The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-07-21
co. G HOLDS REUNION.
Programme Carried Out
At Bethesda Church Thursday.

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The annual reunion of company G.,
C. S. A, was held last Thursday at
Bethesda Baptist church. Although
the weather was not Droinisins ere
was a large crowd present. IT, day
was broken into by only small show
er. Quite a number of old soldiers
was present at the annual reunion. al
though the number grows smaller
each year, and very few years Will
elapse before the members of this
famous old aggregation will nave
passed away. \ bountiful dinner was
served on the grounds and most
enjoyable day was spent by all those
present.
The meeting was called to order BY
the chairman, Veteran ]. G. Cope
land, followed by a song by c. w.
Rentz, sr., C. W. REM, Jr., c. E.
Black, J. J. Heard, and Leighton
Rentz. The opening prayer was
made by Coroner J. H. Zeigler.
D. o. Hunter and P. N. Warn we're
elected to serve on the reunion COM
mittee with Chairman Copeland.
DR.. ]. B. Black made the welcome
address. In a short talk Senator
Black extended cordial welcome to
the veterans, their friends and all
those present to the church on this
occasion. Coroner Zeigler made the
response, stating that he had been
coming to the reunion for fifty years.
The occasion made him sad because
many of the people he knew in years
past had passed away or moved to
other sections and we're no longer
regular visitors. The chorus then
sang Garry Me Back to Old Caro-
lima"
Chairman Copeland then introduce
ed Hon. J. Carl Kearse as the orator
of the day. Mr.. Kearse paid high
tribute to the soldiers of the con-
federacy. eve never tire of them,
said the speaker, "and being with
them on every possible occasion. I
do not wish to recall old scores be-
tween the north and the south, nor
do not wish to recall old sores be-
as the north thought she was right in
the war and the south thought she
was right, but an impartial observer
| is bound to concede that the
principles involved in the fight of the
southern confederacy were > nearer
right than those expoused by the
north. The north was more interest
ed in disrupting the south through
| the freedom of the slaves than by a
genuine desire to help the negroes y
Slavery was the greatest blessing
ever enjoyed by the negroes, said Mr..
Kearse. BY reason of slavery the
negro was brought from the African
jungles and given homes and civiliza-
tion in America.
''The principles Of the south dur
ing the sixties are still alive,' said
Mr.. Kearse, and continued: "The
confederacy was the means of insert
ing in the constitution of the United
! States many of the tenets that make
| the constitution of this country the
greatest document in the world" The
confederates were perhaps the best
soldiers the world has ever known.
They killed more of their enemy than
there were confederate soldiers to
begin with, and had they been prop
erly equipped with arms and ammuni-
ton the result of the great conflict
would doubtless have been different.
The pluck and courage Of the south
| was discussed, and the conditions pre-
| vailing were shown before the war
and afterward. When the guns were
laid aside at the close of the war the
soldiers returned to their impover-
ished homes and began their careers
over again and the south began the
great struggle of regaining its pres
tige. He said that if the veterans of
the south could return to their homes
after the civil war and make good,
there is certainly no necessity for
the present generation to worry over
conditions prevailing now as the re-
suit of the world war. Mr.. Kearse's
address was characterized as being
one of the best ever delivered at the
reunion.
After another song by the chorus,
Coroner J. H. Zeigler, as usual, call
ed the roll of company G from men,
ory in alphabetical order. The min
utes of the last meeting were read
and adopted, and the second Thurs
day in July, 1922, named as the date
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