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Triangular Debate
The coming tryout for the Tri
angular Debate has aroused much in
terest in the school. Ten students
have decided to try. The query, "Re
solved, that Congress should enact
the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief
Bill," is one that directly concerns
the citizens of North Carolina, and
?t is hoped that the state - wide dis
cussion will promote a better under
standing of this bill.
Dr. Moores Talks in Chapel
Dr. Moores talked to the students
of C. S. H. S. # last Wednesday in
chapel. His talk was educational as
well as interesting, and was greatly
enjoyed. The theme of his talk was:
'Use the talents which you have in
stead of wishing for those talents you
do not have." Dr. Moores is a fine
speaker and we like his talks for
rhey are well presented and inter
esting.
Diary of a Student
Awake 5:30. Spend hour trying
vainly to think up alibis for not hav-
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ing homework. Arise and breakfast.
Another half-hour rolls by while I
rave and look for misplaced algebra.
Decide at last to go without it. Off
to school quarter to eight. Wait in
front of bank until 8:20 trying to
hail a ride. No ride comes. Narrowly
avoid knocking room out of half
holiday by desperate bit of sprinting.
Safe at last!
To English: Stay awake long
enough to learn that Shakespear was
an Englishman before drifting back
to dreamland. Same old story in Vir
gil class. Get rousing lecture from
Miss Gaines on my scandalous lack
of ambition. Oh, Caesar was ambi
tious and look what happened to
him. I should worry about this ambi
tion thing.
Recess! Borrow nick'le and munch
contentedly on piece of candy. Life
isn't so bad after all.
Thence to History: Put forth stren
uous effort to concentrate my facul
ties but finally succumb to the
charms of Morpheus. Am awakened
THE FOREST CITY COURIER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1928
A Confederate Soldier's
Letters to His Parents
PART 2
The following letters were written
by Sgt. L. W. Griffin, of Co. D, 16th
Regiment, N. C. T., to his father
Wm. L. Griffin, who was Register
of Deeds of Rutherford County, and
lived near Tanners' Grove church.
Three of the Griffin brothers en
listed in the Confederate army and
two of them made the supreme sac
j rifice. Co. D was mustered in at
( Forest City and was the first com
; pany to leave the county,
i Richmond, Va.
July 15, 1861
sth Division,
Chimbonazas Ward P.
Dear Father and family:
i I take my pen in hand to send
jyou these few lines and inform you
[that I am tolerable well and'l hope
• that this will find you all well. I
I haven't much to write you. There
jis little news from Lee's army,
• though there is a great many here
!in the hospital from his army,
! wounded in the last fight. There is
inone of Company D., 16th as I know
of, but we are looking for them.
Pink Martin is here. He is very
sick and had a chill this morning. I
j think he has the fever. John Mints
;is here and he is mending.
It has been a long time since I
wrote you. The reason is when I was
taken sick I thought I could sleep
my time off the best, and I slept
four days and the time did not seem
longer than a day.
I am almost out of heart and don't
care how soon peace dawns. I am
sick of war. We have considerable
rain here. We had a big storm here
yesterday and the river is very high,
though not as high as I have seen
it.
Today I went through a cornfield
near here and it looked good. This
is the first time I have been close
to any growing crops since I left
home. I would like very much to come
home at this time, but there is no
chance, though I still live in hope.
If I don't mend I will try to get a
furlough.
I hear that Col. (Herbert D.) Lee
lis fighting again but I don't know
j where he is.
j Let me hear from you soon.
Your loving son,
L. W. GRIFFIN.
Hot Springs, Bath County, Va.
November 26, 1861.
Dear Father and family:
Once more I take the opportun
ity to let you know we are well. I
received your kind letter this morn
ing dated the 13th of November
which delighted me and gave me much
joy. I had quit looking for letters
from home.
Father, you wanted to know who
to send whiskey to. You may direct
it to me, but place it securely in a
box and I don't think they will have
jany objection.
I am glad to hear that your hogs
are doing so well, for pork is worth
ten cents per pound here, and I am
glad that you will have a chance of
selling some. • '
I am so sorry that you have to
; work so hard in your old days. It
grieves me very much to think of
it. I think G and J
might haul your wood. I know if I
was off duty I would gladly do it
for you. I know that they have to
work hard to feed their family too,
but they should help you. I think
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| by Mr. Seitz who asks if I am sick.
| Reply "No." Back to skimberland.
! To Geometry: Having caugjit up in
i my sleep I decide to review History
i Lesson. Learn that French Revolu-
I tion took place in France,
j To French: Am designated by
! teacher as "laziest boy in school."
! There comes to my mind the old
| axiom, "Be the best of whatever you
| are," and once more contentment
! reigns within me.
| Back again after lunch: Spend en
; tire study period trying to obtain
J permission from Miss Lackey to go
j to library. But alas! naugh but unre
: lenting failure, crowns my humble
efforts.
j Revive somewhat in Algebra to
, make 65 on recitation. Miss Bailey
i relieves my suffering by letting me
|go to library. Check out Milton's
j "Paradise Lost" and begin reading it
in study period. Finally discard it on
! finding that I don't have quite the
taste for classics I thought I had.
Homeward bound: The evening re
! past put away, again I tackle my
| Latin. But in vain. I fail to arouse
any interest whatever. Finally give
: up and go to movies. Home and to
bed, wondering vainly why I'm flunk
ing four subjects." Just another day
wasted away" as the latest song hit
puts it.
the trade you made with Mr. H '
is very well and should work to your ]
benefit.
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It is rumored that we may have a !
fight any time here. It is said that
McClellan is advancing some 200,- j
000 strong and he is fortifying as
he goes. Beauregard is fortifying. He
has about 150,000 men and about
six hundred cannon, some of them
large enough for a man to crawl
through. General orders Friday were
that all men who were able to re
port for duty do so at once. Dr.
Rucker started some fifteen or twen
ty this morning, among them was
brother. I wanted so bad to go with
brother, but he and Phillip (Grose)
| begged me not to report, and Dr.
Rucker refused to let me go. Said I
mustn't go and lie on the ground
jor I would be worse. But I am going
:to brother this week if I have to slip
off, if I don't live but one day. They
say there is going to be the hardest
fight there has ever been and I can't
bear the thoughts of brother being
in that battle by himself. .
Brother and I stayed upstairs here
in a room on the third floor, and
since he is gone I am very lonesome.
t Sister wanted to know what I got
in the box. We received three blank
ets, 4 pair of slips, some dried fruit,
a bottle of peaches, 21 or 22 plugs
of tobacco, paper and a half bunch
of envelopes. You say that you will
I send some things by Mr. Ford. If
! they are cotton shirts we don't want
j them as we have more of them now
j than we can carry, but we do want
J some flannel shirts.
j You say Mr. Ford told you that
II was in low spirits. I don't know
I much about it for I must have been
1 dreaming. Everything appears like a'
i dream. The reason that I had not
written sooner. When brother was
' taken ill I wrote you and received
'a letter the same day, from you and
Tildy. Brother was so low that I had
no heart to write again. The doctor
: had quit giving him medicine and I
gave him a spoonful of whiskey ev
-1 ery hour and he began to get bet
ter. After this the doctor wanted to
give him medicine and when he did
i I would pour it out.
i When I got the last letter I went
upon the side of the mountain and
[ was sitting; on a log when two s?uns
! on the opposite mountain were fired
l at me, one ball going within two
feet of me and the other went about
J four feet away. Then I got up and
Igot behind a tree.
i
' This is the last letter that I will
' write from Hot Springs possibly the
I last that I will ever write. When
j the next battle is over many poor
t fellows will have written their last
letter, and I may be one of them.
The boys left this morning yelling
like they were after a fox, and it
| Sunday morning, but we don't have
any Sunday here.
Your dear loving brother,
L. W. GRIFFIN.
(Enclosed in the same envelope
was a letter from James Griffin, a
brother of L. W. Griffin, which was
(the last letter ever written by him.)
; A few lines to my dear sisters and
j brother. I am well except for a
1 headache, as I had no coffee for
I breakfast. If I must tell you I have
|no idea of returning to you again,
• as there is no doubt but what these
mountains will be wrapped in flames
1 from thousands of rifles in the morn
i ing. We are all ready for it, and have
' plenty of powder.
j I don't want you to grieve after
! us as it causes us not to be satis
j tied. Go to the meeting and enjoy
,it the best that you can and take
j good care of yourselves. If we live
: we are coming back home to the old
j Rock Springs camp meeting, though
we are a long ways from there now.
i We are in the land where the snow
birds are rearing their young. There
is no corn or hogs here. It is all
false about the Sixteenth Regiment
being all taken prisoners. Write me
Camp Lee, 16th Regiment, Poca
hontas County, Va.
Love to all,
JAMES.
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