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

Friends and on,inllynirn. lend me
your ears. "! ialhci Auili eyes. Gar
State. Though her metropolis. ha- in
vitcd he Confederate, Veterans luuIc,,
with u> in May. Nov. II lmhuu> e., is
rs loyal South CHroliniar>. Ia prove.
"ur Traditional hospitality. The -ialnc
oi iil>utlicirnt accommodation for ulr
visitors would not fall npun Charles
tom alone. but upon Tho Siatcof Suut.,
Carolina.
I'm III we led the van. il WAS .lu.
clarion tones of our fathers. upon most
OF whom Il deep silence, has fallen NOW
which called our sister States To unite
with us in irscntins tyranny and
wrong to fight, if fight we must. for
the independence which our Rcvolu-
tl0nary SircS had So hardly won.
Many OF you remember the ,lay the
troops went OF, some of YOU then were.
hright-rycd girls. and proudly. though
through mist of tears, yOil waved
farrwcllS to brothers and swccthcarts
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 bows no
longer, but earnest, satldcnc,l men.
l'mvcly they took UP the hard burden
of life and year by year the ranks have
grown thinner. the heads winter, the
i'unOws deeper, until now, instead of
the hopeful Young men OF 'Gl, there is
band Of noble old men to whom we.
the women of Il later generations. owe Il
double need Of reverence and love.
Regardless of the heavy burden of nn-
accustomed poverty. and the bitter
defeat OF Il cause they felt to be right
and inst. they sheltered our childhoOd's
years and sinoOthcd for lis the path of
life.
Now to these men unto whose lives
SO much shadow has fallen. Il bright
spot is their annual rcunion-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 at her side
OF the dark river, they may never meet
again. Let us make for these old sol
dicrS one more happy time it vii,
surely bc the last for many Anderson
County did not fail in 81; let her not
fail now, The South Carolina Reunion
must be the best the Veterans have
ever known.
The Robert +. Lee Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confedcracy wish to
help the Veterans send II large contri-
button 10 Charleston. to be used in the
entertainment of South CarOlima'S visi-
tors ami III order to do SO they have
determined to serve dinner OH Friday,
March nth. Now, ladies. it is Il plvsi-
cal impossilility to see every one of
y",i {" ask for contribution to this
dinner. But through the columns nf
our newspapers make II personal :,p-
peal I" every woman in Anderson,
town and County, t" help MS. Mrs. j /.
.. Wilhitc is chairman of the commit
tee on meats. Mrs. H. r. Wilson is
chairman of The committee on salads,
Mrs. }. l.. l'r':iZc;ilc has cllryc of the
coffee, Mrs. +. g. Brown is chairman
OF the commit. {. on cakes, Mrs. Ray
mnild Beatty OF ,u .,crtS. Notify these
ladies Of amy contribution You may
wish to make to their departments.
Or Mrs. VIM. I.aughlin or Mrs. j. X.
\andlvrr will make IL note of any con
1rlbutl0n y0u may offer them. They
Will also receive the names Of tlos,.
who wish To contribute rice, bread,
pickles. etc. The ladies who promise
cdiblrS are asked to send them in as
early III the morning us possible. aS we
wish t" be ready to serve dinner at II
o'clock. We will notify yom lntrrwhat
hall we shall occupy. Now, gentlemen,
ti" yonr part. every one of yol, on Fri
day. March 18th. taking your dinner
wit il the Daughters of the COnf.,lrl:Icv
Millions Given Away.
1t is certainly rratitA ing 10 the public TO
k:'U~ uf ore concern in ihr aud whO mre