The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-01
DlJsADE
AGAlNs NR0NG
wilson SO Announces From
81 Grandfather s Pulpit at
Carlisle, England.
FORCE or WORDS CUT
ass DEEP AS SWORDS

President Pays Eslo oauent lrlb-
ute to Mother, Memories Of
Whom Come Back With IN
creasiing Force as Years Ac-
eanulat Hears Sermon and
aIk by Bishop.
Carlisle, England, Dec. 20 lBy
ASSOCIATED Press3 President
Wllson, aeconnp panied by Mrs Wilson,
came to Carlisle today IN rain and a
cold penetrating mig. to visit the
giTahood home OF his mother. But the
swarrfit th of the greeting Of the people
sof tie town and Of the thousands Of
Strangers from the surrounding coun-
cry more than Offset the dreariness of
Siae weather Large crowds lined the
streets and cheered the presidential
party Justify as it drove from the sta
fion, where the president was receN-
ed BY Mayor Bretram Carr and local
notabIes, to the Crown and Mitre Ho-
tel where the president signed the
Freeman roll
They visited sAnnetweH Street, where
! the site Of his late grandfather's chap
eI was pointed out to him and the
house in Cavendish Place that was
built by his grandfatheE. During the
services, the Rev. Edward Booth, the
pasteG requested the president. to
come into the pulpit and address the
assemblage This the president did,
delivering a short speech, in which
he touched simply but eioquently on
his mother. The president spoke as
follows:
rs IS with unaffected reluctance
that inject myself into this service.
remember my grandfather very
wen, and remembering him, can see
how he would not approve. i remem-
Der what he required OF me and re-
member the stern lesson of duty ne
spoke: And remember painfully
about things he expected me to know
that, did not know.
There has come a change OF times
when Iaynaen like myself are permit
fed TO speak in a congregation. There
Is another reason why I was reluctant
8 to speak 8; 80 h
the feelings fixed IN me today are
really too Intimate and too deep 20
permit. of public expression The mem
crles that have come OF the mother
wha was born here are very affecting.
Her Quiet character, her sense of duty
and her dislike Of ostentation have
come back to me with increasing force
as these years of duty. have accumu-
slafed Yet. perhaps. It is appropriate
tsSa ii q place of worship / should
acknowledge my Indebtedness to her
and her remarkable father, because
sH That the world is now seeking to
do4is to return to the paths of duty
sto turn from the. savagery of interests
to the dignity Of the performance Of
right
believe as this war has drawn
nations temporarily together In a
combination of physical force we shall
be drawn together in a combination
81 moral force that IS irresistible. It
IS moral force as much as physical
force that has defeated the effort to
subdue the world. Words have cut
as deep as swords.
The knowledge that wrong has
b en- attempted has aroused the ma
tons. They have gone out Ike men
for crusade. No other cause could
have drawn so many nations together,
They knew an outlaw was abroad and
that the outlaw purposed unspeakable
things.
s+4It is from quiet places like this
all over the world that the forces are
accumulaed that presently will over
power any attempt to accomplish evil
on a great scale. It is like the rivu]ets
that gather into. the. river and the
river that goes to the sea. So there
coIaeseout Of communities like this
those streams that fertiiize the con
science OF men, and it is the con-
science Of the world we now mean to
place upon the throne which others
have tried to usurp.
The lengthy program of the day
was carried out with the single ex-
ception that the president had not IN
tended to speak in the church. The
presidential train arrived at the Clta-
del station on scheduled time. In ad-
.dition to Mayor Carr, the lady may
Dress. Miss Eleanor Carr, Maj. Gen
Sir George Cowan and the high sher-
lie were on the platform when Presi-
dent Wilson alighted from his car
After the presentations Miss Carr
gave Mrs Wilson a huge bouquet.
The presidential party was then
conducted to the entrance of the sta
ton. where the square was thronged
with people who burst into hearty
cheers The Stars and Stripes and the
British flag were hoisted on the tow
er of the law courts simultaneously
with the emergence Of the party from
the. station.
The rain continued to fall but the
crowds IN the streets cheered Presi-