The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-06-09
OUR WOMEN DURING THE WAR.
A Word Of Encouragement to the "Daugh'
ters OF the Ccnfederscy."

am glad to learn that the society
known as the Daughters of the Confed-
eracv has gone 10 work to build
monument to the women Of the war.
I. taxes no persuasion to have me
Ioin heartily in this movement-lt
should have been done long ago.
Perhaps this monument should have
been built by men alone, out 1t seems
that man can do nothing without the
CO operation OF the women. The Con-
| federate armies would have went to
pieces long before they did if it had
not been for the co operation and the
sacrifices Of Southern Women, and
who will not say that these women
have been neglected in ali the hcnors
Of since the ware They surely had
their share of the suffering and they
performed their part in heroic sacrlh
cas, and now the highest monument
yet built should be built to them.
have been requested TO write upon
| this subject and TO tell some OF the
things in which these women were so
dutituI. God bless yCu l could tell
Of thousands CT things that should
give these women a place in the hearts
Of every American cluzsen, out much
of il would have mad to be seen TO be
appreciated. What you'd the you0g
generation know Of the scarcity Ct
those years. What would they know
of = biccsde that shut Us out from all
! the world, and of what 6 Struggle 1t
! was to get a little bunch OF thread or
cards to make the bats, Or die stuh, or
salt, or cctf-e. OF thousand OF other
things which woman OF 10 dag
would not pick up IN the big road.
II they had done nothing more Than
spin aud weave the pretty hCmsspun
dresses that Southern women wore
IL should De enough to ent.lle Lhem 20
the praise OF the children VINO have
folio owed them, but they did great
sight more than the spinning and
viewing of cloth would imply. Tais,
though, mad many more difficulties
than ever young man or young
woman Of 10 day could ever under
stard might tell about thess wo-
men gong 10 the factories curing
the Var, but l have told mat before
and have never seen q youth tnat
could understand the trouble OF the
LnIng. / nave seen q line OF women
al the factory as long as the procession
| OF Memorial Day, basklng IL Lho hot
sun OF Summer or WaQIng III tce cold
siush OF winter, as the case might be,
waiting their lucn TO nave = small /!
burcu Cf factory thread passed ou. d
| winGo n 70 them, for WHICH tney had
TO pay the most exorolGanE prices.
rnese women would gather IRON d
radius OF seventy and eighty mllss !
ara sometimes stand IN line Tor three !
DAYS before their turn came. Tnere !
| was muca suffering IN tnls, but Wnen |
II Is remem oered LnaE these women !
did this Tor the soldiers IN the field and |
nOt for themselves, II should draw
them much nearer 10 our hearts. Inc
thread was needed Tor cloths for L0e !!
children, but the greatest delight |!
these WoMen found Was II making II |
up Tor the dear one II the army and |
packIng in little boxes, send II Off 70 |
| perhaps De lost upon the way. Tnas I.
LIE young people may understand, l |
Will tell tnem mat II WAS common !
during the war for settlement people |
10 all JOIN together and MAKE up nlce |
boxes Tor the army. Eacn little faml-
Iy would do up JLs package and write |
Lne name Of the Soldier thereon, then |
they would gather az the cnurcn Or |
the SchoJnouse and place the pack-
ages IN box and the oo1 was turned |
over 10 some soldier VINO had recoV. |
cred and was 10 return TO his CON. !
mand. l would not try to eXplaln |
oOW sad q soldier WOuIo feel wnen /
Lnese boxes would reacn their deSLi |
nation, and all the company would |
gaLher around, eagerly awaiting as
eacn little package Was lifted from It's !
place and name was called, TO Ind |
mat his name WAS not Jhere-uo pack |
age for him. The dear good women
VI those days seldom allowed this 70
happen. Some way or DINER they
would have package for the box and |
even toe children would 90 To Ded ;
hungry tor days and SIT oy aid watcn
the package as i was oeIng prepared
and not murmer came-lE Was ali |
tor papa IN the army and this Was
enough.
There are thousands OF things that
could be mentioned in honor of the |
old Confederate women. At every
station along the railroads they wait
ed and watcned TO do something for |
the soldiers. But it was IN the homes |
that [ prefer to speak Of tnem. l |
knew many OF them and know much /
Of the things that.troub bied them. call |
10 mind a night lspenL on not July |
night Of 1858. l heard the horn blow
ing from Inc house OF my nearest
nelghbor and I knew that something
bad was the matter. fnere We're
mighty few white men at home and l
knew that this horn was Tag sound
ed by lone woman, and | noooled
over as fast as l could. Wneu l AZ
rived | found the mother Wesplng and
a pretty little girl very near 10 death. (
Perhaps II would noE nave been SO
nard on the mother bu! fer the memo
rles that were started by the little
ones appeals. The burden OF her de
lrlum was:
Mamma, do t=li papa to come 70
nis little Anna. Sne IS 50 sick, SO
sick"
So it went; the little girl, between
her sooS, kept up tae cry for her pa
pa.
DO come, papa, do come; your lit,
tie Anna is so SICK.
The mother could but cry, the chill
dren all cried and I cried i little my
se!f. The doctor came acd said tnaG
little Aana had rypaoid lever and !
would linger for sums lime. TGen
the mother wrote to the sl2lter father
and told him all the Story-noT his
little girl was so sick and OF how she |
called for him. The father tried
mighty hard 10 get furIough, bat ne
could not, and ltrle Anna died n:yer