The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-08
An Appeal from the Daughters Of the
Confederacy for Aid.

Friends and ootntrymcn. lend INC
your cars, olErathcr your eyes. Our
State, through hcrmctropols,e has in
vitcd the Confederate Veterans tomect
witllus in May. Now,it bchoovcs lis.
rs loyal South Carolini;ins. to prove
or traditional hospitality. Thesha
of insufficient accommodation for our
visitors would not fall upon Charles
ton alone. butupo the State of South
C;uolina.
In 'G1 we led the van, it was the
clarion tones Of our fathers, upon most
of whom deep silence has fallen now
which called or sister States to unite
with us in resenting tyranny and
wrong to fight, if fight we must, for
the independence which our Revoln-
tionary sires had so hardly won.
Many OF you remember the day the
troops went oft, some of you then were
bright-cyed girls and proudly though
through mist of tears, you waved
farewells to brothers and sweethearts
who, side by side, marched hopefully
away You remember, too, that some
of those brave boys never came home
again, and those who did were boys no
longer, but earnest, saddened men.
Rrayely they lookup the hard burden
of life and year by year the ranks have
grown thinner, the heads whittier, the
fulrows deeper, until now, instead OF
the hopeful young men of 'ei, there is
a band Of noble old men to whom we,
the women of q later generation, owe 4
double need OF reverence and love.
Regardless of tic heavy burden of un-
accustomed poverty, and the bitter
defeat of II cause they felt to be right
and just, they sheltered our childhood's
years and smoothed for us the path OF
life.
Now to these men unto whose lives
so much shadow has fallen, a bright
spot is their annual reunion-whcn
they meet with old war time comrades,
tell again the dear old war time tales,
clasp hands and look into eyes that,
until the glad reunion on the other side
Of the dark river, they may never meet
again. Let lis make for these old SOL
diers one more happy time; it will
surely be the last for many. Anderson
County did not fail in 'G1; let her not
fail now, The South Carolina Reunion
must be the best the Veterans have
ever known.
Tie Robert L. Lee Chapter Of the
Daughters OF the Confedcracy wish to
help the Veterans send IL large c0ntri-
button to Charleston. to be used in the
entertainment OF South Cardinals 'svisi-
tors. ard in order to ,lo so they have
determined to serve dinner on Friday,
March 18th. Now. ladies. it Il physi-
cal impossibility to see every one OF
yoll TO ask for Il contribution to this
dinner. But through the columns OF
our newspapers make Il personal APP
peal to every woman in Anderson,
town and County, to help lis. Mrs. j..
@. W'ilhitc is chairman OF the commit
tee on meats. Mrs. b. L. Wilson is
chairman OF the committee on salads,
Mrs. j. L. Brcazcalc has charge of the
coffee, Mrs. +. &. Browl,#is chairman
of the committee OH cakes, Mrs. Ray
montl Beatty Of deserts. Notify these
ladies Of any contribution you may
wish to make to their Departments.
Or Mrs. Win. L;mghlin or Mrs. j. Il.
N;ndiycr will make Il note of amy coll
tribution you may offer them. They
will also receive the names Of those
who wish to contribute rice, bread,
pickles. etc Thc ladies who promise
cdiblcs are asked to send them in rs
early in the mornings ms possible. us we
wish to BIZ ready to serve dinner ut II
o'clock. We will notify You laterwlGtt
hall we shalloccupy. Now. gentlemen.
do yollrpart. every oncof You. on Fri
day March 17tll. taking yollr thinner
with tile Daughters the tonictlcracy.
billions Given Away.