The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-28

Come, brothers, rally for the right
The bravest of the brave
Sends forth his ringing battle-cry
Beside the Atlantic wave.
She leads the way in honors path;
Come, brothers. near and far,
Come rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a single star!
Hurrah! hurrah! for southern right. hur-
rah!
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a single star!
H.
We've borne the yankee trickery,
The yankee gibe and sneer, e.
Till northern insolence and pride
Know neither shame nor fear;
But ready now with shot and steel
Their brazen front to mar,
We hoist aloft the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears single star!
III.
Now Georgia marches to the front
And close beside her come
Her sisters by the Mexique Sea,
With pealing trump and drum;
Til answering back from hill and glen
The rallying cry afar.
A nation hoists the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a single star!
By every stor.e in Charleston bay.
BY each beleagured town,
We swear to rest not. night nor day.
But hunt the tyrants down;
TIL bathed in valor's holy blood
The gazing world afar
SNAIL greet with shouts the Bonnie Blue
Flag
That bears a single start
Annie Chambers Ketchunr
Memphis, September 1863
The song went the rounds. superseding
McCarthy's version, and the fame of il
reaching the federal authorities the au-
thor was arrested and required either m
take the iron clad oath of allegiance or
Ieave Memphis The oath was not taken,
and she was banished from home.
But aside from this episode in H. Mrs
hetehum's history is well worth record
ing. Her maternal grandfather was Judge
flelddng Bradford, who, with his brother.
John, founded the Kentucky Gazette. the
1lr7st newspaper published west of the AL
leghenies and through him she is descend
ed from the British Bradfords OF Kent
ana Devon, who gave martyrs and bishops
to the English church. Her father was
Maj. Benjamin Stuart Chambers, one Of
the twenty who made the 'forlorn hope"
at the battle Of the Thames, in 1913, and
one of the six men who came out alive
from that bloody massacre. He was a
descendant of the royal line of Stuart
ana belonged to the same Norman race as
Ephraim Chambers, the author of the
first encyclopedia, whose grave is pointed
out in Westminster Abbey.
MAJ. Chambers afterWard settled in
Kentucky. and became distinguished at
the bar and in the legislative halls of that
state. In 1888 he was appointed receiver
or public moneys for the territory of Ar
kansas by President Jackson. In October
Following this appointment, however. he
contracted fever, Of which he died leav-
Ing widow and six children, of whom
annie (atterward Mrs. Ketchum) was one
of the youngest. After her husbands
death Mrs Chambers lived at country
place adjoining her fathers estate in
Scott county, Kentucky The instruction
of her children was intrusted to Prof
Wright Merrick of Lexington, and to him
Annie was indebted for that thorough
knowledge of the various branches com
prlsed IN an elegant education, which de-
cided her life work Her progress in her
studies was phenomenal and her teach
er's verdict in regard to her was: she
was perfect in every recitation and never
trangreSsed rule At eigh-
married her cousin, Mr. Bradford and
when still young was left a widow with
TWO small children. The support of these
children developed upon her, and in 1855
she obtained the position of principal Of
the Memphis High School for Girls, where
she developed wonderful talent as disci-
phnarian, teacher, lecturer and reader
She introduced advanced methods into
the institution. and with Shakespeare
and the Greek dramatists as textbooks,
inaugurated class in elocution. which
inc!nded the young men of the Male High
School In addition TO her multiform du-
ties as principal, she led the choir OF
Calvary church. and gave private lessons
in vocalization. so that every waking
hour overlooked with toll. At the close
OF the scholastic year Mrs. Bradford
gave a series OF Shakcspearean recitals.
and with the money thus realized supplied