been
profitable to discuss our entrance
into this war. We are at war now.
Not morning breaks but that there
falls upon the ears of some one whom
! you know the awakening call of the
bugle, over in France. Not day
passes but that some American is
called upon to face German bullets.
And more than one of our men has
given his life in our defense. The
Huns barrage thunders at our gates.
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