The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16

warding same to Memorial Bazaar,
which will be sent free 10y the kindness
and courtesy of the Southern and
Adams Express Companies. The
name and address of the lady to whom
the contributions are sent should be
written in one corner. These lady
managers are also requested to use
every means to let their work and the
object of it be known kand to awaken
general interest; to put notices and
items of interest IN the papers, to get
up entertainments, readings, public
substitution lists, or whatever is
deemed advisable at that time and
place, sending the proceeds to the
State table, or in separate fund. as
they may prefer. There will be arti-
cles for sale at the Bazaar, gotten up
especially for this occasion; Con
fede-ate Souvenir Spoon, designed es-
pecially for the Bazaar, with enamelled
flags on the handle, and on the bowl
a cut Of the monument in Hollywood;
scarf pins and buttons of Confederate
flags; Confederate Scrap-Book, con-
tanning the farewell address OF different
Commanders, Gen. Lees speech be-
fore the Secession Convention when
accepting the command Of the Nir-
ginia forces, the parole of the Army of
Northern Virginia, reward for Mr..
Davis, the orderforbidding the wearing
of the Grey, &c, with war songs, and
music, and poems. A full list and
price Of these articles will be published.
Orders for these things may be sent
through the ladymanagers, and each
one is requested to secure as many as
possible.
There will be book whereon all
who attend the Bazaar, can, for a
small sum, register; those from a
distance can send names to be pasted
in the book. This Register will be
placed in the museum. There will
also be many relics from the battle
fields, picked up by responsible per
sons Confederate Canteens, cartridge
boxes, rusty swords, broken muske,s,
plates used by Confederates, made of
the canteens of the Northern Army,
&c, which can be purchased and
donated Gin memory of some one) to
the State-room in the Museum. 1t is
earnestly desiren to make the following
special feature in this effort: That i
each donation, whether money or an
article for sale, small or large, be sent
"In Memory" Of some one, soldier
or citizen who gave faithful service,
command, victory, or defeat,
even in which our men were con-
spicuously valiant, with short sketch
of same. These sketches are to be
preserved on file in the Museum, thus
placing on record these names and |
daring deeds, perhaps otherwise un-
known save to few. North Carolina
is to be pre- eminently the Tobacco
table Florida is to have Flowers and
Fruit, Mississippi Cotton, and Louis
lana-not sugar cane, but candy
There will be other things for sale at
these tables but the articles named |
will not be for sale elsewhere. The
other States will have general sale,
except Arkansas, whose special will be
Hardware ard Crockery.
The Memorial Associations of |
Richmond have under their care about |
10000 Confederate dead from every
State Of the Confederacy; not only
those killed in battles and raids around !
Richmond, and those who died in her
hospitals, but bodies brought from
Gettysburg, Seven Pines, and wherever
uncaredfor graves of these heroes
were found, and this work is not even
now ended. 1t is no: 10 be wondered |
at that these women who fed these
soldiers when hungry, sharing with
them at times their last pittancc of
food, who cared for them when sick
and wounded, soothed and prayed
with them when dying, performing
with their own hands oft-times the last
sad offices, and now keep green the
sod over them dead, and place fresh
flowers on their graves when the sad
anniversary Of the death of Peoples
Hope rolls around. Is it to be won
dered at that these women should
work and beg for these two Memorials,
to speak of these soldiers, and for
them, when they, too, shall be silent
under the sod? Who shall tell the
children's children, and the stranger
that shall come in future days to gaze
at the "Rebel Capital" that these
men were heroes, adorcd with
admlring reverence by their own
people not Of Virginia,
but Of every Southern State? Surely /
this is loving duty owed to these men,
and should meet with a hearty sup
port.
Some Of the Henderson ladies will
wait on our citizens TO solicit such
contributions as they may wish to give
in behalf Of this object.