Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-12
LIBERTY LOAN RALLY

geSt crowd the city has ever seen. so
say many OF the oldest residents. and
the occasion was complete success
from every standpoint.
The programme consisted OF n great
patriotic procession. considerably
more than mile in length. patriotic
speeches. earnestly and vividly i'm
pressing the danger. the duty and the
responsibility of the hour. and an eN-
hibtion drill by the old Catawba
Rifles. now Company II, llsth regi-
mcnt at Camp Sewer.
TO the committee. especially in that
the battery of field artillery that had
been promised from Charlotte. was
unable to get there because OF other
more serious duties, and because also
Captain Leslie Vickers Of the British
army could not be present: but these
disappointments 10 the committee
were not noticed by the great crowd
OF visitors because of other interest
ing features that seemed To leave no
suggestion that anything could be
lacking.
The street parade, which began
moving at > o'clock In the afternoon
passed down Main street by the re-
viewing stand against O'Ncals office
across from the National Union bank,
along Railroad avenue, out TO OAK
land and on to the college. Thousands
OF people packed the sidewalks on
either side, as far as the eye could
take in each way, and the procession
as timed from the reviewing stand
was full half hour in passing
given point.
On the reviewing stand were DR.. ID.
B. johnson. president OF Winthrop
college, Hon. l.. ). Rowe. assistant
| secretary OF the treasury. in charge
OF customs. Hon. W. +. Stevenson,
rcpI esentative of the Fifth congress
sional district in congress, George +.
Pearson, a survivor OF the world fam
| ed "l'rincess Pat" regiment OF Cana
dams, that was almost annihilated at
Yprcs in 1916. Miss Katherine Synon
of the National Womcn's Liberty loan
committee. Hon. A. l.. CASTOR. OF the
| the Fifth district campaign, Mrs.
Alexander Long. OF the service COM
mittee, Mrs. W. q. Henderson, of the
red Cross. Ira b. Dunlap. county
chairman OF the council of defense. c:
l.. Cobb. general chairman OF local
| committees, and a number or other
ladies and gentlemen.
DIR. W. G.. Stevens was chief mar
shal of the parade and had for his
assistants J. NJ. Youngblood. 5. j..
| kimball, T.. f. Poag, W. w. Fennell,
Alexander Martin. r. u. Thomas. J. K.
Tucker, H. NJ. Dunlap. ID. c. Johnson.
C. W. Ratterree. Hall Spencer. 4. C..
I'ennell. Alex Williford.
Tine formation was as follows:
bugIers; Catawba Rifles. Thirtieth
infantry band, Winthrop Scout girls.
Confederate veterans, U. d. C.s,
Children OF the Confederacy, d. A.
RS, Kings Daughters, Carhartt and
TifEssh ESalds Ss, Red Red Crcss Cross, W"SG%sG's "S.s.
Liberty Loan committee. Women's
Science league. War Garden. Boys
Achievement club. Gamers and Poul-
try clubs, Food administration. visit
| ing bankers. merchants bureau and
sales people, secret orders, Winthrop
Training school. city schools. rural
schools. L. =. postotfice. cotton mills.
representative negroes.
Each and every division OF the pa
rade was most creditable: but among
the most striking features were sew
/
ing the Red Cross division was Joan
of Arc on horseback, followed by
twelve ladies also riding horses and
carrying banners. Liberty driving
Hindcnburg." with two soldiers keep
ing the German general in leash with
their bayonets made serio comic
hit: but the most tragic conception OF
the whole pageant probably was a
large float on which France. Belgium
and other natives Of civilized Europe
were bowling in humble supplication
10 Liberty. Each division carried an
appropriate banner, and there were
many individual legends like: I'VE
offer our lives. will you lend your dol
lars?" Bonds or bondage. which,"
United we stand:" Food for the
fghters" Buy a Liberty bond and
save a soldier"
| The passing of the procession pro-
voked constant cheering and applause
from the throngs along the sidewalk
and from the people on the reviewing
stand.
At the college was another beauti-
full. novel and impressive sight. The
students were lined up the full length
OF the long curving walkways from
| the main entrance of the executive
building 10 the front gates Of the
campus. facing inward. and on the
steps OF the main entrance, was a
great animated flag OF girls in red.
white and blue. The speakers and es-
pccially invited guests reviewed these
sights and the disbanding pageants
| from q reviewing stand that had been
erected here for their convenience, and
after this review the exercises were
transferred to the college auditorium
for such of the grown folks as could
| be accommodated, and across the
street In front Of the college for the
more than a thousand children and
others who could not get In range or
the speakers elsewhere.
The college auditorium comfortably
seats 1900 people. It was more than
half filled with Winthrop students.
These. however, gave way to visitors,
all but the seniors and juniors. who
were to render America and the Star
Spangled Banner, and after these two
patriotic hymns had been rendered.
the juniors gave way and left the
ushers to fill their places with more
visitors until the hall was crowded
with full seventeen hundred people.
with other thousands still outside.
DR.. Johnson introduced the speak
crs. They were Hon. l. 3. Rowe. Miss
Synon, and Private Pearson. Mr..
Rowe had some very Pheasant tHih6s
to say Of Rock Hill, Of DR.. Johnson
and Winthrop. Of Hon. w. F. Steven
son. and made some references to the
duty OF the individual as to the Lib
erty loan, and Miss Synon, quite
pretty and remarkably bright and
/! earnest young lady. by the way. made
stirring address on the responsible
ty of the women of the country with
regard to the loan, and the war gen.
orally. She told how there was
mourning in every home in France.
how the women were plowing in the
fields and how they had given up their
men. and everything they have. and
I how they still stand as firm as rock
for the principles Of liberty and JUS
tice upon which the fate Of humanity
Is hanging. She urged upon all TO
think war, act war. and work war. and
to continue steadfast until victory Is
won.
But the speech of the occasion was
that of Private Pearson Of the "Prtn-
cess Pat" Private Pearson Is hand
some. stalwart man, who. after pass
ing through two years Of the most