The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-04-09
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record for service of any company o.
boy scouts in South Carolina, and that
their work had attracted the atten-
| ton of President Wilson who is never
too busy to keep up with the work of
any body of American citizens, who
are doing their part in the great
struggle in which this country is now
engaged, and that President Wilson
had sent this company flag which
! they carried on this occasion, and he
wanted to introduce the captain OF
| this company of scouts to the audi
ence. but if he ever introduced him
I failed to hear the name. The young
soldier was on the platform with his
flag. I learned from some of those
near me, and who knew him. that
his name is Captain Bert Watson, and
that he is the son of Mr. Tom Watson
of Whitmire. and that he has a fine
company Of scouts and they are do
! ing things to help win the war. And
if the war goes on much LONGER some
of them will be somewhere in France
where there is real fighting.
i When Dr. Snyder was introduced
ne said that he felt sure that the
whole of Newberry county was pres
ent at this great gathering, and it
| was an inspiration to face such an
audience. If he had been at Pros
peritv at the same hour he no doubt
, would have thought that ali of New
| berry county was there. But it was
a great audience. and they gave the
speaker great attention, because he
! had something to say and knew how
to say it. He spoke of the two flags
which were on either side of him.
and said that the same cause foc
which Washington fought from Bunk
or Hill to Valley Forge: and the same
principle for which the boys who wore
the gray fought for the four years %
hard struggle. was now engaging the
free peoples Qfathe wprld in the great
; battles which We're being fought. and
that the civilization of the earth do
pended on the result The main
question was whether there shou!I
be despotism of kings. or whether
; the will of the free people should
govern. He said that in this country
, it had been calculated that 90 per
cent of the population was mixture
of the descendants of five great ra-
, tions of Europe, and that they min
gled their blood and that they were
all now true Americans and would
stand by the American union. The
five nations in the order named were
E4gland. Germany. Scotland. Ireland,
and France. But now thev were
neither English. German, Scot Irish
or French, but Americans.
! He traced the history of kings and
despots and their desire for more
. worlds to conquer from Alexander or
down to the Hohenzollerns and said
that despots and kings had reached
/ the end of their row and from now
henceforth this world would be gov
/ erned by the people who inhabit the
| earth. and not by the will Of one man.
whether kaiser. king or deSpot. He
! did not believe in self-perpetuatin"
! power even in college faculty but
| he believed in the rule of the people,
and that would be the result OF this
i great world war At one time we
| took the position that it was no con-
Germ Of ours what sort Of government
! they had in Europe. but now we hal
seen that it did make difference, and
it was our concern to help to bring
! freedom to all the peoples Of the
world. -
Such speeches as DR. Snyder made
here on Friday are helpful and en-
tightening and will do good. He did,
i mt cuss anybody and there was no
cheap patriotism in any word that he
uttered, but he gave his hearers some
thing to think about and his address
will do good.
This rally was also for the pur-
pose of launching the drive for the
third sale of Liberty Lean bonds, and
to get the people to begin thinking
about it, If you can't fight you can
help the boys who are tightin" the
battle for you - the trenches and
facing death that the world may be