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wsnm l3M THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK were none of the horrors which have marked this greatest of all wars since time began. Yet there was plenty to tax the strongest minds and hearts alike. The slave, upon whom everything de pended on the plantation where they were owned had to be cared for like children and no one could say that Mistress did not work as hard as any slave there. They were to be fed, clothed, taught trades, looked after if they were sick and gener ally, so far as care was concerned, were on the basis of the immediate family. This gives one of the keynotes of the life of the woman of the war time in North Carolina. HSo many things were made on the farm. Nobody knew of such a thing as buying meat or any sort of provisions, for they were home grown on the place itself, as food crops were the first con sideration everywhere. The cloth had to be made at home too, so the weaver was a valuable personage. So was the shoe maker and the women who made up the clothing for black and white folks alike, old garments being used as patterns, for but small attention was then paid by Mistress to such things as "styles." A careful account had to be kept, for the Confederate States must have tithe, that is a tenth, of everything produced. These tithes were gathered and they were duly certified to upon regular forms. The Confederacy was sure not to miss any thing in the way of taxables or tithables. It had its agents who looked after both, and the State was busy too. If Sometimes there were requisitions for negroes, to do manufacturing, to help build railroads, forts and other earth works, and then Mistress, like an army oflicer, had to make a detail of the proper people to go from her farm. U Such was life on a farm whero there were slaves. It must be re membered that the great majority of North Carolina landowners were not slave owners. Yet their womenkind were fully as resourceful as those on the farms cul tivated by slave labor and the former did surprising things. They cheered on their men from start to finish and though many people have remarked that the war was a "slave owners' fight," yet the slaveless people did most of the fighting and cer tainly stuck to the job, not looking for bomb-proofs or exemptions, but being in the ranks and generally at the front The State, acting for the Confederacy, for North Carolina was a heavy producer owing to the very conditions above des cribed, had great power in itself. State 's rights were considered paramount and the people resented with great bitterness any getting over the line of State's rights by the Confederacy. Out of this very thing grew at times a bitter fight between Presi dent Jefferson Davis and Governor Vance, and the latter was generally a winner. It was this which so endeared Vance to the popular heart of North Carolina. What have been termed the ' ' common people, ' ' one of the most unjust terms of all by the way, were the folks who appealed the most to the big-hearted Vance. He fully shared the fine sentiment expressed by President Lincoln, when some fellow go ing to him and speaking very slightingly of what he termed the "common peo ple," the great-hearted President swiftly faced him and said, "My friend, God must have dearly loved what you call the common people, otherwise he would not have made so many of them. ' ' The caller left at once, for that incident was closed. Vance knew that these people were fight ing the war and that the little wife was back at home, planning and working day and night, looking after the farm and the garden and after plowing just as she made clothing and knitted socks for her own people and for the soldiers too. It was the spirit of 1776 all over again. The little woman of the South looked at things as she found them. She did her level best and as the old Texas preacher remarked once upon a time, "Angels kaint do no more." This is why when an American goes to Raleigh and the capitol square and looks into the face of the North Carolina "Woman of the Confed eracy" who sits there in bronze, he feels like uncovering and bowing to her, simply because she typifies the real woman of this country, all these United States; ten der, loving, brave, resourceful, dependa ble. So if there ever comes a time of stress like that which marked the dark years of the Revolution and the War Be tween the States, one may be very sure the woman will rise to the full height of the occasion and that the men folks, to use a good old word, will have no cause to be ashamed of them. Fred A. Olds. Ijwdtas AUl Society Formed The Community House Association has formed a Ladies Aid Society which promises many pleasant entertainments during the months to come. UMiss F. B. Gray is the president, Mrs. T. H. Craig vice president, and Mrs. A. B. Freeman secretary and treasurer. Regular meet ings will be held every Tuesday evening and the invitation is general. Among- tlie Collagen Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Olmsted of Con dersport lease the Cypress cottage, and Miss Sinclair and Miss Tannehill join Mrs. Emma J. Sinclair of Boston at Red Gables. If Miss Caroline Fuller of New York and a merry party are at the Walnut. If Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Galvin of Cornwall are at the Elm. Send The Outlook to your friends, If Tells the week's story. II ' "IN The BUNKER The Sweetest WORDS (from Your opponent) STILL FURTHER HONORS TO Smith & Wesson Three world records broken since January 1st, 1915 mm THIS ABM IS THE LATEST OF THE Smith & Wesson Target Arms Ask to see one at the Store. Write for Catalog. SPRINGFIELD, MASS,, U. S. fk. 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