The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 23, 1918, Image 1
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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 23,1918. Established 1891.
BAMBERG CO. 0VERSCKIBES
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN MEETS
WITH GREAT SUCCESS.
Capt. PierreU and Hon. T. G. MeLeod
Open Campaign in the County.
Quota More Than Pledged.
Bamberg county went across "No
Man's Land" in a rush last Sunday,
in the drive for the Red Cross one
hundred million dollar fund. Three j
meetings were held in the county, at j
Bamberg, Ehrhardt and Denmark,!
and these three places alone subscrib- j
ed more than $7,500 right on the
spot, even befcre the soliciting com- j
mittees started their canvass. The j
quota alloted for Bamberg county
was $6,500.
Bamberg county is becoming cele-j
brated for its ready response for all
calls for funds for war purposes, and
while no doubt was expressed about j
Bamberg subscribing her share, such j
a quick oversubscription was a great !
surprise to everybody?a pleasurable I
surprise.
The county was extremely forlu- !
nate in having an opportunity Sunday
of hearings French officer, Capt.
Pierrett, who served several years
on the fighting fronts in France in j
defense of his home land. Capt. Pier- j
rett made three addresses in the j
county, at the Red Cross meetings i
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Bishopville, one of the best posted j
men in the State, also made address- |
WK es at the same places.
The meeting in Bamberg was held 1
^ Sunday morning at the Methodist j
church, all congregations in the city j
joining in the service. Capt. Pierrett i
arrived too late for this meeting, but j
spoke at the union service at the!
Baptist church Sunday night. At the
morning service, after the address of j
'Mr. McLeod, the subscription list was !
opened, and before the meeting clos-'
ed, $3,100 was subscribed, the I
amount asked being $2,500.
At five o'clock Sunday afternoon, I
the meeting was held at Ehrhardt, in
the grove near the Lutheran church,
at which Capt. Pierrett and Mr. McLeod
spoke. At the close of the ad- j *
dresses, about($l,800 was subscribed.!
At the close of Capt. Pierrett's address
at the Baptist church Sunday D
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night, the speakers were rushed to j ~
Denmark, to address a large crowd it
there, which restulted in $2,850 *
being subscribed. n
Mr. McLeod was introduced Sun- ^
day morning by Mr. J. F. Carter,
campaign manager of the Red Cross a
fund. Mr. McLeod made one of the
best addresses yet heard in Bamberg, t
"Thank God," said he, "there are E
few men in the State who do not care ^
what kind of an America or South ?
Carolina we have after they are dead i ^
and gone." The speaker said that t(
all the principles for which Jesus
Christ died on Calvary are now at F
stake in this war. That event \
'changed the whole world, and the ii
present events will make such
changes that the world will never be C
the same thing again. Will it be for c
the better or worse? That is a matter w
that rests largely with the Red c
Cross. a
Tne worK OI me .n.eu uruss uii Uic : l
battlefields, in the ravaged towns j r
through which the Germans have I
gone, and in the camps behind the j I
front was told in a convincing man- j c
ner. c
Mr. McLeod told in a most inter- I e
esting manner of the causes leading s
up to the dragging of America into s
the war. Germany had heaped in- "
suits upon us until they thought
nothing would compel America to s
fight. Germany prescribed that 3
America should pursue her world c
trade only under conditions as she ^
lay down, and if America had ac- c
quiesced in this policy, it would have s
been impossible to market our cot- y
ton today. American spinners con- 1
sume not over half of a normal crop. 1
TnoMad <-> f Qft.oont th A StanlA 5
today would be worth five or six f
cents if America had stayed out of g
the war. "Not that we would fight e
for cotton! A thousand times, no! i
But we should have lost our self s
respect if we had not entered the war, t
and a nation might as well be wiped i
off the earth as lose its self respect."
The submarine, said the speaker, s
was first used during civil war in \
Charleston harbor. It was the in- 1
vention of an American?a South i
Carolinian, who never dreamed that j
it would be put to such use as Ger- (
many has employed it. It was invented
for the purpose of legitimate '
war uses. ;
All humanity is now interested in r
the question, is higher education a c
failure? In Germany, where culture t
and education were fostered to a high
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egree, the worst of barbarism preails.
"As to whether this conation
is to mar the civilization of!
he whole world is a question that is
ow at stake, and which America will:
e called on to solve. The action of |
he people in answering such calls as i
hose of the Red Cross will deter
line the result." The trouble with :
lermany was, he said, that they took |
he religion of Luther, but left Luther ]
nd Jesus Christ out of it.
An interesting thing was noted by;
he speaker, which will be new to I
aost people: The combination of the,
sorthern blue, and the Confederate
:rey, and the red of the American;
lag make the khaki of the army j
aday?a united people.
The gratitude of our people to {
'ranee was recounted and the people!
rere reminded of the fact that dur- j
ag our revolutionary war a German
:ing sat upon the throne of England.
)ur own revolution won freedom not
inly for ourselves but for England as
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if England at the time ended the
utocratic kings of Britain, and since
hen England has been the most deI
aocratic country in the world.
When defeat stared us in the face,
France, with her men and million j
lollars, came to our rescue. Not a
ent of that debt has been paid, not j
wen the interest, but we are now
;oing to pay that debt; as Pershing i
aid on his arrival in France: j
LaFayette, we are here!"
"Salvation can come only through j
acrifice and suffering," said Mr. j
dcLeod. Jesus paid the price on the !
toss in suffering. This war will be >
von, but it will be won through our i
>wn sacrifice, and the sooner this j
;acrifice is made, the sooner the
rictory will be ours. "We have j
)ought bonds liberally, and we have
>ought war saving stamps. That is j
ill right. But it incurred no sacri-l
ice to do it. We were merely buying
pit-edge securities. We are now call-.
d upon to give, in order that suffer-1
ng and dying soldiers may have the
soothing touch of a woman's hand in
;heir last hours." Give until it
Dinches, until it hurts, he pleaded. j
"You don't have to hide in the
wamp to be a slacker. Just hoard
ip your wealth, refuse to give to the
3ed Cross and other worthy objects.
Some day you will be either proud or
ishamed of what you did during this
crisis."
The speaker concluded by saying:
"There is no use to be optimistic
ibout this thing. We are in the
nidst of the darkest hour of the
larkest day in the darkest century in
he history of the world."
Capt. Pierrett was introduced Sun-j
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day night by Rev. George P. White.
A wave of intense enthusiasm was
manifested when the gallant French-;
mnn who has seen actual service in
France, arose to face the immense
crowd. The captain is a highly edu- j
cated and cultured gentieman, and
his command of the English language i
was splendid.
Capt. Pierrett told of the work of i
the Red Cross in devastated France
in a most convincing manner, and of.
France's debt of gratitude to the
American \ Red Cross. In captured
territory, said the captain, all boys;
over 17 and men under sixty and all
women between the ages of 15 and
45 were taken by the Grmans and deported
for work in Germany, leaving
nothing at home but the young boys j
and old men. It is a part of the
work of the Red Cross to care for j
these poor people, who have no means j
of making a livelihood. As soon as
possible, the Red Cross started to j
build houses for these people, whose!
homes had been burned, their pos- {
sessions taken and even their wells
poisoned. He related an incidentj
where the inhabitants of ten French
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villages had been driven into one
village. The other nine had been '
completely burned. The American
Red Cross had helped to care for
these people.
The work of tne Jtiea L;ross on me
battlefields was told in a graphic!
manner. The Red Cross also took i
over numerous hospitals near the j
front. As to this, Capt. Pierrett ]
front, and maintained canteens in,
the rear of the battlefront. As to this,'
Capt. Pierrett said, he could
only repeat what he had heard,'
for he hafi never been that
far from the front. He did
know, however, of the work of the
Red Cross ambulances at Verdun
and other battles, which went forth j
every night to collect the wounded. |
An important part of Red
Cross activity, he said, was to as-1
certain whether those reported miss-1
ing were killed, wounded or captured
prisoner, and in this they did a
great mission of mercy in allying the
suspense of the families of solrl
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uxcio.
The French people, said the captain,
have great confidence in the
American Red Cross, which is in
position to render much better service
on account of the close relationship
between the French and Americans,
than the Red Cross of any other
country. He wanted to correct the
impression, however, that the Red
Cross has maintained the morale of
the French people. The flash of
love of his home was seen in the
eyes of the Frenchman as he said
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Express Office Not Moved.
As The Herald was going to press
last week, we understood that preparations
were being made to move
the office of the Southern Express
company from the freight depot to
one of the Hunt stores at the rear;
of the Johns hotel. It now turns
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out that the move was not made. It i
appears that no previous arrangement
had been made by the Express
company with Mr. Graham, local representative
of the Hunt properties,
for the use of this store for an ex- i
press office, and that, as a matter of
fact, the store had already been taken
by another party. Therefore the
move has not been made.
When the hearing on the matter
was held some time ago, the building
was offered by Mr. Graham to the
Express company, but it seems that
the company took no steps to lease
the place, and that another opportunity
offered itself. Of course, Mr.
Graham took the opportunity of securing
a tenant.
It is not known where the office will
oe located, out as tne time ior remuval
expires June 1 it is presumed something
wil be done^at once. The local
committee states most postively that
they expect the order of the railroad
commission to be carried out to the
letter.
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There will be a high class vaudeville
at the graded school on Friday
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evening at 9 o'clock, under the auspices
of the Civic league.?adv.
"The morale of the French takes care!
of itself," and he added that France
will be fighting as long as there is
a Frenchman alive, until victory is
achieved.
j France, said he, has sacrificed and!
served, and it will be necessary for
America to do the same. Let every!
American be full of the idea, he said,1
of sacrificing their all on the altar of'
liberty. It is not enough that we!
give the blood of our sons. The care'
r?f nnr ri oi crli linr'c ?nns TVIflkPS it'
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necessary to give everything we pos-i
j sess, if necessary.
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j "Some one has said," said the
the captain, "that we should give
until it hurts. It ought not to hurt.
I It ought to be a pleasure." Capt.
Pierrett, in relating the suffering of
France, said that she has lost more
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j men in this war that there are men
; in the American army today.
In closing, he related the story of,
a wounded soldier, who lay dying in j
;a German hospital. A German sol- j
j dier asked him if he was suffering. J
"No," he replied. "I am not suffer- j
j ing. I am dying for France."
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Colored People Subscribe.
The work of the Kearse auxiliary
has made a very auspicious beginning
under the management of the local
committee. They did not wait for
the 20tli but bright and early Sunday
morning found them ready and
eager for the Red Cross drive.
The work on yesterday was confined
chiefly to the colored churches,
two of which were visited. On yesterday
morning one committee was
sent out to Macedonia, and last night
another at Rizer's chapel, and let me
say just he^e that it was inspiring
to us to see the patriotic loyalty of
these people and could their sons,
already in France, have seen the way
they responded to the call for money,
they too would be inspired to do better
work for the good old U. S. A.,
l.-n nivin cr tlnaf thov aro hnrl,*oH hv thP
people of their own color as well as
the whites. And you will agree with
me when I say that at Macedonia, the
general collection of subscriptions
and cash amounted to $111.40, with
$110.95 to the credit of their church,
the other divided between visiting
members of Three Mile Creek and
Ebenezer, the first subscribing $40,
and the latter $5. At Rizer's chapel
the subscriptions and cash amounted
to $291. We have arranged for meetings
at Ebenezer tomorrow evening
and Three Mile Creek on next Sunday
evening. Will also canvass
Kearse's Chapel one evening as soon
as we can secure a speaker. We are
leaving our own members for the last
as we know they are going to do their
bit.
It is with much pleasure that I
make this report and in the next
week's issue I hope to make a report
that will help to carry old Bamberg
county over the top with a wide mar
gin.
May God bless everyone in their
good work.
With hopes of a great success, I
am very sincerely,
MRS. H. A. KEARSE,
Chairman Publicity Committee.
Xotice to T?e<l Cross Subscribers.
For the information of subscribers
to the second Red Cross war fund,
will state that it is the duty of the
local cashiers of the several communities
to keep the subscription cards
of the subscribers of the respective
communities and to collect the sub
scriptions. These local cashiers will
pay over the money so collected to
W. D. Rhoad, war fund cashier, who
will make deposit to W. G. McAdoo,
treasurer for the second Red Cross
war fund. J. F. CARTER,
Chapter War Fund Chairman.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
*OME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
Vews Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Colston Clippings.
Colston, May 21.?The Colston rural
graded school closed Friday. Two
prizes were awarded for attendance,
Miss Oetavie McMillan winning in
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cue uign sciioo: department, ana
Miss Helen McMillan in the primary.
The teachers, Miss Sadie Boyd, principal,
and Miss Pearle Hutson, assistant,
entertained the children and
served cream in the grove at the
home of Mr. A. L. McMillan Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. S. P. Chisolm is spending
some time with her son, Mr. Henry
Beard, in Bamberg.
Mrs. Ogreta Beard is visiting her
son, Mr. R. L. Beard, at Donora.
A fish fry at Clear Pond was very
much enjoyed by the young people
of this section Saturday, given in
honor of the teachers of the Colston
school by Mrs. J. A. Jennings and
Miss Minnie Kirkland.
Mrs. J. G. Clayton, of Columbia,
is spending some time with Mr. and
Mrs. Thos. Clayton.
Miss Sadie Boyd spent Saturday
night with Misses Minnie and Evelyn
Kirkland.
Misses Mamie McMillan and Mary
Clayton spent Saturday night with
Miss Bessie Kirkland.
The Economic club met Thursday
afternoon. Mr?. Faust's subject was
"Home Economics." Rev. Geo. P.
White and Messrs. W. D. Rowell and
Tom Ducker were visitors that afternoon,
and after Mrs. Faust's meeting
Mr. White organized the Red
Cross society. The members of this
society and those who wish to join
are requested to meet at the school
house Friday afternoon at four
o'clock.
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Young Man Arrested.
Just after midnight Tuesday night
Sheriff R. Fulton Dukes and Deputy
J. W. Gillam left Orangeburg fbr the
State penitentiary in Columbia, carrying
with them Norman H. Bolivar,
a young married man of this city,
who had been arrested upon a warrant
charging him with having attacked
the little nine-year old white
girl near the city on Monday morning.
The news spread over the city
Wednesday and came as a great
twenty-six years of age, and has famshock
and surprise to local citizens.
The accused young man is about .
ily connections witn many wortny
and estimable people of this community.
He has been married several
years, and his wife is a lady of
accomplishment and refinement. The
friends of the young man are unable
to believe that the charge can be
true, and are hoping that he can be
cleared conclusively within the near
future.
The chain of circumstances is very
bad for the young man, however, and
the evidence accumulated against
him by the county officials seems
to point with certainty. When the
sheriff and other county officials visited
the scene Monday they noticed
that the automobile had two different
tires on the left side, and Tuesday
an automobile with such tires
was found belonging to a relative
of the accused, and it was also learned
that he had been seen in this car
early Monday morning.
The most damaging fact, however,
is the testimony of Mr. L. C. Hughes,
a farmer of this city, who owns and
operates two farms near the city,
In going between them Monday
morning he passed Boliver and the
little girls, just is they were getting
back in the automobile. He
thought nothing of it until Tuesday
late when he read the story of the
attempt in the paper, and then phoned
the sheriff. This fact fitted in
exactly with the automobile tire
clue, and late in the night the young
man was taken to Columbia.
The crime has created a very
marked impression upon the citizens,
anH aii bavp been shocked to learn
of its occurrence. The family of the
accused young man have many
friends who deeply regret the present
position he finds himself in, and
they still hope that he will be able
to clear himself of the ugly charge
now lodged against him.?Orangeburg
Times and Democrat.
Cottage cheese pimento and green
pepper rings on lettuce makes an excllent
salad.