The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-05-05
Established in 1891


ate president.
. After the address Of Mrs. Lawton,
the quartette sang "Scatter the Flow
ers.' Prof. Chitty then introduced
Hon. J. F. Carter, of Bamberg, who
eulogized the deceased members of
the association. Mr.. Carter said that
he hoped before long steps may be
! taken so that the wives of our vet
erans may be remembered along with
the men who wore the gray. They
deserve some memorial. Mr.. Carter
then spoke of the deceased veterans,
who had passed away since the last
memorial was held
Comrade M. o. Kinard was the first
to go into the great beyond during
the past year. He fought in twelve
battles and was wounded three times.
Mr.. Carter related how brave Mr.. XII
nard was, how he never gave up even
when wounded.
John F. Breland was the next to
give up life's battles He enlisted
when a boy, went through the entire
four years of war, and was wounded
1 five times, once desperately, the bull
let passing through his body. But
for the care of an old mountain wo-
man he would have died of his
| wound.
George H. Kearse, ''Uncle Jim,'
as he was commonly known, was the
next to join his old comrades in arms.
He was recognized in the beginning
of the war for his ability as lead
er and was made a lieutenant, then
captain. He led his men in many
battles, in woods, over hills, and
through the mud. He was twice
wounded, but stuck to his post to
the end
DR.. N. F. Kirkland, known as the
! grand old man of the county, was the
last to answer the summons to come.
!; up higher. Mr.. Carter said that few
men have lived in community who
are more highly respected than DR..
, kirkland. He lived to ripe old
age and his life was filled with good
deeds. He was surgeon and ply
sician in the army, was at his post
the entire four years, and many times
his life was in danger, but he con-
tinued to minister to the wounded
and dying. DR.. kirkland was the
president of the association at the
time of his death, position he had
held for many, many years.
Mr.. Carter spoke feelingly Of the
bravery of these four loyal comrades,
how they had helped to reconstruct
their devastated land after they had
laid their guns aside.
The address of Mr.. Carter was fol-
lowed by a reading by Miss Amabel
Neeley, of Olar, in negro dialect,
"High Culture in Dixie" The read
ing carried one back to the good old
, days of the NANNY period.
The memorial address was made by
Hon. George Warren, Of Hampton.
He very eloquently carried his hear
ers back to the scenes Of the days OF
the war; how our men fought for
the principles pronounced at Phila-
delphia in the days of Jefferson, and
not for slavery. He begged the
young people of today to imbibe that
fact into their beings and strive to
render to their government the things
their forefathers fought and suffered
to preserve. He deplored the fact
that there has been tendency to
Capitalization, and asserted that the
federal government controls too much
We must come again to the realiza-
ton that there are states rights, and
monument should be erected to
the Confederate dead with this in
scription: "These men endured, SUI
fered, died, in the belief that they
were fighting for principle that will
not be forgotten
Beautiful flowers were put on the
graves of the fallen heroes, and taps
were blown by the Carlisle school
bugler. This ended the exercises OF
the day. The rest Of the day was
spent by the crowd in renewing old
acquaintances. Though the ranks OF
the old soldiers grow thinner every
year making the memorial a sad
event, yet they. must have felt very
happy to know how the younger gen.
erations feel toward them. Surely
this annual memorial will never be
discarded, Judging from the interest
and gathering last Thursday.
The officers of the memorial asso-
citation wish to express their appre-
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