The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-29
HENDERSON, N c., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, 1898.

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children gather about her knees,
their mothers take her to their |
bosoms and their fathers bow in |
reverence before her exalted woman
hood. 1t was something greater |
than learning and immeasurably bet |
ter than any culture.
'.By all Southerners she was idoliz-
ed as The Daughter Of the Con-
federacy.' BY all generous minds of
whatever section she was loved and
honOred as perfect typeof that oblest
work of God-the American woman"
THE DAUGHTER OF THE SOUTH.
(Atlanta constitution.)
1t must be with heavy heart that
every citizen Of the South will he:r
OF the death of Miss Winnie Davis.
But few weeks ago this winsome
lady looked for the last time into the
eyes of the thousands of old Confcd-
crates gathered in Atlanta. When
ever she appeared it was as queen,
and no queen ever held her regal
sway with so royal grace.
Declining marriage in order that
she might bear the name of her
honored father, she became at once
the idol Of her people, who loved her
for her sweet personality, for her
cause.
Passing into the deep valley, her
memory will live in the hearts OF her
people, and her name will take its
place as one of the few not born to
die.
HER MEMORY WILL ENDURE.
(Raleigh Post.)
The death OF Miss Winnie Davis,
the daughter of the Confederacy."
will be sad news to every true South
ern heart. She was the last living
link that connected the followers of
the Lost Cause with the great head
of that Government around which
centered their hOliest affections, their
most patient and patriot devotion.
| Winnie Davis in the flesh may be no
more, but her memory as the ''Daugh-
ter of the Confederacy'-the daugh-
ter of the greatest chieftain of the
grandest cause of modern times, will
last so long as true patriotism, faith
full love Of country, and reverence for
devotion to principle exists in the
hearts Of Southern manhood.
NORTHERN PRESS TENDER AND SYM
| PATHETIC.
| (Richmond Dispath.)
| Whatever may have been the hostil-
ity of the Northern press to Presi-
dent Davis-and it was creative
have yet to see anything from it
anent this death that is not tender
and sympathetic; that does not show
a sense of kinship with the fine
Young woman who lies dead and with
the venerable mother who has had
so many trials and now is called upon
to bury her Youngest child; hel
"cheerful baby whom she carried
in her arms for five miles, through
darkness and mud, when the presi
Dental party. having abandoned
Charlotte, N. c., was trying to make
its way to the Trans-Mississippi De
partment. Some day some artis'
will give to the world precious
possession in a picture representing
that scene on the road.
A WOMAN OF HIGH PURPOSE AM
MARKED ABILITY.
philadelphia Record.)
The death of Msss Winnie Davis
.Daughter of the Confederacy," viii
be sincerely regretted not only in tn
South but throughout the country
She was a woman of high purpose
and much beloved. Marked ability
inherited from her distinguishe
father, was shown in her recent liter
arv ventures; and but for her un
timely death large success woul
have come to her in her chosen lin
: of endeavor. In their thoughts upo
the rude swapping OF this stem tina
held flower, people will reflect tha
in her brief lifetime she saw tn
strife of sections stilled and a grea
.. nation reunited in spirit as in name
- AMARYLANDER's TRIBUTE.
! Col. d. J. Mcintosh, of Towsol
d Md, is quoted in the Baltimore Su
as saying:
J.. Miss Winnie Davis was we
# known to me and my family, Wit
o the Younger members of whom the
;s existed the most cordial relation
Il Miss Davis we'll merite
# the devotion of her mother and ii
n esteem and admiration Of lars
J. circle of friends. She was a very 7
, markable woman; unusually inte
= ligent. extremely companionabl
d gracious and cordial in manner al
% all alike, the old as we'll as t
h. Young. She rarely failed to captiva
without effort all with whom she W
tn thrown in contact. For many yea
ar she acted as amanuensiS to b
at father. and to his direction and CO..
rs panionship she owed in gre
in measure that breadth of culture a
a extensive knowledge of books a
he men which made her so INTEREST,"
he as companion and talker. 10 t
to old Confederates she always gave
nd patient and attentive ear, and WI
a they had gotten through their ia
,r- of veal or woe could always
them something new. which equa
raj sstonished and delighted them.
as The news of her death will Cal
of pang to the heart of every old u
no federate. and when the bier up
which rests the remains OF
use daughter OF the Confederacy sh
aid he lowered to its last resting pla
,er the least we can do is to drop a t
he upon the clods."
At
vas The Old-FashiOned Style
10 of pill gives you feeling OF hofrpf iL