Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-26
MEYERS THRILLS
With MEMORIAL
MESSAGE HERE
Two Thousand Attend
Services At Rylander
lheater

Two thousand persons attended
| the Memorial Day exercises this
morning at 1880 o'clock in the Ry-
lander theater, and heard Prof. Har-
cid w. Meyers, of the State Normal
! College, Athens, deliver a memorial
! BILE address on the Confederacy of
the COS and the Confcderacy Of the
of the present era.
DR.. Carl W. Minor spoke the invo-
cation, and called blessings and hon
or upon the heads of the veterans as
they sat in the front rows reserved
for them. and laudcd them for the
valor which led them triumphant
from that dark period, when all seem
ed lost, to the present time, when the
fruits Of their heroism are visible.
Prof. Charles M. Hale, principal Of
the Americus High School, introduc-
ed the speaker of the dav in fitting
attribute to this oratorical ability,
and of the pleasure he himself eX-
pericnced in being accorded the hon
or.
"Some one has well said that love
! is'the greatest thing in the world, v
said Mr.. Hale. "wh;lc others say. thai
to give ones life for another is the
greatest thing that can be done. Both
are right. and more especially so
when one is permitted to see before
/ this audience the heroes of the COS,
bearing the marks of the herosm
which led them like IsraeHs host
across dry sands to the land of prom
Use, and the young heroes Of the
World War And we, the bencflcl-
aries of those two great struggles,
one of which was fought for the
rights of the Southland. the other
for the continuance Of the lna1ena-
hlc rights Of humanity, the realIza-
ton comes on this, our glad Memoir
al Day, what it means to be the ben
cficiary of this sacrifice.
Fine Value On Heroes.
eve must set fine value upon
the heroic devotion which made the
heroes of the COS fight against un-
utterable odds to gain their ideal,
and no less a value must be placed
upon the young heroes of the recent
war who fought for the same prlncl-
pal, the democracy of the world.
To-day, VIC are proud Of the South
as a native section, and proud oI
Georgia as our native state, We
are proud of these gray-haired vet
Grams who are so signaIly honored IA
these exercises, and proud OF the
World War veterans who clam the
South a. their native section ana
Georgia as their state.
and because Prof Myers Is
student and instructor in one oil the
great educational schools OF thi"
state, and because he has made TINS
particular subject Il deep study, one
which he loves more than all else, II
is to him that we look Tor guidance
in thought today"
Prof. Meyers acknowledged the IN
PRODUCTION and began his address !"
clear tones that were heard to Jht
farthcst part of the large building.
"Citizens of Sumter county, ana
YOU to whom it is my pleasure 10
sneak today" he said, "0nc Of tn"
most sacred institutions of our greal
Southland, when at this season OF inc
wear the fields and woodlands anGC
marshes and plains are covered Wi''i
verdant richness of blossom anf|
growth, and a blanket of fragrance
hangs like a canopy over the carJh, II
is that but natural thoughts turn to|
the Young life, filled with young
manhood and young wOmanhood, the
citizenship Of our marvellous South,
land, the future rulers of our g@eas
country, and we realize that 1t must
have been Just such a moment that
the heroes of the COS fought fol
that principle which made 1t not i
lost cause. but a Just cause.
Gvr Cacred DufV,
at is our sacred duty to pay nom
age to.the brave men of the Conted'
eracv, and the no less brave women,
who worked together for the pres
ervation of those principles Whicn
will go down in history as the hels,,
Of heroism. We must admire them
for their heToism and love thenl lo5 /
their loyalty to the Southland ana
to their homes which they preserved
with sacredness.
Back in the dim past, when the
first murder was committed, and one
brother lay slain at the hands ct the
other. and his. blood cried for rcstlCn-
ton to an Almighty Power, the ques-
ton was asked, Am ! my brother
keeper?' Today that same question
is put before She human family. ana
the answer haSV already been given,
in that the humane world has demon
strated that it must be its brothe $
keeper. restoring law and order ana
unity of brotherhood. The World
war veterans answered it when they
Law down their lives heroicaIly on
Flanders Field because they knew
that they were the keeper of their
brothers who had, for the moment,
lost the finest conception Of human
rights. ,. nm ;n,
pages of history are filled with
chonricles Of nations which Iu5tedI
after E cry o. conquest and world
dominion. alexander had this one
thing in mind as he swept vistorious-
ly through the ancient battle fields
and sighed because there was no
more to conquer His honor and his
fame live only in history. The glorl-
Gus empire of Rome crumbled and
fell because it was built on founda-
ton of rapacity and desire for more
splendor and more grandeur Lust
and ambition and greed became a
god TO be worshiped and for which
all else must be sacrificed.
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