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V. THE MORyiKU STAB, WlMmGTON,- N:- C..-MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1921.. KODK I.' t ittnrttwg THIS OLDEST DA.ILT IX NORTH CAROLINA- Pfrllae4 Ever? M.r.1- Year Z eS M.LNGTON STAR COMPAJfT. Inc. Stml. WHtafti. Kartk fatUn Entered at tba Postoffice at WUinlngtOn. N. C, as Second Class Matter. . .....- t editorial Business Office .... SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CAKRUBR " " .......17-0" One Tear tjt Six Months ..u....... . r?g Three Months ...'. - Os Month '' - SUBSCRIPTION RATES RT MAIL Pestage Prepaia- Daily only One Tear -if Six Months f Three Months LZA One Mouth Daily an$ Sunday $7.09 .M Subscriptions Not Accepted for Sunday Only Edition IIE3IBEK OK ASSOCIATKI PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively n"1 the use for publication of all news ci suited to ir or not otherwise credited in this paper and local news published herein. AH rights of licatlon ot special dispatches herein are aoso reserved. . ' . . .. - . FOREIGN ADVERTISING OFFICES Atlanta: Candler Building. J. B. KBOWH -New York Boston C.af??-iir 225 Fifth Ave. 21 Devonshire PeopleB oas id BRYANT. GRIFFITH & BRUNSON- A Matter of Simple Decency Keep still! I am an Irish. Republican toy-. - 6elf and disagree altogether with the views , put forward by. Sir Philip, but, at the same ' time he is presenting his side of the . ques- -' tion in a fair way and he Is entitled to a fair ' hearing. We can get money : to hire .; a hall and put our own side over When we want to. The speakerwas Rev. Francis P. Duffy,, chaplain of the Sixty-ninth Regiment of New York. The decasion was the attempt of Sir Philip Gibbs to make' an address Friday night in Carnegie Hall. New Tork City. After fifty or more Jeering visi tors had been ejected, the distinguished visitor succeeded in concluding his address. The chaplain presented the case to the disturbers in a form that should appeal to the American sense of fair play and 1 ordinary decency. Sir Philip Gibbs had been invited to speak before an Ameri can audience. There are many Americans who admire him for his brilliant attainments and ac-. count it a privilege to hear him speak. Such Americans, " under the rights and traditions w hold dear in this country, should be safe In assum ing that an effort on the part of "Sir Philip to appear before them will not be made anoccasion for an outburst of rowdyism and gratuitous in- ' A . clerical error and the ; perversity of "two leading member of Ihe House'; seem to hava side traced our 'Custom House item for the moment. There; Is consolation in the assurance from Chair man Good, of the appropriations committed, .that the item will bV Included at the first opportunity during the extra session. T The omission of the Wil-. mington item was" clearly an oversight, but tinani- mous consent to correct the error .was blocked by the mysterious ob jection of tnV "two leading inem ' bers." referred to above. The erring, clerk is for-, giveable, but the .objection which .prevented a correction seems to have arisen from pure cussed- ness. V Wilson at the Peace Conference 1 - , - By THOMAS W. LAMONT (Extract From Ail Address Before the Forum of the Phila- V -r ' delphia Public Ledger) - ' . , 4, suits. X MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 The Lonely Stranger The ' searching quality of the letter from "A 'Korth Carolina Girl" has evoked many replies. We have not the space that would be,required by the publication of our readers' comment in full, but vrfi are lyidertaking here to present a summariza tion that will suggest the tenor of their letters. Generally the expressions have been characterized by keen sympathy, but there is a wide difference of opinion as to the signilicance of the lonely young woman's complaint: many insist that her case is in no sense representative and, however unfortunate, must hot be taken as a fair com mentary on our hospitality or lack of it; others, not ro numerous, assert or imply that a consider--able -of newcomers here -have suffered similarly. It should be noted, however, that among writers of the latter class there is a fairly prevailing dis position to apply the same criticism to cities gen erally. One describing himself as "A Lonesome He Tar Heel'.' , may be quoted as a representative spokes- . oian for those who feel that we do not reacn out with the proper degree of warmth to welcome the strangers within our gates: Much comment, some favorable some ad verse, but all in a humorous vein is the' out come, of the very human letter addressed to -you, Mr. Editor, by a guest whom it would appear, we have failed to both welcome and cultivate. . ... j ' While the method of announcing her feel ings might be termed Irregular; still, there remained no other avenue for expression, as such an expression, however real and honest, might be construed as ego or painful frank ness, or no better than ridiculous, if voiced to friend or foe. In any event, the young lady t i has pointed out a condition, that is unquestion ' ably a shameful one. Her case is by no means an unusual or ' isolated one. To some of lis who are familiar ' with, and accustomed to, City ways, this lack of warmth, whether it be displayed above or . below the Mason-Dixon line, is common enough; but for a Southern lady alone In Southern territory, to be consigned to an un happy solitude, is a fad commentary on our lriendliness and hospitality. On the other side of the picture is the great body of the letters evofced by the young woman's lament It is inevitably true, say these -writers, that many' strangers here, as in any other t;ity, will, not immediately feel "at home". That is an7 unfortunate 'aspect' ot our modern complex city life and certainly not more apparent in Wilming-' ton than elsewhere, they assert. Orte of these .. ... '., writes: - i i ( Of course, we all feel the deepest sympathy It was not the first time that a Gibbs address had been halted by violent outbreaks of hooting and jeering, of vulgar heckling and denuncia tion. It has begun to appear, in fact, that the' distinguished visitor will be permitted to speak "undisturbed only in the seclusion of his hotel room or in the home of a friend. His publicappearances are not agreeable to certain New Yorkers, and must te cancelled! ''' " The treatment he Is receiving is un-American and indecent. A Progressive "Program A battle of some magnitude will feature the legislative . proceedings at Raleigh this week, and whatever the outcome, the result will be of great Interest and importance to the peopled of North Carolina. Today's substitute bill will be intro duced in both houses for the McCoin measure offered Saturday night, which limits appropria tions for permanent improvements at the state's educational and charitable institutions to $5,760, 000, the substitute bill to provide for the six year program carrying twenty millions. The McCoin bill virtually follows the budget commission's recommendations, which have been the center of attack by the educational "forces of the state. The substitute will embody the views of the citizens who appeared at the joint hearing before the appropriations and finance committees in Raleigh several days ago, and it will be called the "citizens" measure. In the senate it will be sponsored by Senators Elmer and Lunsford Lojig and Representative Ealter Murphy. Witfifthe introduction of the McCoin Till lnthe senate, the matter has passed from the committee's hands and the issue will be decided by force of public opin ion. If the people of the state want to put their institutions on a broad basis, once for all, pro vide facilities for educating all of the boys and girls and for housing all of the unfortunates, they will have to acquaint the legislature with their desires in ho uncertain terms. It is claimed by proponents of the citizens' measure that It repre sents the' wishes of the people "back home" and if it really does, the legislature will doubtless adopt the substitute measure. It Is supported by many of the, more powerful fraternal orders, by prac tically every civic organization and by a great many citizens from; every part of the state. On the other hand, there is solid North Caro lina conservatism opposed to the ambitious pro gram of twenty millions in six years together with astute politicians and numerous citizens who view with alarm the present business depression, the "increase in taxable valuations and the aggregate of millions that the General Assembly has been called upon to provide for good roads and various" other objects. s The "subject is one demanding the best , thought of the commonwealth, and there would appear small room for acrimonious 'debate. It is very certain ; that North Carolina has - reached a point in development where she cannot longer afford stinginess in dealing with the educational and charitable institutions. We have gone on for man years with a hand-to-mouth policy and today we. 7toherllniZtei.. . havechoolsso crowded that thousands of youth fir this vnurxfr wnma V.'e realize the difficulties surrounding the life in any city of a girl who comes without friends or connections. I have lived in Wil mington seven years 'and believe I know the people here. They are not lacking in warmth or hospitality. It was lonely here in the be-. ginning, but friendships soon came to the relief, and even before actual friendships were formed I had many evidences of t the com- . munity's willingness to accept me on an agree able basis. Of course, it is comparatively easy to lose one's self in a city. Undue reserve might easily have kept me out of social con tacts of any sort My coming was not heralded, and there was certainly no reason to sup pose that I would be met by a band. The fact Is that my obscure position In the bust- ness life of the community made it rather .oh reasonable to expect that I would be "dis covered" at air without so'me little pressing ' forward on my own part Now, I understand, of course, that the case of a woman is different. I think that all cities ought' to adopt some means of making life more pleasant for girls and young women who come to them as strangers. I have lived in several other cities, and I don't believe Wil mington is different in this respect, unless it is a difference on the side of being readier to make provision for the young ladies. I believe this young woman would have fared much better, if she had not been over-sensitive' or over-timid. ; Wilmington has a .warm heart; that I know from experience. can hot squeeze into them; schools with physical equipment in a state of deterioration and charita ble institutions lhat cannot possibly accommodate the .unfortunates who are lodged In sorryN county homes and in jails from one'end of the state "to 'the other," ' . u .-:':. . , .A11 respect is due those men and legislators .who feel that the state ought hot to go in 'fOr a twenty-million-dollar program atthis time; they are patriotic and believe that a less ambitious program is wise for the two-year period present' But the hour Is one that calls for progressive action ; the demands are pressing and a . substan tial answer must be"given the thousands of high school graduates- who are knocking at the state's higher educational institutions and knocking' in vain; and to the voices that are crying in the dark for the rellet and treatment that our hospitals should glve-crylng, with no answer but a cry.; Business depression ' can f not iast forever ; another year will see the state' again in the high way of prosperity, and . we ' are ' strongly ' of the opinion that the people Of the state are determined to see their institutions enlarged and strengthened to meet the demands of a progressive common wealth:. 'y r " - r , , ' , - 1 1 - The , young bank, clerk' who. 'left Chicago with $772,006 worth of securities explains jthat he had The Women of the South s -1 read the remarks attributed td Judge Landls in We are indebted to the Baltimore Sun for the" Connection with- the , trial of another youthfuL emvetzet recently, we nate to say ;:we toi 'em - o,v but'it has been' difficult to understand how young bank clerks would altogether ; escape the potential effect ot the Judge's indiscretion. 1 Reporting a serious state of affairs In the Philip pine Islands; a Washington correspondent says it may , require . a Congressional investigation to Illuminate the situation fully. We suppose a Con gressional investigation might be made illuminat ing "under certain conditions. . O r ''..-'- . Contemporary -Views- : , SYMPATHY . ; : Philadelphia Public Ledger: In some quarters it is the practice to fight shy of the.; word "sympathy, and the thought for which it; stands, as indicative of weakness and sentimentalism. All that is heroic and militant, all that Is bluff and sturdy and virile, we are asked to believe points away, from any such manifestation of tenderness and gentleness to impassivity. We are advised to be even-handed, equitable in thought, correctly and calmly neutral, not subject to fits and gusts of feeling, not liable to be swayed by" our emotions.. But how unlovely is this tame and placid life, though faultlessly genteelly It makes no mistakes because it is incapable of martyrdoms. ' It incurs no censure because .it never sallies out Into the open. : It receives ' no blows because it stands forever under ' cover and the only stand "it ever takes Is there. . ';A,:'- '. : iSympathy means sacrifice It means a definite alignment on the side of that which is weak and struggling, not merely on the side of victories and majorities. . Anybody finds it easy to f all tn with shouting and spectacular successes. Anybody can come along when the'rewards are handed out and put in a claim: for a leonine share ot the credit But.it is another thing to go into the dark with the lovely, to share the bread of sorrow with the despairing and the defeated, to confront failure, to stand bythe despised and the humiliated ones, to help in carrying the cross in a wilderness rather thaa to acclaim the wearer of a crown and ask to sit in glory in the light beside him. A How easy it is to sympathize with the suc cessful, and. to help a rich man eat his dinners, and to assist him in the spending of his money! The rich and powerful do not lack for friends. Sympathy is the capacity for imagining an other's condition and then going promptly .beyond the mere imagination to some practical measure of relief. If , it merely begins and ends with the- aroused emotion. It means little. The' luxury of sentiment without performance, to make benevo lence valid through beneficence, is as enervating and demoralizing as any other luxury. Weeping and Wringing the hands does not rescue souls from a wrecked ship; It is the boat launched through the breakers that will bring them in. Perceptive imagination there must be to prompt a nation or an individual to works of mercy; the sympathy that merely remains a feeling; unrealized in act, Is of small moment or profit to the world. More over, true sympathy Is ready to correct as-well as to approve; "faithful are the wounds of ajfrlend," and it is a mistake to think that; bur friends are only, those who. tell us we are fight find; feed our vanity and bow in sycophancy to our 'wills. -STILL BURDENING THE COST OF LIVING Kansa City Star: . s Just .f44a time business isn't in such a good waytflatongres8 can afford to add to its burdens, or fail to lighten those that can be reduced. Business, of course, Is here not considered in any natro;tflnse. It means the world of industry, as it affects the average man who works lor his living, whether as employer or employee. , Industry needs to build up,-so as to give regular employment to the largest possible number of persons, at fair alges. One of the troubles with' business has" been the distribution of the taxation load, so that it has fallen heavily on .industry.? The huge excess profits and supertaxes have absorbed funds that are usually available for': business ; development "or have diverted . them into other ' uses., This has handicapped normal expansion. - The Longworth program for taxation -revision makes only a feeble attempt to correct this condi tion. It proposes to do away with the excess profits tax and to make a reduction in the, super taxes, although still allowing an impossible maxi mum of 40 per cent To make up the deficit it proposes to double the tariff taxes, Just at a time when America particularly needs the foreign mar ket to take Its excess products. The big' business slump came when Europe got- to the- end ot its rope and -stopped 'buying.' 'As. industry -in Europe revives, an increasing market will open for Ameri can iarm products and other goods, provided, Europe can pay . for Its purchases, with its own products. It we bar out European goods with a tariff : wall, we automatically restrict the Ameri can market ' y The Longworth program omits entirely any turnover tax, which might place the heavy levy on investment capital imnosed bv the infom jit The turnover tax would be so light as not to be nouceaoie in oramary purchases. In many cases it would be absorbed by the seller. ' It would be definite and easily collectable. It has worked suc cessfully In other countries. Reeentiv tha A merit official who drafted such a tax for the PhUip. j,uw w jeans ago ioia of an argument with a long time resident xtt Manila who would not be lieve any turnover tax existed , because he . never knew he had paid anything. !l fne1&y congressional leaders ; who pass up this tax. are simply timid. They fear it would give an opening to demagogues to rant about tak ing the tax; off the rich man and putting it on the SwSSSrf SSI6'. 18 nv.thIng t0 that argument' i ae present iax system, bv 1ti ratrlot4 hess is materially increasing the cost of living"- i '""' wuuia De neiped by the change to the turnover tax. u i. 9 .Sou not to distrust o" y- vc American people . - mTo increase the tariff tax atui cesslve Income taxes, SstSd S? rortln to tlfi simple turnover tax. is to the consuming public Instenrt" ihrrn rlt is to hinder birtniS iSS2f Jd iS?P lt I well remember the day upon which , President Wilson determined to support the inclusion of pensions in the repara tion ' bill. . Borne of us were gathered in his libraryin; the Place des tEtats Unls, having been summoned by him to discuss' tfria particular question of pensions. w. explained to him "that, we couldn't find a : single lawyer In the American delegation that would give an opinion in avpr of including pen sions. All the' logic was against it. "IasIoI Logic!" i exclaimed j, the President, don't give a damn for logic. I am going to include pensions!" - There, was not one of ub in the room whose heart did, not beat with a like feeling. v " ' Thus it was determined that pensions should be assessed on the French sys tem - of calculations, being about an average as 'between the British pen sions which were- higher, ahd the Italian pensions,' which were lower" It was roughly figured -at . the conference that this pension item would amount to about 15 billion dollars, capital sum. I am going Jto take this opportunity to say a word, in general, as to Presi dent Wilon's- attitude at the pace conference. He-4s accused of having been unwilling fo consult his col leagues. I never saw a man more, ready and anxiousto consult than he. He has been accused of having been desirous, to gain credit for himself and to ignore others. I never saw a man more considerate of those of his co adjutors, who were working immediately-with him, nor a' man more ready to give them credit with the other chiefs of stae. - 'Again Vftnd again would he say to Mr. Uoyd George or Mr. Clemenceau: "My; expert here, Mr. So-and-So, tells me such-and-such, and I believe he is right. Tou will have to argue with him If you want to get m to change my opinion." - President Wilson undoubtedly had his disabilities. If it came to a horse-trade. Lloyd George could undoubtedly have "out-jockeyed" him; but it seldom. reached such a situation, because Presi dent Wilson, by his manifest sincerity and open candor, always saying pre cisely what he thought would early disarm his opponents in argument. President Wilson did not have a Well- organized secretarial staff. He did far too "much of the -work, himself, studv- ing until late at night papers and docu ments-, that he should have largely dele'gated to some discreet aids. He was, by all odds, the hardest worked man at the conference; but the failure to delegate more of his work was not due to any inherent distrust that he had of men and .certainly not to any de sire to "run the whohe show" himself but simply to his lack of facility in knowing how- to delegate work on a large scale. In execution, we all have a blind spot in some part of our eye. President Wil son's was in his inability to use men; airinability. mind you, not refusal. On the contrary, when any of us volun teered or insisted upon taking respon sibility Off his shoulders he was de lighted. , ; ' - Throughout the : Peace eonf eienee. Mr. Wilson never played politics. I never witnessed an occasion when I saw him act from unworthy conception or motive. His ideals were of the highest and- he clung to them tenaciously an! courageously. Many of the so-callt-d "Liberals" in England have assailed Mr. Wilson bitterly because, as they declare, he yielded too much to their own premier, Mr. Lloyd George,, ivnd to Mr. Clemenceau. But could he have failed to defer to them on questions in -which no vital principle was in volved? . I well remember his declaration on the question whether the allies should refuse, for a period of five years during the time of Frances recuperation. N to promise Germany, reciprocal tariff pro visions. What Mr. Wilson said to Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Clemenceau was this: , "Gentlemen, my experts and I both regard the principle involved as an unwise one. We believe it will ome back to plague you. But when I see how France has suffered, how sh has been devastated, her industries de stroyed who am I to refuse to assent to this provision, designed, unwisely or wisely, to assist In lifting France again to hpr feet?" fashorj Congress and ran th Vin Others wr rt.iLVoia nothing furtw 6 k, "e. enough for one d, thank God and take coura? e l" which the southern Uh their negro servants of proof of their disinterest ,nVincinK the negro's welfare. The J'6'1 continues under the dat" of Wrlter "A number of servant r July 28: S. H. (Westwood and 1 SIS, homes f J)r. Brockenbroueh r, " tain Newton,-in Hanover 5? CP indeed from the whole Pamnn?ty' went off with their norSnV"' I am sorry for them. t.vJT tri. comfortable homes to Co th J m thir where and to be treated thv C ' not how. Our man Xat w.nt no.w ot was very partial, because i- nm I youth and because I had i r Vmr up He was a. comfort to u' TSV" and hostler, but nf. ,v " s a drlvr non- . IIVHH . 1 1 I rijn. v. . makes but little differs. ZulTK how with his slow hsbits r, . . :but TMrt himoAlf T : . to sun. I for freedom is natural. anVif ? W'"h rn leaving children-in two 7n.t,n,"! ,tt iants. uord hvi m ... "" 'n I poof mm guided creaiu fers it, so far as I welcome to it. I shall be elad . he is -doing well. Motnf 8a mercy ubon , IIIUS in October of McGuire records: ires." th Millie Vf.ar r.J uur man v . . some others who went off, have return td. The reason they assign iv hard."1111"68 made thtm H. C. L. in ine diary continues: Luxuries have bee ago, by many person vwnieaeraie curivnrvi v iiuiu fia io av; butte les: J een EivPJ1 up , A ls. coffee is t4 and Women of he South in War Time (The Baltimore Sun's Review of a Notable Book Published by the United Daughters of the Confederacy) Who -bade us go with smiling tears? Who scorned the renegade. Who, silencing their trembling fears, Watched, cheered, then wept and prayed? Who nursed our wounds with tender care, And then, when all was lost, Who lifted us, from our despair And counted not. the cost The Women of the South. Albert Sidney Morton. review published ,on (his page,; of the historical , volume recently brought out through the efforts ot the United Daughters of' the Confederacy , The book itself has not yet reached our desk, but its sponsorship Is sufficient guarantee of its worth as a contribution to Southern history. V-The Women of the South in "War Times" is surely a , subject deserving of elaborate and sympathetic treatment. The title itself makes vivid in the minds of; most" of us a stbry of high hearts and imperishable glories, a story that may not too often be told and; that has , become, an"1 Inspiring . heritage of i all American people. r 'V' ' '-' ' - - : TheVvbune, dol. Theodore Roosevelt will --b Assistant Secretary, of tke Navy. Hli father And Cousin franklin have lift him a- record In that offlce". which should spur him on td large achieve rnents. The i Republican, party' is watching the yoang , Colonel , with hopeful . eyes, and the next four years;' may' develop the:turning point in his ' political' career. ' - ' N . : In publishing, under their own aus pices, "The Women, of the South In War Times." compiled by Matthew Page Andrews, the United Daughters of the Confederacy have made a valu able contribution to history and lit erature. These annals depict in graphic, spir ited, yet unexaggerated words, the lives of the southern people within the Confederacy during the four years of Its tragic existence. They areJ gleaned from the lips and memories of those who underwent- the experiences chronicled, and in some . cases the pages reproduce the intimate diaries of women whose pens jotted down the actual happenings of days when the southern people - lived from hour to hour and the lives of . women were concentrated in efforts to .promote the success of the cause for which fathers, husbands and -sons fought; in efforts to feed and clothe soldiers who were fighting in tattered clothln. rand .wnl--- UVe. On Si ott.r aimost empty biohuo, nana, his fever was at Its most dan- men of Winchester arrived on the scene to give aid and comfort to the wounded. Among the young girls who thus volunteered was. Miss Tillie Rus sell, in passing among the dead and wounded, visible by the liirht of th moon and the lanterns of the federal surgeons, Miss Russell came upon a youth suffering the greatest agony He was Randolph Ridgely. of Maryland, although She knew only that he. was Confederate soldier. His clothing was soaked in blood from his wound, which some time fcefore had been hastily, dressed by- the federal surgeon. Miss Russell raised Ridgely's head to give him. if. possible,? some ease, whereupon the -Wounded -man gave a sigh of re lief and .-sank back into her arms as she sat down beside him. Almost at once his low moans gave place to reg ular breathing, as he fell into a sleep of exhaustion. . "After some time Miss Russell found herself andy her charge alone oh that portion of the field among the dead and wounded. She attempted to change the -position of the wounded man and free herself from a severely cramped position, which all the while grew more and more painful. Whenever she attempted to move, however, the sol dier moaned and awoke. The federal surgeon who had dressed young Ridgely's wound came by and told her that the case was critical, but that If the wounded man could sleep until business Instead of helping it? '' Hoitfon Post : J. A tew months h L ' selling at 40 .to 50 cents SpSund TooaV Tblv are bringing the farmer 3 to 4 SnV 1 tJS A cow hide that brought S20 SnS?- Z . Toind. period will bring onlyVfr molemt htgh prices are not tobe" defender, . ! consumer oc hide products tnttV , I I Milt , News: Technical education li on '11 to a much greater expansion, but there Sim?iy more liberality In Georgia for technii? f t?,be in that State than gtt The puny ; appropriation. recbmmlAl va' Budget Commission for -tedSSwttonS. State is a shame in comnftisft l..111'3 that Georgia Is riSor 0 jgchool of techholoey in' thV het wm.pictura tie rSult: 9 States with, equal care the wounded of Con federate and Federal forces. - It Is a book ably edited and written without rancor, and one of the strong est impressions made upon the reader is that It reveals Inmost thoughts of a Christian people bearing the burdens and sufferings resultant upon a' state of war. It is book that will be read with keenest Interest tooth north and south, - but - especially in the south, where many names among the partic ipants In stirring events are household words, and episodes have all the ab sorbing interest of a family story. The southern gentlewoman of ante bellum days shared the scholastic education and out-of-door sports of her broth ers. She read. Virgil and rode horse back. Guardian- of an undeveloped ne gro race, she quickly recognised and assumed great . responsibilities.' She was courageous, quick of action and resourceful in emergency.- She po sessed fortitude and was acquainted with leadership. Hence in tne war je tween'the States, the southern woman stood dauntless behind the man behind the guns. ; - The committee upon the publication of the book is Mrs. Roy W. McKinney, of Kentucky, president-general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; Mrs. Charles H. Hyde, of Tennessee; Mia Matv B. Poppenhelm, of South Carolina, and Mrs. J. A. Rountre,e, of Alabama. The foreword explains brief ly the 'Issues upon "which the war of Secession was fought and throughout the book the editor appends such notes ;as contribute to better understanding of the subject matter, ' : Among especially Interesting and dramatic features of the book 'are the wartime experiences of Elizabeth war ing Duckett, who had interviews with both President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton; the publication by Rebecca Lloyd Nicholson; of Baltimore, of "Maryland; My Maryland,- and its singing by Miss Cary on the battlefield of Manassas. There are excerpts from the ' diary of Judith ? Brockenbrough McGuire, 'the 'war experiences of Mrs. Betsy Sullivan; "Mother of the Tennes see : Regiment," the capture and lm prfsbnment" OC.Mrs. William Kerby, who smuggled U supplies ehroufh-the lines; the record of Mrs. Betty Taylor Philips, of Kentucky, "Mother of Or phan Brigade" ; the hospital service of that Joan of Arof the Confederacy capt. y Sally S Tompkins,- -;Confdrate States army;; and or Mrs. Eha 3C-Tra-dsr ot Mississippi and Arkansas, who orgknixed hospitals and earned the tender nam of "The Florence .Night ingale of. tM -South." ' On of the most- Inspiring chapters is entitled::; -' - ' , A Night w ib FlfU Af Battle "Near Winchester,' Va. on. the, After noon f: July 20, 1864, a Confederate f orc tinder General Ramseur was de feated by federal troops under General AverelL The Confederates were com pelldd'to beat a rapid retreat and left their dead and wounded, r.n the cattle- MA niat earn on a number of ,wo- from n sft to ' ici jjuuhm ard in 1 ' l'ci uitrrf i. air! wheat 14.50 per bushel. We can't cet a nUT, lm dress for less than J6 or js ! yard; calico. $1.75. etc. This iast Z no great hardship, for we all rfort 11 homespun. We are knitting our o'n stockings and regret that we did oi learn to spin and weave. The Nom, Carolina homespun is exertional;, pretty, and makes a rented dress" Later she states: 'We are very much occupied ly our Sunday schools white in the mornin and colored in the afternoon." She writes with touching: reverence con. cerning the death of Gen. T. J. Jack, son, and adds: "His body was carrini by yesterday in a car to Richmond Almost every lady in Ashland visited the car with a wreath or cross of the most beautiful flowers, as a tribute to the illustrious dead. An immense eon course had assembled in Richmond. a the solitary car. containing the body, of the great soldier, accompanied by al suitable escort, slowly and solemnly approached the depot. The body lies ip state today at the capitol. wrapped iii the Confederate flag and literally cov. ered with lilies of the vallev and otho- beautiful spring flowers. Tomorrow the saa cortege wtu wend its way to Lei ington, where he will be buried, at cording to his dying request, in the Valley of Virginia'." Southern W omen Today The southern women during the World war assumed aain the duty of caring for soldiers 'in their work for the American expeditionary foree overseas. The United Daughters ofi the Confederacy authorized the estab lishment of a bed in the American hos pital at Keuilly, a suburb of Paris, and the "Jefferson Davis" bed thus estab lished became the forerunner for the endowment and naming of TO addition al beds provided by 36 states for the people of a number of the northern and western states that have within their 'borders ' chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Tfie Daughters." organized no less than 22) Red Cross chapters, snd contributed $448,000 to the American Red Cros They gaver to other war relief agen cies; $883,000 and bought, officially, a? members of the. United Daughters of the Confederacy! $24,850,000 worth of liberty bonds and war savings stamp? These figures do not include individual subscriptions. As an organization, they go on record as having made over 5.000.000 hospital garments, 14.OO0.O0i' surgical dressings and 600.000 knitted articles. They also officially adopted and cared for 2,200 Belgian and French orphans at a cost of $S2.000 and have begun the accumulation of a specis fund for educational work, to be a mo morial for the southern men who sen f thMr reunited country wherever needed in 1917-191?." gerous point and if his sleep was brok en he would die. Then and there, re gardless of her own suffering, Tillie Russell resblved to make no further effort to lay Ridgely's head on , the grass, but would support his head un til his life should be assured by the rest he needed. "Hour by hour went slowly hy. The moon passed through the heavens and there was no sound on the battleground except that of a ' fitful breeze in the nearby woods. The girl was suffering agony, but she never faltered, And, at the first touch of dawn, she- saw the soldier awake with a faint smile on his lips. . . . Miss Russell was made seriously ill by her experience, and she could not lift her hand- for some days. The story of her deed was. eagerly sought for publication, but she refus ed to have her name used In connec tion with it. x Artists visited the scene and portrayed the incident with brush and pencil. One of these pictures, by Oregon , Wilson, is entitled 'Woman's Devotion." . In the diary of Mrs. McGuire under the date of March 11. 1862, that lady writes:- "Yesterday we heard good news from the mouth of James river. The ship Virginia, formerly the Mer rimac. having been completely Incas ed with Iron, steamed out Into Hamp ton Roads, ran Into the federal vessel Cumberland, and then destroyed the COMMAM1KR WAR VKTERASS PAYS CHARLOTTE POST IMi (Sneelal to The Star) .riTARLOTTE. Feb. 27. Mai. r.obff! Woodslde, formerly commander of thej HI vlalnn at Pamn-firef 11. now COW-I manrier-in-rnlef of the National Organi zation 'tf Veterans of Foreign warf. spent today in the city as guest oi Donald' Wcarn post. World Veterans. He was met at the station by the full membership of the post ami afterward entertained at luncheon. held an Informal reception throughout the afternoon and left for Snartanourpi S. C. tonleht. Lieut. John A. Wischeart. Jr.. vaj appointed provisional department com-j mander for .North Carolina. BELGIAN CONGO DIAMONDS n-nentvdfnv Vrh ?7. Two n'irl dred thousand carats in raw diamond1 came out of the Belgian "ngo J'' In H19 Jind the rat. of production ' ATnAr-tei! to rnntlmif in future. Consul Messersmith. at Antwerp, has report! Owing to the state of the diamonn in-i ket,- however, efforts to esrapi. i airencv for direct sale of raw stones ' Antwern emitters hava met with oppo' tloi. he said, on the ground that jl further raw stones should be marKcu until conditions improved. n' -'" '''; ";;I.':- .-'11S V-'-'aa niait-eama-on'a .number' or-wo March 1--March 3 A new interest, quarter ? begins Slarch 1. Deposits made on or before March 3 draw interest from March 1 and will receive credit for a full quarter's interest on June 1. - . ; . Now is the time to open an account, or to add to yor balano - , , The Wilmington Savings .& Tixist Co. 110 Princess Street - Resources W .. . ; J . . $4,500,000
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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