Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-09-16
Gbgefeh gJbbertuer,
By sIM1INs, DUR1s0E & co.
From the Southern Guardian.

From the Southern Guardian.
The following letter was received By me a
few days since from Nj Price, Army Aaert
OF the Central Association, and in the hopc
that some good may result from It, the As
ISOLATION has ordered its publication.
NJ. LABORDE.
From an extensive personal acquaintance
with the soldiers, and.tieir present and pros
~uective wants. I am satisfied that no time
should be- lost by their friends at home in
arranging to supply them with comfortable
articles Of Undertaking for the coming win
ter. The government may be able to furnish
shoes, Jackets, pautaloons, and over. coats in
create: qusntiues than heretofore, but | fear,
unless cur pe0ple at home are induced togo
TO work at once, that our brave boys will suf-
fer much the coming winter for the want of
shirts. drawers ard s0cks-more particularly
for the latter article. The recent campaign
into Pennsykai.ia-uDpreeeden,ed in, this
war for long and weariselNe marchss-was
greatly destructive to clothing. Tic iov, ~
ment is doing its utmost TO supply the dts-
titution thus produced, but it will not CO for
the friends of the soldiers ct home to fijd
their hands supinely, because these efforts
are being made, believing that a suficiency
will be obtained. The government supply
may be greater than it YVES last winter, but
it il to be hoped that our bravo soldiers viii
not be called upon to endure anything like
the same amount Of suffering which they ex-
pcrierced last winter previous. On the con-
trary, let them be warmly clad-made as com
Portable as circumstances will admit--ard
Should lhe spring find them still in the field
battling with The foe, they will be better pre-
pared 10 Withstand the trials which will thei.
bes-t them.
Now that a large portion of our army-the
men from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and
portions Of Mississippi, Tennessee and Ala
bama-are cut off from their friends at home,
it is doubly imperative that those not so cir
c%ulnstanced should receive assistance from
their friends, in order that the government
NAV be enabled to do more tor those who
cannot be thus aided and assisted.
Our fair counLry-women have never failed
to respond nobly TO every CAL made upn
them for the soldier. Whilst their fi.:gers
have been busily employed i~npreparirg cloth
ing for his body, they have never ceased to
cheer the soldier with encouraging words
and dpproying smiles. The woman OF our
country have made the greatest and nobleSt
sacrifices uf the war. These same sacrifices
have contributed greatly towards p.aci E our
army and government in their present p9wtr
and slrcl 9Th. In thus. the darkest hour o!
the revolution, they will no; withdraw theis
assistance nor cease 10 sustain and cheer HE
soldier in the feli by every means in their
power:
Les every woman in South Carolina -wL.th
er wife, mother, sister or daughter-oid and
vuung-who may read this article, 60 to work
ut once, and each prepare one or more pairs
of socks, a parrot drawers, crashirt, and send
them to soI.e soldier i'll tie army, or to the
Central Association in Columbia for general
distribution among the nred?.
The men at home should Consider it a grea,
privilege to contribute to this necessary work.
iney should at once Place money, cloth ana
thread in the Lands OF the NEEDY wives and
daguh.tcrs nc boms hat they MAJ make up
these articles without tco great a sacrifice
upon Their part. Iney should buy ciolbing
and socks IRON those wlo cannot afford to
give. aud send them to the soldier. All can
do something. and now is the time to lns:n.
This is no, q. clarity. 1t is due the soldiec,
V ho is sacrificing his health, comfort, con
veinience, aye, perhaps his life, that be should
br comfortably, clad, and i: devolses upon
,I.c.e at home to see that ii is doUe.
Shall it be dore? Inc few weeks inter
vcAing the present time and the coin. q cold
O. winter will decide the question:
Each package should be distinctly msrksc
and forwarded to tie care OF DIR. NJ. LSBur1o.
ut Columbia, who will see tia! it is sally and
expcdi,iously sent on 10 their destination.
Let lie articles DC substantially made-d's.
csrdiug all fancy or needless labor. Send
the soldier clothing which will secare his
limbs from the plnching -lrosts and benrmb-
Ing SHOWS of the coming winter. 1t will be
doubly appreciated by him, coming thus from
the loved ones OF rome.
W. P. PRICE,
Army Agent Central Association.
Camp in Orange Co., va, August, 1865.
rs. TIE papers in the State Wiil confer
d favor upon the caus- by copying the above.