The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-09-13
HONOR / THE PIONEERS.
Tennesseeans Should Pre-
serve Their History.
A Centennial Means Of Hon Orlng the
Brave.

Whpn we lO X around and see the
wonde full advances our State has
made, intertwiDed in the lautels of i
fame are the faces aud memories of
it's pioneer heroes. 1t is but Just and
right that we honor as well as remem.
ber The work of these hero pioneers
They were sturdy men of courage and
nerve, who cut the cane and felled the
forests, who built the log cabins, the
log churches and the log school houses,
and blazed the way to our present
condition OF prosperity and respecta-
biiity as a State.
The Tennessee Centennial has made
this marked feature of its program,
and TO the living descendants of that
blnd, "whose noble deeds and daring
high blend with the notes OF victory"
an earnest appeal is made to aid in
every way possible this grand feature
OF the centennial event. -
NAMES TO BE REMEMBERED.
One echo from the bugle of fame as
it sounds the reveile Of the past
should stir hundreds of hearts, in
which flow the blood of Robertson, to
whose name is added "father Of Ten.
nessee," of the two branches of the
Campbell family, one of which is rep.
resented by Gen Campbell, who fought
at the battle of Kings Mountain; OF
the SEWERS, the Crccketts, the McLins,
the Carriers, Blount, Smith, Bledsoe
and Manskers, Of Jack Bean, the
great Indian fighter. whose name
heads the list OF children born in
Tennessee, Of the Gordons, Herndons,
Haywoods aud Cralghesds; OF the
Shelbys, Daniel Boone and Galloway /;
of the Spencers, one of whom, named
Thomas Sharpe, lived in hollow tree
near Bedsoe's Lick, and made crop
of the Walkers, Donaldsons, Taylors,
Rutledges, Maurys, Bedfords, and
host of others equally prominent on
the pages Of Tennesses's early history
and fame. There is scarcely a county
in the State whose name does not sug-
gest the name of one OF its her oes
and its martyrs.
RESCUE HISTORY FROM OBLIVION.
Would it not he well for the renre-
sentatives Of the various names sug-
gested, III well az many other equally
meriiorinus, To organize cAns, or other
org tiz ,tions, to see that they and
their worthy ancestry were properly
mentioned and represented and in
the interim, give "a through the public
press such names, events and data as
would be Of interest and instruction,
and thereby assist in building up and
preserving Il State history, matter
80 sadly ueg'c, ted by us. School
childrcn M Tenuessee know more of
the history of Massachusetts than
.hty d. OF tn ir own State, and this is
no /, flrction upon NJ Massachusetts,, but
to hcr credit, and rather to our shame
that we have neglected so important
and So patriotic labor
Let each and every descendant OF
these noble mon and won, and OF
other grand Old families awaken to q
just sense of the pride and importance
of this feature Of our Centennial
NOW THE TINE TO BEGIN.
would suggest the advice given by
my friend George WhittaEer, of Maury
county, to his boys. George was o
stirring farmer, and each day in the
season Of iahor, as the dinner horn
sounded \ summons to the toilers to
the family board, they would, after 8
splash in the clear, cool water, assem-
Bile on the front porch for breathing
spell, and he would say "Now, Toys
while we are resting and waiting io
dinner let's work the garden"
While We are waiting for the grea
festive event lets work the garden
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