The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
PATRIOTIC MEETING SATURDAY.
Congressman Byrnes and Others Ad-
dressed Citizens.

SATURDAY one OIL tle uOSI euLuuSI-
astic meetings ever witnessed in Bam-
berg county was held at the court
house in the interes: of the liberty
lean campaign. Congressman James
F. Byrnes, Rev. Hugh R. Murchison
and R. Beverly Herbert, Esq, made
patriotic addresses.
Other meetings were held at Ehr-
hardt, Olar, Denmark and Govan.
The meetings were very successful,
and contributed much toward the
success of the liberty bond canvass.
The meeting in Bamberg was held
on the court house lawn, the speak
ers addressing the crowd of seven
or eight hundred from the court
house steps. Chairman J. A. Wy
man presided over the meeting, which
was opened with silent prayer.
The first speaker was the Rev.
Hugh r. Murchison, who is remem-
bered by the older citizens. Twenty
four years ago he preached to the
Presbyterian congregation in this
city. Mr.. Murchison said that for
the three previous weeks the allied
armies had faced the gravest crisis
of the war on the western front, land
God only knows how it will turn
out" America is now only awaking
to the real conditions. Every Ameri-
can is called on to 90 his and her
full duty. Our allies are crying For
Gods sake hurry!" and it is up to
us to make haste; yet many will in
sist on dickering and delaying, crit
icising and finding fault, when the
fate of the world hangs in the bal
ance. Our preparations are retard-
ed, he said, by many unjust crlti-
cisms, and many are yet discussing
whether or not we ought to be in the
war. "That was settled on April g.,
1917" said Mr.. Murchison, and it is
now our one duty to fall in line and
go to work.
"There is no place in this country
in this town-for any one who is
not absolutely loyal" said the speak
er. He said that he cannot see how
people who call themselves Chris
tians can sit and say that we have
nothing to do with the affairs OF
Europe, when they witness the butch
cry of innocent people by the Ger
mans. "The Bible teaches us to pro-
tect the weak and oppressed" He
cautioned the people to keep their
eyes and ears open Tor the work OF
German spies, for there is absolute
ly nothing that German spy will
not do he said. We should remem-
Der that we have the best govern
ment in the world, and it is unpar-
donable for anyone who Hives under
it to fail to render this government
every aid and assistance that is pos
sibly within his power
R. Beverly Herbert, Esq, of Co.
lumbia, was next introduced. He
,, told his hearers that he was not here
to entertain them-'tbe times are
too serious to deal in entertainment, y
and he continued, mo one has the
faintest conception of what is TAX
ing place 5000 miles from here at
the present moment. 1t is my fight
and it is yours. The issues involved
in the civil war-our own great con-
fict-great as they were, were as
nothing compared to those involved
in that battle now raging in France" "
Mr.. Herbert said that sometimes he
is tempted to wish that German
airplane could fly over us and drop
few bombsAnot to kill, he hoped
but to arouse us to our duty in this
war. He considers that this war
means more to America than to any
of the other countries, for it was
America which first spread the flag
of liberty. With Germany domineer-
nig the world, we will have no liber-
ty.
An instance was cited to show the
attitude of Germany, while this coun-
try was yet neutral. When our ships
were being sunk and American lives
taken by the German submarines,
Germany finally ''agreed" that we
| should be allowed to send four YES
sells month to England.
The speaker urged everybody to
help the government. We can help
in numerous ways. We can save
food-eat plenty, but let nothing be
| wasted. We can raise more food
crops. We can feed ourselves, so
| that the rest of the country can ex-
port food. The government needs
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