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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18
GEM. ROBERT I. LBB.
A Birthday Memorial to the South
ern Chieftain.
A CONDENSED BIOGRAPHY.
Life Of tho Great Confederate Military
Leader.

Born on tho 10th of january, 1907,
Died on tho 9Th of October, 1S5O-His
5USSlce-uis Distinguished Ancestry.
His Devotion to His Mother ana His
Lovo for Children.
Great men of great epochs are few. Gen.
Robert Edward Lee, whose birthday this
sketch "a designed to c~ommcmoratc, was one
1t has been said that "history will declare that
the mortal remains of the man which repoS4
In tho vault beneath tho little chapel in tho
lovely Virginia valley nro not only those Of
q valorous soldier, but those Of n great and
good American" Success often gilds the
shallow man, but it is disaster alone that no
veals the qualities of true greatness"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

zen. LEE.
this period Gen. Henry Leo was absent
IN tho West Indies in pursuit OF health, ant
In one OF his admirable letters written to BIZ
son Carter, then n student at Cambridge. ho
eays' Robert, who was always good, will be
confirmed In his happy turn of mind by his
over watchful and affcctlonate MOTHER
when Robert was IL years old his
rather died. From his excellent mother he
learned at this early ogo to practice self de-
NAL and seif control, as well as tho s~trictest
economy In all financial concerns, virtues
which no retained throughout his life.
"Tbis good mother was u great inyau., one
OF his sisters Was delicate. and n. INV y.,rs
absent In fhiladeIpnIa under no cure %
physicians. TIL Oldest son, Carter, was at
Cambridge. Sidney Smith .tp tho navy, and
In household matters. So ebert was tho
~housekeeper, attended to tho narketing, gave
tho orders and took care If his mothers
horses.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

80. III NbtNi Tx tONlOI
says it's stomach, or liver, or heart trouble,
Nine times in ten lie isn't within a mile of
right. He treats for these troubles and
charges big bills until the husband gets dis.
3nstcd and throws him out. The trouble Is
usually weakness or disease of the dis.
tinctly feminine organism.
Many husbands, after paying big doctor.
ibills while their wives grew steadily worse.
nave at last written to a physician of ma.
tional reputation and learned the truth.
Ihey haze been justly indignant at the i0.
norant pretenders who nave experimental
upon their wives health. BY writing TO Or,
X. V. Pierce, any ailing woman NAV receive
the Tree advice of an eminent and skilIful
specialist, for thirty years chief consulting
physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgi.
cal Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y. DR.. Pierce,s
faVorite prescription is a marvellous med
icire Tor woinen 1t cures all weakness and
disease of the organs distinctly feminine.
1t heals all internal liberation and in0am.
nation and stops facilitating drains. Over
10000 women have testified, over their own
signatures, to its wonderful merits.
"For several years Isuffered with prolapsus of
the uterus" writes Miss A. Lee Schuster, of Box
II, Rodney, Jefferson Co., Miss. "I had n fall
from my horse. causing retroversion Of the uterus.
Our family physician treated me for kidney
trouble and everything else but the right thing.
hands aud feet clammy and cold, stomach weak |
with great palpitation of the heart, dreaded
Tor night to come, for would suffer from nausea
all night, and so i continued until I heRan taking
nr. Pieree,s .Fayorite Prescription, and began 10 |
improve right away. lam now well and happy, |
Or. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and
tayigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

LEE AS COLLEGE pREsI2ENT.
loren 10 ll8ht the awful scelfe, tho air was
dense with smoke and thick with bullets and
shell, while tho shouts OF the combatants, the
rattle of muskstry and the roer Of artillery
made the scens terrific. The victory for the
Confederatcs was purchased at q fearful cost
tho death OF jackson. "From that hour till
the end says Emily Mason In her popular
Life OF Lee" ION Lee alone rested tho burden
which only Jackson had boon competent to
share"
BY tho last Of Tune tho whole Confederate
army was Mt Chambersburg. The two armies
gravitated to Gettysburg, aud on July Q,
1868, were face to face, and then began the
memorable battle of history which ended In a
victory for the Federal army. The 3D. Of July
dawned and thoy still confronted each other:
and the 4th dawned on Lee's dismantled nrmv'
which retreated tho next day. Col. Free,
mantle, who was present ut the battle of Get
tysburG, said OF Lee after the repulse:
IF Longstreet's conduct was admirable. thu.
or Gen. Lee was perfectly sublime, He was IN.
gagged IN rallying and encouraging the broken
the staff, quite alone, the whole Of his staff being
9ngaged In a similar manner farther to tho rear.
hns face, which Which ls always placid and cheerful, did
care or annoyance, and he was s's a .edRdRS,nimSn TO-
every soldier he met a few words OF encourage.
saw many badly wounded men tako on til !. hats
and cheer him. Ho said to me: This has been a
exp city always f1a "si TO SG sSin vioso sas day; on but IT. T e. cam AM.
erals coming. up In great distress, lamentIpc Tho
state OF his brigade, Gen. Lee shook hands with
MIN, saying, Never mind. general; all this ma
been my fault. 1t Is ] that have lost tbIs 1oht
and you must help me out OF 1t In the best WAY
you can"
Last Days of tho Co6federaoy-I.ee,s fur
render.
Vfcksburg fell, the Confederacy tottered
but the summer passed without further do.
velopments. The winter Of 10000 found
Lees army suffering for the means of
subsistence, and dopleted by frequent deser-
lions. Tho spring brought the battle of the
Wilderness, where Gen. Jenkins fell dead and
Longatreet was wounded. Then followed the
Nattes OF Spottsylvania Court House. and
eheridan's cavalry raid toward Richmond.
end In early June the second battle of Cold
Harbor. Later in the same month the sieoo
OF Petersburg was begun. Late in July 90
CURED h Is known in tho south q, IA
baltic OF the Crater, and later that Of A.
chester and Fishers Hill.n
The winter of 1864 found Leo,s army attn
more destitute, fully deserving tho name thew
had given themselves-"Lee's MiserabIoen
after Victor Hugo's lies Miserables,p which
was much read just then, even by the SOL |
diers. Cooke describes them az arrayed In |
ragsi their shoes ~soleless, their coats sleaya- |
less, their blankets In shrods. Through ALI
the terlible anxieties that pressed upon him
Leo remained cheerful Ind composed. Leos
army was reduced 70 5000 men and
<tSQfcllk{ &lnnx a6fftak orkw o,DAa A.. nAs i
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18
His Early L.fo and Education.

Miss Emily V. Mason, in her popular Life
OF Gen. Lee" thus speaks Of his early lifo:
"When no was but 4 years old, his father re-
moved to Alexandria, the better to educate
his children, and there are many persons vet
living in that old town who remember him
at that early nge. His childhood was as re-
markable os his manhood for tho modesty
and thoughtfulness of his character, and ior
the performances OF every duty which de
volved upon him. Tho family lived Oh Cam
eron street, near the old Christ church, then
on Orinoco street. and afterward In the house
known as tho parsonage.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

conrronuug UranUs OF IUo, 900. Early In
January Lee was made commander-iu-chief.
Tho fights ut Hare's Hill, Five Forks, tho
last days at Petersburg and the defense Of
Fort Gregg followed. Richmond fell and Lee
led his army in tho famous six days retreat
from Petersburg, His object was to make
his way into North Carolina. But his army
was starving and tho supplies expected to meet
them ut Amelia Court House were lost in
the fires of Richmond. On the retreat they
had u struggle with Sheridan, when the rag
ged, starving veterans fought flercely, their
haggard faces 'lit up by the glare OF tho
burning wagons"
Soon followed the surrender of Leo and
tho army of Virginia to Grant. In the
village Of Appomattox Cour House, at tho
house Of Mr.. Wilmer Mclean, April O., 1897
tho two commanders met. A Federal officer
thus describes Lees npDearancc:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18
Tic Loads Ills Army to tho Frontier.

lie Loads Ills Army to tho Frontier.
Gen. Lee determined to transfer his army
into Maryland, thus changing the theatre of
war from the interior TO the frontier. On
Sept. 3, near the mouth of the Monocacy, to
tho sounds of martial music, singing "Mary-
land, My Maryland" the "raggcd rebels
crossed tho Potomac, clated ard joyful at the
accomplishment of their long cherished
dream. thousands" said Gen. Lee, "are
without shoes" One of tho officers of Lees
staff says that when, later, Lee passed
through IIagerstown, ono OF n group of ladies
on the sidewalk exclaimed, as sho first saw
Lee: "Oh, what n magnificent man; why is
he not on our sidol'
After tho baltic of Sharpsburg Leo with
drew again across the Potomac, and tho cx-
petition into Maryland was over. Tho bloody
battle of Fredericksburg followed, in which
Lee, Jackson, Longstreet and Stuart took
part against Burnside.
Tho remainder OF that bitter winter was
passed by Lees army near fredericksburg,
the soldiers undergoing great suffering. An
English gentleman visited Gen. Leo about
this time, and describes him as surrounded
by mono Of the pomp and ceremony consid-
cred necessary in European camps, although
treated with profound respect and even filial
love by his soldiers.
After tho winter the battle of Chanccllors-
vile was fought, which cost Lee "his right
arm" Gen. Jackson.
This battle has been painted again ana
again by graphic pens. Lees whole army
charged upon the Federal works at Chanccl-
l~orsvillc, and four times lost and won. Tho
woods were abluZc, the wounded lay thick
underfoot with the flames roaring around
them and creeping upon them, tho Chancel-
lorsvillo house was burning, making Il great
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

The old dollhouse on the Boston
post road, at the Connecticut line,
near Greenwich, is to be removed.
Washington and his army were per-
mlttcd to pass through free, and were
given two barrels of ale by the keepers
wife, besides.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18
Ris Marriage aud military Service I'm
low Co, S,,tk

wv Soi
On Juno so, 1881, he married Mary RAN
dolph Gusts, only daughter Of George Wash.
lngton Parke Custis, tho grandson of Martha
Washington and adopted son of George Wash
lngton. BY this marriage Lieut.. Leo became
o frequent resident ut Arlington, his wife's
homo: the Arlington that had become his.
toric because OF treasures of Washington
It contained. This antique mansion is
located on tho heights opposite washington
city. The place was also tho first camping
ground of the Federal army upon its entry
Into Virginia sixty years after W~ushington's
death.
On leaving West Point, Robert Z. Lee
received tho appointment of second lieuten.
ant in the corps of engineers, and was first
ordered to Cockspur island, near Savannah.
After his marriage he was sent to Old Point,
Va, where ho remained for three years. In
1885 he was appointed assistant surveyor
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

The following recipe is recon-.
mended most highly by an excellent
cook who says that since its introduce
ton the members Of the family she
serves will eat no other sort Of pickles.
Slice, as for the table, but leaving the
skin on, twenty. four cucumbero and
n quart OF onions; cover well with
salt. In the morning drain well and
mix one-half pint good olive oil. three
tablespoons black pepper and one
quarter pound ground mustard.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

The "Pioneer," the FIST sleeping
a Pullmen built, passed through
Kansas City to its old home at Pull
man, Ill. 1t was pressed into service
during the Christian Endeavor rush to
San Francisco. 1t cost $50. 900.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

CHARLESTON 81 WESTERN CARO-
lima Railway Co. Augusta and Aehe-
vile Short Line" Schedule in effect Oct
Bird, 1897.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

Pendleton, his old friend, read tho bnriai
services of tho Episcopal church, of which ho
was n member. Hero rests his mortal part.
Duo where bravo men are gathered I'm the i'm.
per world there will be found his soul
In May, 1890, the equestrian statue OF
Lee, by the celebrated French sculDtor
Mercie, was unveiled at Richmond i'm the
presence Of 5000 confederate veterans,
VINO sent up n mighty shout when Gem
eral Joseph IL. Johnston pulled the cord
hoidlng the covering and expose to view
.Marse Bob" on his celebrated warhorse
Traveller.
The recumbent statue by Valentine, at
lexington unveiled in 1888, is a worthy
tribute to Virginia's greatest soldier.
The place Lee holds In the heart OF the
south has been fifty voiced by j. Linsday
Gordon IF Virginia in an address delivered
at Atlanta in 1893 on Lees birthday. Re-
ferrinR to the belief in England that Ar.
thur still lives, he said:
we know our southern Ar hur shall
not come again. We believe his like shall
never come again to us until the end of
IN But In our memories forever he
snail be the snow white chief and bis
Kingdom Is the inner sanctuary OF our
hearts, The walls of the enchanted palace
where his body rests are the blue noun
talns or his native land, It's dome the skies
above. But the royal and released spirit
has passed eternally from the shadow OF
defeat unto the place Of victory. where.
we believe, the knowledge that his people
nave struggled out of darkness into tbia
radiant day can ouch his high soul into
greater Rladness even amid the super-
nal %splendor of that city where the Lord
ana the Lamb are the light thereoI,O
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18
His Life as College President and His
Death.

In tho following August Gen. Lee was pre-
vailed upon to accept the presidency of Wash
ington college at Lexington, Va, now known
as the Washington and Lee university, and
was installed on the "a of October.
The college was In n dilapidatcd condition,
its buildings In a state of ruin, its library do
Btroyed, It's faculty dispirited and disorganized
and its SO small that it left but
little room for hope that tho institute could
be put In condition to receive students. These
difficulties only nhanccd Gen, Ico's interest
e~h 'iv''" ~ IT ola tonnd tho COLLEGE
BANKRUPTCY Ne rcfG 'r rlGh and crowuGd With
students" Io labored necessarily and earn
estly to make it complete In oil particulars,
and found pleasure In the work. To an cid
comrade in arms he wrote: ~ am charmed
with the duties Of civil lite."
After taking charge of tho college he had
offers of large salaries to identify himself, II
In name only, with prosperous insurance
conps lies and great manufacturing ~associa-
tionf Ono offered him $4,000 a year and
anc .her S50,0 600, both OF which he refused,
b. cause he would not receive pay where he
Id not render service, and his college duties
suppressed his entire timc and strength; vet
his salary IL tho president was only a modest
$4,000, it is said.
His health began to fail two or three years
beIoro his death. He died ut 8 O'clock Oh tho
morning OF tho 12th Of October, 1870. For
some days previous he had been delirious,
and no talked OF battles won and lost, Of
action on tho field and tho movements Of the
enemy. Among bis last words were: Strike
my tentl Send for HIll'
They boro his body to tho college chapel,
escorted by q guard Of honor composed OF
Confederate soldiers. Next tho hcarse was
led tho generals famous horse Traveller, who
survived him but q few months. They buried
his clay In II tomb beneath the chapel. Ac-
cordin4 to his request no funeral Grafton was
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

The outfit of an oyster tongman's
canoe consists OF a pair Of rakes, a pair
of tongs, a pair Of nippers, a cutting
board, several culling hammers, a
couple OF half-bushel baskets and an
iron ~half-bushel.
The earliest complete clock of
which an accurate record exists was
made in the thirteenth century by a
Saracen mechanic.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

The recent famine in India cost the
government $4,000, 900, about So 600, 600
Of which was In the shape of loans and
deferred taxes, which may be recover.
ed. IT. cost private contributors to
charitable funds nearly 50, 900, 900. no
part OF which Is recoverable. But
even this great sum OF nearly $I5, 0u0,.
600 was inefficient to prove millions OF
people from dying OF starvation and
the diseases caused by 1t. M
"A pension has oeo granted to he
widow of Knud Knndson, a soldie, hin
the late war, the back pay of whfol No.
gregates over "a, 900. The man wl3 3
native Of Norway and was marrh 20
the woman who now gets the Ion,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

his relatives, who was often Che companion or
these drives, still lives. Sho tells us OF the
eSertions no would make to entertain and
amuse his mother, assuring her, with the
gravity OF an old man, that unless She was
cheerful the drive would not benefit her.
Whom she complained Of cold or draughts
he would pull from his pocket u great lack
knife and newspaper and mako her LAUGH
with his efforts to improviso curtains and
shut out tho intrusive wind which whistled
through tho ~crovices Of tho old family coach.
"When he loft her to 60 TO West Point, his
mother said: How can live without Roberti
Ho is both son and daughter TO mo-
Years after, when he came home from
West Point, ho found ono of the chief actors
Of his childhood's drama-his mothers old
coachman, 'Nat-ill and threatened with
consumption. He Immediately took him to
tho milder climate Of Georgia, nursed him
with the tenderness of n son, and secured for
him tho best medical help. But tho spring.
time Jaw tho faithful Old servant laid in tho
grave by tho hands of his kind young
master"
No man, howovcr enowne in public life,
can bo said to have reached II symmetrical
development OF character, who is not habitu-
ally courteous and considerable toward those
whom ho daily comes In contact. The def
uition Of u gentleman given by Princeton
college would havo fitted General Leo per-
fectly: "Ono who habitually considers the
happiness and comfort of others before his
own"
General Lees first teacher was Mr.. w. b.
Leary, an Irish gentleman, learned and very
efficient as Il teacher. Undor his tuition tho
future general acquired a knowledge OF and
fondness for the classics. The master and
pupil were warm friends throughout life.
When 1t was decided that he was to go to
West Point, he entered tho school of Mr..
Benjamin Hallowell, who was for many years
a famous teacher in Alexandria, in order to
perfect himself in matthew .tir5. Mr.. Halo
we'll, though a strong Unionist during the
war, always spoke enthusiastically OF Lee.
Eo was Is years old when no entered
West Point, where he was n favorite with
cadets, professors and officers, and was grad
uated second in an unusually brilliant class,
without over having received n single demcrit.
Soon after no was called to tho doathbed Of
his mother, whom no nursed to her dying
hour with tho tenderest devotion. He often
said that to her he lowed everything"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

e'N -
nIyned many officers or hIgn rank TO born
armies during tho late war, and produced
moro generals than any regiment OF the old
army. Con. George II. Thomas, the beloved
"PaP Thomas" Of the Federal army, and
Johnson, Stoncmau and Palmer, also Union
lists, and Hardee, Van Dorm, Kirby Smith,
Hood, Field, Cosby. Fitzhugh Lee, Confed.
crates.
For several years this regiment was en-
gagged against tho Indians in Texas. Col.
Lee was ever active, and in ono of tho battles
distinguished himself.
In u letter to his wifo dated at Fort Brown,
Tex, Dec, 81, 1855, speaking OF President
Pierce's message, which had something to say
about "the efforts Of certain people at the
north to interfere with and change the do
nestle institutions Of tho south" he writes:
"Thero arc fow, / believe, in this enlight-
encd age, who will not acknowledge that
slavery as an institution Is n moral and DO
litical evil IN any country. 1t is useless to
expatiato on its disadvantages. l think it Is
o greater OWL to the white than to the black
race"
However, he went on to say that the eman-
cipation Of the slaves would sooner result
from 1.-THE mild and melting influence Of
Christianity than from the storms and
tempest Of fiery controversy"
One Of Lee's officers who served with him
at this time has told how conscicntiously he
made himself master Of every detail, mover
risking the possibility Of acting under imper-
feet knowledge. Stern as he was in matters
Of duty, he attracted love and confidence.
Ho was u favorite Of children, and his man
ner toward thom always made them feel
happy and easy in his presence. The John
Brown Instruction at Harper's Forty was
the cause Of Lees recall to Washington. He
was ordered to take part in suppressing 1t,
and reached tho Ferry on October II, 1850.
In February, 1860, he was ordered to assume
tho command of tho department Of Toxas, and
was stationed at San Antonio.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-18

Gen. Lee looked much faded and worn, but
nevertheless presented tho same magnificent
physique for which ho has always Lcen noted.
He was neatly dressed In gray cloth, without en-
broidery or any Insignia Of rank, except three
stars worn on the turned portion OF his coat col.
lar. His checks were very much bronzed by OK
posurc, but still shonc ruddy beneath It all. 1Ic
Is growing quite bald, and wears one OF the side
locks OF his hair thrown across the upper por-
ton OF his forehead, which is as white and fair as
O womGn's lie stands fully six feet ono In
height, and weighs something over 200 pounds,
without being burdcned with q pound Of super.
fuous flesh. During the whole interview he was
retired and dignincd to q degree bordering ON
tacitunity, but was FREQ from all exhibition Of
temper or modification. Ills Gcmennor was that
OF q thoroughly possessed gentleman who had o
very disagreeable duty to perform, hut was de.
termincd to get through 1t as we'll and as soon as
possible.
When Lees soldiers had learned what had
taken place they broke ranks and rushed up
to him, struggling to taio him by the hand
and express their affection. In n trembling
voice ho said to thon: "Mcn, NO nave fought
through the war together, | havo done tho
best l could for you; my heart is too full to
say more"
Tho surrender was not celebrated with
music and cheers by the victors. That night
the two armies, enemies no longer, slept side
by side without fear of surprise. On tho 10Th
of April, the army Of northern Virginia made
its last sad march to Appomattox Court
House, where they laid down their arms and
their colors.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-01-15

She was much frightened but noticed thn,
In intervals in which her stomach did no,
annoy her, her hearts action became nor.
NAL. Reasoning correctly that her diges.
tion was alone ut fault She procured the
proper medicine to treat that trouble and
with immediate good results. Her appetite
came back. the choking spells became less
frequent and finally censed. Her weight,
which had been greatly reduced was re.
stored and she now weighs more than for
years Her blood soon became pure and
her cheeks rosy.
The case is of general interest because
the disease is n very common one, That
others may know the means OF cure we
give the name OF the medicine used-Dr.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People These
pills contain all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood aud
restore shattered nerves.