Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-03-27
PATRIOTIC RALLY.
Large Attendance. Splendid
Addresses. French Officer a
Favorite. Dinner Served
by Red Cross.

who planned the meeting. AS this
/ is very busy season with farmers
Lit was feared that the attendance
would not be large, but early in the
forenoon people began to gather
s:Gfrom all parts of the county
s$nd the court house was fill
iea to capacity. The meeting
Twas held under the auspices of the
I'D gefeld Council Of Defense, the
good administration, and in the in.
eerest of the thrift and war savings
stamps.
N. George Evans, county chair
man of the Council of Defense,
acted as chairman, calling upon the
Rev. E. G. Bailey to open the exer,
cises with prayer. The first speak
er presented was DR.. George B.
CTomer of Newberry. who first
spoke of the unity of our people,
making very effective his reference
to- the cementing Of the North and
the South and of the reunion of the
veterans of both sides in Washing
tua. DR.. Cromer paid a strong trib-
ute to the people of England, show
ing that the War of the American
Revolution was not really waged
blythe English people but through
the 6 ermans. He also quoted from
Thomas Jefferson to prove that the
Monroe doctrine was suggested
by the British foreign minister
from London. He also referred in
eloquent terms to the heroism of
the French.
Hundred Per Cent American,
DR.. Cromer denounced in the
most scathing terms the pro-Ger-
man clement in this country. He
stated lhatshis mother came from
yGetn 50 and that his father was
iis sitrii &gnan .stoeg bn 6z5he himself.
was o6fper cent. American citizen.
His address was punctuated by en-
thuslastic applause and closed amid
great applause from the large audi
enCe.
The second speaker was w. w.
Long, director of the Clemson Col
lege extension work. Mr.. Long
made favorable impression. leav-
ing the people much food for
thought in his long address. lie
urged the farmers of South Carroll
ma to feed our own people and the
live stock, instead of being con.
stant drawers upon the reserve sup
ply of food in the West, which Is
needed for our allies in Europe.
He also spoke briefly of the trans
portation situation, showing by ac-
tual figures the heavy tax that has
been placed on the railroads of the
South in hauling Is per cent. OF
our soldiers and their necessary sap
plies. This increase in traffic has
to be met without a system of
double track. Mr.. Long stated that
South Carolina consumes $4,000, 900
bushels of corn annually while we
produced last year only 43,000,0O0
bushels, and last year was unusually
favorable year for corn production.
He also stressed the need of In
creasing the sweet potato acreage,
urging the farmers to erect storage
warehouses tor housing and saw
ing potatoes after they were harvest
ed. The people were urged to give
more attention to poultry at this
time and preserve eggs for winter
use. He stated that while the av-
erage number of hens per farm
throughout the country is 46, the
average of South Carolina Is only
II. He closed with an earnest ap-
peal for more attention to dairy
cows, stating that milk, which sells
now from 60 to rs cents per
gallon, is no longer a poor mans
diet. Only the rich can afford to
purchase milk at that price.
Prof. L. T. Baker spoke in the
interest of thrift and war savings
stamps, effectively illustrating to
the people that by this means every
man, woman and child is afforded
an opportunity for serving. Fur
thermore, that purchasing these
stamps was only making an invest
ment and not making any contrlbu
tion to the government.
Prof. J. G. Guilds, headmaster of
Carlisle Fitting School of Bamberg,
also made an eloquent presentation
on the program for current events,
and each member gave an item of