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R. P. RANKIN, Presidsr.t;
C. N. EVANS, V. President;
A. O. MYERS. Cashier.
The CITIZENS NATIONAL
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TO CHILDREN OF CONFEDERACY
AHrtN Delivered is OuImIi
Saturday Alternoen, April 7,
by Mrs. J. L. Sexloa, el Char*
latte.
.Madam President, Daughters
and Children of the Confed
eracy:
When I received the message
from your honored Preaident
asking me to speak to the
Daughters ol the Confederacy my
first impulse was to refuse, for I
am no orator. When 1 broached
the subject to mv mother, as
ardent a Confederate as ever
lived, her reply was, "you can
say you are glad you came,” and
so I can with all my heart, and
I really would not forego the
pleasure of saying publicly how
glad 1 am to be here. The
enthusiasm of yonrorganisation,
your surprisingly long list ol
charter members, your zeal and
interest in the work of honoring
the heroes of a "cause not lost
but made glorious by tbe blood
of martyrs,” has all been an in
spiration to me and I can truly
say many have doue nobly, but
you have exceeded them all.
To woman seems entrusted
tbe office of keeping the fires ol
patriotism burning. Oar men
longnt Dravejy ana aien nobly,
bat troth will brighten the page:
of history by declaring as it will
and must, that of all the pairioti
of the Southland during the
stormy days of war, none loved
their country more than did the
women of the South.
It was our mothers who gave
their fathers, husbands, sons U
bloody death. It waa oui
mothers who suffered, toiled
and wept while the men were al
the front. It waa our motheri
who nursed the sick soldier:
back to life, or folded the hand*
over the pulseless heart. N<
, country ever had such lovinf
daughters, no cause such tire
less champions.
The long terrible war passer
away, and with it passed tb«
last hope of the Confederacy
The Southern soldier laid asid:
bis uniform and arms to take u|
the broken life made desolate hi
the war. With a courage un
surpassed he set to work to re
claim the waste places and grea
as he was in war, greater stil
was be in those terrible days o
reconstruction. And what o
Southern woman? Unconqocred
trap da PtfPt al«a a_ it..
rescue. Without means, in thi
face of poverty, she organize*
her v staters for work. Shi
established the Confederati
cemetery: she hunted op thi
neglected boats of Confederati
waters; she could not plac<
marble slabs, granite mouu
ments, but she could, and did
place something there to let th
world know that Southern wo
men wtU always be true to th
memory of those who fough
and died for Southern right
and Southern honor. All tlili
and more we owe to our moth
era. those heroic women of t!»
Confederate Memorial Assocu
tion.
True to our lineage, w «r
striving to follow in the footslv
of their most blessed exa-n '
and the Daughters of the C .„
federscy have orgauized wuti
firm determioatlon to kce
green the troe character of th
Confederate soldi. r, to batp th
Hviug veterans to tenderly car
for the widows and orphans c
the Confederacy, and to pa
MTTfftn all time by monument
and histories the true record <
for independence, thi
won for ns the admiration of th
world.
Where women’* gralltad
keepa alive the record of a glor
one past, where woman's ioyalt
defends—no, illumines a right
eons cause there yon will tv*
' . i.f ... . •
find tbc blcucd sanctuary of
priceless liberty.
As Daughters of the Confeder
acy we stand apart, a body of
women consecrated—our work
defined, to cherish the living
aud honor the dead heroes of a
sacred cause. Our labor of love
is not to place upon the brow of
the victor the lanrcl of reward—
but to strew the graves of the
vanquished with cypress, not to
scatter flowers in the path of the
conquerer. but to wet with the
heart's dew the resting place of
the conquered. And we would
not have it otherwise, rather
tears for the right, than joyous
acclaim for tbc wrong.
One by one our heroes passed
away and the eyes thnt might
have brightened to-day in
recognition of some gentle
courtesy, to-morrow may close
in a soldier’s grave. For the
last time loving bands soon mast
fold about him hia jacket of grey
and the land be cherished as his
life, be the poorer for another
veteran gone.
"As the vestal virgins kept
alive the sacred fire* of their
god upon his altar, so daugh
ters let us keep their deeds (tbc
deeds of the Confederate
soldier) burning brightly npon
the altar of onr hearts.
As the hone of the church
lie* in her children, *o the
hope of our organisation rests
with the children of the Con
federacy. It is our sacred doty
to teach the children the true
history ot their country. Soon
after the war the wounds were
too fresh aud quivering for
those who passed through the
fiery ordeal to apeak of it, but
uow a kind Father has healed
the wounds somewhat and it is
our privilege and duty to tell the
true story of those touching
years.
We women can build monu
1 ments and ever keep alive in
’ our hearts these recollections,
but yon children are the com
ing geueratiou and must shape
I the destinies of the world.
> Yonra is a priceless heritage—
be faithful to your trail.
During the stormy days of
> war little childien stopped in
' their play to knit socks, to
make lint and bandages for the
soldiers. I have heard many
t an old veteran speak with lov
> ing affection of a little girl,
Morv, who would come with her
[ mother each day to the hospital
i bringing her little silver cup,
i and back and forth she would
I 80 cooling water to
l parched lips and by her loving
• service comfort and cheer
i many a wearied heart.
! You all have beard the story
: ot Emma Sanson, who though
s only a young girl, by her
Amitsna savs/i Damsw
i from destruction. Ia tbe sain
t mcr of ’63 Gen. Straight of the
- Federal eruiy with 1800 men
: started from Alabama, to go in
i to Georgia and bum the little
» town of Rome. Gen. Forrest
, with only 500 Confederates
* in pnrsnit. After many
- skirmishes Gen. Streigbt suc
ceeded in crossing and burning
the only bridge over Black
r t • ek: there was no time to
i. J another bridge and tbe
,.iy would have been lost bad
•mi Kami Sanson volunteered
i in show them the nearest ford.
> Hu. rest deeming tbe danger to
* lurion great refused. "Well,
i >.*i, snid, -If yon can face tbe
I Yankee bullets so can I: there
f is no other way, and you mutt
* let me li*ip t«n.” So light did
s she •!* »V • ..i me danger, ao great
1 wa- F«u*st’a need that finally
t be contented and mounted be
e bind him oa bit bone she
pointed out tbe way. As onr
■ men neared the bullets flew
* fast and furious, some of them
y passing through tbe skirts of
* her dress. She was placed be
r hind a fallen tree lor safety, but
■o great was her enthusiasm
that as our men crossed the ford
•he ran to the hank and there
she stood undaunted, waving
her little sunLonnct in defiance
of the Yankees and cheering
our men.
It ia your sacred duty to eon
tinue what we have begun. Be
careful that your young minds
arc uot perverted by false teach
ing. “Let no word of dishonor
to the memory of our President
Jefferson Davis, or the sacred
cause he suffered to uphold, go
unchallenged." In our litera
ture,in our school books, let due
credit be given the Southern
States and the men who wore
the grey. Call theta not
"Rebels,” nor traitors, but true
hearted champions of constu
tional rights and liberties.
Only a short time ago the chil
dren of one of the public schools
of Louisville, Ky„ were told to
sing that song of all others moat
revolting to Southern ears, that
song, Marching Through
Georgia, which commemorates
the most iufamons march iu the
history of civilised warfare,
Sherman’s march to the sea.
One loyal little Southerner,
Laura Galt, in spite of all remon
strances absolutely refused to
sing the words, and it was
through her pluck find determin
ation to stand trne to ber con
victions, that the matter was in
vestigated and the song abol
ished from every public school
in the State of Kentucky.
Search all history, study the
individual character of military
men and you will find that iu all
the Christian graces, polished
by true courtesy, chivalry and
native refinement, together with
all the lofty attributes that build
up a complete manhood the
Confederate soldier excels them
All.
1 thank yon for the privilege
of meeting with yon to-day, and
wav God bless you, each one.
and keep you true in heart and
deed to the days tbat are no
more.
The Seofh and the Presidency.
Charlotte Observer.
There is a striking parallelism
between an editorial in The
Observer of yesterday, which
discussed Senator Bailey, of
Texas, in connection with the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion, and The Washington Post
of Saturday, entitled. "Shall the
Scepter Return?" The majority
part of the latter is reproduced
here:
"Why should not the Dem
ocratic party pnt forward a
Southern man? The war is over.
Mr. Bailey was born after the
battle of Gettysburg. Certainly
the Democrats could do no worse
in 1908, with a Southern candi
date, than they did in 1901, un
der the lead of an Eaatern man.
The Sontb does nearly all the
Democratic votiug; a Southern
candidate would again make a
'solid South’ with the possible
exception of Delaware, and a
Northern Democrat who would
vote against the ticket becanse
the head of it ia a Southern man
is a good riddance.
"With conscious diffidence and
proper deference to Col. Bryan
and Mr. Hcarat, we do believe
tbat it is a sign of health—this
turning to the South for a leader.
That section has long been too
much of a stepdaughter in the
household of her fathers. Mr.
Bailey has demonstrated tbat
there is as much political doc
trine of a liioh order in ..
then can be In Massachusetts,
or in Ohio or Iowa. And. (peak
ing aa a thoroughly independent
newspaper,, sod with the great
est sincerity. The Post begs to
ssy that the nomination of a
Southern man in 15108 would be
ft master stroke of 'Americanism'
from every point of view."
Tbit is sonud reasoning. The
ditensaion is academic but inter
eating. The Democratic party
will not nominate a Southern
man for President in 1908 be
cause it will lie afraid to, yet it
need not. Sober reflection will,
we believe, lead any open-mind,
ed man to the conclusion reached
by this paper and arrived at by
The Washington Post that the
uominstion of a Southerner
would be the parf of wisdom
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SCENES AT VESUVIUS.
As Eye Witness Describes tbn
ErapHea-Fear Entire Vl|lsfes
Were teetreyed.
Charlotte Chronicle.
Naples. April 13—The fol
lowing description of the con
ditions surrounding Mount
Vesuvius was written by Robert
Underwood Johnson, associate
editor of tbe Century Magazine;
"Since tbe Chicago fire, 1
have sceu nothing so terribly
impressive. Twenty years will
not repair the damage, including
the destruction of four whole
villages. We had a magnificent
view of the eruption, eight miles
away. Rising at an agle of fifty
degrees tbe vast mass of tumult
around ns was beautifully ac
centuated by the fall moon,
shifting momentarily into new
forms and drifting south In low,
black clouds ol ashes and cinders
retching to Capri. At Torre
Del Greco, we ran under this
terrifying pall, apparently a hun
dred feet above, tbc solidity of
which was soon revealed by the
moonlight. The torches of the
railway guards added to the
effect but greatly relieved tbe
sulphurous darkness.
" We reached Torre Annnoziata
at 8 o’clock in tbe morning.
There was little suggestion of a
disaster aa we trudged through
tbe sleeping town to the lava,
two miles assay. Tbc brilliant
moon gave us a superb view of
tbe volcano, a gray-brown mass
rising, expanding and curling in
with a profile like a monstrous
cyclopean face.
"fint nothing in mythology
gives a suggestion of tbe fasci
nation of tbis awful force, pre
senting tbe sublime beauty
above, but in its descent filled
with tbe mysterious malignance
of God's underworld. We
readied lue lava at a pictur
esque, cypress-planted cemetery
on the northern boundary of
Torre Annunziata. It was as it
the dead bad cried ont to arrest
the crushing river of flame which
pitilessly euguKed the statne of
Saint Anne with which the peo
ple of Botcobeale tried to stay it,
as at Catania the veil of Suint
Agatbe ia said to have stayed a
similar stream from Mount Utna.
"We climbed on the lava. It
was cool above but still alive
with fire below. We could see
dimly the extent of tbc destruc
tion beyoud the barrier of
brown which had closed the
streets, turn down the houses,
invaded the vineyards and broken
Cook’s railways. A better idea
of the surronndings was obtained
at dawn from the railway. We
saw north what was left of Bos
cotrecas—a great square atone,
church and a few houses inland
iu a sea of doll brown lava.
North and east Tose a thousand
patches of bine smoke, like
swamp miasmo. All was dull
and desolate, with nowhere the
familiar serpentine forms of the
old lava streams.
"Fancy.a rich tnd thickly
populated country of vineyards
lying under three to six inches
or ashes and cinders of the
color of chocolate with milk,
while above, to the west, the
volcano in full activity la dis
tributing to the outer edges of
the circle the same fate, and
you will get an idea of the des
olate impression of the scene, •
tragedy colossal aud heart
rending. Like that of Cala
bra, it enlists the sympathy of
the civilized world. It takes
time for auch a calamity to be
realised^_
Oh ImIHxr lUhm.
w#,*» ■*»« lo moo open lost worn an
laic to out Dm lid
0*m the «cnr and imUUi tMaga »*■
Weak w.betrr dML
W" »ol«* to drop 1)M tod “to”
auhetltata aa -f'
AM cot away tho auant "a" aaaerfloeaa
to ~dm/.“
•hi' wa «ro vary anro afraid it lan't Qnr
T* *5lSSr»i£- ^ * ^nh
■a aaay ft will ko like taklns candy from
a eh ltd.
Wan lake tha nua of Omar and heota
tt with aa
Aad drop an “a“ or two. rroaa now aM
tot ft s" “pern*."
■to It lo noro than lately row wM etui
kora, to hoodoo row,
Totw hard aM May vowel to Mead. aM
Mery kattolutoh
Were retaa te roferin apalllas. w*re ye
In* to atqkn It goJte
rhoatola. mam aM etoioto and a tot lade
eeudlto
Welt re.n “wphiw wMh MV to
elao amp a “V
AM trea t led q-u-a-y aoaU a ahoy*. word
Mio '*k*y.“
Bto eouraaa alatoat faHa oa. aM tee ttorw
Mt Wot we (too
Tha form to anataot —1‘-Trtiaono. tha
which la taaagr loaa.
Warro dated to rrfeea method! won da
tha thtad »o won
That area a etarewrapber aaa a
Mara to ■«.
WdU trim a oood aM wood Mho r
_ util Ihare ahatt raanto
MM bto ibo (data, oavaraltoto __ a
■V- -■- _LL ' __Jgw
RAIN or AMES CEASES.
NiMti Ckiuel by m Interval
•I Clear Sktea—May ate bn
Many Bays UatU the Eraptiaa
la Over.
Naples, April 13.—Another
interval of clear skies, doe to
tbe cessation of falling aabea
and cinders from Vesuvius,
came during this morning to
cheer tbe people and give re
newed hope that it will not be
many days before the eruption
is tally over. With tbe begin
ning of tbe day, there was not
much in prospect to offer en
couragement until tbe shower of
aabea ceased. At daybreak tbe
situation waa regarded aa grave
and the aabea were atUl falling.
To add to the misery of tbe
situation, there was a recurrence
of the earth-trembling and they
gave rise to fears that tbe
volcano, which is gradually
guietiug down, might be pre
paring tor fresh activity or that
aa earthquake might follow the
mrrespondent of the
Publishers’ Press baa hut re
turned from a tour of Vesuvian
villages. The scenes witnessed
were heartrending. Rain nod
devastation are spread every
where, and scattered here and
there are the bodies of men,
women, children, lying where
the victims felt. In moat of the
villages there are few people
living and these are saBenng
ior vui oxiooa.
Tbc people have been farther
encouraged today bye message
sent by Prof. Malta cei who ti
in charge of tbe Royal Observa
tory on Mount Vesuvius,
through several men who as
cended the mountain as high as
the observatory. While saying
It was impossible to predict
what what would happen, the'
Professor said he believed be
could express the hope baaed
on experiences that tbe ex
plosive period of the eruption
is over. There is a possibility
of further disturbances until the
crater settles down into its new
shape.
REVIVAL VERSU8 RAGTIME.
“If rtw Torrey-Alexander rarlral baa
ercotaptisbed nothing dw la rhlladel
[*l» it its* made oom old man happy."
roraully declared tVIMloni Jacoby, as
sociated with l>r. Tnrrey la tlw Maodj
cbwrdx. Okxtgo. aayi tbe Brooklyn
Eogla “Tlila old man." be continued.
“wa« ruling down to Brood and Whar
ton street* on a Fifteenth street car.
lie did not know me, bat sailed kind
ly ai lie proffered me a bag ixmtalnlag
gam droii*. I took on*, aud be asked
me If I would Uko to ko to bear Dr.
Torrey tranch and llr. Alexander flag.
When 1 replied that 1 wn* going there
myaeir be became conOdendal. V;
homo'* worth llrlng In now,' bo said.
“ 'Erery on* right with Oodr I Inter
poecd.
“ Tea; w* always bat* boon cbnrCb
Member*.' be replied, 'hot since Mr.
Alexander cam* tbc girls bar* qwJt
playing ragtime nmole on the plana.
Voc SCO. tor yoara part the old hymn*
aaJ sweet melodies that their mother
and I lore got old fashioned to them.
When the rarlral began, both my gMa
1 eland the Alexander cliolr, aad new
wo here tlw “Glory long" and other
hymns laatead of **ItotWH Bo a Hot
Time" aad other eoeh etolf. Mother
and I bad qnlt trying to alng with oar
ytrlx. hut new they Insist that wa join
to tbe cberom*.'"
Baaiaal nova.
“I bad a eo*t of odd expert rare 7*
terflay.- «aM a Dearer borber tba
other morn toy aa bo abavad a na
taeaor. aaya the bearer Put "A Ml
mum la baro Tor a above. n* cot la
my chair, and t be*an ocrapta* him. I
bar* a p*eallar way of taklaa abort
patla at my raaar aa a cnatemcr’i
cheek*, aad I waa doing It on Hlai
when | beard a tone that gahodad Uka
Tank** Doodle.’ Then I dlacorerad
that tl>* aan, 1M1M by me. waa
eta Ting the tana. By inmaalng and
docmaatef tbo apaeo Is bla amoth ha
eauaod toy raaor to amim bodoa
•wade while oetnpln* over bit face
We dab bod ‘Yankee Doodle.’ aad tbai
wa played 'Burk. Back, nark to Haiti
t.M>nf and DUto-’ Whoa I Mbd
■haiiaa him ha bailed aad aaU:
"If I rrer need a partner I’ll tool
m op*
" Tartner In wbet boataewr I aakod
tie banded m* bla card. He waa Per*]
<*rw«r. tbo cumira 1 eknra."
Paid ter Attract** Charon.
Pater Paalaoa of Caektoa. Wte moa
drtr# lea cillaa to ubarctt awry Baa
day for fifteen yeare or loaa an loher
Itaneo af «1JX» tert fate by hit aotiwi
Mm. Mary J. teobam. aaya a at Paa
(MbH») rthpMeh <0 Ilia Cbteapo Trlb
late. Tba enaa hrrolrtng I be eooetmc
Men of (be woman’o win waa u|W
befoc* tba rtftmM raort at Laeram
laat year aad waa appealed to tba ae
promo wort It ha* barn decided fa
tbo latter wort, upholding the acetate
of Oie lew eotirt. Mr*. Paataon K»r
ber *ea MOf a year far fifteen yean
aa rendli Ian that he a need a rertak
ttecrti all that time, naloee ait* ar pat
vented farattirr atMvstdable oxenrretMa
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