The Atlanta constitution., 1898-10-03
IL enough Of widows and their voice Is

not heard.
No more of this. Great men have to die
just like common ones. or as the old cat
echism used to say:
''Time cuts down all,
Both great and small.
NerXes the great did die.
And SO must you and l.
But no death for many years has grieved
our southern people like that of Miss WIN
ME Davis. and no tributes from the horth
have ever been so tearfully appreciated as
those that have come to her. VINO could
help loving a man or woman who said
kind words Of Winnie Davis? How our
hearts are drawn to that Mr.. Chandler, of
Ohio, who sent his check for 500 toward
the erection of a monument to her memo
ry. No, there is no Mason and Dixon limo
between such men and us.
During our civil war there was touching
poem written about q private-a soldier
who was shot while on picket-"only a pri-
vate" ! thought of that yesterday when
our faithful old servant old Aunt Ann,
died She was only a private and dcath
caught her suddenly while on duty, as IL
We're. For many years she has Dceh our
dependence in the kitchen and the dining
room-sL little short. round, dummy, Guinea
negro. who never got tired ana seIdolu soC
sick, and had rather please us than &fatllS
herself She had sense and good manners.
and wear a clean handkerchief on her
head. Day in and day out, rain or shlhe,
cold or hot she was ever at hef post anu
had breakfast ready before we We're READY
for il. Aunt Ann was proud OF her skill i'll
cooking and would show her cake WIN
anybodys. Her devotion to her chlldreh ana
grandchildren was the light of her life
She lived for them and all her work ana
wages was for them. They were all beau
tlful in her sight and no clothes or dress
ing or jeWelry was too fine for her girls
when dey is dressed up fine and nice,
lest loves to look at EN-. said she. She
has one boy away out west and when She
heard he was sick, she talked to my WHO
about getting me to lend her $50 to send
TO him and said she would work 1t out
shore" How devotedly she loved her church
and the baptisings down at the creek. she
paid the preacher willingly and sent her
children and grandchildren to Sunday
school. She gave nobody trouble aid was as
bright and cheerful as If she was rich'
What will Uncle Sam do now, for she was
Il good Wife-faithful and true always.
Only private who died while on picket.
but Aunt Ann did what she could. She
fought q good fight and kept the faith.
After she died l wondered that Uncle Sam
dident come to me for some help In some
way. but on inquiry / learned that Aunt
Ann belonged TO q society that nurSed their
sick and buried their dead and gave the
family $25. Besides this gift a coffin worth
SIS was provided and u hearse and two
carriages for the funeral. That is progress
progress in tho right direction, and | am
told that this society never fails OF coming
up to its promises. We shan miss the good
old woman at our house, for she had be-
come one of the family In all our acqtaint-
ance l do not know of a woman who can
fill her place. though She was only a pri-
vate. BILL. ARP
Later-P. s, n. B.-Have just heard the
neWs-didcnt know there was another Van
Wyck. liurrah for Gus! I'm obliged to be
for him. South Carolina stock and mar
ried Richmond girl-and the Van Wyck9
all breed after the dam and are born dem
ocrats. Excuse me this time, Teddy.