Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-03

Pouring into the fair grounds at East Great Plain from early morning till after mid-afternoon, a crowd of 14,o0e set new attendance record on Labor Day for the 64th annual fair of the New London County Agricul- tural Society that brought happy smiles on Monday evening to the faces of President James B. Palmer and Secretary Gilbert $. Raymond. whose hard work and persistent attention to all the multitudinous details of ar rangemenVs had it's reward in the per feet fall weather and the great turn out from all the county and the sur rounding territory By the middle of the afternoon there were 1,200 auto molies parked inside the grounds, fill- ing up large portion of the space inside the track and lining the road to the stables with an almost unbrok- en phalanx of cars.
 Food will win the war; tAe society had stated in it's announcement would be the slogan of the fair and on every hard were the evidences of what the county was doing to live up to it's duty ;n this respect. while patriotic addresses by Rev. W. A. Keefe of Plainfeld and by James E. (Scotty) Dunn, a soldier returned from the front, were features that stirred the , crowd to a high pitch of enthusiasm ] during Hle afternoon.
 Between the races Rev William A | Keefe of Plainfield. one of New Eng | lands most eloquent orators, spoke to the audience on Patriotism. Rev l Mfr, Keefe said: I want to speak of the heroic de- lenders of the best flag, the best prin- ciples ard the most free democracy in the world-The United States oi 1 America. A few months ago Genera Pershing stood before the tomb oi Lafayette, the hero of Yorktown, and one that made it possible for the col onies to throw off the yoke of op- precision. and made speech of foul words that was heard around the world. his speech was, Lafayette, we are here When Pershing uttered those words he not only spoke for the handful of men in France at that time but for all America. 100 million strong who are in back of President Wilson and this great nation. When Germany heard of Pershing's speech it laugh ed and said that he had arrived toe late, but within the past few weeks they have seen that America had ar. rived in time and that she is in il to stay until Old Glory is nailed to the l flagstaff in Berlin over the home O. 1 the HohernZollern While the boys art fighting over there we in America wht | are rejoicing at their victories mus not forget the issue of the moment an( l the fact that we here are a part O the great war machine which mus | move ili perfect harmony to a glori
 ous victory for humanity We mus
 not let petty politics interfere witt
 our part in this grtat struggle. Tht man who lets anything like politic
 interfere with his not doing his dut. is in the class with Benedict Arnold
 We must realize that some day ou
 boys are coming. back and they ar
 going to look us in the eye and say
 What did you do to help me when
 was risking my life over there?" Wha is our answer going to be?
 In closing Rev MT. Keefe made
 plea for the Red Cross, the War Sav
 ings, and Liberty Loan The speake was heartily applauded at the. con
 clusion of his talk. Following the ad dress E. o. Rodier took Rev MI
 Keefe to Willimantic where he deliv
 cred another address.
 The War Savings committee, E. C
 Rodier, chairman, E, J. Graham, Post
 master ]. P. Murphy and Mrs. 4
 Harvey Lathrop were in charge of tn
 War Savings activities and a larg
 number of certificates were sold on. tn
 grounds.